Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1932, Page 13

WASHINGTON SENATE ACTION DUE ON' SALARIES (SSUE EARLY THIS WEEK Economy Group Expected to Reveal Findings—Three Ways Open. CONTINUANCE TALKED FOR PRESENT FURLOUGHS Substitution of Flat Percentage Slash or Addition of Small Reduc- tion to Old Plan Weighed. BY J. A. OLEARY. Definite developments of interest to Government employes here and throughout the country are looked for at the Senate end of the Capitol early this week on the question of salaries and other phases of the economy law, which have been undergoing the scru- tiny of the Scnate Economy Committee for the last two weeks. The economy group, it is believed, will be ready within a day or two to make known its conclusions, with in- terest centering chiefly in what they will propose regarding the pay of Fed- eral workers for the next fiscal year. Speculations as to the ultimate rec- ommendation on the salary question has revolved around three possible courses of action. One would be to go along with the action already taken by the House in the Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill of continuing the present legislative furlough, which represents an 8'; per cent cut. An- other would be to substitute some flat percentage cut for the furlough plan, while still another alternative that has been discussed would involve retention of the present furlough together with & small percentage cut. Linked to Short Week. There has been some discussion of the possibility of working out this last alternative in a way that would lead to the five-day week with a view to spreading employment . pWhirhgot these paths the committee will follow is rot expected to be known until a report is ready for the Appro- priations Committee, some time this week. At the las sion the Senate econcmy group_ fa d a flat 10 per cent cut, but Congress finally adopted the 8! per cent furlough plan. The furlough provision. which results of 8'3 per cent on employes is known as the “legislative But the economy law alsg he “administrative furlough, designed to enable depart- to keep within reduced hout dismissing_em- The Economy Com- cent weeks has discussed of this rlafie uff the conomy law, and has called for figures ;S to the number of such furloughs that have been administered. Some members of the committee have in cated that they would not favor grant ing such authority in permanent prac- tice, but it is not known whether any change in it will be proposed for the coming year. Promotions Studied. There are a number of other fea- tures in the existing economy law to which the committee has given atten- tion with a view to the possible correc- tion of inequalities. one decision en made known E?:r.bgnd that related to the fate of interest to be allowed in sattl'ng claims against the Government that date: back prior to the passage of the econ my act. i O Another exccutive session was held yesterday., at which there was some dis- cussion of the possibility of removing the ban against automatic promotions ‘within ades law. Itg:levclnped at a recent hearing that, while the economy act this year Pprevents these salary step-ups within grades, it does not prohibit the reallo- cation of employes to higher grades. Nothing definite was determined yester- day, however, on the question of pro- motions within grades. It is probzble one or more sessions of the committee will be held before a report is sub- itted. T feanwhile, the regular Treasury- | Post Office Subcommittee of the Sen-| ate Appropriations Committee, headed by Senator Oddie of Nevada, will meet tomorrow morning to_go over that por- tion of the Treasury-Post Office bill re- lating to the money allowance for the various branches of those departments. in'a cut generally, furlough.” contains which w ment heads appropriat ons wit ployes outri miitec in re the op ‘While this bill is expected to settle the| eneral policy for all the bills on the galary question and possible modifica- tions in the economy law, the recom- mendations on these general questions will come from the economy headed by Senator Binghem of Con- necticut. e LABORV HELD CHAMPION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYES Workers Can Do Nothing With- out Aid of Organized Groups, De- clares Federation Head. Government workers cannot_improve their working conditions without the aid of labor groups, David R. Glass, vice president of the American Federa- tion of Government Employ & statement last night. 