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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, 1, 1973 r SeptemlK-- Nixon Asks to Defer Advance In Federal Workers Pay SA!I . - (AP) asked CLEMENTE, President it, NLxon Friday Congress to days a pending pa increase for federal empioy ?s, declaring that it would defer for r CALIF. 60 "neer'Jessly fan the flames of inflatice. The deferral would hold back an annual pay boost for 3.5 millu n federal, civilian and military employes intended to bring their salaries in line , . with comparable pay in private enterprise. It was estimated the proposed pay increase would cost $2 billion. Nixon urged Congress to not besupport his action cause it is politically expedient or the easy thing to do, but because it is in the best interest of all Americans." In a message to Congress, the President said that a 4.77 percent increase had been rec- - y , He said, ft He asked that the pay adj- ustment be deferred until Dec. I and that the amount of the increase be reviewed meanwhile for a later decision away NLxon laid he regretted the postponement but there can be no doubt of its necessity. only desire what is due by law, their pay raise on Oct. I, 1973. Nixon had to act by midnight Friday or the average 4.77 percent increase would have automatically gone into effect on Oct. I. Now the Dec. 1 date will go into effect autunless Congress omatically acts within 30 days to counteract Nixons request. - " ? . iT'- :Vf - " 4 award-winnin- A spokesman said Ford died at 6:05 pan. PDT at his home in nearby Palm Desert. The Riverside Couirty coroners office said Ford died of cancer after a long illness. Ford was considered by many critics as the greatest American director in the i sound film era, as D. W. Griffith was acknowledged the master of the silent movie. Ford bad been in ill health for a few years and suffered a broken hip in a fall In his mid-TO- . jc a Lh John Ford 4 Oscrs on Ills Mantle col- leagues at a testimonial din- him, understood his ways. Speaking at a Directors Guild tribute to Ford in November, 1972, one of his stars, Maureen OHara, commented: ..He can be a mean s o b. added lovingly, $ut hes OUR S o.b." f- fie ' His mast frequent star was John Wayne, whom Ford first hired as a prep man and made a star in Stagecoach. Wayne once analyzed Fords touch: Feet EQ Camera "He lets the camera tell the Story und Dot the dialogue. Old Pappy started in the business when pictures moved instead of talked He never for-those lessons. That's why Ed pictures are so great Hes a pal with a camera. He canf be mean as hr at times, though." Ford himself disdained In--, J terviews and resisted! attempts In ge7 him ta techalyjes. He Irish Influence He was bom Sean Aloysius OFeeney on Feb. 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In 1911, the boy journeyed to Hollywood, following an older brother who had become a movie actor under the name of Francis Ford With the new name of John Ford, he found work at Universal lectures as Solons Surgeon Says' Wilbur - Rep. ROCK, VALUE SPARK YOUR FALL WITH PYRACANTHAS, sure-fir- e pleasers. Large, vigorously grown plants having big, sparkling berries showing signs of blazing fall coloring. Now is the perfect time to plant Pyracanthas. Buy now and PELLETED LAWN FOOD Odds Good For Recovery LITTLE 15.88 RIGHT TIME TO... 40-L- B. ., He was honored by his ner in Los Angeles earlier this year attended by President Nikon, who spoke fondly of Ford and ius pictures. ' The winner of four Academy Awards, Ford was a big, man grtiff, uncompromising whose manner on a movie set belied his deep reserve of sentiment He could terrify actors who were unaccustomed to his bluff manner. But members of The Ford Stock Company," the actors who appeared in film after film far . world." REGULAR FOB BAG MTOMSIMM did. Orson Welles once discussed the old masters among American directors by which I mean John Ford, John Ford and John Ford. . . . With Ford at his best, you feel that the movie has lived and breathed in a real BAGS FT. NOW IS THE MTURALLY y (UPI) Wins 4 Oscars 5,000 SQ. 7.88 a REG. Nixon also issued a traditional Labor Day statement White Western from the House as he was concluding a stay in California. others do the talking, and they g BAG COVERS 1 Advisory Committee on Pay will now review the proposed pay boost and make recommendations to the President by late September. At that time I will make my decision on the appropriate comparability adjustment, Nixon said. three-memb- Director John Ford Dies at 78 CALIF. (AP) John Ford, director of The Inform J1," StageHow Green Was My coach, Valley," Grapes of Wrath" film and other classics, died Friday at 78. 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Critics Called Him Great PALM fa Easy Uay w8ia o the taxpayer pay the freight on the personal property of his personal White HousUnder the federal Pay Comes and it looks like he would like to use the money he is parability Act of 1970, the determines the saving to use for his personal ITesident amount of pay increases to obligations." federal salaries compaHe concluded fns statement keep rable with the private sector by saying federal employes after receiving recommendating dent is proposing to save taxpayers dollars by delaying the raise, he is taking no action to save dollars being paid to the grain barons for subsidies at the tune of some $3 million profit as a direct result of the wheat sale." t In his statement, Mr Carter . accused the President of let By Bob Thomas Associated Press Writer own wWiiVr He said so ser-vice- The President made a similar proposal last year and delayed the pay raise for 90 days. It has been obvious that there has been no direct result of his delay. We still have inflation. Federal employes are still faced with increases in price of milk, meat, bread and eggs and now we are asked lo do without the funds to pay for these increases, Mr. Carter said. ommended by the Office of Management and Budget and the chairman of the Cril Service Commission, to go into effect Oct. 1. iW'i t i Emulate Private Sector far. labor and m the private management sector have shown commendable restraint m agreeing to n.w wage mcreases. As one of the largest groups of workers in the country, federal employes can do no less. he said Hills Union Chief Hits Wage Curb Special to The Tribune HILL AIR FORCE BASE -Afier hearing of President Nixons request to defer a pay increase for government employes 60 days to aid the fight against inflation, Charles W. Carter, president of Local 111)2, American Federation of Government Employes, Hill Air Force Base, issued a si rung protest. 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