FEDERAL EMPLOYEES SALARY INCREASE ACT OF 1958

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port on the bil (S. 734
ask unanimous consent that the state- 21/2 percent increase to supervisors and
ment of the managers on the part of the postmasters and others in level 7 and
House be read in lieu of the report, above paid under the Postal Field Serv-
The Clerk read the title of the bill. ice Schedules, comparable to the in-
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to crease given other postal field service
the request of the gentleman from Ten- employees under Public Law 426, re-
nessee? cently enacted. This amendment, as
There was no objection. well as several other minor and techni-
The Clerk read the statement, cal amendments, was concurred in by
(For conference report and statement, the Senate with several added numbered
see proceedings of the House of June 16, amendments.
1958.) The conference was limited to consid-
The previous question was ordered. eration of the several additional Senate
The conference report was agreed to. amendments. The first amendment
A motion to reconsider was laid on provided that the full pay raise would
the table. not apply to scientists and engineers in
-.. _--.... --- .J~ der authority of the Civil Service Com-
S. 734 mission. Under this amendment these
Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask scientists and engineers would have the
unanimous consent for the immediate option of either their present salary or
consideration of the resolution (S. Con. 10 percent of their former salary, which-
Res. 93) to provide for correction in the ever was the higher. The Senate amend-,
enrollment of S. 734, to revise the basic ment was struck out by the conferees and
compensation schedules of the Classifi- the language of the bill as it passed the
cation Act of 1949, as amended, and for House is the language of the conference
other purposes, agreement. In other words, these sci-
The Clerk read the title of the con- entists and engineers will get their 10
current resolution. percent salary increase on their present
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to salary. In taking this action, the con-
the request of the gentleman from Ten- ferees point out that the Civil Service
nessee? Commission has ample authority to make
There was no objection, equitable adjustments in the future in
The Clerk read the concurrent reso- the compensation of these employees.
lution, as follows: The second Senate amendment related
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- to the manner in which the Senators
resentatives concurring), That in the enroll- handle. the payroll in their own offices
ment of the bill (S. 734) to revise the basic and, of course, is an amendment in which
compensation schedules of the Classification
we concurred, since it is a prerogative of
Act of 1949. as a.mr ndad and fnr ,.+,,e. --
GENERAL LEAVE TO EXTEND
REMARKS
Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that all Members
may have 5 legislative days to extend
their remarks in the RECORD on the bill
8.734.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Ten-
nessee?
There was no objection.
Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, this leg-
islation provides for general salary in-
creases for Federal employees paid under
a number of different basic acts. The
,net result will be to boost the salaries
of most Federal employees by 10 percent,
retroactive to the first pay period which
begins after January 1, 1958. It in-
cludes employees of the Federal Govern-
ment paid under the Classification} Act
schedules, officers and employees of the
judicial and legislative branches of the
.Government, doctors, dentists, and
nurses of the Department of Medicine
sari
!zed
and directed to make the follov'1ng cot- ner which they prescribe.
rection: The third amendment is one requested
In the sixth line of the salary schedule in by our own Disbursing Office as a means
section 6 (a) (3) strike out "8,955" and in- of clarifying the manner in which the
sett in lieu thereof "8,755." salaries of the employees of the Folding
The concurrent resolution was con- Room will be set. Since this was a re-
curred in. quest from the House side, we concurred
A motion to reconsider was laid on in this amendment.
the table. The fourth amendment provides that
while retroactive salary and compensa-
tion will be paid to employees who retired
during the retroactive period and to the
estate of those who died during that
period, the retroactive pay will not be
used as a basis for recomputing the re-
tirement annuities. This is the same
provision which is contained in the
postal rate and pay act which recently
became law. We concurred in this
amendment.
Senate amendment 5 was the most far-
reaching. It struck out two important
provisions in the House bill. The first
provides for a proper salary adjustment
for the Chief Postal Inspector of the Post
Office Department. It was our view,
after looking into this matter, that the
Chief Postal Inspector should be paid
the same salary as the General Counsel tension work and agricultural extension
of the Post Office Department, which is stations for the fiscal year beginning
$19,000 per annum, since they have July 1, 1958, take into consideration the
comparable responsibilities. The Sen- need for an equivalent increase of 10
ate receded on this point and the pro- percent to the employees who work on
vision of the House bill relating to the these programs.
Chief Postal Inspector's salary is in the, There were also a number of addi-
conference agreement. tional technical amendments to conform
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The second provision under amend-
ment No. 5 which was struck out by
the Senate is a requirement that' hence-
forth all individuals appointed to posi-
tions at salaries of grades 16, 17, and 18,
under the classification act schedules,
must receive approval as to their quali-
fications before being assigned to posi-
tions in these salary grades. The Senate
struck out this provision and the confer-
ence agreement has reinstated it in a
modified form so as to exclude from this
requirement appointments of the Presi-
dent alone or by the President with the
advice and consent of the Senate.
The balance of amendment No. 5 is
concerned with increases in the number
of positions paid grades 16, 17, and 18
salary levels-the so-called super-
grades-and calls for additional posi-
tions provided for under Public Law 313,
80th Congress-scientific and profes-
sional positions. The supergrade sal-
aries range from $14,190 to $17,500 under
the new bill, while the Public Law 313
position salaries range from $12,500 to
$19,000 per annum. Taking into con-
sideration the fact that our committee
at the present time is holding hearings
on specific requests for such additional
positions, we felt that they should not
be authorized at this time. However,
a compromise.was reached whereby ap-
proximately half of these positions pro-
vided for by the Senate amendment
were approved.' It is also pointed out
that the need for these positions in the
16, 17, and 18 category was to meet out-
side competition and that the 10-percent
salary rise will give grade 15 the pay of
the present 16.
Public Law 313 positions-scientific
and professional positions-were in-
creased for the Department of Defense
by 157, the National Security Agency by
25, the Department of Interior by 5, the
National Advisory Committee for Aero-
nautics by 60, the Department of the
Interior by 5, the Department of Com-
merce by 25, and the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare by 5.
An increase of 287 supergrade posi-
tions were allocated to be distributed by
the Civil Service Commission as they
deem necessary under authority of sec-
tion 505 (b) of the Classification Act
and 38 additional supergrades were giv-
en to the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion and 4 grades No. 17 were given to
the' Administrative Office of the United
States Courts.
This makes a total of 329 additional
supergrade positions allotted, 282 addi-
tional scientific and professional posi-
tions and 25 special positions for the
Public Health Service, making a total of
636 additional positions under these
categories.
The conference agreement also con-
tains a suggestion that Congress, when
making appropriations for use by the
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to the 5 numbered Senate amendments. certain positions in the Executive Office crease in their top-level classified and
These, of course, were concurred in to of the President. Another change pro- professional and scientific positions In
the extent that they affect the num- vides a salary step-rate in the adjusted order to recruit and to retain qualified
bered amendments which were retained postal field service schedule inadvert- personnel in defense and other essential
in the conference agreement. ently omitted when the Post Office De- functions. However, th.: conferees rec-
Mr. Speaker, I believe this rather com- partment submitted its schedule. Two ognized that hearings presently are in
pletely covers the situation. as it relates other Senate amendments agreed to by progress before our House Post Office
to the Federal employees salary increase the committee of conference make tech- and Civil Service Committee to develop
legislation and the conference report, nical changes to clarify the provisions complete information cn the need for
Mr. BALDWIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise of the bill relating to employees in increases in the numbers of these posi-
in support of the conference report on offices of Senators and to conform the tions and that, pending completion of
S. 734, the Federal classified pay in- language with respect to maximum pay the hearings and analy,dis of the infor-
crease bill. This conference report will of House folding room employees to mation developed, only one-half of the
provide a much-needed increase of 10 appropriation procedures, requested increases should be approved
percent to Federal classified employees. It should be pointed out that the pro- in this legislation, aside from the special
This increase is very badly needed, as vision of the House engrossed- amend- exceptions I have mentioned.
these Federal classified employees have ment granting the 10 percent salary Mr. Speaker, I feel this legislation
received no pay increase since 1955. increase to some 67,000 scientists, engi- represents the best and most equitable
I am particularly pleased that the neers, and other employees in person- agreement that could be worked out,
conferees agreed with the or}ginal posi- nel-shortage categories-who have re- and urge its approval by the House.
tion of the House of Representatives and ceived adjustments over the past several
deleted the Senate amendment which years-are contained in the conference
COMMERCE AND
would have restricted the increases for agreement. Under the Senate amend- DEPARTMENT OF AGENCIES COMMERCE AND
scientists, engineers, and technical per- ment, a great many of these essential TION BILL, 1959
sonnel. I am convinced that it is most employees would have been subject to
essential that these technical personnel greatly reduced increases in their Mr. PRESTON. Mr. Speaker, I call
receive the full 10 percent pay increase salaries. up the conference report on the bill
which is provided for other classified The principal change contained in the (H. R. 12540) making appropriations
employees in this bill. One of the most conference agreement relates to the au- for the Department of Commerce and
difficult problems of the Federal Gov- thorization of additional positions in related agencies for the fiscal year end-
ernment in-recent years has been its loss grades 16, 17, and 18 of the general ing June 30, 1959, aalct for other pur-
of scientists, engineers, and technical schedule of the Classification Act-the poses, and ask unanimous consent that
people to industry, where wage scales are so-called supergrade positions-in the the statement of the managers on the
much more attractive for such highly salary range of $14,190 to $17,500 per part of the House be read in lieu of
skilled personnel. annum, and additional professional and the report.
Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, scientific positions authorized under The Clerk read the ti;le of the bill.
the conference agreement on S. 734 is Public Law 313, 80th Congress, and the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
essentially the same, in respect to salary Public Health Service Act, as amended, the request of the gentleman from
increases for Federal employees and re- in the salary range of $12,500 to $19,000. Georgia?
lated provisions, as provided in the bill The Senate amendment would have pro- There was no objection.
which passed the House by an over- vided an increase of 547 supergrade po- The Clerk read the statement.
whelming majority on June 2. sitions and changed 11 existing grade (For conference repo:.,t and statement,
The purpose of this legislation is to GS-16 positions to grade 17 of the gen- see proceedings of the House of June
provide salary adjustments for approxi- eral schedule, none of which were au- 16, 1958,)
mately 1,021,000 Federal workers, in- thorized in the House engrossed amend- Mr. PRESTON. Mr. Speaker, I move
cluding 978,632 under the Classification ment. The Senate amendment also the previous question on the conference
Act, 19,485 doctors, dentists, and nurses would have increased the number of report.
in the Department of Medicine and Sur- scientific and professional positions The previous question was ordered.
gery of the Veterans' Administration, under Public Law 313 by 515 and the The conference report was agreed to.
12,636 in the Foreign Service, 6,200 in the number of such positions under the Pub- The SPEAKER. The Clerk will re-
legislative branch, and 4,119 in the Judi- lic Health Service Act by 25; none of port the first amendment in disagree-
cial branch. As passed by the House, such increases were contained in the ment.,
the bill also removed an inequity relating House engrossed amendment. The .Clerk read as fellows:
to the salaries of postmasters and super- ? The conference agreement in general Senate amendment No 5: Page 5, line 4,
visors, resulting from enactment of the provides for 50 percent of the increases Insert the following: ": Provided further,
recent postal rate and postal pay legis- in supergrade positions and professional That the Administrator is authorized, sub-
lation, by granting postmasters and su- and scientific positions which would have ject to the procedures prescribed in the Clas-
sification Act of 1949, as tLmended, but with-
pervisors the same 21/a percent cost-of been authorized by the Senate amend- out regard to the numeric;al limitations con-
living increase provided in the postal pay ment, with certain necessary exceptions. tained therein, to place 10 General Schedule
bill to all other postal employees. The exceptions as to the supergrades, positions in the following grades: 1 in grade
In other words, S. 734 as amended and which are approved in the conference GS-l8, 2 in grade GS-17, and 7 in grade
passed by the House on June 2 provided agreement, are four new grade 17 posi- GS-16; and such positions shall be in addi-
for a 10 percent salary increase for all tions in the Administrative Office of the tion to positions previously allocated to this
these Federal employees retroactive to United States Courts and adjustment of agency under section 505 of said act."
the first pay period in January. The 11 existing grade 16 positions in the Im- Mr. PRESTON. Mr. Speaker, I move
purpose of the bill is not changed by migration and Naturalization Service to that the House recede and concur in the
the conference agreement. The Senate grade 17, as provided by the Senate Senate amendment.
has agreed to the House provisions for amendment. The motion was agreed to.
these salary increases. The exceptions as to scientific and The SPEAKER. The Clerk will re-
All of the provisions of the House en- professional positions included approval port the next amendment in disagree-
grossed amendment are contained in of increases of 25 in the National Secu- ment.
the confeince agreement, with certain rity Agency, 5 each in the Departments The Clerk read as follows: -
technical modifications designed to of Agriculture and Health, Education, Senate amendment Nc. 21: Page 12, line
carry out these provisions more effec- and Welfare, and 25 in the Public Health 22, insertthe following: ": Provided, That
tively. For example, section 11 of the Service-bringing the total in Public effective December 31, 1958, the unexpended
House engrossed amendment, requiring Health Service to 85, of which 73 must be balance remaining in this account is here-
Civil Service Commission' approval of in the National Institutes of Health. by rescinded and carried to the surplus fund
In the Treasury."
qualifications of appointees to super- It was felt by the majority of the con-
grade positions under the Classification ferees that a strong case has been pre- Mr. PRESTON. Mr, Speaker, I move
Act, was amended to provide exceptions sented by the departments and agencies that the House recede and concur in the
in cases of Presidential appointees and concerned, in justification of some in- Senate amendment.
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1958: And provided further, That the re-
quirements of paragraph (1) of subsection
(a) of this section shall be applicable to the
'loans authorized to be made under this
paragraph.'
"SEC. 208. Unemployment compensation:
(a) (1) The Secretary of Labor (hereinafter
referred to as the `Secretary') shall on be-
half of the United States enter into an agree-
ment with any State in which an enterprise,
or community, with respect to which a cer-
tificate of eligibility has been issued under
this title, is located, under which the State,
an agent of the United States, will make sup-
plementary payments of compensation to
unemployed individuals in the State as pro-
vided for in this section, and will otherwise
cooperate with the Secretary and with other
State agencies in making payments of com-
pensation under this section.
"(2) Supplementary payments of unem-
ployment compensation under this section
shall be made only to individuals within the
class of individuals determined by the Board
under section 205 of this title to be eligible
to receive the benefits provided for in this
title.
"(3) If the amount of unemployment
compensation payable to an individual un-
der the law of the State in which he is eli-
gible to receive unemployment compensation.
is less than 66% percent of his average
weekly wage, as determined under such law,
then the amount of the supplementary pay-
ment of unemployment compensation to an
individual under this section for a week of
total unemployment shall be an amount
equal to the amount by which 662%3 percent
of such average weekly wage exceeds the
amount paid to the individual under the un-
employment compensation law of the State
(including payments made by reason of de-
pendents).
"(4) In any case where an unemployed in-
dividual receiving supplementary compen-
sation under this section is no longer entitled
to payment of compensation under the un-
employment-compensation laws of the State
solely by reason of the expiration of the pe-
riod for which such compensation is payable
under such laws, there shall be paid to such
individual, out of amounts paid to such
State by the United States for such purpose
and without cost to such State, compensation
in an amount equal to, the rate of State un-
employment compensation and any supple-
mentary compensation under this section
which he was receiving immediately prior to
the time he was no longer entitled to receive
such rate. In order to remain eligible for
compensation under this paragraph, an indi-
vidual must comply with the provisions of
State law with, respect to ability and avail-
ability for work, and with respect to the
acceptance of offers of suitable work, and
failure to so comply shall result in imme-
diate cessation of payment under this para-
graph. The total period during which an un-
employed individual may receive benefits
under this section shall not exceed 52 weeks.
"(5) The amount of the Federal supple-
mentary payment of unemployment compen-
sation to an Individual for a week of partial
unemployment shall be the amount necessary
to provide such individual with a weekly
benefit equal to the, aggregate he would have
received under paragraph (3). of this subsec-
tion for a week of total unemployment, less
his earnings for such week in excess of the
partial earnings allowance, if any, permitted
by the unemployment-compensation law of
the State.
"(6) Any agreement under this section
shall provide that compensation otherwise
payable to any individual under the Skate's
unemployment-compensation law will not'
be denied or reduced for any week by reason
of e,ny payment made pursuant to such
agreement. No agreement under this section
for payment of compensation by a State
agency shall be valid If compensation payable
to any individual under the law of such State
is less than it'would have been under such
law as it existed on January 1, 1958.
"(b) Whenever the Board either upon ap-
plication of an interested party or upon its
own motion, determines that unemployment
among individuals found by the Board to be
eligible to receive the benefits provided for
in this title is no longer attributable to the
trade policy of the United States, no further
payments shall be made under this section to
such individuals with respect to weeks of un-
employment occurring after the date of such
determination by the Board, or occurring
during any period for which there is not in
effect a certification under section 205 de-
scribing such individuals.
"(c) Each State shall be entitled to be paid
by the United States an amount equal to the
additional cost to the State of payments of
compensation made under and in accordance
with an agreement under this section which
would not have been incurred by the State
but for the agreement.
"(d) In making payments pursuant to
this section, there shall be paid to the State,
either in advance or by way of reimburse-
ment, as may be determined by the Secretary,
such sum as the Secretary estimates the
State will be entitled to receive under this
section for each calendar month, reduced or
increased, as the case may be, by any sum by
which the Secretary finds that his estimates
for any prior calendar month were greater
or less than the amounts which should have
been paid to the State. Such estimates may
be made upon the basis of such statistical
sampling, or other method, as may be agreed
upon by the Secretary and the State agency.
"(e) The Secretary shall from time to time
certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for
payments to each State sums payable to such
State under this section. The Secretary of
the Treasury, prior to audit or settlement by
the General Accounting Office, shall make
payment to the State in accordance with such
certification, from the funds available for
carrying out the purposes of this title.
"(f) All money paid to a State under this
section shall be used solely for the purposes
for which it is paid; and any money so paid
which is not used for such purposes shall be
returned, at the time specified in the agree-
ment under this section, to the Treasury and
credited to current applicable appropriations,
funds, or accounts from which payments to
States under this section may be made.
"(g) An agreement under this section may
require any officer or employee of the State
certifying payments or disbursing funds pur-
suant to the agreement, or otherwise partici-
pating in its performance, to give a- surety
bond to the United States In such amount as
the Secretary may deem necessary, and may
provide for the payment of the cost of such
bond from funds available for carrying out
the purposes of this section.
"(h) No person designated by the Secre-
tary, or designated pursuant to an agreement
under this section, as a certifying officer shall,
in the absence of gross negligence or intent to
defraud the United States, be liable with
respect to the payment of any compensation
certified by him under this section.
"(I) No disbursing officer shall, In the ab-
sence of gross negligence or Intent to defraud
the United States, be liable with respect to
any payment by him under this section if
it was based upon a voucher signed by a
certifying officer designated as provided by
this section.
"(j) For the purpose of payments made
to a State under title III of the Social Secu-
rity Act, administration by the State agency
of such State pursuant to an agreement
under this title shall be deemed to be a part
of the administration of the State unem-
ployment compensation law.
"(k) The agency administering the unem-
ployment compensation law of any State
shall furnish to the Secretary such informa-
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appropriate in carrying out the provisions of
this title, and such Information shall be
deemed reports required by the Secretary for
the purposes of paragraph (6) of subsection
(a) of section 303 of the Social Security Act.
"(1) Whoever makes a false statement or
representation of a material fact knowing it
to be false, or, knowingly fails to disclose a
material fact, to obtain or increase for'him-
self or for any other. individual any payment
authorized to be paid under this section or
under an agreement thereunder shall be
fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for
not more than 1 year, or both.
"(m) The Secretary is hereby authorized
to make such rules and regulations as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this
section. The Secretary shall insofar as prac-
ticable consult with representatives of the
State unemployment compensation agencies
before prescribing any rules or regulations
which may affect the performance by such
agencies of functions pursuant to agreement
under this section.
"SEC. 209. Training and transportation: (a)
The Secretary shall provide adequate facili-
ties and instruction for suitable training for
unemployed individuals eligible for the
benefits of this title who are in need of re-
training, reemployment, vocational . educa-
tion, or vocational rehabilitation, through the
following measures:
"(1) by arranging for the utilization and
extension of all existing Federal govern-
mental facilities, and utilization of the fa-
cilities of any other governmental agency
maintained by joint Federal and State con-
tributions, to carry out the purposes of this
section; and
11(2) by entering into agreements or con-
tracts with public or private institutions or
establishments, to provide for such addi-
tional training facilities as may be necessary
to accomplish the purposes of this section.
"(b) The Secretary shall have the power
and the duty to cooperate with existing Fed-
eral, State, and local agencies and officials
in charge of existing programs relating to
retraining, reemployment, vocational edu-
cation, and vocational rehabilitation for the
purpose of coordinating his activities with
those of such Federal, State, and local agen-
cies.
"(c) Whenever the Secretary shall deter-
mine that (1) no job opportunity for an
unemployed individual found eligible for
the benefits of this title exists within his
own current labor market area, (2) 'a job
opportunity for such Individual equivalent
to his former employment is available at
a place in the United States outside of his
current labor market area, (3) such indi-
vidual agrees to take the job opportunity
outside of his labor market area, and (4)
the acceptance of such employment would
be in the best interest of the United States,
then the Secretary Is authorized to make
available to such individual at Government
expense, facilities for the movement of such
individual, his dependents and his household
effects to a location designated by such In-
dividual and approved by the Secretary, by
using Government or commercial means of
transportation, not to exceed the value of
$150.
"SEC. 210. Retirement: (a) Whenever the
Secretary shall determine that any individual,
60 years or older, included within a certifi-
cate of eligibility issued by the Board is un-
employed as a result of the national trade
policy of the United States and is unable
to find employment because of his advanced
age, the Secretary shall issue a certificate
containing such a finding.
"(b) Section 216 (a) of the Social Security
Act is hereby amended by striking out 'or'
at the end of paragraph (1) thereof; by
striking out the period at the end of para-
graph (2) thereof and inserting in lieu of
such period a comma followed by 'or'; by
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adding after such paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
"'(3) In the case of an individual who
is certified by the Secretary of Labor as un-
employed by reason of the trade policy of
the United States and unable to find em-
ployment because of advanced age, age 60.'
"(c) The amendment made by this section
shall take effect with respect to payments
made for months beginning more than 1
month after the date this act is enacted.
"SEc. 211. Accelerated amortization : Insert
(a) section 168 (e) (2) of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1954 is hereby amended-
"(1) by striking out 'or' at the end of sub-
paragraph (A) thereof, by inserting 'or' at
the end of subparagraph (B) thereof, and
by adding after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing:
"'(C) to develop new or different lines of
production by an eligible business enterprise
of a more balanced economy in an eligible
community,'; and
"(2) by adding after the words 'attributa-
ble to defense purposes' the words 'or the
national trade policy of the United States,
as the case may be.'
"(b) Section 168 (d) of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1954 is hereby amended by add-
ing the following:
"'(3) Eligible business enterprise, com-
munity: For purposes of this section, the
terms "eligible business enterprise" and "eli-
gible community" mean business enterprises
or communities holding certificates of eli-
gibility under the Trade Adjustment Act of
1958.'"
Amend the title so as to read: "An act to
extend the authority of the President to en-
ter into trade agreements under section 350
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, to pro-
vide assistance to communities, industries,
business enterprises, and individuals to fa-
cilitate adjustments made necessary by the
trade policy of the United States, and for
other purposes." -
Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, I
also ask unanimous consent that the
amendments may lie on the desk until the
close of Senate business on Monday, next,
in order that interested Senators may
have the opportunity to add their names
as cosponsors. I shall welcome their
support.
The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob-
jection, the amendments will lie on.the
desk, asrequested by the Senator from
Minnesota.
Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President,
these amendments are a revision of S.
751 and the trade adjustment amend-
ment to H. R. 1, which I had the honor
of submitting in the 84th Congress with
my colleague, the distinguished junior
Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. KEN-
NEDY]. The amendments which I now
send to the desk would add a title to the
Trade Agreements Extension Act. The
new title provides in detail for a program
of adjustment assistance to communities,
enterprises, and individuals who suffer
economic hardship because of the trade
policy of the United States.
Yesterday I submitted another trade
adjustment assistance amendment of a
more general nature, which can be found
on page 9834 of the RECORD. At that
time I stated that I would discuss the
whole subject of trade adjustment as a
part of a general elaboration of my sup-
port for the reciprocal trade program
next week.
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE
30, 1959-AMENDMENT
Mr. THYE. Mr. President, I submit
an amendment intended to be proposed
by me to a supplemental appropriation
bill which may come before the Senate
in the near future. -
My reason for doing so is that it is
proposed to make available in the sup-
plemental appropriation bill the sum of
$685,000 for the international exhibit at
Brussels. I feel we should increase the
appropriations for the Brussels fair.
I visited the fair last week. My obser-
vation was that about many of the ex-
hibits of other countries were found
pamphlets which were distributed free
to visitors. Those pamphlets portrayed
what the exhibitor country was endeav-
oring to present to the visitor.
The Russians were doing a very able
job of publicizing themselves, propa-
gandawise. The United States had no
such free pamphlets. The United States
was missing an opportunity. Most vis-
itors were picking up pamphlets in the
French, Canadian, British, and other
exhibits. They had no such opportunity
in connection with United States ex-
hibits.
We have a magnificent pavilion, a
-magnificent approach, and a very im-
pressive display in many respects, but
we are missing the opportunity to get our
literature into the hands of: those who
visit the fair.
It may be that only one member of a
theliterature when the visitors retui/s
to his home, and perhaps many friejids
in the community will have the privilege
of seeing the literature.
The United States has made a con-
siderable investment in this world's
fair, but it had better invest a little more
and do the job well, rather than do the
job partially.
That is the purpose of my amendment.
I shall speak at greater length on this
question at a later time. I now submit
the amendment for appropriate ref-
erence. -
The VICE PRESIDENT. The amend-
ment will be received, printed, and re-
ferred to the Committee on Appropria-
tions. -
ADDRESSES, EDITORIALS, ARTICLES,
ETC., PRINTED IN THE APPENDIX
- On request, and by unanimous consent,
addresses, editorials, articles, etc., were
ordered to be printed in'the Appendix, as
follows:
By Mr. BEALL:
Commencement day address by Gov.
Theodore.R. McKeldin, Governor of Mary-
land, at the University of Maryland, June
7, 1958.
By Mr. CASE of South Dakota:
Address entitled "Abraham Lincoln," de-
livered by Col. Paul Griffith, on May 3, 1958.
Notes on Department of Defense surplus
commodity housing programs, as of Feb-
ruary 28, 1958.
June 14
By Mr. WILEY:
Letter from Gen. David Sarnoff and ad-
dress delivered by him on the subject Elec-
tronics and Biology.
Excerpts from an article entitled "One-
third of a Billion for Overse: s Relief," from
the current issue of National Council Out-
look.
By Mr. YARBOROUGH:
Editorial entitled "Mr. Adams and Friend,"
published in the Washington Evening Star
of June 13. 1958.
By Mr. BUTLER:
Editorial entitled "Benson Hits Back," pub-
lished in the BaltimoreSun of dune 7, 1958.
By Mr. HUMPHREY:
Editorial entitled "Featherbunking Bill
Might Strangle Shipping on Seaway," pub-
lished in the Milwaukee Journal of June 7,
1958; which will appear herer.fter in the Ap-
pendix.
Editorial entitled "Unwis'e Oil Import
Curb," published in the Minneapolis Star
of June 10, 1958.
By Mr. NEUBERGER,
Editorial entitled "Herman Kenin Will
Serve Union Well," published in the Portland
(Oreg.) Journal of June 9, 1958.
Article entitled "Another 'Earth Custom,"
written by William H. Stringer, and -pub-
lished in the Christian Scie:ace Monitor of
June 12, 1958.
By Mr. MARTIN of Iowa:
News article on the book entitled "The
Strength To Move a Mountain," by Prof. W.
Storrs Lee.
Article entitled "Down in Maryland With
That Sailor Band," written by Maj. Joseph C.
McDonough, United States A .-my, comparing
the curriculums of Annapolis and West
Point.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES SALARY
INCREASE ACT OF 1958
Mr. NEUBERGER. Mr. President, I
was not on the floor of tL.e Senate yes-
terday when the conference report was
agreed to enacting the classified pay bill,
because I was tied up in the Committee
on Public Works which was getting
ready to report the rivers and harbors
bill. Therefore I desire to comment
briefly on the classified pay bill, because
it originally came from our Subcommit-
tee on Federal Employees Compensation,
of which I am chairman. In addition, I
was a member of the conference com-
mittee.
I do not care to duplicate what was
said on the Senate floor by the Senator
from South Carolina [Mr. JOHNSTON],
the chairman of the Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service, or the ranking
minority member of the committee, the
Senator from Kansas [Mr. CARLSON] ;
but I do wish to emphasize the fact that,
in my opinion, one of the greatest ad-
vances accomplished by the passage of
the classified pay bill was the fact that
we retained, within the legislative au-
thorization, the full additional 25 super-
grades provided for the National Insti-
tutes of Health. This amendment was
originally included in the bill several
months ago on my motion, and I am
particularly pleased that the conferees
of both the Senate and the House re-
tained it in the final meas Lire which will
go to President Eisenhower for his sig-
nature. They deserve great credit.
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All of us know that in few fields have tiny point of the equipment aeemed to pick on the National Cancer Institute as con-
incomes risen more than in the medical out her chest and throat. She was receiving trasted with $10 billion on naval vessels, we
profession. I understand that the cost of radiation treatment from a cobalt bomb must keep in mind that it takes $1 million
for deep-seated cancer. The mysterious multiplied 1,000 separate times to amount up
medical care has gone up more in recent Roentgen rays made no sound. to just $1 billion.
years than has nearly any other single Would the treatment be successful? Nor was even the $48 million Investment
phase of the cost of living. This means Would it arrest the deadly march through achieved for the onslaught against cancer
that when the Government has on its her system of malignant cells? Would she without per certain stent and less effort on the
payroll skilled medical researchers, those survive?
men are under compulsion to enter pri- These questions flashed across the inner- When I was a candidate for the Senate in
vate practice, so they can. more ade- most frontier of my mind. Another question 1954, few topics held audiences more atten-
lurked there, too. Would the woman on the tive than my insistence that Federal expendi-
quatelyprovide for their families. Thus, table ever know a moment's peace or con- tures for medical research generally-and in
if the provision for supergrades had not tentment again? During her entire life, be the field of cancer in particular-should be
been concurred in, the National Insti- }t long or short, could she ever spend a fleet- increased many times. I even proposed an
tutes of Health, which are undertaking ing hour free of anxiety and terror? Would ultimate outlay of $1 billion for cancer re-
ent
vital research in such diseases as cancer, each twinge of pain mean that the fatal search aloneed , if necess aary. This state civic
heart disease, blindness, mental disease, killer had returned? was repeat by me trade , The woman on the table was obviously clubs, Eagle Aeries, Grange halls, before vet-
and nd other da nn urgent nglds, would have been younger than my wife or I. What if it had erans' groups, and women's organizations. It
ger oflosingsome of their best been one of us on that table beneath the drew almost universal' support and interest,
and most capable men. cone-the cone from which came the unseen especially when people learned that we were
For example, I have heard of a skilled rays that might mean a reprieve, if only the then spending $63,980,000 on the Inter-
researcher at the National Institutes of malignancy had been detected in time? American Highway and only $24,978,000 on
Health, who is receiving $12,500, who Cold drops of perspiration dotted my fore- cancer research. Was greater knowledge of
mankind's grimmest killer a mere 38 percent
has been assured an annual income of at head as I harbored these thoughts.
least $40,000 if he will resign and enter And yet, I mused how little we actually as urgent as the Inter-American Highway
private practice. We cannot ask men to know about the rampant behavior of cells through distant jungles?
and tissue which men call cancer. The As a newcomer to the Senate, I have served
make such a financial sacrifice when they cobalt bomb was not a certain cure even as a private in the ranks of an all-out attempt
have families to raise and children to though nuclear fission had made it possible. to bolster our attack against the disease
educate. It was a hope-a faint hope, though none- which is nearly the equivalent of a death
Mr. President, I am particularly grati- theless genuine. And as I stood outside the sentence to all afflicted by it. Leaders in
fied and especially pleased that the 25 vault of concrete and lead where the rays this effort were members of both major po-
additional supergrades for the National from a tiny inner cylinder of plutonium were litical parties-LISTER HILL, of Alabama;
Institutes of Health are now a part of working their mission which might mean WARREN G. MAGNUSON, of Washington; and
life or death, I wondered why the richest WAYNE MoRSE, of Oregon, Democrats; and
the bill which will go to the White House, Nation on earth was not investing more of MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Of Maine, and ED-
and which I am satisfied will become law. its effort, resources, and wealth toward the WARD J. THYE, of Minnesota, Republicans.
Mr. CLARK. Mr. President, will the possible liberation of mankind from cancer. Encouragement was received from CARL
Senator yield? Surely few battlefronts could be more cru- HAYDEN, of Arizona, a Democrat, who is
chairman of the Senate Appropriations Com-
yield Mr. to the NEUBERG Senator or I from a Pe happy nnsylVariia. Cancer ciancer is a threat which hangs over us all mittee and has served in Congress ever since
1912.
owas asis admitted to the brUnion ought about
Mr. CLARK. Does my friend agree from the bassinet to the tomb; yet we spend his State
With my suggestion that it was Unfor- far less attempting to solve it than we do, the This bip doubling of Federal funds available for
tunate the House cut back the number of for example, on the fittings for one aircraft carrier of the Forrestal class. cancer research at the National Cancer In-
.
supergrades which the Senate had pro- As the radiologist and I peered through stituteAs, from $24,worked978,to000 to achieve $48,432,this000goal, I
vided, and that inevitably we are going to the narrow window at the young woman on
have to increase the number of super- the table, few things loomed as important thought of the fact that mafl has learned
grades, and increase'the number substan- as cracking the terrible riddle of cancer. All to conquer the air, the waters under the
tially, if we are going to obtain and hold else-politics, money, personal ambition- sea, to ascend Mount Everest, and even to
influence the weather under certain circum-
able people for the Federal service? faded into comparative insignificance, stances. But cancer remains the inexorable
Mr. NEtJBERGER. The Senator from What America needs today is a crash pro- assassin. Neither wealth nor fame nor
Pennsylvania could not be more correct. gram of medical research. It should be a program proportionate to the $40 , billion power can stay its ravages. It killed valiant
H.