3 “Government employes are American wage earners, whether affiliated to a Jabor organization or not, and benefit; from that fact because the legislators look to organized labor to speak for the Nation's workers,” Glass said. “Government workers are like all other individuals depending upon their services for a livelinood. They are unavoidably a part of labor and, whether they are members of an affil- iated organization, they still must de- pend upon organized labor to speak for them, because the legislative body recog- nizes that any group of individuals out- side of organized iabor can speak only for their individual group. —Any re- Quest from such a group will not be considered unless it is in conformity with the policies of labor as a whole and is concurred in by organized labor.” CLOTHING IS ASKED E. H. Daniel, chairman of the Dis- trict Committee on Employment, an- nounced ycsterday that a storeroom and salvaging plant for clothing to be distributed to the ncedy has been established in the Ford Motor Building. John Marshall place and Pennsylvania avenue. Any one with clothing that can be used for the poor is requested to leave the garments at the Ford Building, a fire house or call National 7174. The E‘!’lnt has been sponsored by the Dis- ct Federation of Women's Clubs and ’1 under_the general direction of Mr3. thus_far, how- | nder the classification | group, | es, said in ] TRACTION MERGER MOTION WILL FACE , SENATETOMORROW Will Be Put on Calendar as Next Business if Austin Move Wins. LEADERS BELIEVE 2 DAYS SUFFICIENT FOR ACTION Subcommittee Appointed to Draft Compromises Will Meet in Afternoon. ‘The fate of the street railway merger will hang in the balance in the Senate tomorTow. A motion to make the resolution to consolidate the Capital's traction lines the next order of unfinished business before the Senate when it convenes at noon was made by Senator Austin, Re- | publican, of Vermont, immediately fol- {lowing disposition of the Philippine in- dependence bill yesterday. Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis- consin, who, with Chairman Capper of the Senate District Committee, is op- posed to the bill as it now stands, then announced he “would resist the mo- tion” made by Senator Austin. If Austin’s motion will come up as the Senate’s unfinished business. It is believed by some Senate leaders that two days would be sufficient to dispose of the legislation if the motion [ to consider is carried Harmony Efforts Continue. Regardless of the disposition of Austin’s motion, however, the Citizens’ Joint Committee on Transportation will continue its efforts to bring about | harmony between People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech, who sides with Senators Capper and Blaine; Assistant Corporation Counsel William A. Roberts, acting for the Public Utilities Commis- mittee is representative. A meeting of the special subcommittee appointed by Chairman Thomas P. Littlepage, president of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, to draft com- promises designed to expedite action on the legislation, will be held at 2 p.m tomorrow with Mr. Keech and Mr. Roberts. _Th(‘ subcommittee is composed of Mr. Littlepage, Ben T. Webster, president of the Board of Trade; Mark Lansburgh, president of the Merchants and Man facturers’ _Association: George E. Keneipp, chairman of the Chamber ! of Commerce Transportation Committee, and Col. A. B. Barber of the Inter- federation Conference. Keech, whose principal objections to the bill are the 15-year power-rate clause. the provision granting the merged company the right to form subsidiaries within the District and the section re- stricting free transfers, has indicated to the committee he is willing to compro- mise on some portions of the bill, but he will not make concessions which he does not feel are in the best public interest, Real Benefits Outlined. The counsel for the Utilities Commis- sion shares in a large measure the views | of the people’s counsel. with the excep- | tion of the universal free transfer. | “Too much significance has been at- | tached in the past to the importance of { imere corporate merger of the street car { ccmpanies.” Mr. Roberts said vester- | day. “This has been considered an ‘open sesame’ to the vault of perfect transportation. Those who have op- posed previous merger proposals have properly pointed out that the benefits from a mere corporate merger in so far as the public is concerned are insignifi- cant at best. “The real benefits, the amount of which is and must remain speculative, will arise from the re-routing of the car lines, more intelligent fare sched- ules, which by favoring cff-peak riding will distribute the transportation bur- den; the installation of new equipment, made possible by joint financing, which will accelerate the street car move- ment and attract passengers at present dissatisfied and unfavorable because of the endless delays associated with our street car operation.” In Accord With Committee. Mr. Roberts said he was in accord with the attitude of the Citizens' Joint Committee on Transportation, which | is attacking the transportation problem as a whole, instead of from any single angle. The committee is composed of ! representatives of the leading civic and trace organizations and business clubs | | of the city. The bringing about of a merger of the street railways to “bring Washing- tonians the benefits which will accrus ordinated mass transportation is one feature of the com- | mittee's "program. The measure to bring this consolida- { tion about was reported favorably to | the Senate last session, but was ac- 'cumpanied by a minority report drawn