Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1951 — Page 71

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‘SUNDAY, DEC. 2, 1051

A f rpg CANE WASHINGTON, Dec. 1--An estimated 300,000 federal

amployees including many in the Indianapolis area, face. a 5 per cent slash in tdke-home pay if Civil Service Commission goes threugh with its plan to place them under a new

The employee who lose would military service is countable only| be so-called indefinite workers|if the employe has at least five who won their government jobs| years’ civilian service. _If the by passing regular, competitive Comptroller holds the same rule Civil Service exams. j (applies on, leave, many employes Civil Service tentatively plans Will. find the new graduated leave to convert their indefinite ap-/Plan grants them less leave then, pointments to a new variety, they thought. known as “probational indefinite.” But commission experts say jr Here and There this is done: { ONK ~The employees would have to be taken out of the Social Security System and placed under Civil Service Retirement System.

Chairman Roberts Ramspeck| says the Civil Service Commission | will ask Congres to take 100,000] Crafts Protective and Custodial] (CPC) employes out from under the Classification’ Act, Then CPC| TWO—Six per cent would be Pay rates no longer would be set deducted from their salaries for|PY Congress, but would be fixed retirement purposes — instead of PY agency wage boards, and ad-| Social Security's 1% per cent on |justed periodically to conform to prevailing private rates in local} THREE—For the 6 per cont, |SOMImENities +... CSC also will ask most employees (and especially ‘OF egislation: : those with brief government sérv- ONE—Giving federal agencies! jce) would get far less insurance | 1e8al authority to conduct train- |

ing programs for employes; { protection than under Social Se TWO—Giving them the right to

ty.. { Samy employees would benefit in| Pay higher for workers with skills two ways: |in short supply;

given| THREE—Giving agencies a 50 (per cent increase in super grade [jobs ($11,800 to $14,800). ... Latest cost-of-living figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics give federal!

; on. agencies the right to raise the pay TWO-—They would he given ; 3 preference - for eventual perma- of per diem "(blue collar) emnent appointments — though no Plovees a maximum of 13.2 per definite promise cent above Jan. 15, 1951. Recent Or rnasion. piticials point out| raises to several hundred thouthe proposed new probational in- Sand Army, Navy, and Air Force definite appointments would not per diems were based on an allowbe applied to present indefinites| able maximum of 12.2 per cent. who won their jobs without pass- |: . « Employe unions are demanding regular Civil Service exams. N& a change in Army-Navy-Air

{Force methods of arriving at per The Federal Budget diem rates. They are based on Inside word here ‘is that the

surveys of wages paid by industry. new fiscal: 1953. federal” budget

These never have included the! which President Truman will send high-paid ‘construction industries, to Congress in January will be

because agencies contended conan extremely tight one—at least struction. work was “seasonal.” so far as government jobs are Unions claim this is no longer concerned. so. They demand construction And most nondefense agencies rates be taken into account, apparently will find themselves forced to reduce personnel, starting early in 1952.

+» ONE—They would be greater protection against layoffs. They would be given job retention srights second only to permanent] employees.’

Federal Job

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How To Patch

Our ‘Aunt Sue has a mind of her own and when she wants to hang - something on a wall she goes ‘ahead and hangs it. During the course of her lifetime she has put the plumbing out of order

three times by driving spikes!

into the walls and into the water pipes in back of the walls,

when she drove a nail through a wall into an electrical conduit. Before you drive a large nail

into a wall it's a wise idea to know what's in back of {he wall. Usually you can get a pretly

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She! put the electrical system on the| blink and herself as well once |

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(bolts and other patented wall fasteners will do the job just as

{well as nails and with no chancé!

of bothering the various service lines. Never -assume that because you are nailing into a | wood stud "in back of the wall that you are safe because electrical wires ‘are usually - run through the center of these studs {and often waterpipes as well, * Small fasteners such as. those

the basement or attic and seeing used to hang pictures are usually the location of pipes and interior Safe 1o use anywhere on a wall

wires. If a wire or pipe runs in the general area where you wish good idea of things by going into te nail, don't use nails. Toggle [larger.

r they won't beyond the tath and plaster—but be darn careful of anything

penetrate much’

‘Up The Walls “After Aunt Sue Hangs Her Pictures

Damp Walls “i

It_séems that a lot ‘of people iwho tive ‘in insulated homes are

‘bothered by dampness along the hase of walls and under windows. Most of them blame this on the insulation which takes a-good deal of blame for everything that happens in this world except our foreign policy. Well the fault isn't with the insulation but with the lack fo insulation at these points, When the walls of a house are insulated after the house has heen

completed, headers or firestops be- |

tween the wall studs may prevent the insulation getting right down

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_Elip this “Where to Get It Fixed” Directory and hang it in a handy place in your basement or Utility Room . . . when there is something to be fixed about the house . . . here is the place to locate your fixer. Listed here are some of the most reputable service organizations in the city . . . all experts in putting a variety of things back into first class working order. These firms guarantee service satistaction. Call one of these “Fixers” who has the know-how to “Fix-it.”

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|case of windows, the area under the rest of the walls, ‘them’ can only be adequately in- Miscellaneous

isulated if an opening is made un-| (der the window and the insulatie| If You are quick you can preblown directly, In. Some firms see Vent a clogged toilet bowl from that this-is done and some don't, |OVerflowing by removing the top The best solution to this little Of the flush tank and pushing problem is to have additional in-|down the small ball valve which sulation blown into the lower fils over the opening in the base parts of the walls but this like so|0f the tank. many other good things in this| If you keep radiators nice and {world costs money. A somewhat clean you won't be bothered by less expensive solution is to line stains on the wall in back of the lower portions of the wall on the radiator. ese stains are the inside with sheets of insulat- caused by the dust and dirt {Ing board which will produce ap-jaround the radiators being car {proxiately the same results andi/ried up by the warm air..

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President Truman already has approved tentative budgets for several agencies. They report: i A majority of the 10 per cent pp em ut personnel cuts voted by the last Congress have been retained. Many -bureaus have been de-| WASHINGTON Beryits fo. a nied funds to finance automatic, ugjonifoant number” of drafted within-grade promotions for their men are flunking the Armed classified (white collar) eM-| Forces qualification test —- the Dora en Shon Jomotone | Army's mental test—but are beal : “|ing pass way. tervals, are required by law, agen-| The aay be drawn is cies will be forced to reduce staff that most of those who flunk but

3 Seer to obtain funds to Pay are administratively passed, de-

[liberately tried for a low mark All agencies, except Post Office, | 5 will be required to reduce staff|., they would not have to serve, to take adspntage of the extra man-hours nade avaliable to on the basis of their background. | government hy. reason of the newiMen who graduated from high! graduated annual leave system school, for instance, are in, no which goes into effect Jan. 6.matter how low a mark they get { estimates the on the test. average employee will work siX| The actual number who flunk! more days per year, and it isbut who are administratively reducing budget requests ac-|passed is classified information. ! cordingly. Efforts to have it declassified on| In Brief the grounds that this had nothing|

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his approyal is._expected momen-|physical -or-mental - reasons, but tarily. . , . World-wide federalican provide no breakdown into employment increased 3900 dur-/the two categories. ing October to 2,507,600. It was the smallest increase in. recent months, and there's every sign| expansion of Army, Navy and Air Force civilian staffs is] reaching a leveling-off point... .| To postal substitutes: The Post] Office Department still hasn't acted on the claim of many substitutes that recent postal pay| rdise entitled them to $100 more]

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