Evening star., 1949-02-20
yRaiseAction
Due This Week
By Committee
D. G. Boost Favored
But Dispute Is Seen
Over Other Provision:


Over Other Provision:
By Harold B. Rogers
Pay raises for high-level Fedora
administrators, District classified
workers and the Foreign Service
will come, up for action before
House and Senate subcommittee
this week.
Chairman Murray of the House
Civil Service Committee an.
nounced an executive session o1
its subcommittee for 10 am. Tues
day to consider the salary prob.
lem.
Subcommittee members are
unanimous in their approval OF
the $3.50 pay raise for city Gov
ernment classified workers, retro
active to last July. the Tennessee
Democrat said. He predicted
lengthy discussion, however, over
more controversial features OF the
measure to increase pay of cab
met officer and other Federal pol
icy makers.
Senate Group May Meet.
A Senate Civil Service sub
committee, headed by Senator
O'Conor, Democrat, of Maryland
which has been considering its
pay raise bill for high level ad-
ministrators, District workers and
the Foreign Service, may meet
early this week for action, it was
learned. No date. however, had
been set last night. since Senator
Flanders. Republican, OF Yer
mont, has been out of the city
He is expected to return tomor-
row.
Meantime on the House side
Representative Davis, Democrat
of Georgia. said the bill to give
$3.50 raises to policemen and fire.
men, and 5000 to teachers, all re-
troactive to last July, will be
brought before the full House Dis
trict Committee at its next regu.
lar session March 7.
This bill was whipped into shape
by three subcommittee Of the
House District Committee on Pub
lie Service, Fiscal Affairs and Edu-
cation, which recently agreed or
its terms after public hearings.
Per Diem Workers to Be Added.
Mr.. Davis, chairman of the Pub
lie Service subcommittee, said il
is planned to add to this bill a pay
raise for 300 or 400 District per
diem workers not covered by eth
er the Civil Service bill or the one
for policemen, flremen and teach
ers.
Reports were current yesterday
that some opposition is develop
ing on two features of the bill.
Teachers are understood to be
complaining that they deserve the
same $3.50 raise granted to police
men and firemen by the bill. Their
figure was cut from $3.50 to 5000
by the subcommittee because, it
was contended, they received pay
raise in 1947, and 5000 would take
care of their increased cost OF liv-
ing since that time.
Also differences of opinion were
said to be arising over the stipula-
ton giving policemen and f1remer
an additional 8 per cent OF the
$3.50 pay raise in place OF overtime
and holiday work.
The pay raise for policemen
f1remen and teachers is made con-
tingent on the city raising lad
ditional revenue. Such pro-
vision already is written into the
bill.
The cost of a pay raise for al
city workers is one of the big
problems faced by the Joint House
Senate fiscal subcommittee nov
struggling to find enough extra
revenue to balance the budget.
Sales Tax Favored.
The subcommittee, headed b!
Senator Hunt. Democrat. OF Wyo'
ming, and Representative Smith
Democrat, of Virginia, already
have approved "in principle" thu
2 per cent retail sales tax. The!
will go into executive session agal1
Wednesday on the problem.
To be considered will be further
details of the sales levy including
exemptions, and other proposed
taxes, such as the broadening o
the unincorporated business tax
and the District Commissioners
recommendation for an additlona
$4,000,O00 Federal payment TO-
wards city costs.
The District budget now before
a House Appropriations subcom'
mittee is being whipped into shape
for presentation to the full com
mittee and the House itself abou
the middle of March. 1t carried
s1O3. 100000 when sent to Con-
gress.
The drive for home rule ane
reorganization of the city Gov
ernment is still under way, Sen
ator Kefauver, Democrat, o.
Tennessee, said last night: Al
chairman of the Senate Distric'
subcommittee on home rule, HI
said last night will carefully stud!
the three bills on which contro
yersy developed at a hearing las
week.
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