ANALYSIS OF S. 2628 AND H. R. 7619

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84th Congressl
2d Session ff
ANALYSIS OF S. 2628 AND
H. R. 7619
BILLS
"TO INCREASE RATES OF COMPENSATION
OF THE HEADS AND ASSISTANT HEADS
OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES"
Printed for the use of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1956
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COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina, Chairman
JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island
A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, Oklahoma
THOMAS C. HENNINGS, Ja., Missouri
W. KERR SCOTT, North Carolina
RICHARD L. NEUBERGER, Oregon
FRANK CARLSON, Kansas
WILLIAM E. JENNER, Indiana
WILLIAM LANCER, North Dakota
CARL T. CURTIS, Nebraska
THOMAS E. MARTIN, Iowa
CLIFFORD P. CASE, New Jersey
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CONTENTS
Executive departments: Page
Agriculture--------------------------------------------------- 2
Commerce---------------------------------------------------- 2
Defense 2
Health, Education, and Welfare_________________________________ 2
Interior - 2
Justice 3
Labor 3
Post Office - 3
State 3
Treasury----------------------------------------------------- 3
Executive Office of the President:
Administrative assistants_______________________________________ 3
Bureau of the Budget ------------------------------------------- 3
Central Intelligence ---------------------------------------------- 3
Council of Economic Advisers__________________________________ 3
Defense Mobilization __________.------------------------------- 3
Legislative, Judicial, and Independent Agencies:
Administrative Office, United States Courts_______________________ 3
Export-Import Bank of Washington ______-__--___________________
Farm Credit Administration ----- ----------- -------------------
Federal Civil Defense Administration --------- -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -__________________________
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service_______________________
Federal Reserve System----------------------------------------
General Accounting Office______________________________________
General Counsel, legal adviser------------------------------------
General Services Administ.ration__-_______________________________
Government Printing Office --------------------------------------
Governors -----------------------
Housing and Home Finance Agency_____________________________
Indian Claims Commission_____________________________________
International Cooperation Administration ------------------------
Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation -------------------
Library of Congress--------------------------------------------
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics____________________
National Science Foundation____________________________________
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation-------------------
Selective Service System________________________________________
Small Business Administration__________________________________
UNESCO
United States Information Agency_______________________________
Veterans' Administration_______________________________________
Boards and Commissions:
Civil Aeronautics Board________________________________________
Civil Service Commission_______________________________________
Federal Communications Commission____________________________
Federal Maritime Board ____-___.________________________________
Federal Power Commission -------------------------------------
Federal Trade Commission_____________________________________
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission --------------------------
Home Loan Bank Board---------------------------------------
Interstate Commerce Commission -______________________________
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IV CONTENTS
TABLE A. POSITIONS BY DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY--Continued
Boards and Commissions-Continued
Page
National Labor Relations Board----------------- -----------------------------------
5
National Mediation Board ------------------------------------------
5
It:ailroad Retirement Board----. ----------------------------------
5
Renegotiation Board ----------------------------------------------
5
Securities and Exchange Commission ----------------
5
Subversive Activities Control Board --------------------------------
5
Tennessee Valley Authority-----------------------------------------
6
United States Tariff Commission -------------- ----------------------
6
TABLE B. POSITIONS GROUPED BY SALARY LEVEL
Group 1. $25,000level ----------------------------------------------
7
2.
$22,500 level------------------------------------------------
7
:3.
$22,000level -----------------------------------------------
7
t.
$21,000level --------------------------------------------------
7
5.
$20,500 level --------------------------------------
8
Ii. $20,000 level--------- ---------- -------------
8
7.
$17,500level -------------------- ----------------------------
9
8.
Statutory salary rates --------------------------__----
10
0.
Classification Act --------------------------------------------
10
10.
Foreign Service --------------------------------------------
IQ
11.
Postal field service ---------------------------------------- ---
L1
12.
VA medical and surgery-- ----------------------------------- -
ll
1;.
Research and development -----------------------------------
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ANALYSIS OF S. 2628 AND H. R. 7619
Bills, to increase rates of compensation of the heads and assistant
heads of executive departments and independent agencies, and for
other purposes
On July 15, 1955, the President sent identical letters to the respective
chairmen of the Senate and house Committees on Post Office and
Civil Service recommending approval of proposed legislation drafted
by the administration to increase the pay of the heads and other top
officials of the Government during the first session of the 84th Congress
which was then nearing adjournment.
S. 2628 was introduced on July 25 and reported favorably bythe
Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service July 29 as proposed
by the President without benefit of public hearings or deliberate
consideration.
H. R. 7619 was introduced on July 26; reported favorably by the
House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service July 27; and,
passed in the House July 30. 11. R. 7619 differs from S. 2628 in that
it revises materially the rates of pay and alinement of positions set
forth in the recommended legislation submitted by the President.
The bills were brought up in the Senate for consideration during
the, closing hours of the session and passed over in order that the
subject might be approached in a more deliberate manner.
On October 7, 1955, Philip Young, Personnel Adviser to the
President, was asked to acquaint the committee with the_ current
views of the administration not later than December 15, 1955, in
order that appropriate data could be assembled properly and the bills
brought up for consideration at an early date during the current
session.
Mr. Young responded to the request on February 21, 1956, as
follows:
THE, WHITE 11OUSE,
1lrashington, D. C., February 21, 1.')5)i.
11on. OLIN D. JOHNSTON,
United States Senate, Washington, D. C.
DEAR SENATOR JOHNSTON: I am making a further reply to your letter of October
7, 1955, requesting the administration's views on S. 2628, a bill to increase rates
of compensation for the heads and assistant heads of executive departments and
agencies.
Since the action of the Senate and House committees last summer, the President
has carefully reviewed the various proposals with respect to executive pa~? and
has authorized me to advise you of his conclusions, as follows:
1. That an increase in the pay of the Government's top executives is
urgently needed.
2. That for the time, being tho relationships among the salaries of various
department and agency heads and their assistants should be continued sub-
stantially as established by the 81st Congress in Public Law 359.
3. That such adjustments in the relationships between the salaries of de-
partment and agency heads as may be warranted should be considered on an
individual basis at an appropriate time in the future, subsequent to the
to the enactment of the increases proposed in S. 2628.
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It is therefore the earnest desire of the President that prompt and favorable
action he taken on S. 2628.
Sincerely,
PHILIP YOUNG.
Table A is a listing of positions by department or agency that would be affected
by either bill. The table shows (1) the position title and number of such positions
if more than one has the same title, (2) the present salary. (3) the salary that
would be established by S. 2628, (4) the salary that would be established by
H. R. 7619, and (5) the views of the department or agency. In those cases where
treatment other than that provided by either S. 2628 or H. R. 7619 is recom-
mended by the department or agency, that fact is noted and the full text of the
request is included as an exhibit following table B.
Table B is a grouping of positions by salary level as provided in S. 2628. The
table lists each position by title and shows with respect thereto: (1) present salary,
(2) salary under S. 2628 with sectional reference, and (3) salary under H. R.
7619 with sectional reference.
TABLE A.-Positions by department and agency
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
II. R.
Views of department or
agency
7619
agriculture, Department of:
Secretary-------------------------------
$22,500
$25,000
$25,000
Favors S. 2628; specific
Under Secretary_______________________
17,500
21,000
21,000
reasons set forth in letter
Assistant Secretaries (3)----------------
15,000
20,000
19,000
included as exhibit 1, p. 12.
Commodity Stabilization Service,
15, 000
20,000
(1)
Administrator.
Rural Electrification Administration,
15, 000
20,000
19,000
Administrator.
Farmers Home Administration, Ad-
14,800
17, 500
(1)
rninistrator.
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation,
14, 800
17,500
(1)
Manager.
Forest. Service, Chief Forester ----------
14,800
17,500
(1)
Soil Conservation Service, Adminis-
14, 800
17,500
(1)
trator.
;ommerce, Department of:
Secretaiy------------------------------
22,500
2.5,000
25,000
Favors 13. 2628.
Tinder Secretary-----------------------
17,500
21,000
21,000
Tinder Secretary for Transportation----
17,500
21,000
21,000
Assistant Secretaries (3)----------------
15,000
20,000
19,000
Civil Aeronautics, Administrator---_-_
15,000
20,000
19,000
Public Roads, Commissioner -----------
15,000
20,000
19,000
Defense, Department of:
Secretary ------------------------------
22,500
25,000
25,000
Favors 5.2628.
Deputy Secretary---------------------
20,000
22,500
22,500
Secretary of--
Army------------------------------
18,000
22,000
22,000
Navy----------------------------
18,000
22,000
22,000
Air Force--------------------------
18,000
22,000
22,000
Assistant Secretaries of Defense (9)_____
15,000
20,000
19,000
Under Secretary of-
Army------------------------------
15,000
20,000
20,000
Navy------------------------------
15,000
20,000
:0,000
Air Force.--
15,000
20,000
20,000
Military Liaison Committee for AEC,
15,000
20,001)
19,000
Chairman.
Assistant Secretaries of-
Army (4;--------------------------
15,000
2),000
19,000
Navy (4) ---------------------------
15,000
20,000
19,000
Air Force (4) -----------------------
15,000
20,000
10,000
1Iealth, Education, and Welfare, Depart-
rneat of:
Secretary--------------------
22,500
2.5,000
25,000
Favors S. 2628; Amendment
Tinder Secretary -----------------------
17,500
21,000
21,000
suggested in letter included
Assistant Secretaries (2) ----------------
17,500
21, 001)
21,000
as exhibit 2, p. 13.
Special assistant to the Secretary-_--___
15,000
20,000
10,000
Commissioner of Social Security-- -----
14,800
17, 500
17,000
interior, Department of:
No reply to request for views.
Secretary-------------------------------
22,500
25,000
25,000
Under Secretary_______________________
17,500
21,000
21,000
Assistant Secretaries (3) ----------------
15,000
20,000
19,000
(lovernor of Alaska--------------------
15,000
20,000
1.9 ,000
Clovernorof Hawaii--------------------
15,000
20,000
19,000
Governor of the Virgin Islands ---------
15, 000
20,000
19,000
Bonneville Power Administration,
14,800
17,500
17,000
Administrator.
Commissioner of Reclamation ----------
14,800
17,500
17, 000
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ANALYSIS OF S. 2628 AND H. R. 7 619 3
TABLE A.---Positions by department and agency-Continued
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS-Continued
H. R.
Views of department or
agency
761,9
Justice, Department of:
Attorney General
$22, 500
$25,000
$25, 000
Director, Federal Bureau of Investiga-
20,000
22,000
22,000
tion.
Associate Director, Federal Bureau of
17,500
20,000
21,000
Investigation.
Immigration and Naturalization Serv-
17, 500
20,000
19,000
ice, Commissioner.
Bureau of Prisons Director____________
17,500
17, 500
17,000
Labor, Department of.,
Secretary -------------------------------
22,500
25,000
25,000
Under Secretary_______________________
17,500
21, 000
21, 000
Assistant Secretaries (3)________________
15, 000
20, 000
19, 000
Wage and Hour Division, Adminis-
15,000
20,000
19,000
trator.
Post Office, Department of:
Postmaster General- _________. --------
22,500
25,000
25,000
Deputy Postmaster General____________
17,500
21,000
21,000
Assistant Postmasters General (5)______
15,000
20,000
19.000
State, Department of:
Secretary-----------------------------
22,500
25,000
25,000
Under Secretary ----------
17, 500
22, 501)
22, 500
Deputy Under Secretaries 0)----------
15, 000
20,W)
20,000
Assistant Secretaries (10)_______-______..
15,000
20, 090
19,000
Bureau of Security and Consular
15,000
20, 000
19,000
Affairs, Administrator.
Counselor -------------------
15,000
20,000
19,000
Treasury, Department of the:
Secretary ------------------------------
22,5W
25,000
25, 000
Under Secretary-___ ------------------
17, 500
21,000
21, 000
Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs___
17, 500
21, 000
21, 000
Comptroller of the Currency -----__-___
1(1 , 000
20,500
20,000
Assistant Secretaries (3)________________
15, 000
20,00)
19, 000
Fiscal Assistant Secretary_
15, 000
20,00()
19, 000
internal Revenue Commissioner----
15, 000
20, 000
19, 000
Customs, Commissioner__
14, 800
17, 500
17,000
Narcotics, Commissioner__
14, 800
17, 500
17,000
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Administrative assistants (2) ---------------
$20, 000
$22,500
$22.500
Administrative assistants (3)---------------
18,000
21,000
21, 000
Administrative assistants (7)_______________
15, 000
20,000
19, 000
Budget, Bureau of the:
Director - - ------ ---- -- -----------
17, 500
25,000
22, 500
Deputy Director ___________
16,000
20,500
20:000
Assistant Directors (2)
15,000
20,000
19,000
Central Intelligence Agency:
Director
16, 000
22,000
22,000
Deputy Director _______________-__-_--
14, 800
20,000
20,000
Council of Economic Advisers:
Chairman
10,000
21, 000
21,000
Members (2)
1(i, 000
20, 500
20,000
Defense Mobilization, Office of:
Director
22, 500
25, 000
22,500
Deputy Director ______________________-
17, 500
21, 000
21, 000
Administrative Office of the United States
$15,000
$20,000
$19, 000
Suggested amendment in-
Court: Director.
cluded in exhibit 3, p. 13.
