INCREASING RATES OF COMPENSATION OF THE HEADS AND ASSISTANT HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

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81ST CONGRESS SENATE REPORT
1st Session No. 882
INCREASING RATES OF COMPENSATION OF THE HEADS
AND ASSISTANT HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPART-
MENTS AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
AUGUST 9 (legislative day, JUNE 2), 1949.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. LONG, from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service,
submitted the following
REPORT
The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to whom was re-
ferred the bill (H. R. 1689) to increase rates of compensation of the
heads and assistant heads of executive departments and independent
agencies, having considered the same, report favorably thereon, with
an amendment, and recommend that the bill, as amended, do pass.
Section 1 of the bill would increase the compensation of heads of
each executive department, the Secretary of Defense, and the Ad-
ministrator for Economic Cooperation to $25,000 per annum.
Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5, with the committee amendments, would in-
crease rates of compensation of heads and assistant heads of independ-
ent agencies, members of independent boards and commissions, the
secretaries and administrative assistants to the President and certain
positions in the legislative and judicial branches of the Government
which have regularly been fixed to conform to the rates established for
comparable positions in the executive branch to $20,000, $18,000,
$17,500, $16,000, and $15,000 per annum, based upon their respective
responsibilities.
Section 5 (c) proposes to establish on a permanent basis the present
rate of compensation for the positions of legislative counsel of the
House of Representatives and legislative counsel of the Senate.
Section 6 would authorize the President to fix the compensation of
the chairman or other head of a board or commission at $18,000 when
such position carries with it important duties or responsibilities not
imposed upon other members of such board or commission, who would
receive $16,000.
Section 7 makes the appropriations for the fiscal year 1950 available
for the payment of compensation at the rates provided in the bill
unless specifically prohibited by the appropriation acts.
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All positions covered and the salaries to be paid are specifically set
forth in the bill, except as indicated in section 6 above.
For the past 2 years pay increases for the heads and assistant heads
of the executive departments and agencies have been the subject of
intensive study by the Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil
Service, and more recently by the House Committee on Post Office
and Civil Service.
Based upon these studies, H. R. 1689, as amended, represents the
best judgment of the committee as to the salary rates which should
be established for the positions covered in the bill.
For a detailed description of the positions and justification for the
proposed increases, the committee refers to House Report No. 535.
The committee recommend the following amendments to H. R.
1689:
1. The Administrator for Economic Cooperation: Delete from
section 2 (a) and include in section 1.
This amendment would raise the salary for this position from
$20,000, as proposed by the House bill, to $25,000 per annum, the'
Cabinet level.
2. The Housing and Home Finance Administrator: Delete from
section 3 (a) and insert in section 2 (a).
This amendment would raise the salary of this position from
$18,000, as proposed by the House bill, to $20,000 per annum.
3. The Comptroller of the Currency and the Chairman of the Board
of Directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Delete from
section 4 and insert in section 3 (a).
This amendment would raise the salary for these positions from
$16,000, as proposed in the House bill, to $18,000 per annum.
4. The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts: Delete "$15,000" in section 3 (b) and insert in lieu thereof
"$16,000".
5. The Deputy Under Secretaries of State: Insert in section 3 (c).
These positions were not included in the House bill but were au-
thorized by Public Law 73, Eighty-first Congress.
This amendment would establish the rates of pay for the Deputy
Under Secretaries at $17,500, midtivay between that of the Under
Secretary ($20,000) and those of the Assistant Secretaries ($15,000).
6. The Home Loan Bank Board; the Public Housing Commissioner;
the Federal Housing Commissioner: Insert in section 4.
This amendment would establish the rate of pay for these positions
at $16,000.
7. The Archivist of the United States: Delete from section 5 (a).
This amendment would drop this position from consideration under
this bill.
The recent enactment of the Eighty-first Congress placed the
Archives in the General Services Administration. Since the Archivist
is no longer the head of an independent agency, his position should
receive the same consideration as other subordinate officials which
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the committee is recommending to be dropped from the bill and con-
sidered in S. 2379, now on the Senate calendar.
8. The Director of the Bureau of Federal Supply; Administrator,
Production and Marketing Administration; Commissioner of Internal
Revenue; Director of the Bureau of Prisons; Commissioner of Public
Roads; Commissioner of Public Buildings; Commissioner of Com-
munity Facilities; Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization;
Administrator of Civil Aeronautics; Administrator, Rural Electrifi-
cation Administration; Commissioner for Social Security; Commis-
sioner of Reclamation; Chief, Soil Conservation Service; Commis-
sioner of Customs; Commissioner of Narcotics; Governor of the Farm
Credit Administration; Chief Forester of the Forest Service; Admin-
istrator of the Farmers ITome Administration; Manager of the Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation; the three Special Assistants to the Sec-
retary of Defense: Delete from section 5 (a).
This amendment would drop these positions from the bill.
While most of these positions are of great importance and responsi-
bility, they are in all cases below the level of the head of a department
or independent agency and should be considered as positions coming
within the position-classification bill, S. 2379, now on the Senate
calendar for consideration.
