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Senate Report Flays Summerfield Onlcbhomy Claims WASHINGTON (UPKA Senate Appropriations Committee staff re- acc sc Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield today of gross deception" in his economy claims for three-cent mail carried by plane. said last week the is saving the government $154,000 a year on the New York, Washington, Chicago, Florida phase. The staff report charged that the. program actually is losing at least $100,000 annually. report, containing li phrases as "glaring misrepresentation of facts," said the committee request to the Post Office Department for full details on' the cost of transporting three-cent mail by air was answered by a "meager report" that "appears only as an attempt to adjust the overall figures to lend substance to the department's contention that flying three-cent mail is actually cheaper than surface The staff's findings, which still must be approved by the Appropriations Committee itself, said "The attitude and actions of the Tost Office Department in this and other matters does not meet with the committee's approval." The deparment had informed the committee that the experiment had enabled it to eliminate 210 railway mail clerks from the New York Chicago, Washington Chicago and the Florida routes, thus saving $1,487,900 jn salaries and other expenses.

The staff report called this 1 an "attempt at gross deception," it said the actual salaries and travel costs of those 210 clerics amounted to $1,224,300, and added tartly it was being "generous" in this latter figure because it assumed that each clerk was earning the maximum salary and worked a maximum work year. That orie item, the report said, meant the department was off in its estimate of money saved. On this basis, the. report said that the experiment is "losing at the rate of $109,600" a year rather than saving $54,000 annually. "In itself, this sufficiently discounts any contention of savings in the three-cent air mail experiment," it said.

Says New Schools Ready Soon (Continued Fitm ftgt One) moved into the building starting Thursday, Discusses Plan He discussed a tentative Battle Lines Start Forming In Congress On Pay Raise Issues Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, Jan. 12, plan for moving into the new schools during the present term, and explained moving LONGHOKNS IN ZOO SAN DIEGO, Calif. The San Diego zoo counts two Texas longhorn steers, named Villa and Lobos, among its new attractions. They were brought here from the federal government's Wichita Mountain refuge near Cache, Okla. Zoo officials said the 230 there represent about the last of the 'sturdy breed, developed from cattle brought to the new world in the 16th century by the Spaniard Villa Lobos.

The zoo said it is the only one in the west exhibiting longhorns. that the. plan calls for only those students who will 1 'stay there. He pointed out that the plan under consideration has been devised to limit the transferral of students from one school to another, from one teacher to another and from one student group to another. Under the plan about half the students who remain at Washington and Franklin will have different teachers.

Three classes will remain at bolh these schools. Stevens will be closed entirely, with the fifth and sixth grade classes moving to Franklin. There would be a few transfers from Fairview and Henry Houck. After the transfers there would be five classes of one to fourth grade pupils at the Southwest building plus 118 fifth and 'sixth graders moved from Stevens. At (he 'Southeast there would be four classes of one to fourth grade pupils plus one fifth and one sixth grade class, totaling 45 students moved from Burro wes.

There was some discussion about emptying Burrowes and moving the remaining students to Washington. Temporary boundaries for the occupation during only the current year were established as follows: Southwest Cornwall railroad, Walnut Street, and the city line on the south and west. Southeast Cumberland Street, Lincoln Avenue, and the city line on the east and south. These boundaries are subject to change, Bolan explained. Tuition Another important item of business was the discussion relevant to the increased cost of voluntary tuition pupils which is due to the state withholding appropriations for these students who come from the outlying and fringe area of the city district.

Walter H. Flynn, 108 E. Poplar was present as spokesmen for the 13 families who have 19 children attending classes in the city schools. After hearing Solicitor Samuel G. Weiss's opinion that, according to the law, nothing could be done and that the tuition would have to be paid, Flynn explained that the "chief gripe" o.

the parents was' that they hac not been informed of the change Weiss explained that the law had been changed in 1951 but lha the parents had been given credi for 1952 and 1953. He also pointtH out that the Department of "Public Instruction had notified the district By UNITED PRESS Battle began forming in Congress today on the issue of pay raises for its own members, for government workers and for the military. these developments: 1. Most Republican of he Senate Were reported ready to approve a hike in congressional salaries. 2.

