Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-21
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left-wing United Electrical Work.
ers.
However, the new CLIO electrical
workers union has done so we'll
on its own that CIO officials say
some of the money held for the
group can now be spent for the
new Government employees un-
ion.
After UPWA is expelled the
Go plans to set up a Govern
ment employees organizing COM
mittee, built around the nucleus
of the present right-wing Gov
eminent Workers Union. Once
the Organizing Committee gains
sufficient strength, q convention
will be called and the right-wing
union will be officially created.
Right-wing employee leaders hope
that a stable CLIO financial con-
tribution will hasten the day when
the convention can be called.
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ATOMIC ENERGY Admins
tration officials say they expect
President Truman to make his
choice for the Craftsmanship OF
the Atomic Energy Commission
within the next few weeks. One
Of those being mentioned for the
post recently vacated by David
Lilienthal is Wilson Wyatt, former
Mayor of Louisville, KY, who later
served here as national housing
expediter.
COLD SHOULDER-The House
and Senate Civil Service Com
mittees will give the cold shoulder
to President Humans request
that Congress take all postmaster
jobs out Of the realm OF politics
by not requiring confirmation OF
the appointees by the Senate.
Members Of both committees
say politics would still be involved
the only difference being that
the administration would use up
all the patronage instead OF Con-
greSS.
YULE SPIRIT The employees
of Interior Departments Bureau
of Land Management are having
a different kind of Christmas
celebration this year.
Instead of buying the usual
intra- office Christmas presents,
the employees instead collected
money to buy two steel high chairs
for the crippled children's ward
Of Gallinger Hospital.
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AFGE-Col. Charles Stengle.
the chief legislative representa-
tive of the AFL American Fed
Grafton of Government Employees,
celebrated his 80th birthday this
month.
But Col. Stengle, full of energy
and plans on behalf Of Govern
ment employees legislation for the
coming year, has no thought Of
retiring. He'll be on the job as
usual on Capitol Hill when Con-
gress returns, backed by a vote
of confidence just given him by
the overwhelming majority Of the
Age executive council.
ONLY MINOR CHANGES ~
Most employees Of agencies that
have just been brought in for the
first time under the Federal Clas-
sification Act as a result OF the
new Federal pay law won't have
their salaries changed one way
or the other.
The Civil Service Commission
must set the pay rate for each
Federal employe who has just
been brought under the provisions
of the Classification Act, but COM
officials say few changes
in salaries are anticipated. They
say this is because most Of these
agencies had followed civil serv-
ice job classifications. even though |
they weren't under the classifica-
ton act.
There will only be q scattering
of cases where the commission will
have to adjust employees salaries
upward or downward,
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CAPITAL ROUNDUP - Com
merce Department employees to-
day hold their annual Christmas
party in the lobby of the building.
Sawyer will be on hand
to lend his voice to the singing of