Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-11

cOufaglng TO Government CHI
ploye. groups. who for years have
fought to get suryivorship an
nuity benefits for Federal
women employees. Women in
Government pay the same
amount of their salaries as men
into the retirement fund. Yet.
the husbands>of women who die
in the Federal service are not
entitled to any annuity benefits,
even though they may be too i'll
or disabled to work.
Also, minor children of women
employees who die before their
husbands are not entitled to
survivorship benefits under the
present law. Only If the de-
ceased employe was widow are
the minor children entitled to
survivorship insurance benefits
under the present law.
Representative Katharine St.
George. Republican, of New
York, has sponsored a bill to give
the survivors of Government
women the same survivorship
annuity benefits accorded the
survivors of men employees.
Now that Congress is about
to take care of its own. Mrs. St.
George feels the time is ripe to
seek the benefits for women en-
ployes of the Government as
we'll. A top committee source of
the House Civil Service Commit
tee, of which Mrs. st. George is
a member, said he thinks there
is a good chance the group will
approve her bill.
One of the leaders in the fight
for the legislation has been the
Retirement Federation of Civil
Service Employees.
-
TRUE SOUTHERNER-In re-
Spouse to question on the job
application form asking whether
the applicant had any particu-
lar choice AS TO the geographical
location of his position, man
seeking a job in the Naval Re-
search Laboratory wrote:
ANY place below the Mason
Dixon Line. subj"
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FRINGE BENEFITS BILL,-The
Senate Civil Service Committee
has postponed. for a week. the
start of its hearings on the Fed
eral employe fringe" benefits
bill. Originally scheduled TO start
next Tuesday, the hearings have
been rescheduled to begin Feb
ruary %. / Ii q NJ a
The measure is sponsored By
Chairman Carlson and would
liberalize overtime and longevity
pay, repeal the Written rider. in
crease the number of super
Government jobs and improve
number Of other benefits.
CONGRESSIONAL PAY-Con-
greSsional leaders are reported
cooling toward the idea of a pay
raise for members of Congress
this year.
The fear that the folks back
home" would resent the legisla-
tors voting themselves a pay
raise is the main reason the leg
islarion has been stymied. The
Senate Republican Policy Com
mittee is reported to have de-
ferred action after Chairman
Carlson of the Senate Civil Serv-
ice Committee said he did not
think such bill should be con-
sidered at this time.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-James
w. Foristel has been appointed
associate general counsel of the
Department of Health, Education
and Welfare. Mr.. Foristel has
been legal adviser for the Wash
ington office of the American
Medical Association since 1949.
+. Forty-year service awards
have been presented by the
Naval Gun Factory to John l..
Welsh and Andrew r. Cameron.
Superior accomplishment step
increases went to Kenneth Davis
and Vincent De Pierre. The
Association of Senior Engineers
OF the Bureau of Ships will hold
symposium on 1.-The Engineer
Manager" at 8 pm. next Thurs
day in the Pepco Auditorium,
Tenth and E streets NV. d.
Carl w. Schaller and Ruth A.
Phillips, two civilian employees of