up by Senators Capper and Blaine, con- taining a list of amendments, is carried the bill | which passed the House last session. | sion, and the public, of which the com- | The Sy Stad® WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1932 In the Wake of Heaviest Snowfall in Ten Years HE Capital this morning is cov- ered by the heaviest snowfall in the past 10 years. The above scenes were snapped yesterday as city employes, aided by hun- dreds of emergency workers, tried to keep the streets clear. Upper left, a view of the White House grounds from the rear. Upper right, workmen clear- ing the sidewalks in front of the White House. Center left, Sherman Park, in front of the Treasury. Inset, automo- biles buried in the snow. Center right, the Capitol buried under the white mantle. Lower left, M. C. Farrell and William Showalter, firemen of No. 7 Engine Company, couple a hose which freezesiin their hands as they fight a fire at 1433 Q street. Lower right. an old-fashioned sleigh passes the White House. (Star Staff, Associated Press and Underwood Photos.) EXTENSION FUNDS ASKED AT CAPITOL Added Amount Supported for Acquiring Land in Marked | Area. Plans for extension of the Capitol Grounds westward into the area north of Pennsylvania avenue were given impetus yesterday when it was learned the commission in charge of the project has decided to recommend to Con- gress the additional amount still needed to complete the acquisition of the land. A condemnation jury recently re- ported awards amounting to $2233.- | 495.77 for property in the area to be included in the improvement, but the amount which remains to be appropri- ated by Congress is only about $243,000. Awards Accepted. The Commission on Enlargement of the Capitol Grounds, of which Vice President Curtis is chairman, voted 6 to 3 to accept the awards and to recommend the appropriation of the balance needed to make Rcssible the acquisition. Cengress will have to ap- propriate this ‘additional amount in order to ccmplete the undertaking. The plans in the cffice cf David Lynn, | architect cf the Capitol, for completion | of the Capitol Grounds, contemplate | taking in all the north side of Penn-| sylvania avenue between First and Third streets and back to Constitution ave- nue. The area remaining to be ac- quired also includes a part of the square in which the old Census Building is Jocated and some of the property east of that square. ’I"hesemncqulsiuona, if carried out at this time, will round out the program TAKOMA CITIZENS ARRANGE FOR TREE {Annual Celebration to Be Held December 22 at Public Play- grounds. ! The second annuil community | Christmas tree celebration will be held for extension of the Capitol Grounds, begun many years ago, delayed for a long time by the World War, and ac- tually begun under legislation enacted a few years ago. First Part Completed. Within the last year the seetion of the project lying between ‘Union Sta- tion and the Capitol has been finished. It has been laid off into lawns, with a fountain and reflecting pool just nerth cf the Capitol Building. The work already done has included December 22 at 7:30 o'clock on the public playgrounds, Fourth and Whit- tier streets, under the auspices of the Citizens’ Association of Takoma, D. C. ‘The celebration will be featured with an appropriate program of music and addresses with the citizens of the com- munity participating in the singthg of Christmas carols, under leadership of the Madrigal Singers of Takoma Park, Rev. M. Elmore Turner, pastor of the Takoma Park Christian Church, will pronounce the invocation, followed by the lighting of the 50-foot tree by Miss Sybil Baker, director of District play- grounds, who will turn on the switch lighting the tree. The Madrigal Sing- ers, directed by Mrs. John M. Sylvester, and citizens will sing Christmas carols, followed by George E. Sullivan giving a history of the community tree. Brief remarks appropriate to the oc- casion will be made by James G. Yaden, president of the Federation of Citi- zens’ Associations, the program con- cluding with the singing of more carols. President Wallace C. than an- nounces that citizens des! to do- nate clothes, gifts and food may do so and wiil be distributed later by the association membera, i} a start on the new Louisiana avenue, which begins at Union Station and stretches diagonally across_the plaza. At this time, it ends at New Jersey avenue and C street, but the acqui- sition of the remaining land on the west. side of the Capitol will clear the way for the completion of this avenue to meet Pennsylvania avenue at a point between Second and Third streets, The additionsl land acquisitions also will make possible completion of the improvement of Constitution avenue (formeriy B street) near the Capitol. This avenue recently was cut through to meet Pennsylvania avenue between Third street and John Marshall place, but is not yet finished east of Second street. . Lido President Imstalled. naro was installed uD;rm;:l 2?