Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-01

900 jobs in the Voice, of America
has been ordered by State De-
partment officials. Whether any
part of the Voice program will
be continued will be decided later
by Congress.
There are now about 1000
State Department workers in
Washington. The bill would lop
off about $50 jobs. There are
another 500 employees who work
for the State Department. but
their salaries are paid by the
Mutual Security Agency. A later
appropriations bill will determine
how they will fare.
Commerce Not Cut Hard.
The Commerce Department es-
capped any major personnel cuts.
Department officials are still
studying the committee Figures,
but estimated that not more than
800 or so jobs would be involved.
Commerce has $1,000 employees,
$4,000 of them in Washington
Small reductions would be
necessary in the Weather Bureau.
the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
the Bureau of Foreign and Do
nestle Commerce and the Gen.
Sus Bureau, but most of this
could be absorbed by not filling
vacancies.
The Justice Department Jared
we'll. Some units such as the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Bureau. of Prisons, immigration
and Naturalization Service and
the administrative office of the
Attorney General, received
enough money to hire several
hundred more employees.
May Indicate 10000 Cut.
Meanwhile, the Civil Service
Commission today released en-
ployment figures for last month
showing that Government en-
ployment dropped by 10000, the
largest decrease since the start
| of the Korean war. In Washing
ton, Federal employment dropped
by 1900 for a new total of 240,-
900. Total Federal employment
is now 2,528,4O0.
The drop shows the first major
impact of the Eisenhower aG-
ministration's hiring restriction
program as we'll as it's economy
dismissal drive. The decrease in
employment is expected to be
even sharper in the months
ahead as Congress budget cuts
are reflected in the figures.
During the past month, the
major personnel cuts occurred in
the Army, Navy and Commerce
Departments and the Economic
Sterilization Agency.
X X \
LEAVE-The administration S
strong Endorsement yesterday of
legislation to repeal the Thomas
se-it-or-lose-it leave rider in
creases the chances that Con-
gress will do something about
easing the ban.
AS the House Civil Service
Committee began hearings on
legislation to repeal the leave
accumulation ban rider, the ad-
ministration asked for its full
repeal. Chairman Philip Young
of the Civil Service Commission
presented the administration S
views. Mr.. Young said the
rider has resulted in added cost
to the Government, caused ad-
ministrative confusion and re-
suited in injustices to employees.
May Ask Extension.
In the event that Congress
can't get around to acting on
the legislation by the June 80
deadline for using 1852 annual
leave, Mr.. Young suggested an
emergency provision to extend
the date to December 81.
The commission chief also
asked a change in the present
provision in the leave law re-
quiring Federal workers to Use
all accumulated leave in excess
of so days go days in a few
cases. by the last day of the
final complete pay period of
each year.
Mr.. Young explained that the
final pay period of each year
usually ended around Deem
Der 81 or %, with the result that