Statements-Continued Page Denfeld, Adm. Louis E., U.S. Navy, retired, president, Retired Officers 243 249 Disabled Officers Association, Col. D. George Paston, chairman, Defense Department: Benade, Col. Leo E., Director, Task Force on Military Compen- Paul, Norman S., Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower). *Doyle, William C., chairman, National Security Commission, Amer- Fleet Reserve Association, Fred J. Scanlon, U.S. Navy, retired, na- Fong, Hiram L., Senator, State of Hawaii Foss, Gov. Joe, chairman of the board, Air Force Association_ Fridge, Benjamin W., Special Assistant to Secretary of Air Force for Gereau, Gerald, chairman, District of Columbia Chapter of American 24 273 192 188 *Harmon, Maj. Gen. E. N., U.S. Army, retired, president of Norwich 280 *Giles, Robert E., General Counsel of Commerce Department for *Hayman, CWO H. S., president, Chief Warrant and Warrant Officers *Hewitt, Adm. H. Kent, U.S. Navy, retired, of Orwell, Vt. (inserted at request of Senator Aiken, of Vermont) - *Hittle, Brig. Gen. James D., U.S. Marine Corps, retired, director, na- tional security and foreign affairs, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the *Howell, Comdr. Hugh H., Jr., U.S. Naval Reserve, national vice presi- Korth, Fred, Secretary of the Navy.. 60 Lang, Dr. Gideon L., member, department of national affairs, Ameri- 153 *Lukas, BMC Vincent S., U.S. Coast Guard (retired disabled). *Mariska, Col. Ben F., U.S. Air Force, of Aurora, Colo. (inserted at re- *McCallam, J. A., D.V.M., American Veterinary Medical Association *McLeod, Lt. Howard L., of Bemidji, Minn., emergency officers retired *National Guard Association of the United States, Maj. Gen. William 170 National Society of Professional Engineers, Paul H. Robbins, execu- 263 *Naval Reserve Association of Washington, D.C., Comdr. Hugh H. Howell, Jr., U.S. Naval Reserve, national vice president for legisla- Navy, Department of: Korth, Fred, Secretary- 60 Simpson, Brig. Gen. Ormond R., Assistant Director, Personnel 67 Smedberg, Vice Adm. W. R., III, Chief, Bureau of Naval Per- 63 *Indicates statements submitted for the record. Statements-Continued Oles, Lt. Col. Floyd, U.S. Army Reserve, Chairman, Reserve Officers Paul, Norman S., Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower) Public Health Service, U.S., Dr. Luther L. Terry, Surgeon General, Page 184 Paston, D. George, chairman, National Legislative Committee, Dis- 249 Scanlon, Fred J., U.S. Navy, retired, national secretary, Fleet Reserve 192 Simpson, Brig. Gen. Ormond R., Assistant Director, Personnel De- Simpson, Milward L., Senator, State of Wyoming - Smedberg, Vice Adm. W. R., III, Chief, Bureau of Naval Personnel.. Terry, Dr. Luther L., Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service.. U.S. Public Health Service. (See Public Health Service.) *Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Brig. Gen. James D. Hittle, U.S. Marine Corps, retired, director, national security and *Vinson, Carl, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee... 67 210 62 100 115 Yarborough, Ralph W., Senator, State of Texas. Zuckert, Eugene M., Secretary of the Air Force *Indicates statements submitted for the record. MILITARY PAY INCREASE TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1963 U.S. SENATE, SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE Washington, D.C. The subcommittee appointed to consider H.R. 5555, to increase the rates of basic pay for members of the uniformed services, composed of Senators Cannon (chairman), Ervin, Engle, Young, Saltonstall, and Beall, met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m. in room 212, New Senate Office Building. Present: Senators Cannon (presiding), Engle, Young, Saltonstall, and Beall. Also present: Harry L. Wingate, Jr., chief clerk; T. Edward Braswell, Jr., of the committee staff; and Herbert S. Átkinson, assistant chief clerk. Senator CANNON. The committee meeting will come to order. The purpose of today's meeting is to begin the hearings on H.R. 5555, the military pay bill. (H.R. 5555 follows:) [H.R. 5555, 88th Cong., 1st sess.] AN ACT To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the rates of basic pay for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Uniformed Services Pay Act of 1963". BASIC PAY SEC. 2. Section 203 of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "S 203. Rates "The rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services within each pay grade are set forth in the following tables : "1 While serving as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Commandant of the Marine Corps, or Commandant of the Coast Guard, basic pay for this grade is $1,970 regardless of years of service computed under sec. 205 of this title. "2 While serving as a permanent professor at the U.S. Military Academy or the U.S. Air Force Academy, basic pay for this grade is $1,165, if the officer has over 31 years of service computed under sec. 205 of this title, and $1,235, if the officer has over 36 years of that service. |