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law must be filled by q person G
l Among those being conSide,
nell, Undersecretary Of Labor in
former Civil Service CommisSic
Kimball, long time Government
career man and a former staff
member Of the Rockefeller
Committee on Government Or
ganization.
| A liberal Republican, Mr..
lO'Connell was on extremely
friendly terms with Federal
employe leaders as well as with
John Macy. jr., the new csc
chairman, when Mr.. Macy was
the CSC'S executive director.
Mr.. Moore also Is well liked by
Federal employe leaders-who
enjoyed very good relations
with him when he was csc
commissioner. Mr.. Kimball
has a good reputation as q
| Government career man.
The present Republican men,
ber is Mrs. Barbara Gunderson,
whose term expires at the end
OF this month. Incidentally,
Mrs. Gunderson has done an
excellent job as csc commits
sioner. particularly in the field
Of public relations, where she
has shone in the role of giving
a true and realistic picture Of
the Federal civil service and
Government employees in talks
throughout the country before
civic, business and education
groups. Mrs. Gunderson also
started the Federal Women Of
the Year awards to recognize
and honor the contributions Of
women in Government.
It's not expected that a
woman will succeed Mrs. Gun
derson. although this is always
a possibility. The main reason
is that prominent Democratic
women are seeking key roles IN
the Kennedy administration,
but cannot be chosen for the
csc at this time because q
Republican must be appointed.
Thus. q woman appointee would
have to be q Republican and
this probably would cause much
irritation among Democratic
women who haven't received q
top job in the Kennedy ad-
ministration.
STILL NOT SETTLED-It'sI
still not settled whether the
present office on Government
personnel in the White House
will be continued. It had been
tentatively decided to abolish
the office. However, there are
now two schools Of thought In
the White House concerning this.
Some feel the office should be
maintained with a special as
sistant to the President on
personnel appointed to head
the unit, the same as the system
under the Eisenhower admin
iStraton. A final decision Is
expected soon.
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STRONG COMMITTEE -
With the naming Of the Repub-
lican members Of the House
Civil Service Committee, the
group shapes UP as a strong,
experienced one with liberal
tendencies.
While Chairman Murray Is
q conservative, the majority Of
the other members have liberal
leaningS In regards to Govern
ment employe legislation.
The Democratic members
were named last week. The
Republican members appointed
yesterday include the same ones
who served on the group the
last two years, plus one new
member.
Representative Corbett OF
Pennsylvania, q liberal Repub-
lican, will be ranking minority
member. The other Republican
members are Representatives
Gross Of Iowa. Broyhill Of Vir-
ginia. JohanSen Of Michigan,
Cunningham Of Iowa, Wall
hauser Of New Jersey, Barry of
New York, st. George Of New
York and Rousselot Of Califor-
MIA. Mr.. RQusselot is the only
newcomer to the committee.
The committee Is expected to
hold its first business meeting
the first Thursday in March.
/
TOUGH BREAK - During
last Thursdays snowstorm
when Government workers were
let off four hours early, some
employees took an hour Of their
annual leave so they could
leave one hour earlier than the
other employees. To their sur
prise, they were charged five
hours Of annual leave, despite
the fact that all other employees
did not have the hours charged
to annual leave.
This happened at Treasury
and several agencies. Officials
said that under a Controller
General ruling they had no
other alternative, since a person