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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
raroaT, august is, lass •
THC FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Little Change Expected
In Firing Procedures
By JOSEPH YOUNG
Civil Service Commission officials say there will be little
change in Government firing procedures as a result of yesterday’s
United States Court of Appeals decision upholding the right of
Government to fire inefficient employes under the speedier pro
cedure of the Lloyd-La Follette Act.
The officials acknowledged that employes in these cases
would have had considerably more protection had the court ruled
that employes are entitled to a
90-day warning from their agen
cies before they are fired.
But civil service officials de
clare that the number of firings
for inefficiency are relatively few,
and will continue to be relatively,
few.
The majority of firings are for
misconduct and insubordination
and have always been brought
under the Lloyd-La Follette Act,
they declare. Also, they point out
that before the 1950 Performance
Rating Act, the Lloyd-La Follette
Act was also used in all ineffi
ciency firing cases and that there
never were many of these cases
Instigated by the agencies.
Any idea that the Govern
ment is going to engage in a
mass drive to fire employes is
sheer nonsense,” a top CSC of
ficial said. “Of' course, agencies
are expected to get rid of In
competent employes. But they
have been doing so before 1950
and since 1950 and will continue ,
to do so on the same basis as
in the past. It is well to remem
ber that the number of incom
petents in Government is rel-!'
atively small.”
The 1950 Performance Rating
Act approved by Congress con-:
tained a provision that agencies j
must notify an employe 90 days,
in advance that his work was ,
unsatisfactory before giving him
an unsatisfactory rating. In a !
test case, a Navy employe ‘
claimed that his firing for in
efficiency was illegal, since he ■
was given no such notice. j
However, the Court of Ap-,
peals agreed with the Govern- 1 ,
ment’s contention that Federal;,
agencies had the choice of firingj,
employes underthe Lloyd-La Fol-1,
lette Act or under the Perform-1,
ance Rating Act. The Govern-j
ment contended the Performance!
Rating provision yasn’t intended l
to keep agencies from getting ]
rid of incompetent employes as.,
soon as possible. Rather, the (
Government declared, it was in-;
tended to give help to an em-; 1
ploye who an agency felt had :
abilities which could be devel- ■
oped or an employe who the .
agency felt could be transferred
to another less-exacting assign- j
ment.
The Lloyd-La Follette Act per- (
mits an agency to fire an em- ,
ploye on inefficiency or unsuit- ,
ability charges if the employe is j
given a written letter of charges j
and is allowed to answer the |
accusations within 30 days. Vet
erans have the right to appeal
such firings to the Civil Service ;
Commission. Both non-veterans,
■nil veterans have the right to 1
appeal if they are fired under?
the Performance Rating Act.
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j
HIRING AFTER 79—The Civil
Service Commission today,
changed its regulations to per
mit Federal agencies to hire ,
persons over 70 years of age for
regular appointments to Govern
ment Jobs. The move followed
action by Congress this year in
lifting maximum age restrictions
on Federal jobs.
The new hiring provisions al
low agencies to hire persons over
70 if they are qualified for the
Job. This applies to annuitants
as well as non-annuitants.
The new provisions do not
change the law requiring man
datory retirement of Federal em
ployes at age 70 with 15 or more
years of service.
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THREE YEARS’ REQUIRE
MENT—There has been consid
erable confusion over the three
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT
District and vicinity—Fair to
night with low near 72. Fair and
hot tomorrow. «
Maryland—Fair tonight with
low 66-74 in east and 60-67 in
west. Fair and quite warm to
morrow with high 90-95.
Virginia—Fair tonight with
low 65-70 in west and 70-74 in
east. Fair and hot tomorrow.
Wind—Northwest or west 10-
15 miles per hour tonight and
tomorrow.
PoUen count—Four grains per
cubic yard of air for the 24
hours ending 9 a.m. today, the
District Medical Society reports.
Five-day Forecast for Wash
ington and vicinity. August
20-24:
Temperatures will be 8-10 de
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WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST—Weather tonight will be
mostly fair in the Northern and Central United States with
partly cloudy weather in the South and along both the East
and West Coasts. The only precipitation forecast will occur
as scattered thundershowers in the Dakotas and in New
Mexico. Little change in temperature is expected anywhere,
with rather hot weather continuing in almost all sections.
