7 Fort Civilians Face Dismissal Over Contracts FORT MONMOUTH — Seven civilian employed in \the to respond to the proposed dismissals. Their names are not man, its commanding officer, has,,ordered cancellation of all guarantees them a statement of charges, an opportunity to production division of the U. S. Army Electronics Command existing contracts which allegedly resulted in the defective reply to them, and a hearing by the Civil Service Commission. being released by the Electronics Command in order to safe- here are threatened with dismissal because contracts on which Items. The situation, which involves technical personnel in a. guard their rights under administrative and legal procedures. they worked allegedly resulted in fte purchase of defective The Electronics Command, major activity at Fort Mon- chain of responsibility from the man in the field to the man "The action stems from an original report of t"e General equipments. mouth, did not name any of the men "in order to safeguard behind the desk, is said to he highly unusual at the fort. Accounting Office and a detailed investigation by the Elec- Top administrative personnel are among the group, all their rights under administrative and legal procedures." Its effect on the installation is bound to be unsettling, accord- tronics Command dealing with the Army award of produc- Of whom have been charged with alleged "gross negligence." The men have retained counsel to defend them against ing to sources. tion contracts which resulted in defective equipments. In reluctant response to a Register inquiry, the Electron- the charges. The official Army statement said: ic* Command late yesterday issued a tightly-worded written It is understood that the men originaly were given 10 days "The U. S. Army Electronics Command confirmed that "In addition to directing the initiation of these actions statement confirming the threatened firings. to prepare answers to the charges against them, but have notices of intended dismissal were made to seven employees against the personnel alleged to have been responsible, Maj- Charges against the seven were issued earlier this month. since been granted an extension until next month. for alleged gross negligence in connection with the perform- Gen. F. W. Moorman, commanding the Electronics Command They have until mid-August to prepare answers to them. Procedure for federal employees faced with dismissal ance of their duties relating to the procurement and accept- also directed the cancellation of all existing contracts which The charges are understood to date back several years. is based on the 1912 Lloyd-LaFollelte Act, the basic federal ance of electronic devices for the Army. resulted in the defective items and which apparently could _ The Electronics Command said that Maj. Gen. F. W. Moor- employee job security law. As currently interpreted, that law "Under regulations the employees have a period of time not be corrected in production. Weather DISTRIBUTION 7 a.m. temperature 73. Variable TODAY cloudiness today and tonight, scattered afternoon and evening THEBMLY thundersnowers. High today, 85 23,850 toM. Low tonight, 70. Tomorrow / Red Bank Area j and Friday, variable cloudiness, warm. Se« weather, page 2. NORTHERN MONMOUTH'S HOME NEWSPAPER DIAL 741-0010 I«iu«a dtlly, MoMiy Uirouih rrldtr. StMnrl clan Foslagi VOL. 87, NO. 18 Paid •* Rtd Bank and at Additional Mailing Offices. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1964 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Police Wound Two Negroes Racial Violence Hits Brooklyn NEW YORK (AP) — Racial violence and widespread loot- source of money for some street rallies and for some of the street rally that drew about 500 Negroes. Firecrackers ex- log broke out in Brooklyn's Negro section throughout the night. "very inflammatory . anti-American . and seditious ploded in the crowd and many people scattered in panic. Police bullets critically wounded two Negroes. statements." ^M.t)reLJhaJs- 200 police moved in to quell the disturbance. Harlem, meanwhile, had its first relatively quiet night in Wagner said he would look into the report of Communist Jifhey fired more than 150 shots in the air. Bottles were thrown. lour days. influence. He also said he did not believe federal troops or the Store windows were broken. Subways were ordered to skip the In Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant section police fired at National Guard would be needed to preserve order. Franklin and Nostrand St. stops for a time. looters. Cozens of store windows were broken. Police identified the wounded men as Harry Britton, 36, of The crowd broke up after an hour or two and police began About two dozen persons were arrested. the Bronx, and Willie McDowell, 23, of Brooklyn. getting reports of looting throughout the section. About 24 Negroes ware taken into custody. On orders from