Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 November 1951 — Page 8

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~ Your Federal Job

By JOHN CRAMER

Times Special Writer ~ WASHINGTON, Nov. 17—It's not completely certain yet, but Civil Service Commission soon may create a brand

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new category of. government job appointments. i | Tm - : . B5 ROY CH And if this comes about, an estimated quarter-of a : : Noted Na million government workers stand tort Parr = —————— ee 5 NATUR to benefit, including perhaps 25 A a one, two, or three- ° the gorille per cent of those in the Indianap- Yar Period. ’ ME living ape olis area. Per Diem Pa . . f : . . . The new category woud-be OL VEIN LOY Le Practical Gifts for the Family and Friends great we known as Probational Indefinite cast of 1i np. Hove 3 1 : i yi cannot ea And it would-be applied to ail °° UL 1VinE, governmen: agen Fi ; & . among tne ~ employees—now on the rolls ori Sie ls ele ot ButHOMLY to let inest 'Brand Name chimpanzee hired in the future—who passed pay Fates for i le Sam s 800.000 M ch di tang. regular, competitive Civil Service PET die mn {bye collar) employees erchandise ! Therefore exams, but received only so-called Fise 12.8 per cent abave the level TTT TTT ON LY Its ti Indefinite job appointn ents. of Jan. 15, 1850 pI = ab bg Nx, s time on This is the story: his authority comes under the ES baboon in Until Sept. 1, 1950. persons who So-gallec 2 sister clause of the AUTHOR—Sen. Sobert A. Taft is an author, now. He read : of the Afri (Y {rd Q yr € ( ¢ AE a ) VW 7 v - . . . . passed. regular Civil Service Fa fonda’ Wage pio icy w hich per- oycerpts from his new book, A Foreign Policy for Americans, to The gor exams became eligible for so- Mits wage boosts to match living- are enormo

called probational appointments, which ordinarily led to permanent Civil’ Service status. Then came the so-called Whitten rider, with its provision that

COSt Increases, Until recently, the general maximum wage hike was 12.2 per cent above January, 1950. Army, Navy and Air Force recently authorized

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new job appointments could be y increases 1p- ° 4 permanent only if the total num- !0 2.2 per cent (and in a few In Science Talent Search beast and s ber of permanent employees in cases, even more) for a big > beast and » government would not thereby share of their 700,000 per diem Ties. Slate Service an” ntrus

be increased. As a result of this rider, only

employees. The new ceiling paves the way for possible additional

LAFAYETTE, Nov. 17—Hoosier high school science and mathematics teachers this week began applying for

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a relatively few persons who have don for: these workers then lunge . f arce . Sms . . passed exams have received per- =n a 20 for larger increases for examination papers in the 11th annual Science Talent This seer manent appointments in the last the thousands who still are Search es mi — . 2 It the enen awaiting the i(nitial 2.2. search. y 3 : a , y beast often year. The exams will be taken by l¢¥ sald. Winnérs will be an- . A -) Ca J the ground majority have been given Xam! } A Tony heart TR Evintmohts gym Postal Pay pupils of the teachers and sub- NOunced near the end of Pensa: HAMMERED DESIGN ANTIQUE BRASS The big 4 Don’t be surprised if the Post mitted, along with 1000-word es- ary. enemies, fo

§ as those ven candidates : Fae gl Office Department soon issues says on individual scientific proj. In this - state, competition is would thin]

for whom only watered-down, oo fist sconommniia > : ’ S ! non-regular exams were required, or Stanting a new $100- £218. in the contest for $11.000 in sponsored by the Indiana Junior PLATED FIREPLACE EN EMBLE 159-AX ing within oe i ; , ~yCe Y Increase to an esti- scholarships. ; ’ - . : : or perhaps no exams whatever. |... a0500 postal substitutes : : Academy of Science and Indiana : ful BFS a Employees with indefinite ap- mainly clerks and. c RA Ji Copies of each project paper Acad ; of Scien dis § ALL 7 S$ 95 Even a | pointments are first to be laid off "prov. 0 wh or i Sarplers submitted from Indiana to Wash. 2¢3Cemy ol Science, ane 1's o- . o second-best and first to lose their jobs. 3 whats involved: ington are being received at Pur- nanced by The Indianapolis PIECES full-grown | in The recently-voted postal pay Iniversitvy bv 7 ] } q If the proposed new Proba- ,... provided for elimination of due University by Dr. R. W. Lef- Times. egend of | tional Indefinite category is cre: jhe firo'(oC S07 €AMNANON Of jor. chairman of the Indiana Sci- In 1951, there were 11 winners No. 3713—18" ANDIRONS, three-quarter pattern .......... $9.95 Sartied ot ence Talent Search. and 12 who received -honorabie antasy.

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Dr. Lefler said he has sent out mention, based on their exams

would get increased job security. 1p the process, employes were , Or: . : : When layoffs came. they theD supposed to. be Ldvered. 1 invitations to 2700 teachers, ask ang on’ their scientific profects STICKY PARCEL POST channel trim across top, 8-mesh black wire . .... rs: 383,95 K DIS would be in this order: equivalent higher grades ing them to encourage their prize john I. Shonle, Shortridge High a isti k FIRST — Indefinite employees eT Unions, graves. claim Science pupils to participate in the gchool, Indianapolis, won a na- PAPER TAPE 25¢ No. 997—27 /2 FIRESET Consisting of stand, * NON(those who won government Jobs that the advancement actually Rational and Indiana competi- tional honorable mention a poker, shovel and brush .... 3 — $9.65 3 NEWLY without passing regular Civil given many substitutes by the tions. The 1952 Junior Scientists Roster of Indiana winners since . . r Service exams. Post Office Department were a Assembly ig be nel ADE the contest began here in 1948 re- Width 2 inches, 75 feet to the Total value if purchased separately daca viaene wiser 318,58 : formless, » SECOND— bational indefi- gr; less an i © .. at Claypoo otel, Indianapolis. > oe a . , Ne Ee EE a re br yn armn]] (oh Ass weld foe ory oboe. OTHER FIREPLACE ENSEMBLES, up to . .. $205.00 tes. ‘ ar s leg . s are ndin versities THIRD—Permanents. visors tend to agree with this TOTAL OF INDIANA entriesiand colleges, any of them on household pur le ————— : : S Y view, Hence, the strong possibil- for the. 11th science search will be|scholarships received through con- poses. ne L .

Pay Problem

© Thousands of classified (white 7 eollar) federal employees aré findZing their recently approved pay 4 increases are less than they ex“pected. In some cases, they are “ being required to make refunds of (salary over-payments to them for

ity of a.pay “adjustment” soon. known in mid-December, Dr. Lef-'test participation.

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© The employees involved are “isome (but not ail) of those who i received one-grade - promotions itduring this period. @ By law, such a promotion must %he accompanied by a pay increase { ‘equalling at least one withingrade salary step—a sum which ‘ can vary from $70 to $250 per ¢ year, The Comptroller General, how- ; ever, has ruled that all salary : adjustments under the new pay - act must be worked out just as,

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