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years’ continuous Federal service
i provision in the new law extend
ing status to indefinite employes
who passed civil service, exams or
,who pass non-competitive tests
within the next year.
Federal employes who now
have less than three years of
service but more than two years
can still qualify once they com
plete the three-year requirement.
The law provides that employes
have one year to apply for status
following enactment of the law.
This would give employes until
August 12, 1956. to qualify and
complete their three years of
service. At the same time. It
means that employes with less
than two years of service at the
present time cannot qualify,
since they will not meet the
three years’ service requirement
by next August 12.
Incidentally, the three years of
"satisfactory” Federal service re
quired need not be continuous.
** * *
MEN PREDOMINATE—CiviI
i Service Commission figures show
that there are twice as many
men in white-collar Government
Jobs as there are women. \ . .
More than half of all white
collar employes are in grade 5 or
below. Almost 50 per cent of the
women are in the first three
grades, more than 80 per cent
in the first five grades and 90
per cent of all women are in
jobs below grade 7... . Men em
ployes have considerably higher
salaries. Almost one-fourth of
men employes are in grades 11
|and above, while less than half
were below grade 7. The median
l grade for women employes is
grade 4 compared to grade 7 for
jmen.
** * *
I ANNUITANTS* NOTICE—AH
Federal annuitant*-will receive:
;a notice'from the Civil Service |
i Commission along with their
! September checks explaining the]
increases in Federal annuities.
The new annuity rates, which!
increase present annuities by 12,
per cent on the first $1,500 and
8 per cent on any amount over
that, goes in effect October l
and will be reflected in the No
vember checks. Lesser increases
are provided on a sliding scale!
for present Federal workers who,
retire between now and Decem
ber 31, 1957.
JOBS—The District Depart
ment of Public Welfare needs
elementary and junior high
j school teachers for the Chil
dren’s Center near Laurel, Md.
The jobs pay $4,080 a year, with
yearly increases to a maximum
of $4,890 annually. Apply to
!Room 313. 499 Pennsylvania
avenue N.W. . . . Navy’s Bureau
of Supplies and Accounts needs
a general engineer in storage
operations. The salary is $6,390
a year. Apply to Room 1054,
Arlington Navy Annex.
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big Star Classified. From e wide
selection of best automotive offerings,
no doubt, you will find just the used
car you’ve been looking for at a
price geered to fit your budget,
j Remember, for the widest variety
of good, guaranteed, used core, shop
the big Star Classified before you
buy.
■ grees above the normal high of j
I 83 and low of 66. Hot over the
( week end and through Wednes
, day. A few scattered thunder
• showers averaging Ve inch or
less.
> Elver Beuert
l 'From U 8. Enilnerr*) i
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Ferry
and at Oreat Falls; Shenandoah muddy ,
.: at Harpers Perrv
| Temperatures fer testerday
• Readmas Washintton National Airport)
Midnight 7H Noon 7ft
. 4 a.m. 7* 4 p.m. ... - 7d
» ® « » P.m. ( - 77
t Record Temperatures This Tear i
,! Highest. 08. on July 22 i
Lowest. U). on February 3.
A* Sun and Moon
Rises Sets
ißun. today 8:24 7:58
Sun. tomorrow H.2S 7:57
iMoon, today 8:25 am. 8:40 pm.
Automobile lights must b# turned on
- one-half hour after sunset.
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||| M
IVAN BLACK
Five Amendments Useful
. —AP Wlreohoto
Election Reform
Group Planned
By J. A. OTEARY
Supporters of the Hennings
election reform bill are consider
ing the formation of a citizens
committee to build up support
for the measure between now and
the January session of Congress.
The bill, sponsored by Senator
Hennings, Democrat of Missouri,
was left on the Senate's list of
unfinished business on adjourn
ment night. Its backers realize it
will a hard fight in the 1956
session unless, public sentiment
for it can be stimulated.
They have not reached a final
decision on the citizens commit
tee plan, but admit it is one
step they are thinking about.
Four Republican members of
the Rules Committee filed a
minority report opposing some of
the major features. In addition,
some Democrats are understood
to be against that part of the
bill which would bring primaries
as well as general elections under
Federal controls.
JLTnder Whose Control?
Some Senators contend pri
maries are a subject for control
by State law.
