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annual leave by June 80, 1858, or
lose the unused portion.
The committees bill also would
save about $4,000 Federal jobs in
the independent agencies that are
threatened by the House bill.
In addition to restoring some of
the funds cut by the House, the
Senate committee also voted to-
reject the Jensen rider. This
would follow agencies to fill only
Is per cent of personnel vacancies
until a 10 per cent reduction is
achieved over and above Job
slashes previously made by the
House. In most instances, this
would mean a Is to 20 per cent
personnel reduction.
Instead, the Senate group sub
|stituted the much milder Fergu-
son Amendment, which would
impose 10 per cent personnel
;ut below original budget esti-
mates. Since most agencies asked
for more jobs than they now have
this amendment would not impose
much of a personnel reduction.
In fact, no dismisSals would be-
necessary.
The Senate committee also
voted to ease the 80 per cent cut
in travel expenses imposed by the
House. The Senate groups bill
would impose only Is per cent
in travel expenses.
HOW AGENCIES FARED
Here are the agencies in the bill
and the amount of the increases
voted by the Senate group over
the House funds: Budget Bureau,
$293, 900; Atomic Energy Com
mission (no increase). Council of
Economic Advisers, $4,000: Civil
Service Commission, 5000 900 (for
payment to civil service retire.
ment funds: Federal Communl-
cations Commission, 5000, 900;
Federal Power Commission,
$500, 900.
Also, the Federal Trade
Commission, $150,000; General
Accounting office. $1.75O,OO
General Services Administration,
$8,077,000 House and Home
Finance Agency, 81 million; Indian
Claims Commission, $4,000; Inter-
state Com merce Commission,
1896, 900; National Advisory Com
|mittee for Aeronautics, $4.127, 900;
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission, no increase, but
the limitation on the amount of
funds available increased from
$23,375 to $27,500; National Sci
ence Foundation, 81 million.
Also Renegotiation Board, 81
million: selective service (no in
crease but various limitations lib
|eralizeO Smithsonian Institution.
1921 900; National Gallery of Art,
$118,900: Tariff Commission,
!$193,25O: Tennessee Valley Au-
thority, $14,757, 900; Veterans Ad-
ministration, $69.5 million; War
Claims Commission (no increase
but limitations on expenditures
eaSed).
The total increases for all agen-
cies over the House bill amount
to $111,073,85O.
The differences between the
House and Senate bills will have
to be settled in conference.
X
STREAMLINE APPEALS-The
Civil Service Commission an
nounces it is working on a pro-
gram to speed up the hearing and
appeals system for Government
employees on grievances and
separation procedures.
The commission wants to
eliminate the multiple appeals
procedure whereby employees
sometimes must wait Months, or
even years, before a decision is
reached in their cases.
At the same time the commits
sion announced it had approved a
Isimplified lone shot" hearing
procedure for Veterans Admins
Itration employees. Other agencies
also may get approval of this
procedure. if they want it.
Under the system, VA en-
ploye will get a single hearing. If
the ruling is adverse, he may ap-I
peal to the VA administrator. In
cases of veterans who appeal to-
the Civil Service Commission un-
der their veterans preference
rights, VA will drop all hearings
TRAVEL.