Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-12

All District residents-Govel
ployes-are subject to the pay
roll deductions as a result of a
law approved by Congress earlier
this year
Under the Presidents execu-
tive order, all Federal employees
who live in the District. with
the exception of Presidential ap-
pointees, will have their District
income taxes deducted from
their salaries each pay day.
The amount of the annual
District income tax wilf' be
spread over the 26 pay days a
year in making the deductions
Federal workers who have lived
in the District for seven months
of a year or longer are subject
to the payroll deductions. II
does not matter if they have a
legal residence elsewhere. Sc
long as they live in the District
they must pay the taxes through
payroll deduction.
The order does not apply to
Federal workers who live in
nearby Maryland or Virginia.
SENATE UNIT APPROVES
BILLS-The Senate Civil Serv-
ice Committee had busy after
noon yesterday. approving g
flock of Federal employee bills.
The measures approved pro.
vide:
/. Annuity increases for Fed
eral workers already retired
The bill would give these retirees
an additional rs per cent raise
over the annuity boost voted
them last year. 1t also woulc
remove the present $4,104 ceiling
on annuity raises and provide
survivorship benefits to widow:
of retirees who died before 1948
2. Official recognition for Fed
eral employee unions. The com.
mittee's bill retains the feature,
requiring agencies to deal Of.
Ificially with Federal employt
unions on personnel policy mat
tiers and grievances and which
would create arbitration board.
in each agency to settle manage.
ment-employe disputes.
However, the committed
deleted the matter of pay from
the agenda of management.
labor bargaining points. This
is because Congress sets the pay
for classified and postal workers
land does not want this authority
infringed on. The salaries Of
per diem Cblue collar worker;
f are set by agency wage boards
and employe groups already
have been consulted on the vari-
Gus wage surveys, etc.
/ Also, the committee deletec
the provision to set up special
boards to investigate union COM
plants that agencies are violat-
ing the spirit of the union
recognition program. Committee
members feel Congress coulc
act speedily to correct any situa-
ton where it is shown the Ex-
iecutive Branch ignored any Law
1T has approved and that the
special boards weren't needed.
3. Future pay raises for pei
diem workers would be retroac-
tive to the first pay period after
30-days following the beginning
of q wage board survey. Pei
diem workers salary raises now
do not 90 into effect until the
wage boards recommendation
are approved by the secretary
of a department. This some
times is a matter of month;
after a wage board survey was
started.
4 4, Future agency requests fol
expanded programs must be &C.
companied by estimates of the
number Of additional employee,
who will be needed. The House
already has approved this bill.
5. Last years annuity increase
for retired Federal workers would
be extended to retirees of the
Panama Canal Zone.
RETIREMENT - The House
Civil Service Committee hopes to
conclude its hearings today on
the Senate-approved Johnston
civil service retirement bill. Ad-
lministration witnesses will APP
pear
CAPITAL ROUNDUP = For,
mer Representative HarolC
Hagen of Minnesota, who fol
years was one of the top mem.
hnrc &c the IJo,,.o T1;,,J C1~,,; -.