Evening star., 1955-03-09

pay bill will follow the COM
mittee's approval of either a
6 per cent measure sponsored by
Chairman Murray or a 7 to 7h
per cent bill advocated by sew
eral other committee members.
TREASURY-POST OFFICE
The House Appropriations Com
mittee on Friday will report the
years first regular appropriations
bill. The measure will provide
the 1855 fiscal year operating
funds of the Post Office and
Treasury Departments. Both de-
partments are expected to fare
very well at the hands of the
committee.
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PENSION BENEFITS-Chair-
man Johnston of the Senate Civil
Service Committee has sponsored
legislation Is 1852 to increase
the annuity and family survivor
ship benefits of Government
workers. The measure is identi-
cal to the one sponsored recently
in the House by Representative
Morrison, Democrat, of Louisi-
ana. +
NAVY PAY-The Navy De-
partment is taking a number of
employees out of the Classification
Act coverage and assigning them
to wage board coverage. The re-
suit is that many of these en-
ployes will lose the chance to
benefit from the forthcoming
Federal pay raise legislation that
they would have received as
classified employees.
Several members of the House
Civil Service Committee have
called attention to this situation
and will move. as part of the
classified pay raise bill, to have
language inserted guaranteeing
these employees the pay they
would have received had they re-
manned in the classified service
and received the forthcoming
salary increase.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Ronne
c. Shelse has been elected presi-
dent of District of Columbia
Chapter l, National Association
OF Retired Civil Employees. Others
elected were Brownie H. Allen
and Charles A. King, vice presi-
dents. and Max Abel, secretary
treasurer. Sophronia Elmer
OF the Bureau of Labor Stand
ards has received a cash award
for superior accomplishment.
The Naval Air Station at Nor
folk, Va, needs budget special
ist, Grade IL. Send your appli-
cation to the Industrial Relations
Ofncer there. . L. K. Little has
been appointed Deputy Assistant
Director of Personnel of the
United States Information Agen-
cy. Mr., Little has an unusual
background. having served in
the Chinese Customs Service for
SO years. He was appointed
Inspector General of Customs in
1943, the only American to head
the service in its 100-year his
tory. Lester P. Condor has
been appointed director of the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency's compliance division. Mr.,
Condor was formerly chief in
vestigator of the House Govern
ment Operations Committee. .,
The Labor Department has
awarded outstanding perform
ance ratings to Annie S. Bowers
and Frederick w. Suffa. Labor
Department employees cited for
superior performance we're Boyd
c. Anders, Irene E. Boothe, Paul
M. Cadra, Sophronia Elmer, Mil
licent Elliott, Gertrude l.. Frame,
Julia Groves, Hyman L. Lewis,
Abraham Lisorgursky, Robert L.
Miller, John T. Murray, Saide M.
Myers. Nettie S. Narson, Chris
topher Richardson, Virginia A.
Riggs, Robert G. Rodden, Her.
man Sternstein, Chester Walker
and Florence w. Worrell. The
United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey has awarded Silver Med
ais for outstanding service to
Sarah A. Brehm, Joseph P.
Dunich, Edward R. Mccarthy
Dorothy M. Samen, Albert o,