Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 March 1952 — Page 56

.. ‘PAGE 58 ._. : : Your Federal Job By JOHN CRAMER : WASHINGTON, Mar. 8--The so-called Whitten rider, which restricts promotions, reinstatements, and job appoint-

ments for Indianapolis ‘and other federal employees, has come under heavy new attack in Congress -and observers! ) :

k i Uncle Sam's’ 1 (white collar)

heré are predicting its early re peak or revision. ONE: In a report on the work million classified “of his subcommittee investigating employees federal personnel practices, Post Under the classified system Office and Civil Service Chair- each job Is individually rated and aan Olin D. Johnston (DD. 8. C.) graded, with pay hazed on grades eritic ized the rider as ‘“unrealis: and promotion according 10 tie’ and costly merit TWO: Another Senate Post Of Under. the postal pay system fice and Civil Service Stibcommit; the various job classifications tee, opening hearings on possible clerk, letter carrier etc, are repeal of the rider, heard Post much broader, And promotion is Office Department officials largely a matter of seniority, charge the legislation —or Civil The House Commitiee recom Qervice Commission's interpreta- mended the postal service he in tion of it—costs the postal serv: cluded in a new, major study of ice milllons of dollars annually the Classified pay system which THREE: At the same hearing, the Senate Post Office and Civil federal employee union leaders Service (‘fommittee plans for next strongly attacked the rider's re- year " strictions on government worker The postal . promotions operates under a multiplicity of Amogpg other thing , the rider jaws. each with a host of services, puts most new job appointments lasses, grades arid salary rates | on a temporary hasis for the It recommended that govern-| duration of the emergency, ment try to set up “a single makes all federal employee pro- grade and salary structure, em motions temporary, allows only pracing all claxsified and postal temporary job appointments for emiployees.” reinstated permanent employees; The committee's recommenda and requires most clasgifled tion came as it reported the (white collar) employees above Treasury-Post Office appropria arade GS8-5 to wait at least a tion bill, carrying funds to f-| year before they can be promoted nance the two agencies through| from one grade to another the new government year start Sen. Johnston's report, based-ing July 1. ? on investigations by a staff Contrary to headed by Ex-G-Man Melvin Pur- committee recommended only] vis, charged rider's restrictidns minor-' personnel cuts for most on permanent job appointments Treasury units, and small in puts government at a great dis creases for some. i advantage. in recruiting = new Post Office Department would workers, get 11,000 new workers to handle He said the rider's “unrealistic and estimated 3 per cent increase and inflexible’ promotion curbs in mail volume, | create serious inequities, lower . | employee morale, and keep 1. 8. Retirement i agencies from using the full skill , go. ate Post Office and Civil of their employees, Service Sub-Committee has con-| - And he further charged that the |, qed hearings on legislation to rider complicates government's liberalize Civil Service Retire cumbersome layoff procedures, ment Svstem. And Chairman and “greatly increases’ red tape George Smathers (D..Fla.), pre-| and paper work. dicts it will recommend annuity President Truman's new federal|;n reases for retired U. 8. workers. | budget, submitted In January, phe hearings were on a bill by went to Congress with a recom- Sen. Johnston to Increase an-| mendation - that the rider be nuities for both retired workers stricken. and those who will retire in the, And Civil Service Commission, ryture. Committee members preIn a Feb. 1, 1951, press release, gjct any legislation enacted will argued the rider was unworkable be ‘confined to those already reand unncessary, since CSC already {jred. had power to exercise the con- - The Johnston bill would give trois it imposes, retired employees increases up to CSC flatly refused to present its §3go per year — provided no anviews on the rider at the Senate nuity was raised above $2400. Sub-Committee hearings. Offici- Committee members, however, ally, there was no explanation for gre thinking in terms of a $250 this unusual action. Unofficially, boost, with the $2400 ceiling re-| it was said C8C was working with tained. t Rep. Jamie IL. Whitten (D, Mass.) ° the rider's author, in the hope of Roundup : getting him 10 sponsor revision, A Federal District judge here

Layoff Rules Attacked . has ruled government hearing]

‘examiners (they hear the evi Sen. Johnston's report on fed- juance when federal administra-| eral personnel policies also pro- iva pylings are challenged) can't duced the sharpeat attack yet on pa 14iq off when their agencies; Civil Service Commission's com- {0 (afr. even if there is no plicated layoff rules for federal work for them to do His de emnloyees, including those of the Indianapolis area, He told the Senate one UU. 8. agency, identified here as Agriculture's Production and Marketing Administration, recently spent an average of ‘$900 apiece to lay off 25 employees, and then immeMately turned around and spent additional thousands to recruit | 1ew workers to replace almost Feidured to men. Go ene chaos, TWO: Indefnie 'SC . ged, : > ayoffs in the federal service are Called to military duty will be re-| yased primarily on the type of Stored to Civil Service job eligible ippointment the employee holds lists when they return... . . A ‘ather than on efficiency or seni- House appropriations subcommit-| wity. He said this operates to tee headed by Rep. Albert Irive skilled employees out of Thomas (D. Tex.) has disclosed rovernment while the less skilled it is considering legislation to emain. abolish government's more than “Efficiency or individual merit,” 850 so-called super-grade jobs he Senator said, “is given virfu- ($11,800 to $14,800). It charges, ly no weight In determining the jobs were created to attract; vhich employees will remain, and top talent from private indust ry vhich will go. It is true that —put have been used to promote tach employee with a satisfactory employees already in governerformance rating gets one re- ment. , . . President Truman has ention credit for layoff purposes. signed an order allowing Frances But what can that mean when Perkins to continue as Civil Servnore than 99 per cent of all j,a Commissioner — even thougn ‘aderal employees have a satis- she'll reach compulsory retire-|

actory rating: ment age of 70 in April. i

Postal Pay Plan The House Appropriation Com mittee has recommended Indianapolis area and other postal em ployees be placed under the same

pay system as

service, it sald |

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cision was pased on a law which provides the examiners can be removed only “for cause.” , . . Two new Civil Service rules for veterans: Those on Civil Service Job candidate lists who missed ap-| pointment to the federal service because of military duty will be the lists when they

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