Court of Claims, United States: Commis-
14,800
17, 500
17,500
Favors S. 2628; amendments
sioners (12).
to S. 2628 included as
Export-Import Bank of Washington:
President------------------------------
17, 500
21,000
21,000
exhibit 4, p. 14.
First Vice President____________________
16,000
20,500
20,000
Directors (3) ---------------------------
15,000
20,000
19,000
Farm Credit Administration: Governor----
217,500
21,000
21,000
Favors S. 2628; amendment
Federal Civil Defense Administration:
included as exhibit 5, p. 18.
No reply to request for views.
Administrator__________________________
17, 500
21,000
21,000
Deputy Administrator_________________
16,000
20,500
20,000
See footnotes at end of table, p. 6.
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TABLE A.-Positions by department and agency-Continued
I,FGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES-Continued
Salary
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation:
4)hairman------- ----------------------
)irector (1)----------------------------
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Serv-
ice:
Director-----------------------------
tssociate Director______________________
Federal Reserve System:
i',hab-mau, Board of Governors-------_-
Ylembers, Board of Governors (6)______
Genaral Accounting Office:
Comptroller General ______________._____
assistant Comptroller General __-_--_-_
Genral Counsel, Legal Adviser, or Solici-
tor of an executive department (excluding
Department of Jus-;ice) when required to
be appointed by the President (6 posi-
tions):
:(at------------------------------------
.i at-------------------------------------
General Services Administration:
Administrator--------------------------
Deputy Admrator-----------------
4rchvist-------------------------------
IPede:-al Supply Service, Commissioner-
Public Building Service, Commissioner-
Government Printing Office:
Pub11cPrinter -------------------------
Deputy Public Printer -----------------
Governors:
Canal Zone ----------------------------
Alaska 4------------------------- -----
Ilawaii4...............................
Virgin Islands 4______ ___
Housing and Home Finance Agency:
Administrator__________________________
Deputy Administrator________________
(lommissioner, Community Facilities
Administration.
Commissioner, Federal Housing
Administration.
Commissioner, Public Housing Admin-
istration.
Commissioner, Urban Renewal Ad-
nnnistration.
President, Federal National Mortgage
Association.
Indian Claims Commission: Counnis-
sinners (3).
International Cooperation Administration:
Dire,,tor------------------------- -----
Under Reorganization Plan No. 7, 1053,
sec. I (d): 6positions______..___
Under Mutual Security Act. of 1954:
(Not to exceed 35 positions above
GS-15 of which not to exceed 15 may
he in excess of GS-IS but not in excess
of $15,000):
Not to exceed 15 positions be-
tween--GS-18 and $15,000.. -
Not less than 20 positions be-
t.ween-GS-15 and (18-18_.______
Joint Committee on internal Revcime
Taxation: Chief ofstaff ------------------
Library of Congress:
Librarian _-----------------------------
Chief Assistant Librarian
National. Advisory Committee. for Aero-
nautics: Director.
National Science Foundation: Director--_
Sce footnotes at end of table, p. 6.
S
2628
H. R-
.
7619
$16,000
$21,000
$20,500
16, 000
20, 500
20,000
16,000
20.500
20, 000
14, 81)0
17, 501)
17, 500
16, 000
21, 000
20,500
16, 000
20,500
20, 000
17, 500
22,500
22, 500
16,000
20, 500
20, 000
14,8W
000
l 20
15, 01)0
,
17,500
21,000
21,000
15, 000
20, 000
19,01)0
15,000
20, 000
19,000
14,800
17, 500
17, 000
14,800
17,500
17, 000
15,000
20,000
19,000
14,800
17, 500
17,500
15,000
20,000
19, 000
15,000
20, 000
19,000
15,0(10
20,000
19,01)0
15,0(10
20, 000
19,01)0
17,500
21, 000
21,000
15,01)0
20,000
19, 000
15,000
20, 000
(1)
15,000
20, 000
19,0()0
15, 01)0
20,000
19, 000
15,0()0
20,000
17,000
15,000
2(),(100
19,000
14, 800
17,500
21,000
21,000
r 15, 00
20,000
19,0()0
f 1Ei,00
20,500
(')
f 14
800
17
500
,
- 15, 0 )0
,
20, 000
(0,000
12, 690
12,690
12,1(90
{ L4, 800
17, 500
17, 500
16,125
17, 500
(1)
15,000
20, 000
19,0()0
14, 800
17,500
17500
17,500
20,000
19,()00
15,000
Views of department or
agency
Favors S. 2628; suggested
amendment included in
exhibit 6, p. 18.
Suggested amendments in-
cluded in exhibit 7, p. 19.
Several proposals that S. 2628
be amended to remove re-
strictions limiting salary to
Presidential appointees.
No reply to :request for views.
Suggested amendments to
both S. 2020 and H. R. 7619
included as exhibit 8, p 20.
Suggested amendments in-
cluded in exhibit 9, p. 23.
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TABLE A.-Positons by department and agency-Continued
LEGISLATIVE. JUDICIAL, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES-Continued
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corpo-
ration:
Administrator__________________________
Deputy Administrator_________________
Selective Service System: Director---------
Small Business Administration:
Administrator__________________________
Deputy Administrator (3) --------------
UNESCO-General Conference:
Representatives (not to exceed 5) ------
Alternates (not to exceed 5) ............
United States Information Agency:
Director--------------------------------
Deputy Director
Veterans' Administration:
Administrator ___________________-_____
Deputy Administrator_________________
Chief Medical Director_________________
Deputy Chief Medical Director---____
Assistant Chief Medical Director (8)-__
i Present
$17, 500
16,000
14, 800
17, 500
15,000
2 12, 000
2 12, 000
17,500
16,000
17,500
16,000
16, 800
15,800
14, 800
$20,000
17,600
20,000
20,000
17,600
215,00()
215,000
21,000
20,500
22,000
21,000
17,800
16, 800
15,800
H. R.
7619
$19, 000
17,000
17, 500
19,000
17, 000
(')
(')
21,000
20,000
21,000
20.000
17, 800
16, 800
15,800
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Civil Aeronautics Board:
Chairman------------------------------
Members (4) ---------------------------
Civil Service Commission:
Chairman ------------------------------
Members (2)---------------------------
Federal Communications Commission:
Chairman------------------------------
Members (6) ---------------------------
Federal Maritime Board:
Chairman----------------------------
Memhers (2)-------------------------
Federal Power Commission:
Chairman-------------------------------
Members (4) --------------------------
Federal Trade Commission: I
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
Chairman-----------------------------
Members (2)--------------------------
Home Loan Bank Board:
Chairman ------------------------------
Members (2) ------------------------
Interstate Commerce Commission:
Chairman
Members (10)___-_---_--_________--_
National Labor Relations Board:
Chairman------------------------ --
Members (4) __
General Counsel_______________________
National Mediation Board:
Chairman--------- -------------------
Members (2)---------------------------
Railroad Retirement Board:
Chairman------------------------------
Members (2)______ ---------
Renegotiation Board:
Chairman -----------------------------
Members (4)-------------------------
Securities and Exchange Commission:
Chairman----------------------------
Members (4) --------------------------
Subversive Activities Control Board:
Chairman---------------------------
Members (4) ---------------------------
See footnotes at end of table, p. 6.
$15, 000
15, 000
16, 000
15, 000
15, 000
15, 000
16, 000
15, 000
15, 000
15, 000
15, 000
15, 000
15,000
15, 000
15, 000
15, 000
15, 000
15, 000
15, ow
15, OOD
15,000
15,000
15, 000
15, 000
15, 000
17,500
15,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
15.000
$20,500
20,000
20, 500
20,0100
20, 500
20,000
20,500
20,000
20, 500
20,000
20, 500
20,000
20, 500
20, 000
20, 500
20,000
20, 500
20, 000
20, 500
20,000
20,000
20,500
20, 000
20,500
20,000
21,000
20, 000
20,500
20,000
20,500
20,000
$19, 500
19, 000
20, 000
19, 000
19, 500
19, 000
20, 000
19, 000
19, 500
19,000
19,5w)
19, 000
19,500
19,000
19,50()
19, 000
19, 500
19,000
19; 600
19, 00()
19,000
19, 500
19, 000
19,500
19,000
21,000
19,000
19,500
19,000
19, 500
19,000
Views of department or
agency
Favors S. 2628 for reasons set
forth in exhibit 10, p. 24.
Suggested amendments in-
cluded in exhibit 11, p. 25.
Favors S. 2628.
Favors S. 2628.
Favors S. 2628.
Opposed to either bill. Fa-
vors action as outlined in
exhibit 12, p. 26.
Favors S. 2628 if retroactive
pay to March, 1955. Views
expressed in exhibit 13,
p. 28.
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IT. It.
Views of department or
agency
7619
Tennessee Valley Authority, board of
Directors:
Chairman------------------------------
$15000
,
$20,500
$19,500
Either bill acceptable.
Members (2) ---------------------------
15
,000
20,000
19,000
U. S. Tariff Commission:
Chairman ------------------------------
15,000
20,500
19,900
Favors S.2629.
Members (5)___________________________
15,000
20,000
19,000
1 Not included.
9 Not to exceed.
913. L. 7619 does not limit coverage to Presidential appointees.
+ Position under the Interior Department.
Under S. 2628, sec. 204, each of these 6 positions shall receive compensation "at a rate not less than
that of Assistant Secretaries of State nor more than that of Deputy Under Secretaries of State" ($20,000
to $20,560).
Ti. R. 7619, see. 107 (a) (54), provides for "ten Assistant Directors, International Cooperation Admin-
istration, designated under section I (d) of Roorg:anization Plan No. 7 of 1053 and section 527 (b) of the
Mutual Security Act of 1954, respectively."
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TABLE B.--Positions grouped by salary level under S. 2628
GROUP 1-$25,000 LEVEL
S. 2028
H. R. 7619
Present
rate
Section Rate
Attorney General _-__-______-________.--______-__
$22, 500
102 (a)
$25,000
101 $25, 000
Director, Bureau of the Budget --------- ______- -_____
17, 500
102 (a)
25,000
102 22, 500
Director, Office of Defense Mobilization -------------
22,500
202 (A)
25,000
102 22,500
Postmaster General______ --------------------------
22, 500
102 (a)
25,000
101 25,000
Secretary of Agriculture. .-__________________________
22, 500
102 (a)
25,000
101 25,000
Secretary of Commerce
22,500
102 (a)
25, 000
101 25,000
Secretary of Defense---------------------------------
22, 500
102 (a)
25, 000
101 25,000
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare __-_____
22,500
102 (a)
25, 000
101 25,000
Secretary of Interior _____________-_-_-____________
22, 500
102 (a)
25, 000
101 25,000
Secretary of Labor _________________-_____-__________
22,500
102 (a)
25,000
101 25,000
,
Secretary ofState ------- ----------------- ___-_____
22,500
102 (a)
25,000
101 25
000
Secretary of Treasury---- ___________________-______
22,500
102 (a)
25,000
101 25,000
Administrative Assistants to the President (2)_______
1 $20,000
102 (b)
$22,500
104 $22, 500
Comptroller General________________________________
17, 500
102 (a)
22,500
102 22,500
Deputy Secretary of Defense ._______________________
20,000
102 (a)
22, 500
102 22,500
Under Secretary of State____________________________
17 , 500
102 (a)
22, 500
102 22,500
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs___________________
$17,500
102 (a)
2$22,000
105 $21,000
Director of Central Intelligence_________________
16, 000
102 (a)
3 22,000
103 22, 000
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation-----------
20,000
102 (a)
22,000
103 22,000
Secretary of Air Force-------------------------------
18,000
102 (a)
22,000
103 22,000
Secretary of Army ___-______________-______
18,000
102 (a)
22,000
103 I 22,000
Secretary of Navy -----------------------------------
18, 000
102 (a)
22,000
103 22.000
Administrative Assistants to the President (3)_______
1$18,000
102 (b)
$21,000
000
$21
Administrator, Federal Civil Defense Administra-
tion-------------------------------------------
17,500
202 (D)
21, 000
105 8)
,
21,000
Administrator of General Services___________________
17,500
102 (c)
21, 000
105 (4)
21,000
Administratorof Housing and home Finance Agcncy
17,500
102 (c)
21,000
105 (5)
21
000
Deputy Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
16,000
102 (c)
321,000
106 (6)
,
20
000
Deputy Director, Office of Defense Mobilization----
17,500
202 (D)
21,000
105 (7)
,
21,000
Deputy Postmaster General
17,500
102 (c)
21, 000
105 2)
21
000
Director, International Cooperation Administration-
17, 500
102 (c)
21, 000
105 6)
,
21
000
Director, U. S. Information Agency_________________
17,500
202 (D)
21, 000
105 (10)
,
21
000
Governor, Farm Credit Administration__________
1 17, 500
202 (D)
21, 000
105 (12
,
21
000
President, Export-Import Bank of Washington
17, 500
202 (D)
21,000
105 (11)
,
21
000
Under Secretary of Agriculture-----------------------
17,500
102 (c)
21,000
105 (1)
,
21
000
Under Secretary of Commerct -------------------------
17,600
102 (c)
21,000
105 1)
,
21
000
Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation____
17,600
102 (c)
21:000
105 1)
,
21
000
Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare__
17, 500
102 (e)
21, 000
105 1)
,
21
000
Under Secretary of the Interior ------- .------- _-------
17,500
102 (c)
21,000
105 1)
,
21
000
Under Secretary of Labor ..___________-____ __-
17
500
102 (e)
21
000
105 (1)
,
21
000
Under Secretary of
the Treasury---------
,
17,500
102 (c)
,
21,000
105 (1)
,
21,000
Under Secretary
of the Treasury for Monetary
17, 500
102 (c)
21,000
105 (1)
21
000
Affairs.
