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not obtained permanent status
because Of the Written rider.
But csc officials say some
thing drastic must be done to
find jobs for displaced career en-
ployes. and they say the forth
coming program is the only an
swer. The program has the in
dorsement of Chairmen Carlson
and ReeS of the Senate and
House Civil Service Committees.
Legislation, however, is not nee
essary to put it into effect. The
csc has the necessary authority.
LEAVE - The House Civil
Service Committees action in
voting to reduce the 6O-day
Federal employe leave accumula-
ton maxim to Is days has a
lot of employees confused. The
House took this step in voting
to repeal the Thomas rider. The
Senate voted outright repeal of
the rider and did not reduce
the leave accumulation maxi
mum, which means the issue
must be settled in House-Senate
conference.
Under the committee plan
Federal. employees who already
have accumulated leave in ex-
cess Of 26 days could retain that
leave from year to year, but
could not increase it.
For example: An employee who
had As days of accumulated
leave at the end of the last leave
year could retain the As days
from year to year. But he could
not increase it. The same would
apply up to so days.
AS for employees with fewer
than 26 days, they could accumu-
late annual leave only up to 26
days by the end of any year. The
same would apply to new en-
ployes entering the Government
in the future. They could COM
pile leave only to the extent of
26 days by the end of any year.
WELFARE DEPT.-The House
has restored some of the funds
trimmed from the money bill of
the Department of Health, Edu-
cation and Welfare by the House
Appropriations Committee.
AS a result. only 1900 jobs
would be wiped out in the de-
partment, instead of the $500
positions that would have been
eliminated by the House APP
preparations Committee action.
About 1000 jobs would be elirni-
mated in the Public Health Serv-
ice. About SIS positions would be
trimmed in the Food and Drug
Administration and the rest
would be scattered in the other
units.
APPOINTMENT Oficials of
the non-partisan National Civil
Service League will meet with
President Eisenhower at the
White House today to present
their ideas on how to protect and
strengthen the civil service merit
system. Meeting with the Pres
ident will be Nicholas Kelley.
league president and vice pres
ident of Chrysler Corp; Winston
Paul, chairman of the leagues
Executive Committee and q
prominent New York industrial
list, and James r. Watson, the
leagues executive director.
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CAPITAL ROUNDUP Sey-
mour Berlin and John Steele Of
the Civil Service Commissions
Policy and Procedures Staff,
Examining and Placement Divi-
sion, will discuss the commits
sion's unemployment program
for career employees at 1880 pm.
tomorrow in the National Ar
chives Auditorium. Federal
workers are invited. Four
employees of Interiors Bureau of
Land Management have been
presented awards for meritorious
service. They are Abraham p.
Yonteff, THEODORE H. Drummond,
Asa N. Cummiford and Agnes E.
Kempf. >. The Civil Service
Commission has exempted from
civil service and placed under
political schedule &C" the jobs
Of one confidential assistant to
the Secretary of Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare, and one con-
fidential assistant to the admin
istrator Of the National Produc-
"