Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-14

p0rafy pfoCecLlon against salary
ployes whose Jobs are downgrat
Various Federal agencies ha
and declared that only Legislation
antee employees against salary
cuts In downgradings.
The Controller General ha:
the case under adyisement ano
win issue his decision shortly.
The csc contends that the
Federal Classification Act gives
1t the authority to FIX the sal
aries Of classified employe jobs
and that this empowers it To
protect employees against salary
cuts at least temporarily when
their jobs are downgraded
through ne fault Of their own.
The commissions program is
not mandatory on the various
Federal agencies. It merely
gives agencies which want to
the authority to continue an
employee at his or her present
salary when their jobs are down.
graded. The minimum protec-
ton provided for extends fol-
26 weeks and may continue for
at least several years. depending
on the employees length Of
service
The idea behind the program
is that IN the interim period
the agency may be able TO assign
the employe to a Job at a grade
commensurate with his former
rating and thus prevent him
from having to take an eventual
salary cut.
The majority of agencies have
not put the commissions regu-
lations into effect. prefering to
wait 70 see what the Controller
Generals decision viii be.
FIRST ANNUAL CAREER
AWARDS-The National Civil
Service League, together with
Look Magazine, win present its
first annual career awards to
outstanding Federal employees at
q dinner December Q in the Sher-
aton-Park Hotel. The awards
will be an annual affair.
The names of the speakers at
the dinner will be announced
shortly. League officials said the
speakers are nationally known
figures. Also. some OF the coun-
try's leading entertainers will
perform.
GAIA personnel reduction is
pending among Civil Aeronautic
Administration employees at Ma
,ional Airport. A personnel cut
occurred there several months
ago and now there are reports
hat at least 10 more Jobs may
De involved.
Agency officials say the num-
Der Of jobs to be cut hasn't been
determined but that it won't be
as drastic as first feared. The
reduction Is due to reorganiza-
ton and economy factors. Some
Of the employees involved have
had as much as IS years service
with the agency. One of them,
a grade 10. was offered a grade
4 job.
I csc APPOINTMENT. Ralph
Atticks has been appointed
special placement representa-
tive of the Civil Service Com
mission. A career employee. Mr..
was a civilian personnel
officer of the Army Department
before coming to the commits
sion in 1858. He became chief
Of the separated employees unit
and later was named examining
representative In the COMPETE
live Examining Section OF the
Examining Division. In his new
assignment, Mr.. Atticks will be
primarily with place.
nent Of top management spe-
cialists in the Federal service.
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SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Meanwhile, Clyde C. Hall. who
had been the Civil Service Com
special placement rep
for the past 10 years,
has resigned to become public
information officer of the Ma
;ional Science Foundation. Mr..
Hall is a former newspaperman
and worked in the Washington
bureau of the Associated Press
before going into Government.
FORMAL CHANGES-Under
the new editorship of Cecil E.
Goode Of the Defense Depart
ment, the next issue of Person.
mel Administration, the maya