Chairman, Board
of Directors, Federal Deposit
+106(11)
,
t
Insurance Corporation.
21,000
and
110
20, 500
Chairman Board of Governors Federal Re erve
' '
3106 (10)
System.
r 16,000
21, 000
and
1
I
20, 500
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers -----------
1
16,000
103
21, 000
105
(13) 21,000
Chairman of the Renegotation Board ---------------
17, 500
202 (D)
21,000
105 (9) 21.000
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TABLE 13.--Positions grouped by salary level under S. 2628-Continued
GROUP 5-$20,500 LEVEL
Prose]
_-- i
Position ? r. t
Assistant Comptroller General __________________ ---
$16, 000
Comptroller of the Currency-----------------------
--------------------
16,000
Administrator, Federal Civil Defense Ad-
Deputy
minisi ration.
16,000
I e.puty Director, Bureau of the Budget_________ ___
16,000
Deputy -Director, IT. S. Information Agency_____ -.__
16, 000
Deputy Under Secretary, Department of State (3)___
15, 000
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Serviee-
I irector
16, 000
,
F first Vice President, Export-Import Bank of Wa.;h-
ingtan.
16, 000
Aieml'ers of Board of Directors, Federal Deposit
Insurance, Corporation (1).
16, 000
Members of Board of Governors, Federal Reserve
System (6).
16, 000
Members of the Council of Economic Advisers (2).
16,000
_
nantics Board
ilAer
C7i
Ch
i
15
000
_________
rman,
v
o
a
__.___Chairman
Civil Service Commission_______________
,
16,000
,
Federal Communications Comrrdssioi r_ __
hoirman
15,000
,
Federal Maritime Beard =___________-___
hairman
16, 000
,
Federal Power Commission______________
Chairnan
15, 000
,
Federal Trade Commission ______________
hairman
15, 000
,
hainnau,ForeignClaimsSettlementCommission-_
15, 000
Home Loan Bank Board_________________
("hairnan
15, 000
,
Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission-------
15,000
National Labor Relations Board_________
Chairman
15,000
,
National Mediation Board ----------- ----
t"hairman
15,000
,
( hairman, Railroad Retirement Board--------------
15,000
Securities and Exchange Commission----
Chain nan
15,()00
,
Subversive Activities Control Board___ _.
('hairman
15, 000
,
('hairnan, Board of Directors, Tennessee Valley
Authority.
.thair non, U. S. Tariff Commission. .____..__________-
15, 000
Administrative assistants and Stab assistants to the $15,000
President (7).
_'Aministrator, Bureau of Security and Consular 15,000
Affairs. State Department.
ubninistrator of Civil Aeronautics------------------- 15, 000 102 (e)
.ulniinistrator, Commodity Stabilization Service 6__ 15,000 102 (e)
,idrninistrator, Rural Electrification Administ -rat___ion_- 1517,000 102 (e)
_administrator,S.'nallBusinessAdministration, 5 00 102(e )
:\ciministrator, St. Lawrence Seaway Development 17,500 102 (e)
Corporation.
(dministrator, Wage and Hour Division, Depart- 15,000 202 IF)
ment of Labor.
Archivist of the United States------------------------- 15, 000 102 (e)
lssi51 ant Directors, Bureau of the Budget (2) __ ____ 15, 000 202 (F)
lssiscant Postm-sters General (5) -------------- ---- 15,000 102 (c)
-
kssisi~ant Secretaries of Agriculture (3)-------------- 15,000 102 (e)
issis ant Secretaries of Commerce (3) _______________ 15,000 102 (e)
Assist ant Secretaries of Defense (9) _____________-_ _ 15,000 102 (e)
Assisla.nt Secretaries of Health, Education, and 15, 000 102 (o)
Welfare, (2).
Vssisf.ant Secretaries of Interior (3) ------------------ 15,000 102 (e)
assistant Secretaries of Labor (3)_______________ _____ 15,000 102 (e)
lssislaat Secretaries of State (10)_________ 15,000 102 (e)
Assistant Secretaries of'I'reasury (3)_________________ 15,000 102 (e)
Assistant Secretaries of Air Force (4) ----------------- 15,000 202 (F)
..'rssislantSecretaries of Army (4)------------------- _ 15,000 202 (F)
Assistant Secretaries of Navy (4) --------------- 15,000 202 (F)
Associate Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation- 17, 500 102 (e)
Chairman, Mil'tary Liaison Committee, AEC, 15,000 202 (F)
Department of Defense.
Commissioner, Community Facilities, Housing and 15, 000 202 (F)
Home Finance Agency.
Commissioner, Federal Housing Administration----- 15.000 202 (F)
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization-n 17, 500 102 (e)
Commissioner, Internal Revenue______________ 15,000 102 (e)
Commissioner, Public Housing Administration __ __ ( lb, 000 202 (F)
Commissioner 01 Public Roads-________ ---------- __ 15,000 102 (e)
Commissioner, Urban Renewal Administration...--' 15,000 202 (F)
Counselor of the1)epartmentofState _____________15,000 102 (e)
Deputy Administrator, Housing and Home Finance 15, 000 202 (F)
Agency.
See footnotes at end of table, p. 11.
S. 2628 II. It. 7619
102 (d)
102 (d)
202 (E)
102 (d)
202 (E)
102 (d)
102 (d)
202 (E)
102 (d)
102 (d)
102 (d)
103
102 (d)
103
1(13
103
103
103
103
103
103
103
103
103
103
103
103 (b)
1
1 202 (F)
----I
-_-__
$20, 500
106 (1)
$20,000
20, 500
106 (12)
20,000
20, 500
106 (17)
20, 000
20, 500
106 (2)
20,000
20, 500
100 (16)
20,000
20, 500
106 (13)
20, 000
20, 500
106 (7)
20, 000
20, 500
106 (14)
20, 000
20, 500
106 (11)
20, 000
20, 500
106 (10)
20,000
20, 500
106 (9)
20,000
20, 500
110
19,50o
20,500
106 (8)
20,000
20. 500
110
19, 500
20. 500
106 (15)
20, 000
20, 500
110
19, 500
20,500
110
19, 500
20, 500
110
19, 500
20, 500
110
19,50o
20,500
110
19, 500
20,500
110
19,50()
20, 500
110
19,501)
20,500
110
19,501)
20,500
110
19, 50)1
20,500
110
19,50()
20,500
110
19, 500
$20,000
1.04
$19,000
20,000
107 (44)
19,000
20, 000
107 (24)
19, 000
20,000
(7)
(7)
20, 000
107 (25)
19.000
2
20
000
107 (56)
000
19
2
20,,
000
107 (55)
,
19,000
20,000
107 (50)
19,000
20,000
1L07 (20)
19,000
20, 000
107 (48)
19, 000
20,000
107 (3)
19,000
20,000
107(2)
19,000
20,000
107 (2)
19,000
20,000
107 (2)
19,000
20, 000
107 (2)
19,000
20,000
107 (2)
19,000
20,000
107 (2)
19,000
20,000
107 (2)
19,000
20,000
107 (2)
19,000
211,000
107 (41)
19,000
20,000
107 (39)
19,000
20,000
.
107 (40)
19,000
20,000
105 (14)
21,000
20,000
107 (43)
19,000
20,000
(7)
(7)
20,000
107 (38)
19, 000
20, 000
107 (22)
19,0()0
20,000
107 (21)
19,01)0
20, 000
107 (37)
19, 000
20,000
107 (23)
19,000
20,000
109 (11)
17,000
20,000
107 (26)
19,000
20, 000
107 (35)
19, 01)0
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GROUP 6-$20,000 LEVEL-Continued
S. 2628
Present
rate
Section Rate
Deputy Administrator, General Services Adminis-
tration.
$15, 000
102 (e)
$20, 000
107 (19), $19, 000
Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency
14, 800
102 (e)
20, 000
106 (10) 20
000
Director, Administrative Office of the United States
Courts.
15,000
102 (f)
20, 000
,
107 (b) 1.9, 000
Director, National Advisory Committee for Acro-
nautics.
17, 500
102 (e)
20,000
107 (5) 19,000
Director, National Science Foundation
15, 000
202 (F)
20,000
107 (51) 19,000
Director of Selective Service_________________________
14,800
102 (e)
20, 000
108 (2) 17, 500
Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury___ -------
15,000
102 (e)
20,000
107 (4) j 19
000
( eneral Counsel, National Labor Relations Board__
15, (100
102 (e)
20,000
,
107 (18) 19
00()
Governor of Alaska ----___________________-_______
15,1)00
102 (e)
20, 000
,
107 (27) 19
001)
Governor of the. Canal Zone _________________.._______
15,000
102 (e)
20, 000
,
107 (30) i 19, 000
GovernorofHawaii --------------- ._______
15,000
102 (e)
20, 000
107 (28) 19, 000
Governor of the Virgin Islands______________-------
15,1)00
102 (c)
20:000
107 (29) 19
000
Librarian of Congress ---___________ -
15, 000
102 (E)
20,000
,
107 (32) 19,000
President, Federal National Mortgage Association-
15, 000
202 (F)
20,000
107 (34) i 19.000
Public Printer -----------------------------------
15.1)00
102 (E)
20,000
107 (31) 19,000
Special assistant to the Secretary, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare.
15,1)00
202 (F)
20,000
107 (42) 19,000
Under Secretary of the Air Force--------------------
15,1)00
202 (F)
20,000
106 (5) 20, 000
Under Secretary of the A rmy_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _
15, 000
202 (F)
20, 001)
106 3) 20, 000
Under Secretary of the Navy________________________
Legal adviser, solicitor, or general counsel of an execu-
tive department (excluding Department (if Justice.)
when required to be appointed by the President:
15, 000
202 (F)
20:000
100 4) 20,000
3 at------------------------------- ---
14,800
102 (F)
20,000
107 (53) 519,000
Do----------------------------------------
Members of boards and commissions (excluding
chairmen) :
15,000
102 (E)
20,000
107 (53) 19,000
Civil Aeronautics Board (4)_____________ ______
15,000
102 (e)
20, 000
107 (6) , 19
goo
Civil Service Commission (2)_________
15,000
102 (e)
20, 000
,
107 16) 19
000
Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of
Washington (3).
15,1)00
202 (F)
20,000
,
107 45) 19,000
Federal Communications Commission (6)_-_-___
15,000
102 (e)
20, 000
107 (7) 19, 000
Federal Maritime Board (2)____________________
15,000
202 (F)
20,000
107 47) 19
000
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (2)_____
15, 000
202 (F)
20, 000
,
107 46) 19
000
Federal Power Commission (4)-------------------
15, 000
102 (e)
20,000
,
107 (8) 19
000
Federal Trade Commission (4)__________________
15, 000
102 (e)
20, 000
,
107 9) 19 000
Home Loan Bank Board (2)__________ ----------
15, 000
202 (F)
20, 000
107 36) 19
000
Interstate Commerce Commission (10)______-___
15, 000
102 (e)
20, 000
,
107 (10) 19
000
National Labor Relations Board (4)_ _
15, 000
102 (c)
20, 000
,
107 (11 I9
000
National Mediation Board (2)-------------------
15, 000
102 (e)
20,000
,
107 (12 19
000
Railroad Retirement Board (2)_________________
15, 000
102 (e)
20,000
,
107 (13) 19
000
Renegotiation Board (4) ________
15, 000
202 (F)
20,000
,
107 (49) 19
000
Securities and Exchange Commission (4)________
15, 000
102(c)
20,000
,
107 (14) 19
000
Subversive Activities Control Board (4)_________
15, 000
202 (F)
20,000
,
107 (52) 19
00(1
Board of Directors, Tennessee Valley Authority
15, 000
102 (e)
20,000
,
107 (15) 19
goo
(2).
