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Veto Is Expected
Il U. 5. Pay Increase
IsMore Than 7.5Pct.
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The bill, however, must be ap-
proved by a two-thirds vote.
Consequently, House members
sympathetic to the effort of
postal employe unions to have
the rs per cent figure increased.
will move to have the measure
defeated under the suspension
of-rules.
If successful. this would pave
the way for action by the House
Rules Committee. An open rule
by the Rules Committee would
permit liberalizing amendments
to be offered from the floor.
A group of eight Democratic
members on the House Civil
Service Com m it tee has an
nounced the intention to offer
an amendment to increase the
rs per cent raise by another
$50 for postal workers. This
would bring the average postal
employe increase to slightly over
8 per cent.
Also a number of amendments
to give postal workers added
safeguards against downgrading
salaries and other adverse per-
sonnet actions will be offered if
the bill is brought up under an
open rule.
Gag Rule Charged
Bitter over the House Demo-
cratic leadership's decision to
seek the bills passage under
suspension of the rules. postal |
employee leaders are charging
that this is a gag" rule at
tempt.
The politically powerful pos
tai employe unions feel there is
a good chance that the House
will rebuff it's leadership and
insist that the legislation be
brought up under an open rule
that would permit increasing /
the rs per cent amount.
Mr.. Murray urged Speaker
Rayburn to bring the measure
up under the suspension, of
rules, arguing that the bill other
wise would be increased to a
point where it might incure a
Presidential veto. Mr.. Rayburn
agreed. However, other House
members have seated at the
argument that President Eisen-
hover would veto the bill be-
cause it contained an extra 500
a-year boost. They declare that
since the measure contains the
postal salary Redistribution
sought by the administration,
Mr.. Eisenhower would readily
sign the bill into law.
Approval Believed Certain
If the House is permitted to
vote on the proposed amendment
to increase the rs per cent figure,
1t undoubtedly would approve
the added increase. That is why
the House leadership has by
passed regular procedure and
decided on the suspension of
the-rules approach.
Meanwhile, the House Civil
Service Committee has wound
up its hearings on Federal CLASH
fed pay-raise legislation. Chair
man Murray said the group
would meet this week in execu-
tive session, following House
action on the postal pay bill.
The committee is expected to
approve classified pay increase
of somewhere between s to rs
per cent. Should the House lib
eralize the postal employee pay
bill, classified workers might gain
accordingly.
When the Senate takes up the
10 per cent classified and postal
pay raise bills there will be a
move by Senator Carlson, Re-
publican, Of Kansas, to reduce
the figure to rs per cent for
postal workers and per cent
for classified employees.
Sponsors of the 10 per cent
legislation are confident they
have enough votes to defeat
Senator Carlson's move.
A number of Senate Republic
cans have pledged their support
of the 10 per cent raise and
will join with most Democrats
in voting for it. Among the Re-
publicans who have promised
to vote for 10 per cent are Sem ,
ators Beall and Butler of Mary
land. LANCER of North Dakota.
Young of South Dakota and
Thye Of Minnesota.