Evening star., 1955-07-17
|Acfionon Raises
Due This Week
Poy Bills foT Police,
Firemen, Teachers
Before Congress
By HAROLD B. ROGERS

Legislation raising salaries Of
teachers. policemen and flremen
Is scheduled for action this week
by Congress.
As leaders drive toward ad-
journment, bills for these in
creases are expected to make
progress tomorrow with good
prospects for enactment before
the end Of this first session Of
the present Congress.
Several groups Of Federal Of
ficials and employees already have
been granted increased compen-
sation by Congress. So 1t is fully
expected that some increases
viii be given these three local
groups.
A Senate-passed teacher pay
bill. already liberalized by q
House District subcommittee. is
slated for approval by the full
District Committee tomorrow
morning. It provides 500 more
for each classification Of teach
ers than did the Senate measure.
but eliminates entirely the So
called Senate Glass c group.
$3.50 for Group A
The largest number of teach
ers, known as Group A Class Is.
would get an increase Of $3.50
for the so-called minimum start
ing salary.
The Senate-approved salary Of
$18. 900 for the superintendent of
schools was changed by the
House subcommittee to $4,000
without a masters degree, $16,-
$18. .000if the superintendent had
900 with O masters degree and
won and earned q PhD.
When approved by the House
District Committee, this measure
would be slated for action by
the House on its next District
day, July 25. When passed by
the House. it would then go to
a House-Senate conference to
compose differences In the two
versions.
Legislation authorizing a 71a
per cent pair raise for firemen
and policemen Of the Metropol-
itan. White House and United
States Park Police forces is ex-
pected to be acted upon tomor-
row on both sides Of the Capi-
tol.
The House District Committee
will have such q bill before it for
approval while a similar meas
ure will be called up on the
Senate floor for a vote during
consideration Of the Senate call
endar.
Also scheduled by both the
House District Committee and
the Senate itself are similar bills
Ito authorize payment to police
men and flremen for duty per-
formed on their days of when
such days OF are suspended on
IAN emergency. This would give
regular pay for service per-
formed by such men as police
men assigned on traffic duty dur
ing the transit strike.
The Senate also will have be-
fore 1t a House-passed bill
exempting from District Inherit
ance taxes all bequests for
charitable. educational or relig-
ious purposes whether or not the
benefits would go for activities
extending outside the District.
Present law taxes bequests whose
benefits extend beyond the Dis
trict boundary.
Among other bills scheduled
by the House District Commit
tee for consideration tomorrow
are those to repeal the require
ment that the Potomac Electric
Power Company must submit
annual reports to Congress; en-
courage the establishment here
of small loan and pawn brokers
businesses; and repeal the pro-
hibition against declaration Of
stock dividends by public utili-
ties operating In the District.
The ong-pending dispute over
a second airport for Washington
will be aired before a Senate In
terstate and Foreign Commerce
subcommittee at 10 am. Thurs
day. The subcommittee, headed
by Senator Monroney, Democrat,
of Oklahoma. expects to hear
testimony from the Civil Aero
nautics administration and
others as to why something has
not actually been done to relieve
the overcrowded air traffic at
Washington National Airport.
The hearing will be open in
the committee room on the gall
lery floor on the Seante wing Of
the Capitol.