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nor any dues checkoff system,
Federal employee groups find it
difficult to retain their member
ship strength as well as to at
tract new members. Health in
surance policies may be the an
swer, they feel.
The administration unveiled
its health insurance plan for
Government workers som e
months ago. However, Congress
showed little interest in the
plan. The sentiment on Capitol
Hill is that the Federal pay raise
legislation is the major Govern
ment employee item on its agenda
this year and that employe
health insurance is something
to be considered later.
With Congress not expected to
take up the health insurance
program this year, administra-
ton officials may decide not to
send up its formal recommended
tions on this subject until next
year. The administrations plan
would offer Federal employees
and their families comprehen-
sive medical coverage at a cost
to the employe of $104 a year.
The Governments share would
be $50. Single employees would
pay 500 and the Government
$3.50 a year.
Should Congress later approve
a Federal employe health insur-
ance program. the unions say
their members could continue
under their union insurance pol
icies and still get the benefit OF
whatever Government contribu-
ton toward their premiums Is
decided on by Congress.
N**
INJURY CLAIMS-Labor De-
partment's Bureau of Employees
Compensation, which handles all
of the Governments ea-the-job
injury claims. has been given
| $4,000 additional by the
House to- speed UP action on the
claims OF Federal workers.
The bureau. will be able to
i hire IN more investigators,
| which win give it q staff Of 30.
| This is more than twice as many
as the present investigative staff
of 10.
Bureau officials say the larger
investigative staff will enable
the bureau to process injury
claims more quickly. Also, it
will enable the bureaus to detect
quickly any fraudulent claims.
PRAISE - Clarence Randall,
board chairman of the Inland
Steel Co., is the latest top in
dustrialist to sing the praises OF
Government workers. Writing
in this weeks Life magazine
| Me. Randall said that before he
came to Washington on Gov
eminent assignment. he shared
| the view of many of his bust
ness colleagues, who had never
had a Federal assignment, that
Government workers were con-
genital nitwits" and that they
espoused policies which were
socialism blended with a dash
of idiocy."
However, Mr.. Randall con.
tinued, las the days passed inte
weeks and the weeks into month;
II found growing in my mind &
new respect and in my heart 6
warm affection for many career
men.
II came to know them well anC
comparing them with men o.
like age in business, I ratee
them high" he said. II know
many men in Government whit
could double or triple their pay
by leaving the service and enter.
ing industry who go on doing the
| job they love solely out of {
genuine devotion to a cause
I've never seen a more dedicated
and harder working group o
people than there are in Wash.
ington."
INVESTIGATORS - Eigh
Civil Service Commission in
yestigators have been presented
certificates of meritorious servic,
for their efficiency in handling
the CSC's investigative work
They are Beverly w. Dunn, Johl
e. Main, Louis T. Williams, Jacl
r. Lefever. Donald C. Stroup
Marcella M. Stewart, Mae G
. Hugs and Leo J. Siclari. TIL,
Investigations division is headet
by Kimbell johnson.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - TIL
Civil Service Commissions pop
. ular executive director. John W
Macy. jr., and his wife ar
parents of baby girl. Mary. It
their second child. Repre-
sentative Landlord, Democrat, O
Maryland, will address tn
Management Division of tn
Armed Forces Management AS
ISOLATION at $50 pm. tomorrow
at Fourteenth street and Con
; stitution avenue NV. ST
employees of Nays Bureau O
Supplies and Accounts have beel
given promotions. They ar
Mrs. Sara B. Campbell. Mr.,
| Dorothy r. Nester. Mrs. Lois z
, Turney. Mrs. Mary E. Werner
Allen j. Wiltshire and Charlie
, j O'Connor. The Navy De
partment has asked its super
visors to keep close check o.
the use of sick leave to proven
abuse. At the same time, tn
supervisors were told to keep
4 close watch on the health Q
their employees and to proven
mr. raIiava f0h disro fisfo rtio