We have only 1,300 or 1,400 supergrades, which we seem able to spend annually on Babe Didriksen Zaharias, Senator Arthur H Vandenberg, Senator Robert A. Taft, John P.
in a total payroll of about 2 million. It is weapons of war. What war, after all, can eenbeS na of the r timber hrpo-
becoming increasingly difficult for the compare with that against cancer, heart dis- Wyer and ser, Jr.,
many others who still had much
Federal Government to compete with ease, mental disturbances, and other sinister ration,
contribute to American who h.
the industry. financial allure offered by mMike Gorman, g43-mankind? year-old executive di- Although a crash program of medical re-
in private industry. rector of the National Mental Health Com- search into the ominous roots of cancer
-conclusion, to Mr. have President, printed I in the ask mittee, points out that, despite its inade- would come too late to prolong their lives,
unanimous consent support from governmental appropria- perhaps it might help to spare the cancer
RECORD an article I wrote for the Febru- tions, medical research during the past dec- victims of a later generation-in our own
the world. Mercy
airy 1957 number of Eagle magazine, en- ade has added 5 years to the life expectancy country
knows no and national ere in in the.
titled "'Crash Program' for Health," of the average American. Translated into MAGARor CHASE SMITH, only woman Mem-
Which emphasizes the strategic role earning capacity alone, the people whose ber of the Senate, effectively emphasized the
prolonged
ums which we spend on
t
f
h
t
e s
proportiona
played by the National Institutes O
o timesas
sev
much into the Treasury In dis Health in trying to move back the iron- e nal income taxes as has been invested frivolities and on grappling with the most
P es plaguing the human race.
tiers against the most deadly diseases I the United States Public Health Service. dreadful diseas plaguing, mankind, d adds this further heartening Senator LISTER HILL, chairman of the Ap-
Gorman Subcommittee handling health
There being no objection, the article /note:
was ordered to be pri t in the RECORD, "In an age when the Communists and their funds, insisted^ that-top salaries in Public
outnumber the forces of the free Health Service laboratories be increased from
Mit
es
n nds
an
o
p
has bolstered our == ?-- upon the quality of the atau, att ~c (By RICHARD L. NEUBERGER, United States increased our productive strength. It has HILL
.
Senator from Oregon) reduced immeasurably the tragic toll Of during our discussion of
"Give me health and a day, and I will human suffering." Furthermorehealth appropriations , du in on the Senate floor,
make the pomp of emperors ridiculous." Yet we in the Congress, as well as the public Senator HILL m on that the Senate loor
-Ralph Waldo Emerson. at large, still think in pygmy terms with re-assured e With one of America's most famous female spect to combat against disease. Unhesi- funds for cancer research were not a goal
radiologists at my side, I looked through the tatingly, we will spend billions for tanks or in and of themselves but simply part of an
slit-like glass' window which had been battleships or bombing planes. By contrast, onward march which must continue.
niched in concrete walls 30 inches thick. we are stingy with mere millions when sick- Partly because of the great impetus for an
,'Beneath a great cone-shaped apparatus, a ness Is the enemy, rather than a foreign foe. all-out program in the realm of malignant ases like cancer
The States Government o spsp ending $48 million by ethe Government for resethe fiscal year enditures
darkened. covered
arch hern body. on The room bathrobe
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1957 also have been vastly expanded in other
fields. The National Institutes of Health,
located in Bethesda, Md., are now in the
midst of their most active 12-month period.
Note this contrast in all major classes of
appropriations.
General operating expenses-...
$5,920 ' -000
$11
922
000
National Cancer Institute..- --
24, 978,000
,
,
48
432
000
Mental health Institute-->_._
18, 001, 000
,
,
35
197
000
National Heart Institute______
18, 898, 000
,
,
33
396
000
Dental Health Institute------_
2,176, 000
,
,
6
020
000
Artbrltic disease activities--_--
10,840,000
,
,
15
885
000
Microbiology activities _______-
7, 775,000
,
,
13
299
000
Neurology and blindness di-
sease activities----__------
91861,000
,
,
18, 650, 000
Total
182, 807,000
Thus, United States Government expendi.
tures for medical research have been In-
creased 85 percent in one year. Even teeth
and gums had participated in the advance.
Yet is this disbursement enough?
In Washington, D. C., our residence has
been next door to that of Dr. Leonard A.
Scheele, a tall 49-year-old man who recently
retired as surgeon General of the Public
Health Service. One sultry evening, seated
in our patio ovgr coffee and cake, I asked my
neighbor: "Leonard, what is probably the
maximum amount of money which the Na-
tional Cancer institute could spend in one
year for research and study, if given reason-
able notice in advance."
The Surgeon General pondered for a mo-
ment. "Half a billion dollars," he answered.
"What would be the usefulness of that
quantity of money?" I asked.
"You would be certain that you could carry
on your program from year to year without
delay or interruption," Dr. Scheele replied.
"Your top doctors and scientists would know
their continued employment, at fair and ade-
quate pay, was assured. They would not be
tempted to break off their work to enter
lucrative private practice. In addition, you
could follow every possible lead or hope, no
matter how remote or elusive it might seem.
You would not have to budget so carefully
and pursue only the most promising discov-
eries. In a war, the military often overspends
because it might be fatal to the country to
underspend. We could do that in the area
of cancer research if we had a billion dollars
or even half a billion dollars at our disposal."
The sums which n. Cnhnnl
June 14
share in such.a responsibility? We would hospital beds in the United States are re-
scoff if some official in our town proposed quired for mentally dis-9urbed men and
thatthe fire department be entirely reliant women, and that even these are not enough?
on voluntary contributions. Yet which Is On the Senate floor I pointed out that a1-
the more imminent menace to the average most 21/2 times as many people died of cancer
person, fire or cancer? Ask a cancer suf- during World War II as we.,e killed in action
ferer.
Although I have been a legislator at both
the State and national level, I still am un-
able to fathom the legislative mind when
it comes to this vital human problem. Such
famous Senators as Taft, Vandenberg, and
Wherry have been fatally stricken by cancer.
Yet the Senate will move with alacrity to
vote $4 billion for B-52 bombing planes,
but it can cavil over barely more than 1
percent of this for cancer research. We
will apropriate limitlessly to combat the foe
we can visualize, whether it be the Soviets,
Nazis, or Imperial Japanese. But stinginess
and hesitancy cloud the picture when the
enemy is an insidious disease which strikes
silently and invisibly, but nonetheless mur-
derously.
As a member of Oregon's House of Repre-
sentatives, my wife had to struggle for al-
most 4 months to persuade her colleagues
to vote a trifling $80,000 for pilot courses
aimed at rehabilitating retarded children.
The lack of trained teachers and classes for
these unfortunate youngster brings heart-
ache to thousands of families. It also dooms
the children to lives of public dependency
and helplessness. Skilled teaching can en-
able them to read, to play happily, to feed
themselves, maybe even to work at a trade.
Yet Mrs. Neuberger, herself a former-teacher
of physical education, found the legislature
quicker to appropriate $150 million for roads
and highways than a tiny fraction of this
in all our farflung battles over the face of
the world. Furthermore, in 1 year cancer
killed nearly 10 times the dumber of Ameri-
cans who were killed in action throughout
3-years of the war in Korea.
Medical research has begun to unlock some
strategic doors. - The Salk antipolio vaccine
is a sample of what prolonged and well-
financed medical research can accomplish.
The vaccine is not perfect, but it provides
children with 70 to 90 percent protection
against the crippling havoc of infantile par-
alysis. We take for granted today such anti-
biotics as penicillin, stre atomycin, terra-
mycin, and aureomycin. Al' are the products
of medical research. They have helped to re-
duce the death rate from tu:,erculosis 73 per-
cent, from kidney disease 60 percent,
from pneumonia 43 percent. As a re-
sult, the life expectancy of the average
American increased from an age of 60 in the
year 1937 to 68.8 by 1953. Phenomenal new
discoveries with respect to the fat content
of diets may contribute towferd cutting down
fatal heart disease in the decade ahead.
These developments, it seems to me, are
overwhelming arguments for vast expendi-
tures In medical research. What can be
more important than huma:i happiness and
human life? These are geared directly to
good health. For a country spending $40
billion a year for armaments there is no sum
too high to invest in the well-being of its
citizens. I still recall what my wire
One night during the 1953 legislative ses- rive, said to. me when she w is fighting for a
sion, when her retarded-children bill lan- paltry $80,000 in the Oregon Legislature, to
guished in committee, she said to me &s spend in behalf of retarded little children.
perately, "It's easier to get funds for inani- "The beasts of the field on my mother's
mate objects than for human beings. It farm will do anything for their young," she
hardly seems possible that human beings do said. "Can we look the neit generation of
the voting on these appropriations." human beings in the face if we have not done
Yet this mental block on the part of legis- everything possible for them in the vital
lators may be waning. Under the leadership area of sound bodies and medical care?"
of
an Eagle Congressman from Rhode Island,
JOHN E. FOGARTY, Congress has just allocated
over $2 million for programs aimed at re-
habilitating retarded children. Another goal
of the program is to try to discover why some
children have congenital defects which ren-
cussed may loom as fantastic. But are they? faction ever set aside for such a purpose.e In
Americans spend over $15 billion a year on his campaign for the children's funds, Repre-
liquor and tobacco. They even spend $280 sentative FOGARTY had the active and fervent
million for chewing gum and $116 million support of a fellow Rhode Island colleague,
for shampoos. Why not twice as much for Congressman. AIMS J. FORAND. Mr. FozAND
cancer research as for gum? is likewise a faithful member of the Eagles.
Whenever Iurge a vast increase in Federal Slowly but inevitably, Americans are com-
funds for medical research, people invariably ing to realize that every dollar invested in
inq>Aire about the sums raised for this pur- medical research can be amortized In longer,
pose by voluntary agencies. "Don't they happier, and healthier lives.
do the job?" is the perennial question. Some of this understanding is due to the
The voluntary agencies do a magnificent leadership of a remarkable and attractive
job. In 1954, for example, the American Can- woman named Mary Lasker. She has used
cer Society collected $21,670,000 in private the fortune inherited from her late husband
contributions and the Damon Runyon Cancer to encourage study of the ailments which
Fund an additional $1,751,000. Organiza cripple and kill people. The Albert and
tions such as the Eagles, the Veterans of Mary Lasker Foundation gives substantial
Foreign Wars, the AFL-CIO, and others have awards each year for achievements in the
helped generously toward this- private total area of psychiatric and medical research.
of over $23 million. Yet only $7,189,000 of Writers and journalists, for example, are re-
the private donations were allocated for re- warded for outstanding contributions on
search. The rest had to go-and properly these topics. Mrs. Lasker also helps to sup-
so-for the treatment of pitiful and agoniz- port such projects as the National Mental
ing cancer cases in families lacking sufficient Health, Committee and the New York Memo-
financial resources for their care. It is ob- rial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases.
vious, therefore, that the Government must Each of us sees illness only as 'an isolated
carry on the major responsibility In cancer occurrence. It may happen to us or to a
research, or it will not be carried on at loved one. This is tragic, but we still do not
all. see how it affects America as a whole. How
Research into all potentially fatal diseases, many realize that mental sickness deprived
and particularly cancer, is one avenue for our Armed Forces of over 2,500,000 young
liberating mankind from a grim fear and a men in the prime of life during World War
painful reality. Should not our Government II? Are we aware that more than half the
THE RECIPROCAL TF',ADE BILL
Mr. PROXMIRE. Mr. P_ -esident, when
I arrived in my office this morning I
found on my desk the following tele-
gram:
Please reply my wire June 11 advising your
stand on Reciprocal Trade Act extension.
Unless this bill is defeated fa the Senate I
promise you that I will do everything in my
power to see that you are not reelected to
the Senate. We want Senators who work
for the best interests of the American people
and not foreign countries.
Geo. M. GRADY.
I made a reply this morning to Mr.
Grady, as follows: -
In reply to your wire promising that you
will do everything in your power to defeat
me fOr reelection unless the r iciprocal-trade
bill is defeated in the Senate, my answer to
you is: I accept your challenge gladly. I will
vote for the reciprocal-trad,> bill. I will
work hard to secure its enactment, i wel-
come your all-out opposition. I am reading
your telegram to the Senate to lay as a prime
example of attempted intimidation by those
who oppose a program that has been specifl-
cally requested by President Eh;enhower, Vice
Presidents NIXON, as well as top Democratic
leaders. The evidence is overwhelming that
freer trade will greatly help Wisconsin as
well as America. More jobs, more prosperous
business throughout Wisconsin and a greater
chance for peace throughout the World are
the fruits of free trade.
WILLIAM Pa)XMIRE,
United States Senator.
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committee's proposals would relieve unions
of this obligation, and would instead force
local members to go to Washington to
obtain such information.
Certainly one of the most distin-
guished members of the Committee on
Labor and Public Welfare, the Senator
from Kentucky [Mr. COOPER], recognized
the loophole and was successful in hav-
ing adopted an amendment which he
offered. So again Secretary Mitchell
was right.
The Secretary continued:
The legislative proposals reported by the
committee give certain duties and enforce-
ment obligations to the Secretary of Labor,
but they provide the Secretary with inade-
quate powers to properly discharge his re-
sponsibilities. For instance, the proposals
would require the Secretary to make in-
vestigations and inspect books and records
of unions when he has "probable cause" to
believe that anyone had violated the law.
However, the Secretary is denied the power
to compel testimony, hold hearings, or to
issue subpenas for persons or records, and
he appears further to be subject to injunc-
tive processes which would impair and
hinder him from carrying out even the lim-
ited authority the bill provides.
Mr. President again the Senator from
Kentucky [Mr. COOPER], a hard-working,
diligent member of the Committee on
Labor and Public Welfare, recognized the
truth of the Secretary's statement when
he offered an amendment which would
close the loophole, and was instrumen-
tal in having it adopted. So, again, the
Secretary of Labor was correct.
I read further from the Secretary's
statement:
Other serious deficiencies in the commit-
tee's proposals include the destruction of the
present rights of union members to seek
State and Federal court relief to enforce
their democratic rights; the continuation of
a no-man's land between State and Federal
labor laws which denies legal protection to
thousands of workers; and the relaxation
and in some cases total destruction of the
present legal protections provided union
members.
Mr. President, one might argue that
there is a provision in the Kennedy bill
which purports to take care of that situa-
tion; but it takes care of it in liberal
fashion, by turning over the jurisdiction
to the Federal Government, instead of
letting the authority rest with the States,
where we who believe in States rights
think it should rest. But today, I feel
certain, an amendment will be offered
which will take care of that deficiency
in the bill.
I shall not comment on the next two
paragraphs of the Secretary's statement,
because I do not believe either the dis-
tinguished senior Senator from New York
or the distinguished junior Senator from
Massachusetts found fault with them.
In conclusion, I think it was disclosed
yesterday that the Secretary of Labor
not only was right in his opinions of the
bill, but that he was following his duty as
Secretary of Labor in pointing out de-
ficiencies in the bill. In one day, I sug-
gest, almost all the deficiencies which
were called to the attention of the Senate
by the Secretary of Labor were recog-
nized by the Senate and were corrected.
I apologize for taking so much of the "'(f) The Director of the Administrative
time of the Senate to make the RECORD I Office of the United States Courts is author-
clear in respect to the feelings both of ized to place a total of four positions in
the Secretary of Laborand myself, grade 17 of the General Schedule. Such
positions shall be in?addition to the number
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES SALARY IN-
CREASE ACT OF 1958-CONFER-
ENCE REPORT ,
Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Presi-
dent, a very important conference re-
port which affects more than 1 million
persons is-ready, and awaits our action.
I wish to state that the distinguished
chairman, Mr. JOHNSTON of South Caro-
lina, and the ranking minority member,
Mr. CARLSON, of the Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service have done an
excellent job in bringing the conference
report to us.
The Senate must act first. The
action has been long delayed. I am in-
formed that it will probably take less
than 5 minutes to dispose of the con-
ference report, which is a highly privi-
leged matter.
Therefore, I ask unanimous consent
that the conference report be laid be-
fore the Senate; and, when that is done,
I ask the distinguished chairman of the
committee, the senior Senator from
South Carolina, to make a brief state-
ment in explanation of the report, and
1 also ask the ranking minority mem-
ber of the Post Office. and Civil Service
Committee, the distinguished Senator
from Kansas [Mr. CARLSON] to make a
statement on the report.
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
Mr. President, I submit a report of the
committee of conference on the disagree-
ing votes of the two Houses on the
amendments of the Senate to the amend-
ment of the House to the bill (S. 734)
to revise the basic compensation sched-
ules of the Classification Act of 1949, as
amended, and for other purposes. I ask
unanimous consent for the immediate
consideration'of the report.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
report will be read for the information
of the Senate.
The legislative clerk read the report,
as follows:
The committee of conference on the dis-
agreeing votes of the two Houses on the
amendments of the Senate to the amend-
ment of the House to the bill (S. 734) en-
titled "An Act to revise the basic com-
pensation schedules of the Classification Act
of 1949, as amended, and for other purposes",
having met, after full and free conference,
have agreed to recommend and do recom-
mend to their respective Houses as follows:
Amendment Numbered 1: That the Senate
recede from its amendment numbered 1.
Amendments Numbered 2, 3, 4, 8, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, and' 13: That the House recede
from its disagreement to the amendments
of the Senate numbered 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, and 13, and argee to the same.
Amendment Numbered 5: That the House
recede from its disagreement to the amend-
ment of the Senate numbered 5 and agree
to the same with an amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted
by the Senate amendment insert the follow-
ing:
"SEC. 10. Section 505 of the Classification
Act of 1949, as amended (5 U. S. C. 1105), is
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new subsections:
grade by subsection (b).
"'(g) The Commissioner of -Immigration
and Naturalization is authorized to place a
total of eleven positions in grade 17 of the
General Schedule. Such positions shall be
in addition to the number of positions au-
thorized to be placed in such grade by sub-
section (b).
"'(h) In any case in which, subsequent
to February 1, 1968, provisions are included
in a general appropriation Act authorizing
an agency of the Government to place ad-
ditional positions in grade 16, 17, or 18, the
total number of positions authorized by this
section to be placed in such grades shall,
unless otherwise expressly provided, be
deemed to have been reduced by the number
of positions authorized by such provisions
to be placed in such grades. Such reduction
shall be deemed to have occurred in the fol-
lowing order: first, from any number specifi-
cally authorized for such agency under this
section, and second, from the maximum
number of positions authorized to be placed
in such grades under subsection (b) irre.
spective of the agency to which such posi-
tions are allocated.
"'(1) Appointments to positions in grades
16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule shall
be made only upon approval by the Civil Serv-
ice Commission of the qualifications of the
proposed appointees, except that this sub-
section shall not apply to those positions-
"'(1) provided for in subsection (e) of this
section;
"'(2) to which appointments are made by
the President alone or by the President by
and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate; and
"'(3) for which the compensation is paid
from (A) appropriations for the Executive
Office of the President under the headings
"The White House Office", "Special Projects",
"Council of Economic Advisers", "National
Security Council", "Office of Defense Mobili-
zation", and "President's Advisory Committee
on Government Organization", or (B) funds
appropriated to the President under the
heading "Emergency Fund for the President,
National Defense" by the General Govern-
ment Matters Appropriation Act, 1959, or any
subsequent Act making appropriations for
such purposes.'
"SEc. 11. (a) Section 505 (b) of the Cla*si-
fication Act of 1949, as amended, is amended
by striking out 'twelve hundred and twenty-
six' and inserting 'fifteen hundred and thir-
teen', by striking out 'three hundred and
twenty-nine' and inserting 'four hundred and
one', and by striking out 'one hundred and
thirty' and inserting 'one hundred and fifty-
nine'.
"(b) Section 505 (e) of such Act Is amend-
ed by striking out'thirty-seven' and inserting
in lieu thereof 'seventy-five'.
"SEd. 12. (a) The first section of the Act
of August 1, 1947 (Public Law 313, Eightieth
Congress), as amended, is amended by strik-
ing out 'one hundred and twenty' and
'twenty-five' in subsection (a) and inserting
In lieu thereof `two hundred and ninety-two'
and 'fifty', respectively.
"(b) Such section Is further amended by
striking out 'thirty' in subsection (b) and
inserting in lieu thereof 'ninety'.
"(c) Such section is further amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new
subsections:
"'(d) The Secretary of the Interior is au-
thorized to establish and fix the compensa-
tion for not more than five scientific or pro-
fessional positions in the Department of the
Interior, each such position being established
to effectuate those research and develop-
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ment functions of such Department which
require the services of specially qualified
personnel.
'(e) The Secretary of Agriculture is au-
thorized to establish and fix the compensa-
tion for not more than five scientific or pro-
fessional positions in the Department of Ag-
riculture, each such position being estab-
lished to effectuate those research and de-
velopment functions of such Department
which require the services of specially quali-
fied personnel.
"(f) The Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare is authorized to establish and
fix the compensation for not mere than
five scientific or professional positions in
the Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare, each such position being established
to effectuate those research and development
functions of such Department which re-
quire the services of specially qualified
personnel.
"'(g) The Secretary of Commerce is au-
thorized to establish and fix the compensa-
tion for not more than 25 scientific or pro-
fessional positions in the Department of
Commerce, of which not less than five shall
be for the UnitedStates Patent Office in its
examining and related activities, each such
position being established to effectuate those
research and development functions of such
Department which require the services of
specially qualified personnel.
"'(h) In any case in which, subsequent to
February 1, 1958, provisions are included in
a general appropriation Act authorizing an
agency of the Government referred to in this
Act to establish and fix the compensation
of scientific or professional positions simi-
lar to those authorized by this Act, the num-
ber of such positions authorized by this Act
shall, unless otherwise expressly provided,
be deemed to have been reduced by the num-
ber of positions authorized by the provi-
sions of such appropriation Act.'
"(d) Section 3 of such act is amended
by inserting after 'Secretary of Defense' a
comma and the following: 'the Secretary of
the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture,
the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of
Health, Education, and Welfare,' and by
inserting after 'Military Establishment' a
comma and the following: 'the Department
of the Interior, the Department of Agricul-
ture, the Department of Commerce, the De-
partment of Health, Education, and Welfare,'.
"(e) Section 208 (g) of the Public Health
Service Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 210 (g) ),
is amended by striking out 'sixty positions'
and inserting in lieu thereof 'eighty-five po-
sitions, of which not less than seventy-three
shall be for the National Institutes of
Health'.
"(f) The annual rate of basic compensa-
tion of the position of Chief Postal Inspector
in the Post Office Department shall be
$19,000.
"SEC. 13. (a) (1) Clause (2) of that para-
graph of section 602 of the Classification Act
of 1949, as amended (5 U. S. C. 1112), which
defines the level of difficulty and responsi-
bility of work in grade - 5 of the General
Schedule (GS-5) is amended to read as
follows: - -
"'(2) to perform, under-immediate super-
vision, and with little opportunity for the
exercise of independent judgment, simple
and elementary work requiring professional,
scientific, or technical training: or'.
"(2) Clause (2) of that paragraph of the
same section which defines the level of diffi-
culty and responsibility of work in grade 7
of the General Schedule (GS-7) is amended
to read as follows: -
"'(2) under immediate or general super-
vision, to perform somewhat difficult work
requiring (A) professional, scientific, or
technical training, and (B) to a limited ex-
tent, the exercise of independent technical
judgment; or'.
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'!(b) The Civil Service Commission shall ment in the upper levels of the Post Office
exercise its authority to issue such standards field schedule, thereby giving all Federal
or regulations as may be necessary for the employees equal treatment. That pro-
administration of subsection (a) of this sec- vision, and also the one to which I re-
tion. Sse. 14. It is the sense of the Congress ferred a few moments ago-that dealing
that appropriations for cooperative agricul- with the scientific positions-were re-
tural extension work and appropriations for quested by the administration.
payments to State agricultural experiment Mr. President, the conference agree-
stations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, ment provides a proper increase, and
1958, should include additional amounts accords all employees equal treatment.
sufficient of the e compensation to providempensation of f persons increases ns s emtheploy portion The report, as agreed to by all the con-
such t pd in such work or by such stations, which is paid ferees, is good, fair, and long overdue.
from such appropriations, corresponding to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
the increases provided for employees under question is on agreeing to the report.
this Act." Mr. BY-RD. Mr. President, will the
And the Senate agree to the same.
OLIN D. JOHNSTON,
MIKE MONRONEY,
DICK NEUBERGER,
FRANK CARLSON,
WILLIAM E. JENNER,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
TOM MURRAY,
JAMES H. MORRISON,
JAMES C. DAVIS,
EDWARD H. REES,
Senator from South Carolina yield to
me?
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina, I
yield.
Mr. BYRD. I should like to ask the
Senator from South Carolina the cost
of the retroactive provision. As I under-
stand, this measure will be retroactive
so far as it concerns the civil service
employees, those 1 t the legislative
ROBERT J. CORBETT, branch, aftd those in the judicial branch.
Managers on the Part of the House. Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. That is correct.
JACKSON in the chair). Is there objec- Mr. BYRD. What will the extra cost?
tion to the present consideration of the Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
report? It will be five-twelfths of the annual
There being no objection, the Senate cost of the bill, or approximately $200
proceeded to consider the report. million. But both Houses had previous-
Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Presi- ly passed on that pro vision, as the Sen-
dent, as I understand, the conference ator from Virginia knows, so it was not
report is a unanimous one. before the conferees.
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina. Mr. BYRD. Is not the Senator from
That is correct. . South Carolina mistaken as to. the
Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. I yield to amount? Certainly, the cost for 5
the Senator from South Carolina, months will be considerably larger than
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina. the amount he has stated; would it be
Mr. President, I am certainly glad to re- closer to $500 million?
port that the conference report on Sen- Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
ate bill 734, the classified pay bill, is a No; the total cost for 1 year is that
unanimous report, amount; and the cost of the retroactive
The conference agreement accepts in provision will be five-twelfths of that.
principle the bill as amended and passed Mr. BYRD. The Senator from South
by the Senate only a few days ago. Carolina handled the original bill. What
Major modifications of that bill, as was the justification for making the in-
agreed to in conference, are as follows: crease effective as or January 1958?
First, the conference agreement Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
gives professional and scientific person- The justification was that these em-
nel, whose positions have been up-graded ployees should have received the in-
by Civil Service Commission action, the crease then, instead of later this year.
full amount of the increase provided by My BYRD. That is the Senator's
the bill. opinion?
Second, the number of supergrades Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina,
and high level professional and scien- Yes. .
tific positions authorized by the Senate Mr. BYRD. Congress did not enact
version of the bill are reduced by ap- the bill then; but the conference report
proximately one-half. would require that the increase be made
Third, the conference agreement ac- effective as of 5 months ago.
cepts a number of clarifying and per- Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
fecting amendments which were adopted The Senator from Virginia will recall
by the Senate. - that last year the Congress passed the
In brief, this measure provides an pay increase bill, but the President
across-the-board 10 percent increase to vetoed it.
employees in the executive branch, the Mr. BYRD. So the bill did not then -
legislative branch, and the judicial / become a law.
branch. Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
The increase is retroactive to the first That is true.
pay period beginning on or after January - Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I wish to
1 of this year. express my opposition to retroactive
Of course, that provision was not be- salary increases. I think that is a very
fore the conferees, inasmuch as both bad policy. I am now advised that the
Houses had already passed favorably on retroactive pay features in the classified
that feature. bill will cost $260 million; that the retro-
In addition to the employees men- active features in the postal pay act will
tioned, this measure provides an adjust- cost $118 million; and that the military
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pay bill will be effective for 1 month scientific personnel, particularly, could to reduce by about 50 percent the num-
in fiscal year 1958. The cost of this bill receive double their present salaries if ber of supergrade positions which had
for June will be approximately $50 mil- they were to leave the Government serv- been requested by the executive branch
lion. The total cost of ' what may be ice and enter private employment. I of.the Government, and which were re-
regarded as retroactive features in pay believe that this bill is a good Govern- ported by the Senate committee and
legislation thus far in the current ses- ment bill, and that its adoption will in- passed by the Senate. I wish to state
sion of Congress will be in excess of crease the morale and efficiency of the I regret that it was necessary to do that,
$425 million. I shall cast my vote Government service. because I firmly believe the executive
against the conference report. Therefore, Mr. President, I believe our branch of the Government needs a num-
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina ~.
stood that the conferees' hands were
tied, insofar as the retroactive feature
was concerned, because that provision
was contained in both the House of
Representatives version and the Senate
version of the bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
question is on agreeing to the conference
report.
Mr. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President,
will the Senator from South Carolina
yield to me?
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina. I
yield.
Mr. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President,
I wish to commend the conferees for the
fine work they have done on this
measure.
As a member of the Committee on
Post Office and Civil Service, I can state
from my personal knowledge that both
the distinguished chairman of the com-
mittee, Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina,
and its ranking minority memeber, the
Senator from Kansas [Mr. CARLSON],
worked for many months on this
measure. The committee received testi-
mony over a period of many weeks.
I particularly wish to congratulate the
conferees for extending the 10-percent
salary increase to scientific personnel,
inasmuch as the testimony showed that
the Government was losing some of its_
very valuable scientific employees who
are engaged in some of the most critical
governmental work; and included among
them are Navy personnel who are en-
gaged, In underwater sound research at
the Philadelphia Navy Laboratory and
also personnel who are engaged in re-
search work in various places, including
both Army and Navy research work at
Governors Island. Many other critical
programs of the Government are af-
fected. It is obvious that the continued
loss of service of such valuable scien-
tific personnel in programs of that kind
has a very direct bearing on the efficiency
or lack of efficiency of the national-de-
fense eff ort.
I believe the testimony which has been.
received shows clearly that the salary
increases provided by the conference re-
port are modest, as compared to the pay
increases which have been provided by
private employers throughout the
country.
I believe the increases provided by the
report will help answer the problem of
how to persuade personnel of ambition
and ability to continue in the Govern-
ment service, rather than to leave.it and
enter private employment.
One million and thirty thousand Gov-,
ernment employees are covered by this
measure; and the evidence received by
the committee shows, that virtually all
of them are faithful and loyal, and many
of them are highly dedicatde. The tes-
timony also shows that many of the
on the part of the Senate for their very There are 2 million Federal employees,
fine and speedy work, In fact, I think
our thanks are particularly due to them
because the conference report is a unani-
mous one on the part of all the con-
ferees.
In conclusion, let me say that I have
enjoyed very much the privilege of serv-
ing on the Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service under the excellent leader-
ship of the distinguished senior Senator
from South Carolina [Mr. JOHNSTON].
I am for these salary increases, and have
supported this measure since before my
election to the Senate. I have supported
it with diligence in the committee and
urge its adoption.
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
Mr. President, I thank the Senator from
Texas, not only for the statement he has
made, but also for the very fine work he
has done as a member of the committee.
As he recalls, in the course of the hear-
ings we ascertained that private firms
and corporations throughout the coun-
try have increased the salaries of their
employees by about twice the 10-percent
increase which, as a result of the enact-
ment of this measure, will be made in the
salaries of these Government employees.
Mr. CARLSON. Mr. President, I am
pleased that this morning there has been
laid before the Senate the conference
report which provides for a 10-percent
pay increase for the classified employees
of the Federal Government. I am also
pleased that the report is a unanimous
one.
Furthermore, when this bill was con-
sidered by the Senate, I stated that what-
ever pay increase the Senate voted for
the postal employees I would insist also
be provided for the classified employees.
The pending report includes that very
provision.
I should also like to state that at this
session the Congress has taken the same
action in regard to increasing the pay of
the retired employees or annuitants who
formerly were employed in the Federal
civil service.
So the Congress has-to the credit of
the distinguished chairman of our com-
mittee-handled three rather 'difficult,
rather controversial bills, in dealing with
pay legislation for the postal employees,
the classified employees, and the retired
Federal employees or annuitants. The
postal-pay legislation was particularly
difficult, because it carried with it a pos-
tal-rate increase. Our committee has
labored literally for years, and certainly
all of last year and a great portion of this
one, on these three bills.
Therefore, Mr. President, I am pleased
that today we have brought a unani-
mous conference report to the Senate.
I should like to refer to 1 or 2 items
in the conference report. In order to
come to an agreement, we were forced
and presently there are about 1,300 su-
pergrade positions. No private employer,
no business would operate with that-per-
centage of top administrative or execu-
tive positions.
The executive branch of the Govern-
ment had asked for 568 additional super-
grade positions, and 555 additional pro-
fessional-scientific positions. As I stated,
we were forced to reduce that number
by practically 50 percent, in order to
arrive at an agreement.
I regard this action as an unduly re-
strictive attitude toward the establish-
ment of badly needed positions. I regret
that such action was necessary to reach
a conference agreement.
Like the chairman of the committee,
I shall look forward to further requests
from the departments; and, if the de-
partments can justify their requests, we
hope to establish such positions in other
legislation.
The second point r wish to make is
that when the Committee on Post Of-
fice and Civil Service does not act to
create new supergrade positions, the
Appropriations Committee from time to
time includes in its bills increases in the
number of supergrade positions. I see
present on the floor the distinguished
Senator from Florida LMr. HOLLAND],
who this week handled the Department
of Commerce appropriation bill. In it
were provided 20 new- supergrade posi-
tions. If the Committee on Post Office
and Civil Service does not act in the
matter, then the only way a department
can get the positions it needs is through
the action of the Appropriations Com-
mittee. That not only is a poor way to
legislate, but it is unfair to our com-
mittee. I hope that it will not be nec-
essary for the Appropriations Committee
to provide supergrade positions, and
that the Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service will be permitted to handle
such matters.
I wish- to refer to the section of the
bill which provides the Civil Service
Commission shall check on the appoint-
ments to positions in grades 16, 17, and
18 in the General Schedule, regarding
what we call positions outside the civil-
service classification. We wrote into the
bill a provision requiring the Civil Serv-
ice Commission approval of appointees
to GS 16, 17, and 18 positions. I sin-
cerely hope the Commission will keep in
mind that this will not be the start of
a program whereby the executive branch
will be limited to appointments without
regard to the type of persons they need.
and have to secure them through the
Civil Service Commisison. The execu-
tive branch must have and should have
some leeway in making appointments to
administrative and executive positions
Mr. President, I am happy the three
bills to which I have referred have
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passed. I know they will result in great
benefit to all Government employees and
to retired employees. It has been a
pleasure to have been associated with
this legislation.
Mr. SYMINGTON. Mr. President, the
lead and zinc mining industry in my
State-
Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Presi-
dent, will the Senator from Missouri de-
fer his statement? The Senator, from
Ohio [Mr. LAUSCHE] wants to speak on
the conference report, which will affect
about 1 million persons. We would like
to have it acted on.
Mr. SYMINGTON. I yield to the Sen-
ator from Ohio.
Mr. LAUSCHE. Mr. President, I un-
derstand that pending before the Senate
is the conference report on the classified
Federal employees' wage increase bill.
When that bill was originally acted upon
by the Senate I indicated in the RECORD
that if there had been a yea and nay vote
I would have cast my vote in the negative.
I did so on the basis that the President's
original recommendation was that the
pay increase should be limited to 6 per-
cent. Then there was a feeling that the
pay increase would be fixed at 71/2 per-
cent. It finally was pushed up to 10 per-
cent and beyond. I,now understand that
out of the conference has come a recom-
mendation that, in substance at least,
the pay increase should be 10 percent.
I cannot subscribe to that recommen-
dation. I cannot do so because of the
fact that the 10 percent wage increase
fixed by the Senate will be used as an
index throughout the country in the
making of demands for increased wages,
and thus contribute to the unbearable
inflation from which we are suffering.
We in the Congress will be setting the
index. We will be declaring that a 10
percent wage increase is justifiable.
I desire to repeat what I said when the
bill was voted upon. The dollar today is
worth only 48 cents. We have a $280 bil-
lion debt. We shall have a $3 billion
deficit in 1958. If we keep moving in.the
direction we have been moving, there will
be a $10 billion deficit in 1959.
Those who have bonds or who receive
annuities or retirement payments can sit
at home and look, and while they are
doing so they will see the savings they
have built up dwindling before their very
eyes.
