Evening star., 1933-02-06
VOTE ON PAY CUTS
MAY Be DELAYED
Senate Not to Take Up Gen.
eraI Saving of 5 Per
Cent Until Tomorrow.

Unless rapid headway Is made or
other sections of the economy program
this afternoon, the Senate probably will
not reach vote on the new Govern
ment pay cut or on the Bratton pro-
posal for general saving of pei
cent on the total of each appropriation
bill until tomorrow
The understanding is that the com.
mittee recommendation for a 125 pei
cent cut in addition to the present 8Es
7er cent furlough will not be- voted on
until after the Bratton amendment Is
disposed of, and that will be the last
question in the bill.
Before the Bratton amendment is
voted on Senator Costigan, Democrat
OF Colorado, will seek to have it worGed
SO that further pay cuts or furloughs
could not be imposed as a means OF
saving any of this per cent.
Various Items Due Today.
This afternoon, therefore, the Senate
will start out with consideration of q
dozen or more other proposed economy
recommendations, including the follow
Ing: Suspension of annual leave for
another year; application of salary re-
ductions to enlisted personnel of the
Army, Navy Marine Corps and Coast
Guard; proposed 10 per cent In pen
SionS from the Veterans Administra-
ton and from compensation payments
under the War Risk Insurance and
World War veterans acts, in all cases
where the annual payments more than
$1,000; re-enactElent for another year
OF the administrative furlough" clause,
which permits departments to lay of
employees for varying periods when
necessary to keep within reduced ap-
preparations; the conferring of new
powers on the President to reorganize
the Government service; specific pro-
posal to abolish the Bureau of Efflci-
ency; transfer of Jurisdiction over per
sonnel records of employees from the
Civil Service Commission to the various
executive departments, and a number
OF smaller sections dealing with econo-
mics In travel allowances and an an
nual review by Congress of sums made
available under permanent and indefi-
mite appropriations
Minor Amendments Voted.
Meeting at 1880 today, the Senate
adopted several minor amendments to
tne economy section of the pending
Dill, and Will resume work on the more
controversial features later in the aft
ernoon, after returning from the Joint
House and Senate memorial service in
honor Of Calvin Coolidge.
One of the amendments agreed to
this morning provides that substitute
workers, or others, whose total COM
pensation for month does not ex-
ceed 1898 shall not be subject to the
present furlough pay cut. Senator
Bingham of Connecticut explained this
would prevent recurrence of the re-
cent situation in which group of un-
employed who were hired by the Dis
trict to shovel snow had to take a pay
cut, even though only a small total
amount was due them for q few DAYS
work The amendment also will bene-
fit substitute postal employees who work
only a few days a month.
The recommendation that existing
pay cuts be applied to enlisted person.
mel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps
and Coast Guard also was reached
this morning but action was postponed
until later in the day at the request of
Senator johnson, Republican Of Call
fornia.
John Arthur Shaw, president Of the
American Federation Of Government
Employees, in q statement discussing
further Government pay cuts, today
appealed to the law makers to think
twice before taking any step that will
further imperil efficiency of the Fede-
raj service"