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THE EVENING STAR
WasMuftM, O. C., Monday, ftbtvary 2. 1959
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THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Pay Bill Asks Break
On Classified Rates
By JOSEPH YOUNG
Star BUS Writer
A bill to live Federal classi
fied employes greater salary In
creases when they are pro
moted to higher grades has
been sponsored by Representa
tive Le single!, Democrat of
Michigan. It would give classi
fied workers the same break in
this respect that postal workers
now have.
At present, when a classified
employe Is promoted from one
grade to another the Immediate
annual monetary value to him
or her often amounts to (SO or
even less. *
The situation exists because
under the Classification Act
the salary amounts often over
lap between grades. When an
employe Is promoted to a higher
grade, the premnt law states,
he or she shall be placed in
the step of the new grade that
is nearest to the next step of
the old grade, guaranteeing
only that the new rate shall
Dpt be less than the old rate.
Mr. Lesinski’s bill would cor
rect this situation by providing
that an employe’s new salary
shall be the amount of the dif
ference between the old grade
and the new grade entrance
rates, added to the employe’s
oldest salary and adjusted to
the highest comparable step of
the grade.
Example Given
For example, an employe In
the fifth step of Grade 6 now
receives $5,000 a year. The next j
withln-step.in Grade 6 Is »5,-
240. Under present law the em
ploye, If promoted to Grade 7,
• would receive $5,280, which is
the most comparable step In 1
Grade 7,. This would give him
an immediate increase of $l9O
a year.
Uuder the Lesinski bill, the
difference between the entrance
rates of Grade 8, which is $4,-
490, and Grade 7, which is $4,-
980, is $490. This $490 added
to the present salary of $5,090
comes to $5,580. The nearest
corresponding step in Grade 7
happens to be exactly $5,580 a
year, which is what the employe
would receive as a result of the
promotion.
In other words, the Lesinski
bill would give the employe an i
immediate $490 raise as a re- <
suit of the promotion, compared i
to the $l9O under the present
system.
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FINE JOB—The Civil Serv- 1
Ice Commission has just pub- j
lished “Biography of an Ideal,” '
its diamond anniversary his
tory of the Federal civil sys
tem. The book is extremely
readable and interesting, a fine
job all around. Much praise be- i
longs to Charles Cooke of the
Civil Service Commission's pub
lic information office who au
thored the book, as well as to!
Philip Schulte, CSC public in- ,
formation chief.
The publication is on sale
through the superintendent of
documents, Government Print
ing Office, for 55 cents a copy i
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INVESTIGATION OKAYED
—The House has approved a •
$75,000 appropriation for the j
House Civil Service Commit- i
tee to make extensive investi- ,
gations this year of Govern- 1
ment personnel practices and :
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT
District and vicinity—Clear
and quite cold tonight; low
about 12. Mostly sunny tomor
row, high near 30.
Virginia—Clear and quite
cold tonight, low between 10
and 20. Mostly sunny, cold to
morrow morning with tempera
tures rising In the afternoon.
Maryland—Fair and cold to
night; low, 8-15 in the east and
south and zero to 8 above in the
north and west except zero to 5
below in the extreme west.
Sunny and not as cold tomor
row; high, In the low 20s In the
extreme west and 26-32 else
where.
Lower Potomac and Chesa
peake Bay—Light, variable
winds tonight and tomorrow.
Fair weather. Visibility slowly
decreasing to around 3 or 4
miles due to smoke and haze
tonight and tomorrow.
Five-Day Forecast
for Washington and Vicinity
February 3-7
Temperatures will average 4
to 8 degrees below the Wash
ington normals of 44 and 28.
Cold tomorrow, slightly warmer
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WEATHER FORECAST—Light snow is expected tonight in the Upper
Great Lakes area and in the Central and Southern Plains and Central
and Southern Rockies. Light rain is forecast for South Carolina, Georgia,
the Eastern GMf Coast and Southern California—AP Wirephoto Maf>.