Inflation is one of the menaces facing
our country. I do not think Congress
should, by example, give word to labor
leaders and to industrialists : "Keep
pumping up your prices. The public will
Pay."
Mr. CURTIS. Mr. President, will the
Senator yield?
Mr. LAUSCHE. I understand there
will be a voice vote on the conference re-
port. I shall vote against the recom-
mendation of the conferees.
Mr. SYMINGTON. I yield to the Sen-
ator from Nebraska.
Mr. CURTIS, Mr. President, I wish
to say to the Senator from Ohio that I
am in accord with what he has said. I
think percentagewise the pay raise can-
not be justified. The retroactive fea-
tures also raise some very serious ques-
tions.
In all this spending, we are not spend-
ing our own money; we are not spending
the money of this generation's taxpay-
ers; we are spending money which will
have to be raised by somebody else.
I appreciate the remarks of the Sen-
ator f om Ohio.
Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Presi-
dent, I ask unanimous consent that at
the conclusion of action on the confer-
ence report the Senator from Missouri
[Mr. SYMINGTON] be recognized.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there
objection? Without objection, it is so
ordered.
Mr. LAUSCHE. Mr. President, I wish
to supplement the statement which I
made. I, too, feel that the retroactive
feature of the bill is not sound, and I
state for the RECORD that in 10 years in
the governor's office in Ohio I saw no
semblance of retroactive features such
as I have witnessed in the bills passed by
Congress. Retroactivity has been in-
jected into practically` every bill which
provides for the expending of the pub-
lic's money.
Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. President, will
the Senator yield?
Mr. LAUSCHE. I yield to the Senator
from Delaware.
Mr. WILLIAMS. I wish to associate
myself with the fear the Senator from
Ohio has expressed of what will result,
from the principle we are establishing.
This bill will result in the expendi-
ture of from $250 million to $275 million
in retroactive payments, which will be
made about the 1st of August. Other
bills which we have passed will embrace
another $250 million.
Of course, the nearest estimate we can
get is that under such provisions, $500
million of retroactive payments will be
made around the first of August. Cer-
tainly we should take recognition of the
fact, as has been pointed out, that the
Federal Government does not have the
money. Not only does the Federal Gov-
ernment not have it, but it cannot bor-
row the money until an increase in the
ceiling for the national debt has been
provided. I think it is time Congress
should wake up to the fact that the
American taxpayers are paying just
about all they can afford to pay.
The present proposal goes far beyond
the needs brought about by an increase
in the cost of living.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
question is on agreeing to the confer-
ence report.
The report was agreed to.
Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Presi-
dent, I move to reconsider the vote by
which the conference report was agreed
to.
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
Mr. President, I move to lay that motion
on the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
question is on agreeing to the motion of
the Senator from South Carolina [Mr.
JOHNSTON] to lay on the table the motion
of the Senator from Texas [Mr. JOHN-
soN] to reconsider.
The motion to lay on the table was
agreed to.
June 13
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I want the
RECORD to show that had there been a
record, vote I would have voted in the
negative on the conference report.
REVISION OF BASIC COMPENSATION
SCHEDULES OF CLASSIFICATION
ACT OF 1949-CORRECTION IN EN-
ROLLMENT OF S. 734
Mr. JOHNSON of Texas subsequently
said: Mr. President, the engrossed copy
of Senate bill 734, the classified pay bill,
which affects more than 1 million Fed-
eral Government workers, and which
earlier today was passed by the Senate,
contains an incorrect figure in the
schedule for staff officers and employees
of the Department of State. In the sixth
line of the salary schedule in section
6 (a) (3) the figure is "8,955," whereas
the correct figure is "3,755."
I submit and ask unanimous consent
for its immediate consideration, a con-
current resolution for the purpose of
authorizing the correction of that figure.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
concurrent resolution will be read.
The concurrent resolution (S. Con.
Res. 93) was read, as follows:
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep-
resentatives concurring), That in the enroll-
ment of the bill (S. 734), to revise the basic
compensation schedules of the Classification
Act of 1949, as amended, and for other pur-
poses, the Secretary of the Senate is au-
thorized and directed to make the following
correction:
In the sixth line of the salary schedule in
section 6 (a) (3) strike out "8,955" and
insert in lieu thereof "8,755."
The PRESIDING O] DICER. Is there
objection to the present consideration
of the concurrent resolution?
There being -no objection, the concur-
rent resolution (S. Con. Res. 93) was
considered and agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under
the unanimous-consent agreement pre-
viously entered into, the Senator from
Missouri is recognized.
THE CRISIS IN THE LEAD AND ZINC
INDUSTRY
Mr. SYMINGTON. Mr. President, the
lead. and zinc mining industry in my
State, and also in other States through-
out the country, is in a serious depres-
sion.
In Missouri, employment in this in-
dustry is down about 25 percent from
what it was- only a year ago. Further-
more, those who have retained their jobs
have taken severe wage cuts, as well as
reductions in their workweek.
A substantial number of miners have
already exhausted their unemployment
benefits, and, unless something is done
promptly, the unemployment will in-
crease and the distress of these workers
and their families will worsen.
As is true in many basic extractive in-
dustries, entire communities are ad-
versely affected when the lead and zinc
mining business is depressed. No one in
these mining communities is untouched
by the spread of economic distress.
The various proposals which have
been made for aasis ,ing the lead and
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As a practical matter, the maximum increase
to a surviving child is $72 a year.
Subsection (d) of the first section of the
House amendment provided that no in-
crease in annuity under such section shall
exceed the sum necessary to increase such
annuity, exclusive of annuity purchased by
voluntary contributions, to $4,104. The con-
ference substitute omits this provision.
Section 2 of the House amendment pro-
vided annuities for certain unremarried wid-
ows and widowers of those employees and
retired former employees who died, prior to
February 29, 1948, either in the service or
after retirement from the service, after hav-
ing performed at least 10 years of creditable
service.
To qualify for annuity under section 2 of
the House amendment, the widow or widower
must have been married to the employee or
retired former employee for at least 10 years
immediately prior to the death of such em-
ployee or retired former employee. In ad-
dition, the widow or widower must not be
entitled to any other annuity from the civil
service retirement and disability fund based
.on the service of the employee or retired
former employee.
The amount of the annuity under section
2 of the House amendment was to be equal to
one-half of the annuity which the employe
i
d
hi
ei
h
d
h
ng on t
was rec
v
ate of
s
eat
, If
e
retired, or would have been receiving, If
retired for disability on such date. However,
this survivor annuity was not increased by
the provisions of the House amendment or of
any other law. Such annuity would not have
exceeded $750 per annum in any case and
would cease on the death or remarriage of the
Widow or widower.
Section 2 of the conference substitute is
identical to section 2 of the House amend-
ment except that the requirement that the
survivor be married for at least 10 years to
the employee or retired former employee is
changed to a marriage requirement of 5 years.
Section 3 of the House amendment re-
lated, in part, to the effective dates of the
annuity increases and annuity entitlements
provided by the first section and section 2 of
the House amendment.
Section 3 (a) of the House amendment es-
tablished the first day of the second month
following the date of enactment as the ef-
fective date of the annuity increases for both
retired former employees and survivors, ex-
cept that in the cases of the survivors of
those retired former employees on the an
nutty roll on October 1, 1956, but who die
after such date, the annuity increase cannot
be_effective before the commencing date of
the survivor annuity.
Section 3 (b) of the House amendment pro-
vided that the survivor annuities provided
by section 2 of the House amendment to the
widows and widowers described in such sec-
tion 2 would have the commencing date of
the first day of the second month following
the date of enactment or the first day of the
month in which application for the annuity
Section 3 (a) and section 3 (b) of the
conference substitute are identical to section
3 (a) and section 3 (b) of the House amend-
ment, except that the language designating
the effective date is simplified to read August
1, 1958, consistently with subsections (a) and
(b) of the first section of the conference
substitute.
Section 5 of the House amendment pro-
vided that the annuity increases under sub-
section (a) of the first section of the House
amendment (that is, the principal annuity
increases rather than the survivor annuity
increases) shall terminate, in accordance
with the provisions of such section 5, on
April 30 of any year following a calendar year
in which the annuitant earned more than
$1,200 from gainful employment. The an-
nuity increases would be resumed under
certain conditions if it were demonstrated
to the satisfaction of the Civil Service Com-
mission that the $1,200 amount was not
exceeded during the appropriate period.
The conference substitute omits the pro-
visions of section 5 of the House amend-
ment. .
Section 7 of the House amendment pro-
vided that the civil service retirement and
disability fund shall be made available for
payment of expenses incurred by the Civil
Service Commission in the administration
of the provisions of the House amendment
for the period beginning with the date of
enactment and ending with the last day of
the sixth month which begins after the
date on which the first payment of any bene-
fit (except sec. 6 benefits) provided by the
House amendment is made.
The conference substitute omits the pro-
visions of section 7 of the House amend-
ment.
Tom MURRAY,
JAMES H. MORRISON,
JAMES C. DAVIS,
EDWARD H. REES,
ROBERT Jr. CORBETT,
Managers on the Part of the Hous
'EDERAL EMPLOYEES' SALARY
ADJUSTMENTS, 1958 -
Mr. MURRAY of Tennessee. Mr.
Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to
take from the Speaker's table the bill
(S. 734) an act to revise the basic com-
pensation schedules of the Classification
Act of 1949, as amended, and for other
'purposes, disagree to the amendments of
the Senate to the House amendment, and
request a conference.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Ten-
nessee?
Mr. MARTIN. Mr. Speaker, reserving
the right to object, just what is the gen-
tleman calling up now?
Mr. MURRAY of Tennessee. I am re-
questing a conference on the amend-
ments approved by the Senate to the bill
S. 734.
Mr. MARTIN. Does the minority
Member, the gentleman from Kansas
[Mr. REES] agree to it?
Mr. MURRAY of Tennessee. Oh,
surely. We discussed it this morning.
Mr. MARTIN. I am advised there is
no objection, Mr. Speaker.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Ten-
nessee? [After a pause.] The Chair
-hears none, and appoints the following
conferees: Mr. MURRAY, Mr. MORRISON,
Mr. DAVIS of Georgia, Mr. CORBETT, and
CORRECTION OF ROLLCALL
Mr. ROBSION of Kentucky. Mr.
Speaker, on rollcall No. 87, I was present
and voted for the amendment. I ask
unanimous consent that the RECORD be
corrected to show that.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection?
There was no objection.
RECESS
The SPEAKER. The House will stand
In'recess subject to call of the Chair.
Thereupon, at 11:57 a. m., the House
stood in recess.
JOINT MEETING OF THE TWO
HOUSES OF CONGRESS TO HEAR
AN ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
The SPEAKER of the House of Rep-
resentatives presided.
At 12 o'clock and 24 minutes p. m. the
Doorkeeper announced the President pro
tempore and Members of the United
States Senate, who entered the Hall of
the House of Representatives, the Presi-
dent pro tempore taking the chair at the
right of the Speaker, and the Members
of the Senate the seats reserved for
them.
The SPEAKER. On the part of the
House the Chair appoints as members
of the committee to escort His Excellency
the President of the Federal Republic of
Germany into the Chamber the gentle-
man from Massachusetts, Mr. MCCOR-
MACK, the gentleman from Massachu-
setts, Mr. MARTIN, the gentleman from
ntleman from Illinois, Mr. CHIPERFLED.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. On the
part of the Senate the Chair appoints as
members of the committee of escort the
Senator from Texas, Mr. JOHNSON,
the Senator from California, Mr. KNOw-
LAND, the Senator from Rhode Island,
Mr. GREEN, the Senator from Montana,
Mr. MANSFIELD, and the Senator from Il-
linois, Mr. DIRKSEN.
The Doorkeeper announced the follow-
ing guests, who entered the Hall of the
House of Representatives and took the
seats reserved for them:
The Ambassadors, Ministers, and
charges d'affaires of foreign govern-,
ments.
The members of the President's Cab-
inet.
At 12 o'clock and 32 minutes p. m. the
Doorkeeper announced His Excellency
the President of the Federal Republic -of
Germany.
-His Excellency the President of the
Federal Republic of Germany, escorted
by the committee of Senators and Rep,
resentatives, -entered the Hall of the
House of Representatives and stood at
the Clerk's desk. [Applause, the Mem-
bers rising.]
The SPEAKER. Members of the Con-
gress, I deem it a high privilege, and
certainly it is a great pleasure to me, as
I am sure it is to all of you, to welcome
int,b this Chamber a man who represents
a neat, a proud, and a free people; and,
termined to remain free. [Applause.]
I take pleasure in presenting the head
of the German Government, the Presi-
dent of the Federal Republic of Ger-
many. [Applause, the Members rising.]
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY
THEODOR HEUSS, PRESIDENT OF
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GER-
MANY
The PRESIDENT. Mr. Speaker, Mr.
President, Members of the Congress of
the United States, permit me first to
make a personal remark.
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I have chosen not without hesitation
to address this august assembly in my
own language. I would much rather
have addressed the Congress of the
United States in English-and have es-
thereby, perhaps, a more im-
tablished
mediate communication with Member,
of both Houses. But I have come re-
luctantly to the conclusion that my com-
mand of your language is not what it
used to be-that it has, in fact, become
somewhat rusty. I must ask your indul-
gence, therefore, to allow me to speak
to you in German.
I am grateful to President Eisenhower
for his invitation because it gives me an
opportunity to see for myself the reality
of these United States. I think I know
a little about this country's history. I
know many of its citizens and I have
had a great many discussions about the
development and mentality of the people
of this vast country. But already I feel
that I shall not advance on my visit here
beyond some very modest elementary
lessons; and I, who have written a num-
ber of books, promise you that I shall
not write a book as an expert on the
United States whenI return home. Nor
do I want to compete with de Tocqueville.
The dimensions to be grasped - compel
humility. But I do appreciate the honor
of being able to address this distinguished
assembly whose debates and acts today
profoundly influence the world's destiny.
It is a world responsibility which the
American citizens has not sought but
which he does not shirk.
I shall speak to you with the utmost
candor. After Hitler's recklessness had
forced the United States as well into his
war, a shadow fell upon the American
view of the German people: Every Ger-
man seemed to be a Nazi. Today there
is not much point in complaining about
this distortion of the picture. After 1945
I said to many an officer of the occupa-
tion forces : You, who have never expe-
rienced the meanness and technical per-
fection of a totalitarian dictatorship,
you are in the happy position in which
you cannot even imagine the terrible
moral pressure- to which a people can be
subjected. When we attempted, after
1945, to reestablish something like public
life on the basis of justice and democracy
we, too, suffered much distress resulting
from an outlook distorted by the passions
of war. After a time, however, we saw
how the reality of German life, little by
little, was understood and interpreted.
Ten years ago I said that this was
something quite new in world history:
Up to May 8, 1945, the American citizen
had to pay heavy taxes in order to de-
stroy the German State whereas after
May 8 he had to pay taxes in order to
save the German people. But there was
not merely the taxpayer's burden which
after a few years was absorbed into the
grand design of the Marshall Plan
which, in turn? had evolved from the
Hoover Report. In addition there was
the aid given by the individual Ameri-
can, by the churches, the charitable or-
ganizations, by the countless and un-
countable men and women no matter
whether they were of German origin or
not. The love of one's fellow man dis-
solved fear and hatred. I do not come
to you as a petitioner. - I wish simply
to express my gratitude for the action
which your Government has taken as
well as for the help rendered by millions
of individual Americans. The material
side of this assistance was important
but not decisive : It gave us' moral uplift
and encouragement: Without the help
of the United States it would have been
inconceivable for 10 million Germans
expelled from their homeland to be of-
fered food, work and shelter. The fact
that week after week several thousand
people flee to the West from intellectual
and spiritual slavery in the Soviet-oc-
cupied zone continues to weigh heavy
on the Federal Republic-their numbers
have swelled to many hundreds of
thousands. That stream of human be-
ings is at once a lasting grievance and
a perpetual reproach. -
I do not wish to take up the time at
my disposal by discussing, in terms of
personalities, the German contribution
to the growth of American statehood and
the development of the American way
of life. But I think I may say this
much: The two great Presidents of the
United States, who have become leg-
endary figures, come to mind-George
Washington knew that he could depend
on the solid work of organization - done
by the, German General von Steuben
just as Abraham Lincoln could rely on
the German champion of freedom, Carl
Schurz, the most prominent representa-
tive - of the many young Germans who
came to the United States in quest of
those civic and political rights for which
they had fought vainly in Germany in
1848. The liberal and idealistic element
represented by those groups was easily
integrated into the Aperican historical
concept. And this concept was ex-
panded and strengthened by the tradi-
tion of diligent, skilful labor of the mil-
lions of people of German descent who
have been absorbed-for which they are
grateful, I may say-into the substance
of the American Nation.
We in Germany found ourselves in a
strange situation after 1945. The people
were exhausted and starving; the atti-
tude of many toward the victorious pow-
ers was "Do what you like with us."
At. that time the reproach was heard-
also from this country-that the Ger-
mans were sorry for themselves. There
was something in that. But with the
coming of a sound currency and of the
Marshall Plan, people in Germany sail
that there was purpose again in hard
work and effort. So the Germans set
to work and put life into their economy
again. In 1949 and 1950, I -told promi-
nent American businessmen frequently
that the Marshall Plan funds were well-
invested in Germany. Can you hold this
against a people that they have 'regained
economic strength through industrious-
ness and skill, and thanks to the eco-
nomic commonsense displayed by the
United States which was the essential
condition .for for. German economic re-
covery? I find nothing more ]interesting
than to read in some' newspapers of the
Western world-though not in the
United States-that the Germans are
once more becoming imperialists be-
cause they have more or less recovered
their share of the world's market.
Surely, there is no imperialism but much
useful work in building sturdy cranes
and manufacturing medical supplies.
During the past 50 years Germany has
had the misfortune to acquire the repu-
tation of being the nation which em-
bodied, so to speak, eternal unrest and
overweening ambition. A hundred years
earlier-following the French revolution
and the first Napoleon--other countries
enjoyed this reputation. It would seem
to me a gebd idea to get rid of such
cliches encountered here and there in
newspapers and schoolbooks.
We, all of us, must shed this habit of
thinking, while, at the same time, not
abandoning our traditional values. The
German people-who here and there are
still strangely suspected of exemplifying
aggressive nationalism--existed as the
Holy Roman Empire, a:, a European en-
tity, imbued with a sense of responsi-
bility toward Europe as a whole. And
that was at a time when Spain, Britain,
France, ano later Russia, had long em-
barked upon a very concrete policy of
expansion. I do not say this because I
want to engage in polemics against his-
toric events of bygone centuries-that-is
always a senseless thing to do-but in
order to make the discussion about our
present situationa little easier.
It is remarkable: The Korean crisis
a scene of secondary importance in the
traditional European concept of his-
tory-has laid open, bo';h materially and
psychologically, the fundamental issue
respect for law or for arbitrary power,
for violent action or for free self-deter-
mination. I. cannot here dwell on this.
But I can say what the effect has been
on us in Germany. National freedom-
including that aspect of it which con-
cerns the social order--is a value which
must be defended. It must be defended
not only by those who are immediately
affected but by all those to whom peace
is a value per se and democracy a moral
value. Believe me, it was not easy in
Germanyto explain the duty to do mili-
tary service to the man-in-the-street
who had been persuaded by propaganda
that his military service had been some
sort of crime because the supreme com-
mand had been in the hands of criminals.
And yet it was possible to establish in
people's consciousness the natural feel-
ing-that he who cherishes the security
of his native soil and the maintenance
of freedom must also help to safeguard
them.
You must not expect of me a detailed
exposition of our dome.tic German diffi-
culties. National reun.fication not only
remains the object of German longing
but also the prerequisite for Europe's
recovery. The slogan, of coexistence
may imply the coexistence of different
ideologies in different national territories
but it is absurd to base it on a relation-
ship of total power on the one hand and
total impotence on the other, which-
look at the situation of 194t-disrupts a
nation and denies it democratic self-
determination.
The settlement of the.Saar question
has shown that a patient Policy which
recognizes democratic lights can lead to
a happy result. An onerous burden has
been lifted from German-French under-
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Dr. Brooks and his associates at St. Louis
University, for example, have found that by
placing vents in buildings, pressure caused
by tornadoes can be dissipated and damage
reduced.
Along this same line, the Southern Pine
Association, a trade group, made a study of
wind damage at Cameron, Tex., following
the hurricane there last year, and issued a
booklet of 15 cardinal points of construc-
tion." While even the association doubts
any wooden structure can withstand the di-
rect onslaught of a tornado, it claims dam-
age to a building standing near a funnel
can be cut substantially. -
TORNADO-BRED BUSINESS
Tornado-bred businesses thrive, in the
Southwest, especially during the spring.
Joe Doresey, president of Tornado, Inc., an
Oklahoma City company making storm
warning devices, says he has sold 10,000 of
the gadgets since they went on the market
last September. This battery-powered horn,
small enough to fit in an automobile glove
compartment, sounds whenever barometric
pressure drops to 29.1 inches. Air pressure
drops in advance of an actual tornado.
The once nearly-extinct storm cellar is
making a comeback, too. Notes Boude
Storey, Sr., president of Atlas Metal Work-
ers: "Every time a storm blows up some-
where, we get more inquiries."
Stormaster Tornado Shelter, Inc., of
Durant, Okla., has built 2,500 of its 1-piece
poured concrete shelters since 1954, says Lee
Harris, president. The underground shelter,
notes Mr. Harris, "can be adapted as an
atomic shelter simply by adding lead doors
and air filters."
THE RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF
SENATOR LANGER OF NORTH
DAKOTA
Mr. WILEY. Mr. President, an out-
standing American, the late Alfred. E.
Smith, used to say "Let's look at the
record."
From time to time it is appropriate,
in the career of public servants, that a
look be taken at the record which they
have compiled. Those of us who have
had the privilege of serving for a goodly
number of years in the Congress know
that a periodic, factual review is help-
ful both to us and to our constituents.
A great dead has occurred since I first
became a Member of the Senate on
January 3, 1939. At that time the for-
tunes of my party were at low ebb. Two
years later, on January 3, 1941,_ addi-
tional Republic Senators added to our
ranks. Among them was my colleague,
the distinguished senior Senator from
North Dakota [Mr. LANGER].
During the years which have followed,
it has been my pleasure to know BILL
LANGER and his fine family. I have
known BILL, not only as a legislator
representing a neighbor State of the up-
per Midwest in the Senate Chamber, but
I have known him in committee. I have
worked side by side with him on the Sen-
ate Judiciary Committee, where both he
and I have served as chairmen. And I
have known him on the Senate Commit-
tee on Foreign Relations.
Frankly, we have disagreed at times,
and we may disagree in the future. But
on@ always knows exactly where BILL
LANGER stands. He is a rugged, outspok-
en battler. I respect him for his courage.
He does hot shrink from battle.
We of Wisconsin know him as a deter-
mined champion of the St. Lawrence
seaway-a great project-which will
,mean much to North Dakota and Wis-
consin farmers and city people.
We who know how important REA and
co-ops are for our farmers, and they do
not forget BILL LANGER's many battles
for rural electrification and cooperatives.
We, his neighbors, do not purport to
know all about North Dakota. But we
do know that he has been tireless here
in Washington in fighting for his con-
victions.
These are facts. They speak from the
record of 1941 to date, here in the Na-
tion's Capitol.
My colleague now is third highest in
seniority in the Senate on the Republi-
can side. It is my privilege to serve as
second in seniority, with our colleague
the senior ?Senator from New Hamp-
shire [Mr. BRIDGES] as first in-seniority.
It may be asked, What has been
achieved by my colleague from North
Dakota during these 171/2 years of service
in the Senate?
_ I have in my hands a memorandum of
his work and legislative actiyities. It
was prepared on the basis of facts com-
piled by researchers, none of whom were
on my own or on Senator LANGER'S staff.
This is the record. As Al Smith would
say, "Let's look at this record."
I ask unanimous consent that the
memorandum, outlining my colleague's
record, be printed at this point in the
body of the RECORD.
There being no objection, the memo-
randum was ordered to be printed in the
RECORD, as follows:
A RESEARCH REPORT ON BILL LANGER's
I RECORD
Since Senator LANGER has been in the Sen-
ate, 49 major bills that he has sponsored
have become the law of the land.
Forty-eight additional bills which he has
sponsored have passed the United States Sen-
ate, but were not enacted into law because
of failure to pass, the House of Representa-
tives, of which he is, of course, not a Member.
Thus, 97 Langer bills have passed, with
success, through the Halls of Congress.
WIDE VARIETY OF LANGER-SPONSORED LAWS
The Legislative Reference Service of the
Library of Congress has compiled a complete
list of the many major bills bearing Senator
LANGER's name which have either become law
or have passed the United States Senate.
These Langer bills not only affect the in-
terests of the entire country, but are under-
standably, of great significance to the people
of North Dakota. The bills deal with veter-
ans rights, post office and civil service em-
ployees, farmers, REA, and RTA, irrigation
and reclamation, Indians, judges and judicial
districts, Federal public works, roads, bridges,
rivers and harbors, small business, tax bene-
fits, encouraging industry for the State of
North Dakota, railroad retirement, schools
and school districts, cattle, sheep and wool
industry, mining, airports, and military con-
struction.
PAST CHAIRMAN OF TWO KEY COMMITTEES
It should be further borne in mind that
Senator LANGER, in his 18 years as United
States Senator, not only has attained sen-
iority, but because of his seniority became
chairman of the Post Office and Civil Service
Employees Committee during the 83d Con-
gress.
An examination of his record as chairman
of the Post Office and Civil Service Commit-
9229
tee reveals there were 15 public laws passed
bear his name and 5 bills bearing his name
which passed the United Stites Senate. As
an example, one of these b lls provided for
the complete overhauling of the entire post
office and civil service retirement system.
This record reveals the importance of sen-
iority. A chairman of a key committee is in
a highly advantageous posit On to get major
bills enacted into law.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN B. D CONGRESS
In the 83d Congress when he was chairman
of the Judiciary Committee, eight bills bear-
ing Senator LANGER's name became public
law. Five additional bills bearing his name
passed the United States Senate. Further,
during his chairmanship of the Judiciary
Committee, one of the finest records of num-
ber of bills clearing the committee was
achieved.
ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE 84tH AND 85TH
CONGRESS
In the 84th Congress, a 2-year period under
Democratic leadership, he succeeded in get-
ting nine laws- bearing hire name enacted
into law. At that time, 16 bills bearing his
name passed the Senate. '
In the present 85th Congress which has yet
to be completed, seven bills bearing his name
have been enacted into law.
Moreover, four bills bearing his name have
passed the Senate and they may be enacted
into law before the second session is over.
Also, several important bills bearing his
name dealing with antitrust and monopoly
matters are pending before the Judiciary
Committee, and these bills also have a
chance of being enacted into law before this
session closes.
Thus, even though the 15th Congress is
under Democratic administration, his high-
ranking seniority in the Senate and in three
key committees has enabled him to main-
tain a high record of passage of important
legislation bearing his name. .
What are these three l:ey committees?
Judiciary, Post Office and Civil Service, and
Foreign Relations.
TRIBUTES FROM OTHER SENATORS
Now, let us see what some other Senators
themselves have said of Senator LANGER's
effectiveness :
Senator JOHNSTON of South Carolina:
"Senator LANGER has been excellent as a
chairman and ranking minDrity member of
the Committee on Post Office and Civil'Serv-
ice and has been most active in almost every
major legislation aiding post office and civil
service employees."
Senator HENTIINGS of Mi3souri: "Senator
LANGER has always acted with great zeal in
bills affecting youth and his work among the
American Indians is well reflected in the
progress of the Rolla Jewel Bearing Plant."
Senator CLEMENTS of Kentucky: "I desire
to commend my friend from North Dakota
Senator LANGER] for his success in having
a new judicial district created in his State.
Some of us have tried very hard to do like-
wise in our States, but have not been so suc-
cessful as has my friend from North Dakota.
My hat is Lof to him."
Senator WAYNE MORSE of Oregon: "Sena-
tor LANGER is one of the greatest friends of
the American farmer, REA, and public power
interests."
Senator COOPER of Kentucky: "Senator
.WILLIAM LANGER is one of the grandest of
them all."
Senator MARGARET CHASE SMITH: "Senator
WILLIAM LANGER is one of the greatest fight-
ers in the United States Senate for the cause
of the small-business man, the worker, and
the farmer."
These are not token testimonials but
actual statements from the: heart made by
these Senators.
Additional comments could be listed if
space permitted.
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WORK ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENTS
Nor does space permit a detailed discussion
of Senator LANGER's effective work in com-
mittee and on the floor of the Senate on
legislation which does not bear his own
sponsorship. But the statements of other
Senators herein does illustrate Senator LAN-
GER'S fine work in these other respects.
Also, North Dakotans know of Senator
LANCER'S excellent work on behalf of North
Dakota and her citizens before Federal agen-
cies. An example is his work in connection
with the Uranium Processing Plant.
FOUR CONCLUSIONS
In conclusion, what does the record show?
1. BILL LANGER has vital seniority.
2. Seniority is extremely advantageous for
a State and its chosen legislators.
3. He has utilized llis seniority for what
he feels is in the best interest iof the people
of North Dakota and the Nation.
4. He gets results. Specific laws now in
effect attest to the strength of his record.
COMMENDATION OF CHAIRMAN
LEWIS STRAUSS, ATOMIC ENERGY
COMMISSION
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Pres-
ident, it has been reported recently that
Chairman Lewis Strauss may soon resign
from the Atomic Energy Commission,
which he has directed with such ability,
energy; and high devotion for the past
5 years. It has also been said that a
major factor in his decision not to accept
another 5-year term, which the Presi-
dent has offered him, is his patriotic rec-
ognition that the unjust and personal
criticisms which have been increasingly
leveled against him might seriously im-
pede the work and policies of the Com-
mission.
This is indeed a regrettable situation
for, as Mr. Arthur Krock pointed out in
a recent column, the American people
stand deeply in debt,to Admiral Strauss.
The production of the H-bomb was
largely the result of his successful fight
against formidable scientific opposition.
He played a major part in establishing
our system for detecting Russia's atomic
tests.
He has also been a chief architect of
our policy of insistence that any dis-
armament plan Must be based on a truly
sound inspection system. It is precisely
for his strong convictions on this sub-
ject that he has been subjected to in-
creasingly bitter criticism from some of
my colleagues on the other side of the
aisle. Yet Admiral Strauss' Insistence
on an adequate inspection system is, as
the New York Times pointed out edi-
torially this morning, "a virtue rather
than a fault."
The Times continues:
An inspection system which looked good
on paper, but which failed in reality to as-
sure complete access to on-the-spot infor-
mation, could create a false sense of security
that might well have disastrous results. And
the worth of a Soviet pledge has been tested
often enough to demonstrate its lightness.
This Nation can be thankful that the
leadership of President Eisenhower has
been courageous enough and wise enough
to ignore the carping critics and insist
that adequate inspection must be the
basis of any disarmament plan. I ask
unanimous consent to have printed in
the RECORD at this point in my remarks
the editorial from this morning's New
York Times, which is entitled "Looking
Before Leaping."
There being no objection, the editorial
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
LOOKING BEFORE LEAPING
Our Washington dispatches reported yes-
terday that there is Democrats criticism
of Chairman, Strauss of the Atomic Energy
Commission because "the chairman is
skeptical of the feasibility of an inspection
system (for, bomb tests) and the reliability
of a Soviet pledge."
This is a case, it seems to us, when skepti-
cism is a virtue rather than a fault. An in-
HOUSE BILLS REFERRED
The following bills were each read
twice by their titles and referred, as in-
dicated:
H. R. 9147. An act to provide for the dis-
posal of certain Federal property in the
Boulder City area, to provide assistance in
the establishment of a municipality incor-
porated under the laws of Nevada, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Inte-
rior and Insular' Affairs.
H. R. 12052. An act to designate the dam
and reservoir to be constructed at Stewarts
Ferry, Tenn., as the J. Percy Priest Dam and
Reservoir; to the Committee on Public
spection system which looked good on paper;" AEVISION OF BASIC COMPENSATION
but which failed in reality to assure com SCHEDULES OF CLASSIFICATION
plete access to on-the=spot information, ACT OF 1949
could create a false sense of security that
might well have disastrous results. And the
worth of a Soviet pledge has been tested
often enough to demonstrate its lightness.
On the initiative of President Eisenhower,
discussions are now about to be held with
the Sovets and other governments concern-
ing the technical problems of establishing
an adequate system of inspection. There is
every reason to begin these discussions, to
work hard at them and to hope that they
will get somewhere. But from the point of
view of our national security it must be clear
that no system of inspection will be ade-
quate unless it is genuinely self-enforcing.
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Presi-
dent, I wish to add a word about my
own high regard for Admiral Strauss.
During my long friendship with him,
dating back to 1920, I have come to be-
lieve profoundly in his great ability.
He has compiled a truly distinguished
record in the affairs of this country.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE
A message from the -House of Repre-
sentatives, by Mr. Bartlett, one of its
reading clerks, announced that the
House had passed the bill (S. 2060) for
the relief of Elizabeth Biro, with an
amendment, in which it requested the
concurrence of the Senate.
The message also announced that the
House had disagreed to the amendments
of the Senate to the amendment of the
House to the bill (S. 734) to revise the
basic compensation schedules of the
Classification Act of 1949, as amended,
and for other purposes;?asked a confer-
ence with the senate on the disagreeing
votes of the. two Houses thereon, and
that Mr. MURRAY, Mr. MORRISON, Mr.
DAVIS, of Georgia, Mr. REES, of Kansas,
and Mr. CORBETT were appointed man-
agers on the part of the House at the
conference.
The message further announced that
the House had passed the following
bills, in which it requested the concur-
rence of the Senate:
H. R. 9147. An act to provide for the dis-
posal of certain Federal property in the
Boulder City area, to provide assistance in
the establishment of a municipality incor-
porated under the laws of Nevada, and for
other purposes; and
H. R. 12052. An act to designate the dam
and reservoir to be constructed at Stewarts
Ferry, Tenn., as the J. Percy Priest Dam
and Reservoir.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
MORTON in the chair) laid before the
Senate a message from the House of Rep-
resentatives announcing its disagreement
to the amendments of the Senate to the
amendment of the House to the bill (S.
734) to revise the basic compensation
schedules of the Classification Act of
1949, as amended, and for other purposes,
and requesting a conference with the
Senate on the disagreeing votes of the
.two Houses thereon.
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
I move that the Senate insist upon its
amendments, agree to the request of the
House for a conference, and that the
Chair appoint the conferees on the part
of the Senate.
The motion was agreed to; and the
Presiding Officer appointed Mr. JOHN-
STON of South Carolina, Mr. MONRONEY,
Mr. NEUBERGER, Mr. CARLSON, and Mr.
JENNER conferees on the part of the Sen-
ate.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BY
UNI-
VERSITY OF OREGON TO EDUCA-
TION IN NEPAL UNDER POINT 4
Mr. NEUBERGER. Mr. President,
today the Senate will vote on mutual-
security authorizations for the fiscal
year commencing July 1, 1958. I de-
sire to invite to the attention of my
colleagues some of the most convincing
reasons I have ever heard for the con-
tinuation and maintenance of mutual
security, as recommended, by the Presi-
dent and supported by the Senate Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations.