But supporters of the bill are
making no moves to narrow its
scope in order to lessen the op
position. They believe primaries
; should be brought under expen
diture control because in about
jone-third of the States victory
jin the primary is tantamount to
election.
In the Southern States the
Democrats who win nomination
for the House or Senate in the
-primaries generally are assured
election and the same usually
holds true for Republican pri
mary winners in other parts of
the country.
Two of the main purposes of
the bill are:
1. To raise ceilings on cam
paign funds to a more realistic
level in view of the cost of pres
ent day campaigning, including
such channels as radio and tele
j vision.
2. To require more complete
: and exact reporting to Washing
ton of the activities of numerous
committees that function in
congressional and presidential
campaigns.
Unrealistic Figure
The $3 million limit which
existing law places on the
amount a national committee
may receive or spend in one year
is generally .regarded as unreal
istic today.
The Hennings bill substitutes
a formula based on expenditure
of 20 cents for each vote cast
in any one of the last three
national elections. This would
I allow each national committee
to spend about sl2 million at
the present time. It is believed
that with this ceiling there
would be no necessity for creat
ing multiple committees and the
ceiling would expand or con
tract as the voting population
changed.
1 High and Lew of Last 24 Hours
I High, 70. at 5:46 p.m.
Low, 73. at 5:05 a m
Tide Tables
’(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
Today Tomorrow
High 10:01a.m 10:43 a.m.
Low 5:18 am s:Od a.m
High 10:32 p.m. 11:14 p.m.
Low 5:40 p.m. 5:23 p m
Precipitation
Monthly precipitation in inches m the
Capital (current month to date):
Month 1955 1954 Avg Record
January 0.31 2.30 3.24 7.83 37
February 3.13 0.85 2.44 8.84 84
March 370 3.97 3.03 8.84 91 j
April 2.67 3.30 3.00 9.13 'HO
May 3.38 2.98 3.98 10.09 ‘63
June !>7fl 1.24 3.41 10.94 OO
; July 2.32 1.70 4.28 10.63 88
August 12.36 3.12 4.76 14 41 *2B
September 083 4.12 17 45 34
October 4.06 2.85 8.81 '37
November 1.78 2.73 7.18 77
December 2.83 281 7.68 01
Temperatures In Various Cities
H. L. H L.
Abilene 91 6M Knoxville J‘4 71
Albany 78 71 Little Rock 93 70;
; Albuquerque 93 05 Los Angeles 84 6o!
Anchorage 68 57 Louisville 94 71
Atlanta 93 73 Memphis 93 72
Atlantic City 80 71 Miami His 76
Baltimore 78 63 Mllwaikee 94 74
Billings 9H 73 Minntapcil* 94 89
Birmingham 93 72 Montgomery 93 76
Bismarck 100 H7 New Orleans 93 74
Boise 94 63 New York 79 72
Boston 70 70 Norfolk 88 74
Buffalo 87 65 Oklahoma C. 88 65
Burlington 85 66 Omaha 93 73
Charleston 91 80 Philadelphia 84 71
Charlotte 94 74 Phoenix 95 80
Cheyenne 83 57 Pittsburgh 83 68
Chicago 95 71 P’tiand. Me. 77 69
Cincinnati 94 H.‘» P’tiand. Or 86 69
Cleveland 91 68 Raleigh 89 73
Columbus 91 65 Reno 93 48
Dallas S 6 73 Richmond 87 72
Denver 86 82 St. Louis 98 74
Des Moines 90 7! Balt Lake C 86 61
Detroit 93 73 Ban Antonio 94 74
Fort Worth 86 «8 Ban Diego 79 68
Houston 89 73 Savannah 90 72
1 Huron 100 73 Beattie 77 55
Indianapolis 92 67 Tampa 90 76
iJackson 92 66 Washington 79 73
Kansas City 95 76 Wichita 93 69
Key West 91 75
RESORT FORECAST
Upper and lower bay—
Fair and warmer tomorrow,
high 90-95, winds north
west 10-15 miles per hour.
Ocean beaches and South
Jersey—Fair and warmer
tomorrow, high 85-90, winds
variable v 10-15 miles per
hour,
Skyline Drive—Fair and
warmer tomorrow, high 85-
90. good visibility but some
early morning fog.
