Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-22

allow FeQeThi WOTkelh W u6uus
per cent Of the salary they
retirement fund. The group In
structed It's stan 10 prepare Of
ficial legislation for COMMITTEES
action this week.
Federal workers pay SIS per
cent OF their salary for retire.
ment purposes and the commit
tees measure would allow them
a tax exemption on the amount
In excess Of 3 per cent. with a
$500 ceiling on contributions
which could be deducted. Rail-
road workers also would get a
special tax break from the bill.
The administration strongly
opposes the bill. declaring It
would deprive the Treasury Of
about 500 million In annual
revenue.
BILL TO CORRECT IN
EQUITY - Representative
Heating. Republican Of New
York. has sponsored a bill TO
correct an inequity against I'M
married Federal employees.
At present the law requires
that an unmarried employee
must be in good health" which
means undergoing q medical
examination, in order to desig-
mate someone TO receive his or
her survivorship annuity. Mar
ried employees are not required
to pass such O medical exam or
to be designated as in good
health"
Mr.. Keating's bill would
eliminate this requirement OF
good health for unmarried
Federal workers, thus bringing
lit into line with the standards
flor married civil service work.
eTs. It would also apply TO
members of Congress, who now
have to be in good health in
order to designate someone for
their survivors, annuity.
csc NOTES-David Lawton,
assistant to the director Of the
Civil Service Commissions Blu
reau Of Departmental Opera
tons, has been assigned tenn
porarily as executive vice
chairman Of the CSC's Inter-
agency Advisory Group.
Ross Pollock, chief Of the
commissions career develop
ment section, Is the first win
liner Of the Eastern Regional
Public Personnel Administra-
1 tons annual award for out
standing professional achieve
ment in personnel manage
ment. Bruce Stubblefield,
an outstanding csc ofilcial
for many years and chief Of
its veterans affairs unit until
recently, will retire on July
81. Bernard Rosen, chief
Of the commissions incentive
awards program, has been
elected president Of the Wash
ington Chapter Of the Amer
lean Society for Public Ad-
ministration.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Navy's
Bureau Of Ordnance has pre-
sented the following awards:
superior accomplishment,
March Henoch, Carl Del Russo;
beneficial suggestion, Harold
woodson: 80 years service,
Clark Barr, Edward Bedore,
Maurice Crawford Maryle
Schmidt, Phillip Wheeler; 20
years service, Charles Abrams,
Everett Axelson, John Cotter,
Richmond rockingham, Gerald
Goebel, Frederick Grub, Rob-
Iert Honord, Lunsford Lewis,
jamie Mashburn, Russell Per-
songer, Edwin Rabun, Harry
Richardson, Louise Sergeant,
James Garrett Settle and Harry
Silk. The Army Depart
ment and the Atomic Energy
Commission have won the Pres
ident's safety awards for the
best all-'round records the past
year in safeguarding their civil
ian employees against Job in
juries. :. Bruce Longfellow and
Louis Stephens have been APP
pointed engineering and legal
assistants. respectively, to Fed
eral Communications Commits
stoned John Cross. :. Otto Ire
land Of the Veterans Admins
tration and Kay Pearson of
General Services Administration
have been given awards by their
agencies for their efficient lead
ership in developing an effec-
tive course to promote plain
letter writing in Government.
The National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics
needs an equipment specialist,
grade Q, for its station at Ed
wards. Calf. Army's Over.
seas Job Office in the Old Post
ONCE Building has announced
Job openings for supervisory
business economist. grade IS,