AND VARIOUS BILLS TO AMEND THE FEDERAL

EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., FEBRUARY 10, 23, 24;

MARCH 8, 23, AND 24, 1960

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

Yen

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

GRAHAM A. BARDEN, North Carolina, Chairman

ADAM C. POWELL, New York

CARROLL D. KEARNS, Pennsylvania

CLEVELAND M. BAILEY, West Virginia CLARE E. HOFFMANN, Michigan

CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky

JOE HOLT, California

ROY W. WIER, Minnesota

STUYVESANT WAINWRIGHT, New York

CARL ELLIOTT, Alabama

PETER FRELINGHUYSEN, JR., New Jersey

PHIL M. LANDRUM, Georgia

WILLIAM H. AYRES, Ohio

EDITH GREEN, Oregon

ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan

JAMES ROOSEVELT, California

EDGAR W. HIESTAND, California

HERBERT ZELENKO, New York

ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota

FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey

CHARLES E. GOODELL, New York

STEWART L. UDALL, Arizona

ELMER J. HOLLAND, Pennsylvania

LUDWIG TELLER, New York

JOHN H. DENT, Pennsylvania

ROMAN C. PUCINSKI, Illinois

DOMINICK V. DANIELS, New Jersey

JOHN BRADEMAS, Indiana

ROBERT N. GIAIMO, Connecticut

JAMES G. O'HARA, Michigan

L. K. ALDERMAN, Jr., Chief Clerk

MELVIN W. SNEED, Minority Clerk

CHARLES M. RYAN, General Counsel

CHARLES T. LANE, Assistant General Counsel

R. C. DERRICKSON, Chief Investigator

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SAFETY AND COMPENSATION

ROY W. WIER, Minnesota, Chairman

ADAM C. POWELL, New York

PETER FRELINGHUYSEN, JR., New Jersey

HERBERT ZELENKO, New York

CHARLES E. GOODELL, New York

JAMES G. O'HARA, Michigan

REVA BECK BOSONE, Legal Counsel

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Hearings held in Washington, D.C.:

February 10, 1960.-

February 23, 1960.

February 24, 1960,

March 8, 1960.
March 23, 1960-

March 24, 1960-

Text of bills:

H.R. 92

H.R. 433

H.R. 458.

H.R. 698.

H.R. 715.

H.R. 811

H.R. 856.

H.R. 1196

H.R. 1905.

H.R. 1967

H.R. 2873

H.R. 3055.

H.R. 3719.

H.R. 4017

H.R. 4357

H.R. 5182.

H.R. 5507

H.R. 6362.

H.R. 6577

H.R. 9765.

H.R. 10705.

Statement of

Baldwin, Hon. John F., a Representative in Congress from the State of

California..

Bass, Hon. Ross, a Representative in Congress from the State of Ten-

nessee.

Bennett, Hon. Charles E., a Representative in Congress from the

State of Florida..

Campbell, James E., president of the American Federation of Govern-

ment Employees; accompanied by H. V. Prater, director of employ-

ees regulations of the American Federation of Government Em-

ployees.-

Dorson, C. L., president of the Retirement Federation of Civil Service

Employees of the U.S. Government

Fernós-Isern, Dr. A., Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico---

Hallbeck, E. C., legislative representative, National Federation of

Post Office Clerks.

Jaspan, Daniel, legislative representative of the National Association

of Postal Supervisors--

Keating, Jerome J., vice president, National Association of Letter

Carriers.--

MacKay, John W., president of the National Postal Clerks Union;

accompanied by David Silvergleid, secretary-treasurer-

McCauley, William, Director, Bureau of Employees' Compensation;

accompanied by his counsel, Herbert P. Miller, U.S. Department of

Labor..

Mears, John S., legislative assistant, national legislative commission,

the American Legion.---

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