9. The Legal Adviser of the Department of State: Delete the last
sentence in section 5 (a), which provides that the salary of the Legal
Adviser of the Department of State shall continue at the rate of
$10,330 per annum.
This amendment would have the effect of fixing the salary at $15,000
per annum, the same rate as provided for Assistant Secretaries. This
is in accord with Public Law 73 of the Eighty-first Congress, which
provides that the Legal Adviser shall rank equally with the Assistant
Secretaries of State.
10. The Assistant Director of the Administrative Office of the
United States Courts: Delete "$10,000" in section 5 (b) and insert in
lieu thereof "$15,000".
The committee has evaluated all the information available to it
as a result of the long study made of the salaries of top Government
officials. It is unanimous in its conclusion that its initial recommenda-
tion to limit the coverage of a bill to increase the salaries of top execu-
tives to those whose responsibilities included the making of policy
decisions was sound.
With respect to the many responsible positions below this level, the
committee believe the rates of compensation for such positions should
be fixed under the classification system and that the salary structure
of this system should provide more equitable salaries for these posi-
tions. The committee has therefore recommended that the Senate
adopt the proposals contained in S. 2379, now on the Senate Calendar
for consideration, which would increase the maximum salary under
the classification system to $15,000.
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4 COMPENSATION OF HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
TABLE I.-Positions affected by TL R. 1689, describing present pay, amounts pro-
posed in II. R. 1689, as passed by the House, and the effect of the Senate amend-
ments to this proposal
Soc. 1:
Secretary, Department of Agriculture__________________
Secretary, Department of Commerce ---------__________
Secretary, Department of the Interior__________________
Attorney General, Department of Justice______________
Secretary, Department of Labor_______________________
Secretary, Department of Defense______________________
Secretary, Department of the Air Force________________
Secretary, Department of the Army--------------------
Secretary, Department of the Navy--------------------
Postmaster General, Post Offtee Departmont___________
Secretary, Department of State ________________________
Secretary, Treasury Department -----------------------
Administrator for Economic Cooperation--------------
See, 2 (a):
Comptroller General of the United States______________
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers__________
Director of the Bureau of the Budget___________________
Chairman, National Security Resources Board_________
Administrator, Federal Security Agency----------------
Administrator of Veterans Affairs______________________
Administrator, General Services Administration 1.-_____
Housing and Home Finance Administrator _.___________
Under Secretary, Department of Agriculturo___________
Under Secretary, Department of Comnmerce____________
Under Secretary, Department of the Interior___________
Under Secretary, Department of Labor_______________
Under Secretary of Defense _..__________________________
Under Secretary, Department of the Air Force_________
Under Secretary, Department of the Army_____________
Under Secretary, Department of the Navy_____________
Under Secretary, Department of State_________________
Under Secretary, Treasury Department________________
Assistant to the Attorney General, Justice _.___________
Solicitor General of the United. States, Justice __________
First Assistant Postmaster General, Post Offce________
Sec. 2 (b):
White House officials designated by the President:
6 administrative assistants ----------------- -
The Executive Secretary, National Security Coun-
cil ---------------
5 other secretaries or other immediate assistants----
Sec. 3 (a):
Chairman., Atomic Energy Commission ----.--____.___-_
Chairman, Munitions Board _______________..__-__._____
Chairman, Research and Development Board..___.._____
Deputy Administrator for Economic Cooperation..
Assistant Comptroller General of the United States -----
Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget_________
Deputy Administrator of Veterans' Affairs _______.._____
Chairman, Board of Directors, Reconstruction Finance
Corporation------------------------------ ------------
Comptroller of the Currency _______________.._____.._____
Sec. 3 (b):
Director, Administrative Office of the U. S. Courts_____
Sec. 3 (c):
Public Printer -------------------------------------------
Librarian of Congress ______________________..___________
Members (other than Chairman), Council of Economic
Advisers---------------------------------- ------
etorof Central Intell'genre____________.-___________
c era &diation an . onciliation Director ------_____
Assistant Federal Security Administrator- _
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation______________
Deputy Under Secretary of State_______________________
Sec. 4:
Members, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System--
Members, Home Loan Bank Board _____-__..______
Public Housing Commissioner _____________..___________
Federal Housing Commissioner --------------------------
Director of Aeronautical Research, National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics_______________________
Num-
ber
$15, 000.00
15,000.00
15, 000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
15, 000.00
15, 000.00
15,000.00
16, 000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
12,000.00
15,000.00
10, 000.00
14, 000.00
12, 000.00
12, 000.00
(1)
16,500.00
10, 330.00
10,000.00
10,330.00
10,330.00
12, 000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10, 000.00
12,000.00
10,330.00
10,330.00
10,330.00
10,330.00
H. R. 1680
as passed
by the
House
$25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25, 000
25,000
25, 000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
20,000
20, 000
20, 000
20, 000
20,000
20,000
20, 000
20, 000
18,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20, 000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
H. R. 1680
pby thosed
e
Senate
$25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20, 000
20,000
20,000
}12
Members, Civil Aeronautics Board______________.._____ {
Chairman, Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of
Washington-_--------------------------- -----------
Members, Federal Communications Commission-_____
See footnotes at end of table, p. 6.