U. S. Tariff Commission (5)____________________
,
Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration---
$14, 800
102 (g)
$17,500
109
(9)
$17
000
Administrator, Farmers' Home Administration.....
14,800
102 (g)
17,500
5S
,
Administrator, Soil Conservation Service, Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
14, 800
102 (g)
17, 500
(7)
(7)
Associate Director, Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion Service.
14, 800
102 (g)
17, 500
108 (1)
17, 500
Chief Assistant Librarian of Congress _______________
14,800
102 (g)
17, 500
108 (6)
17
500
Chief Forester of the Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture.
14, 800
102 (g)
17, 500
(7)
,
(7)
Chief of staff, Joint Committer on Internal Revenue
Taxation.
10, 125
102 (g)
17, 500
(7)
(7)
Commissioner of Customs ------------------ ______
14, 800
102 (g)
17, 500
109 (7)
17
000
Commissioner, Federal Supply Service, General
services Administration.
14, 800
102 (g)
17, 500
109 (2)
,
17,000
Commissioner, Indian Claims Commission (3)_______
14,800
102 (g)
17, 500
108 (3)
17
500
Commissioner of Narcotics ______ ______
14, 800
102 (g)
17,500
109 (8)
,
17
000
Commissioner, Public Building Service_____________
14,800
102 (g)
17, 500
109 (4
,
17
0
Commissioner of Reclamation.- ____________ __._____
14, 800
102 (g)
17,500
109 (6)
17,000
Commissioner of Social Security--------- _
14, 800
102
(g
17500
109 (5)
17
000
Commissioner, U. S. Court of Claims (12)__________
14,800
102
)
17, 500
108 (4)
,
17
500
Deputy Administrator, Small Business Adminis-
tration (3).
Sea footnotes at end of table, p. 11.
15,000
102 (g)
17, 500
109 (13)
,
17, 000
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GROUP 7-$17,500 LEVEL-Continued
Dcputy Administrator, St. Lawrence Scaway
Development Corporation.
Deputy Public Printer -----------------------------
Diieetor, Bureau of Prisons --------------------------
a.nager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation,
T
Department of Agriculture.
Present
rate
$16,000
14, 800
17, 500
14,800
Section
102 (g)
102 (g))
102 (g)
102 (g)
Rate
7 $17,500
17,100
17, 500
17, 500
109 (10)
108 (7)
109 (3)
(')
$17,000
17,600
17,000
(7)
WeOUP 8--'T'ITLE H. STATUTORY SALARY RATE AMENDMENTS OF 19,55
International Cooperation Administration under Ro-
$15
00()
$20000
$19,000
e7gan)zation Plan No. 7,1953, sec 1 (d): 6 positions_
,
{ 16,000
}204
{ 20:5()0 }107 (54)
(~)
UNESCO, General Conference:
Representative- (not to exceed 5)---------------- -
112,000
205
7 15,000 (1)
(7)
7
A]ternates(not toexceed 5)-----------------------
712,000
205
715,(300 (1)
(
)
Mutual Security Act of 1954 not to exceed 35 positions
above OS-15, of which not to exceed 15 may be in
excess of OS-18 but not in excess of $15,000:
At feast 20 positions between--OS-15 and OS-18- _
12,690
1
{
1201)
12 690
}201
1
{
17, 5(H)
Not to 15 positions-between-(5S_ 18 and
14,800
800 1
{ 114 5, 000 I
}206
500
7
{ 270' ppp }107 (54)
19, 000
GROUP 9-TITLE 111. CLASSIFICATION ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1955
$13,975
302 (a)
$13,975 201 (a)
$13,975
14,190
302 (a)
14, 190 201 (a)
14,190
14, 4.05
302 (a)
14,405 201 (a)
14,405
14,620
302 (a)
14,620 201 (a)
14, 620
302 (a)
14,835 201 (a)
11,835
14, 800
302 (a)
16, 000 ' 201 (a).
16, 0(10
302 (a)
i6, 500 `201 (a)
302 (a)
17,000 '201 (a)
302 (a)
17,500 201 (a).
Chiefs of mission:
Class I-------------------------------------------
$25,000
402
$27.501)
Class 2----------------------------------- --------
20,000
402
25,000
Clars 3-------------------------------------- --
17, 500
402
22, 500
Class 4- ------------------------------------ --
15, 000
402
20,(8)0
Career amhassador..------------------------------.--
16,000
202 (F)
20,000
Career ministers--------------------------------- --
14, 800
403
17.500
Foreign Service officers:
Class 1------------------------------------- --
13, 760
14, 500
14, 190
15, 000
14, 620
15, 500
14, 800
16,000
113,1500
11,965
12, 000
11,090
12,365
12,400
12, 740
12,N00
13,115
13,200
13,495
13, 655
13,600
14,000
;ee footnotes at sad of table, p. 11.
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GROUP 11-TITLE V. POSTAL FIELD SERVICE AMENDMENTS OF 1955
S. 2628
H. R. 7610
Present
rate
Grade 18--------------------------------------------
$12, 500
502
$12, 800
202
$12,800
12, 800
602
13,100
202
13,100
13,100
502
13, 400
202
13, 400
13, 400
502
13, 700
202
13,700
13, 700
502
14,000
202
14,000
14, 000
502
14,300
202
14,300
14, 300
502
14, 600
202
14,600
Grade 19--------------------------------------------
13, 600
502
14,000
202
14,000
13,900
502
14,300
202
14, 300
14, 200
502
14, 600
202
14, 600
14, 500
502
14, 900
202
14,900
14, 800
502
15,200
202
15,200
502
15,500
(7)
(7)
502
15,800
(7)
(7)
Grade 20-------------------------------------------
502
16,000
202
16,000
502
16,300
16,600
1e, 900
1117,200
GROUP 12--TITLE VI. VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION MEDICINE AN
D SURGERY
AMENDMENTS OF 1955
-
Chief Medical Director-- -___-__-
$16,800
602 (a)
$17,800
203
(2)
$17, 800
Deputy Chief Medical Director ---------- ____._-__-
15, 800
002 (b)
16,800
203
(3)
16,800
Assistant Chief Medical Director (8)----------------
14,800
602 (c)
15,800
203
(4)
15,800
GROUP 13-TITLE VII. RESEA11CH AND DEVELOPMENT SALARY AMENDMENTS OF
1955
Scientific or professional personnel:
Department of Agriculture (5)___ -
1 $15, (100
704
1$17,500
204 (c)
$171,50(
Department of the Air Force (13)_______________
15,000
---------
1 17,500
204 (a)
17, a0(
Department of the. Army (13)---- ---------------
15,000
---------
1 17,500
204 (a)
17,50(
Department of the Navy (13)---- _---------------
15,000
---------
1 17,500
204 (a)
17,50(
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
1 15, 000
-------
1 17, 500
204 (a)
17, 501
(10).
Office of Secretary, Department of Defense (6)___
I 15,000
---------
1 17,500
204 (a)
17,50(
U. S. Public Health Service (60) - _______________
i 15, 000
--------
1 17,600
204 (b)
17,50C
i Not to exceed.
2 Administration proposal $21,000.
3 Administration proposal $20,500.
3 Administration proposal, $20,500.
4 Sec. 106 (11) gives members $20,000 and sec. 110 gives chairman $500 more.
6 Sec. 106 (10) gives members $20,000 and sec. 110 gives chairman $560 more.
" Formerly Administrator, Production and Marketing Administration.
7 Not included.
8 H. R. 7619 doesn't limit coverage to Presidential appointees, so 3 additional legal positions (Department
of Agriculture, Post Office, and Health, Education, and Welfare) are included.
3 Administration's proposal, $20,000.
00 Under S. 2628, sec. 201, each of these 6 positions shall receive compensation "at a rate not less than that
of Assistant Secretaries of State nor more than that of Deputy Under Secretaries of State"($20,000 to $20,500).
H. R. 7619. sec. 107 (a) (54), provides for "ten Assistant Directors, International Cooperation Adminis-
tration, designated under section 1 (d) of Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1953 and section 527 (b) of the Mutual
Security Act of 1964, respectively.".
11 Administration recommended an additional step increase to $17,500,
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EXHIBIT 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
Washington 25, D. C., February 27, 1956.
IIOiL OLIN D. JOHNSTON,
Chairman, Committee on Post 0,61ce and Civil Service,
United States Senate.
DieAR SENATOR JOHNSTON: This is in reply to your request of January 12, 1956,
for a report on H. R. 7619 and S. 2628, the executive pay bills of 1955.
We favor S. 2628 and recommend that it be enacted rather than H. R. 7619
because the House bill would result in the loss of present Executive Pay Act
authority on 5 of 6 agency head positions in the Department. This would bring
about a situation on salary relationships among the top positions of these agencies
under which certain subordinate positions would be paid more than the agency
head in each instance. The Senate bill, on the other hand, avoids this rather
severe salary distortion. Passage of the Senate bill would also provide for
needed improvement in salary levels for top executive positions which have not
been adjusted since 1949. Pay increases since that time have been applicable
only to positions under the Classification Act with the result that top-level execu-
tive salaries do not adequately reflect the higher level responsibilities exercised
by such executives. In addition, the Senate bill would provide an increase in
salary which we feel is essential in the retention and recruitment of outstanding
individuals for executive positions in this Department.
The Senate bill covers six of the agency-bead positions in this Department
(Commodity Stabilization Service, 7! atmers' Home Administration, Rural Elec-
trification Administration, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Forest Service,
and Soil Conservation Service) which are now under the Executive Pay Act of
1949, as amended, only one of which is included in the House bill. It proposes
$17,560 as the salary for each of these positions except those of Administrator,
Commodity Stabilization Service, and Administrator, Rural Electrification
Administration, for which $20,000 would be paid under section 202 of the bill.
Roth House and Senate bills would add a rate of $14,835 as a fifth step to the
present four-step scale for grade GS--17 of the Classification Act of 1949, as
amended. The House bill would increase the rate for GS--18, which is a flat
$14,800 under the present law, to $16,000. The Senate bill would change this to
a scale ranging from $16,000 at the bottom, through $500 increments, to $17,500
at the top.
The enclosed table shows how executive salary rates in this Department would
be affected by the two bills.
The Bureau of the Budget advises that there is no objection to the submission
of this report.
Sincerely yours,
Current
salary
3ccretary-__.____-------___ -
$22,500
$25,000
$25,000
Under Secretary -------------------------------------------
17,500
21,000
21,000
3Assistant Secretaries ---------------------------------------
15,000
19,000
20,000
Admin strative Assistant Secretary _-------- .-----------------
114,800
2 16, 000
3 16,000-17, 500
Agricultural Credit Services------------------------
Director
1 14, 300
2 16, 000
3 16,000-17,500
,
General Counsel -------------------------------------------
114,800
19,000
316, 000-17,500
Adnnnstrator, Farmers' Home Administration-------------
14,800
(2) 17, 500
Administrator, Rural Electrification Adminisl.rati:m_-------
15,000
19, 000 20, 000
Administrator. Agricultural Marketing Service-------------
114,500
216,000 316,000-17,500
Administrator, Agricultural Research Service ---------------
1 14, S00
2 16, 0(10 3 16, 000-17, 500
Administrator, Commodity Stabilization Service -----------
16,000
(3) 20, 000
Administrator, Federal Extension Service--------- ----------
1 14,800
. 2 16, 00 3 16, 000-17, 500
0
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service ----------------
1 14,800
0 3 16, 000-17, 500
2 16, 00
Administrator, Soil Conservation Service-------------------
14, 800
(9) 17, 500
Chief, Forest Service--.-.-------- -------------- ----------
14,800
(+) 17,500
Manager. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation-------------
14,800
(9 L7,500
I Positions presently under the Classification Act of 1940, as amended.
Flat rate for GS-18 under H. R. 7619.
Hate range for 135-18 under S. 2628.
