Evening star., 1934-02-02
Teachers, Police and Fire.
men Would Benefit in
Economy Law Change.
VETERAN ALLOWANCES
DELAY BILL REPORT
Senate Consideration Expected to
Be Postponed Until Next Week.
Salaries Settled.

District of Columbia police, fremen
and school teachers will be given relief
from one of the burdens of the
economy law by the actions of the
Senate Appropriations Committee to-
day in amending the Independent
Offices bill to restore all automatic
promotions in the Government service
This was the only definite new de-
velopment today in the consideration
of the bill. The committee report on
the bill to the Senate will be delayed
for another day or two by decision
reached by the full committee this
morning to refer the measure back to
the subcommittee for further con-
sideration of amendments relating to
war veterans allowances.
The question of how far to go in
changing economy provisions affecting
veterans is the only controversy re-
naming, and the committee concluded
that it would be more practical to
have the subcommittee consider the
details Of the proposals affecting vet
erans than to attempt to work out
those amendments in the entire COM
mittee.
Five Per Cent Now.
The program for gradual restoration
Of the percentage pay cut on all Gov
ernment employees was settled yester-
day, when the committee approved
the recommendation of the subcom-
mittee for the return of per cent be-
ginning February l, and another per
cent July /, with authority for the
President to decide whether price
levels on that date justify elimination
Of the remaining per cent of the cut
Nothing further remains for the
committee to do on the salary oues-
ton. but the presentation of the SAL
airy program to the Senate will have
to wait until the changes affecting
veterans are worked out.
This probably means that the bill
will not be considered by the Senate
until next week.
Anects Many.
The action of the committee In re-
storing automatic promotions for the
various groups OF civilian workers who
are advanced in this way was ac-
complished by broadening an amend
ment previously adopted on this sub
Ject. The committee yesterday voted
to restore certain automatic pay pro-
visions affecting only the Army, Navy,
Marine Corps, Coast Guard. Public
Health Service and the Coast and
Geodetic Survey. This amendment
represented an expenditure of ap-
proximately S7,000,000
The change made by the committee
tooay in this amendment restores the
right of automatic promotions to large
groups OF employees in the postal
service, the foreign service Of the
State Department, immigration in
spectors. clerks in the customs service.
White House police. metropolitan po-
lice, park police, D strict firemen and
school teachers. The additional cost
OF including these groups Is about.
s2.000.000
Capitol today that this restoration of
dutoIldllC pIOHOtlOnS QOeS not repeal
the prohibition in existing law against
normal salary promotions for Govern
ment employees generally under the
classification schedules. These normal
salary set-ups have been prohibited
since the economy legislation was first
enacted and are not made possible by
the action taken today.
Begin July 1.
The promotions made possible by
today's amendment affects only those
particular groups in services where the
pay increases occur automatically at
stated periods of time. Under the
amendment. the restoration of those
automatic increases would start July
!. The amendment Is not retroactive.
1t means that employees in these groups
will begin to advance automatically
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