Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08
PERSONNEL BOARD
IS VESTED BY BILL
I. TO FIX PAY GRADES
Granted Sole Jurisdiction to
Class Positions Subject
to Schedules.
LEHLBACH'S MEASURE
INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
Classification Group Empowered to
Determine Compensation
for Each Glass.

Chairman Lehlhach of the House civil
service committee today introduced In
the House his relief bill to take care
of those who did not receive under the
WEIGH pay bill the benefits Congress
intended they should receive and other
wise to correct injustices and inequali-
ties that have resulted under adminiS-
tration Of that measure.
The bill provides that the Personnel
Classification Board shall have sole
jurisdiction to determine finally the
grade, or subdivision thereof. to which
all positions which are subject to the
compensation schedules of the classifi-
cation act of 1923 and amendments
| thereto shall be allocated. 1t also pro-
yldeS that the Personnel Classification
Board shall have authority to ascertain
currently facts as to the duties and re-
sponsibilities of any position and to re-
view and change the ALLEGATION thereof
whenever, in its opinion, the facts war
rant.
Compensation Provisions.
In subdividing the several grades and
establishing classes of positions therein
according to the kind and difficulty of
the work, the Personnel Classification
Board would, under the bill, fix the
compensation for each such class at
one or more of the rates within the
range for the appropriate grade, and
when rates are so fixed the compensa-
ton of employees allocated by the board
to particular class would be adjusted
initially in accordance with the rules
in section 6 of the classification act.
The Lehlbach relief bill directs that
the board shall forthwith review the
ALLEGATIONS of all positions which on
June 80, 1923, were allocated to grades
4. 5, 6 and of the professional and
scientific service, and grades IL, II, 13
and II of the clerical, administrative
and fiscal service of the original sched-
uleS and which have not been al
| located with the approval of the board
to grades of the schedules as amended
BY the act of May 28, 1923 (the Welch
pay bilD. The board is also directed TO
| certify approved ALLEGATIONS of such po-
| Sitions to the heads of the several de-
partments and independent establish
mentS. ALLEGATIONS so made are to be
| final and conclusive on all officers OF
the Government including those
charged with the duty of preparation
and audit of pay rolls.
Positions which the board upon such
review shall find to have been properly
allOcated to grade 4 of the professional
and scientific service and grade IL of
the clerical administrative and fiscal
service of the original schedules shall
be allocated either to grade or of
the professional and scientific service or
grade ! / or II of the clerical, admins
trative and fiscal service of the schedule
as amended by the WEIGH pay bill ac-
cording to the kind. difficulty and i'm
portance of the work as determined by
the board.
ALLEGATION of Positions.
Positions which the board shall find
to have been properly allocated to
grades 5, and of the professional
and scientific service, and to grades IL.
l3 and ID of the clerical, administrative
and fiscal service of the original Sched-
uleS shall be allocated to the grade of
the amended schedules next higher In
number in each case, except that all po-
Sitions for which Congress has by law
fixed a rate of compensation in excess
of $4,000 shall be allocated to either
grade 9 of the professional and scien-
tific service or grade Is of the clerical.
case may be-
Immediately upon receipt of such GER
tt1cationS of approval ALLEGATIONS from
the board. the heads of departments and
independent establishments shall fix the
rates OF compensation of each employe
occupying one of such positions at the
rate he would have been entitled to re-
cciVe in that position on July l, 1928,
had the ALLEGATION so approved been
effective on that date, the rate so fixed
to become effective as of the first of
the month next succeeding the receipt
Of such certification by the department
and establishment.
1t is provided i'll t. Lehlbach relief
bill that in the c2s # an incumbent
of any position " 4 was allocated
to grade of the professional and
scientific services. or grade IL Of the
clerical administrative and fiscal serv-
ice of the original schedules on June
80, 1928, and which shall be allocated
by the board to either of the two grades
similarly designated in the amended
schedules, reduction in compensation
below the rate he was receiving on
June 80 1923. shall not be required.
A;o2ation to Lower Grades.
It is provided further that an in
cumbent OF a position thus allocated
to lower grade than at present shall
be compensated at the maximum SAL
ary rate of such grade.
The heads of departments and inde-
pendent establishments who were
authorized to adjust the pay of certain
civilian positions in the field service
to correspond, as nearly as practicable,
with the rate established for similar po-
sitionS under the classification act of
1923 as amended by the Welch pay bill,
shall forthwith make such further ad-
justments in the compensation of field
employees as may be necessary to bring
the rates paid into conformity with the
rates thus made effective for similar po-
Sitions under the compensations sched-
ules of the classification act as amended.
The Lehlbach relief bill makes all
grades in which the number Of salary