On June 4, my guests at breakfast
in the Senate dining room were Dr.
Paul B. Jacobson, dean of the School
of Education at the University of, Ore-
gon; Prof. Hugh B. Wood, professor of
education at the University of Oregon;
and Mr. W. N. McLaughlin, assistant
business manager of the University of
Oregon. They are in Washington to
negotiate a new contract with the In-
ternational Cooperation Administration
for further operation of the very out-
standing project which the University
of Oregon has undertaken to educate
teachers in Nepal, that fabled kingdom
on the frontier between the free world
and the Soviet world.
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respect to a specifically described category "(E) of personal property made under
or categories of property as determined by paragraph (5) at a fixed price; or
the Administrator; "(F) authorized by section 3709 of the Re-
"(B) the pq$lic health, safety, or national vised Statutes or any other provision of law
security will thereby be promoted; to be made without advertising.
"(C) public exigency will not admit of the "(7) Section 3709, Revised Statutes, as
delay incident to advertising; -
" (D) the property involved is of a nature
and quantity which,' if disposed of under
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection,
would cause such an impact on an industry
or industries as adversely to affect the na-
tional economy, and the estimated fair
market value of the property and other sat-
isfactory terms of disposal can be obtained
by negotiation;
"(E) the estimated fair market value of
the property involved does not exceed
$1,000;
"(F) bid prices after advertising therefor
are not reasonable (either as to all or some
part of the property) or have not been in-
dependently arrived at in open competition;
"(G) with respect to real property only,
amended (41 U. S. C. 5) shall not apply to
disposals or contracts for disposal made
under this subsection." -
With the following committee amend-
ments:
1. On page 3, line 1, immediately before
the word "property" insert the word "per-
sonal."
2. On page 3, line 8, immediately before
the word "property" insert the word "per-
sonal."
3. On page 3, line 6, following the word
"promoted," strike the semicolon and add
the words "by a particular disposal of per-
sonal property."
4. On page 3, line 8, following the word
"advertising," strike the semicolon and add
the character or condition of the property or the words "certain personal property."
unusual circumstances make it impractical 5. On page 3, line 9, immediately before
to advertise publicly for competitive bids the word "property" Insert the word "per-
and the fair market value of the property sonal. ".
and other satisfactory terms of disposal can 6. On page 3, line 14, strike the word "the"
be obtained by negotiation; and insert in lieu thereof the word "such"
-'(H) the disposal will ke to States, Terri- 7. On page 5, strike out line 3 and all that
tortes, possessions, political subdivisions follows down through line 5 on page 6, and
thereof, or tax-supported agencies therein, insert the following:
and the estimated fair market, value of the "(6) Except as otherwise provided by this
and other satisfactory terms of paragraph, an explanatory statement of the
property
,
.flisposal are obtained by negotiation; or circumstances of each disposal by negotia-
h
i
ng
av
otherwise authorized by this act or tion of any real or personal property
,other law. / a fair market value in excess of $1,000 shall
"(4) Disposals and contracts for disposal be prepared. Each such statement shall
of surplus real and related personal property be transmitted to,.the appropriate commit-
through contract realty brokers employed by tees of the Congress in advance of such dis-
the Administrator shall be made in the man- posal, and a copy thereof shall be preserved
net followed in similar commercial trans- in the files of the executive agency making
actions under such regulations as may be such disposal. No such statement need be
prescribed by the Administrator: Provided, transmitted to any such committee with re-
That such regulations shall require that spect to any disposal of personal property
wide public notice of availability of the made. under paragraph (5) at a fixed price,
property for disposal be given by the brokers, or to property disposals authorized by any
"(5) Negotiated sales of personal property other provision of law to be made without
"
at fixed prices may be made by the Admin- advertising.
istrator either directly or through the use of The committee
disposal contractors without regard to the agreed to.
a
an
th"" h 1 d
t f
grap s ( )
or m par
limitations se
Mr. BARTLETT. Mr. Speaker, I
(2) of this subsection: Provided, That such
sales be publicized to the extent consistent move to strike out the last word to ask
with.the value and- nature of the property the chairman of the subcommittee a few
involved, that the prices established shall re- questions about the bill. I would like to
fleet the estimated fair market value thereof, ask him if this is the type of legislation
and that such sales shall be limited to those under which telephone facilities' have
categories of personal property as to which been declared surplus to Government
the Administrator determines that such
1 ill b t er +1, inter- needs and then sold?
ve e
di
h
f
spoaa w es s
od o
met
eats of the Government. Mr. BROOKS of Texas. Actually,
"(6) Except as otherwise provided by this not. This is an extension of negoti-
paragraph, an explanatory statement of the -ating authority of the GSA to dispose
circumstances of each disposal by h-,gotia- of surplus property.
tion of any real or personal property having The question the gentleman raises
.a fair market value in excess of $1,000 shall deals with property that has previously
.a be prepared. Each such statement shall be. b
e declared surplus by another [Gnv-
e
ent
w ......
of the Congress at least 30 days (or such ??
shorter period as may be concurred in by Mr. BARTLETT. Then may I ask the
such committees in advance of such dis- gentleman if it can be stated legally that
posal, and a copy thereof shall be preserved the facilities are surplus when the Gov-
in the files of the executive agency making ernment sells them and then turns
of to one of the telephone companies
and then the United States Government
would be immediately required to release
it and pay considerable moneys for that
same service or an amended service of
that character.
Mr. BARTLETT. I thank the gentle-
man from Texas. I may say I am in-
terested in this bill because it is planned
to declare the Alaska Communication
System surplus under this or a special
act; then the Government or the public
will obtain service from a private com-
pany.
Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. BARTLETT. I yield to the gen-
tleman from Michigan.
Mr. FORD. I am sure the gentleman
is familiar with the fact that every year
for the last 5 years anyway the Federal
Government has had to put in an appro-
priation through the Department of the
Army of $5172 million annually for the
operation of this facility. It is a pure
subsidy of the service. Up until about
2 or 3 years ago the rates which were
charged were totally inadequate and
were not sufficient on a comparable basis
to pay for the operation of the facility.
If it is a good business investment for
Uncle Sam to get out of business and
a report will determine that, I person-
ally think they should want to dispose
of the service.
Mr. BARTLETT. I may say to the
gentleman from Michigan that I am not
unalterably opposed to that. I do not
know how much it cost the Government
to provide the military service. I merely
wanted to find out what can be done
regarding the ACS in this particular act.
It may be that proof will be offered that
it should be sold to a private company.
I well appreciate the expressions of the
Appropriations, Committee in that re-
gard.
Mr. FORD. It costs about $51/2 mil-
lion to $6 million a year plus the cost
of military personnel which is not in-
cluded to operate this facility. There
are many people who feel that it is a
pure subsidization and an unnecessary
business ' operation of the Federal Gov-
ernment. There is a report being pre-
pared to determine which is the better
procedure. I think we ought to await
that determination.
- Mr. BARTLETT. I agree with the
gentleman absolutely that we should
await the subiflission of a report.
The bill was ordered to be read a third
time, was read the third time, and
passed, and a motion to reconsider was
laid on the table.
such disposal. No such statement need be around and buts the same services from DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS FOODS
transmitted to any such committee with re- the telephone company?
12164)
spect to any disposal- Mr. BROOKS of Texas. This is a to The amend Clerk the called the bill ( Agriculture e R. Act, as
"(A) of any perishable food or other prop- practice which I think is reprehensible
erty which may become useless by deteriora- and has been followed by the Depart- amended, to permit use of Federal sur-
tion within 30 days; plus foods in nonprofit summer camps
"(B) required to be made immediately for ment of Defense in several instances. for children.
the preservation of human life or the alle- We are now in the Government Oper- There being no objection, the Clerk
viation of human suffering; ations Committee looking into several read the bill, as follows:
"(C) required in the public interest to be such instances whereby the Department Be it enacted, etc., That clause (3), sec-
made within 30 days during a period of na- of Defense or one of its agencies has tion 416, of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as
tional emergency declared by the President declared a usable facility surplus when amended, is amended by adding after the
"(D) of real property made through a on. it is being used every day. They declare words "noprofit school lunch programs," the
tract realty broker pursuant to paragraph it surplus with the apparent hope that words "in nonprofit summer camps for chil-
(4); as `surplus property it can be disposed dren."
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SEC. 2. Public Law 165, 75th Congre s, as
amended, is amended by adding at t end
thereof the words "and for use in no profit
summer camps for children."
Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. Speaker,, would
like to say a few words in suppo t of H.
R 12164 which I introduced in;=the in-
terests of thousands of children] attend-
ingsummer camps. 1
The bill amends the Agricultllke Act, as
ameiyded, to permit use of Fe feral sur-
plus foods in nonprofit sum er camps
for children. It has been rep?rted upon
favorably and without amendljlent by the
House Agriculture Committee and has
the approval of the Department of Agri-
culture.' Agriculture Depattment sup-
port for,a bill I introduced is a pretty
fair indication that there is no contro-
versy over the matter.
The purpose of this bill is to clarify
the law relating to the a4thority of the
Secretary of Agriculture to make avail-
able without cost, surplus food commodi-
ties to nonprofit chit ren's summer
camps. As you know, 1nprofit school-
lunch programs recei* surplus food
commodities. The Delrtinent of Agri-
culture has considered summer camp-
ing an extension of s hool activities in
the past and has donated surplus food to
nonprofit camps,.-, I m informed that
nationally, more t aji 850,000 children
attended camps last,?ear which received
some surplus food. t
Since specific regulations concerning
food donations are being written by the
Department with the possibility that this
particular activity might be discontinued
under a strict interpretation of the new
rules, I decided to introduce this bill to
continue what L believe to be the intent
of Congress in the matter.
The purpose- of this bill is to clarify
this provision of law so there will be no
doubt that nonprofit summer camps for
children have the same kind of eligibil-
ity to draw surplus foods as do nonprofit
school-lunch programs.
This program is a natural com-
panion to a special summer-camp milk-
donation bill the Congress passed and
the President signed after I'-introduced
it in 1956... It will benefit youngsters at
thousands of camps conducted by char-
itable, welfare, civic, and religious organ-
izations-such groups as the 4-1I, YMCA,
YWCA, Bay and Girl Scouts and others.
Children will receive wholesome foods
such as butter, cheese, dried milk, rice,
flour, and'cornmeal.
But what is even more important, the
budgetsf the nonprofit groups involved
will be retched a bit by this grant of
surplus food so that I am certain many
more youngsters than otherwise 'might
have ggne, will have a chance to vacation
in the great outdoors. I hope there will
be a prompt acceptance of this bill as
this summer's camping activities might
be affected.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed
and read a third time, was read the third
time, and passed.
The title was amended to read as 6l-
lows: "A bill to permit the use of Fed-
eral surplus foods in nonprofit summer
camps for children."
4 motion to reconsider was laid on the
table.
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June 2
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' SALARY
ADJUSTMENTS, 1958
Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I move
to suspend the rules and pass the bill
(S. 734) to revise the basic compensation
schedules- of the Cla;sification Act of
1949, as amended, and :'or other purposes,
with an amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
Be it enacted, etc., That this act may be
cited as the "Federal Employees Salary In-
crease Act of 1958."
SEC. 2. (a) Section 601: (b) of the Classifi-
cation Act of 1949, as air ended (69 Stat. 172,
70 Stat. 740; 5 U. S. C. 1113 (b) ), is amended _
to read as follows:
"(b) The compensation schedule for the
general schedule shall be as follows:
"Grade
Per airmen rates
GS-1-----------------------------------------
$2,960
$3,055
$3, 150
$3,245
$3,140
$3, 435
$:3, 530
G S-2-----------------"----------------' ?--'
3, 255
3,350
3,445
3,540
3 ?035
3,730
3, 825
GS-3------------- -----------------
3, 495
3"590
3, 685
3, 780
2,875
3, 970
4, 065
GS-4
3,755
3,850
3,945
4,040
4, 135
4, 230
4:325
---------------- ----------- -----------
4,040
4,190
4,340
4,490
4,640,
4, 790
4,940
GS----------- -------------------------------
4, 490
4, 040
4,790
4, 940
t, 090
5,240
5,390
GS-7 -----------------------------------------?
41980
b,130
5,280
5, 430
5, 580
5, 730
5,880
G S -s -----------------------------------------
5,470
5, 620
5,770
5, 920
(,070
6, 220
6, 370
G S-9 - ----------------------------------------
6,985
6,135
6,285
6,435
6, 585
6, 735
6, 885
as-10----------------------------------------
6, 505
6,655
6,805
6, 955
7,105
7.255
7,405
GS-11---------------------------------------
7,030
7,270
7, 510
7,750
7,990
8, 230
___-__--
G S-12- ---------------------------------------
8,330
8, 570
8,810
9, 050
9, 290
9,530
_--____-
10, 610
lc, 1950
11,090
--------
GS-14---------------------------------- _-----
11,355
11,595
11,935
12,075
12,315
12,555
--------
GS-15 ----------------------------------------
12,770
13,070
13,370
13, 670
13,970
--------
GS-10-------------------------- ___-----------
14,190
14,430
14,670
14, 910
15,150
--------
GS-17--------------------------- --------
15,375
15,615
15,865
16, 005
16, 335
GS-18--------------------------'
17, 500
--------
--------
--------
--------
(1) If the officer or employee is receiving
basic compensation immediately prier to
the effective date of this section at one of
the scheduled or longevity rates of a grade in
the general schedule of the Classification Act
of 1949, as amended, he shall receive a rate
of basic compensation at the corresponding
scheduled or longevity rate in effect on and
after such date.
(2) If the officer or employee is receiving
shall receive an aggregate rate of compensa-
tion equal to the sum of (A) his existing
aggregate rate of compensation determined
under such section 208 (b) of the act of
September 1, 1954, and (B) the amount of m~
the increase provided by section 2 of the r
Federal Employees Salary Increase Act of
1955 and (C) the amount of the increase 8'
made by this section in the maximum lon- 6
gevity rate of his grade, until (1) he leaves `-?:
effective date of this section at a rate-"M- --aggregate compeer. tion at a higher rate by
tween two scheduled or two longevity rates, reason of the operation of this act or any
or between a scheduled and a longevity rate,
of a grade in the general schedule, he shall
receive a rate of basic compensation at the
higher' of the two corresponding rate in ef-
fect on and after such date.
(3) If the officer or employee (other than
an officer or employee subject to paragraph
(4) of this subsection), immediately prior
to the effective date of this section, is re-
ceiving basic compensation at a rate in ex-
cess of the maximum longevity rate of his
grade, or in excess of the maximum sched-
uled rate of his grade if there is no longev-
ity rate for his grade, he shall receive basic
compensation at a rate equal to the rate
which he received immediately prior to such
effective date, increased by an amount equal
to the amount of the increase made by this
section in the maximum longevity rate, or
the maximum scheduled rate, as the case
may be, of his grade until (A) he leaves
such position, or (B) he is entitled to re-
ceive basic compensation at a higher rate
by reason of the operation of the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended; but, when his
position becomes vacant, the rate of basic
compensation of any subsequent appointee
thereto shall be fixed in accordance with
such act, as amended.
(4) If the officer or employee, immediately
prior to the effective date of this section, is
receiving, pursuant to paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 2 (b) of the Federal Employees Sal-
ary Increase Act of 1955, an existing ag-
gregate rate of compensation determined
under section 208 (b) of the act of Septem-
ber 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1111; Public Law 763,
other provision of law; `hut, when such posi-
tion becomes vacant, the ggregate rate of
compensation of any subsequent appointee
thereto shall be fixed :n accordance with
applicable provisions of law. Subject to
clauses (1) and (ii) of the immediately
preceding sentence of i his paragraph, the
amount of the increase grc'vided by this sec-
tion shall be held and considered for the
purposes of section 208 (b) of such act of
September 1, 1954, to c,nstitute a part of
the existing aggregate rate of compensation
of surd employee.
(5) If the officer or employee, at any time
during the period beginning on the eflectiv:
date of this section and ending on the date
of enactment of this act, was promoted from
one grade under the C' assification Act of
1949, as amended, to another such grade at
a rate which is above the minimum rate
thereof, his rate of basic compensation shall
be adjusted retroactively from the effective
date of this section to the date on which he
,was so promoted, on th., basis of the rate
which he was receiving during the period
from such effective date to the date of such
promotion and, from the date of such pro-
motion, on the basis of the rate for that
step of the appropriate grade of the general
schedule contained in this section which
corresponds numerically to the step of the
grade of the general schedule for such officer
or employee which was in effect (without
regard to this act) at the time of such pro-
motion.
(6) If the officer or err ployce on the rolls
has had his rate of basil compensation es-
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tablished, under authority of section 803 of
the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (68
Stat. 1106; 5 U. S. C. 1133), at any time dur=
ing the period beginning on September. 1,
1954, and ending on the date of enactmnt
o` this act, his rate of basic compensation
shall be adjusted retroactively in accordance
with one or more of the following provisions
of this paragraph (6), as applicable;
(A) if his rate of basic compensation was
established under authority of such section
803 after September 1, 1954, and prior to the
effective date of this section such rate shall
be adjusted retroactively, for the period of
time served by him in a pay status under the
Classification Act of 1?49 in the position
concerned on and after such effective date
avid prior to the date of enactment of this
act, on the basis of the' rate for that step
of the appropriate grade of the general
schedule contained in this section which cor-
responds numerically to the step of the
grade of the general schedule which was in
effect for such officer or employee, without
regard to this act, as a result of such adjust-
n:tent under such section 803;
(B) if his rate of basic compensation was
established under authority of such section
803 on or after the effective date of this
section and prior to the date of enactment
of this act, such rate shall be adjusted re-
troactively for the period of time served by
him in a pay status under the Classification,
Act of 1949 in the position concerned on
after after such effective date and prior to
such date of enactment, as follows-
(i) for the period of time prior to the
effective date of the establishment of his rate
of basic compensation under such section
803, on the basis of the rate of basic com-
pensation which he was receiving during
such period, and
(ii) for the period of time on and after
the effective date of the establishment of his
rate of basic compensation under such sec-
tion 803, on' the basis of the rate for that
step of the appropriate grade of the general
schedule contained in this section which
corresponds numerically to the step of the
grade of the general schedule which was in
effect for such officer or employee, without
regard to this act, as a result of such adjust-
ment under such section 803,
and such basic compensation adjusted under
subparagraphs (A) and (B) (ii) of this para-
graph (6) shall be paid in accordance with
such subparagraphs until-
(a) he leaves such position, or
(b) he is entitled to receive basic com-
pensation at a higher rate by reason of the
operation of any provision of the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended.
(7) If the officer or employee became sub-
ject to the Classification Act of 1949, as
amended, at any time during the period
beginning on September 1, 1954, and ending
on the date of enactment of this act, at a
rate of basic compensation which was estab-
lished under authority of section 803 of the
Classification Act of 1949, as amended (68
Stat. 1106; 5 U. S. C. 1133), his rate of basic
compensation shall be adjusted retroactively,
for the period of time served by him in a
pay status under the Classification Act of
1949 in the position concerned on 'and after
the effective date of this section and prior
to the date of enactment of this act; on the
basis of the rate for that step of the appro-
priate grade of the general schedule con-
tained In this section, which corresponds
numerically to the step of the grade of the
general schedule which was In effect for such
officer or employee, without regard to this
act, as a result of such adjustment under
such section 803, and such basic compensa.
tion shall, be paid in accordance with this
paragraph' (7) until-
(A) he leaves his position, or
(B) he is entitled to receive basic com-
pensation at a higher rate by reason of the
operation of any provision of the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended.
(8) If the officer or employee, at any time
during the period beginning on the effective
date of this section and ending on the date
of enactment of this act, became subject to
the Classification Act of 1949, as amended,
at a rate of ' basic compensation which was
fixed on' the basis of a higher previously
earned rate and which is above the minimum
rate of the grade of such officer or employee,
his rate of basic compensation shall be ad-
justed retroactively to the date on which he
became subject to such act, on the basis of
the rate for that step of the appropriate
grade' of the general schedule contained in
this section which corresponds numerically to
the step of the grade of the general schedule
for such officer or employee which was in
effect (without regard to this act) at the
time he became subject to the Classification
Act of 1949 as in effect immediately prior to
the effective date of this section.
(9) Each officer or employee-
(A) (i) who with his position has been
.transferred under authority of the Classi-
fication Act of 1949, at any time during the
period beginning on the effective date of
this section and ending on the date of enact-
ment of this act, from the general schedule
of the Classification Act of 1949 to a prevail-
ing rate schedule, or (ii) who, at any time
during such period, transferred from a posi-
tion subject to the Classification Act of 1949
to a position subject, to a prevailing rate
schedule.
(B) who, at all times subsequent to such
transfer, was in the service of the United
States (including the Armed Forces of the
United States) or of the municipal govern-
ment of the District of Columbia, without
break in such service of more than 30 con-
secutive calendar days and, in the case of an
individual relieved from training and service
in the Armed Forces of the United States or
discharged from hospitalization following
such training and service, without break in
service in excess of the period provided by
law for the mandatory restoration of such
individual to a position in or under the Fed-
eral Government or the municipal govern-
ment of the District of Columbia, .
(C) who, on such date of enactment, is
being compensated under a prevailing rate
schedule, and
(D) whose rate of basic compensation on
such date of enactment is less than the rate
to which he would have been entitled on such
date if such transfer had not occurred (un-
less he is receiving such lesser rate by reason
of an adverse personnel action resulting from
his own fault),
shall be paid basic compensation at a rate
equal to the rate which he would have been
receiving on such date of enactment (in-
cluding compensation for each within-grade
and longevity step-increase which he would
have earned) if such transfer had not oc-
curred until the day immediately following
such date of enactment, for all time in a pay
status on and after the effective date of this
section in a position subject to a prevailing
rate schedule under the circumstances pre-
scribed in this subsection, until-
(a) he leaves the position which he holds
on such date of enactment, or
(b) he is entitled to receive basic compen-
sation at a higher rate under a prevailing
rate schedule;
but when such position becomes vacant, the
rate of basic compensation of any subsequent
appointee thereto shall be fixed in accordance
with prevailing rate schedules.
SEC. 3. (a) The rates of basic compensa-
tion of officers and employees in or under the
judicial branch of the Government whose
rates of compensation are fixed pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subdivision a of section 62
of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U. S. C. 102 (a)
(2) ), section 3656 of title 18 of the United
States Code, the third sentence of section
603, section 604 (a) (5), or sections 672 to
675, inclusive, of title 28 of the United States
Code are hereby increased by amounts equal
to the increases prgvided by section 2 of this
act in corresponding rates of compensation
paid to officers and employees subject to the
Classification Act of 1949, as amended.
(b) The limitations of $13,485 and $18,010
with respect to the aggregate salaries payable
to secretaries and law clerks of circuit and
district judges, contained in the paragraph
designated "Salaries of supporting person-
nel" in the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1958
(71 Stat. 65; Public Law 85-49), or any sub-
sequent appropriation act, shall be increased
by the amounts necessary to pay the addi-
tional basic compensation provided by this
act.
(c) Section 753 (e) of title 28 of the
United States Code (relating to the compen-
sation of court reporters for district courts)
is amended by striking out "$6,450" and in-
serting in lieu thereof "$7,095."
SEC. 4. (a) Each officer and employee in
or under the legislative branch of the Gov-
ernment whose rate of compensation is in-
creased by section 5 of the Federal Employees
Pay Act of 1946 shall be paid additional com-
pensation at the rate of 10 percent of his
gross rate of compensation (basic compen-
sation plus additional compensation author-
ized by law).
(b) The basic compensation of each em-
ployee in the office of a Senator is hereby
adjusted, effective on the first, day of the
month following the date of enactment of
this act, to the lowest multiple of $60 which
will provide a gross rate of compensation
not less than the gross rate such employee
was receiving immediately prior thereto, ex-
cept that (1) the provisions of this subsec-
tion shall not apply in the case of any
employee if on or before the 15th day fol-
lowing the date of enactment of this act
the Senator by whom such employee is em-
ployed notifies the disbursing office of the
Senate in writing that he does not wish
this subsection to apply to such employee,I
and (2) no employee whose basic compen-f
sation is adjusted under this subsection
shall receive any additional compensation
or increase in compensation under this act
for any period prior to the effective date
of such adjustment.
(c) Notwithstanding the provision referred
to In subsection (d), the rates of gross com-
pensation of each of the elected officers of
the Senate (except the presiding officer of
the Senate), the Parliamentarian of the
Senate, the Legislative Counsel of the Sen-
ate, the Senior Counsel in the Office of the
Legislative Counsel of the Senate, and the
Chief Clerk of the Senate are hereby in-
creased by 10 percent.
(d) The paragraph Imposing limitations
on basic and gross compensation of officers
and employees of the Senate appearing un-
der the heading "Senate" in the Legislative
Appropriation Act, 1956 (69 Stat. 510; Public
Law 242, 84th Cong.), is amended to read
as follows:
"No officer or employee, whose compensa-
tion is disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate shall be paid basic compensation at
a rate in excess of $8,880 per annum, or
gross compensation at a rate in-excess of
$16,300 per annum, unless expressly author-
ized by law."
(e) The provisions of subsection (a) shall
not apply to employees whose compensation
is paid from the appropriation contained in
the paragraph designated "Folding docu-
ments" under the heading "Contingent Ex-
penses of the Senate" in the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1958 (71 Stat.
246; Public Law 85-75), or in any Subsequent
appropriation act, but the limitation con-
tained in such paragraph is hereby increased
by the amount necessary to provide increases
corresponding to those provided by subsec-
tion (a).
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(f) The official reporters of proceedings
and debates of the Senate and their employ-
ees shall be considered to be officers or
employees in or under the legislative branch
of tllg Government within the meaning of
subsection (a).
(g) The additional compensation provided
by this section shall be considered a part of
tasic compensation for the purposes of the
Civil Service Retirement Act (5 U. S. C. 2251-
2267).
(h) The paragraph relating to rates of com-
pensation of employees of committees of the
Senate, contained in the Legislative Appro-
priation Act, 1956 (69 Stat. 505; Public Law
242,,84th Cong.), is amended by striking out
so much of the second sentence thereof as
follows the words "First Supplemental Ap-
propriation Act, 1947," and inserting in lieu
thereof the following: "the basic compensa-
tion of any employee of a standing or select
committee of the Senate (including the ma-
jority and minority policy committees and
the majority conference of the Senate and
minority conference of the Senate), or a
joint committee of the two Houses the ex-
penses of which are paid from the contingent
fund of the Senate, whose basic compensa-
tion may be fixed under such provisions at
a rate of $8,000 per annum, may be fixed at
a rate not in excess of . $8,040 per annum,
except that the basic compensation of one
such employee may be fixed at a rate not
in excess of $8,880 per annum and the basic
compensation of two such employees may
be fixed at a rate not in excess of $8,460 per
annum."
(1) No officer or employee shall be paid in-
creased or additional compensation for any
period prior to the first day of the month
following the date of enactment of this act
at a rate in excess of 10 percent of his gross
rate of compensation computed without re-
gard to the amendment made by subsection
(d) and without regard to subsections (m),
(n), (0), and (p).
(j) The position of chief nurse in the Sen-
ate Office Building, under the Office of the
Architect of the Capitol, shall-be established
and allocated to grade 9 of the General
Schedule of the Classification Act of 1940, as
amended, so long as such position is held by
the present incumbent.
(k) The rate of gross annual compensation
of each of the elected officers of the House
of Representatives (except the Presiding Of-
ficer of the House and the Chaplain of the
House) is hereby increased by 10 percent.
(1) The aggregate rate of the rate of basic
annual compensation and the rate of addi-
tional annual compensation authorized by
law of the Chaplain of the House of Repre-
sentatives and of the coordinator of infor-
mation of the House of Representatives is
hereby increased by 10 percent.
(m) The rate of gross annual compensa-
tion of the legislative counsel of the House
of Representatives shall be an amount which
Is equal to the rate of gross annual compen-
sation of the legislative counsel of the Sen-
ate on the day following the effective date of
this subsection.
(n) The basic compensation of the admin-
istrative assistants to the Speaker, majority
leader, minority leader, majority whip, and
minority whip shall be at the rate of $8,880
per annum,
(o) Subsection (e) of section 202 of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as
amended (2 U. S. C. 72a (e) ), is amended (1)
by striking out "$8,820" where it first appears
in such subsection and inserting in lieu
thereof "$8,880", and (2) by striking out
"x:8,820" at the second place where it appears
in such subsection and inserting in lieu
thereof "$8,880."
(p) (1) This subsection is enacted as an
exercise of the rulemaking power of the
House of Representatives with full recogni-
tion of the constitutional right of the House
of Representatives to change the rule
amended by this subsection at any time, in
the same manner, and to the same extent as
in the case of any other rule of the House
of Representatives.
(2) Clause 27 (c) of rule XI of the Rules
of the House of Representatives is amended
(A) by striking out "$8,820" where it first
appears in such clause and inserting in lieu
thereof "$8,880," and (B) by striking out
"$8,820" at the second place where it appears
in such clause and inserting in lieu thereof
"$3,880." -
(q) The limitations in the paragraph des-
ignated "Folding documents" under the
heading "Contingent Expenses of the House"
in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,
1958 (71 Stat. 249; Public Law 85-75), or in
any subsequent appropriation act, are hereby
increased by 10 percent.
(r) Each employee in the legislative
branch of the Government whose compensa-
tion-
(1) Is disbursed by the Clerk of the House
of Representatives,
(2) is not increased by any other provi-
sion of this act, and
(3) is Excel at a gross aggregate rate per
annum, shall receive additional compensa-
tion at the rate of 10 percent of the rate of
his existing gross annual compensation.
(s) The increases In compensation pro-
vided by this section shall not be applicable
with respect to the Office of the Parliamen-
tarian of the House of Representatives and
to any employee in such office. f
(t) Subject to subsection (j) of this sec-
tion, each position of nurse under the Archi-
tect of the Capitol shall be allocated by the
Architect to that grade of the General Sched-
ule of the Classification Act of 1949, as
amended, which is recommended to the
Architect by the Attending Physician of the
Congress. Any such allocation shall not be
subject to post audit, review, or change by
any authority in the executive branch.
SEC. &. (a) Section 1403 (b) of the Veter-
ans' Benefits Act of 1957 (71 Stat. 130; Public
Law 85-56), relating to the annual salary of
the Chief Medical Director of the Depart-
ment of Medicine and Surgery of the Veter-
ans' Administration, is amended by striking
out "$17,800" and inserting-in lieu thereof
"$19,580."
(b) Section 1403 (c) of such act, relating
to the annual salary of the Deputy Chief
Medical Director of the Department of Medi-
cine and Surgery of the Veterans' Adminis-
tration, is amended by striking out "$16,800"
and inserting in lieu thereof "$18,480."
(c) Section 1403 (d) of such act, relating
to the annual salaries of the Assistant Chief
Medical Directors and the directors of serv-
ice or chiefs of division of the Department
of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans'
Administration, Is amended-
(1) by striking out "$15,800" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "$17,280";
(2) by striking out the word "twenty"
and inserting in lieu thereof the word
"twenty-five"; and
(3) by striking out "$13,225 minimum to
$14,300 maximum" and inserting in lieu
thereof "$14,645 minimum to $16,500 maxi-
mum."
(d) Section 1403 (e) of such act, relating
,to the annual salaries of the Director of
Nursing Service and the Deputy Director
of Nursing Service of the Department of
Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Ad-
ministration, is amended-
(1) by striking out "$11,610" and insert-
ing In lieu thereof "$12,770 minimum to
$13,970 maximum"; and
(2) by. striking out "$10,320" and Insert-
ing in lieu thereof "$11,355 minimum to
$12,555 maximum."
(e) Section 1403 (f) of such act, relating
to the annual salaries of the chief phar-
macist, the chief dietitian, the chief physical
therapist, and the chief occupational ther-
apist of the Department of Medicine and
June 2
Surgery of the, Veterans' Administration, is
amended to read. as follo'is:
"(f) The Administrator may appoint a
chief pharmacist, a chief dietitian, a chief
physical therapist, and a chief occupational
therapist. During the p ?riod of his service
as such, the chief pharrr acist and the chief
dietitian shall be paid a salary of $12,770
minimum to $13,970 maximum a year and
the chief physical therapist and the chief
occupational therapist sY all be paid a salary
of $11,355 minimum to 6112,555 maximum a
year."
(f) Section 1407 (a) of such act, relating
to maximum and minimum annual rates of
salary of certain employees of the Medical
Service, Dental Service, f.nd Nursing service
of the Department of Me dicine and Surgery
of the Veterans' Administration, 15 amended
to real as follows:
"(a) The grades and per annum full-pay
ranges for positions provided in paragraph
(1) of section 1404 shall be as follows:
"MEDICAL SERVICE
"Chief grade, $12,770 minimum to $13,970
maximum.
"Senior grade, $11,155 minimum to
$12,555 maximum.
"Intermediate grade, $9,890 minimum to
$11,090 maximum.
"Full grade, $8,330 minimum to $9,530
maximum.
"Associate grade, $7,D30 minimum to
$8,230 maximum.
"Junior grade, $6,505 minimum to $7,405
maximum.
"DENTAL SERVICE
"Chief grade, $12,770 minimum to $13,970
maximum.
"Senior grade, $11,355 minimum to $12,555
maximum,
"Intermediate grade, (9,890 minimum to
$11,090 maximum.
"Full grade, $8,330 n.inimum to $9,530
maximum.
"Associate grade, $7,030 minimum to $8,230
maximum.
"Junior grade, $6,505 minimum to $7,405
"NURSING SERVICE
"Assistant Director, $11,330 minimum to
$9,530 maximum.
"Senior grade, $7,030 minimum to $8,23,0
maximum.
"Full grade, $5985 minimum to $6,885
maximum.
"Associate grade, $5,205 minimum to $6,165
maximum.
"Junior grade, $4,425 minimum to $5,385
maximum."
(g) Section 1408 (d) of such act, pre-
scribing the maximum amount of pay and
allowances of medical, surgical, and dental
specialists of the Departm int of Medicine and
Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, is
amended to read as follows:
"(d) Any person, rated as a medical sur-
gical, or dental specialis'; under the provi-
sions of this section or prior corresponding
provisions of law, shall receive, in addition
to his basic pay, an allowance equal to 15
percent of such pay, but In no event shall
the pay plus the allowance authorized by
this subsection exceed $18,000 per annum."
(h) Section 1411 of such act, relating to
appointment of additional employees, is
amended-
(1) by inserting "(a) " immediately follow-
ing "SEC. 1411."; and
(2) by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing:
"(b) Notwithstanding t,ny other provision
of law, the per annum rate of salary of each
individual serving as a manager of a hos-
pital, domiciliary, or center who is not a
physician in the medical , ervice shall not be
less than the rate of salary which he would
receive under section 1407 if his service as
a manager of a hospital, comiciliary, or cen-
ter had been service as t~ physician in the
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meaicai service in the chief grade. This
subsection shall not affect the allocation of
any position of manager of a hospital, domi-
ciliary, or center to any grade of the General
Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949,
except with respect to changes in rate of
salary pursuant to the preceding sentence,
and shall not affect the applicability of the
'Performance Rating Act of 1950 to any in-
dividual."
