Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1952 — Page 32

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¥ law, these rates are ad-| THREE-—Repealed, too, would H allowing most j/employees to be promoted only, one grade at a time. FOUR—The permanent

periodically t prevailing private rates in loca

communities. A

regently, whenever an adjustment | wh on tap, the thrge militagy would

nd,

[total of

permanent

our Federal Job + 5. By-JOHN CRAMER ASHINGTON, Mar. 15—Em- now estimated at 250,000 to 300,-/ unions strongly have prorecent revision of Army-

Air Force Methods of fixing quiring employees above Grade - per diem (blue collar) employee GS-5 10 wait at least a year be- er, charged by law with amin 200,000 it requested—to finance Overtime pay on the first $5350 of

workers

1000 below Sept. 1, 1950, TWO--The rider's provision re. deficit has been $450,000,000.

higher grade wbhuld be repealed,

o conform tolbe

until very

han

the provision

Pa rates in Indianapolis and fore they can be promoted to a ®

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promotions be modified by allowing

‘the total assets of the fund. “The liability to those already retired has increased $1,200,000, is 000 in four years. ; “During those four. years, average annual Increase in

leges of Indianapolis area post employees, » In reporting a new supplement

the it recommended

Office Department be given on

“The Civil Service Commission-

tering this fund, sincerely fee that it it is not safe to further through next June 30th the { burden: it. at this time.

future security.

“If, after studying these facts ast fall

feel. I am sure they do not wish

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services already rendered exceeds threat to the annual leave privi- service, but with the great major- ceding Dee. 31. Similar legisia-

the Appropriation bfll to the House, that the Post

$10,000,000--ingtead of the $27,- employees full We feel creased leave benefits which Con- pearin . a : : gs probably will be held late that to do so will endanger your gress voted for postal employees this month or early next. . . { YOu agree;“then adyise your or-| And if the committee's recom-

ganization leaders of how you mendation stands, many post offices throughout the country prob-

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{tion was on the books for two years pkior tb last October, . . {The . Federal Personnel Council

al ity recel ng at least 20 days.’ Rolin Senate Post Officer and Civil Service Committee has postponed scheduled hearings on legislation

1¥ to give Classified (white collar) time-and-one-half

Comptroller General's decisions on federal employee leave , . {House Post Office and Civil Service Committee will open hearings soon on a Senate-approved bill to decentralize government hiring of hy giving individual agencies a However, the 1. 00 share of the recruiting job now handled by CSC,

‘Says CSC. Chairman Ramspeck: King's Royal Artillery

{“1 personally believe that our To Keep: Its Name

salary system. in government rcould stand a great deal of over-| LONDON, Mat, 15 (UP)—The

hauling; that in the lower grades King's troop of royal horse ar-

their annual salaries—instead

"the present $2980.

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{in ‘management positions, we do tain its name through the wishes

lose start of the new government year |, + pay as much.” , , . Don’t belof Queen Elizabeth II.

love, William Gaxton “had the

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reinstate the best retirement system in x- july 1,

Istence.” |surprised if the House Appropria-| The Queen said she wished the

Before the new leave law went tions Committee revises legisia- troop. to keep its name as a Postal Leave Threat into effect Jan. 6, postal em- tion requiring U. 8. workers to use permanent record of the late King § . wialmbor Statistics. BIX-—-The postal service would {ployees got 15 days annual leave (or forfeit) no later than June 30 George's interest in it. The troop by the late George Gershwin and ‘ Unionized Navy blue collar be exempted from all provisions The House Appropriations Com- per year, Now they get 13 to 26/all annual leAve earned in the has one obsolete 13-pound gun the lyrics were the work of a workers sent delegations from of the rider, including its ban on mittee has raised A serious new days, depending “on. length of|calendar year ending the pre-lused only for firing royal salutes. brother, Ira Gershwin. all East Coast cities here this permanent appointments, —— " " Shei i aed Ab seri BI be SR th 4 yal salutes. | week to present two principal] Sen. Johnston charged. the A complaints against the BLS rider had reduced federal emsurvey system. They charged: (ployee morale to an all-time low;

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unions claim BLS makes no | Siatently failed In its obligations

ito the government and to its emattempt, for example, to find out | oyees” by not formally request-

whether employees called “'pro-\, ov ngress to repeal or revise duction machinists” by a private ,, o .... concern do the same sort of work | Although CSC repeatedly has as Navy production machinists. lattacked the legislation, and once TWO-—That BLS sharply has|,,gedq outright repeal, it flatly reduced employee representation ,.e,.eq to give the Senate comon wage survey teams—in Bos-;,ii10g fts views at tha recent ton, for example, from 14 out of hearings.

24 when the surveys were under) Nayy control to a present 2 out Ramspeck Speaks Out | Clvil Service Commission

of Sunder BLS control. Employee vg ene phan l hairman- Robert Ramspeck, close watch to make sure sur- DATTINg no holds in his fight veyed jobs actually are compar- Against increased retirement able to government jobs. {annuities for retired U. 8. workOn both issues—job compar- ers, has appealed directly to acability and employee representa- tive federal employees to join tion—the unions claim they mere-|in the battle. ly sre seeking reinstatement of] He particularly attacked

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