1 Under the House bill, these positions would revert to GS-15 at present salary rates of $14,800 ($15,000
for Commodity Stabilization Service), unless additional GS-18 positions could be obtained from the CSC
witch t. the present time does not appear possible. However, it appears that present salary rates will be
limited to present incumbents of the positions; the present range for GS-15 is $11,610 to $12,690.
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EXHIBIT 2
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE,
Washington, D. C., February 17, 1956.
Hon. OLIN D. JOHNSTON,
Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service,
United States Senate, Washington 25, D. C.
DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is in response to your request of January 12, 1956,
for a report on II. It. 7619, a bill to adjust the rates of compensation of the heads
of the executive departments and of certain other officials of the Federal Govern-
ment, and for other purposes, and S. 2628, a bill to increase rates of compensation
of the heads and assistant heads of executive departments and independent
agencies, and for other purposes (as referred to your committee on January 5,
1956).
The need for upward adjustments in the salaries of the officials covered by these
bills and the President's recommendations in the matter are set forth in the
President's letter to you dated July 15, 1955. The President repeated his recom-
mendation for legislation in this area in the message of January 5, 1956, trans-
mitting a report on the state of the Union.
Of the two bills, we believe that S. 2628 would he more nearly in accord with the
President's recommendation as to appropriate salaries for these officials. We
would like, however, to suggest a technical change in one of the provisions of
S. 2628.
Section 102 (g) of the bill, amending section 6 (a) of Public Law 359, 81st Con-
gress, should be amended to reflect a change in the title of the Commissioner of
Social Security who is listed among the officers covered by section 6 (a) of Public
Law 359 as "the Commissioner for Social Security." The title of this officer was
changed from "Commissioner for Social Security" to "Commissioner of Social
Security" by section 4 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953. This correction in
title could be accomplished by including "the Commissioner for Social Security"
in section 102 (g) (B) of the bill (i. e., among the officers to be stricken from
section 6 (a) of Public Law 359) and by including "the Commissioner of Social
Security" among the officers referred to in section 102 (g) (C) of the bill to be
newly included in section 6 (a) of Public Law 359.
The Bureau of the Budget advises that it perceives no objection to the sub-
mission of this report to your committee.
Sincerely yours,
CHARLOTTE, N. C., February 6, 1956.
Hon. OLIN D. JOHNSTON,
Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service,
United States Senate, Washington, D. C.
DEAR SENATOR JOHNSTON: You wrote a letter last month to Mr. Henry P.
Chandler, Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts,
requesting his comments on two pending bills, H. R. 7619 and S. 2628, which if
enacted would-establish new and higher rates of compensation for the more highly
paid officers of the Federal Government, the compensation of most of whom is
now governed by an act of October 15, 1949 (63 Stat. 880). As a member of the
Judicial Conference of the United States, consisting of the Chief Justice of the
United States as Chairman, and the presiding judges of the 11 United States
courts of appeals, and also as a member of the advisory committee of that body,
I am answering your letter in place of Mr. Chandler inasmuch as his salary is one
of those that would be affected by the pending legislation.
In behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States I would request that
the salary of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts
which in H. R. 7619 is set'at $19,000 (p. 9, lines 7-11) and in S. 2628 at $20,000
(p. 4, lines 12-15) be fixed at $22,500. I would further request that after the
provision of fixing the salary of the Director a provision be inserted fixing the
salary of the Assistant Director of the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts, who presently is Mr. Elmore Whitehurst, at $20,000. This is in accord-
ance with action of the Judicial Conference of the United States at a meeting held
March 24 and 25, 1955. It went on record in favor of substantial increases in
the salaries of the Director and the Assistant Director of the Administrative
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Office of the -United States Courts along with the heads of the divisions of the
office, and suggested salaries of $22,500 for the Director and $20,000 for the
Assistant Director (p. 10 of the March 1955 report of the Judicial Conference, a
copy of which is enclosed).
When the Administrative Office of the United States Courts was created in
1939 the salaries of the Director and the Assistant Director were fixed by the
statute at $10,000 and $7,500 a year respectively (53 Stat. 1223). Ten thousand
dollars was then the salary of United States district judges and the statute ful-
filled an intention that the slary of the Director should be the same as that of the
district judges. The salaries of the district judges were raised to $15,000 it year
by an act of July 31, 1946 (60 Stat. 716-717). An increase in the salary of the
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to that amount
by the act commonly termed the Executive Pay Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 880-881)
restored the parity in salary between the Director and the district judges. Now
that the. salaries of the district judges have been again increased by the law of
March 2, 1955 (69 Stat. 10) and are $22,500, I feel that the salary of the Director
of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts should be increased
to that amount. In view of the nature and difficulty of the responsibilities of the
Director which extend to all of the courts of the United States except the Supreme
Court his salary should be no less than that of a district judge.
The pending bills omit any reference to the Assistant Director. An increase
in his salary was included in the Executive Pay Act of October 15, :1949 (63 Stat.
881) and I submit that he with the Director should be included in the pending
legislation. His functions extend over the whole range of the Administrative
Office and the statute provides that he shall act as Director when the Director's
office is vacant or during the absence or incapacity of the Director (28 U. S. C. 606).
His office has increased in importance With the passage of the years; and the Con-
ference was of opinion that the differential of $2,500 between the salaries of the
Director and Assistant Director should be maintained. This would call for a
salary of $20,000 for the Assistant Director as suggested by the Conference.
I would suggest that in the pending legislation a salary be provided for him at
that amount.
I trust that the amounts recommended which are no more than commensurate
with the important and increasing responsibilities of the Director and Assistant
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may receive
the favorable consideration of your committee and be authorized by the Congress
at its present session.
For your convenience, I am enclosing herewith three copies of the report of the
March 1955 meeting of the Judicial Conference of the United States, referring to
these salaries on page 10 thereof.
With highest personal regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
JOHN J. PARKER, United States Circuit Judge.
EXHIBIT 4
MEMORANDUM RE SALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR COMMISSIONERS OF THE COURT OF
CLAIMS
The importance to the Court of Claims of appropriate salary adjustments for
the commissioners stems from the reliance the court places and must place upon
their Work to maintain efficiency in the transaction of the court's business, for the
1.2 commissioners are its trial judges.
The postwar caseload of the Court of Claims has reflected not only an increase
in the number of cases filed but substantial increases as well in their complexity.
In order for the court to maintain dispatch in the disposition of such cases, changes
were made in 1951 through a revision of the rules, under which the responsibilities
of the commissioners are much greater than under practices formerly obtaining.
The discharge of the increased responsibilities of the commissioners requires a
high degree of skill and judicial capacity, The responsibilities of and the work
performed by the commissioners are in all respects the equivalent of those of other
Federal judges whose appointments are for less than life tenure. The salaries of
these judges (district judges in some of the territories and possessions, and. judges
of the Tax Court) are now fixed at $22,500.
Before the recent congressional-judicial salary increase, the spread between the
salaries of the commissioners of the Court of Claims and those of district judges
of the United States was $200. Under present law, the spend is $7,700. The
difference between the salaries of commissioners and judges of the Court of Claims
was $2,700. Now it is $10,700. Historically, it has never before exceeded $5,000.
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In the interest of maintaining the high caliber of the staff of commissioners the
judges of the Court of Claims believe that a differential of more than $1,000
between the salaries of the commissioners and those of the district judges will not
be warranted as a permanent arrangement.
It is therefore suggested that the salaries of the commissioners should be fixed
at a figure of not less than $21,500.
The 12 commissioners of the Court of Claims are its trial judges. In this court,
where the United States is always the defendant and where cases are heard and
decided without a jury, a case that has gone to judgment is as far along as one
that has been heard and decided by a district court and by a circuit court of
appeal, since review of judgments of the Court of Claims is by the Supreme Court
of the United States upon certiorari.
These 12 commissioners are the only judicial officers other than the judges
themselves whose salaries are specifically fixed by statute. They are judicial
officers exercising judicial powers in the erformance of judicial functions.
The commissioners of the Court of Claims were not included in the congres-
sional-judicial bill because an agreement could not be reached to include them
with positions bearing the title of judge. Their omission from the judicial salary
bill was thus a result of nomenclature.
The same situation prevented the inclusion of the commissioners in the judicial
salary bill in 1948. The adjustment of commissioners' salaries therefore went
over until 1919 when they were included in the Executive Pay Act. Their inclu-
sion in that bill was a last-minute development, since the bill had been drawn
for the inclusion of officials of the executive branch only. Under the circumstances
no complete presentation of the status and work of the commissioners of the Court
of Claims was submitted to the Committees on Post Office and Civil Service of
either House or Senate. Now that salary adjustments for the commissioners are
imp again for consideration by these committees in another proposed executive pay
bill, it is desired to have available for the committees a clear statement of the
.duties and functions of these officials and the relation thereof to salary scales.
When the appointment of commissioners was first authorized 30 years ago,
their salaries were fixed at a figure $2,500 below the judges' salaries. An increase
in judges' salaries some time later increased the spread to $5,000. The spread
has never exceeded this figure permanently. When the commissioners' salaries
were adjusted in 1949, the gap was narrowed to $3,500 as between judges of the
Court of Claims and commissioners, while the difference between these com-
missioners and the judges of the district courts was $1,000, and was later narrowed
to $200.
These differentials alone would appear to warrant an adjustment at this time
Of the commissioners' salaries to a figure within $5,000 or less of the new scale for
the judges of the Court of Claims. If the commissioners' salaries were again
fixed at a figure $1,000 below that of the district judges, their scale would be
.$21,500.
Historic differentials in salary scales are not the only consideration, however.
.There has been a marked development in the functions and responsibility of
commissioners of the Court of Claims within the last 5 or 6 years. The efficiency
of this method of delegating judicial authority has been greatly improved by
revisions in the rules of the court resulting in the discharge of greater responsi-
bilities by the commissioners.
When the Congress in 1948, in the revision of the Judicial Code, authorized any
court created by act of Congress to adopt rules of procedure consistent with acts of
Congress, the Court of Claims set about promptly to revise its rules in such manner
as to adopt or adapt for its use such of the provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure (approved by the Supreme Court for the district courts of the United
States) as were applicable to nonjury trials. The first revision became effective
on May 15, 1951. After 2 years of experience with them, further refinements
were adopted in October 1953. The new rules have proved as satisfactory in this
court as the Federal rules have in the district courts. Judges and counsel alike
find them highly useful and usable. Moreover, the new rules have made possible
marked improvement in and refinement of proceedings before commissioners.
This is especially true as a result of the use of discovery and pretrial procedures.
The essence of these new devices in the Federal rules was the elimination of
surprise in adversary litigation. This has made it possible to reduce controversies
to their essence in conferences between trial judges (commissioners) and counsel
before trial; to dispatch voluminous paperwork (with exhibits) rapidly; to sharpen
issues; and to shorten records.
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Cases tried in this court often involve days, even weeks, of testimony, dozens
(sometimes hundreds, and occaisonally thousands) of exhibits, and volumes of
stenographically transcribed testimony extending into the thousands of pages.
The new rules have not only made it possible for the commissioner to exercise a
degree of control over the size and nature of the record that was riot possible
theretofore; they have enabled him to follow much more closely the development
of the case step by step. The end result is a dramatic saving in the time formerly
required for the review and analysis of long, involved, complicated records.
lJiider the new practice, the commissioners are able to send to the court shorter
records and reports in which the issues have bee notably sharpened. These
elemer..ts relieve the court of much unnecessary detail when a case reaches the
stage of exception, argument, review, and final decision.
\. marked increase in the responsibility of the commissioners has accompanied
this development. Inherent in their reports as refined and developed under the
new practice are recommendations for conclusions of law. Unless, therefore,
the parties except to the commissioner's report, his conclusion and recommenda-
tion become the judgment of the court. The largest judgment ever entered by
the Court of Claims resulted from a settlement by the Attorney General with
Indian tribal claimants, the settlement being based on the report of a commissioner
to which no exceptions were taken by either party.
{lases in the Court of Claims involving substantial sums of money and requiring
the development of extensive records are more the rule than the exception. The
commissioners of the court spend a substantial amount of their time in the trial
of cases which are comparable in length and detail to antitrust litigation and
stockholders derivative suits. Such cases require great industry and the utmost
in the application of legal ability and judicial acumen. The responsibility of the
commissioners is, therefore, comparable to the responsibility of judges of the
district courts in the hearing and determination of some of the most complicated
litigation in the Federal courts.
The judges of the Court of Claims have a degree of pride in the success of their
efforts to make effective use of their authority to delegate judicial powers to
juilicial officers appointed by them.
It is their opinion that the extent of the responsibilities of the commissioners
and the manner in which they are discharging their functions warrants an adjust-
ment of their salaries to a figure within or very close to the former differentials
between the salaries of commissioners and other judges.