(i) Paragraph (2) of section'1404 of such
act, relating to additional appointments, is
amended to read as follows:
"(2) Managers, pharmacists, physical ther-
apists, occupational therapists, dietitians,
and other scientific and professional per-
sonnel, such as optometrists, pathologists,
bacteriologists, chemists, biostatisticians, and
medical and dental technologists."
(j) Paragraph (5) of section 1405 of such
act, relating to qualifications of appointees,
is amended-
?Class 1--_---------------
$16, 060
$16, 500
Class 2.......... -------
13, 860
14:190
Class 3---------- ----
11, 660
11,990
Class 4------------------
9, 900
10,175
Class 5------------------
8, 140
8,415
Class 6------------------
6, 710
6,930
Class 7----- -'-----------
5,610
5, 77.5
Class 8------------------
4, 730
4,895
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B)
and (C) thereof as subparagraphs (C) and
(D) thereof, respectively; and
(2) by inserting immediately below sub-
paragraph (A) thereof the following:
"(B) optometrist-
"be licensed to practice optometry in one
of the States, Territories, or Commonwealths
of the United States, or in the District of
Columbia."
C. 6. (a) The Foreign Service Act of 1946
pitied as follows:
(1) The third sentence of section 412 of
such act (22 U. S. C. 867) is amended by
striking out "$17,500" and inserting in lieu
thereof "$19,250."
(2) The fourth sentence of section 412
of such act is amended to read as follows:
"The per annum salaries of Foreign Service
officers within each of the other classes shall
be as follows:
$16,940
14, 520
12,320
10,450
8,690
7,150
5,940
5,000
.. (3) The second sentence of section 415
of such act (22 U. S. C. 870) is amended to
read as follows: "The per annum rates of
"Class 0--------------------------------
Class 2------------ -.-------------------
Class 3--------------------------------
Class 4--------------------------------
Class 5-----------------------------_--
Class 6.
Class 7----
-
Class 8--------------------------------
Class 9--------------------------------
Class 10-------------------------------
Class 11 -------------------------------
Class 12-------------------------------
Class 13------------------------------
Class 14-------------------------------
Class 15-------------------------------
Class 16-------------------------------
Class 17-------------------------------
Class 18 -------------------------------
class 19-------------------------------
Class 20-------------------------------
Class 21-------------------------------
Class 22-------------------------------
$17, 380
$17, 820
$18,260
$18,700
14,850
15,180
15,510
15, 840
12, 500
12,980
13,310
13, 640
10,725
11,000
11,275
11, 550
8,965
9, 240
q,515'
9,79 0
7, 370
7, 590
7, 810
6, 105
6, 270
6, 435
6, 600
5, 225
5,390
5, 555
5, 720
$5, 885."
staff officers and employees
shall be as follows:
$11,770 $11, 120
10, 030 10, 320
9,095 9,380
8,995 8,610
7,690 7,905
6,990 7,200
6, 285 6, 495
5,585 5, 795
5,115 5, 260
4,650 4,790
4,180 4,320
3,730 3,870
3,300 , 3,445
3,090 ;3,165
2,875 2, 950
2,660 2, t15
2, 455 2,520
2,240 2,310
2,025 2,095
1,810 1,880
1,600 1,670
(b) Foreign Service officers, Reserve offi-
cers, and Foreign Service staff officers and
employees who are entitled to receive basic
compensation immediately prior to the effec-
tive date of this section at one of the step
rates provided by sections 412 or 415 of the
Foreign Service Act of 1946, shall receive
basic compensation on or after the effective
date of this section at the corresponding step
rate as provided by such sections 412 or 415
as amended by this section.
SEC. 7, (a) Notwithstanding section 3679
of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31
U. S. C. 665), the rates of compensation of
officers and employees of the Federal Govern-
ment and of the municipal government of
the District of Columbia whose rates of
compensation are fixed by administrative
action pursuant to law and are not other-
wise increased by this act are hereby author-
ized to be increased, effective on or after the
first day of the first pay period which began
on or after January 1, 1958, by amounts not
to exceed the increases provided by this act
for corresponding rates of compensation in
the appropriate schedule or scale of pay.
(b) Nothing contained in this section
shall be deemed to authorize any increase
in the rates of compensation of officers and
employees whose rates of compensation are
fixed and adjusted from time to time as
nearly as is consistent with the public in-
terest in accordance with prevailing rates or
practices.
$12,480
11, 485
10,600
0,665
8,815
8, 120
7, 415
6, 710
6,005
5, 400
4, 930
4, 460
4, 010
3, 585
3, 230
3, 020
2,805
2, 590
2,380
2,161,
1,955
1,745
for the mandatory restoration of such indi-
vidual to a position in or under the Federal
Government or the municipal government
of the District of Columbia.
SEC. 9..(a),The Director of the Bureau of
the Budget is authoNzed' and directed to
provide by regulation for the absorption
from the respective applicable appropria-
tions or funds available for the fiscal year
in which this act is enacted and for the
immediately succeeding fiscal years, by the
respective departments, agencies, establish-
ments, and corporations in the executive
branch, to such extent as the Director deems
practicable, of the costs of the increases in
basic compensation provided by this act.
(b) Nothing contained in subsection (a)
of this section shall be held or considered
to require (1) the separation from the serv-
ice of any individual by reduction in force
or other personnel action or (2) the placing
of any individual in a leave-without-pay
status.
(c) Subsections (a) and (b) of this sec-
tion shall not apply to the field service of
the Post Office Department and to such other
departments, agencies, establishments, and
corporations in the executive branch as the
Director, with the approval of the President,
within each class may designate.
$12,830 $13,160
11,770 12,120
10,885 .11, 165
9,945 10, 230
9,030 9,315
8, 325 8, 540
7, 630 7,840
6,925 7, 140
6,220 6, 435
5, 540 5, 755
5,070 5,215
4,605 4, 745
4,155 4,295
3,730 3,870
3, 300 3, 445
3, 090 3,165
2,875 2,050
2,660 2, 735
2,455 2, 520
2,240 , 2,310
2,025 2,095
1,810. 1,880Z
$9, 600
8,955
8,050
7,350
6,650
5,970 $6,175
5,355 5,500
4,890 6,025
4, 440 4, 580
4,010 4,155
3, 585 3,730
3,230 3,300
3,020 3, 090
2,805 2, 875
2, 590 2,660
2,380 2, 455
2,165 2,240
1,955 2, 025
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall
affect the authority contained in any law
pursuant to which rates of compensation
may be fixed by administrative action.
SEC. 8. (a) Retroactive compensation or
salary shall be paid by reason of this act
only in the case of an individual in the serv-
ice of the United States (including service in
the Armed Forces of the United States) or
the municipal government of the District of
Columbia on the date of enactment of this
act, except that such retroactive compen-
sation or salary shall be paid (1) to an
officer or employee who retired during the
period beginning on the first day of the first
pay period which began on or after Janu-
ary 1, 1958, and ending on the date of enact-
ment of this act for services- rendered during
such period and (2) in accordance with the
provisions of the act of August 3, 1950 (Pub-
lic Law 636, 81st Cong.), as amended (5
V. S. C. 61f-61k), for services rendered dur-
ing the period beginning on the first day of
the first pay period which began on or after
January 1, 1958, and ending on the date of
enactment of this act by an officer or em-
ployee who dies during such period.
(b) For the purposes of this section, serv-
ice In the Armed Forces of the United Sates,
in the case of an individual relieved from
training and service in the Armed Forces of
the United States or discharged from hos-
pitalization following such training and serv-
ice, shall include the period provided by law
SEC. 10. Section 505 (e) of the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended (5 U. S. C.
1105 (e) ), is amended by striking out
"thirty-seven" and inserting in lieu thereof
"seventy-five."
SEC. 11. Section 505 of the Classification
Act of 1949, as amended (5 U. S. C. 1105),
Is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new subsection:
"(g) Appointments to positions in grades
16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule, ex-
cept positions provided for in subsection (e)
of this section, shall be made only upon
approval by the Civil Service Commission
of the qualifications of the proposed ap-
pointees."
SEC. 12. The annual rate of basic com-
pensation of the position of Chief Postal
Inspector in the Post Office Department shall
be. $19,000.
SEC. 13. Section 604 (d) of the Federal
Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended (5
U. S. C. 944), is amended to read as follows:
"(d) (1) Hereafter, for all pay computa-
tion purposes affecting officers or employees
in or under the executive branch, the Judi-
cial branch, or the District of Columbia mu-
nicipal government, basic per annum rates
of compensation established by or pursuant
to law shall be regarded as payment for em-
ployment during 52 basic administrative
workweeks of 40 hours.
"(2) Whenever for any such purpose it is
necessary to convert a basic annual rate to
a basic biweekly, weekly, daily, or hourly
rate, the following rules shall govern:
"(A) An hourly rate shall be derived by
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"(B) A daily rate-shall be derived by mul-
tiplying the hourly rate by the number of
daily hours of service required; and
"(C) A weekly or biweekly rate shall be
derived by multiplying the hourly rate by
40 or 80 as the case may be.
"(3) All rates shall be computed in full
cents, counting a fraction of a cent as the
next higher cent."
SEC. 14. (a) The Postal Field Service
Schedule contained in section 301 (a) of the
Postal Field Service Compensation Act of
1955, as amended by section 401 (a) of the
act of May 27, 1958 (72 Stat. 145; Public Law
95-426), is amended by striking out levels
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7 to 20, inclusive, and the respective per
annum rates and steps for such levels and
levels and per an-
following.
$4,870
$5,035
$5,200
$6,365
$5,530
$5,695
$5,860
Temporary rate____________________
4,990
5,16(1
5,330
5,500
670
5
5
840
6
010
--------------- -----------------------
51255
5, 440
5,626
5, 810
,
5, 995
,
6, 180 P
,
6,365
Temporary rate____________________
5, 385
5,575
5,765
5, 955
6, 145
6,335
6, 526
9------------------------------------
5, 675
5,875
6, 075
6, 275
6,475
6,675
6,875
Temporary rate--------------------
5,815
6,020
6,225
6, 430
6, (135
6,840
7, 045
------------ -------------------------
6,236
6,459
(1, 665
6,880
7, 095
7, 310
7, 525
Temporary rate____________________
6,390
6, 610
6, 830
7
050
270
7
490_
7
7
710
11---------------- ---------------------
6, 860
7, 095
7,330
,
7, 565
,
7, 800
,
.
8, 035
,
8,270
Temporary rate--------------------
7, 030
7, 270
7, 510
7, 750
7,990
8, 230
8, 470
12 --------------------------------------
7,545
7,805
8,065
8, 325
8,584
8, 845
9,105
Temporary rate____________________
7, 735
8,0()0
8, 265
8, 530
8,795
9, 060
9, 325
13________________ _____________________
8,310
8,59()
8, 870
9, 150
9, 430
9, 710
9,990
Temporary rate--------------------
8,520
8,805
9,090
9, 375
9, 660
9,945
10, 230
If_ ------------------------------
9, 140
9,440
9,740
10, 040
10, 340
10
(340
10
940
Temporary rate____________________
9, 370
9,680
9, 990
10, 300
10, 610
,
10,920
,
11, 230
1------------------------------ ________
10, 050
10,376
10, 700
11,025
11,350
11, 675
12
000
Temporary rate____________________
10,300
10,635
10,970
11,305
11, 640
11,975
310
12
310
16--------------------------------------
11, 03
11,400
11, 725
12, 050
12, 375
12, 700
13, 025
:
Temporary rate____________________
11,350
11, 685
12, 020
12,355
12, 690
13,025
13,360
17______________________________________
12, 255
12, 580
12, 905
13,230
13,555
13, 880
14,205
Temporary rate____________________
12, 560
12, 895
13, 230
13,565
13,900 .
14, 235
14
570
18-------------------------------------
13, 760
14, 08.5
14,410
14, 735
15, 060
15, 385
,
15 566
Temporary rate____________________
14,105
14, 410
14.775
15,110
15, 445
15, 780
19--------------------------------------
15, 050
15,375
15, 700
15,900
Temporary rate____________________
15,425
15, 760
15, 900
20---------------------------------------
16, 000"
(b) (1) The provisions of sections 402, 403,
404, and 405 of the act of May 27, 1958 (72
Stat. 146; Public Law 85-426), shall be ap-
plicable and effective, as of the effective date
of this section, with respect to the applica-
tion and operation of the amendment made
by subsection (a) of this section.
(2) For the purposes Of paragraph (1) of
this subsection,-
(A) the terms "This title" and "this title",
' as used in such sections 402 (a), 403, and
404, mean the amendment made by subsec-
tion (a) of this section; and
(B) the term "This act", as used In such
section 405, means the provisions of this
section 14.
SEC. 15 (a) Except as provided in subsec-
tions (b) and (c) of this section, this act
shall take effect as of the first day of the first
pay period which began on or after January
1, 1958.
(b) This section, the first section, and sec-
tions 4 (b), 4 (e), 4 (h), 4 (j), 4(q), 4 (t),
5 (1), 5 (j), 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 shall take effect
on the date of enactment of this act.
(c) Sections 5 (h), 12, and 13 shall take
effect on the first day of the first pay period
which begins on or after the date of enact-
ment of this act.
(d)'For the purpose of determining the
amount of insurance for which an individual
is eligible under the Federal Employees'
Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, all changes
in rates of compensation or salary which
result from the enactment of this act shall
be held and considered to be effective as of
the first day of the first pay period which
begins on or after the date of such enact-
ment.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a sec-
ond demanded?
Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I
demand a second.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. With-
out objection, a second will be considered
as ordered.
There was no objection.
Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker; I yield
myself 10 minutes.
Mr. Speaker, this legislation as pro-
vided by the committee amendment
would increase the annual rates of com-
pensation of approximately 1,064,072
officers and employees in the executive,
legislative, and judicial branches of the
Federal Government. The main differ-
ence between this bill as passed by the
Senate and as recommended by your
Committee on Post Office and Civil Serv-
ice is the amount of salary increase given
the employees covered by this legislation.
The bill as it passed the Senate pro-
vided 7V2 percent salary increase. The
salary increase our committee recom- masters in the larger c:' ties, would have
mended is 10 percent. Both the Senate the 21/2 percent temporary increase for
and our committee recommended that a period of 3 years as those in the first
that increase be retroactive to the first 6 levels. For level 7, where a 11/2 per-
-day of the first pay period which began cent increase was given, this amendment
on or after January 1, 1958. adds an extra 1 percent, giving them
I will say that I thought the 10 percent the same 21/2 percent temporary increase
increase provided by this amendment as those in the first 6 lei els.
was too high and- should have been
somewhere around 71/2 or 8 percent. I
was also strongly opposed to the retroac-
tive feature making this pay increase
effective on the first pay period after
Janu>i,ry 1, 1958. This retroactive fea-
ture will cost the Government over $200
million, but since the postal pay and rate
bill has already been passed and signed
by the President, and since that bill gives
the postal employees retroactive pay
back to January 1, I feel that the classi-
fied and other employees of the Federal
Government are entitled to the same
treatment and the same consideration as
the postal employees:
I do not think it is fitting for me to
be complaining at this time since the
postal employees have already received
retroactive pay to January 1, and like
treatment should certainly be accorded
other employees of our Government.
. The bill also increases from $16,000 to
$17,500 the existing maximum salary
rate of the General Schedule of the
Classification Act of 1949, as amended.
The salary increases apply to these
categories of officers and employees:
First. Employees whose positions are
subject to the Classification Act of 1949,
as amended.
Second. Officers and employees in the
judicial branch of our Government, in-
cluding court reporters for district'
courts of the United States, secretaries
and law clerks of Federal, circuit, and
district judges, and certain others.
Third. Officers and employees in the
legislative branch of the Federal Gov-
ernment, with certain exceptions.
Fourth. Officers and employees of the
Department of Medicine and Surgery in
the Veterans' Administration.
Fifth. Officers and employees of the
Foreign Service of the United States
under the Department of State.
This legislation also provides in the
amendment that an additional 21/2-per-
cent cost-of-living increase be paid, ef-
fective for 3 years, for postal employees
in levels 7 to 19.
June 2
As the Members know, when the
postal pay bill was enacted, a 71/2 per-
cent permanent increase was given to
all postal employees. Those employees
who were in levels 1 to 6 were given an
additional 21/2 percent temporary in-
crease for 3 years and the employees in
level 7 were given l1/, percent for a
temporary period of 3 years and the
supervisory officials in level 8 and above
were not given any temporary increase.
When the President approved this legis-
lation, he complained strongly about this
discriminatory feature, lie said that
all employees, whether supervisors or
higher officials or not, were entitled to
the same consideration as those in the
first seven levels.
I heartily agree with this statement
of our President and for that reason
this amendment provides that those
supervisory officials, including post-
The President said 1;hat when Con-
gress stopped the temporary increase at
level seven, it was a distortion of the
postal field service pay schedule and
that such action was inconsistent with
the basic principles o:' equal pay for
equal work, and' recognition that postal
salaries offer substantial differences ac-
cording to the difficulty and the degree
of responsibility of the work performed
by employees.
I have just received the following let-
ter from Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerfield in strong support of this
amendment:
OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL,
Washington, D. C., June 2, 1958.
Hon. TOM MURRAY,
Chairman, Post Office Ind Civil Service
Committee, House of Representa-
tives, Washington, 11. C.
DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Yau will recall our
recent conversation concerning the salary
inequities created by the Enactment of Pub-
lic Law 85-426 affecting thousands of postal
supervisorsand postmasters.
Knowing your keen interest in fair salary
treatment for all postal employees, the Post
Office Department strongly recommends
prompt action to eliminate this discrimi-
nation.
This can be accomplis'led by extending
the same percentage pay increase provided
in Public Law 85-426 for the first 6 levels
of the postal field service salary schedule
to all the remaining levels. The cost of such
an extension is estimated at $51/2 million a
year, which is nominal in comparison with
the $265 million in pay increases for postal
employees provided by tae legislation re-
cently enacted.
Postal supervisors are chosen from the
ranks. Equitable salary treatment for them
will restore the incentive to all employees
to seek advancement to the more difficult
and responsible positions.
Postmasters who are responsible for ban-
dlihg an ever increasing volume of mail,
controlling substantial sums of money and
directing large numbers of employees, should
also be accorded fair treatment and have
their salaries increased proportionately.
It is my understanding that you will offer
an amendment to S. 734 1 o accomplish this
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purpose. Such an amendment has my
wholehearted endorsement.
Sincerely yours,
ARTHUR E. SUM.MERFIELD,
Postmaster General.
I realize the tremendous cost of this
legislation. No one is stronger for hold-
ing down the cost of the operation of
our Government than I, but at the same
time I fully realize that the classified
and other employees included in. this
legislation are entitled to a reasonable
increase. They have received only one
increase since 1951. That only increase
was in 1955 when they were given a
71,2 percent increase. I feel that in view
of the postal pay legislation which has
already been approved by the Presi-
dent, this legislation should also be ap-
proved for the classified and other em-
ployees, including the judicial, those in
the Foreign Service and in the Veterans'
Administration, and the differences in
pay is set forth in S. 734 and the House
committee amendment should be ad-
justed in conference.
As I said before, the cost of this leg-
islation will be $547,669,447. That is a
tremendous amount of money-I am
very hopeful that the Director of the
Budget will carry out section 9 of our
amendment which provides as follows:
SEc. 9. (a) The Director of the Bureau of
the Budget is authorized and directed to
provide by regulation for the absorption
from the respective applicable appropria-
tions or funds available for the fiscal year
In which this act is enacted, by the re-
spective departments, agencies, establish-
ments, and corporations in the executive
branch, to such extent as the Director deems
practicable, of the costs of the increases in
basic compensation provided by this act.
This amendment provides that it is
applicable to not only this fiscal year
but succeeding fiscal years. I am quite
confident that the Direcor of the Budget
can hold down the cost of this legisla-
tion due to changes in service, and due
to retirements, resignations, and deaths
of employees. Having great confidence
in the present Director of the Budget,
I feel sure he will carry out the provisions
of section 9 of the amendment.
Certainly we must do everything we
can to reduce the cost of our Govern-
mefit, and I have long been disturbed
at the tremendous cost of our Govern-
rtfent. As long as we,- keep increasing
expenditures, I do not see how we can
ever decrease taxes. It is a serious prop-
osition, but at the same time we must
treat our employees fairly, and I think
this legislation is proper and should be
approved by this body and then the dif-
ference between the 71/2-percent ap-
proval of the Senate and the 10-percent
approval of the House can be adjusted in
conference.
Mr; HOFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. MURRAY. I yield, to the gentle-
man from Michigan.
Mr. HOFFMAN. Assume that a Con-
gressliian had a clerk who worked in
April and May. This bill becomes effec-
tive January 1. Does that affect get-
ting the 10-percent increase for-those
employees?
Mr. MURRAY. That is correct. It
is retroactive in pay to January 1.
Mr. HOFFMAN. Even though that
employee does not work any more?
Mr. MURRAY. That is correct. If the
employee retires or if he should die then
the amount due will go to his survivor.
Mr. HOFFMAN. How much bookkeep-
ing will that take?
Mr. MURRAY. Quite a little.
Mr. HOFFMAN. Even if he was fired
for incompetency he would still get the
10 percent?
Mr. MURRAY. No; that is not correct.
Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr.
Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. MURRAY. I yield.
Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. As
I understand it, this takes in the medi-
cal profession, the nurses and doctors
in the various Government services? Is
that correct?
Mr. MURRAY. That is entirely cor-
rect. The amendment includes an
amendment offered by the gentlewo-
man's committee, by the gentleman
from Texas [Mr. TEAGUE], the chair-
man of the committee, who worked this
out.
Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts.
Yes; it is my understanding they would
be included. But this does not include
the unclassified workers?
Mr. MURRAY. Those who are on per
diem are not included with those who
get salaries.
Mr. CORBETT. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. MURRAY. I yield to the gentle-
man from Pennsylvania.
Mr. CORBETT. The gentleman in
reply to the query of the gentleman from
Michigan I believe inadvertently gave
a wrong answer. The only persons who
would be entitled to receive this retro-
active pay would be those who have re-
tired or are deceased. If they were in-
voluntarily separated or separated by
resignation they would not be covered
by the terms of this bill.
Mr. HOFFMAN. If the gentleman
will yield further, is the gentleman
sure about that? This bill covers 10
percent to all of them who have been in
since January.
Mr. CORBETT. But it deals with
present employees of the Government.
Mr. HOFFMAN. It applies just to
those who are on the payroll when the
bill becomes law?
Mr. CORBETT. Certainly.
Mr. MURRAY. I thought it applied
to all who were on the payroll since
Mr. CORBETT. And who were re-
tained on the payroll and are presently
covered.
Mr. MURRAY. I thank the gentle-
man. I am herewith attaching a -cum-
mary of the categories and number of
employees and the estimated increased
annual cost of S. 734 as amended by the
House Committee on - Post Office and
Civil Service;
Categories and number of employees affected and estimated increased annual cost of S. 731";
as reported by the House committee
See. 2--------------------------
Sec. 5--------------------------
See.6------------- -------------
See.4------------- -------------
Sec.3--------- -----------------
Sec. 14 (amendment) -----------
Number of I Annual cost
employees
Classification Act of 1949, as amended---------------
Doctors, dentists, and nurses, Department of Medi-
cine and Surgery in Veterans' Administration.
Foreign Service-----------------------------------
Officers and employees in or under the legislative
branch.
Officers and employees in or under the judicial
branch.
23i percent only increase for post office supervisory
employees.
. Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker,.I
yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from
Virginia [Mr. BROYHILL]. ,
(Mr. BROYHILL asked and was given
permission to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. BROYHILL. Mr. Speaker, as one
who represents more? Federal employees
in the Congress than any other Mem-
ber,I rise in vigorous, enthusiastic, and
sincere support of this legislation. I
believe my colleagues will agree that my
position is consistent with the best prin-
ciples of representative government.
I recognize however, that my appeal
here has to be based upon more than
just a personal desire to serve my peo-
ple; it has to be based on what is in the
best interests of the Nation as a whole
and what is fair and proper for both
sides.
Mr. Speaker, you have heard the story
many times before, and whenever you
have heard this story and heard the
recommendations made by our commit-
tee, you have gone along with it rather
overwhelmingly. Last year the com-
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2,230,700
6,500,000
mittee recommended a bill providing an
increase of 11 percent. It was passed
overwhelmingly by this body, but was
subsequently vetoed. Since that time
there has been a steady increase in the
cost of living and other wage adjust-
ments for employees in other fields. In
spite of this continued increase in the
cost of living and in spite of the fact
that we went along with the 11 percent
last year, and in spite of the fact that
many of us introduced legislation pro-
viding for a larger increase, the com-
mittee came out with a compromise of
10 percent, which is less than we ap-
proved overwhelmingly last year in spite
of the increase in the cost of living.
I strongly feel, Mr. Speaker, this is a
minimum compromise that the Congress
should accept at this time, Why is it a
minimum compromise? In the first
place, better than 50 percent of the Fed-
eral employees earn less than $60 a week
take-home pay. It does not take an
economist to realize that it is almost im-
possible to provide for one's family the
basic necessities of life with such an in-
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come. Furthermore, we have not over
the period of years granted increases to
the Federal employees consistent with
the increased cost of living. I will take
1- grade for an example, and that is
grade 7 which is the medium grade be-
tween 1 and 15 exclusive of the so-called
supergrades. Grade 7 today is receiv-
ing $4,525 per year. In 1939, that grade
was receiving $2,600 per year. All of us
agree that in 1939 the cost of living had
been somewhat stable for several years.
The cost-of-living index, the Consumer
Price Index shows that as of December
31, 1957, the cost of living had gone ups
to 104.7 percent. Yet, the total salary
increase of that medium grade has
amounted to 74 percent. In order for
the grade 7, the medium grade, to receive
the same gross income they received in
1939, we would have today to grant an
increase of 17.6 percent. For that same
employee to have the same purchasing
power and the same net take-home pay
after taxes and retirement payments are
taken into consideration and to buy the
same number of loaves of bread, and the
same number of pairs of shoes, we would
have to grant today an increase of 25
percent. Yet, this bill only provides for
an increase of 10 percent. That is the
reason I say it is a minimum compromise
that we should accept. I think all of
my colleagues will agree that we get
what we pay for in every walk of life,
and most certainly if we do not properly
adjust these wages and these salaries,
over a period of time the quality of our
personnel is going to be lowered. The
efficiency is going to be lowered and the
cost to the Government as a consequence
will naturally be higher. I think all of
my colleagues will also agree that we
should be fair with all of our employees
and provide the same increase for the
classified employees as was provided for
the postal employees within the last few
weeks, which is a little ove: 10 percent.
In fact, the amendment offered by the
chairman here today is equalizing that,
so as to provide a minimum 10 percent
for all postal employees. I hope this
body today passes this bill by such an
overwhelming vote that it will encour-
age the conferees to hold to the 10 per-
cent figure in the conference. Recog-
nizing that the other body did approve
7.5 percent before, and there would nat-
urally be an inclination on the part of
our conferees in the conference to com-
promise somewhere between that
amount. I believe the overwhelming
vote today should indicate the feeling of
this body that we believe all of our em-
ployees should receive the same and
equal treatment. The only way we can
be fair to all the employees is to insist on
this minimum bill of 10 percent at this
time.
Mr. BOW. Mr. Speaker, will the gen-
tleman yield?
Mr. BROYHILL. I yield.
Mr. BOW. Does the gentleman be-
lieve that if this increase were granted,
taking into consideration the great
amount of income in the gentleman's dis-
trict, that perhaps we could out down
on the amount that we contribute to the
schools of his district?
Mr. BROYHILL. No, I do not agree
with that. The Federal Government
contributes to the schools on the basis
of the fact that the Federal Government
owns property in that area on which it
does not pay taxes. I do not think you
can penalize the employees of the Fed-
eral Government because of the cost of
the Government operation on tax-free
property in our districts. I do not be-
lieve there is any connection between the
two.
The average Government employee
makes less today than the average coal
miner, steel worker, automobile worker,
oil worker, or construction worker. It
was notalways this way. A Government
position used to be sought after, not only
because of the opportunity of service
that it offered, but also, because of .-the
good pay and fine working conditions
that Government employees used to
enjoy compared with other groups in the
population.
This is no, longer so. We have allowed
the status of Government employees to
deteriorate. Let me illustrate the ex-
perience of one occupation in the Gov-
ernment with which we are all familiar-
that of the letter carrier. The average
letter carrier today makes $4,383. In
most American cities this is less than is
required, for what I called before, an
adequate but modest cost of living. It
is no wonder, therefore, that most postal;
employees have to look for a secondary
job to supplement the income that they
receive for long hours of work in the
post office. During the past 10 years,
the average salary of a letter carrier has
increased by 52 percent, but most of this
Increase was absorbed by the rise in cost
of living so that during the whole decade
since 1946, the real rise in the wages of
letter carriers has beenonly 10 percent.
Compare this with an increase of three
times as high for workers in manufac-
turing, coal, and building construction.
Even retail employees have gained rela-
tively twice as great a wage boost in real
wages during the past decade than those
of the letter carrier. .
The lot of the classified civil service
employee is not much better. Their
money wage over the decade between
1946 and 1956 has increased by 61 per-
cent, but the average real wage has risen
by only 16 percent, or half as much as
that in manufacturing, coal, and build-
ing construction.
Over the past 2 years alone, since Fed-
eral Government employees have re-
ceived their last and inadequate salary
raise, wage rates of the major groups in
American economy have risen between
10 and 20 percent.
Is it, therefore, any wonder that the
position of Federal employees has cor-
roded over the years and that the status
of Federal employment has been se-
riously injured.
In private industry we take it for
granted that the increases in cost of
living and improvements in productivity
are compensated so that theremunera-
tion of employees improves with in-
creases in productivity. Most Govern-
ment jobs do not lend themselves to
measurements of productivity, but such
measurements do not, appear necessary.
June 2
It is quite obvious that Government em-
ployees who perform essential services
and who help create a climate which
makes possible the overall growth of pro-
ductivity should be entitled to share in
the economic growth of this economy.
But in some areas where productivity
of Government employees can be meas-
ured, like in the post office, we find that
the rise in productivity has compared
favorably with that in private industry.
According to the. Postmaster General
and the Bureau of the Budget produc-
tivity of postal employees has increased
at an annual rate of some 3 percent, and
the best available data indicate that
these increass are going to continue in
the future.
Plain justice and fair play would
therefore require that we grant a sub-
stantial wage increase to Federal em-
ployees in order to make it possible for
them to catch up with the increases
granted to employees in private industry
doing comparable wort. This in itself
would be sufficient and good reason for
granting the increase, but there are
other compelling reasons which would
require Congress to raise the wage and
salary scales of Federal employees.
Evidence presented before the House
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
shows that in many cases the Federal
Government has difficulty in hiring suit-
able personnel to replace those who re-
tire or who leave. Gov ~rnment employ-
ment for more renumerative occupation
outside of Government.
In addition, independent studies con-
ducted by the Department of Defense,
the Civil Service Commission, and a
commission especially appointed by the
President to study the problems of Fed-
eral pay practices have all concluded
that in many areas, Federal wages and
salaries are too low to attract the neces-
sary caliber of men to perform the high
level of responsibility that Government
work requires.
Mr. Speaker, I am in favor of reducing
the budget and in favor of reducing the
heavy burden that taxation brings upon
our population. But we cannot ac-
complish this at the expense of the al-
ready underpaid Fec':eral employees.
Failure to enact a fair wage increase to
Federal employees will not constitute
a saving but a loss. Failure to act now
would impair essential Government
services and would, therefore, constitute
a damage to our total economy.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
time of the gentleman from Virginia has
expired.
(Mr. FULTON asked and was granted
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD.)
Mr. FULTON. Mr. Speaker, I strongly
favor passage of this bill for a 10-percent
pay raise for classified employees and
other classes of employeesof the Federal
Government, and recommend this action
heartily to my colleagues. The Congress
should recognize the good and efficient
work these employees have rendered to
the American people, and should realize
the urgent need for this increase in pay.
These classified employees have been
given only one pay rake since the year
1951. This previous raise was 71/z per-
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cent in the year 1955. Compared to em-
ployees in business and industry, this
pay 'raise is long overdue. Thq cost of
living has increased every year and this
pay raise, which is a minimum, should
be promptly passed.
As this legislation has been the. subject
of much controversy, which has, delayed
the passage of the bill, the pay raise
should be made fully retroactive to Janu-
ary 1, 1958, in order to do full justice to
our worthy Government employees.
Mr. REES' of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I
yield 6 minutes to the gentleman from
Iowa [Mr. JENSEN].
Mr. JENSEN. Mr. Speaker, before I
learned that this bill was coming to the
floor of the House under suspension of
rules which permits committee amend-
ments only, I had intended to offer an
amendmet to the bill. My amendment
would provide that only 150 percent of the,
vacancies among classified employees
could be filled until a 5-percent reduc-
tion had been effected in personnel for
the fiscal year 1959. I will read my pro-
posed amendment: .
SEC. 15. Effective July 1, 1958, or 30 days
after the, enactment of this act, whichever
is later, positions, the grades and rates of
compensation for which are specified in sec-
tions 2, 5, 6, and 7 of this act, becoming
vacant shall not be filled: Provided, That
this limitation shall not apply to-
(1) not to exceed 50 percent of all vacan-
cies;
(2) departments or independent agencies
the total positions within which does not
exceed 100:
Provided further, That when total employ-
ment, the compensation for which is -pre-
scribed In sections 2, 5, 6, and 7 of this act,
shall have been reduced to a figure not ex-
ceeding 95 percent of the total number pro-
vided in the various appropriation acts for
the fiscal year 1959, this section shall be-
come operative: Provided further, That this
section shall cease to be effective on June 30,
1959.,
Since I learned only yesterday that
this bill was to be considered under sus-
pension of rules, I Have just talked with
the chairman of the committee, my good
friend and able colleague from Tennes-
see [Mr. MURRAY] and also my good
friend and able colleague from Kansas
[Mr. REES], the ranking Republican
member of the committee, and asked
them if they would offer my amendment
as a committee amendment. They feel
that it would not be proper since the
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
has not had an opportunity to act on
the amendment.
As most of my colleagues know, in
1952 and 1953, a similar amendment
introduced by myself was adopted on
five appropriation bills, and the effect of
those amendments on those appropria-
tion bills kept many thousands of peo-
ple off the payroll, without a single Fed-
eral employee losing his or her job. My
amendment, as you know, reduces Fed-
eral employees by the attrition method
by not filling vacancies that occur
through death, retirement, and resigna-
tion. Since the committee will not offer
my amendment as a committee amend-
ment, I can only wait until the supple-
mental appropriation bill is considered
by the House, which of course will be
necessary to support this legislation
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with dollars, as in the case with most our civil service. Government person-
every legislative bill that comes before nel directors can testify to the serious
the Congress. Had this amendment difficulties they have faced in recruiting
been adopted to this bill and made law trained personnel for Government jobs.
it would have saved in the fiscal. year The Federal agencies have been unable
1959 $240 million, which is $40 million to compete with the alluring offers from
more than is estimated that the retro- private industry.
active section would cost. In addition, the civil service has been
Some of our liberal spenders of tax- losing valuable, skilled employees
payers' dollars will say $240 million is through the enticements of higher paid
hardly worth saving, but who knows positions elsewhere. Turnover -fates as
what effect that last straw will have on high as 25 percent among highly trained
the future of America. I say, Mr. employees have been cited. In the in-
Speaker, $240 million is not hay in any- terests of our national welfare and the
body's language, and we had best start retention of a high caliber civil service.
saving wherever we can. At a later date
when the appropriation bill comes here,
I propose to find out whether or not this
House is interested in making such a
saving, and at that time I propose to
demand a yea and nay rollcall in order
that the people in each congressional
district will know the attitude of their
Representative in Congress on the all-
important issue of Federal spending.
Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. JENSEN. I yield to the gentle-
man from Tennessee.
Mr. MURR,AY. The gentleman spoke
to me about this amendment only this
morning, and then it was too late to
secure consideration by the committee
and it could not be considered as a com-
mittee amendment.
Mr. JENSEN. Yes; I explained that.
Mr. MURRAY. The gentleman has
put such a rider on bills in the past
ar d I have always supported him.
Mr. JENSEN. I thank the gentleman.
Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker,
will the gentleman yield?
Mr. JENSEN. I yield to the gentle-
man from Kansas.
Mr. REES of Kansas. I- agree with
the gentleman to this extent that a
great amount of money could be saved
if the agencies of the Government
would, every time a person is separated
from. the payroll, not fill the position
until it is shown that to do so is abso-
lutely necessary to the proper function-
ing of the agency.
Mr. JENSEN.. I am glad to see that
the committee did include a provision
in this bill, directing the Bureau of the
Budget to see to it that the agencies af-
fected make every attempt to save
money by this very method of not filling
vacancies. But as the gentleman knows,
it is always best to say to the fellow
who is working for you alone or for all
the people: "This is what you must do,"
and say it in such language that your
orders are sure to be carried out, and
in this instance to the letter of the law,
Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I yield
such time as he may desire to the gen-
tleman from West Virginia [Mr. BYRD].
(Mr. BYRD asked and was given per-
mission to revise and extend his re- the largest increase in real income of 107
marks.) percent. But other groups have also
Mr. BYRD. Mr. Speaker, the chal- prospered: Lumber workers, up 73 per-
lenge of Soviet scientific achievements cent; textile workers, up 64 percent;
has reawakened America to the neces- chemical workers, up.58 percent; meat-
sity of having the ablest and the best packers, up 47 percent; even school-
trained personnel in our Federal service, teachers are up 36 percent; and retail
working for our national preservation, clerks, up 24 percent, to mention only a
In recent years we have witnessed a few. And where do we find the Federal
marked deterioration in the prestige of Government workers? At the bottom
we must authorize immediate and sub-
stantial pay increases for our Federal
classified employees so that they can
regain lost ground in our expanding
economy.
The continued and accelerated up-
ward spiral in the cost of living have left
Federal employees bearing the brunt of
the inflation. The-cost of living has far
outdistanced the meager increases in the
Federal pay rates. The pressure of the
never-ending treadmill of trying to pur-
chase the necessary goods and services
for their families and themselves with
dollars of declining relative value ha.; led
many Federal employees to take second-
ary jobs or to have their wives go back
to work.
Recent surveys indicate that for a
family of four to maintain a modest but
adequate standard of living their annual
income must be at least between $4,700
and $5,000. Yet the median wage for
Federal classified employees is $4,075. In
other words, more than half of our Fed-
eral civil servants are receiving substand-
ard wages. This is a disturbing situa-
tion which calls for immediate action.
Over the past decade, while workers in
private industry, with the assistance of
their unions, have considerably improved
their conditions both in wages and in
added fringe benefits, Government em-
ployees, precluded from the advantages
of collective bargaining, have steadily lost
ground. Federal workers have been
given only one general wage increase of
71/2 percent for classified employees in
the last 6 years, while many workers in
the business world have been getting
annual wage boosts commensurate with
their increased productivity and the rise
in the cost of living.
In the 3 years since the Federal em-
ployees received their last pay raise,
wages in manufacturing have gone up
14 percent; in wholesaling 13 percent;
.and in mining they. are up 21 percent.
One has only to compare the changes in
real income of Government employees
with various other occupational groups
over a 17-year period from 1939 through
1956 to realize how poorly the civil serv-
ice has fared in our growing economy.
Bituminous-coal miners have enjoyed
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of the list, with a modest 14-percent tion, by foregoing justified salary in- The cost of recruiting and training
increase in their real income. To raise creases, in the face of the complete fail- new employees and bringing them up,
Government salaries to the pre-World ure of the administration's efforts to through the necessary period of service,
War II status would require a pay raise restrain price increases in other seg- to the standard of production df those
of at least 25 percent, a much greater ments of the economy? they replace is a tremendous item of ex-
figure than anyone is proposing. We are cdnfronted here with the al- pense which, well could outweigh a large
The disparity in wage increases and most unbelievable spectacle of the rich- part of the direct payroll cost of the
real take-home pay is not confined to a est country in the world today keeping salary increase provided by this legisla-
comparison of Federal employees with a majority of its Federal employees on tion.
other occupational groups. Even within what is subsistence pay or less. To I strongly supported the 11 percent
the Government service this disparity authorize a pay increase would only be pay increase which was passed by the
extends to the relationship of classified remedying an inequality. House last year. Frankly, I felt that a
employees' salaries and the earnings of National self-interest requires us to larger increase than 11 percent was more
nearly 700,000 Federal employees whose improve the wages of our Federal em- than justified. I still feel that a larger
rates of compensation are not set by the ployees and to return them to an equit- increase should be considered; however,
Congress, but rather are based upon the_ able position in our economy. I know in the spirit of compromise, I am sup-
prevailing wage rates in the communities I need not belabor the importance of porting this legislation which provides
where they are employed. These Federal our civil service to the workings of our for an increase of 10 percent per annum.
wage-board workers have received re-. whole society. In recent years, the Fed- I hope the House will pass the bill so
peated upward adjustments which have eral Government- has grown to have that differences between the House and
kept their wages in line with the cost of such a vital role in the economy and in the Senate can be worke i out and the
living, but which have also placed them the preservation of our way of life. It employees will receive the benefits of this
far ahead of their fellow .classified em- is essential that our Government be legislation, which is long overdue, in_ the
ployees in terms of increased income, manned by the most capable and best form of larger pay checks at the earliest
The Department of the Navy reports trained of our citizens. We cannot hope possible time.
that it wage-board employees have re- to entice qualified personnel into Gov- also urge your support for the con-
ceived pay raises totaling 25.8 percent eminent Service with our present inade- I
This for the co i-
since 1951, while the Federal classified quate pay scales. It would be sheer folly mittee amendment. and T Ives a full n
employees have had to settle for 71/2 per- to let this pressing problem go unsolved fair and equitable gives
10
pay increase table for ail postal super-
cent. Numerous situations have been any longer. pisors and postmasters. Since o the pose
created 10
created where classified supervisors are Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I wish to say visors and law pro seal
al
paid lower salaries than the wage-board that I favor suspension of the rules and employees have a bill a bilnow, a are, it i-
workers they supervise. If this condi- passage of this legislation. ing for their 10 percent pay ~ increase, be
tion is allowed to continue, we will wit- Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 only fair into that thawis is bill, a3 a a10 mended, be
ness a further decline in the morale of minutes to the gentleman from Loui- pay increase for all other Federal em-
our Federal service, which we cannot siana [Mr. MORRISON]. ployees.
afford in these perilous times. , (Mr. MORRISON asked and was
Today the median salary in the 927,- Mr. REFS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I
822-man classified service is $4,075 com- remarks.) permission to revise and extend hia yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from
rema
pared with that of the wage-board em- Mr. MORRISON. Mr. Speaker, like Michigan [Mr. CEDERBERC].
ployees of $4,597. This is quite the re- several members of our committee, I in- Mr: end to ERG. Mr. Speaker, I do
verse of the picture in 1950 when the troduced legislation similar to this bill not intend to take the 4 minutes that
classified service salary' median was before the House today. Our have been allotted to me. I rise in sup-
$3,225 as against the wage board's $3,099. which is port of th& pending legis: ation. A pat-
These figures clearly illustrate the un- committee went over this legislation very tern has already been set in the previous
justified inequities in our Federal pay carefully in the hearings, and went into conference report which was adopted re-
system. We in Congress are now faced every possible detail. I believe it is the garding postal rates and postal pay for
with the responsibility of removing these best compromise our committee could our other workers. I certainly hope that
detrimental inequities before they en- bring to the floor, the bill that is pres- this legislation will be adopted over-
danger the whole quality of our civil ently before you. whelmingly and that no demand for a
service. I therefore strongly favor same and rollcall will be made beta ase then it will
Our economy-minded friends in both urge you to support this bill. be necessary to delay calling of the roll
Houses argued last year that we could Representatives of the administration until Thursday. If this can be pre-
not afford to grant Federal pay in- and of every major Federal employee or- vented, the bill may go to conference
creases because the cost would add to ganization have agreed that salary in- right away; the sooner the better..
the already huge Federal expenditures creases are justified. During the hear- Mr. Speaker, Iwant to commend the
and precipitate an increase in the Fed- ings held in the first session of this Con- gentleman from Tennessee for putting
eral ,debt limit. I favor Government gress on pay increase legislation, which this amendment in here which will erase
economy wherever possible, but I say to passed the Congress but was vetoed by an inequity as far as portal supervisors
these colleagues we cannot afford not to the President, witnesses representing are concerned. it was not in the previ-
authorize some upward adjustments in the Federal employees were unanimous oiN legislation.
our Federal pay scales. It would be in their testimony with respect to the Mr. BROYHILL. Mr. Speaker, will
faulty business logic and false economy need for immediate and substantial the gentleman yield?
to allow a slow deterioration of our Gov- classified pay increases. The pay in- Mr. CEDERBERG. I yield to the gen-
ern}nent service in the name of economy. creases they urged were not only in fair- tleman from Virginia.
The replacement costs of training new, ness to employees, so that they could re-
skilled Mr. BROYHILL. In view of the fact
employees would far outweigh the gain lost ground arising from increased per-
raise. savings gained from not giving a pay costs of living, but, also, in the interest that we do grant
this bia and a minimum round of 10 10 .3 pacer-
that it costs $3,000 to Commission
recruit and train quate compensation pwas given Inade- the postal employees, if the ,Senate does not
a new Federal employee. Primary reason for the high turnover concur in this legislation does not the
Another argument propounded by op- of Federal employees-particularly in gentleman feel that our conferees should
ponents to a Federal pay increase was the scientific, engineering, and technical insist upon the House position; that is,
that these raises would start an infla- fields of Government activity which are grant a minimum of 10 percent for the
tionary chain reaction. This appears to essential to the maintenance of a strong classified employees?
be a case of confusing cause and effect. national defense. Turnover rates of 25 Mr. CEDERBERG. I have no question
Actually, the Federal employees have percent a year and higher were cited, but what that will happen in the other
become the special victims of the infla- with instance after instance of trained body, knowing.that body as I do. I have
tion. Why should this one small seg- and highly capable employees leaving every confidence it will come back with
ment of our economy be singled out to Federal employment to accept higher 10 percent and I hope ,he other\ body
hold the line in the fight against infla- paid positions in private industry. will do that.
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Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I
yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
California [Mr. BALDWI.N].
(Mr. BALDWIN asked and was given
permission to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. BALDWIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise
in support of S. 734. This bill, as
amended by the House Post Office and
Civil Service Committee,- would provide
for a 10 percent increase for Federal
classified civil service employees. This
increase is justly'deserved and urgently
needed. In fact, I believe we shourd
have passed this bill months ago.
Our Federal classified civilian em-
ployees play an essential part in making
it possible for our Government to func-
tion. We should certainly be fair with
them and be prompt in enacting legis-
lation which will give them a fair and
just pay increase. In the San Francisco
Bay area of California, the Federal wage
board employees have received three pay
increases in the last 3 years, as their
wages are adjusted periodically- to be
competitive with those in private indus-
try and business. On the contrary, the
Federal classified civilian employees in
the same area have received no pay in-
crease for 3 years, This has been un-
just to the Federal classified employees
and has created serious inequities. In
some cases Federal'classified employees
are receiving less pay than Federal wage
board employees under their supervision.
This is most detrimental on morale and
should be corrected.
I hope that the House of Representa-
tives will pass this bill today unani-
mously. I also hope that the conferees
who will then be appointed to resolve the
differences between the House bill and
the bill passed by the other body will re-
solve these differences promptly so that
we may then act to approve the confer-
ence report and send this legislation to
the President for signature as soon as
possible.
Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker,
I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
California [Mr. MCDONouGH].
(Mr. McDONOVGH asked and was
given permission to revise *and extend
his remarks.)
Mr. McDONOUGH. Mr. Speaker, I
rise in support of the pending legisla-
tion to increase the salary of Federal
employees. I believe it is timely. I favor
the House resolution for a 10-percent
increase over the Senate resolution for
7.5 percent and I further favor that this
increase be retroactive to January 1,
1958.
This raise in pay for Federal employees
is long overdue and has not kept in pace
with the rise in the cost of living.
The following statement from the
committee report confirms this:
Since 1951 Federal classified employees
have received only a 7.5-percent salary in-
crease, granted in 1955. During the same
period employees in private manufacturing
industries have received an average of 31.4
percent in pay raises, and nearly three-
quarters of a million Federal wage-board
employees have received comparable in-
creases.
The Consumer Price Index of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics rose only 3.07 percent be-
tween the 1951 and 1955 salary adjustments
for these Federal employees. Since the 1955
increase, the index has risen 7.9 percent-
that is, 2'/g times as much in the last 39
months as it rose in the preceding 42 months.
Latest Bureau of Labor Statistics figures
show it still on the rise. ,
Earlier allegations of an inflationary ef-
fect due to Federal salary increases, presented
by. opponents of such increases, now are
purely academic in the present trend of our
economy. The salary adjustments provided
by this legislation should tend to have a
valuable influence in the efforts to arrest the
decline in the national economy.
I compliment the House Post Office
and Civil Service Committee for , the
fine job they have done and on reporting
this bill to the House for action.
I will support and vote for the bill and
I urge all Members of the House to vote
favorably for its passage.
Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr., Speaker,
I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
New York [Mr. D0RN]:
(Mr. DORN of New York asked and
was given permission to revise and ex-
tend his remarks.)
Mr. DORN of New York. Mr. Speaker,
I rise in support of the pending legisla-
tion to increase the pay of our Federal
employees. It is a measure long overdue.
As you know Government employees
have now gone since 1955 without re-
ceiving any cost-of-living or other salary
adjustments, during which time the cost
of living throughout the Nation has con-
tinually risen. This has had the effect
of shrinking the salary of classified Gov-
ernment workers who are in a fixed sal-
ary bracket.
It is vital to the efficiency of Govern-
ment operations to retain in Federal
service its highly skilled and professional
personnel who are now being attracted
from Federal service by more attractive
pay and fringe benefits offered by private
enterprise.
The Federal Government has always
lagged behind the pay in private indus-
try, and it is now further behind than
usual. Employees in private industry
have their bargaining units which take
care to see that pay is commensurate
with the cost of living. The Congress is
the only place to which the Federal em-
ployees may look for equitable treatment.
It is high time we recognized our re-
sponsibility and pass this legislation.
Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I yield
1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia
[Mr. ROBESON].
(Mr. ROBESON of Virginia asked and
was given permission to revise and ex-
tend his remarks.)
Mr. ROBESON of Virginia. Mr.
Speaker, the effect and the coverage
this legislation has been most ably e-
plained by our distingushed chairman,
the gentleman from Tennessee, [Mr.
MURRAY], and I will not burden the REC-
ORD with additional details regarding its
many benefits.
I do believe it appropriate, however,
to emphasize and reaffirm the great im-
portance of early approval of this legis-
lation to the interest of the classified
and other employees who will benefit.
These one million or more employees
have placed their reliance in the Con-
gress for fair and equitable salary adjust-
ments. I might say that these em-
ployees, also, consistently have followed
this policy and by and large feel that
their faith is fully justified. Approval
of this legislation will be keeping faith
with them.
I am fortunate in having thousands of
these Federal employees engaged in the
conduct of vital defense activities in my
district. Therefore, I have the benefit of
first-hand experience, through hun-
dreds of personal discussions with
friends and neighbors who certainly have
brought home to me their urgent need
for adjustments in their Federal sal-
aries.
There is one feature of Federal salary
consideration which, in my judgment,
has not been brought out clearly enough
up to this point. This is the factor
which causes perhaps greatest concern
to, many of our outstanding and very
capable Federal employees. There is no
question but that Federal salaries are
lagging far behind those in private enter-
prise. One immediate and undesirable
'result is that our Federal employees
gradually have been moved farther and
farther downward in the economic and
social scale in relation to their friends
and associates in private industry who
have not had to wait so long for improve-
ments in their incomes. Not only is this
tied to a lack of ability to obtain material
things-the necessities and a few com-
forts and luxuries of life-but, also, there
is'a natural tendency for widely varied
income groups to move apart in their in-
terests and pursuits. This works a real
hardship on those who are not able to
move with their old friends and neigh-
bors.
Still another factor is the pride which
every Federal employee should and does
take in his work and the prestige which
public service should bring to him. I
think most of us will agree it is only
human to suffer a loss of pride and pres-
tige where one's employer fails or delays
in giving deserved recognition-particu-
larly when it comes to compensation for
services rendered. I know from personal.
observation and long experience that
these Federal employees are doing an
outstanding and productive job for their
Government and are the most vital link
in maintaining a national defense ca-
pable of meeting the threat of any po-
tential enemy.
I strongly support the motion to sus-
pend the rules and pass S. 734 with the
proposed amendments, and urge its ap-
proval so that the employees may obtain
the recognition they have earned in the
form of substantial increases in their
take-home pay:
Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I
yield ;1 minute to the gentleman from
Minnesota [Mr. JuDD].
Mr. JUDD. Mr. Speaker, I strongly
favor this legislation and only regret that
the long deadlock over the postal pay
and rate raise bill has prevented its being
enacted into law long ago. The feature
making the increase retroactive to Janu-
ary 1, 1958 helps some.
One possible partial consolation for the
delay is that if the bill had been passed
last year, it probably would have pro-
vided a somewhat smaller increase than
the 10 percent in the present bill. In
the end the employees effected may re-
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celve a total larger amount under this
bill, especially if the other body will ac-
cept our bill and the 10 percent figure,
as I hope and believe is likely to be the
case.
There are some real advantages and
satisfaction in Federal employment.
Surely the greatest disadvantage and the
cause of greatest wear and tear to the
employee, is the difficulty in getting
ponderous Government machinery to
move without unconscionable delay in
making adjustments in salaries and mak-
ing conditions necessary to keep pace
with the times and with rising costs of
living. I am glad that at long last this
overdue bill is on the way to final
passage.
(Mr. JUDD asked and was given per-
mission to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I
yield myself such time as I may require.
Mr. Speaker, the provisions of this
legislation have been explained in some
detail by our chairman. Briefly, the bill
grants salary increases to 1,021,072 em-
ployees, including 978,632 under the
Classification Act; also, 19,485 doctors,
dentists, and nurses in the Department
of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans'
Administration, 12,636 in the Foreign
Service, 6,200 in the legislative branch,
and 4,119 in the judicial branch.
Our committee held complete hear-
ings on salary legislation during the first
session of this Congress. Representa-
tives of every major Federal employee
organization presented their views.
Testimony was also submitted by repre-
sentatives of the executive branch.
On the basis of information and evi-
dence developed at the hearings, our
committee approved House bill 2462,
which provided for an increase of 11 per-
cent for classified and other employees
above-mentioned. Following t h a t,
Senate bill 734, "which provides for a
71/2 percent increase for these employees,
was amended by striking all after the
enacting clause and inserting the lan-
guage of the House bill with a further
amendment providing a 10 percent
salary increase for classified employees,
employees in the judicial and legislative
branches, Foreign Service personnel, and
doctors, dentists, and nurses in the De-
partment of Medicine and Surgery in the
Veterans' Administration.
The annual cost of this legislation is
estimated at $542 million-representing
an average increase per employee of $530
a year. Approval of this legislation will
represent one of the most generous sal-
ary increases that has been enacted in
many years. I hope that the House will
approve the reported bill with the
amendments offered by the chairman, so
that the differences between the House
and the Senate can be worked out in
conference in order that the employees
will receive the benefits of this legislation
at an early date.
It is my opinion that if all the agencies
of Government cooperate, as I hope they
will, the cost of this legislation can be
materially reduced through the process
of attrition.
It is estimated that there Is an annual
turnover in Government employment of
approximately 20 or 25 percent. If each
agency would follow a recommendation
made by our committee sometime ago, by
determining first whether it is necessary
to fill a position made vacant rather than
filling such position on a routine basis,
then a considerable share of the extra
cost of this measure can be saved.
In other words, let the head of each
agency make sure it is necessary to hire
a new employbe to fill vacancies before
such action is taken. There are many
places in Government where vacancies
need not be filled and where such pro-
cedure followed would not cause anyone
to lose his job. More consideration of
such policy will make considerable dif-
ference in the cost of Government.
(Mr. REES of Kansas asked and was
given permission to revise and extend
his remarks.) -
Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker,
I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Michigan [Mr. HoFFMAeiI.
(Mr. HOFFMAN asked and was given
permission to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
[Mr. HOFFMAN addressed the House.
His remarks will appear hereafter in the
Appendix.]
Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I yield
the balance of the time to the gentleman
from Georgia [Mr. DAVIS].
(Mr. DAVIS of Georgia asked and was
given permission to revise and extend
his remarks.)
Mr. DAVIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker,
I wish to thank the distinguished chair-
man of the House Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service for allotting me
this time. I was the author of the bill
H. R. 9999 which was reported by the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Serv-
ice during this session of the Congress.
The committee-reported bill which is
under consideration here today is also
my substitute for the Senate bill S. 734,
the bill which is before the House this
afternoon.
Testimony received at the hearings on
these bills and statistical information
furnished by the- Department of Labor
gives every justification for an increase
in the Federal employees' salary much
larger than the 10 percent provided in
this bill. I personally feel that an in-
crease in the neighborhood of 15 percent
would be more realistic. However, in a
spirit of compromise and a desire to pass
a bill which would be signed into law,
I am supporting the 10 percent contained
in this bill.
The bare figures in the Consumers'
Price Index of the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics indicate that there has- been an 8-
percent increase since the last Federal
salary increase in 1955. However, the
actual cost-of-living increase has been
approximately 18 percent. This is the
amount of the increases in the wage
rates being paid the employees of the
General Motors Corp. under their cost-
of-living escalator clause in their wage
contract. Since 1955 wages at General
Motors have risen 18.3 percent. Since
1951, they have risen 31.4 percent. Dur-
ing the same period the Federal em-
ployee's pay has risen only 7.5 percent.
Thus, the Federal employee is now 23.9
percent behind the employees in private
industry insofar as pay increases are
concerned.
I again wish to-state that it is my per-
sonal belief that the House should be
acting on a bill with a 15-percent in-
crease rather than a 10-percent increase
if the Federal employee is to receive
anywhere near the equal treatment that
has been received by employees in priv-
ate industry. However, I firmly believe
that the 10 percent provided by this bill
will become law and result in money in
the pocket to the Federal employees. I,
therefore, am supporting it.
Mr. ROBSION of Kentucky. Mr.
Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. DAVIS of Georgia. I yield to the
gentleman from Kentucky.
Mr. ROBSION of Kentucky. Mr.
Speaker, I would like very much to asso-
ciate myself with the ge atleman in the
very splendid statemer, t that he is
making.
Mr. DAVIS of Georgia.. I thank the
gentleman from Kentucky.
During the first session of this Con-
gress, the President veto d a bill which
would have increased the salaries of
Federal employees on tr a basis that it
would have been inflationary. There
has been some question raised at this -
time that due to the recession it is not
the proper time to give raises to the
Federal employee. I ask. if the Federal
employees cannot get raises during an
inflationary period and cannot get raises
during a recessionary period, when can
they get a raise? I firmly believe that
the Federal Governmen'; has owed its
employees an increase in salary for a
number of years, and that now is the
time to give it to then. regardless of
the so-called inflationary-recessionary
trends. I especially believe that it
should be given at this time inasmuch
as it will put additional ;Honey into cir-
culation in the detail outlets through-
out the country. Money in the retail
outlets is what is needed to offset the
present recessionary trends.
I urge unanimous support of this bill
with the committee amer. dments so that
the Federal employee can have money in
his pocket at the earliest possible time.
The minimum amount granted under
this legislation will be $270, which is the
increase in the first step in grade 1. The
maximum increase will be $1,500, which
is the fifth step in grad: 17. This bill
also provides for 38 supergrades in the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
It provides for a number of increases
in the 313 category. The total cost of it,
according to the figures furnished us in
the committee will be $547,669,447. It
includes increases for the legislative em-
ployees. It includes increases for doc-
tors, dentists,,and nurses in the Depart-
ment of Medicine and Surgery in the
Veterans' Administration, and for 12,636
employees in the Forei?n Service; for
4,119 officers and employees in or under
the judicial branch and, as the chairman
of the committee has pointed out, in one
of the amendment's wh. ch he has of-
fered, it carries a 21/2 percent temporary
increase for the Post Office supervisory
employees to bring that category up to
the employees in level 6 and below, in
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the postal salary increase bill which was
passed and signed by the President dur-
ing the past week.
This is good legislation. It carries, as
the chairman has said, a provision for
absorption, as much as can' be done dur-
ing this fiscal year and succeeding fiscal
years by departments, without interfer-
ing with and without injury to govern-
mental services. I look for considerable
absorption under that provision.
Now, I would like to address to my re-
marks to the comments just made by the
gentleman from Iowa [Mr. JENSEN]. I,
too, in the past have been a supporter of
proposals somewhat of the type indi-
cated by Mr. JENSEN, namely, a con-
trolled employment program and an
overall lower total Federal employment.
In September 1955 the Manpower
Utilization Subcommittee of the House
Committee on Post Office and Civil Serv-
ice inaugurated its present program call-
ing for more effective manpower utiliza-
tion in the departments and agencies,
and, with that, a reduced Federal em-
ployment. For the past 3 years this
subcommittee has worked closely with
the departments and agencies to elimi-
nate duplication and overlapping of ef-
fort as wjll as unnecessary positions.
When our subcommittee began this
program in September 1955 we had
slightly more than 2,400,000 employees-
on the Federal payroll. Today this
number has been reduced by over 76,000.
This is a significant decrease but it is
not enough. I am convinced the Fed-
eral Government can get done efficiently
all of its essential tasks with consider-
ably fewer employees.
Our subcommittee in the past 3 years
has continued to emphasize to the Fed-
eral departments and agencies that a
close, objective review of job vacancies
will result in the elimination of unnec-
essary jobs. Planned attrition will pro-
duce economies without the harmful ef-
fect? either of cutting top priority pro-
grams or firing people. In fact, this
policy was adopted by the President in
December 1956 when he requested the
departments and agencies of the execu-
tive branch of the Government to thor-
oughly examine all job vacancies before
making new hires.
From experience, agencies and depart-
ments in the Government have shown
that they can reduce their employment
by attrition. During the last 6 months
of calendar year 1.957, the Defense De-
partment made a net civilian personnel
decrease of 74,500. A large part of this
reduction was through attrition. Each
military activity critically reviewed its
job vacancies as to essentiality and only
40 percent of the vacant jobs were filled.
In contrast to the suggestions pro-
posed by my colleague, Mr. JENSEN, my
feeling is that it is best to give the Fed-
eral departments and agencies some
personnel administrative flexibility in
making their employment reductions.
Top management should know best the,
areas where the personnel reductions
can and should be made. It is also rec-
ognized that an across-the-board reduc-
tion hurts the efficient operator. The
meat-ax approach not only eliminates
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management flexibility but it allows the
inefficient to continue.
Mr. Speaker, I believe that the,most
effective and lasting basis for reducing
overall Federal employment is to con-
tinue to urge and to work with top man-
agement in agencies for planned person-
nel reductions through careful and ob-
jective. analysis of all job vacancies.
(Mr. DAVIS of Georgia asked and was
given permission to revise and extend
his remarks.)
(Mr. BOLAND asked and was given
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD.)
Mr. BOLAND. Mr. Speaker, I whole-
heartedly support this legislation pro-
viding for 10 percent pay increase for
classified civil service Government em-
ployees. These Federal employees have
been given only one increase in the last
7 years, while the cost of living has in-
creased many percentage points during
that time. Their pay checks have not
kept pace with this rise in the cost of
living, and their economic plight has
worsened in the last several months.
Thousands of these hard-working and
loyal Federal employees are trying to
support families on take-home salaries
of just over $60 a week. The serious-
ness of this problem is emphasized by
the fact that many of these employees
work in vital. Government operations
pertaining to defense, while others work
in the varied services that Government
performs for the American- people. If
these agencies are to retain their highly
qualified employees in the many cate-
gories essential to the security and wel-
fare of this Nation, the employees must
be given the opportunity to earn a living
wage.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to
vote overwhelmingly in favor of this 10-
percent pay increase. By so doing we
will strengthen the position of the House
cpnferees to convince the Senate con-
ferees to adopt the 10 percent instead of
the 71/2 percent recommended by the
other body.
Mr. TEAGUE of Texas. Mr. Speaker,
I, too, want to say a word concerning sec-
tion 5 of S. 734.
In the 84th and 85th Congresses the
Subcommittee on Hospitals of the Com-
mittee on Veterans' Affairs, under its late
chairman, the Honorable George S. Long,
visited many hospitals throughout, the
United States to gather information on
a first-hand basis concerning the opera-
tion and administration of those installa-
tions. The Hospitals Subcommittee
came to a number of very definite con-
clusions, among them that if the high
standard of medical care in Veterans' Ad-
ministration hospitals was to be main-
tained, a sizeable increase in the salaries
of professional personnel would have to
be granted.
As a result of this decision, the late
chairman of this subcommitte introduced
early in the 85th Congress H. R. 6719,
which has for its purpose the increasing
of the rates of pay for employees of the
Department of Medicine and Surgery in
the Veterans' Administration. Three
days of hearings were held on this bill
in the first session of the 85th Congress
and it was later reported favorably by the
full committee.
A most unusual thing occurred follow-
ing the reporting of this bill. The action
of the full committee and the study of the
subcommittee apparently had so im-
pressed the Veterans' Administration,and
the Bureau of the Budget in particular,
that these agencies took a second look at
the legislation, recommended greater in-
creases, and then also recommended fa-
vorable action. As all Members of the
House know, this is indeed an unusual
step.
Many Members have received much
correspondence concerning the section in
the bill which relates to recognition of
the services of optometrists. I am glad
to be able to say to the House that the
language before you today is supported
by the American Optometrical Associa-
tion and does not have any objection
from the American Medical Association
or from the Veterans' Administration.
I want to stress, too, the importance of
the language which begins on page 46,
line 9, which places laymen on a par with
doctors insofar as management of a hos-
pital is concerned. The net result of this
language will be that laymen who man-
age hospitals or Veterans' Administra-
tion medical centers will receive th same
pay as doctors in the chief grade. This,
too, was one of the provisions of the bill
in which the late chairman of the sub-
committee was most interested. He early
came to realize the importance of utiliz-
ing to the fullest extent possible laymen
in our Veterans' L dministrartion medical
system. In doing so, of course, we free
doctors for doing the duties for which
they were primarily trained.
The passage of this bill today would
bring much pleasure and satisfaction to
the gentleman from Louisiana, the late
Dr. George S. Long, if he were alive. He
had worked long and diligently for it,
and whatever credit accrues as a result
of the passage of this section is largely
due to his efforts.
The chairman of the Committee on
Post Office and Civil Service in moving
to suspend the rule and pass this bill has
been good enough to include in his mo-
tion an amendment which is badly
needed. Section 5 of the bill, among
other things, would amend Public Law
85-56 to provide increases in the 'pay of
professional personnel of the Depart-
ment of Medicine and Surgery in the
Veterans' Administration comparable to
the increases which would be provided
for classified employees in positions of
similar responsibility. It also raises the
maximum ceiling on base pay plus
specialty allowances for doctors rated as
medical, surgical, or dental specialists to
$16,000 per annum. Application of the
bill's across-the-board 10-percent in-
crease to the pay of Directors of Service
in the Department of Medicine and
Surgery results in a maximum salary of
$15,730 per annum for those officials.
Accordingly, under the bill those top
staff members of the Department would
receive less pay than subordinate physi-
cians who are in the top step of the chief
grade and who are entitled to specialists'
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pay. The amendment would correct this
situation for the 28 employees concerned.
Mr. Chair an, I want, also, to express
publicly my preciation to the chairman
of the Post Office and Civil Service Com-
mittee and to that committee as a whole
,for the cooperation which has been ex-
tended to me and to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs in connection with sec-
tion 5 of S. 734. This section is largely
H. R. 6719 as finally agreed upon and
recommended by the Subcommittee on
Hospitals. After the last action of the
subcommittee it became evident that it
would be desirable from all standpoints
that the provisions of H. R. 6719 be in-
cluded as a section in this bill. The
,gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. MUR-
RAY] was most cooperative and patient in
taking the necessary steps to accomplish
this. The entire Committee on Veter-
ans' Affairs, I am sure, joins me in ex-
pressing our appreciation to the gentle-
man for his, consideration and help in
this matter.
Mr. SISK. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, I
want to comment primarily on section
5 of the pending bill.
The Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service and its distinguished chair-
man were good enough to include, as
section 5 of S. 734, most of the features
of H. R. 6719, as reported by the Com-
mittee on Veterans' Affairs last July.
This bill, which was introduced and
sponsored by the late Dr. George S. Long,
who, at the time of his death, was chair-
man of the Subcommittee on Hospitals,
was reported unanimously on July 11,
1957, by the committee after the sub-
committee had held 3 days of hearings.
The bill was designed primarily to make
more likely the retention by Veterans'
Administration of its medical and pro-
fessional personnel. Since the bill was
reported, certain changes have been pro-
posed and embodied in section 5, which
make it, in our opinion, a better bill than
was the original reported version.
I will not discuss the increases pro-
vided for the variobis grades suffice to
say that each of these provisions had
careful consideration by our committee.
We believe it is a merited increase and is
a positive step forward.
Some Members have received consid-
erable correspondence concerning the
inclusion of optometrists in H. R. 6719,
and the language which appears in sec-
tion 5, I am glad to say, is supported by
the American Optometry Association.
So far as I know, the American Medical
Association and the Department of Med-
icine and Surgery of the Veterans' Ad-
ministration have no objection to this
addition.
I also invite the House's attention to
the subsection (b), beginning on line 9,
page 46, of the reported version of S.
734, which seeks to provide that laymen
who are managers of Veterans' Adminis-
tration hospitals shall receive remunera-
tion on the same basis as a doctor in the
chief grade in the medical service. In
this day of great shortages of medical
personnel it seems to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs every encouragement
should be given to the use of trained
laymen in the management of hospitals.
Most of the management functions of
Veterans' Administration hospitals are
administrative in character and do not
involve medical questions. It is hoped
that this section will lead to an increase
in the number of laymen who are man-
agers in the Veterans' Administration
medical system. At the present time
there are over 40 such managers out of
173 hospitals and 16 domiciliaries.
Again, Mr. Speaker, I desire to express
the appreciation of the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs to the Committee on
Post Office and Civil Service and to its
chairman for their courtesy and consid-
eration in including section 5 in this
general pay bill, so that any pay increase
which is finally granted will be effec-
tive at the same time and available on
the same basis.