“‘2& Lido Civic Club at a meeting last week. Other officers are Joseph Turco, first vice president; Willlam Maio, second vice president; Henry Galotta, secretary; Ben 5 treasurer; Victor t- at-arms, and Anton T. Contella, direc- tar of publicity. RECESS ANNOUNCED * SCENES SNAPPED BY CAMERAMEN AS WASHINGTON DIGS OUT OF HEAVY DRIFTS. | I | | l ! | | D. C. COURT'S YULE Vacation to Continue From Friday Until Tuesday, January 3, 1933. Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the District Supreme Court has announced the Christmas recess of the court and the assignment of the justices for the January term of the court. All divisions of the court will be in recess from the close of business Priday, December 23, until Tuesday, January 3, 1033. Justice Gordon will be in attend- ance Saturday, December 24; Justice Letts, Tuesday, December 27; Justice Bailey, Wednesday, December 28; Jus- tice Cox, Thursday, December 29: Jus- | tice Proctor, Friday, December 30, and Justice Adkins, Saturday, December 31. Justice Joseph W. Cox will relieve | Justice Oscar R. Luhring as motions | and assignment i stice January 3. Jus- tice Luhring wiii take the place of Jus- tice Cox in Circuit Division 2. The remaining assignment includes Justice Letts in District Court and | Equity Division 2, Chief Justice Wheat in Criminal Division 1, Justice O’Dono- ghue in Criminal Division 2, Justice Proctor in_Circuit Division 1, Justice Adkins in Circuit Division 3 and Justice Bailey In Circuit Division 4. Justice Peyton Gordon will continue to preside in Equity Division 1. HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES WILL GET YULE BASKETS Regional Commander of Volunteers of America Announces Plans for Relief. Several hundred Washington needy families will be given Christmas beskets containing food enough for a special Christmas dinner and extras for a few days, according to plans announced last night by Staff Capt. Arthur E. Wise, regional commander of the Volunteers of America. The heavy increage in calls for daily assistance will not curtail plans of the organization for the Christmas observ- ance, Capt. Wise said. In addition to the distribution of baskets, the organi- zation is preparing to distribute hun- dreds of toys and filled stockings to poor children. On Christmas day and the Sunday following special meals will be served at the relief mission, 471 Pennsylvania avenue, to all who apply. STRAY PUPPY T0 DIE A female German police dog puppy, about six months old, faces death by chloroforming at the Animal Rescue League, unless her owner comes to claim her within three days. Ap&uenuy well fed and well cared for, the puglvu taken from the Muni- tions Build found g yesterday, when she was | west around the corridors. HALF OF LOCAL RELIEF FUND EXPECTED IN DEFICIENCY BILL Remainder of $1.250.000 for Emergency ‘EASH. Aid Probably Will Be Appropriatsd by House July 1. It was indicated last night that only !son Roop, the budget director, in traps- one-half of the $1,250.000 emergency | mitting the recommendation for- $1.- unemployment relief fund sought by | 250,000, this amount is for the entire | the District would be reported out| calendar year 1933. to the House in a deficiency measure the other half being made a part of the regular xprmpriltmn bill which | be required for the continuance of the becomes available next July 1. The subcommittee on deficiencies | month period | | Col. Roop wrote: ‘The Commissioners of the District of Columbia believe that $1,250,000 will relief work for the following 12- (starting the second starts its hearings tomorrow, with the | week in January), and the purpose of prospect that the District item will | this estimate is to provide the neces- | Pageant, the posters the decorations ered Tuesday. The District sary funds.” be considt Commissioners and welfare officials, as well as prominent civic leaders inter- ested in the relief work are to be heard. The attitude of the subcommittee seems to favor approval of the Budget | Bureau recommendations. Chairman Byrns of the Appropria- tions Ccmmittee, who is also chair- man of the subcommittee on defici- encies, pointed out last night that ac Chairman Byrns expressed his feel- ing the funds should be provided for the relief work, but that the funds required after July 1 next (or half the year) should be included in the regu- lar District apprepriation bill, since they are not a deficiency. So his at- titude is to allow whatever funds are necessary to cover relief work during the period from the second week in | Jenuary until the Ist of July in the cording to the letter of Col. J. Claw-| deficiency bill about to be drafted. 