In this connection the emphasis on percentages in the increases voted in the
co;igressional-judicial salary bill should be placed in perspective. Whereas the
increase in the salaries of district judges was 50 percent, the increase for circuit
judges (arid judges of the Court of Claims) was 44.44 percent.
Salaries of $21,500 for the commissioners would represent an increase: of a
fraction over 45 percent.
Whereas the commissioners' salaries, before the recent increase, were 84.57
percent of the salaries of the judges of the Court of Claims and 98.66 percent of
the salaries of the judges of the district courts, the adjustment to $21,500' would
represent 84.31 percent of the salaries of judges of the Court of Claims and 01.11
percent of the salaries of district court judges.
It is suggested that the commissioners be placed in a category with the members
of the major boards and commissions; or that, in any event, their salaries be fixed
at a figure not less than $21,500.
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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION,
Washington 25, D. C., February 6, 1956..
Hon. OLIN D. JOHNSTON,
Chairman, Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee,
United States Senate.
DEAR CHAIRMAN JOHNSTON: Reference is made to your letter of January 12,
1956, to Governor Tootell, requesting a report on H. R. 7619 and S. 2628, bills
to increase the rates of compensation of heads and assistant heads of executive
agencies and of certain other officials of the Government. Since the Federal
Farm Credit Board is now meeting here and has considered the proposed bills,
which concern the salary of the Governor and others in the Farris Credit Adminis-
tration, this report is being submitted on behalf of the Board by its Chairman
instead of by the Governor.
The provisions of the bills which concern the Farm Credit Administration are
those increasing the statutory salary rates and those increasing the maximum pav
of GS--18 under the Classification Act of 1.949, as amended. Both bills would
also increase from 4 to 5 the number of pay rates for GS-17 under that act.
The provision in the Senate bill to provide 4 pay rates for GS-18 is preferable
to the single rate of $16,000 proposed by the House bill. The Senate provision
would place GS-18 in a more equitable relationship to the other grades of the
general schedule than would the House bill.
The bills would increase the annual rate of basic compensation for the Governor
of the Farm Credit Administration to $21,000, the House bill by specific designa-
tion in section 105 and the Senate bill by the language of section 202. Since the
basic salary limitation now applicable to the Governor of the Farm Credit Admin-
istration is contained in Public Law 202, 83d Congress (67 Stat. 392), we think
the language of section 202 of S. 2628 is not too clear. However, the committee
report on the bill makes it clear that section 202 is intended to increase the basic
compensation of the Governor to $21,000.
'Subject to the foregoing comments, we favor the enactment of legislation to
accomplish the objectives of 11. R. 7619 and S. 2628. At the present time, the
Farm. Credit Act of 1953 provides that the Federal Farm Credit Board shall fix
the compensation of the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration, but that
"the salary of the Governor shall not exceed $17,500 a year." We favor changing
the $17,500 limitation to $21,000 but would like to retain discretion in the Board
to fix the salary at less than the maximum if circumstances should make that
advisable. Our recommendation in this respect could be made effective by amend-
ing S. 2628 to include a new section 207, as follows:
"SEC. 207. Section 5 (b) of the Farm Credit Act of 1953, approved August 6,
1953 (Public Law 202, Eighty-third Congress (67 Stat. 392)), is amended by strik-
ing out `$17,500' and inserting in lieu thereof '$21,000'."
The Bureau of the Budget has advised that there is no objection to the submis-
sion of this report.
Very truly yours,
GOLDEN F. FINE,
Chairman, Federal Farm Credit Board.
EXILIRIT 6
FEDERAL DEPOS3IT INSURANCE CORPORATION,
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN,
Washington, January 24, 1956.
Hon. OLIN D. JOHNSTON,
Chairman, Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee,
United States Senate, Washington 25, D. C.
\Iy DEAR SENATOR: You have forwarded to me copies of li. R. 7619 and S.
2628, with a request for our views and comments thereon. Since both of these
bills provide for salary increases applicable to Directors of the Corporation, it. is
with normal embarrassment that I venture to express my views thereon.
We are in full%accord with the? principle that salary increases should be afforded
to the heads of the executive departments of Government and certain other offi-
cials covered by the proposed legislation. Without reference to particular in-
stances, we believe that the general scale of increases provided in each of the bills
in in accord with the increases that have been afforded to other branches of Gov-
ernment and to personnel in lower classifications.
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In reference to the provisions in the proposals applicable to the Directors of the
Corporation, it is to be noted that in H. It. 7619 it is provided that each member
of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the Comptroller of the Currency
shall receive compensation at the basic rate of $20,000 per year, with an additional
sum of $500 annually to the Chairman. S. 2628 provides that the members of
the Board of Directors of the Corporation, including the Comptroller, shall receive
$20,500 per annum, with a like provision for an additional sum of $500 to be paid
annually to the Chairman. The differential between the provisions of the two
bills in reference to the Directors of the Corporation is slight, but we suggest that
the higher figure contained in the Senate proposal is fully justified.
It is pertinent to point out that salaries paid to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, like other expenses of the Corporation, do not come from appropriated
funds, but rather are derived from assessments received from insured banks.
We refrain from commenting on the salaries provided to other departments,
boards and commissioners, for obvious reasons.
We would call the committee's attention to the fact that certain inequities have
resulted from the salary increases heretofore granted to personnel in lower clas-
sifications without corresponding increases to the holders of positions covered in
the proposed bills. During the months that have intervened since the enactment
of the Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955, there are instances in which
personnel in lower classifications are receiving equivalent or greater salaries than
their respective supervisors. The problem would be substantially cured if the
present proposals were made retroactive to January 1, 1956. I urge that your
committee give consideration to such action.
We have been advised by the Bureau of the Budget that it has no objection
to the submission of this report.
With personal regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
EXHIBIT 7
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM,
Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service,
United States Senate, Washington 25, D. C.
MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is in response to your letter of January 12,
1956, requesting the views and comments of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System on the bills H. R. 7619 and S. 2628. These bills, while
not identical, would increase the rates of compensation of the heads and assistant
heads of executive departments and certain other officials of the Federal Govern-
ment.
H. R. 7619, as passed by the House, would increase the salaries of members of
the Board of Governors to $20,000 per annum. S. 2628 would increase the salaries
of members of the Board of Governors to $20,500 per annum. Both bills would
increase the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Governors by an additional
$500. The present salary of each member of the Board, including the Chairman,
is $16,000 per annum.
When the Federal Reserve Board was established in 1913 as an independent
agency of the Government charged with primary responsibility for national
monetary and credit policies, Congress recognized the importance of this respon-
sibility by providing compensation for Board members equal to that of heads
of departments. In 1913, the compensation of heads of departments and of
Board members was $12,000 per annum. This situation prevailed until 1925,
when the salaries of department heads were increased to $15,000. However, by
the Banking Act of 1935 the compensation of members of the Board was likewise
increased to $15,000, thus reestablishing the parity of compensation that was
contemplated by the original Federal Reserve Act.
The act of October 15, 1949, increased the compensation of the members of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including the Chairman,
from $15,000 to $16,000 per annum, and this is the salary which they receive today.
The same act increased the compensation of members of the President's Cabinet
from $15,000 to $22,500 per annum.
It is noteworthy that in 1950 the Subcommittee on Monetary, Credit, and
Fiscal Policies of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report, of which Senator
Douglas was chairman, stated that "every effort should be made to build up the
quality and prestige of Federal Reserve officials," and the committee recom-
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mended that the salary of the Chairman of the Board be raised to the same level
as the salaries of Cabinet members ($22,500) and that the salaries of other Board
members be increased to $20,000 per year. In 1952 the importance of an appro-
priate increase was reaffirmed by the Subcommittee on General Credit Control
and Debt Management of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report, of which
Congressman Patman was chairman, which stated that "it is of great importance
that the Chairman and members of the Board of Governors should be persons of
the highest possible caliber" and recommended "that the salary of the Chairman
be raised to the same level as that of Cabinet memnbers--namely, $22,500---and
t ie salaries of other Board members he raised to $20,000 a year."
The Chairman of the Board, who is designated as such by the President for a
term of 4 years, is, under the law, the active executive officer of the Board. In
addition, in accordance with the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, he
serves, together with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Secretary of Commerce, and others, as a member of the National Advisory Council
on International Monetary and Financial Problems. Also, under Executive order
of the President, the Chairman serves as a member of the Defense Mobilization
Board along with a number of heads of departments.
The Boards task of credit and monetary management 1w s unique character-
istics that set it apart from other Government agencies. To maintain sound
credit conditions, it is essential that money-the medium of exchange by which
goods and services change hands-play its role of fostering sustainable economic
growth with high employment and of preserving purchasing power. Its role is,
therefore, as vital to wage-earners as to those who are dependent primarily on
savings or on fixed incomes. It contributes to, but does not control, the economic
health and stability of the Nation. To accomplish this mission Congress has
,iven primary responsibility to the Federal Reserve.
The responsibilities with respect to national monetary and. credit policies
exercised by -Ale Board and by the Federal Open Market Committee, which in-
cludes among its 12 members the 7 members of the Board, have greatly increased
in recent years. During and particularly since World War IT, the rapid growth
of the Nation's economy and the magnitude of the public debt have made central
I anking operations of critical importance under current and prospective economic
conditions in this country. Among the Board's important responsibilities are the
Bete?Ininatior( of reserve requirements of member hanks, approval of Federal
llescrve discount rates, and the regulation of stock-market credit. In addition,
the Board performs certain supervisory and regulatory functions with respect to
Member banks of the Federal lieservo System which hold about 85 percent of the
deposits of the Nation's commercial banks. The Board also exercises general
.supervision over the 12 Federal Reserve banks and their 24 bra-nches. Despite
the importance of these supervisory masks in maintaining a sound banking struc-
ture. they are definitely secondary in significance to the principal responsibility
of the System to protect the integrity of the dollar and to foster a stable economy
I hat will provide sustainable high employment.
These responsibilities of the Chairman and members of the Board call for
specialized knowledge and judgment in the complex field of central. banking.
The salaries should be commensurate with the responsibilities of the positions in
order to attract outstanding men and should be adequate to assure that the
performance of their duties will not be impaired by the lessened prestige that may
?esult from a salary status that is out of line on the low side. To this end, the
Chairman of the Board, it is believed, should receive compensation equal to that
provided for the heads of the departments, and the other members of the Board
shot Ad receive compensation bearing a reasonable relation thereto.
Sincerely yours,
WTnt. McC. MARTIN, Jr.
E xaIRIT 8
HOUSINO AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY,
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.,
Washington 25, D. C.. February 8, 19, 6.
Re S. 2628 and H. R. 7619, 84th Congress.
flop. OLIN 1). JOHNSTON,
Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service,
United States Senate, Washington 25, D. C.
DEAR. SENATOR JOHNSTON: This is in further reply to your letter of January 12
'cquesting the views of this Agency with respect to S. 2628, a bill to increase
rates of compensation of the heads and assistant heads of executive departments
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and independent agencies, and for other purposes, and 11. R. 7619, a bill to
adjust the rates of compensation of the heads of the executive departments and
of certain other officials of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
My letter to you of January 27 made certain recommendations on S. 2628 which
are included in this report. In addition, this report expresses our views with
respect to the provisions of H. R. 7619 and the provisions in S. 2628 relating to
the salary of the Housing and Home Finance Administrator. Would you there-
fore please consider this report as superseding my letter of January 27.
S. 2628
Under the existing provisions of Public Law 359, 81st Congress, as amended,
the rate of basic compensation of the Housing and Home Finance Administrator
is placed at the same level as the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and other
comparable Federal executives. S. 2628 would, however, rank the Housing and
Home Finance Agency below the Veterans' Administration insofar as the salary
levels of their Administrators are concerned. It would seem that S. 2628 should
continue at the same level such major independent agencies whose responsibilities
have in the past been recognized as comparable. It should be noted, too, that
since the enactment of Public Law 359 in the 81st Congress, the Congress has
authorized this Agency to administer additional major programs and to substan-
tially extend existing programs. As you know, It. R. 7619 would increase the
salaries of the Housing and Home Finance Administrator and the Administrator
of Veterans' Affairs but keep them on an equal level.
The Senate bill, S. 2628, would provide for the same basic rate of compensation
for the Deputy Housing and Home Finance Administrator and the heads of the
Agency's constituents. In my opinion, the relationship of these officials is
of considerable importance, but I believe the salary of the Deputy Housing and
Home Finance Administrator should be somewhat in- excess of the salary of
constituent heads-say $20,500--instead of the $20,000 rate. This would be
consistent with organizational responsibility in the Agency and would recognize
the important role of the Deputy Administrator in overall Agency supervision
and coordination.