Opposition mounted to the resident's renewed proposal that mail rates be increased to finance a raise for postal workers. 3. The President prepared to end Congress Thursday a message living details of his proposal to salary increases to military men with more than two years of service. Sen.JEtigene D. Millikin chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, said the question of raising congressional salaries wasfCivil Service Committee said he discussed at Tuesday's conference and no opposition was voiced.

He said the consensus appeared to be that members of Congress should get raises boosting their salaries in the $22,500 to $25,000 range. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson said there should be "some increase" in 'the present $15,000 salary for congressmen but he. would not commit himself to a specific figure. President Eisenhower won bipartisan support in his proposal on Tuesday that the pay of government workers and postal employes be boosted 5 per cent.

But Democrats balked at increasing mail rates as suggested by the President to finance the postal salary increase. Chairman Olin D. Johnston (D- SC) of the Senate Post Office and favors a 10 per cent pay boost for federal employes, twice what the President recommended. But he said the President should not tic the postal pay hike to an increase in rates. The President and the Congress deadlocked on this issue previously.

Mr, Eisenhower vetoed a bill raising salaries for postal workers without hiking the cost of mailing letters as he had recommended. Other congressional news: Stock: Rep. Wright Patman (D- Tex) said he will ask for an investigation of whether the Federal Reserve Board allowed the stock market to boom unchecked last fall in order to help the Republicans in the congressional elections. Goldwater: Sen, Barry Goldwater was elected chairman of the GOP Senate Campaign Committee. appropriations would be with- icld from districts who charge either more or less than the tui- prescribed by law.

Therefore, pointed out, the school board las no discretion to charge less. Flynn said it doesn't seem right that parents should be permitted send their children to school with no warning that there would be such a "disastrous" change. The cost more than doubled for elementary students. It shot up om $103 to $211.66. For junior ligh pupils, it went from 5157 to $288.25.

It finally was decided that Board Secretary Robert A. Nichols would assist the parents in writing a letter tp the state to determine whether there is any recourse to be taken. Delinquent Taxes The collection of delinquent per capita taxes for 1952 and 1953 is encouraging according to Robert L. Miller, chairman of the finance committee. He reported that George Bodek, delinquent tax collector had remitted the sum of $7,656.15 for the custodial and maintenance em- ployes it was pointed out that 70 i.s the compulsory retirement age for these under the Public School Employes Retirement System.

The property committee, headed by Lee Cartey, is concerned over the fact that there are four men who are 70 or over and some who will attain this, age and are not members of the retirement system. The solicitor was asked to study the possibility of placing these men on social security. Routine Business The remainder of'the business was more less routine. A motion to increase the salaries of the clerks was referred to the finance committee for study. The payment of bills totaling $16,430.58 'was approved as was the report of the treasurer, Chester Shaak.

A low bid of $3,150 to provide incinerators for three city schools was accepted from Washburn and Granger of Patterson, N. J. The incinerators -will be installed in delinquent taxes collected. MillerlHarrison, Henry Houck and the said it is' gratifying to find school. All buildings have oil over 30 per cent of the delinquent taxes have been collected through the mails in less than a month.

Taxes outstanding for 1952 totaled $7,095 and for-1953, Miller also pointed out that Bodek will start making calls in the near future. When these calls begin the taxpayer will be subject to a S1.50 penalty plus 10 cents mileage, Miller said. He explained that this is still considerably cheaper than the method used by the city for collecting delinquent taxes. The board passed motions exonerating the tax collector from collecting taxes from Widows Home guests; Catholic sisters; 638 taxpayers who are financially unable to pay; 365 persons who have 39th annual convention of the National Association of Secondary Principals at Atlantic City, N. J.

February 19-23. Permission was granted to have an electric kiln at the high school overhauled and repaired at a cost of $127. And the board approved the purchase of an adding machine for the Henry Houck School at a cost of $125. Present at the meeting were the following: Walter Swanger, board president; Rev. E.

H. Christianson; Lee I. Cartey, Donald Lesher, Clarence Yocum, Jos-j eph Shankroff, Samuel Sorensen. The vice president, Ted Kicking, was not present. Others at fre meeting were Bolan, Nichols, Aiken, and Schools.