],4r. CUNNINGHAM of Nebraska. Mr.
Speaker, as a member of the Post Office
and Civil Service Committee I have sup-
ported legislation to increase the stand-
ard of living of Government employees
and I support the pay bill before us
today.
I also support the committee amend-
ment which proposes to correct the
postal employees pay schedule so that
postal supervisors receive the same bene-
fits as have been given other postal em-
ployees. If we are to retain a high
morale among our postal employees it is
necessary that we treat each group
fairly. The committee amendment rec-
ognizes this need and I urge that the
amendment be adopted.
Mr. ROOSEVELT. Mr. Speaker, it is
most gratifying that Congress has had
',the wisdom to follow the postal workers
pay increase with this legislation to in-
crease the wages of classified Federal
employees. In my own district in Los
Angeles there is a larger than average
number of Federal employees, and I am
most aware of the vital need-for this,
legislation-both from the standpoint of
the problems which are clearly pre-
sented by the difficulties in maintaining
living standards as living costs rise and
from the increasing difficulties in re-
taining trained personnel who can earn
more in private employment than under
Civil Service. -
It is eminently fair that the increase
be retroactive to January 1st, in con-
formity with the postal pay bill. -
I am happy that, even at this late
stage, action has been secured. How-
ever, I cannot help but wish and hope
that a better system could be devised
to review the pay of Government work-
ers. The retroactive provision of the
bill will help only slightly to close the
wide gap between the fixed wages of
the classified schedules and the cost of
living. In fairness to our civil servants
and to the country as a whole, it is im-
portant that we bend our efforts toward
determining ways in which it might be
possible to keep the wages of postal and
classified workers in line both with the
cost of living and with the wages of non-
governnwntal workers, and, in so doing,
to prevent this gap from periodically re-
curring.
Mr. MACK of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I
wish to join with my colleagues in sup-
port-of this legislation which is designed
to make vitally needed adjustments in
the pay of our classified employees.
The Post Office and Civil Service Com-
mittee is to be commended for bringing
this matter before the House of Repre-
sentatives.
During my 10 years in the House of
Representatives, I hava consistently sup-
ported legislation to adequately reim-
burse our Federal employees. I have
always felt that if we are to compete
with private industry we must at least
approach the prevailing wage scales be-
ing paid by these industries. I believe
that if we are to have a strong Govern-
ment we must have well qualified indi-
viduals serving in that Government.
Obviously it is impossible to have these
well-qualified individ~.ials working for
the Government unless they are ade-
quately reimbursed for their services.
The 10-percent increase provided in
this bill is a very modest increase in-
deed. It will, however, assist our work-
ers in meeting some of the higher costs
which have been caused by the in-
creased cost of living in recent years.
The increased will also aid and assist
in combating the downward trend in
our economy and supply an additional
source of funds which is always spent in
the consuming market by our Federal
employees.
Mr. Speaker, I am particularly happy
that an amendment has been offered
that will result in postal supervisory
employees getting the same 10-percent
postal employees in the lower grades
and which we are approving today for
the classified workers.
Mr. Speaker, I strongly support this
bill and hope that this legislation will
receive favorable consideration.
Mr. O'HARA of Illinois. Mr. Speaker,
I wish to join in commending the com-
mittee in bringing in a bill that gives
recognition to the effect of inflationary
conditions on our Federal workers and
their need for relief. The sorry fact is
that the men and women in Federal
employment, in the classified and other
positions as well as in the post office, if
we take into account -;he wage boosts in
private employment curing these years
of inflation, have actually been penalized
for their willingness to work for the
Government. This has had no justifi-
cation on moral grounds and the con-
tinuance of a condition of underpayment
of Federal workers, so much below com-
parable scales in private employment, is
not in the public inte rest. The 10-per-
cent increase is not as large as the facts
and the figures justify, but at least it is
an advance in the right direction, and
some amends are made in the retroactive
provision. Since I have been in the Con-
gress, I have fought and voted on every
occasion for fair wage and salary treat-
ment for Federal v'orkers and my espe-
cial interest has bee:a in letting in a
little more economic sunshine into the
lives of those countless thousands who
labor in humble places faithfully and
loyally even though underpaid. I am
happy to support the pending bill and to
join with my colleagues in urging upon
our conferees to stancl firm against any
wage readjustments blow the figures in
this bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
question is, Shall the rules be suspended
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and the bill S. 734 as amended be passed?
The question was taken; and (two-
thirds having voted in favor thereof) the
rules were suspended and the bill as
amended was passed.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the
table.
Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I move
that the House insist on its amendment
to the bill just passed, S. 734, and request
a conference with the Senate.
The motion was agreed to.
A motion.to reconsider was laid on the
table.
The SPEAKER p}o tempore. Without
objection, the Chair appoints the follow-
ing conferees: Messrs. MURRAY, MORRI-
soN, DAvIs of Georgia, REES of Kansas,
AL LEAVE TO EXTEND
REMARKS
Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that all Members
may have 5 legislative days in which 'to
extend their remarks in the RECORD. on
the bill just passed.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentleman
from Tennessee?
There was no objection.
AMENDMENT TO SECTION 217 OF
THE NATIONAL HOUSING ACT
Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, I move to
suspend the rules and pass the joint reso-
lution (S. J. Res. 171) to amend sec-
tion 217 of the National Housing Act.
The Clerk read as follows:
Resolved, etc., That section 217 of the Na-
tional Housing Act is amended by striking
out "$3 billion" and inserting in lieu thereof
"$7 billion."
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a
second demanded?
Mr. TALLE. Mr. Speaker, I demand a
second.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. With-
out objection, a second will be considered
as ordered.
There was no objection.
Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield
myself 5 minutes.
Mr. Speaker, Senate Joint Resolution
171 would authorize an increase of $4
billion in the amount of mortgages the
Federal Housing Administration is au-
thorized to insure under section 217 of
the National Housing Act. Section 217
contains the mortgage-insurance author-
ization for all FHA programs, except the
home repair and improvement pro-
gram-title I-and the armed services
housing program-title VIII. These ex-
cepted programs have separate author-
izations and at this time need no further
increase in their respective authoriza-
tions.
Since the enactment of the Emergency
Housing Act of 1958 early this spring, and
because of a general improvement in the
availability of mortgage funds, FHA
mortgage-insurance activity has risen
markedly over the past several months.
In` January the net use of authorization
totaled $157.8 million and in February
$234.4 million. In March the use of in-
surance authorization rose to $367 mil-
lion, and in April to $464 million. The
activity in April was the highest in FHA
history since 1950.
This increased use of FHA insurance is
most gratifying to us all for everyone
recognizes that the FHA programs are of
vital importance to the improvement of
the national economy. The leadership
of the Congress was largely responsible
for bringing this condition about for the
Emergency Housing Act of 1958 was a
Democratic measure. However, because
of this desired increase use of FHA mort-
gage insurance we now have reached a
This certainly must not be allowed to
ontinue for the FHA programs, with
their low downpayment and long-term
loan features, are vital to a healthy home
building and home financing industry
which is of basic importance to our econ-
omy. For these reasons we must take
this emergency type of action today. -I
personally regret that we could not have
followed a more orderly legislative proc-
ess in meeting this situation and I trust
the agency will be more alert in the fu-
ture to their needs and requirements in
order for the committee to hold public
hearings and thus be in a, better position
to pass upon the question of the precise
amount of increase which should be
authorized.
In this regard, Mr. Speaker, I believe
the House is entitled to an explanation
of the need for its legislating in this
manner. Your committee had very lit-
tle advance or definite notice of the
emergency and the depletion of the
fund. In fact, the first indication of
this condition was contained in a letter
dated May 10, 1958,,from the Adminis-
trator of the Housing and Home Finance
Agency. The Administrator requested
an increase of $4 billion in FHA insur-
ance authorization; he indicated in his
letter that the remaining authorization
would last through June 10. However,
on May 20, the staff was advised in-
formally that the FHA insurance au-
thorization would be exhausted by the
end of May.
Because of this sudden change in the
Agency's estimate the committee met on
May 22 and agreed to report out an
emergency resolution for an increase of
$1 billion in FHA's insurance authoriza-
tion. This was done with the under-
standing that this authorization would
permit,,.the FHA insurance programs to
continue uninterrupted until the com-
mittee could consider this question more
fully, after public hearings. A rule-was
granted on the committee's resolution
on May 28.
Mr. Speaker, the committee is proud
of the accomplishments of the FHA and
would support any reasonable request
that it should make. We certainly want
nothing to interfere with its work. It
should be mentioned that since the com-
mittee tool; its action on May 22 the
Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution
171, which is now before us. This ac-
tion was, taken after the Senate Bank-
ing and Currency committee had con-
cluded its hearings on general housing
legislation for this year. It appears that
the Senate committee found the request
of the agency for $4 billion additional
insurance authorizations to be necessary
and reasonable. Because of this finding
and our general knowledge of the exist-
ing conditions I believe the House is
justified in passing the resolution and
do so urge it.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
time of the gentleman has expired.
(Mr. TALLE asked and was granted
permission to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. TALLE. Mr. Speaker, I am happy
to underwrite the comments made by the
distinguished chairman of the Commit-
tee on Banking and Currency, the gen-
tleman from Kentucky [Mr. SPENCE7. I
think it would be well at this point to
give a brief history of the development
of this legislation, especially from the
point of view of clarifying the need for
quick action.
On May 10 the Administrator of the
Housing and Home Finance Agency ad-
dressed a letter to the Speaker of the
House, and likewise to the presiding of-
ficer in the other body, pointing out that
authorization for insurance by FHA was
running out and that in all likelihood it
would run out completely by the 10th of
June. The authorization under current
law is $3 billion plus the amount of out-
standing mortgages and commitments.
Mr. Cole, the Administrator, asked for
an increase of $4 billion, with the expec-
tation that that increase would carry the.
agency through the fiscal year 1959. In
response to that letter the chairman of
the Committee on Banking and Curren-
cy and I introduced identical resolutions
for the purpose of making effective the
request made by the Administrator of the
Housing and Home Finance Agency.
However, on May 21 the chairman of the
committee introduced a second resolu-
tion calling for only $1 billion, and in
executive session the following day that
was approved. My amendment to pro-
vide a $4 billion increase was defeated by
a vote of 12 to 11. Thereupon I asked
for an open rule before the Rules Com-
mittee, in order that I might offer my
amendment to restore the $3 billion cut.
Accordingly, on May 28, such a rule
was granted and it was expected that
this legislation would come before the
House in the form of an open rule and
2 hours of general debate. It is signifi-
cant that in the other body similar res-
olutions were introduced on a bipartisan
basis just as was done in this Chamber
on the 14th of May, and that the Bank-
ing and Currency Committee in the other
body approved $4 billion on the 20th of
May. The other body passed the legis-
lation on the 28th of May. It therefore
appeared that employing the suspension
procedure would be the better way to
bring the legislation before this Cham-
ber, inasmuch as the other body had ap-
proved it, and the dire need for quick
action was apparent. The evening be-
fore the action was taken in the other
body the FHA Agency sent word to all
district offices throughout our land stat-
ing that from then on those of-
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flees would be on a day-to-day basis and
that in all likelihood 2 out of every 3
applications would have to be turned
down. The directive to the FHA district
offices stated further that in any event
the applications they received would
have to be screened in Washington, in
the Washington office, and what could
actually be effectuated would depend on
the status of the revolving fund-on
money coming in, on cancellations, and
soon.
This great activity in the housing in-
dustry is something in which we may
take great pride. I believe that the
Congress should take some pride in
having enacted the Emergency Housing
,Act which became law on April 1, 1958,
because that has had something to do
with the progress that has been made.
Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr.
Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. TALLE. I yield gladly.
Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. I
would like to express my deep apprecia-
tion to the gentleman from Iowa and
the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr.
SPENCE] and the other members of the
committee for bringing this up instead
of the other bill.
Mr. TALLE. I thank the gentle lady
very much.
Mr. WIER. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. TALLE. I yield to the gentleman
from Minnesota. -
Mr. WIER. I would like to say that
in the last 2 weeks I have received not
less than 15 letters and telegrams urg-
ing speed because contractors are run-
ning out of funds. So in the interest
of continued employment and the wel-
fare of the veterans this bill should be
passed without delay.
Mr. TALLE. I thank the gentleman.
As an illustration of the tremendous in-
crease in this activity may I point out
that during the months of January,
February, March, and April of this year
as compared with the same months of
last year there was an increase of 80
percent.
What does this mean? It means that
the increase is running on the basis of
approximately 20 percent a month.
On May 21 the Secretary of Labor,
Mr. Mitchell, testified before the House
Committee on Banking and Currency
and pointed out that 85 percent of the
slowdown in economic activity is in
manufactures. He pointed. out that 70
percent of the slowdown is in hard
goods. This is our glorious opportunity,
because when a house is built it-must be
supplied with plumbing, a heating plant,
washing machine, refrigerator, stove,
and other hard goods. So this would
tend to promote further activity in the
very field in which the slowdown is most
apparent.
Mr. SPRINGER. Mr. Speaker, will
the gentleman yield?
Mr. TALLE. I yield to the gentleman
from Illinois.
Mr. SPRINGER. I think the gentle-
man is exactly right on this whole ques-
tion not only of construction but also
as to the need for the hard goods that
will be used on the inside of houses; and
that is where the effect will be felt. I.
want to associate myself with what the
gentleman has said with reference to
this entire bill and ask unanimous con-
sent that I may insert my own remarks
at the end of the gentleman's.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Illi-
nois?
There was no objection.
Mr. TALLE. The contribution of the
gentleman is appreciated.
Mr. VANIK. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. TALLE. I yield to the gentleman
from Ohio.
Mr. VANIK. I appreciate .the neces-
sity and urgency for this legislation; but
I wish the gentleman would comment on
the possibilities of an omnibus housing
bill under which we,can do something
about urban renewal and other projects
about which there is a great deal of con-
cern. Can the gentleman tell me whether
there will be any chance that that kind
of legislation can be considered before
this session is over if this legislation
passes today? '
Mr. TALLE. My personal opinion is
all I can give to the gentleman, but my
personal opinion is that the possibility
is very good.
Mr. VANIK. I hope the gentleman
will help make that a reality, that we
can consider an omnibus bill so that we
can reach into a great many other fields
that will help stimulate employment and
which will also result in the development
of a sound housing program.
Mr. TALLE. As a humble worker in
the vineyard-of the minority, I assure
the gentleman from Ohio that I will do
my best.
Mr. VANIK. If the gentleman will
yield further, I ask unanimous consent,
Mr. Speaker, to extend my remarks at
the conclusion of the gentleman's re-
marks.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Ohio?
There was no objection.
Mr. Speaker, this is the very heart of
our economy; it is the /brightest star in
our economic firmament, if I may use
such a metaphor. Let us not forget
that the building season is right upon
us now, and any day that is lost is a
great loss indeed. In large parts of our
country building is practically sus-
pended during the cold season, so this
is the time when assistance in this field
can do the greatest good.
This is not the authorizing of the
appropriation of money; it has nothing
to.do'With appropriation or taxation; it
merely increases the right of a Govern-
ment agency to insure money that is
lent by local lenders. The borrowers
pay the insurance premiums, and those
premiums have been adequate to cover
the losses that have been incurred, and
the agency has accumulated a reserve
of half a billion dollars.
Mr. HOFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, will
the gentleman yield?
Mr. TALLE. I yield to the gentleman
from Michigan.
Mr. HOFFMAN. I understood the
gentleman to say it did not require the
Government to become obligated. Does
June 2
not this bill fix upon the Federal Gov-
ernment a contingent liability?
Mr. TALLE. I may say to the gentle-
man that in the event we should en-
counter complete disaster so that the
economy would collapse, then there
would be a contingent liability.
Mr. HOFFMAN. There would be an
actual liability under the situation the
gentleman states. .
Mr. TALLE. A contingent liability
that would become an actual one.
Mr. HOFFMAN. So in the end the
Government stands to lose.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. AL-
BERT). The time of the gentleman from
Iowa has expired.
Mr. SPRINGER. ',/fr. Speaker, Senate
Joint Resolution 171 would authorize
an emergency increase of $1 billion in
the amount of mortgages the Federal
Housing Administration is authorized to
insure under section 217 of the National
Housing Act. National home building
has been one of the greatest cushions we
have had in the economy during all of
the time I have been a Member of Con-
gress, Each time wo have, had a falloff
in the economy, house building has
picked up the load and gone ahead.
Home building has not only an employ-
ment effect, but also makes possible a
substantial increase ;.n the sale of build-
ing materials. One of the most impor-
tant results of home building is to de-
crease the sale of refrigerators, stoves,
home appliances, furniture, and general
home furnishings. The impact from the
latter in many respects is almost as great
as the actual building of homes.
In April the Federal Housing Adminis-
tration received appl!cations for loan in-
surance on 1- to 4-person family
homes covering approximately 80,000
units. Of this, 31,630 represented new
construction and 47,900 represented
existing construction. This is more than
double the same month a year ago.
Because of this the rate of applications
for mortgage insurance jumped from
$158 million in January to $464 million
in April. This represented the highest
rate of utilization in FHA history since
the boom year of 1951).
The rate of application and commit-
ment has been so great that FHA will be
forced to stop issuing commitments un-
less the insurance authority is passed
today.
If this resolution is passed, FHA ac-
tivity will continue uninterrupted for
several months.
The FHA merely guarantees the loan.
It means that the money will be repaid
to agencies which provide money to the
borrower. The Unii;ed States Govern-
ment has not lost a i)enny on FHA dur-
ing all of the years : t has .operated. In
fact it has returned a small dividend.
This is the greatest antirecession legisla-
tion we could pass w here no cash outlay
is required by the Federal Government.
This is good legislation in the best in-
terests of the entire country and it
should be passed without further delay.
Mr. VANIK. Mr. 3peaker, I fully ap-
preciate the urgency for action on this
legislation to increase the amount of
mortgages the Federal Housing Admin-
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WASHINGTON, May 28,1958.
Hon. RICHARD L. NEUBERGER,
Senate Office Building,
Washington, D. C.:
Small but important U. N. technical assist-
ance program deserves all support United
States can give. Foreign Relations Commit-
tee decision not to accept two constructive
House provisions is most disappointing. We
urge Senate on floor or in conference to peg
United States contributions at 40 percent.
Creation of new special. fund makes 40 per-
cent essential. United States ability to pay
estimated at 49 percent of world's income.
Also urge revision of base to include local
cost assessments received and audited by
U. N., thus giving greater recognition to con-
tribution of other governments. These
amendments already accepted by House
would greatly strengthen technical assistance
through'U. N, They have our wholehearted
Robert R. Nathan, Americans for Dem-
ocratic Action; Andrew E. Rice, Ameri-
can Veterans Committee; Wallace J.
Campbell, Cooperative League of the
U. S. A.; E. Raymond Wilson, Friends
Committee on National Legislation;
Bernard Weitzer, Jewish War Veterans;
Reuben Johnson, National Farmers Un-
ion; Rev. James L. Vizzard, S. J., Na-
tional Catholic Rural Life Conference;
Mrs. Samuel Brown, National Council
of Jewish Women; John W. Edelman,
Textile Workers Union of America;
Victor G. Reuther, United Automobile
Workers; Donald Harrington, United
World Federalists; Annalee Stewart,
Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom.
Mr.-WILEY. Mr. President, we shall
shortly begin to vote on what is uni-
versally acknowledged to be one of the
3 or 4 most important pieces of legis-
lation in this second session of the 85th
Congress.
T should like to say, as I said on Mon-
day of this week, that I am not only for
the mutual security bill, H. R. 12181, as
reported by the Committee on Foreign
Ielations, but I am for it more strongly
than ever. The headlines on the front
pages of this very afternoon's newspa-
pers confirm the wisdom of the pill.
Furthermore, I should like to say that
I am more strongly than ever in favor of
keeping in the bill the Kennedy amend-
ment. It rightly amends the overly re-
strictive Battle Act, and thereby permits,
within the discretion of the President of
the United States, possible aid to Iron
Curtain countries, excluding, however
Soviet Russia, Red China, and. North Ko
rea.
I shall vote, therefore, in opposition to
the effort made by. my distinguished
friend, the able senior Senator from
California [Mr. KNOWLAND], who would
attempt to eliminate the Kennedy
amendment, and thereby keep the ,re-
~strlctive Battle Act, as it is at present.
CRITICS OF FOREIGN POLICY IGNORE GOOD NEWS
ABROAD
I should like to state, Mr.President,
that with respect to th}s overall bill, the
basic choice before us in whether we will:
(a) Strike another effective blow for
human freedom, for liberty, for security;
or
(b) Whether we will wring our hands
in dismay, in defeatism, and in self-im-
posed limitation. I
The fact of the matter is that in re-
cent weeks the critics of our present for-
eign policy have tended to follow two
standard lines of procedure which have
been their pattern for years and years:
(a) They have ignored all the good
news on the international scene.
(b) They have played up all the not-
.so-good news, and have magnified it as
if it were "utter calamity."
Thus, in recent weeks, we have not
heard from these critics any reference to
the gratifying news which came from
Italy and from Japan. In the recent bal-
loting in both of those countries, pro-
western leadership, while it did not win
an overwhelming victory, nevertheless it
not only maintained itself, but, in some
instances, grew even stronger.
Meanwhile, the economic position of
the Western World, while it is not all
that we would like it to be, certainly
has not deteriorated as some prophets
of gloom foresaw once our own reces-
sion had set in,
NEWS FROM FRANCE DISPELS GLOOM-MONGERING
Now, what about the news from
France?
I would be less than frank if I did not
say that, for a good many days, all of
us were indeed concerned about the fu-
ture of our great z}lly.
I had personally expressed the hope
that the then Premier. Pflimlin might be
successful in his 'efforts.
The fact, however, that the Pfiimlin
Government has now. given way to the
De Gaulle Government, and' that the lat-
ter has been clothed with extraordinary
legal powers, is, certainly, in itself, no
cause for gloom in the Western World.
On the contrary, there is a great deal
of enheartening evidence to indicate that
Gen. Charles De Gaulle may indeed prove
to be exactly the man who is needed at
this fateful hour in history to extricate
France not only from the morass in Al-
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efforts to repair France's parliamentary
weaknesses, its chronic immobilism, its
factionalism, and political splinterism,
its weak office of chief executive-his
efforts along these lines will strike a re-
sponsive chord in our hearts.
I do not mean to imply that the road
ahead will be easy for De Gaulle, or that
the western alliance, particularly NATO,
may not be in for many serious problems.
But I ask, what alternative do the do-
mestic critics of our foreign. policy con-
structively offer, with regard to France.'
or NATO, or anything else?
The answer is that the critics have no
constructive alternative. They criticize;
they lament; they wring their hands;
they complain. But never once do they
outline a specific and helpful program
which would provide an alternative.
CONCLUSION
For that reason, I say, let the mutual
security bill pass. Let it pass intact.
And let H. R. 12181 be approved in Sen-
ate-House Conference Committee in its
Senate form, so that we can make our
fullest contribution to mankind in this
decisive hour of history.
Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, I
suggest the absence of a quorum,
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk proceeded to call
the roll.
Mr. k'ULBRIGHT. Mr. President, I
ask unanimous consent that the order for
the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. NEU-
BERGER in the chair). Without objection,
it is so ordered.
Mr. FULBRIGHT. Mr. President-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
ator from Arkansas is recognized.
Mr. FULBRIGHT. Mr. President, I
ask unanimous consent that I may yield
for 10 minutes to the Senator from South
Carolina [Mr. JOHNSTON] without losing
my right to the floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
nomic, social, and yes, psychological,., ...-.-~
Charles De Gaulle is obviously a pa
triot to the depths of his being. He is a
man of honor. I have faith that he will
honor the treaty obligations to which
France has subscribed, as was indicated
yesterday by Assistant Secretary of State
Elbrick.
Meanwhile, General De Gaulle's choice
of Cabinet members and other associates
has indicated that he is wisely deter-
mined to mobilize many of the best tal-
ents of a nation which is rich with tal-
ent.
General De Gaulle's prompt messages
to Tunisia and Morocco, and his visit at
this very moment in Algiers, are evidence
that here is a man of speed and decision
who will not dillydally in meeting head
on the challenges which.confront his
nation. -
. I am no prophet; I cannot attempt to
foresee the future, in particular the fu-
ture constitutional reforms which . he
proposes. But certainly De Gaulle's
REVISION OF BASIC COMPENSATION
SCHEDULES OF CLASSIFICATION
ACT OF 1949
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
Mr. President, I ask that the Chair lay
before the Senate the amendment of the
House of Representatives to Senate bill
734, which has just been received from
the House of Representatives.
The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be-
fore the Senate the amendment of the
House of Representatives to the bill
(S. 734)' to revise the basic compensa-
tion schedules of the Classification Act
of 1949, as amended, and for other pur-
poses, which was to strike out all after
the enacting clause and insert:
That this act may be cited as the "Federal
Employees Salary Increase Act of 1958."
SEC. 2. (a) Section 603 (b) of the Classi-
fication Act of 1949, as amended (69 Stat.
172, 70 Stat. 740; 5 U. S. C. 1113 (b) ), is
amended to read as follows:
"(b) The compensation schedule for the
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!'Grade I Per annum rates
GS-I----------------- ---- $2,960 $3, 055 $3,160 $3, 245 $3,340 $3, 435
G S-2-------------- -__- 3,255 3,350 3,445 3, 540 3,635 3,730
GS-3--------------------------------------- - 3,495 3,590 3,685 3,780 3,875 3,970
Gg~_________. _____________3,756 3,850 3,945 4,040 4,135 4,230
GS-8--------------------------------------- 4, 040 4,190 4, 340 4, 490 4, 640 4, 790
GS-6---------------------------------------- - 4,490 4,640 4,790 4,940 5,090 1,240
GS-7---------------------------------------- - 4,980 5,130 5,280 5, 430 5, 580 6, 730
CS-8----------------------------------------- 5,470 5,620 5,770 5,920 6,070 6,220
GS-9----------------------------------------- 5,985 6,1$5 6, 285 6,435 6, 585 6,735
GS-10---------------------------------------- 6, 505 6, 655 6,805 6, 955 7,105 7,255
GS-11---------------------------------------- 7,030 7, 270 7, 510 7, 750 7,990 8 230
GS-12---------------------------------------- 8, 330 8,570 8, 810 9,050 0, 290 9 630
GS-13---------------------------------------- 9, 890 10, 130 10,370 10, 610 10,85() 11,090
GS-14 ---------------------------------------- 11,355 11,595 11,835 12, 075 12, 315 12, 555
G S-lb_.__________~-------------------------- 12,770 13,070 13, 370 13, 670 13,970 --------
14,190 14, 430 14, 670 14,910 15,160 -___._.-
68-17-------------------------------------- - 15,375 15,615 16,855 16,005 16,335 _____._-
GS-18-------------------------------------- -- 17, 500 -------- -------- -------- --------
(b) -The rates of basic compensation of
officers and employees to whom this section
applies shall be adjusted as follows:
(1) If the officer or employee is receiving
basic compensation immediately prior to
the effective date of this section at one
of the scheduled or longevity rates of a grade
in the General Schedule of the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended, he shall
receive a rate of basic compensation at the
corresponding scheduled or longevity rate
in effect on and after such date.
(2) If the officer or employee is receiving
basic compensation immediately prior to the
effective date of this section at a rate be-
tween 2 scheduled or 2 longevity rates, or
between a scheduled and a longevity rate,
of a grade in the General Schedule, he
shall receive a rateof basic compensation at
the higher of the 2 corresponding rates in
effect on and after such date.
(3) If the officer or employee (other than
an officer or employee subject to paragraph
(4) of this subsection), immediately prior
to the effective date of this section, is re-
ceiving basic compensation at a rate in
excess of the maximum longevity rate of
his grade, or in excess of the maximum
scheduled 'rate of his grade if there is no
longevity rate for his grade, he shall re-
ceive basic compensation at a rate equal
to the rate which he received immediately
prior to such effective date, increased by
an amount equal to the amount of the In-
crease made by this section in the maxi-
mum longevity rate, or the maximum sched-
uled rate, as the case may be, of his grade
until (A) he leaves such position, or (B)
he Is, entitled to receive basic compensation
at a higher rate by reason of the operation
of the Classification Act of . 1949, as
amended; but, when his position becomes
vacant, the rate of basic compensation of
any subsequent appointee thereto shall be
fixed in accordance with such act, as
amended.
(4) If the officer or employee, immedi-
ately prior to the effective date of this sec-
tion, - is receiving, pursuant to paragraph
(4) of section 2 (b) of the Federal Employ-
ees Salary Increase Act of 1955, an existing
aggregate rate of compensation determined
under section 208 (b) of the act of Sep-
tember 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1111; Public 'Law
763, 83d Cong.), plus the amount of the
increase provided by section 2 of the Fed-
eral Employees Salary Increase Act of 1955,
he shall receive an aggregate rate of com-
pensation equal to the sum of (A) his ex-
isting aggregate rate of compensation de-
termined under such section 208 (b) of
the act of September 1, 1954, and (B) the
amount of the increase provided by section
2 of the Federal Employees Salary Increase
(ii) for the period of time on and after the
$3, 530 effective date of the establishment of his rate
3,825 of basic compensation under such section 803,
4,065 on the basis of the rate for that step of the
4,325
4 940 appropriate grade of the General Schedule
9,390 contained in this section which corresponds
5,880 numerically to the step of, the grade of the
6, 885 885
6, General Schedule which was in affect for such
7, 405 officer or employee, without regard to this
-------- act, as a result.of such adjustment under
-------- such section 803,
-----?_ and such basic compensation adjusted under
_. subparagraphs (A) and (B) (ii) of this
-------- paragraph (6) shall be paid in accordance
.......... with such subparagraphs until-
----" -- (a) he, leaves such position, or
law. Subject to clauses (1) and (ii) of the
immediately preceding sentence of this par-
agraph, the amount of the increase pro-
vided by this section shall be held and
considered for the purposes of section 208
(b) of such act of September 1, 1954, to
constitute a part of the existing aggregate
rate of compensation of such employee.
(5) If the officer or employee, at any
time during the period beginning on the
effective date of this section and ending
on the date of enactment of this act, was
promoted from one grade under the Clas-
sification Act of 1949, as amended, to an-
other such grade at a rate which is above
the minimum rate thereof, his rate of basic
compensation shall be adjusted retroac-
tively from the effective date of this section
to the date on which he was so promoted,
on the basis of the rate which he was re-
ceiving during the period from such effec-
tive date to the, date of such promotion
and, from the date of such promotion, on
the basis of the rate"for that step of the
appropriate grade of the general schedule
contained in this section which corresponds
numerically to the step of the grade of the
general schedule for such officer or em-
ployee which was in effect (without regard
to this act) at the time of such promotion.
(6) If the officer or employee on the rolls
has had his rate of basic compensation estab-
lished, under authority of section 803 of the
Classification Act of 1949, as amended (68
Stat. 1106; 5 U. S. C. 1133), at any time during
the period beginning on September 1, 1954,
and ending on the date of enactment of this
act, his rate of basic compensation shall be
adjusted retroactively in accordance with one
or more of the following provisions of this
paragraph (6), as applicable:
(4) if his rate of basic compensation was
established under authority of such section
803 after September 1, 1954, and prior to the
effective date of this section such rate shall
be adjusted retroactively, for the period of
time served by him in a pay status under the
Classification- Act of 1949 in the position
concerned on and after such effective date
and prior- to the date of enactment of this
act, on the basis of the rate for that step
of the appropriate grade of the General
Schedule contained in this section which cor-
responds numerically to the step of the grade
of the General Schedule which was in effect
for such-officer or employee, without regard
to this act, as a result of such adjustment
under such section 803; ,
(B) if his rate of basic compensation was
established under authority of such section
803 on or after the effective date of this
section and prior to the date of enactment of
this act, such rate shall be adjusted retro-
Act of 1955 and (C) the amount of.the in actively for the period of time served by him
crease made by this section in the maxi- in a pay etatu$ under the Classification Act
mum longevity rate of his grade, until (I) of 1949 in the position concerned on and
he leaves his position, or (ii) he is entitled -after such effective date and prior to such
to receive aggregate compensation at a date of enactment, as follows:
higher rate by reason of the operation of (1) for the period of time prior to the
this act or any other provision of law; but, effective date of the establishment of his rate
when such position becomes vacant, the of basic compensation under such section 803,
aggregate rate of compensation of any sub- on the basis of the rate of basic compensa-
sequent appointee thereto shall be fixed in tion which he was receiving during such
accordance with applicable, provisions of period, and
(b) he is entitled to receive basic com-
pensation at a higher rate by reason of the
operation of any provision of the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended:
(7) If the officer or employe; became sub-
ject to the Classification Ac-; of 1949, as
amended, at any time during the period be-
ginning on September 1, 1954:, and ending
on the date of enactment of this act, at a
rate of basic compensation which was estab-
lished under authority of section 803 of the
Classification Act of 1949, as amended (68
Stat. 1106; 5 U. S. C. 1133), his rate of basic
compensation, shall be adjusted retroac-
tively, for the period of time served by him
in a pay status under the Classification Act
of ' 1949 in the -position concerned on and
after the effective date of this section and
prior to the date of enactment of this act,
on the basis of the rate, for that step of
the appropriate grade of the general sched-
ule contained in this sectio:i which cor-
responds numerically to the step of the
grade of the general schedule which was in
effect for such officer or employee, without
regard to this act, as a result of such ad-
justment under such section 803, and such
basic compensation shall be paid in accord-
ance with this paragraph (7) until-
(A) he leaves his position, or
(B) he Is entitled to receive basic com-
pensation at a higher rate by reason of the
operation of any provision of the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended.
(8) If the officer or employee, at any time
during the period beginning on the effective
date of this section and endir:g on the date
of enactment of this act, bec[,me subject to
the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, at
a rate of basic compensation which you fixed
on the basis of a higher previously earned
rate and which is above the minimum rate
of the grade of such officer or employee, his
rate of basic compensation shall be adjusted
retroactively to the date on which he be-
came subject to such act, on the basis of
the rate for that step of the appropriate
grade of the general schedule contained in
this section which corresponds numerically
to the step of the. grade of the general
schedule for such officer or employee which
was in effect (without regari to this act)
at the time he became subject--to, the
Classification Act of 1949 as In effect im-
mediately prior to the effectiie date of this
section. -
(9) Each officer or employee
(A) (f) who with his position has been
transferred under authority of the Classi-
fication Act of 1949, at any t'me during the
period beginning on the effective date of
this section and ending on the date of en-
actment of this act, from the general sched-
ule of the Classification Act of 1949 to a
prevailing rate schedule, or (:.f) who, at any
time during such period, transferred from a
position subject to the Classi fication Act of
1949 to a position subject io a prevailing
rate schedule,
(B) who, at all times subsequent to such
transfer, was in the service of the United
States (including the Armed Forces of the
United States) or of the municipal govern-
ment of the District of Columbia, without
break in such service of more than 30
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consecutive calendar days and, in the case
of an individual relieved from training and
service in the Armed Forces of the United
States or discharged from hospitalization
following such training and service, without
break in service in excess of the period pro-
vided by law for the mandatory restora-
tion of such individual to a position in or
under the Federal Government or the mu-
nicipal government of the District of Co-
lumbia,
(C) who, on such date of enactment, is
being compensated under a-prevailing rate
schedule, and
(D) whose rate of basic compensation on
such date of enactment is less than the rate
to which he would have been entitled on
such date if such transfer had not occurred
(unless he is receiving such lesser rate by
reason of an adverse personnel action re-
sulting from his own fault),
shall be paid basic compensation at a rate
equal to the rate which he would have been
receiving on such date of enactment (in-
cluding compensation for each within-grade
and longevity step-increase which he would
have earned) if such transfer had not oc-
curred until the day immediately following
such date of enactment, for all time in a
pay status on and after the effective date of
this ',section in a position subject to a pre-
vailing, rate schedule under the circum-
stances prescribed in this subsection, until-
(a) he leaves the position which he holds
on such date of enactment, or
(b) he is entitled to receive basic com-
pensation at a higher rate under a preyail-
1ng rate schedule;
but when such position becomes vacant, the
rate of basic compensation of any subse-
querit appointee thereto shall be fixed in ac-
cordance with prevailing rate schedules.