One correction in the provisions of S. 2628 is necessary to make the salary of
the Community Facilities Commissioner the same as the salary of other Com-
missioners within the Housing and Home Finance Agency. I believe the bill
intended to increase the salaries of these Commissioners by the same amounts.
In fact, section 202 of the hill contains language to provide for increasing to
$20,000 the salaries of officials prescribed by existing statute at $15,000, which
is the present salary of all Commissioners, including the Community Facilities
Commissioner. However, section 102 (g) of the bill would have the effect of
raising the salary of the Community Facilities Commissioner to only $17,500.
This would result because of the specific inclusion of the position of Commwuty
Facilities Commissioner in section 6 (a) of Public Law 359, 81st Congress, and
the specific purported increase from $14,800 to $1.7,500 in S. 2628 for this and
similar positions. By section 113 of the Housing Amendments of 1955 (Public
Law 345, 84th Cong.) the salary of the Community Facilities Commissioner was
established at the same basic rate as that established for the heads of the. con-
stituent agencies of the housing and Home Finance Agency, and was thus in
creased from $14,800 to $15,000. The Housing Amendments of 1955 did not,
however, expressly repeal that portion of Public Law 359 which named the Com-
munity Facilities Commissioner (referred to therein as Commissioner of Com-
munity Facilities) nor does S. 2628 provide for such repeal. This situation would
thus prevent the Community Facilities Commissioner from coming within the
purview of section 202 of the bill, although the pay of the heads of the other
Agency constituents would come within the purview of that sectoin.
It was the purpose of the 1955 Housing Act, in fixing the salary of the Commu-
nity Facilities Commissioner at $15,000, to make his basic rate of compensation
the same as that paid the heads of constituent agencies of the Housing and Ilonie
Finance Agency. The considerations then involved would seem to have equal
application here. It may be noted that the Community Facilities Commissioner
was given major new responsibilities by virtue of legislation enacted as part of
the 1955 Housing Act.
My final comment, concerning S. 2628 relates to the salary rate of the General
Counsel of the Housing and Home Finance Agency. By the Independent Offices
Appropriation Act, 1956 (Public Law 112, 84th Cong.) the General Counsel's
salary is to be paid at the rate of grade GS--18 so long as such position is occupied
by the present incumbent. The necessity for that action arose out of the fact that
until April 1954 the positions of Deputy Administrator and General Counsel had
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been combined and no separate provision had been made for the salary rate of the
General Counsel. Upon the separation of these offices it became :necessary to fix
the salary of the General Counsel. Asa temporary measure there was enacted in
the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1955 (Public Law 428, 83d Cong.) a
provision to the effect that the Counsel's salary would be fixed at a rate of a grade
GS--18 so long as the incumbent remained in that office. When the present
General Counsel's predecessor resigned, the salary fixed by the 1955 appropriation
act was no longer applicable. Consequently, in the 1956 appropriation act
provision was again made to fix the General Counsel's salary at the rate of grade
GS-l.8 so long as the present incumbent occupied that position. I recommend,
in view of the importance and the scope of the position of chief legal officer of the
overall housing agency, that this salary rate for the position of General Counsel,
housing and Home Finance Agency, should be made permanent. This can be
done by adding such position to the list of positions in section 102 (g) of the bill
amending section 6 (a) of Public Law 359.
If. R. 7619
My above comments concerning the basic rate of compensation for the heads of
all constituents of the Housing and Home Finance Agency have equal application
to provisions in H. R. 7619. That bill provides for one basic rate for the heads of
agency constituents and for the Deputy Housing Administrator, except that it
proviides a lower basic rate for the Urban Renewal Commissioner (described in the
bill as the Director, Division of Slum Clearance and Urban Redevelopment) and
omits entirely making provision for the Community Facilities Commissioner.
Section 301 (1) of H. It. 7619 repeal, the present provisions of Public haw 359
(61st Cong.) which fixes the compensation of the Commissioner of Community
Facilities. For the reasons previously stated in connection with S. 2628, I would
recommend that the Urban Renewal Commissioner and the Community Facilities
Commissioner be given the same basic rate of compensation under H. R. 7619 as
the other constituent heads of the Agency.
It is noted too, that H. R. 7619 ~ilakes provision for the salary rate of the
Deputy Housing and Home Finance Administrator. at the same level as the heads
of some of the constituent agencies of the Housing and Home Finance Agency.
For the same reasons stated in connection with S. 2628, I would recommend that
the basic rate of the Deputy Housing Administrator be established at a rate
aomewhat in excess of that of the heads of these constituent agencies. This would
also be in line with salaries to be provided in H. R. 7619 for the Deputy Adminis-
trator of General Services, the Deputy Administrator for Veterans' Affairs, and
comparable positions.
My above comments concerning the salary rate of the General Counsel of the
Housing and home Finance Agency have equal application with respect to H. R.
7619. This bill, too, makes no provision for a basic salary rate for the important
position of General Counsel of the Housing Agency.
This Agency has no objection to H. R. 7619 with the changes noted. I believe,
1 owever, that S. 2628, amended to conform with the changes. recommended, more
clearly carries out the recommendations of the President in his letter to you of
July 15, 1955, to provide executive salary rates which will permit able men to lend
their talents to the conduct of governmental affairs without excessive financial
sacrifice.
In view of your request for all immediate report, this is being sent to you prior
to clearance with the Bureau of the Budget. As soon as the Bureau's views are
obtained, we will send you a supplemental report.
For your convenience., I am enclosing as an attachment proposed amendments
to S. 2628 and. H. R. 7619 which would carry out the recommendations made in
this letter and. also furnish certain purely technical changes.
Sincerely yours,
ALREET M. COLE, Administrator.
Attachments.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY TO S. 2628
1. On page 2, line 10, strike "Intelligence," and insert "Intelligence, the Hous-
ing and Home Finance Administrator,".
On page 2, lines 21 and 22, strike "the Housing and Home Finance Adminis-
trator,".
2. On page 3, line 9, strike ", and" and insert ", the Deputy Housing and Home
Finance Administrator, and".
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3. On page 4, line 23, strike "and" and insert "the Commissioner of Com-
munity Facilities, and".
4. On page 5, line 2, strike "and" and insert "the General Counsel, Housing
and Home Finance Agency, and".
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY TO IL R. 7619
1. On page 5, at line 9 strike the period at the end of the line and insert ";
(20) The Deputy Housing and Home Finance Administrator."
2. On page 7, lines 11 and 12 strike "(35) The Deputy Administrator of the
Housing and Home Finance Agency;".
3. On page 7, line 13 strike "(36)" and insert "(35)", strike the comma, insert
a period, and strike line 14.
4. On page 7, line 15 strike "(37)" and insert "(36)".
5. On page 7, line 17 strike "(38)" and insert "(37)".
6. On page 7, after line 18 insert "(38) The Urban Renewal Commissioner,
Housing and Home Finance Agency; (39) The Community Facilities Commis-
sioner, Housing and Home Finance Agency;" and renumber the remaining
offices or positions of that subsection accordingly.
7. On page 10, at lines 23 and 24 strike "(1]) The Director, Division of Slum
Clearance and Urban Redevelopment, Housing and Home Finance Agency;"
.and insert "(11) The General Counsel, Housing and Home Finance Agency."
Memorandum for the Chairman:
Supplementing memorandum of July 28, the three top positions in the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, namely: Director (head of agency), Execu-
tive Secretary (assistant head of agency), and Associate Director for Research,
are not under the Classification Act and should be included in the pending Execu-
tive Pay Act. Those positions were established by action of the President in 1949
in approving, pursuant to law, formal amendments to NACA regulations. Their
present rates of pay are: Director, $17,500, under appropriation act language;
Executive Secretary and Associate Director for Research, $15,000, under Public
Law 167, 81st Congress. The Associate Director for Research performs the duties
of the position of Director of Aeronautical Research carried in section 5 of the
Executive Pay Act of 1949 for $15,000.
The NACA for 40 years has conducted the scientific research that has set the
pace of world progress in aviation and is keeping America first in the air. Its
unsurpassed research laboratories in Virginia, Ohio, and California, have a plant
value of $300 million. The NACA staff total is 7,500 and the operating budget is
$60 million.
Leadership in scientific research is essential to supremacy in the air, and su-
premacy in the air is the primary requisite for national security. Without it the
whole security program would lack validity.
The NACA is composed of 17 members appointed by the President and serve
in effect as a board of directors without compensation. Many of the best scientific
minds are among the 485 members of its 28 technical subcommittees. They also
serve without compensation in formulating timely aeronautical research programs.
The Director is the official head of the organization and has powers and responsi-
bilities corresponding to those of president of a corporation. In addition, he is
constantly consulted by the Air Force and Navy in their long-range planning.
The great, value of NACA is due largely to the fact that it has earned the confi-
dence and respect. of the military services and of the aircraft industry. The
relative stature of NACA can be strengthened or weakened by the Congress in
the Executive Pay Act. The pending Senate bill S. 2628 gives NACA only one
position in section .5 (a).
The Congress can promote the public interest and strengthen the morale of the
organization by according NACA recognition more fairly comparable to its vital
importance. It is suggested that the 3 top positions warrant inclusion in the
Executive Pay Act as follows: Director, National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, in section 102 (a) at $22,000; Executive Secretary, and Associate
Director for Research in section 102 (e) at $20,000.
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EXHIBIT 10
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM,
OFFICE OF TEE DIRECTOR,
Washington, D. C., February 15, 1O56.
lion. OLIN D. JOHNSTON,
Chairman, Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee,
United States Senate.
DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: As requested in your letter of January 12, 19567 I am
pleased to furnish your committee with my comments relative to H. It. 7619 and
S. 2628.
I am in entire accord with the statement of the President in his letter to you
of July 15, 1955, that the top pay scales in Government most be improved
sufficiently to enable the Nation's most capable men to respond, when they are
needed, to the call of public service. While S. 2628 appears not to differ materially
from H. R. 7619, it does contain in its provisions some 10 amendments. One
of these arnendnrents, No. 6, would insert on page 4, line 1, the following: "the
Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the
Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and the Director of SeIecl;ive:
Service".
']'his Senate amendment is of vital importance to the Selective Service System
for th.e following reasons:
1. It would place the head of the System more nearly in the group in which he
would have been placed in Public Law 359 of the 81st Congress if, at the time
of the passage of that law on October 15, 1949, the Selective ?ervice System,
instead of then being a skeletonized system, had reached its present full expansion
and operating responsibilities.
2. In order to attract a fully capable and important qualified person, it is
necessary to establish the prestige of the position of Director of Selective Service
in governmental. organization and the salary of the position in a proper relation-
shiu to other executives in the Federal Government of comparable responsibility
and importance.
3. Under the proposed amendments to the executive pay bill, positions of
comparable responsibility and importance have been moved out of the same
group in which they and the Director of Selective Service were placed under the
1949 act to a group for which there is proposed a higher pay.
At the time of the passage of Public Law 359, 81st Congress, on October 15,.
1949, the Selective Service System had suspended inductions and was to a large
extent on a standby skeletonized basis. The Selective Service Act was due to
expire the following summer, and there was considerable question as to whether
there would be any need for its extension. It was in these eirenmstances that the
status of the System was reflected in the fact that the Director of Selective Service
was placed in the executive pay law of 1949 in the lowest salary group of Federal
officials.
At the present time the Selective Service System is recognized as the keystone
to the entire manpower utilization of the country, both military and civilian.
Through its operation, affecting as it does more than 17 million registrants, it
furnishes approximately the 1 million men a year required by the Armed Forces,
both directly by induction and indirectly by stimulating voluntary enlistments
and reenlistments. At the same time it has the grave responsibility of insuring,
through deferment the maintenance of a sound, effective, and adequate civilian
economy.
The Selective Service System at the present time, in contrast to its 19,19 opera-
tion, is now operating on a considerably expanded scale, with 56 State head-
quarters located in each State of the Nation and in each of the Territories and
possessions. In addition, the System has more than 4,000 local selective-service
boards located in communities throughout the country and in each of the Terri-
tories arid possessions. These headquarters and local boards, as well as approxi-
mately 100 appeal boards located in the States arid Territories, are staffed by
approximately 50,000 persons, of which more than 90 percent serve on an uncom-
peasated basis.
since 1950 the Selective Service System has acquired through new legislation
large additional responsibilities such as the operation of the doctor draft law.
The Congress, in the Reserve Forces Act of 1955, by unprecedented action,
placed upon the Director of Selective Service the responsibility of determining,
on a selective recall basis, the availability of every reservist in the Standby
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Reserve. The significance of this unusual congressional mandate to the Director
of Selective Service is pointed up when it is realized that since the very earliest
days of this country those persons in the Reserve were subjected to direct callup
by the appropriate military authorities, without having their availability for such
callup established by any agency or agency head outside of the military depart-
ments. The Director of Selective Service is keenly aware of the importance of
this new responsibility which the Congress has placed upon him, because of his
knowledge that this action by the Congress had its genesis in the disastrous
experiences which occurred in. the nonselective callup of reservists during th
Korean conflict.