'DANCE MARATHON FACES COURT TEST District Regulation Will Be Aired Tomorrow Before Judge Hitt. A regulation adopted by the Dis- trict Commissioners following last year's dance marathon will be given its first test in Police Court tomorrow, when an official of the present contest and two of the participants appear before Judge Isaac R. Hitt on charges of violating the ordinance. This prohibits participation in such a contest. for more than 12 hours in any 24-hour period. The contest official, Morton Weil, and the participants, Adolph De Toto end Shirley Schwartz, were served with subpoenas yesterday by Policeman Spottswood Gravely, third precinct. Po- | cal lice said the contest has been kept un- | N! der surveillance since it began on No- vember 24. Although the contestants actually dance only 30 minutes every hour, they remain on the floor 45 minutes, ac- cording {0 officers who have timed them. Weil is charged with permitting the al- leged violation. Service of the ‘subpoenas did not cause De Tolo and Miss Schwartz to drop out of the contest. A radio- equipped truck will be hired to taks them to Police Court, according to Weli, south- De Toto lives at Miss 1100 465 H street Schwerts at MARINES TO RETURN FROM NICARAGUA 70 Officers and 500 Enlisted Men in Group Soon to Arrive at Quantico. Scme 70 officers and 500 enlisted Marines who have been on duty in Nicaragua soon will be sent to Quan- tico, Va., reaching the States aboard the transport U. S. S. Henderson. The Antares will take about 20 offi- cers and 300 enlisted men to San Diego, Calif., while the Sirius will take about 10 officers to San Diego. The personnel will be distributed to various posts to fill vacancies in the authorized complements of those posts, the Navy Department said yesterday. Secretary Adams said withdrawal of naval forces from the Central Ameri- can_republic is proceeding “in ac- cordance with plans of the depart- ment.” Marine Corps and naval medi- personnel, now on duty with the icaraguan National Guard, as scon as possible after the inauguration of the newly-elected President of Nica- ragua on January 1, will be relieved by natives. Shortly thereafter the total United States naval personnel will be withdrawn _from the country. Naval officials explained that of tne persennel arriving at Quantico, only about 125 men will be retained at that post for duty. Hospital .cases will be sent to Hampton Roads, Va. P.-T. A. to Meet Tomorrow. De- VIRGINIA H:JFHLANDS, Vi cember 17 (Speciaf) —The Nellie Custis Parent-Teacher Association will meet in the assembly room of the schnol Monday nighd, % o . BAL BOHFME THEME ESINTHEAR' Arts Club Annual Event to Typify Hope of Happiness and Prosperity. | | _— I | The Bal Boheme of the Arts Club| will be held this year at the Willard| Hotel February 6. Its theme will be “‘Ca_stlrs in the Air” and its spirit will | typify the hope of happiness and pros- perity. ‘This motif will be carried out in the} | and the costumes. | The committee for the affair has been | appointed as follows: J. Milnor Dorey, | chairman; Mrs. Marie Moore Porrest and Mrs. Maud Howell Smith. vice chair- ! man; Mrs. Alice L. L. Ferguson, Miss Frances Eenjamin Johnsten, Mrs. Ful- | | ton Lewic, Mrs. H. Hobart McCub- | bin, Mrs. Susan Hunter Walker, Miss | Marjorie Lowe. Frank Niepold, Hugo Inden and E. R. Woodson. [ A poster contest has been planned | by the Arts Club for the Bal Boheme. | | Prize for the best poster will be $100 |and two tickets to the ball will be. | awarded the creator of the poster re- ceiving honorable mention. Competi- tion is open to any one and all posters submitted will be regarded as prop- erty of the club until after the ball. January 12 has been set as closing date of the contest. An exhibition of the posters will be held between Janu- ary 15 and 20, inclusive. GUEST SPEAKERS NAMED FOR CHRISTMAS PARTY Carroll Council Plans Anniversary Celebration Tuesday Night at K. of C. Hall. Guest speakers at the thirty-fourth | anniversary celebration and Christmas party of Carroll Council, Knights of Co- lumbus, to be held in the K. of C. Hall, 918 Tenth street, Tuesday night, will include Senator David I Walsh of Massachusetts, Representative ', K. Riley of Wisconsin, United States At- torney Leo A. Rover and Very Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, president of George- town University. Entertainment will be under direc- tion of John N. Kiley, who will dis- tribute turkeys and other foods as part of the celebration — CLEARED OF MURDER | Defendant Claimed Self Defense in Shooting. Arthur Childers, colored, was ac- quitted of a charge of first degree mur- der by a jury before Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue Friday. He was accused| of shooting to death Asbury Lewis, ais0 colored, on July 3 in #he 400 block of R Anfnen ¥ self-defense. - B icnmgE, . Hawken sappeared fr the s 8. MeComas Hawken and |sgewaed PAGE B—1 RENT HEARINGS 10 BE RESUMED ATT0-30 TUESDAY Senators’ View of Excessive Rates Here Disputed by Realty Men. BRINKMAN PRESENTS 6 OF HIS CONCLUSIONS Thousands Unable to Pay Regu- larly, Says Counsel of Sub- committee. The Senate rent investigating sub- committee will resume work at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. A three-hour session yes- terday ended with several Senators con- ‘ending rents here are not as low as they should be, while spokesmen for the real estate men argued rents have been going down and that competition will accomplish results being sought by the committee. Earlier at yesterday's hearing Oscar H. Brinkman, attorney and