Evening star., 1955-10-27

The House Civil Service Su
overstaffing in Government will
Wednesday, with top officials of
and agencies called to testify on
employment.
The subcommittee is headed
crat Of Georgia, who has called
ION all Federal departments and
agencies to reduce employment,
primarily through not filing
many of the job vacancies that
occur each year.
Here are the departments and
agencies that win be the subject
of the subcommittee's hearings
next week:
Wednesday, Defense Depart
ment, 10 am; Thursday, Vet
erans Administration. 10 am:
Department Of Health. Education
and Welfare. Q pm; Friday.
State Department. 10 an; Agri-
Culture Department. Q pm. and
Treasury Department. $3.50 pm.
| Other departments and
agencies win be the subject Of
1.-THE subcommittee's hearings later
next month.
The Defense Department all
ready has announced its plans
Ito eliminate, SO 900 civilian Jobs
during the next six months. The
subcommittee wants to, flnd out
ijust how the reductions viii be
made and the methods to be
fused,
The other departments and
1agencies win be asked TO detail
lany plans they might be formu-
Ilating TO- reduce the number Of
ljobs.
! Government employe union
LEADERS also have asked to be
heard. Employe leaders are ex-I
lpected to argue that any SUBJ
Istantial cut In employment can't
he achieved without curtailingI
necessary public services that the
Iagencies are required by law toI
perform.
LEAGUE LOOK DINNER
| Former Gov. Thomas Z. Dewey
lof New York and ChairmahI
Johnston of the Senate Civil
Service Committee win be the
speakers at the FIRST annual
career service awards dinner CO.
sponsored by the National Civil
Service League and Look Maga-
zine on December Q, In the
ISheraton-Park Hotel.
Ten outstanding Federal ca
reer employees win be honored atI
the dinner. They will be select
ed from over 100 nominations
from 80 different Federal agen-
lcies. The winners also will bel
featured in the December l3 ISL
sue Of Look Magazine. Thei
awards, which viii be an annual
event, are being sponsored by the |
league as part Of its campaignl
ito increase the prestige of the
Federal service,
= $50
PERSONNEL NOT STRESS
ED-Theodore C. Streibert, di- /
rector of the United States In
formation Agency. declares that
Government agencies don't payl
enough attention to personnel
matters or their personnel ON
GERS.
In a speech before the So
Iciety for Personnel Administra-
ton, Mr.. Streibert said that |
nothing could be more impor-
ttant" to a better and stronger
personnel system in Government |
than to have the top officials in |
Government pay more attention
to the problems involved.
Mr.. Streibert noted that most
large companies pay lar more
attention to personnel problems
and morale factors than does the
Government. And business has
found that such attention pays
Iof in happier employees and
greater productivity.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - The
Association of Senior Engineers
Iof Nays Bureau OF Ships has
presented awards to Wallace E.
Dietrich. Leverett Meadows,
James c. Stephens and Vivian
II. Million. Marion Norton
Hardesty. consultant to the In
ternational Cooperation Admin
listration. has resigned to become
managing director of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. !
The Field ADULTS Division Of the
Civil Aeronautics Board needs
accountants with broad CONNER
Icial type experience for. auditing
the accounts of airlines. The
starting salaries are $4,525 tol
$500 year. Justice Clark
Iof the Supreme Court has been
named chairman of the Board
lof Judges for the eighth annual
Arthur S. Flemming awards pre-
Isented to outstanding young men
in Government. -. Superior ac-
accomplishment awards have BEEN
given to the following Nayy Ord