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REPRESENTATIVE
LESINSKI
civil service matters as well as
postal matters.
The Senate is expected to
vote a $90,000 appropriation
for similar purposes for the
Senate Civil Service Commit
tee within the next week or so.
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FEBRUARY 23D HOLIDAY
—Since Washington’s Birthday
this year falls on Sunday, Gov
ernment workers will be given
a holiday, on Monday, Febru
ary 23.
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VEHICLE LIABILITY—
I Jerome Keating, the very able
vice president of the National
Association of Letter Carriers,
has worked very closely on the
legislation that would absolve
Federal employes who drive
Government vehicles of liability
in civil suits brought as a re
sult of accidents.
Mr. Keating said virtually all
private industry employes who
drive cars or trucks for em
ployers are insured against
civil suits resulting from acci
dents. As a matter of fact,
most State laws require such
insurance, vftiich is paid for
by the employers, Mr Keat
ing said.
i Therefore, the NALC official
said, there is no validity to
the argument that Federal
workers thus protected would
t become more careless in their
driving, etc. The greatest de
terrent to such behavior now
exists and will continue to ex
: ist—the Government’s dis
missal of employes who en
gage in such practices and the
imposition of criminal penal
ties by the law—Mr. Keating
noted. Under the pending leg
islation, the Government would
be sole defendant in civil suits.
** * *
CAPITAL ROUNDUP Ena
Thomas of Health, Education
and Welfare Department has
besn elected president of the
Potomac Postmistress Club.
Others elected were Agnes Rei
ser, Agriculture, vice president;
Irene Peer, non-Govemment;
Nony Jojmke, non-Govern
ment; Nelda Griffin, Agricul
ture, treasurer, and Louise
Robinson, Agriculture, club
representative . . . The Veter
an* Administration has pre
sented a meritorious service
award to Dr. Irving J. Cohen
and meritorious suggestion
awards to Guy Jones, Ralph
Thomas. Mrs. Doris Carlsen,
Mrs. Buena Taylor, Wilbur
• Wednesday and Thursday and;
' colder again Friday and Satur
■ day. Precipitation Wednesday
night or Thursday may total
i about Vi inch.
I ROAD CONDITIONS—AAA
West —District of Columbia to Penn
sylvania turnpike clear; Pennsylvania
. turnpike clear; Ohio turnpike clear;
17. 8. 40 west to Ohio clear: U. 8. 50
west to Ohio, few icy spots in moun
tains.
South —U 8 1 to Richmond clear;
[ Shirlev hiahway (Virginia Route ;iSO)
„ clear; Richmond south clear; District
I cf Columbia to Charlottesville clear,
i North and east—District of Colum
bia to Delaware Memorial Bridge clear:
• New Jersey turnpike clear but no
. house trailers due to high winds; New
England clear; District of Columbia
! to Harrisburg. Pa., clear.
River Report
(From U. 8. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers
• Ferry and partly muddy at Great Falls
j Shenandoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temaorataros for Yesterday
! Midnight 32 Noon 30
r 4a.m. 28 4 pm.
[ 8 a.tfi. 27 8 p.m. 28
Record Temperature* This Year
5 Highest. 70 on January 21.
Lowest. 11 on January 0 and 17.
High and Low of Last 24 Hoars
High. 35 at 2:15 p.m.
Low. 17 at 0:35 a m.
Tide Tables
, fFurnished by the United States Coast
\ and Oeodetic Survey)
Todav Tomorrow,
High 2:38 a.m. 3:50 a.m.
. Low 0:38 a.m 10:42 a m
, High 3.16 p.m. 4:25 p.m.
’ l.ow 10:21 p.m. 11:23 p.m
Dickinson and DeWltt Buckner
. . . O. Oordon Delk, who re
signed recently aa Deputy
Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue. has received Treasury’s
exceptional civilian service
awards for his outstanding
record of Government service
. . . Jack Simons of Health.