In the near future, the Standby Reserve is expected to number in excess of 5
million persons. In order to properly discharge this great responsibility, the Di-
rector has begun an expanding program to keep close track of these reservists.
The Reserve Forces Act further placed upon the Selective Service System the job
of policing the Ready Reserve, which it is contemplated will reach a strength of
slightly less than 3 million. This policing will require the System to initiate
prompt action to induct out of turn those individual members of the Ready Re-
serve who fail to live up to the requirements that they satisfactorily participate
in the required reserve training. Under this act the System is further charged
with the responsibility for the special selection for the 6 months' training program
scientists engaged in research or critical defense-supporting industries and persons
who have critical skills who are so engaged. Following the 6 months active
duty for training, those persons screened from the Ready to the Standby Reserve
will fall within the policing jurisdiction of the Selective Service System.
The matter of civilian pay for the Director of Selective Service is one that is
not of too much concern to the present Director, inasmuch as he has served since
1946, the date of his retirement for physical disability, in a military status as a
retired major general ordered to active duty, but it is of the utmost importance
that the position of Director of Selective Service be reevaluated at this time, on
the basis of the great responsibility which has been placed upon the position by
the Congress. Unless the prestige of this agency is maintained within the
governmental structure at an appropriate level and the salary of the position set
in proper relationship to other executive positions in the Government of corn
parable responsibility and importance, capable and qualified men cannot be
secured to fill the position. I therefore urge favorable action on the Senate
amendment.
The Bureau of the Budget has advised that this report is in accordance with
the program of the President.
Sincerely yours,
SMALL BIiSINESS ADMINISTRATION,
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR,
Washington, D. C., February 16, 1956.
Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service,
United States Senate, Washington 25, 1). C.
DEAR SENATOR JOHNSTON: Further reference is made to your letter of January
12, 1956, in which you request our views and comments on proposed bills If. R. 7619
and S. 2628, both pertaining to increasing the rates of compensation of heads and
assistant heads of executive departments and independent agencies.
We understand that both the House and Senate bills, as reported out, differed
from the Administration's proposed bill in that the Administration's bill recom-
mended a salary of $21,000 for the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration and $20,000 for each of the three Deputy Administrators. In this con-
nection, Ave feel that the Administration's recommendation should be approved
for this agency.
It is the policy of this Administration to maintain a strong small-business com-
munity. Therefore, as a matter of principle, it is important that the position of
Administrator of the Small Business Administration be consistent in stature with
the heads of other agencies. In the bill recommended by the Senate, this posi-
tion is in the same category as members of most independent boards and commis-
sions which, in most instances, require a minimum amount of administrative
responsibility.
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We would further like to go on record as recommending the amendment to the
Classification Act of 1949, set forth in section 302 of S. 2628, which provides for
4 pay rates for GS-18, beginning with $L6,000 and ending at $17,500, as against
the bill reported out by the House which provides for an increase in GS-18 to
a single rate of $16,000.
The Bureau of the Budget has no objection to the submission of this report.
EXHIBIT 12
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION,
Washington 25, February 6, 1956.
Hon. OLIN D. JOHNSTON,
Chairman, F'ost Office and Civil Service Committee,
United States Senate, Washington 25, D. C.
DEAR CHAIRMAN JOHNSTON: Your letter of January 12, 1956, addressed to the
Chairman of the Commission and requesting comments on an act, ff. R. 7619,
passed by the House of Representatives on June 30, 1955, to adjust; the rates of
compensation of the heads of the executive departments and of certain other
officals of the Federal Government, and for other purposes, and on bill S. 2628,
introduced by you (for yourself and Senator Carlson) (by request), to increase
rates of compensation of the heads and assistant heads of executive departments
and independent agencies, and for other purposes, has been given careful con-
sideration by the Commission, and I am authorized to submit the following
com,rents:
H. R. 7619 and S. 2628 propose, among other things, to increase the annual
rate of basic compensation for members of the Interstate Commerce Commission
to $L9,000 and $20,000, respectively, and to provide for the payment of an addi-
tional $500 per annum to the Chairman while serving in that capacity. The pro-
posed measures would also amend the compensation schedule for the general
schedule contained in section 603 (b) of the Classification Act of 1949 so as to
provide for an additional ingrade increase of $215 for grade GS-1 7, and an increase
in the basic rate of compensation for grade GS-18 from. $14,800 to $16,000 per
annum. S. 2628 would provide, in addition, 3 ingrade increases of $500 each for
grade GS-18.
The Classification Act of 1949, which established grades GS 17 and GS-18,
provided for annual basic compensation therefor in the amounts of $12,200 and
$14,000, respectively, a spread of $1,800. These basic rates of compensation were.
increased in July 1951 to $13,000 and $14,800, respectively (Public haw 201),
also a spread of $1,800. Grade GS-17 was again increased in March 1955 to
$13,975 (Public Law 94), but no corresponding increase was provided for with
respect to grade GS-18. Inasmuch as the annual basic compensation for grade
GS- 18 has been increased only once since the grade was established in 1949, and
since no ingrade increases have ever been provided in that grade, we believe that
the raises proposed for grades GS-17 and GS--18 in S. 2628 would be more ecLuita-
ble than those proposed in H. R. 7619. At present only one employee of this con-
mission, the Managing Director, is rated as high as GS-18. The General Counsel,
the Chief of Mobilization Planning, and one bureau head are rated as GS-47.
With respect to the proposed increases in compensation for members of this
Commission and other independent regulatory agencies, it is noted that in both
H. R. 7619 and S. 2628 such proposed increases are considered together with
proposed increases for heads of executive departments. The effect of this treat-
ment is to relate the level of compensation payable to members of such independent
agencies, which are arms of Congress, to the level of compensation payable to the
heads of executive departments, which are responsible to the President (with the
latter level as a ceiling). We are unable to see any basis for the establishment of
such relationship, and are of the opinion that it would be more realistic and desir-
able to consider any proposed increase in compensation for members of independent
agencies separate and apart from any proposed increase for heads of executive
departments. We therefore urge that consideration be given to enactment of a
separate bill for increased compensation to members of independent agencies,
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such as S. 2639, introduced by Senator Magnuson, or H. R. 7257, introduced by
Congressman Simpson of Illinois, amended so as to include other independent
regulatory agencies, both of which were introduced during the first session of the
current Congress.
The present salary of the members of this Commission is $15,000 per annum.
This rate, fixed in 1949 (Public Law 359), has been the only salary increase
granted members of the Commission since 1920, at which time their salaries
were fixed at $12,000 per annum, and were tax exempt. With present income-
tax rates, the $15,000 salary now received by members of the Commission is
actually less than the $12,000 salary established in 1920. When the increased
cost of living is taken into consideration, the inadequacy of the present pay
scale becomes even more apparent. Moreover, the duties, burdens, and respon-
sibilities of the Commission are now far greater than they were in 1920. While
we are unable to speak for the other independent agencies respecting their experi-
ence in the matter of increased workload, we believe that the Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committees of both Houses of Congress are well aware of
the tremendous increase which has occurred during the past 35 years in the work
of this Commission, both as to the volume of work handled and as to the
complexity of problems presented.
During the period since 1920, members of the Interstate Commerce Commission
received salaries higher than or as high as judges of the United States district
courts who now receive $22,500 per annum. The district court judges also enjoy
the added advantages of residing at home, life tenure, more liberal pensions, and
less volume of work. In addition, we believe it appropriate to point out in this
connection that commissioners on some of the State public utility commissions
receive salaries substantially equal to or considerably in excess of those paid
members of this Commission. In New York, for instance, commissioners receive
$18,500 per annum, and the chairman $19,500 per annum. State commissioners
in New Jersey receive $15,000 per annum, and the chairman receives $18,000
per annum, while in Pennsylvania the commissioners receive $14,000 per annum,
and the chairman $15,000 per annum. In 14 States the chairmen are compen-
sated at a higher rate than other members of the respective commissions. (All
figures are for the year 1.954.) Since 1954 the annual compensation of commis-
sioners in California and Texas has been increased to $17,000 and $17,500, re-
spectively. This, we believe, serves to illustrate further the inadequacy of the
compensation now paid members of the Interstate Commerce Commission and
the need for a substantial increase.. Unless such an adjustment is made, we feel
that it will become increasingly more difficult to attract the most qualified men
to serve on the Commission.
During the first session of the 84th Congress, legislation was enacted providing
pay raises for members of the judiciary, Members of Congress, members of the
Armed Forces, postal employees, and most of the classified Government em-
ployees. In view of these recent increases, the rise in the cost of living, and the
increased workload which have occurred during the years since the salaries of the
members of this Commission and other independent agencies were last raised,
it would appear that a substantial increase in the salaries of the members of such
independent agencies would warrant favorable consideration. However, for the
reasons hereinbefore stated, we urge adoption of a separate measure, such as
S. 2639 or II. R. 7257, amended as suggested, for members of independent agencies
which would increase present rates of pay to $21,500 per annum and $22,500 per
annum, respectively. We believe that these measures provide a more realistic
approach to the problem. We also favor additional compensation for the chair-
men of the respective independent agencies such as proposed in H. It. 7619 and
S. 2628, in recognition of the additional duties and responsibilities of that office.
In view of the long lapse of time which has occurred since increases for members
of independent agencies were proposed during the first session of the current
Congress; it is our further belief that any legislation enacted providing for such
increases: should be made retroactive, as was done in the case of increases for
classified Government employees and postal employees.
Respectfully submitted.
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD,
Washington 25, D. U., February 8, 1956.
[n re Executive Pay Increases H. R. 7619 and S. 2628.
11011. OLIN D. JOHNSTON,
Chairman, Post Office and Civil Service Committee,
United States Senate, Washington, D. C.
My DEAR SENATOR JOHNSTON: This is in response to your request for our
views and comments on the bills above mentioned.
It, is the unanimous view of the members of the National Labor Relations
Board that the provisions of S. 2628 are preferable to those of 11. R. 7619.
For a rather extended period the salaries of members of independent boards
and commissions and the NLRB General Counsel were the same as salaries of
district court, judges and Members of Congress. The common salary was $15,000
(treating the $2,500 expense item of Members of Congress as salary) until. 1955
when the salaries of district judge? and Members of Congress were increased
to 522,500.
We are unanimously of the view that notwithstanding the past parallel there
should be a differential in salary between Members of Congress and members of
independent agencies. The. same may be true with respect to the district judges;
however, in this area justification of the difference is not so clear. If the workload
of a member of the National Labor Relations Board and the General Counsel is
measured against the workload of the average district judge it would be very
difficult to justify, in our opinion, any greater differential than the $2,500 that
will result if S. 2628 becomes law. The unfairness of any greater discrepancy is
brought into focus when consideration is given to the fact that very often decisions
rendered by the National Labor Relations Board have a national impact and are
much less likely than district court decisions to involve merely local problems.
We feel that our work is at least equally important as that performed by district
judges. Another factor worthy of consideration is that the tenure of office of
our members and the General Counsel is often of short duration and frequently
involves a move to Washington on a rather temporary basis. The expense
incident to such a move and in most cases an increased cost of living are other
factors deserving consideration. Many district judges remain in their home
communities after appointment. Those who must establish new homes may
remain in them permanently. These are some of the reasons why we feel no
salary lower than the $20,000 proposed in S. 2628 should be provided for the
members of this Board and the General Counsel.
We are also unanimously of the view that in fairness the increases in salaries
should be made retroactive to March 1, 1955, when increases granted other
Government officials and employee=s became effective. This is in harmony with
the thought expressed by Senator Wayne Morse when he was speaking on this
problem in the closing hours of the 1st session of the 84th Congress. At page 11279
of the Congressional Record, dated August 3, 1955, he said:
"I think we can correct any injustice which our failure to pass the bill tonight
may create, come January. Then we can pass the bill after hearings have been
held, and we can make the terms of the bill retroactive in order to correct any
unfairness which any particular individual may suffer as a result of not passing
the bill tonight."
With us this is not merely a matter of passing concern. We regard an increase
of our salaries to $20,000 with the retroactive provision to be only just, and in the
light of all circumstances, past due. Present members of the Board and the
General Counsel are dependent on our salaries for a livelihood and so this matter
is of real economic importance to us.
We sincerely hope that S. 2628, with a provision for retroactive pay, will be
enacted at an early date.
Respectfully submitted, BevD LEEDOM, Chairman.
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