Evening star., 1947-06-22
the Senate Civil Service Committee

the Senate Civil Service Committee
for full hearings on the measure
Some veterans are grumbling
over the bill requiring them to pass
their civil service examinations be-
fore getting and 10-point veterans
preference. The bill has been ap-
proved by the Senate Civil Service
Committee, but these vets have
asked the committee for chance
to be heard. There is absolutely
no chance for the bill to give dis
missed Government workers the
unemployment compensation rights
accorded employees in private indus
try. Nor is there any hope for
legislation to give laid-off Fedora!
workers a 30-day salary bonus
Economy, you know. .
Senator LANCER is now talking
about giving all those postmaster
jobs to disabled veterans. His com.
mittee has been. sitting on more
than 900 postmaster nomination:
submitted by President Truman
nearly five months ago. :. Support.
ers of the Langer-Chavez-Stevens
civil service retirement measure say
that Chairman Taft of the Senate
Republican Policy Committee has
promised them Senate right-of-waJ
on the bill within the next few
weeks. Prospects for House actor
on the bill before adjournment next
month are not so encouraging
:. Several top Government officials
mulling the idea of resigning anc
running for Congress next year from
their home States. Can it be thai
they, too. want to get into the
act" and fay Government bureau.
Gratis? The Senate Appropria.
tions Committee is slated to stream
line it's hearings next year, Under
this years slow-moving procedure
the various appropriations bill!
won't be completed until July. I'm
der the new system. only Fedora
department and agency chiefs woulc
be heard, with other witnesses sub
mitting their statements in writing
The Story of a Bill.
The chances of Federal employs
getting q pay raise this year can b.
gagged by this story.
A bill was introduced recently b,
Representative Butler, Republican
of New York, to give Federal EN-
ployes temporary $500 pay rais'
to offset rising living costs.
When newspaper men questioned
Mr.. Butler about 1t, he looked lik'
small boy discovered by his moth
er in the cookie jar.
Please don't write anything abou
it," Mr.. Butler pleaded. "Just dt
me favor and forget about it"
What had happened was that tht
New Yorker had, introduced the bill
as favor to some Federal employees
union groups. with no intention Of
hope that it could be enacted ir
this economy-minded Congress. He
wants to please the union people
but at the same time he hopes that
not too much publicity about ths
bill will drift back to the rock.
ribbed Republican district he repre-
sents back home.
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Pretty Smooth.
The left-wing United Public
Workers of America. CIO. is pretty
smooth working outfit. whatever one
may think of it's policies.
When hearings were being held or
the Rees loyalty bill, the committee
invited Donald Murray, UPWA!
Legislative representative, to testify
on the measure. UPWA, of course
is dead set against the bill.
Behind the invitation was the de-
sire of some of the committee men,
bers to quiz Murray about UPWA's
alleged Communistic leanings. But
Murray refused to be drawn into the
trap. Instead, he politely sent word
to the committee that he would sup
ply 1t with a written statement on
the unions stand
The committee was chagrined, but
1t could hardly compel him to testify