investigator for the subcommittee, presented six of the conclusions embodied in a lengthy report prepared by him for the subcom- mittee. They follow: “That many apartment and dwelling house rentals in the District of Colum- bia are exorbitant and extortionate, and impose severe hardships upon thou- sands of people. “That rents and dwelling house prices in Washington are much higher than in l’_)‘l‘gel' cities of similar size. “That rents paid by many workers in Washington have not gone down per- ceptibly during the past two or three years, Thousands Overburdened. “That there are many thousands of people in Washington unable to pay regularly the excessive rents demanded, with resultant evictions. suffering and hardship that justify Congress in de- claring an emergency and regulating rents “That the alley-dwelling situation in Washington is still a national dis- ! grace “That the figures submitted by the Washington Real Estate Board, showing low rates of return to owners on apart- ment house properties, are wholly un- reliable and do not accurately reflect the actual profits.” There are more than 30 other con- clusions and recommendations in Brink- man’s report which he had not reached when the _subcommittee adjourned yesterday. These will not be made known until he resumes the reading of his report Tuesday. After Brinkman had read the first three of his conclusions, in the course of which he cited the number of land- lord-tenant cases that have been filed in court this year, Attorney Roger J. ‘Whiteford, representing the Washing- ton Real Estate Board, said it is con- ceded that there are people who can- not pay rent and who have lost their jobs, “but wo do not concede that rents have not gone down perceptibly.” Sharp Verbal Clashes. Brinkman's statement regarding the figures submitted by the real estate men on the subject of rate of return to owners of apartment houses. also led to sharp verbal clashes between the subcommittee counsel and Whiteford. There also was a discussion at the hearing yesterday as to the cost of financing housing operations, including rates of interest. Mr. Whiteford had argued that if owners reduced rents to a point where they could not meet their fixed charges, it would increase the number of foreclosures. Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York, wanted to know if Congress could reduce the rate of interest in an emer- gency. Whiteford and Brinkman agreed that™ existing contracts could not be impaired by legislation, but Brinkman said it could be applied to new ones. Senator Copeland inquired if there was any way, through voluntary action, of giving rent reduction relief to Gov- ernment employes and others whose in- come has been reduced. Whiteford said rent reductions have been taking pl but that there are some people who cannot pay any rent. He argued that the property owners also are confront- ing difficulties in meeting taxes and and other obligations under present conditions. Senator Capper, Republican, of Kan- sas, the subcommittee chairman, said he thinks “the testimony has convinced members of the committee that rents here have not been reduced in line with other cities.” ' Increases Held Lower. “But rents here never increased to the point they did in other cities,” Mr. Whiteford replied. He acded that at the time when rents were going up in other cities Congress had a rent com- ssion here to keep them down. Senator Kean, Republican, of New Jersey. said he believes rents are higi- er here than in any other city. White- ford said the plane of living here is higher. Toward the close of the meeting committee members suggested the pos- sibility of the Government considering the building of housing facilities for its employes. Whiteford suggested such a venture would prove uneconomical for the Government. At the outset of yesterday’s meeting Senator Copeland sald there were some statements in Mr. Brinkman's report based on information the counsel had gathered during his four months of in- quiry. but some of which had not been brought out in the form of testimony. This led to a_discussion as to whether the report should be taken up im- mediately or after additional testimony has been presented. It was finally decided to have Mr. Brinkman read the summary of his conclusions. As he went along he in- dicated the material and sources of information on which he based his conclusions. U. S. FORCES DEFENDED AGAINST “INTERESTS” National Federation President on Radio Scores Reduction in Pay and Personnel. Federal employes were against the Bitter ang eonceried. ae tack of selfish special interests” by Lu- ther C. Steward, president of the Na- tional Federation of Federal Employes, who spoke last night on the Washing- ton Chamber of Commerce radio pro- gram over Station WMAL. “The way out of this country's di- lemma does not lie in depriving the Agerican people of euentffl services =or Ig further crippling the purchasing ;d)o‘ of k\‘.he nen u:gnd wom‘ehli whose asdly woek makes them possible,” Mr. i in criticizing posals to slash Pederal salaries f\lgt.hm er and cut = _.._‘_.