Evening star., 1951-09-16
District Workers
To Get Action
On Pay Raise
Firemen, Teachers
And Police Included
In Nicely Amendment
By Harold B. Rogers

By Harold B. Rogers
Proposed pay raises for all 49,
900 District Government workers
may move rapidly forward this
week.
Congress plans to act on legis-
lation pending on both sides Of
the Capitol for classified workers.
police, firemen and teachers.
The Commissioners have for
warded to the Wage Sterilization
Board a proposal from the Dis
trict Wage Board to give 3.100 per
diem workers an increase esti-
mated to total about $685. 900 q
year.
If legislation becomes law to
make the raise for classified en-
lployes, police f1remen and teach-
ers retroactive to July l this year.
as proposed, District officials
might consider recommendation
to make the per diem workers
raise effective the same date.
Action Due Tomorrow.
First action in Congress for
District workers will come tomor-
row in the Senate.
When the bill to raise the pay
of both Federal and District class.
if1ed workers is called up for ac-
ltion, as already scheduled, Chair
man Nicely of the Senate District
Committee will offer the amend
ment he introduced last week to
include the city'S police, firemen
and teachers.
The Nicely amendment already
has been approved by Chairman
Johnston of the Senate Civil Serv-
ice Committee. and Senator Pas
tore, Democrat, of Rhode Island,
head Of the Civil Service subcom-
mittee handling pay legislation.
Both also are members of the
Senate District Committee.
The Neely amendment would
give city classified workers an in
crease of 8.8 per cent or a maxi
mum of $500. whichever is lesser.
May Liberalixe Measure.
If a move succeeds tomorrow to
liberalize the Federal classified
hill so as to provide $400 mini
mum and $500 maximum, 1t ap-
pears possible the Neely amend
ment also might be liberalized to
conform to the proposed new Fed
eral pay level.
/ The plan to liberalize the Fed
eral classified measure is expected
to be raised, because the Senate
Friday increased the postal work.
Iers' pay raise bill to the $400 mini
mum and $500 maximum. Some
Senators feel both groups, postal
and classified, should be treated
alike.
On the House side of the Capitol
a different approach has been
made to get raise for police.
f1remen and teachers.
Pending in the House District
Committee, and ready to be dis
cuSSed at an executive session
probably Wednesday or Thursday
is a bill to give police, firemen
and teachers a fiat $400 increase.
This figure conforms to a bill now
expected to be ready for action
on the House floor about the mid
die of the week for classified work.
ers, both Federal and District.
Mcmillan Introduces Bill.
Chairman Mcmillan of the
House District Committee intro
duced the measure for police. fire.
men and teachers, because the
House Civil Service Committee had
cut these groups from the classi-
fed bill, in view of the District
Committees jurisdiction over
them.
The parliamentary situation in
the Senate and House, therefore.
is somewhat complicated as 1t af-
fleets the police, firemen and
teachers. But it is simple regard
ling the classified group, because
that proposed increase is pending
in the same kind of legislation to
be acted on by both House and
Senate. The classified pay raise
would go to conference to COM
promise the figures, II the two
bodies approve different figures.
How the legislation for police.
firemen and teachers can be re-
solved before their bill goes to
the White House. remains to DO
worked out by the legislators.
When the House District Com
mittee meets this week, it also
probably will consider a bill to
provide extra pay for police and
f1remen when they work on Ger.
tain specified holidays. Another
bill before the District Committee
would authorize the ABC board to-
continue permits of operating liq-
uor stores in areas which had
been rezoned from commercial to
residential.