In View Of The News Bloody Red Prison By MARTIN I. N. S. Foreign Director An American civilian just released from Russia has given another revealing glimpse of the immense hatreds behind the Iron Curtain, where Soviet slave labor is a calculated Kremlin weapon. John Noble, 31-year-old American of Detroit, was held by the Russians for nine and a half years before being released after repeated State Department demands.

He has told another savage story of what Sen. Alexander Wiley has called a "bloody prison" adminis- by jailors who "set themselves up in place of God." Noble, who never could find out exactly why he was arrested and who never got a trial, was nabbed by Soviet conquerors of Eastern Germany in Kresden in July, 1945. After a succession of Soviet jails he was sent in 1850 to Vorkuta, in the northern Ural mountain regions near the edge of Asiatic Russia. He says he heard that other American prisoners soldiers captured in Korea and airmen shot down in the Baltic area still are held in Vorkuta. He himself described a bloody prison uprising of up to 100,000 inmates.

Hundreds were mowed down by Soviet machinegunners. The uprising was linked with secret police. efforts in favor of the purged Soviet Secret Police Chief Lavrenti P. Beria. The faction of Premier Georgi Malenkov crushed the combined strike and rebellion.

Noble said at least a half million prisoners mostly Soviet many Ukrainians and many women prisoners. It has been estimated there are 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 people put into forced labor by the Soviet po- are at Vorkuta, citizens, including lice state to roads, create dig canals, build military projects, mine gold and uranium and perform other important economic tasks. Deaths from overwork and under nourishment cannot be gauged but must run into the millions. The word "camp" in-the Soviet system of forced labor, or "corrective labor" as Soviet leaders term it, entails an entire complex of camp sites. Noble said there were 150 camps in the Vorkuta area.

Usually there are three distinct groups of criminals, Bytovili or "ottradtrt against litical offenders. The latter category of political offenders consists of tevtral groups. These arc: Peasants -who fought or were suspected of fighting the collectivized farm system imposed by the Bolshevists; persons who have been out of the country and are suspected of being former inhabitants of nations conquered by the Soviets; people condemned for their religious beliefs and others accused of specific crimes' such as wartime collaboration with enemy. The professional thieves, burglars and and the Bytoviks minor officials guilty of administration abuses seem to thrive better than the vast majority formed by the political offenders. Many of the alleged political offenders, the peasants, have no specific political convictions other than a wholehearted hatred of the Soviet system.

They form the bulk of the work brigades. This gigantic slave labor system, has been going on for 38 ever since the Bolshevik revolution. And it is not likely to change under the "peaceful co-existence" theme voiced by the Kremlin Stalin died. LEVITZ moved out of town, or who were en said. burners.

A motion was passed to increase the insurance on all buildings in the amount of $132,000 and on all contents in the amount of 571,000. The motion was passed upon the recommendations of Donald J. Hoaster and Paul T. Gingrich. It was pointed out that the increase be necessary if the district 1 is to comply with the co-insurance requirements on its several fire insurance policies.

The hoard approved the expenditure of S460 to repair a dental machine purchased at an estimated cost of S15 from government surplus by the superintendent of buildings, Larry Aiken. The machine was purchased at a considerable saving since it would cost about 51,400 if purchased new today, Aik- IF YOU LOVE HERE'S THE PAINT FOR YOU Now you con revel in all colors that you used want, but could never get. Rich, full-bodied deep tones; delicate, discreet sophisticated all yours, easfly, when you paint with Vita-Var Beauty-Tone. The twelve gorgeous basic colors of Beauty-Tone can be converted inlo literally hundreds of magnificent shades by simple intermixing, pr the addition of white. What's more, BeauJy-Tone is the easiesf paint to apply you ever used.

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Eighty-seven names were added to the tax duplicate. Hires Teachers The board approved the hiring of the following teachers upon the recommendation of the superintendent and the education committee: Robert Paul Williams, Scranton, as. an elementary teacher at an annual' salary of $2,700. His appointment will become effective January 20 when he graduates with a Master of Science degree from Mansfield State Teachers College. Mrs.

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