Evening star., 1947-08-10
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Civil Service Plans to- Revise
Its 1923 Classification Act
By Joseph Youna

After "a years, the Civil Ser
pears to be in for a complete o.
Modernization of the clas'
pay raises for some Governmer
At any rate, the House Clvu Serv-
ice Committees investigating staff
has begun study of the Federal
Job classification system with view
to bringing it up-to-date. Chairman
Ed Rees of the committee says he
expects to submit specific recon-
mendations to Congress some time
next year.
The job classification of an en-
ploye determines his salary That
is why it is so important that posi-
tions be reclassified from time to
time as their Importance increases
or decreases.
Both Mr.. Rees and administration
officials feel that some jobs that
were given q high classification "a
years ago are not so important now
and should be downgraded. On the
other hand. there are probably even
more positions that have increased
in Importance during the years and
should be upgraded. they feel.
All, UNIFICATION-Human ma
ture being what it is unification of
the armed forces probably won't
diminish one whit the natural
rivalry between the Army and
Navy.
A case in point was a luncheon
last week attended by an admiral
stationed in the Navy Department
here and a brigadier general sta
toned at the Pentagon.
The admiral was bemoaning the
budget cuts suffered by his bureau.
The general remarked, "Oh, we did
pretty we'll. We managed to get on
the good side of the House Appro-
priations Committee and got nearly
all the money we wanted for our
of11ce."
How did you do it," asked the
admiral enviously.
The general shook his head. Does
Macy's tell Gimbel's?" he grinned
GLAMOR BOYS-Many a Sena-
torial offlce was deserted last week
as the various secretaries and ste
nographers in the Senate Once
Building attended the Howard
Hughes hearings in droves.
BY their laughter and applause
it was no secret that the gals were
charmed by Mr.. Hughes and Elliot
Roosevelt. In fact, some Of them
sought and got their autographs.
The hearings have turned out to
be decided break for the girls, who
were resigned to spending a monoG-
onous summer during the recess.
At least one Of them has hopes that
the hearings will continue indefi-
nitely at its recent fast pace, judg-
ing from her remarks to a friend
the other day as the hearing broke
up for the lunch hour.
DO you think that Enrol Flynn
might possibly be mixed up in all
this?" she asked hopefully.
LEAVENWORTH ATMOSPHERE
Its likely that Government en-
ployes will be addressing each other
by numbers. rather than by name,
under present plans being cooked
up by the Civil Service Commission
and tn FBI in connection with the
forthcoming loyalty investigation
program.
FBI and commission officials have
tentatively agreed to issue a serial
number for every Government en-
ploye, in order to avoid confusion
when the workers receive their
preliminary investigation. The num-
.bers are necessary, the oficials say,
because there are so many persons
with similar names In the Federal
service.
As a gag, some Federal onicials
are already addressing each other as
k1OW dIc you, IluNlDcI t0f0o. JuSG
fine, number $685."
X II 4 Il
DISTRICT HOTEL TAX?-Sev-
eral members of the House District
Committee are seriously considering
sponsoring legislation next year call
ing for a tax on Washington hotel
rooms.
The Representatives feel that this
would at least partially solve the
Districts financial dilemma by
bringing in several million dollars q
year.
They point out that New York
City collects about 5000, 600 a year
in revenue through this sort of tax.
Furthermore, they point out that
District residents wouldn't get hurt
by this kind Of tax. It would mostly
hit out-of-towners who would have
to pay the added tariff to their hotel
bill.