Evening star., 1949-03-18


Senator LANCER, with the support
of his colleagues, is expected to
introduce on amendment to the
bill to provide rank and file pay
increases.
The three Senators lashed out
at the committees plan to take
up next the legislation to revise
the Federal Classification Act.
This sis not designed to revise
salaries in accordance with the
individuals needs in the face of
realistic living COSTS" the report
pointed out.
Rather, it is intended to bring
about Standardization and uni
formity in pay" it said. Some
salaries will decline, others will
rise. according to the findings of
the occasion"
Administration officials have
confirmed that the average annual
pay raise that would occur
through reclassification would be
about $50 or $50.
Redistribution is "compli-
Gated" and "long range" subject.
the minority report declared. If
it is considered ahead of general
pay raises. the general pay legis-
lation would be put behind the
8-ball' for at least another year,
the three Senators asserted.
The problem of granting Gov
ernment employees a cost-of living
pay raise is an immediate one,
the report said.
While the three Senators said
they do not disapprove of sub
stantial salary increases for the
Governments top officials as such,
they feel that. once the top
bracket bill was passed, the rest
of the Governments employees
would be ignored.
The report sharply critized what
it charged was the lack of assur-
ance on the part of the Demo-
cratic Senate leadership that
rank-and-file pay legislation will
be considered, once the top pay
bill was disposed of.
1--WE cannot subscribe to such
treatment of the vast majority of
Government employees" declare
Senators Ecton. LANCER and Hen
erickson. They added that, when
the full facts are made known to
the Senate, the majority of the
Senators will agree that rank
and-f1le employees are being un-
fairly treated.
In an added postscript to the
report, Senator Ecton declared
that Government employees in
the lower grades find it difficult
Ito maintain. for themselves and
their families a decent standard
of living"
NLRB-Some of the hearing ex-
aminers at the National Labor
Relations Board who were found
to be unqualified by the Civil
Service Commission are expected
to charge in their appeals that
their dismissals were ordered for
political reasons.
DISPLACED CAREERISTS-
The three Civil Service Commits
sioners were called before the
House Civil Service Committee
yesterday to explain why the pro-
gram to find jobs for displaced
career employees has been stalled
the last few months.
The commissioners informed
the committee of its new program
to find jobs for displaced does
and expressed the hope that this
would do the trick.
Some committee members later
expressed skepticism as to whether
the new program would be success
full, but they said they wanted to
give the commissions new pro-
cedure a chance to make good.
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NAVY-It looks very much as ii
the more than $1,000 Navy De-
partment's civilian wage board
employees here will get a pay boost
in the near future.
Starting April /. the Depart
ment will conduct survey OF llv-
ing costs in the Washington area
and of comparable wages in pri-
vate industry here. The survey
will take six weeks.
Navy officials say they are Ger
tain the surveys findings will re-
suit in a wage boost for the Navy's
wage board workers here.
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CAPITAL ROUNDUP - The
House Civil Service Committee yes
terday approved legislation to give