Evening star., 1934-02-04
Appropriations Group Tie.Up
on Other Economy Law
Changes Imminent.
DICKINSON TO PROPOSE
RESTORATION IN FULL
1owan to Offer Amendments Lib.
eralizing Other Provisions
Affecting Workers.

Consideration by the Senate of the
independent Offices bill. carrying the
plan for restoration of per cent of
the Government pay cut now and at
least another per cent on JC'y l.
may be put off until the end o. this
week, or longer. while opposing groups
in the Appropriations Committee ork
out differences over how far to g. in
liberalizing other features of the econ
omy Law affecting both war veterans
and Government employees.
No definite time had been fixed last
night for the next meeting of the
subcommittee handling the bill. which
was instructed Friday by the Appro-
priations Committee to decide what
should be done on amendments to
liberalize veterans allowances. If
the subcommittee decides to meet
within few days. however, it would
still be possible to get the bill re-
ported to the Senate before the end
of this week.
Will Ask Full Return.
Meanwhile, Senator Dickinson. Re-
publican. of Iowa. announced late yes
terday he is drafting a new amend
ment calling for full reservation of the
Is per cent Government pay cut Cn
July l and repeating half dozen
bther economy restrictions on civilian
personnel. He said he may offer this
amendment in the Appropriations
Committee when the bill again comes
back there from the subcommittee. hLt
IN any event he will offer it in the
Senate.
The other features of the ecG nNTv
law the Dickinson amendment wound
repeal are: The limitation on travel
allowances. the ban against admins
tratlve promotions throughout the
Government service. the prohibition
against filling vacancies. the restric-
ton on transfers of military and naval
personnel from one post to another,
the reduction in fees paid to Jurors
ana witnesses and the suspension of
the re-enlistment allowances in the
military services
The Appropriations Committee al
ready has voted to permit a resump-
tion after July l of what are known
as automatic promotions both in the
| military and civilian branches of the
Government. In the civilian branch
however, automatic promotions apply
only to special groups. such as postal
workers, District police, firemen ana
school teachers. and a few other
! classes of employees in the executive
departments.
Defeating Vote Close.
| The Dickinson amendment seeks
also to restore the system of admins
trative promotion, which applies gen.
orally to the classified civil service,
and which would occur whenever an
emrloye Is reallocated o new salary
grade under the schedules fixed in the
classification law.
/ 1t was Senator Dickinson who made
the motion in the Appropriations
Committee Thursday to provide for
restoration of S per cent of the pay
cut now and the entire Is per cent on
July l. This was defeated 10 to IL.
and the committee then approved the
program previously adopted in the
subcommittee. to restore 5 per cent as
of February ] and another 5 per cent
July l. with power vested in President
Roosevelt to decide on the basis of
price levels at that time whether the
remaining per cent should be re-
stored. If the bill is enacted in this
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