Evening star., 1948-06-04
House GroupAssoils Confusing
Practices in Federal Hiring


turns up. Federal pay raise sponsors
say they are pretty hopeful right
now" that pay raise legislation will
be enacted by Congress before it
goes home.
IT'S A HOLIDAY, sub "A
Southerner, no doubt, was respon-
sible for this sign that was placed
on the Navy Annex Building in
Arlington yesterday:
This building will be closed today
jeff Davis birthday.
However. all the yankees-and
apparently rebels, too-came to work
as usual.
WAA-War Assets Administrat ton
employees in Washington got of
comparatively easy in the latest per-
sonnet cuts that the agency was
obliged to make.
Only IS WAA employees here have
been given pink slips effective June
80. A total of 1900 WAA workers
in New York have been dismissed,
effective next week.
Another IS WAA workers employed
in the customers service center here,
have been dismissed. They are
part Of the agency's Philadelphia
region. however.
Further personnel cuts in the near
future will depend on the fate of
WAS budget requests now before
Congress. But, for the moment,
no further personnel cuts are in the
ofing.
GPO-A number of Government
Printing Once employees are COM
planning they are being 'pressured"
into making donations toward a new
car to be purchased for Augustus
Giegengack. who recently resigned
as Public Printer to return to private
industry.
GPO officials deny this is the
case. They say employees are being
asked to contribute but that they
aren't being forced to do so and
that everything is on a strictly
voluntary basis"
Nobody is being pressured and
can do as he likes in the matter"
a GPO ofncial said
At any rate, GPO employees now
have ofncial assurance that the cam
paign is strictly voluntary one and
that they don't have to contribute
If they don't want to. incidentally.
those sponsoring the drive say it
isn't true they will purchase a car
for Mr.. Giegengack-it all depends
on how much money they raise as to
the kind Of gift they will give him.
ECA-Economic Cooperation off,
cials feel they are having a hard
enough time as it is in getting top
flight personnel without members of
Congress making 1t even tougher on
them.
For example, Chairman Taber of
the House Appropriations Commit
tee made the statement yesterday
that "ex-emergency agency dere-
licts" are "inflltrating into ECA"
and that it was going to be necessary
to get rid of them.
ECA officials say they have been
very careful in hiring their person.
why only a relatively
handful Of employees have been hired
50 faS They saTaMk Tahsx crack
incidentally, the bill reported OUT
by the House Appropriations Com
mittee yesterday would mean that
ECA would have to revise down.
ward considerably its plan to even
tually hire 500 persons for its WASH
ington staff and SL00o. people for its
Overseas force. Z. ..s>z =. ssssssse
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CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The House
Civil Service Committee has okayed
the Senate-approved bill giving the
various Government military agen-
cies the right to dismiss promptly
''indiscreet" and "disloyal" employees.
Senate confirmation of Wayne
c. Grover as archivist of the United
States points up the considerable
increase in the appointment Of
career men to top jobs in the Gov
ernment. There's a possibility
that the Senate Civil Service Com
mittee next Tuesday will approve
about 800 Of the 900 postmaster
submitted by President
Truman more than a year ago. The
committee, however, is still sitting
on the nomination of Roy M. North
to be Washington's new city post
master.