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Hearings on Communism
In Entertainment Close
By L. EDGAR PRINA
Btur BUS Correspondent
NEW YORK, Aug. 18 —Chair
man Walter said today that the
four days of hearings by a House
Un-American Activities subcom
mittee on Communist influences
in the entertainment field have
given the people of this city “an
appreciation of how innocent
Dersons and others have been
enlisted Into this conspiracy.”
The subcommittee concluded
its inquiry in the United States
Courthouse at Foley Square when
six more witnesses, in varying
degrees, defied it in refusing to
answer questions.
Several prospective witnesses,
Including Comedian Zero Mostel,
Playwright Jerome Chodorov and
Actor Sam Jafle, were excused
until a later date.
The subcommittee may re-open
its investigation with hearings
in Washington in September,
according to Mr. Walter.
The Scoreboard
When David Kanter, stage
manager for the current Broad
way play. “The Boy Friend,” left
the stand today, the score stood
this way: Os 23 witnesses heard,
one co-operated, 21 refused to
answer any question on their
alleged Communist afflliatioss
and one testified he has not betm
a Red since July 1, 1948, but
refused to say whether he had
been one previously.
One witness cited five amend- j
ments to the Constitution in re- j
fusing to answer questions.
Ivan Black, 53, once a Broad
way press agent and now a pub
lic relations consultant to in
dustrial firms, carried a copy of
the United States Constitution
as he took the witness stand.
When asked whether he had
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been a member of the Patrick
Henry Communist Club of New
York City about 1936, Mr. Black
[ invoked the First. Fifth. Sixth,
* Tenth and Fourteenth Amend
! ments.
I Attributes Success to Honesty
! Mr. Black testified his success
1 in his business resulted from his
I policy of honesty is the best
t policy.
Representative Scherer, Re
-1 publican of Ohio, said: “Hon
-1 esty is she best policy here.”
J “I think the Fourteenth!
’ Amendment (that citizens’
rights shall not be abridged) is
being violated,” Mr. Black re
’ plied.
j “All Communists think so,”
I countered Mr. Scherer.
Mr. Black retorted: “That’s
, what Hitler said: ‘lf you’re
, against me you are a Commu
nist ’ ”
The witness willing to say he
was not now a Communist was
Harold J. Salemson, an execu
tive of Italian Film Exports, Inc.,
and a former correspondent for
French publications in Holly
wood.
“I think the world situation
has changed, that I have
changed and that my associa
tions have changed. ... I have
not been a Communist since
July 1. 1948,” he said.
Mr. Salemson told the sub-:
committee he was being “rea
sonable" by offering to answer
jany question in the last eight
years. He took the Fifth Amend
ment on a long list of questions
dealing with his activities before
July. 1948. ,
Mr. Scherer put this ques
tion to him: “Isn’t it true that
you have no information about
the Communist Party since 1948
.and that's why you’re willing to
j co-operate with this commit
tee?”
-Mr. Salemson admitted he had
ntr Information.
Mr. Scherer then accused him
of "putting a halo around your
head” with statements of a will
ingness to co-operate.
“I might have co-operated if
the chairman had not associated
with elements Monday night
whom I feel should be investi
gated ..I am before a man
;who associated with Un-Ameri
can elements.” the witness as
serted.
Mr. Walter replied that he was
.“very proud” to have associated
with the people referred to by
Mr. Salemson. “I can assure
jyou,” he said, "that not one of
them would ever take the Fifth
’Amendment.”
The chairman addressed an
anti-Communist group called
Alliance. Inc., Monday at the
Hotel New Yorker. Archibald
Roosevelt is its top official.
Brief Appearance
Mr. Kanter, the final witness,
was on the stand only briefly.
He was asked whether he would
be willing to co-operate with the
subcommittee if he were granted
immunity from any possible
j prosecution under a new law.
The witness replied that the
;law is in a “highly debatable
status” and that hq could not
answer.
Committee Counsel Frank 8.
Tavenner, jr„ then observed that
the witness had been scheduled
: to testify on the first day of the
; hearings but, that upon requests
of his family, was given more
time to think about whether ha
would co-operate.
Americans in Russia
LENINGRAD, USSR. Aug. 19
UP).—Representatives Holt, Re
publican 'of California, and
Rhodes, Republican of Arizona,
arrived yesterday and immedi
ately began a round of sight
seeing In Russia’s second city.
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