President Johnson, FBI agents began an Both were at Kings County Hospital. A police sergeant said Sumner Avenue was "all torn up," Investigation of the disturbances. Mayor Robert F. Wagner was NUMBER OF BURGLARIES with many store windows broken. back.from a European vacation trip he cut short because of Police reported a number of burglaries in Harlem, the big the violence. Negro neighborhood in Manhattan. A few shots were fired by CURSED POLICE Acting Mayor Paul R. Screvane said the Harlem disorders police to disperse unruly gatherings. But there were no large Small crowds gathered at stores where burglar alarms had been incited In part by "fringe groups, including the Com- crowds, demonstrations or anything like the weekend rioting in rang in the night. They cursed police whenever patrolmen munist party." which one man was killed and more than 100 injured. appeared. rto suggested that the FBI agents might investigate the In Brooklyn, the trouble started after a Black Nationalist At police headquarters in Manhattan about 250 white teen- agers hurled rotten eggs at 16 members of the Congress of Racial Equality, who were picketing last night against what they called police brutality. Deputy Police Commissioner Walter Arm, who was talking Looters Roam to reporters when the barrage started, ran to escape it, but was hit on the leg. The teenagers, who live near the headquarters, shouted "Go back to Harlem" and "Communists" at the pickets. Civil rights leaders staged several demonstrations, but City Streets, nearly all were outside the riot-torn Negro sections of Man- hattan and Brooklyn. One leader in the Brooklyn chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality said the move was to pro- tect CORE members and others from "harsh tactics" of police. DEMONSTRATOR SHOVED — A Negro man, falls for- Five demonstrators were arrested at City Hall. ward after being shoved by policeman behind him whan Dodge Bullets Screvane, acting mayor in Wagner's absence, was asked he refused to move away from the scene of a disturbances whether there is evidence that Communists has fostered some (EDITOR'S NOTE — Gil Scott, an Associated Press news- disorders. in the central section of New York's Harlem last, night.' ian, was covering the disorders,in the, Bedford-Stuyvesant "I don't think there's any question about it," Screvane Police removed the man from scene in a patrol car after notion of. Brooklyn when looters roamed the street* and police said. "Some of the people who have been involved in some of ha challenged thtm, to fare* him to Utva icene. Dem- rtimk'it ttfctr.- Her* i« his eyewitness-leobunt of several in- the meetings and rallies that have been, called ... are known Communists, and I don't have any doubt about that. omtrattons continued in many parts of Harlem for fourth "I would like to point out, however . that the whole straight night and there wat also a protest demonitra- By GIL SCOTT (See RACIAL, Page 2) tion in Brooklyn. (AP Wirephofo} ' ' NEW -YQRiUAP) - When police passed the word that a man had) been'Shot I got in my car and drove through the predominantly Negro Bedford-Stuyvesant section to-the scene of the shooting, between Bedford and Franklin Aves. At Tompklns and Lexington Aves., about 30 persons were looting a grocery store. Across the street, a burglar alarm See Promotion for Simmill rang in another store. ' At the shooting scene, I parked my car and walked about By WILLIAM HENDERSON The governor had asked the Superior Court's assignment judge 100 feet and saw a Negro man lying in the street. TRENTON — County Judge lawmakers to pass a bill in- in Monmouth County, retires Then a stretcher was carried from an ambulance, and tha Elvin R. Simmill of Wall Town- creasing the Superior Court bench under a new bill okayed by the man was put inside. ship has finally received the in the state by 16 members but Legislature and signed by the A police sergeant said the man was shot after looting a news he has been anxiously wait- the figure was cut in half for governor. food store on the corner of Bedford and Lexington Ave. ing to hear. "economic reasons" following a The bill. permits any Judge The window of the store had been broken and the burglar He is moving to the higher floor battle over the source of who has served a minimum of alarm was still ringing. - Superior Court. funds to pay the $22,000-a-year 25 years In a higher court to re- The sergeant showed reporters a can of pfeas which he said Simmill received the word late salaries of the new members of tire at the age of 60. Knight will the wounded man had been carrying. last week when he was summoned the judiciary. be 60 next Tuesday. Several Negroes wearing Congress of Racial Equality by Gov. Richard J. Hughes, who Term Expires Reports now persist that (CORE) emblems on their hats or sweaters gave varying ver- BACK FROM EUROPE — New York's Mayor Robert F.