Evening star., 1933-06-10
GRIEVANCE BOARD
APPROVAL POSSIBLE
At THIS SESSION
ConfereeS to Decide Fate of
Liaison Officer Plan, Ac-
cepted by Senate.
WHEELER THINKS BUDGET
CHIEF FAVORS PROPOSAL
Finance Chairman Agrees to Take
Recovery Bill Amendment
to Conference.

A Federal liaison officer to hear and
adjust differences between Government
workers and their superiors, with the
Civil Service Commission acting as a
board of appeal may be provided for by
Congress in the closing hours Of this
session as the result of action taken by
the Senate last night.
On motion of Senator Wheeler, DEM
ocrat, of Montana the Senate last night
added to the industrial recovery bill an
amendment authorizing this new step
in civil service procedure. The final de-
cision rests with the conferees. If the
House conferees accept the amendment
1t will go through Immediately.
Sirovich Sponsors Plan.
The plan was brought forward few
weeks ago by Representative Sirovich of
New York, who has been in conference
with members of the Senate as to the
possibility of putting it through as part
of the emergency bills. Senator Wheeler
tried without success to have it incor-
porated in the independent offices ap-
preparation bill last week. When he
offered it again last night to the re-
covery bill, Senator Pat Harrison of
Mississippi, chairman of the Finance
Committee, accepted it and agreed to
take it to conference.
Senator Wheeler told his colleagues
the Civil Service Commission has writ
ten letter indorsing it, and that he
understands the director of the bud
get also favors it.
Some legislation of this kind has been
discussed Ey members of Congress from
time to time for number of years, but
has never come this close to being
enacted.
Text of Wheeler Amendment.
Under the amendment the liaison
officer would have to be a civil service
employe with 20 years of experience,
but he would be independent of any
executive department. The Wheeler
amendment reads as follows:
THAT there is hereby created the po-
sition of haison officer, and there is
hereby established in the Civil Service
Commission board of appeal consist
ing of the three commissioners; that
the position Of liaison officer shall be
independent of the executive depart
mentS and independent offices and said
officer shall be empowered to hear, in
vestigate, and adjust all differences be-
tween employees and their superiors.
There shall be right of appeal to the
Board of Appeal by the head of the
department or the employe concerned.
The haison officer shall cooperate at
all times with the commissioners on
important matters and the Board of
Appeal shall take action on appeals
from the finding of the liaison officer
after the head of the department or the
incumbent of the position affected has
objected in writing and all persons in
interest have been afforded an oppor-
tunity to be heard and their decision
shall be final. Appeals of employees
shall be without prejudice to them.
The liaison officer shall receive a salary
OF $4,000 per annum, and shall be a
civil service employe with at least 20
years service in the classified civil serv-
ice selected by the Civil Service Com
mission. To carry out the provisions
OF this amendment the Civil Service
Commissioners shall upon request of
the liaison officer furnish the necessary
equipment and assistance by transfer
from the civil service rolls"