Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-28

situation.
Any small personnel reduce
tions that might result in the
months ahead can be taken care
of by attrition-not filling va
cancies, defense officials feel.
Meanwhile, Government per-
sonnet officials feel that the
large-scale layoffs during the
past few months which has had
all Federal workers Jittery, is
just about at an end. With the
exception of such units as
Census Bureau, Internal Rev.
enue, Bureau of Standards and
one or two others which are now
in the process of layoffs. major
layoffs are not expected during
the next IL months.
With the 1854 appropriations
bills just about settled, the vari-
Gus agencies now have stabilized
their employment for the year
ahead. Still further job cuts may
be made at the administrations
discretion through attrition, but
outright dismissals of employees
are expected to be far and few
between.
csc EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
John w. Macy, jr., 36-year-
old Army Department career Of
fetal, has been appointed exec
utive director of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. Mr.. Macy is
one of the youngest executive
directors in the commissions
history. Just IS years ago he
started on his Government ex-
ecutive career as an intern in
the executive development pro-
gram.
Mr.. Macy has been special as
sistant to the Undersecretary Of
the Army. Previously he served
for four years as assistant to the
civilian manager of the Los Ala
mos atomic bomb project. Dur
ing the last war, Mr.. Macy served
in various key civilian personnel
jobs in the Army Department be-
fore going into military service
in the Air Force.
A native of Winnetka, ILL.,. Mr..
Macy is a graduate of Wesleyan
University, Middletown, Conn.
He is president Of the Washing
ton chapter of the American So
ciety for Public Administration
and is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa, scholastic honor society.
Mr.. Macy assumes the top Ca
reer 10 bin the csc, with the
basic responsibility for admins
tering the commissions person.
mel programs.
Meanwhile, the csc an
nounced that Joseph Winslow,
who has been the commissions
assistant executive director, will
become deputy to Chairman
Philip Young and act as Mr..
Young'S liaison man with the
White House and the Budget
Bureau on personnel matters.
EMPLOYMENT-For the first
time in nearly year, Govern
ment employment has increased.
There are several factors in
volved.
The Civil Service Commissions
June figures includes the seas
onal increases in the Agriculture
and Interior Departments. Also,
the June figures do not include
the many layoffs that occurred
on the last day of the month
when agencies trimmed their
stats at the end of the fiscal
year. These reductions will be
reflected in the CSC'S employ
ment figures next month. The
June figures show a Govern
ment-wi increase of $500 jobs,
In Washington, Federal employ
ment dropped by 800 jobs.
WELFARE DEPT.-James c.
O'Brien is the new personnel di-
rector of the Department Of
Health, Education and Welfare.
Mr.. O'Brien, who was assistant
commissioner of the Office of
Education, succeeds Don Smith.
Mr.. Smith has become executive
officer of the Bureau Of Medical
Services.
Other changes in the depart
ment included the appointment
of Leo Miller. formerly executive