Evening star., 1953-12-08
vas made after

OF the lew agencies, IL 1OC CIlc
only one, that had a military
officer as a civilian personnel
chief.
Under the QuartermaSter Gen.
erals Office new reorganization.
supervisory employees will be
given more authority than they
have had in the past. Until re-
Gently, most supervisory duties
have been assumed by admins
trative officers.
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DOWNGRADINGS - Govern
ment career employees who have
been down-graded in salary dur
ing the recent economy programs
seem to be out of luck so far as
regaining their old grades is con-
cerned.
While a few Federal agencies
are trying to find jobs at their
old grades for down-graded en-
ployes as personnel vacancies oc-
cur, most bureaus are promoting
without regard to their down.
graded workers.
The down-graded employees
can scarcely be blamed for ask
ing that the Civil Service Com
mission and the agencies work
out a program whereby they will
get priority in promotions.
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DISSATISFIED - Meanwhile,
the Governments jobless career
employees who lost their jobs dur
ing the economy programs con-
tinue to express their displeasure
over the program designed to
find new jobs for them.
The agencies are continuing to
balk at employing careerists sent
them by the csc. And the
commission can do nothing to
force the agencies to hire these
employees. since it does not have
the authority. A presidential
order would do the trick, but so
far the administration has not
shown any inclination to take
such step.
CHRISTMAS EVE - Employe
groups have asked the White
House to allow Federal workers
to go home a few hours early
on Christmas Eve, Thursday,
December "a. Administration
officials said the proposal is now
under consideration and that a
decision will be reached soon.
PRESIDENTS REPRESENTA-
TIVE - Chairman Philip Young
OF the Civil Service Commission
who is President Eisenhower s
personal representative on civil
service matters, will speak on
THE Role of the President s
Representative on Personnel Ad-
miniStration" at 1915 pm. to-
morrow in the Burlington Hotel
The luncheon is sponsored by the
National Capital Chapter of the
Civil Service Assembly of the
United States and Canada.
CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS
The special House Civil Service
subcommittee investigating the
Governments personnel practices
will return from its Nationwide
trip tomorrow.
Headed by Representatives
Hagen, Republican, Of Mime
sofa, and Corbett, Republican, OF
Pennsylvania. the group for the
past month has visited various
localities throughout the country
to study civil service problems.
The views of Government en-
ploye union officials, rank-and-
file employees and Federal admin
istrators and personnel officials
have been heard by the group
Out of all this, the committee
plans to recommend a series OF
proposals to Congress to strength
en- civil service and employe
working conditions. The groups
findings probably won't be made
public until Congress returns ir
January.
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CAPITAL ROUNDUP-rC. Ed
ward Upton of the Internal Rev
enue Bureau has been reelected
president of the Allied Reproduc-
tion Trades Union. Also elected
were Nicholas Fillah, Federal
Supply Service, vice president;
/ Clifford l.. Prosser, ST., Internal
Revenue, treasurer; John B
Moore, Federal Trade Commis-
sion recording secretary, and
Gerald A. Young. FTC. master
alarms. Walter Kruckman
veteran public relations director
for the National Federation OF
Federal Employees in Los Angeles
and well-known to many NFFE