Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-27
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Non-Veteron Worker
May Get Safeguards
By JOSEPH YOUNG

BY JOSEF
Several members Of the
have proposed amending the
greater job protection rights to
The subject came up during
Offices bill when Civil Service CT
Representatives Boland, Z
Phillips, Republican of Califor.
nia, expressed concern over the
present situation.
Mr. Boland declared: II am
concerned about the long time
career employee who has giver
faithful service to the Govern
Iment, and who has, through nc
fault of his own. been unable tc
serve in the armed forces. be-
cause he. perhaps was born al
the wrong time or he may have
been physically disabled. They
now. of course, face, in these
reductions-in-f force that have
been taking place throughout
the Government installations
particularly in the Department
Iof Defense. a real problem in
being let go after is to 20 years
Iof service"
Mr.. Boland advocated "a hap
Ipy medium, maybe Is years
wherein a veteran would not be
able to bump career employee
with greater years of service
Under this proposal, any nom
veteran career employee with Ii
Ior more years of service could
not be bumped" by a veteran Of
less years of service.
Representative Phillips de-
clared he fully agreed with his
colleague.
/ II am a veteran myself anc
have worked with veterans or.
CARNATIONS for 80 years" Mr.
Phillips said. "At the start, when
these projections went into ef-
feet. the veterans were in the
minority. Today they are
very much in the majority, and
the protection should be reversed
or at least investigated"
| csc Chairman Philip Young
told the committee that the COM
mission recognizes the serious
ness of the problem and is nov
making a full-scale study Of the
situation. Recently President Ell.
fsenhower. implying his support
lof legislation to modify veteran.
preference in Government reduc.
tion-in-force programs. ordered
the csc to study the problem
and make suitable recommends.
tons to Congress.
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! OUTSID TRAINING AU.
THORITY - Chairman Murray
Of the House Civil. Service Com.
mittee has sponsored the admin.
iistration-backed bill to provide
agencies with the authority fol-
outside training Of Federal EN-.
ployes.
/ RETIREMENT BILLS-Rep.
resentative Cramer, Republican
iof Florida. has sponsored I
bill to tax-exempt Federal EN-.
'lploye annuities. Representa-
tive Lesinksi. Democrat of Mi.
chigan. has sponsored a bill Il
provide automatic increases il
retired employees annuitiel
whenever classified and posta
workers receive pay raises.
HARDLY LIKELY-You car
take with a grain Of salt thoss
reports that House leaders plar
to tie the executive pay raist
bill as a rider to one Of thi'
years appropriations bills.
This would be legislation or
an appropriations bill and coule
be killed on a single point Of
order raised on the House OF
Senate floor. And there are many
members who would make thi.
point Of order.
The situation boils down Il
this: the House approved thu
measure last year boosting the
salaries of the Governments tor
appointive officials and raising
the $4,000 a year classified pay
ceiling to $17.500 a year. Thu
1t is now up to the Senate Civil
Service Committee to act. There
can be no short cut via a rider
AN appropriations bill.
! Observation-Disclosures of thu
1 AFL-CIO vernm e mt EN-.
lpioyes Council meet tomorrow ir
a strategy session designed tt
push action on the bill to give
official recognition to Fedora
Iemploye unions and require
agency officials to deal with the
unions on all personnel policy
matters.
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CAPITAL ROUNDUP-"Car
We Use Incentives in Govern
ment?" will be discussed b!
Norman Robert. acting chief o
!: the Army Ordnance Controller
Management Engineering
; Branch, at a meeting of the Soc
!, iety for the Advancement O
Management at 1880 pm. Wed