Education and Welfare has re
tired after 19 years of distin
guished Government service...,
The Civil Service Commission
has given a special citation to
Ross Pollock, chief of its ca
reer development section, for
“outstanding professional
achievement in the field of per-1
sonnet administration.” The
CSC also gave length of service
awards to: William Hull, the
grand old man of the CSC and
one of its ablest officials, for 50
years of Federal servlee; 40
years. Jeremiah Buckley, Wal
ter Evans, Gertrude Kinsley,
Mrs. Leonara Matera, Alice
Meredith, Oarlo Miller. Marie
Sullivan; 35 years, Mary Beers,
Edmond Burrows, Katherine
Wagner; 30 years, John Buck
ingham, Joseph Crunkilton,
Robert Findlay, Russell Fletch
.er, Everett Giles, Mrs. Leta
Gracia. John Hardesty, James
Hatcher, Dorothy Hill, M. Elisa
beth Lipscomb, Mrs. Rosalind
Peart, Charles Perrltt, John
Bteele, Gilbert Stewart, Dr.
Charles Waite; 25 years, Paul
Appleman, Mrs. R. Louise Boyd.
Maurice Brown, Nelson Colley,
sr.; Everett Crowell, Virginia
Ehrenberg. Mary Harlow, Alice
Karnes, William Mullaley, Mrs.
Flora Nicholson,-Mrs. Dorothy
Ryan, Harry Stevens, Mrs.
Emma Stockton, Rosebud
Sykes. Richard Taber, Phillip
Wagoner, Helen Winkle and
Michael Zimmerman. , . . The
Office of the Secretary of Treas
ury has presented incentive
awards to Patrick Gorman HI,
Frances O’Neill, Thomas Wind
sor and James Lavf.
Food Industry
Faces Full-Scale
Examination
By tht Associated Pres*
The Federal Trade Commis
sion is taking the first step in
a full-scale examination of the
Nation’s biggest business—the
food industry.
Questionnaires are going out
to more than 1,000 major food
retailers. They will be required
to supply information about
concentration of power in the
industry, the commission said
yesterday.
The forms must be filled out
l by March 31. The FTC threat
ens court action against those
failing to answer.
Commission investigations of
this nature often take months
lor even years to complete.
Where justified, the result
often includes the filling of offi
cial complaints against mem
bers of the Industry.
The food chains, retail co
operatives and grocery whole
salers receiving the guestlon
naires account for most of the
annual $47 billion retail sales in
the industry.
After checking on concentra
tion of power, the FTC plans
jto investigate other aspects of
food retailing.
Parking Revenue Up
District parking meter case
collections have risen some 75
per cent since the start of con
version from nickels to dimes
at the beginning of the month,
officials have reported. The
estimate was based on returns
from 516 of the city’s 4,600
1 meters.
[I The Sun aod Moon
Rises Sets
• 9un today 7:14 am. 6:30 pm.!
!3un tomorrow . 7:l3am. 5:31 pm.
f j Moon today 2:23 a.m. 12:48 o m
| Precipitation
Month 195» 196 b Avg Record
; January .. 2.21 2.51 3.24 7.83 ’3<
February .. 4.14 2.44 68* 84
; March ... 586 3.03 884 »1
• April 4.92 3.06 913 89
i May 2.77 3.98 H) 69 53
; I June 321 34i 10 94 OO
i July 715 4.26 11 06 45
• August 649 4.75 14 41 28
September 257 412 17 45 34
. Octobei .. 235 2.85 8.81 371
: November 2 <'4 2.73 718
December lO2 2.01 7.50 ’Ol
L Automobile lights must be turned on
one-naif hour after «unset
Temperatures in Various Cities
> H. L. H. L.
