Around the U. S. A.

For two months now, the U.N. has been trying, without much success, to hire sixteen plumbers, upholsterers, carpenters, bricklayers, pipe coverer, and masons as staff employees. Most of the organization's maintenance workers are employed by contractors, but these men are needed to make the day-to-day emergency repairs— fix leaking pipes, patch the paint, recoil the springs in the furniture, and the like. But while the pipes leak and the paint peels, the loyalty and security' clearances required of all American citizens employed as staff members have not been forthcoming.