Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-04
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Insurance Salvage
Prospects Brighter
Ry JOSEPH YOUNG

BY JOSEF
Chances appear somewhat
the life insurance policies of 8
employees.
BY voice vote and withol
day approved a bill to allow tn
funds in the Federal employee Ii.
these $4,000 policies. The pol
! icieS are held in employee bene.
fetal associations being forced
out Of business by the more gen
erous Federal employe life in,
Surance program.
The bill now goes to the House
where it appears that the Hous,
. Civil Service Committee vii
also approve the bill.
: The big test will come on thu
House floor, but House Civil Serv
ice Committee members are opti
miStic about the bills chances.
: Moves to secure appropriation
: for the csc to take over tn,
policies failed several weeks ag,
when House conferees on tn,
supplemental money bill, led b!
; Representative Thomas, Demo.
crat of Texas, insisted that the
funds be dropped from tn,
appropriations measure.
Consequently. the Senate.
approved bill to give the Csc
authority to use life insurance
funds for this purpose is the
only alternative left. And since
House Civil Service Committee
members are sympathetic to the
bill, they feel that their COM
mittee's expected approval will
strengthen the bills chances
when it comes up for House
action.
NEW RETENTION RULE-A
new rule adopted by the Civil
Service Commission will allow
Federal agencies to retain for
another 80 days essential en-
ployes who otherwise would have
to be dropped in reductions in
force programs.
Another instance in which
agencies could retain employees
for an additional 80 days would
be when it would be to the adj
vantage Of the Government, such
as when an agency owed an en-
ploye substantial amounts OF
annual leave.
Under the new rule, this
means that an employe with
fewer retention points could be
reaained for 80 days while an
employe with more retention
points would be dropped. EN-
iployes adversely affected would
have the right to appeal to the
csc if they felt that the agency
had no just cause for retaining
employees with lesser retention
points instead Of them.
Nonveterans could be retained
over veterans for the additional
80 days If the agencies so deter
mined. csc officials said the
new rule would be strongly
Ipoliced to make certain that EN-
ployeS given the 90-day extern
ton were dropped from the pay
roll at the end of such a period.
PAY HEARINGS-House Civil
Service Committee hearings on
Federal classified and postal pay
raise hearings are expected TO
start around June II.
The committee meets In closed
session Thursday and is ex-
pected to agree to hold hearings
and to set the date for them.
Meanwhile. the Senate Civil
Service subcommittee on Federal
pay is expected TO meet later
this week to begin drafting the
classified and postal pay raise
legislation 1t will propose to the
full Senate committee.
SPA CONFERENCE - The
Society for Personnel Admin
istration holds its annual con-
ference today and tomorrow in
the Hotel Statler. The SPA also
celebrates its goth anniversary
at $50 pm. tonight at a dinner
in the hotel which will be ad-
dressed by Senator Clark, Demo-
crat Of Pennsylvania. a member
OF the Senate Civil Service Com
mittee.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - Will
liam Parsons. the extremely able
Administrative Assistant Secre-
tary Of Treasury, tomorrow will
receive the honorary degree of
doctor Of laws at the commence
ment exercises of Southeastern
University tomorrow. The
Armed Forces Management As
ISOLATION will hold its third an
nual conference Thursday and
Friday at Boiling Air Force Base.
Top Defense Department officials
will participate in the sessions.
/. Fort Meade. Md, has pre-
sented the following length-of-
service awards to civilian en-
ployes: 25 years. Mrs. Marie
Goode, James Jackson. Virgil
Williams, sr.: 20 years, Mrs.
Helen Travers. Genevieve Wen
ski. Mrs. Elizabeth Svendonik,
John Gass. Solomon Gottlieb,
Morris Bohrer. Robert Henning,
Robert Hyneckeal. Marland Du-
val, Edward Walsh and Rupert
Daugherty. George Houston.
consultant for General Electric's
Advanced Management Course,
will address the luncheon meet
ing Of the National Capital
Chapter, Personnel Association,
at 1915 pm. Tuesday, June 25,