• Abilene 34 1? Key West 8<) 711
i Albany 15 -5 Knoxville 43 30
■Albuquerque 32 18 Little Rock 40 28
Anchorage 42 35 Los Angeles 00 48
Atlanta 53 41 Louisville 34 10
Atlantic City 25 10 Memphis 40 29
. Baltimore 32 14 Miami 80 71
1 Billings 28 10 Milwaukee 10-17
Birmingham 42 40 Minneapolis 14 -4
Bismarck o -20 Montgomery 54
Boise 30 22 New Orleans 57 51
, Boston 19 1 New York 24
! Buffalo IS -2 Norfolk :if> 24
; Burlington 3 -12 Okla. City 22 15
1 Charleston 49 41 Omaha 14 3
j Charlotte 62 30 Philadelphia 27 9
Cheyenne 17 6 Phoenix 61 39
Chicago 18 3 Pittsburgh 21 4
Cincinnati 20 11 P’tland. Me. 12 3
Cleveland 13 2 P’tland. Ore. 48 30;
Columbus 22 6 Raleigh 43 24!
Dallas 41 30 Reno 38 18,
Denver 23 6 Richmond 37 18,
Des Moines 9 -ft St. Louis 29 9;
. I Detroit 13 2 Salt Lake C. 37 23 i
! Duluth 5 -8 San Antonio 49 31
! Fort Worth 42 29 S Francisco 81 61
► i Houston 50 37 Savannah 48 43
Huron 15 3 Seattle 46 30
Indianapolis 22 8 Tampa 77 68
. Jackson 48 37 Wichita 15 7
' Kansas City 17 5
A S A* P Values!
AMERICAS OfPfNOAau FOOD MERCHANT COFFEE
: PRICES
mfiyf pown
VERS Maxwell House,
Chase and Sanborn
mm tool «■ r
1 lb.
con M
Reg. Low Price on Famous __
A&P v sr COFFEE " 71*
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MEATY, READY-FOR-THE-PAN BROILERS OR NONE PRICED HIGHER
CpVCpC lie
mi civ) o cuup >b )i
LEAN, FRESHLY GROUND MANY TIMES DAILY
Ground Beef 13 1 1 23
SUPER-RIGHT TOP QUALITY and TRIM NONE PRICED HIGHER
Steaks c . u » ,99*
GOETZE, Cooked in Natural Juices
Canned Hams 3 ’ 2 M
»«*• ?■ - j ». •, » -
SUPER-RIGHT * SUPER-RIGHT REGULAR OR QUICK FRY
Smoked Sliced Beef "=■ Z 31' Center Cut Pork Chops m ZSS m » 75'
HEAVY TREE RIPENED FLORI.DA ” NONE PRICED HIGHER
Grapefruit i 4 29 e
|pjp!oojjjj| U 5 NO. 1 EASTERN WHITE—NONE PRICED HIGHER
Jim nr we nm
Orange Juice " V IAI VE9
Special! 4““ 67‘ 10 ,b 0Q C |25 "> 150 “■ QQ C
A&P—OUR FINEST QUALITY bag MM | bag %0 \ bag \m
French Fries I FIRM, SOLID HEAD NEW GREEN
4!£ 49‘ 2 45* • CABBAGE N °™ *• 5*
A&P SLICED
Strawberries 2 39 c STAYMAN - WINESAI ’°* ROME BEAUTY
BANQUET BRAND—TURKEY, BEEF OR A I NONE PRICED lb. C
Chicken Pies 5r95< | APPLES """" J 3
FAMOUS m— m FACIAL TISSUES boxes MA(
CAMPBELL’S Kleenex z—2sc
| g£ANS Premium Saltines nabsco £ 25*
O C
lib. jC'C HOT CAKES, WAFFLES, ETC. P k -
Zu*. Waldorf Tissue 6 47'
APPLE Ciorox bleaches, deodorizes l/ 2 £ 33*53*
C A life Sweet Peas onabrand -“10*
EflOS CRESTVIEW O <*<»• OQ C SUNNYBROOK O doz. 1
“ ** GRADE B Mm MM GRADE A Ml C!
4 - 45* Butter 66* - 68*
Cream “S Vi 79*
' margar,ne o
Price* In this odverthMnerrt effective through Wed., Feb. 4th, ■ 44 IMS Jg IN Va LB. PRINTS |
1959. Quantity Rights Reserved. . ,
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