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plan already presented to Com
gress, and fringe benefits would
cost about $3.50 million, csc
officials estimated.
Pay Changes Listed.
Under the administration pay
plan, employees in grade 8
($2, 1850 to So. 340) would receive
"a pay increase of $50 and those
in grade 4 ($3,175 to $3.50
would get .$75.
Here are how employees in
other grades would fare:
Grade S ($3.4l0 to $4,160). a
$3.50 boost. Grade 6 ($3,795 to
$4,545, a $205 increase. Grade 7
"a, 205 to $4.955), a $195 raise.
Grade 8 ($4.620 to $5,37O, a
$3.50 boost.
Grade 8 ($5,O60 to $500. a
$24O increase. Grade 10 $500
to $6,250) a $500 increase.
Grade II ($5.940 to $6,940), a
$460 raise. Grade IL ($7,040 to
SO, 040), a $500 raise. Grade 13
($8,360 to $4,000, a $440 boost.
Grade IA $4,000 to $10,60O, a
5000 raise.
Grade Is ($1O,S0O to Sill. 1900 i.
an $500 increase. Grade 16
$4,000 to 5000, an increase
ranging from $500 in the lowest
step of the grade down to $500
in the top step of the grade.
Grade II $4,000 to $4,000 i.
an increase ranging from $500
in the bottom step of the grade
down to 5000 for the fourth step
in the grade and nothing for the
top step. Grade Is ($I4,800) i,
no increase.
Opposes Flat Increase.
In his testimony, Mr.. Young
said the administration is OPP
posed to any fiat increase in pay.
The proposed Redistribution
plan would correct present in
equities and overlapping of SAL
aries between grades, he declared.
THE pay plan in the Classifi-
cation Act has been warped over
period of years." Mr.. Young
declared. This distortion has
come about by the process of al
most fiat across aboard pay
increases in the past. We are
not in favor of any additional
fiat acroSS-the-board increases
which would only increase the
inequities which are now preva-
lent in the pay structure"
Mr.. Young added: The time
is now here when start toward
correcting the distortions in the
Classification Act must be made
within the limitations Of the ad-
ditional expenditures that can
be borne by the overall budget.
Equal pay for equal work is a
good management principle. A
lack Of such pay relationships is
a cause Of employe dissatis-
faction.
mo employe is happy if his
pay does not measure up to the
difficulty and responsibilities of
his position. When an employe
sees some one else get paid al
most as much as he for doing
a much easier job, he feels that
he is not being treated fairly.
and he loses enthusiasm and Zest
for his job"
Hopes for Omnibus Bill.
At a special White House press
conference yesterday afternoon,
Mr.. Young listed the administra-
tons legislative program and
said the President is hopeful that
Congress will enact all the pro-
posals in one omnibus bill.
The only fringe benefit that
would be enacted separately un-
der the administrations proposal.
would be Government employee
unemployment compensation
benefits. since this legislation is
handled by the House Ways and
Means Committee and the Sen
ate Finance Committee.
President Eisenhower's state
ment on the administration S
Federal employe program said
the whole matter had been given
careful consideration by a spe-
cial cabinet subcommittee
headed by Mr.. Young. Others on
the committee were Secretary Of
Labor James Mitchell, Nelson A.
Rockefeller, Undersecretary Of
Health. Education and Welfare;
Undersecretary of Treasury Ma
rion B. Folsom, Defense Mobilizer