SEC. 3. (a) The rates of basic compensa-
tion of officers and employees in or under the
judicial branch of the 66vernment whose
rates of compensation are fixed pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subdivision a of section
.62 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U. S. C. 102
(a) (2) )section 3656 of title 18 of the
,17nitea States Code, the third sentence of
section 663, section ' 604 (a) (5), or sections
672 to 675, inclusive, of title 28 of the -United
States Code are hereby increased by amounts
equal to the increases provided by section 2
of this act in corresponding rates of com-
pensation paid to officers and employees sub-
ject to the Classification Act of 1949, as
amended.
.(b) The limitations of $13,485 and $18,010
with respect to the aggregate salaries pay-
-'able to secretaries and law clerks of circuit
and-district judges, contained in the para-
graph designated "Salaries of supporting
personnel" in the Judiciary Appropriation
Act, 1958 (71 Stat. 65; Public Law 85-49),
or any subsequent appropriation act, shall
bei-Tncreased by the amounts necessary to
,pay the additional basic compensation pro-
vided by this act.
(c) Section 753 (e) of title 28 of the United
States Code (relating to the compensation
of court reporters for district courts) is
amended by striking out "$6,450" and in-
serting in lieu thereof "$7,095".
SEc. 4. (a) Each officer and employee in or
-under the legislative branch of the Gov-
ernment whose rate of compensation is in-
creased by section 5 of the Federal Em-
ployees Pay Act of 1946 shall be paid addi-
tional compensation at the'rate of 10 per-
cent of his gross rate of compensation (basic
compensation plus additional compensation
authorized by law). ' ~
(b) The basic compensation of each, em-
ployee in the office of a Senator is hereby
adjusted, effective on the first day of the
month following the date of enactment of
this act, to the lowest multiple of $60 which
will provide a gross rate of compensation not
less than the gross rate such employee was
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that (1) the provisions of this subsection following the date of enactment of this act
shall not apply in the case of any employee if at a rate in excess of 10 percent of his
on or before the 15th day following the date gross rate of compensation computed with-
of enactment of this act the Senator by out regard to the amendment made by sub-
whom such employee is employed notifies the
disbursing office of the Senate in writing that
he does not wish this subsection to apply to
such employee, and (2) no employee whose
basic compensation is adjusted under this
subsection shall receive any additional com-
pensation or increase in compensation under
this act for any period prior to. the effective
date of such adjustment.
(c) Notwithstanding the provision referred
to in subsection (d), the rates of gross com-
pensation of each of the elected officers of
the Senate (except the presiding officer of
the Senate), the Parliamentarian of the Sen-
ate, the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, the
Senior Counsel in the Office of the Legislative
Counsel of the Senate, and the Chief Clerk
of the Senate are hereby increased by 10
percent.
(d) The paragraph imposing limitations
on basic and gross compensation of officers
and employees of the Senate appearing under
the" heading "Senate" In the Legislative Ap-
propriation Act, 1956 (69 Stat. 610; Public
Law 242, 84th Cong.), is amended to read as
follows :
"No officer or employee, whose compensa-
tion is disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate shall be paid basic compensation at a
rate in excess of $8,880 per annum, or gross
compensation at a rate in excess of $16,300
per annum, unless expressly authorized by
law."
(e) The provisions of subsection (a) shall
,not apply to employees whose compensation
is paid from the appropriation contained in
the paragraph designated "Folding, docu-
ments" under. the heading "Contingent Ex-
penses of the Senate" in the Legislative
Branch. Appropriation Act, 1958 (71 Stat. 246;
Public Law 85-75), or in any subsequent ap-
propriation act, but the limitation contained
in such paragraph is hereby increased by the
amount necessary to provide increases cor-
responding to those provided by subsection
(a (f) The official reporters of proceedings
and debates of the Senate and their em-
ployees shall be considered, to be officers or
employees in or under the legislative branch
of the Government within the meaning of
subsection (a),
(g) The additional compensation provided
by this section shall be considered a part of
basic compensation for the purposes of the
Civil Service Retirement Act (5 U. S. C.
2251-2267).
(h) The paragraph relating to rates of
compensation of employees of committees of
the Senate, contained in the Legislative Ap-
propriation Act, 1956 (69 Stat. 605; Public
Law 242, 84th Cong.), is amended by strik-
ing out so much of the second sentence
thereof as follows the words "First Supple-
mental Appropriation Act, 1947," and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following: "the basic
compensation of any employee of a standing
or select committee of the Senate (including
the majority and minority policy committees
and the Majority conference of the Senate
and minority conference of the Senate), or a
joint committee of the two Houses the ex-
penses of which are paid from the contingent
fund of the Senate, whose basic compensa-
tion may be fixed under such provisions at
a rate of $8,000 per annum, may be fixed at
a rate not in excess of $8,040 per annum,
except that the basic compensation of one
such employee may be fixed at a rate not in
excess of $8,880 per annum and the basic
compensation of two such employees may be
fixed at a rate not in excess of $8,460 per
annum."
(i) No officer or employee shall be paid
increased or additional compensation for any
section (d) and without regard to subsec-
tions (m), (n), (o), and (p).
(j) The position of Chief Nurse in the
Senate Office Building, under the Office of
the Architect of the Capitol, shall be estab-
lished and allocated to grade 9 of the Gen-
eral Schedule of the Classification Act of
1949, as amended, so long as such position is
held by the present incumbent.
(k) The rate of gross annual compensation
of each of the elected officers of the House
of Representatives (except the presiding offi-
cer of the House and the Chaplain of the
House) is hereby increased by 10 percent.
(1) The aggregate rate of the rate of basic
annual compensation and the rate of addi-
tional annual compensation authorized by
law of the Chaplain of the House of Repre-
sentatives and of the Coordinator of Infor-
mation of the House of Representatives is
hereby increased by 10 percent.
(m) The rate of gross annual compensa-
tion of the Legislative Counsel of the House
of Representatives shall be an amount which
is equal to the rate of gross annual compen-
sation of the Legislative Counsel of the
Senate on the day following the effective date
of this subsection.
(n) The basic compensation of'the Ad-
ministrative Assistants to the Speaker, ma-
jority leader, minority leader, majority
whip, and minority' whip, shall be at the
rate of $8,880 per annum.
(o) Subsection (e) of section 202 of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as
amended (2 U. S. C. 72a (e)), is amended
(1) by striking out "$8,820" where it first
appears in such subsection and inserting in
lieu thereof "$8,880", and (2) by striking out
"$8,820" at the second place where it appears
in such subsection and inserting in lieu
thereof ",$3,880".
(p) (1) This subsection is enacted as an
exercise of the rulemaking power of the
House of Representatives with full recogni-
tion of the constitutional right of the House
of Representatives to change the rule
amended by this subsection at any time, in
the same manner, and to the same extent
as in the case of any other rule of the House
of Representatives.
(2) Clause 27 (c)'of rule XI of the Rules
of the House of Representatives is amended
(A) by striking out "$8,820" where it first
appears in such clause and inserting in lieu
thereof "$8,880", and (B) by striking out
"$8,820" at the second place where it appears
in "such clause and inserting in lieu thereof
"$8,880". .
(q) The limitations in the paragraph desig-
nated "Folding documents" under the head-
ing "Contingent Expenses of the House" in
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,
1958 (71 Stat. 249; Public Law 85-75), or in
any subsequent appropriation Act, are
hereby increased by 10 percent.
(r) Each employee in the legislative branch
of the Government whose compensation-
(1) is disbursed by the Clerk of the House
of Representatives,
(2) is not increased by any other pro-
vision of this act, and
(3) is fixed at a gross aggregate rate per
annum, shall receive additional compensa
tion at the rate of 10 percent of the rate
of his existing gross annual compensation.
(s) The increases in compensation pro-
vided by this section shall not be applicable
with respect to the Office of- the Parliamen-
tarian of the House of Representatives and
to any employee in such office.
(t) Subject to subsection (j) of this sec-
tion, each position of nurse under the Archi-
tect of the Capitol shall be allocated by the
Architect to that grade of the General Sched-
ule of the Classification Act of 1949, as
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amended, which is recommended to the
Architect by the Attending Physician of the
Congress. Any such allocation shall not be
subject to post audit, review, or change by
any authority in the executive branch.
"SEC. 5 (a) Section '1403 (b) of.the Vet-
erans' Benefits Act, of 1957 (71 Stat. 130;
Public Law 85-56), relating to the annual
salary of the Chief Medical Director of the
Department of Medicine and Surgery of the
Veterans' Administration, is amended by
striking out "$17,800" and inserting in lieu
thereof "$19,580."
(b) Section 1403 (c) of such act, relating
to the annual salary of the Deputy Chief
Medical Director of the Department of Med-
icine- and Surgery of the Veterans' Adminis-
tration, is amended by striking out "$16,800"
and inserting in lieu thereof "$18,480."
(c) Section 1403 (d) of such act, relating
to the annual salaries of the Assistant Chief
Medical Directors and the directors of serv-
ice or chiefs of division of the Department
of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans'
Administration, is amended-
(1) by striking out "$15,800" and inserting
in lieu thereof "$17,380";
(2) by striking out the word "twenty"
and inserting ~ in lieu thereof the word
"twenty-five"; and
(3) by striking out "$13,225 minimum to
$14,300 maximum" and inserting in lieu
thereof "$14,545 minimum to $16,500 maxi-
mum."
(d) Section 1403 (e) of such act, relating
to the annual salaries of the Director of
Nursing Service and the Deputy Director of
Nursing Service of the Department of Med-
icine and Surgery of the Veterans' Adminis-
tration, is amended-
(1) by striking out "$11,610" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "$12,770 minimum to
$13,970 maximum"; and
(2) by striking out "$10,320" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "$11,355 minimum to
$12,555 maximum."
(e) Section 1403 (f) of such act, relating
to the annual salaries" of the chief pharma-
cist, the chief dietitian, the chief physical
therapist, and the chief occupational thera-
pist of the Department of Medicine and Sur-
gery of the Veterans' Administration, is
amended to read as follows:
"(f) The Administrator may appoint a
chief pharmacist, a chief dietitian, a chief
physical therapist, and a chief occupational
therapist. During the period of his service
as such, the chief pharmacist and the chief
dietitian shall be paid a salary of $12,770
minimum to $13,970 maximum a year and
the chief physical therapist and the chief
occupational therapist shall be paid a salary
of $11,355 minimum to $12,555 maximum a
year."
(f) Section 1407 (a) of such act, relating
to maximum and minimum annual rates of
salary of certain employees of the Medical
Service, Dental Service, and Nursing Service
of the Department of Medicine and Surgery
of the Veterans' Administration, is amended
to read as follows:
"(a) The grades and per annum full-pay
ranges for positions provided in paragraph
(1) of section 1404 shall be as follows:
"MEDICAL SERVICE
"Chief grade, $12,770 minimum to $13,970
maximum.
"Senior grade, $11,355 minimum to $12,555
maximum.
"Intermediate grade, $9,890 minimum to
$11,090 maximum. _
"Full grade, $8,330 minimum to $9,530
maximum.
"Associate grade, $7,030 minimum to $8,230
maximum.
"Junior grade, $6,505 minimum to $7,405
maximum.
"DENTAL SERVICE
"Chief grade,. $12,770 minimum to $13,970
maximum.
"Senior grade, $11,355 minimum to $12,555
maximum.
"Intermediate grade, $9,890 minimum to
$11,090 maximum.
"Full grade, $8,330 minimum to $9,530
maximum.
"Associate grade, $7,030 minimum to
$8,230 maximum.
"Junior grade, $6,505 minimum to $7,405
maximum.
"NURSING SERVICE
"Assistant Director, $8,330 minknum to
$9,530 maximum.
"Senior grade, $7,030 minimum to $8,230
maximum.
"Full grade, $5,985 minimum to $6,885
maximum.
"Associate grade, $5,205. minimum to
$6,165 maximum.
"Junior grade, $4,425 minimum to $5,385
maximum."
(g) Section 1408 (d) of such act, prescrib-
ing the maximum amount of pay and allow-
ances of medical, surgical, and dental special-
ists of the Department of Medicine and Sur-
gery of the Veterans' Administration, is
amended to read as follows:
"(d) Any person, rated as a medical, sur-
gical, or dental specialist under the provis-
ions of this section or prior corresponding
provisions of law, shall receive, in addition
to his basic pay, an allowance equal to 15
percent of such pay, but in no event shall the
pay plus the allowance authorized by this
subsection exceed $16,000 per annum."
(h) Section 1411 of such act, relating to
appointment of additional employees, is
amended-
(1) by inserting "(a)" immediately follow-
ing "SEC. 1411."; and
(2) by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing:
"(b) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the per annum rate of salary of each
individual serving as a manager of a hospital,
domiciliary, or center who is not a physician
in the medical service shall not be less than
"Class 1------------------
Class 2__________________
C]ass 3------------------
Class 4____________
Class 5__________________
Class 6-------------
Class 7___?_____________
Class 8------------------
the rate of salary which he wouli--receive un-
der section 1407 if his service as a manager of
a hospital, domiciliary, or center had been
service as a physician in the medical service
in the chief grade. This subsection shall not
affect the allocation of any' posi ;ion of man-
ager of a hospital, domiciliary, or center to
any grade of the general schedul, of the Clas-
sification Act of 1949, except with respect to
changes in rate of salary pursuant to the
preceding sentence, and shall not affect the
applicability of the Performance: Rating Act
of 1950 to any individual.
(I) Paragraph (2) of'section 1404 of such
act, relating to additional appointments, is
amended to read as follows:
"(2) Managers, pharmacists, physical ther-
apists, occupational therapists, dietitians,
and other scientific and, professional person-
nel, such as optometrists, pathologists, bac-
teriologists, chemists, biostatisticians, and
medical and dental technologists.
(j) Paragraph (5) of section 1405 of such
act, relating to qualifications o;' appointees,
is amended-
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (b)
and (C) thereof as subparagraphs (C) and
(D) thereof, respectively; and
(2), by inserting immediately below sub-
paragraph (A) thereof the following:
"(B) optometrist-
"be licensed to practice optorletry in one
of the States, Territories, or Commonwealths
of the United States, or in the D strict of Co-
lumbia; ".
SEC. 6. (a) The Foreign Service Act of 1946
is amended as follows:
(1) The third sentence of section 412 of
such act (22 U. S. C. 867) is amended by strik-
ing out "$17,500" and inserting is lieu there-
of "$19,250."
(2) The fourth sentence of section 412 of
such act is amended to read as follows: "The
per annum salaries of Foreign Service of-
ficers within each of the other classes shall
be as follows:
$18, 060 $16, 500 $16,940
13,860 14,190 14, 520
11, 600 11,990 12,320
9, 900 10, 1 75 10, 450
8, 140 8, 415 9,690
6, 710 6, 930 7,150
5,610 5,775 5,940
4, 730 - 4, 895 5060
(3) The second sentence of section 415 of
such act (22 U. S. C. 870) is amended to read
as follows: "The per annum rates of staff
$17, 380 $17,820 $18, 260 $18,700
14, 850 15, 180 15,510 15,940
12, 050 12, 980 13, 310 13, 640
10, 725 11,000 11, 275 11,550
8, 985 9,240 0, 515 9, 790
7, 370 7,690 7,810 8,030
6,1Q5 6,270 6,435 6,600
6,225 5,390 5, 555 6,720 $5, 885.
officers and employees within each class shall
be as follows;
"Class 1________________________________ $11,770 $12,120
CIass 2________________________________ 10,920 11,205
Class 3________________________________ 10,030 10,320
Class 4-------------------------------- 9,095 9,380
Class 5-------------------------------- 8,395 8,610
Class 6________________________________ 7,600 7,905
Class 7________________________________ 6,990 7,200
Class 8________________________________ 6,285 6,495
Class 9________________________________ 5,585 5,795
Class 10------------------------- ..... 6,115- 5,260
Class 11_______________________________ 4,650 4,790
Class 12_______________________________ 4,180 4,320
Class 13_______________________________ 3,730 3,870
Class 14_______________________________ 3,300 3,445
Class 15_______________________________ 3,090 3,165
Class 16_______________________________ 2,875 2,950
CIass 17____v_________________________ 2, 680 2735
Class 18_______________________________ 2,455 2,520
Class 19_______________________________ 2,240 2,310
Class 20_______________________________ 2, 025 2,095
Class 21_______________________________ 1,810. 1,880
Class 22 ------------------------------- 1,60() 1, 670
(b) Foreign Service officers, Reserve offi-
cers, and Foreign Service staff officers and em-
ployees who are entitled to receive basic
compensation immediately prior to the ef-
fective date of this section at one of the step
rates provided by sections 412 or 415 of the
Foreign Service Act of 1946, shall receive
basic compensation on or after the effective
date of this section at the corresponding
step rate as provided by such sections 412 or
415 as amended by this section.
SEC. 7. (a) Notwithstanding section 3679
of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U. S.
C. 665), the rates of compensation of officers
$12, 480 $12,830 $13,160
11,485 11,770 12,120
30,600 10,885 11,165
0,665 9,045 10,230
8, 815 9,030 1),315 69, 600
8,120 8,325 8,540 8, 955
7,415 7,630 7,840 8,050
6, 710 6,925 7,140 7, 350
6, 005 6,220 6,435 6, 650
5,400 5,640 5, 755 5,970 $6, 175
4,930 6,070 5,215 5, 355 5, 500
4, 460. 4,605 4,745 4, 890 5,025
4, 010 4, 155 4,295 4,440 4, 580
3, 585 3, 730 3, 870 4, 010. 4, 155
3, 230 3, 300 3, 445 3, 585 3, 730
3,020 3,090 3,165 3,2$0 3,300
2, 805 2, 875 2, 950 3, 020 3, 090
2,590 2, 660 2, 735 2,805 2, 875
2, 380 2, 455 2, 520. 2,590 2,660
2, 165 2, 240 2, 310 2,380 2, 455
1,055 2,025 2,095 2, 165 2;240
1, 745 1, 810 1, 880 1,955 2, 025"
and employees of the Federal 3overnment
and of the municipal government of the Dis-
trict of Columbia whose rates of compensa-
tion are fixed by administrative action pur-
suant to law and are not otherwise increased
by this act are hereby authotized to be in-
creased, effective on or after the first day of
the first pay period which began on or after
January .1, 1958, by amounts not to exceed
the increases provided by this ict for cor-
responding rates of compensation in the ap-
propriate schedule or scale of pay.
(b) Nothing contained in this section
shall be deemed to authorize any increase
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In the rates of compensation of officers and
employees whose rates of compensation are
fixed and adjusted from time to time as
nearly as Is consistent with the public in-
terest in accordance With prevailing rates or
practices.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall
affect the authority contained in any law
pursuant to which rates of 6ompensation
may be fixed by administrative action.
or
SEC. 8. (a) Retroactive compensation
salary shall be paid ffy reason of this act
only in the case of an individual in the serv-
ice of the United States (including service
in the Armed Forces of the Unit6d States) or
the municipal government of thE7Distriet of
Columbia on the date of enactment of this
act, except that such retroactive compensa-
tion or salary'shall be paid (1) to an officer
or employee who retired during the period
beginning On the first day of the rst pay
period which'began'on or after Ja Ary i,
195,8, and ending on the date of enactment
of'this act for services rendered during such
periodand (2) in accordance with the pro - -
visions of _the act of August, 3, 1950 (Pub-
lic Law 363, 81st Cong.), as amended (5 U.
S. 0. 61f-61k),,for services rendered during
the period beginning on the first day of the
first pay period which bc~gan on or after
January 1, 1958,-~,.nd ending on the date of
enactment of this act by an officar or em-
,,ployee who dies during such period.'
For the purposes of this section, serv--
fee In the Arrned Forcps of the United States,
in the case of ai?_ Individual relieved from
'training and service in the Armod Forces of
the United States or discharged from hospi-
talization following such training and s6iv-
Ice, shall include the period provided by law
for the mandatory restoration of such indi-
vidual to a position in or under the Federal
Government or the municipaf government'of
the District of Columbia.
SEC. 9. (a) The Director of the Bureau of
the'Budget is authorized and direct , ed to
provide by regulation for the absorption from
the respective applicable appropriations or
funds available for the fiscal year in which
\this act is~ enacted and for the immediately
succeeding fiscal years, by the respective de-
partments, agencies, establishments, and cor-
porations In the executive branch, to guch
extent as.tlie, Director deems practicable, of
the costs of , the increases in basic ~ompen-
slation provided by this act.
(b) Nothing contdined In subsection (a)
`~of this section shall be held or considered
to require (1) the separation from the serv-
ice of any individual by reduction in force
or other personnel action or (2) the placing
,of any individiMl in a leave -without-pay
status.
(a) Subsections (a) and (b) of this see-
SEC. 13, Section 604 (d) of the Federal Em-
ployees Pay Act of 1945, as amended (5 U. S. C.
944), Is amended to read as follows:
11(d) (1) Hereafter, for all pay computa-
tion purposes affectitYg officers or employees
In or under the executive branch, the Judi-
cial branch, or the District of Columbia mu-
nicipal government, basic per annum rates
,,*of compensatism established by or pursuant
to law shall be regarded as payment for em-
ployment during 52 basic administratVve
workNyeeks of 40 hours.
11(5f) Whenever for any such purpose it Is
necessary to convert a basic annual rate to
a basic biweekly, weekly, daily, or hourly
rate, the following rules shall govern:
'I(A) An hourly rate shall be derived by
dividing the annual rate by 2,080;
"(11) A daily rate shall be derived by multi-
plying the hourly rate by the number of daily
hours of service required; and
"(0) A weekly or biweekly r4te shall be
derived by multiplying the hourly rate by
40 or 80 as the case may be.
"(3) All rates shall be computed in full
cents, counting a fraction of a cent as the
next higher cent."
SEC. 14 (a) The Postal Field Service Sched-
ule contained in section 301 (a) of the
Postal Field Service Compensation Act of
1955, as amended by section 401 (a) of the
act of May 27, 1958 (72 Stat. 145; Public
Law 85-426), is amended by striking out
levels 7 to 20, inclusive, and the respective
per annum rates and steps for such levels
and inserting in lieu of such levels and pet
annum rates and steps the following:
"7 ---------------------- -------------- $4,870 $5,035
TU mporary rate -------------------- 4,990 5,160
8 --- -------------- B,255 5,440
11~mPora_r yrate ------------------------- 5,385 5 5 5
,5
9-- -------------------------------- 5,675 5: 8Z
Tpmporary rate ----------------_- 5,815 6,020
10 -------------------------------------- 6,235 6,450
Temporary rate -------------------- 6,300 6,610
11 -------------------------------------- 6,860 7,095
Temporary rate -------------------- 7,030 7,270
12 -------------------------------------- 7,545 7,805
Temporary rate -------------------- 7,735 8,000
13 -------------------------------------- 8 310 8,590
Temporary rate -------------------- 8:520 8,805
14- - -------------- 9,140 9,440
- lil~Tru;orary _i~fj ---------------------- 9,370 9,C80
15 -------------------------------------- 10,050 10,375
Temporary rate -------------------- 10,300 10,635
16 ------------------------------ I ------- 11,075
Tern porary rate -------------------- 11, 3,~o 11, C,85
17 ------------------ - ----------------- 12,255 12, rw
Tomporary.rato -------------------- 12,660 12,895
18 -------------------------------------- 13,760 14,085
Temporary rate -------------------- 14,105 14,440
19 -------------------------------------- 15,050 15,375
Temporary rate --_------_------- 1.5,425 15,760
20 ------- -------------------------- 16,000"
(b) (1) The I provisions of sections 402,
1403, 404, and 405 of the act of May 27, 1958
(72 Stat. 146; Public Law 85-426), shall be
applicable and effective, as of the effective
date of this section, with respect to the ap-
plication and operation of the amendment
made by subsection (a) of this section.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) of
this subsection-
(A) the terms "This title" and "this
title," as used In such sections 402 (a), 403,
and 404, mean the amendment made by sub-
section (a) of this section; and
(B) the term "This act," as used In such
section 405, means the provisions iof this
section 14.
SEC. 15. (a) Except as provided in subsec-
tions (b) and (c) of this section, this act
shall take effect as of the first day of the first
pay period which began on or after January
1, 1958.
(b) This section, the first section, and sec-
tions 4 (b), 4 (e), 4 (h), 4 (j), 4 (q), 4 (t),
5 (1), 5 (j), 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 shall take effect
on the date of enactment -of this act.
(c) Sections 5 (h), 12, and 13 shall take
effect on the first day of the first pay period
Which begins on or after the date of enact-
ment of this act. ,
(d) For the purpose of determining the
amount of insurance for which an individual
Is eligible under the Federal Employees'
Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, all changes
in rates of compensation or salary which
result from the enactment of this act shall
be held and considered to be effective as of
the first day of the first pay period which
~6egins on or after the date of such enact-
ment.
Mr.'JOHN . STON of Sou~h Carolina.
Mr. President, the House amendment to
Senate bill 734 is proper and very de-
sirable.
First. It extends the cost-of-living ad-
Justment to employees of the postal serv-
ice who were not included in the postal
tion shall not apply to the field service of
the Post Office Department and to such
other departments, agencies, establishments,
and corporations in the executive branch as
the, Director, with the approval of the Presi-
dent, may designate.
SEC. 10. Section 505 _(e) of the Classiftca-
tion Act of 1949, as amended (5 t. S. C. 1105
.(e)), is amended by striking out "37" and
Inserting In lie~ thereof "75."
SEC. 11, Section 505 of the Classifica-
tion Act of 1949, as amended (5 U. S. C. 1106),
Is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new subsection: -
01(g) Appointments to positions in grades
16, 17, and 18 of the general schedule, ex-
cept positions provided for in subsection
(e) of this section, shall be made only upon
approval by the Civil Service Commission
of the ~VaLiflcations of the proposed ap-
pointees. I
SEC, 12, The annual rate of basic compen-
so, , tion of the position of Chief Postal In-
speefor in the Post Office Department shall
$5,200 $5,365 $5,530 $5,605 $5, W~0
5 330 5 500 5,670 5,840 6,()10
5: 625 5: 810 5,995 6,180 6,365
5 76,11 5,955 6,145 6,335 6,525
6: 075 ' 6, 2715 6, 475 6, 675 6,875
6,225 6,430 6,635 6,840 7,045
6, 665 6,880 7,095 7,310 7,525
6,830 7,050 7,270 7,490, 7,710
7,330 7,565 7,800 8,035 8,270
7,510 7,7,50 7,990 8,230 8,470
8,065 8,325 8,585 8,845 9,105
8,265 8,530 8,795 % 060 9 325
8,870 9,150 9,430 9,710 9:090
9 090 9,375 9,660 0,945 10,230
9: 740 10.040 10,340 10,640 10,940
9,990 10,300 10,610 10,920 11,230
10,700 11,025 11,350 11 675 12,000
10,970 11,305 11,640 11: 975 12,310
11,725 12,0150 12,375 12,700 13,025
12,020 12,355 12,690 13,025 13,360,
12,905 . 13,230 13,555 13,880 14,205
13,230 13,565 13,900 14,235 14,570
14,410 14,735 15, 060 15,385 15,560
14,775 15,110 15,455 15,780
15,700 15,900
15,900
pay bill recently enacted. That is done
by giving an additional 1 percent to em-
ployees in level 7 who, under the postal
bill, received only 11/2 percent, and by ex-
tending the 21/2 percent increase to em-
ployees in level 8 and above. The net
result is to give the same percentage in-
crease to all postal employees. I com-
mend the House for its wise and proper
action in this respect.
Second. The House amendment gives
the other employees the same percent-
age increase which has been received, or
will be received, by the postal em-
ployees. The House is to be commended
for its wisdom and fairness in this re-
spect.
I had hoped that the House amend-
ment might be accepted by the Senate
without sending it back to the House or
without having a conference with the
House. But, unfortunately, that will not
be the case.
The House and the Senate are not far
apart in the matter, and I see no diffl-
culty in reaching quick agreement. As
a matter of fact, most of the changes
that need be made have already been-
agreed-to. In these circumstances, the
best course of action would seem to be
to agree to the House amendment with
an amendment. Accordingly, I sent to
the desk an amendment, and ask that
it be read, but first I wish to explain
briefly the purpose of the amendment.
First. It makes a necessary technical
correction to carry out the wish of this
body in regard-to the adjustment of sal-
aries in the offices of Senators. It leaves
it to Senators to make adjustments as
they see fit, and gives them a lump sum
allowance.
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Second. It makes a necessary technical
correction in the language relating to
the fixing of salaries of employees in the
House document room. This correction
was requested by the other body, and I
am happy to comply with their request.
Third. It puts into the bill language
requested by the administration which
permits the recruitment of certain scien-
tific and professional college graduatep
at grade 7 rather than grade 5. This
provision was previously approved by the
Senate after full consideration when S.
734 was passed on February 28, so I am
confident there will be no dissent here
today to putting it back in the bill.
Fourth. The amendment restores to the
bill previously approved Senate language
relating to the establishment of neces-
sary supergrades and scientific positions
justified to the Post Office and Civil
Service Committee by the administration
at the time S. 734 was under considera-
tion, and as it was passed by the Senate.
Fifth. The amendment restores pre-
viously approved Senate language pre-
scribing a method for adjusting the pay
of employees upgraded under section 803
of the Classification Act by action of the
Civil Service Commission.
Finally, the amendment makes cer-
tain perfecting changes of a minor na-
ture.
This bill authorizes a substantial in-
crease in the number of grade GS-16,
GS-17, and GS-18 positions. When we
approve these additional supergrade po-
sitions I should like to insure that the
needs of the Bureau of Prisons are rec-;
ognized. In the past this Bureau has
not been authorized supergrade posi-
tions by the Civil Service Commission.
I am familiar with the work of this
agency. In the position of warden at
the United States penitentiary, Atlanta,
Ga., there is a man whose responsibil-
ities are exceeded by few in the Federal
service. He is charged with the deten-
tion of some of the most difficult pris-
oners in the country, and at the same
time with their modification of attitude
and rehabilitative preparation for re-
lease. He administers and manages a
large and complex Federal installation,
and directs the operations of a large in-
dustrial factory which any place else
would by itself justify a higher grade.
Similarly in the Federal prisons at
Leavenworth, Kans.; Alcatraz, Calif.;
Lewisburg, Pa.; Chillicothe, Ohio; Mc-
Neil Islalyd, Wash.; El Reno, Okla.; and
the "Medical Center at Springfield, Mo.,
we have administrators performing as
difficult and important work as one can
find in the Federal Government. None
of these wardens have been approved
for supergrade positions. They are-in ,
fact`vaid considerably less than are the
wardens in many of the State prisons:
I want the attention of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission called to this inequity.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has a
worldwide influence upon law enforce-
ment, confinement, and programs con-
cerned with the treatment and rehabili-
tation of prisoners. In the central of-
fice of the Bureau, at its Medical Center,
and in the major institutions, adminis-
trators and professional personnel with
broad backgrounds of experience and
understanding are required. It is essen-
tial that this agency of Government be
able to recruit and retain persons with
understanding and skill in this special-
ized field of work. -
In its relationships with the legal and
medical professions, and in its partici-
pation at national and international
conferences this Bureau is expected to
take the initiative in improving stand-
ards and methods of handling and treat-
ing prisoners. The trends in age groups
toward more youthful offenders and in
types of offenses toward more violent
crimes greatly increase the difficulties
and responsibilities of this organization.
There is a pressing need to meet the
challenge of these responsibilities. - Cor-
rectional leaders of the highest capa-
bility are needed to recognize and ex-
ploit every opportunity- to find solutions
to the problems which face this Nation
and its people in our growing inmate
population.
The Bureau of Prisons has worked
tirelessly to make a career service for
its personnel. A few supergrade posi-
tions in its eight major institutions will
be of great assistance to the Attorney
General and the Director, Bureau of
Prisons, in their staffing key positions
with individuals possessing the needed
abilities and stature.
Mr. President, I now ask that my
amendments to the House amendment
be read, and I move that the Senate
agree to the amendments, in the hope
that the House will agree to them, which
will avoid the necessity for a conference.
Mr. DIRKSEN. Mr. President, will
the Senator yield?
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
I yield.
Mr. DIRKSEN. It is my understand-
ing that after the Senate had taken
action on the bill, it went to the House,
and the House struck out all after the
enacting clause and substituted an en-
tirely new bill.
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
That is true.
Mr. DIRKSEN. In the bill as passed
by the House, among other things - the
House included a proposal to require
Civil Service Commission approval of all
classifications of GS-16, 17, and 18, the
supergrades, and also schedule C.
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
That is true. -
Mr. DIRKSEN. In the amendments
the Senator offers it is proposed to strike
that out, so that matter will be in con-
ference. Is that correct?
Yes.
Mr. DIRKSEN. In addition, only the
increases in FBI dupergrades were per-
mitted to stand, and all other scientific
and supergrades were stricken in the
House bill?
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
Yes.
Mr. DIRKSEN. That also will be
cured by the amendments offered by the
Senator from South Carolina?
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
Yes. -
Mr. DIRKSEN. As to scientists and
others who are given increases under sec-
tion 803, an automatic ceiling has been
provided by the House as against the
Senator's proposal to carry them, so to
speak, as they go along. That will be
cured?
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
That is true. '
Mr. DIRKSEN. Finally, there is a
provision with reference to recruitment
of scientific and professional college
graduates, namely, the ceiling: of GS-5,
will be removed, and grade 7 substituted?
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
That is also included in the amendments.
Mr. DIRKSEN. And in the motion?
Mr.- JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
Yes.
Mr. DIRKSEN. That would put all
the Senate bill and the Hous,; bill, and
also the new proposals submitted by the
Senator from South Caroline? in con-
ference?
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
No; it would put in conference only
amendments as to which thi~re ?-was a
difference, if the House failed to agree
to them.
Mr. DIRKSEN. The whole latitude of
the House bill and the Senate bill and
the. new proposals would be :.n confer-
ence. Is that correct?
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina.
I have talked to the 'enator from Kan-
sas [Mr. CARLSON] about the matter, and
I have taken the House bill, with the
amendments I am suggesting
Mr. DIRKSEN. I want to be reason-
ably sure about the situation, in order
to satisfy the distinguished Serator from
Delaware [Mr. WILLIAMS] who has
raised some questions both will me and
with the Senator from Kansa:,, so there
can be no misunderstanding as to what
is contemplated by the motion before
the Senate. I ask the Sen