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to find employment elsewhere
for the engineers involved.
However. some of the en-
gineers say they have not been
told of any plains to find other
employment in the Defense De-
partment. Some Of them have
as much as Is to rs years of
service.
| PAY-The administration is
reported strongly opposed to any
attempt to amend the postal
rate increase bill by tacking on
a postal pay raise. Much as the
administration wants a postal
rate raise, it feels that a postal
pay increase would more than
offset the increased revenues
that a rate increase would bring
The proposed postal rate in
crease bill would bring added
revenues Of about $527 million
a year--and this increased rev.
enue would not take place for
nearly two years until the rate
boosts finally took effect. A postal
pay raise bill would cost least
about 5000 million. But admin
istration officials argue that this
would also necessitate a classified
employe pay raise which would
cost $400 to $500 million, for an
immediate total cost of $500 to
$500 million.
This, they say. would wipe out
the added revenues Of increased
postal rates and defeat the pur-
pose.
Government employe leaders
take completely opposite view.
They say that Federal pay raises
should be decided entirely on its
merits. without regard to postal
revenues. They cite the rise in
the cost of living for the sew
Ienth consecutive month to sup
port their contention that Fed
leral classified and postal work.
ers are in urgent need of a pay
raise.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - The
Office Of Naval Research needs
a tabulating equipment oper-
alton supervisor. grade Z, and
an administrative officer tmale)
grade 9. Call the Penta-
gon. extension 62347. Local
l40. National Federation of Post
ONCE Clerks. will hold its an
nual spring dance and install
lation of officers at 9 pm. Sat-
urday. May 4. at Coral Hall.
470i Marlboro pike fright at
the Districe line). The officers TO
be installed are: Carmen Errico.
president: Patrick Bradley,
Francis Stein. vice presidents;
Clyde Portch. recording secre-
tary; Kenneth Oldham. financial
secretary; Joseph Mosca, treas
urer; Byron Tracey, editor:
Ralph Grove. sergeant-at-arms:
Howard Jacobs. guide: and
Woody Basil, Norman Sweeney,
Daniel Baker, Steve Jones and
Sol Steckler. trustees. Army
Lodge 692. American Federation
of Government Employees has
elected Byron Dunn president.
!. =. Glen Gordon has been
elected president Of General Ac-
counting Once Branch, Local 2.
National Federal of Federal En-
Iployes. Others elected we're Mrs.
Mary Giordano. and Guy Jones.
vice presidents; Mrs. Rosa
Quain. secretary-tr easurer:
members Of the board of repre-
ISentatives: Mrs. Geraldine Dun
can, Mrs. Sara Hamann. Norma
Hardee. Mrs. Virginia Hutzler.
Mrs. Frances Jabaut. Grace
koehne. Mrs. Mary McCarron.
Florence Morrill,, Mrs. Marjorie
Nelson. Comely B. S. Robson,
and the officers: alternates,
Winnie Freeland. Mrs. Louise
Johnston. James Mahoney.
Thomas Reynolds and Joseph
fseinhart. The Civil Service
Commission has raised the pay
of hundreds Of Federal meat in
spectors by authorizing new Job
classification standards placing
them in higher grades. The
bulk Of jobs in grades 3 and 4
will now be elevated to grade S.
Also some employees in grades
n and 8 will receive pay raises.