Evening star., 1949-02-08
The Federal Spotlight s'seR "'S
Group Life Insurance Policies
Proposed for u. S. Workers
By joseph Youno

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life insurance policies for all Gov
to the White House by Representa-:
Carolina.
White House yesterday to present
d Mr.. Truman appeared favorably
, President asked that the chief
ration prepare further data on the
to the White House, Mr.. Redden
vide the basis on which Congress
could enact very worthwhile
and humane" piece of legislation.
II am very much encouraged by
President Truman's attitude" Mr..
Redden said. He seemed gen.
timely interested and told me that
he favored the principle Of group
life insurance"
The North Carolinian said he
will follow up the Presidents re-
quest very soon and will get Vet
erans' Administration acturial es-
Inmates on the cost Of the measure.
LOYALTY-The Federal 10y
atty Review Board will make its
decision in the William Remington
case within the next day or two.
Numerous delays have marked
the boards action in deciding the
case of Mr.. Remington. the sus-
pended $10.0O0-a-year Commerce
Department official, who was ac-
cused by Miss Elizabeth Bentley,
the self-styled Red spy queen. Of
passing secret information to her
during the war.
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POSTAL INFLUENC E-The
powerful influence that the various
postal employe unions exert on
Capitol Hill is reflected in the bill
introduced by Representative Nor
rison, Democrat, of Louisiana, the
ranking member of the House Civil
Service Committee.
Mr.. Morrison's bill would pro-
vide $500 a year increases for
postal workers and only $500
year pay boosts for the rest Of the
Governments employees. Yet postal
workers last July Jared consider
ably better than the rest of the
Governments employees, receiving
a $3.50 boost as compared to the
$3.50 that went to other Federal
employees.
COMMERCE The Commerce
Department will hold its First
Annual Honors Award Program at
3 pm. Monday, at which time
Commerce Secretary Sawyer will
present Exceptional and Merito-
rious Award medals to the De-
partment's employees who have
made outstanding and unusually
valuable contributions to the public
service, the Nation and humanity"
The ceremonies will be held
in the Departmental Auditorium.
Oliver c. Short, Commences per-
sonnel director. is chairman Of the
Employe Awards Board.
TOP PAY-It appears likely
that the House Civil Service Com
mittee will scale downward some
what the proposed increases in the
Administration s.. top. bracket pay
bill. The committee. however. will
approve a bill that still will provide
substantial pay increases for the
Governments leading officials.
VETERANS PREFERENCE
The, Federal Career employees. AS
ISOLATION has started a drive to
have Congress enact legislation to
give greater protection to nom
career employees in future
Government reduction in- force
programs.
The group, which is composed Of
long time non veteran workers,
feels the present veterans prefer
ence system should be modified to
protect non-veteran careerists who
have served the Government for
many years.
1t proposes that veterans super
rights be limited to seven
years, with one point added for
every year of service in the armed
forces. In other words, non-vet-
eran career employees with more
than seven years service would
compete on an equal basis with
veterans in future Government
RIFF programs. Retention would
depend on seniority and efficiency
rating factors, with the veteran
having one additional point added
for each year served in the armed
forces.
The association says it believes
this is "a fair and sufficient ad-
for the veteran employe.
The group will hold a meeting at
$50 pm. today in the Interior
and non-veteran ca
reerists are invited to attend.
Incidentally, the Civil Service
Commissions veterans service di-
vision reports that it favors some
modification of veterans prefer
ence in job retention rights. but
that 1t should be done by separate
legislation and not through
amendment of the veterans pref
erence act. The division favors
giving non-veteran careerists equal
footing with veterans after Is
years of service. The commission
itself, however. has not changed its
stand opposing such modification.
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