Evening star., 1928-04-27
WEIGH BILL RATES
WILL Be RESTORED
House Committee to Write in
Paragraphs of Pay Raise
Measure.

Passage of the revised Welch bill 10
increase the pay of 1876. 1000 Government
employees with an amendment restoring
paragraphs eliminated. Wednesday
which would have cut the pay OF the
higher salaried classes was predicted to-
day by Representative Welch of Cali
fornia. It's author. The measure comes
up week from next Monday.
The intervening week is welcomed by
members of the House civil service COM
mittee TO restore to the bill the por-
ton stricken out by the committee
members without their knowledge that
in doing so they actually were reducing
salaries OF number of higher paid
scientific, professional and administra-
tive officers. When these paragraphs
are restored. the objection Of the only
member of the House committee who
registered any opposition whatever viii
be removed. Representative Bachman
OF West Virginia reserved the right 10
file a minority report on account Of the
elimination OF these paragraphs.
Await Presidents Word.
During the intervening week the
committee hopes to hear faVorabiy from
the President and the Budget Bureau
regarding an addition of approximately
So ,0O0, 900 to the bin as reported. which
would make the total just about one
half OF the amount involved in the orig
inal Welch bill.
In the House today, Mr.. Bachman
presented his minority report and asked
that these salary grades be restored TO
the bill In order TO prevent an In
Justice To efficient employees, Repre-
sentative Woodrum OF Virginia. who has
been a persistent advocate for blanket
increase for all Government employees.
asked II MIR Bachman intended to
leave the impression that these salaries
we're Intentionally reduced by the COM
mittee. Mr.. Bachman protested that
he had no such purpose, and on the
contrary desired the House 10 be in
formed that the salaries were reduced
through n misunderstanding ON the
part of the civil service committee.
The salaries that would be auto
matically reduced through elimination
Of grades and IN the professional
and scientific service and grades 10
and 10 In the clerical administrative
and fiscal service cover the chief pro-
fessional grades and a special profess
sionai grade. The salaries for the for
mer run from $4,000 to $4,000 ard for
the latter in excess OF $4,000. The
senior executive grade has salaries run
ming from $4,000 TO $4,000. and spe-
cial executive grade with salaries In ex-
cess of $4,000
Aid 10 United States Service.
The new grade both in the admins
trative and professional services. carry
ing salaries IN excess of $4,000. is a
provision which the President the Bud
get Bureau and leaders In Congress are
especially anxious 10 have remain In
the bin because 1t takes care OF q situ-
alton which has long been emphasized
as Injurious To the Federal service. This
results from the fact that highly trained
and specially equipped men can re-
ceive much higher salaries in outside
employment, and have been rapidly
leaving the Federal service.
While restoration OF provisions In
the bill for the chief professional and
senior executive grades would take care
OF those now threatened with n reduc-
ton In salary through the oversight
OF the committee In cutting these para
graphs from the bill IL Is expected that
administration influence also will re-
store the provision for the new grade
lin both the administrative and scientific
services.
II is generally conceded that with the
bill thus corrected there Is no doubt
but that II will quickly pass both House
and Senate,