(1)15,000.00
(1) (2,000.00
(9)10, 330.00
(1)10, 000.00
17,500.00
14,000.00
14,000.00
17,500.00
10,330.00
10,330.00
10,330.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
10, 330. 00
10, 330.00
15, 000.00
14,000.00
12,000.00
10, 330. 00
14, 000.00
10, 330.00
15, 000.00
15, 000.00
15, 000.00
15, 000.00
10, 330. 00
12, 000. 00
11, 500.00
15,000.00
10, 000.00
(2) 20,000
(3) 18.000
(7) 16, 000
18, 18,000
18,000
18,000
18,000
18,000
18,000
18,000
16,000
1 C' 000
15, 000
17, 500
17, 500
17, 500
17,1500
17,500
17, 500
17,500
16,000
16,000
------------
------------
------------
16, 000
16, 000
16, 000
18, 000
16, 000
2) 20, 000
3) 18,000
(7) 16, 000
18,000
18, 000
18, 000
18, 000
18,000
18,000
18,000
AdW
18,000
18,000
17, 500
17,500
17,500
17,500
17, 500
17, 500
17,500
17,500
16, 000
1.6,000
16,000
10,000
16,000
16,000
16,000
16,000
16,000
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TABLE I.-Positions affected by 11. R. 1689, describing present pay, amounts pro-
posed in H. R. 1689, as passed by the House, and the effect of the Senate amend-
ments to this proposal-continued
Sec."4-Continued
Board of Directors, Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora-
tion--------------------------------------------------
Members, Federal Power Commission_________________
Members, Federal Trade Commission__________________
Members, Interstate Commerce Commission -------____
Members, National Labor Relations Board______:_____
Members, National Mediation Board__________________
Members, Railroad Retirement Board_________________
Members, Securities and Exchange Commission-------
Board of Directors, Tennessee Valley Authority ---_____
Members, Civil Service Commission___________________
Chairman, United States Maritime Commission-------
Members, united States Tariff Commission____________
Members (other than Chairman), Atomic Energy
Commission------------------------------------------
General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board_____
Architect of the Capitol________________________________
Deputy Administrator of General Services I____________
.Sec. 5 (a):
Housing Expediter_____________________________________
Director of Selective Service____________________________
Assistant Architect of the Capitol__ _______________
Members, Displaced Persons Commission--------------
Members , Indian Claims Commission_________________
Members, War Claims Commission____________________
Members, Philippine War Damage Commission_______
Assistant Secretary, Department of Agriculture--------
Assistant Secretary, Department of Commerce _________
Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior________
Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor______________
Assistant Secretary, Department of Air Force__________
Assistant Secretary, Department of Navy______________
Assistant Secretary, Department of Army______________
Assistant Secretary, Department of State______________
Assistant Secretary, Department of Treasury----------
Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Department of Treasury____
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice----
Assistant Solicitor General, Department of Justice -----
Counselor, Department of State________________________
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Post Office ______
Third Assistant Postmaster General,?Post OMee_______
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, Post Office______
Associate Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director-
Depputy Director, Central IntelItgonce_ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
'Pliilippine-AlicnPropertyAdihinii for______________
Chief Assistant Librarian of Congress__________________
Deputy Public Printer_________________________________
Members (other than Chairman), Board of Directors,
Export-Import Bank of Washington_________________
Members (other than Chairman), Board of Directors,
Reconstruction Finance Corporation_________________
Members (other than Chairman), U. S. Maritime Com-
mission----------------------------------------------
Commissioners, U. S. Court of Claims_________________
Governor, Alaska______________________________________
Governor, Hawaii______________________________________
Governor, Virgin Islands_______________________________
Governor, Panama Canal______________________________
?See. 5 (b): Assistant Director, Administrative Office of the
U. S. Courts---------------------------------------------
Sec. 5 (c):
Legislative counsel, House of Representatives----------
Legislative counsel, Senate_____________________________
Sec. 6:
Compensation of chairman or other head of board or
commission having important duties or responsibili-
ties not imposed upon other members of such board
or commission may be fixed by the President at
$18,000.
Archivist of the United States__________________________
Administrator, Production and Marketing Adminis-
tration-------------------`---------------------------
See footnotes at end of table, p. 6.
If. R. 1689
H. R. 1689
Num-
as passed
proposed
ber
by the
]Souse
by the
Senate
2
$15, 000.00
$16,000
$16,000
5
10, 000.00
16, 000
16,000
5
10, 000.00
16,000
16, 000
11
12, 000.00
16, 000
16,000
5
12, 000.00
16,000
16,000
3
10, 000.00
16, 000
16,000
3
10, 000.00
16,000
16, 000
5
10, 000.00
16, 000
16,000
3
10, 000.00
16,000
16,000
3
10, 000.00
16,000
16,000
1
12, 000.00
16, 000
16, 000
6
10, 000.00
16, 000
16, 000
4
15,000.00
16, 000
16,000
1
12, 000.00
16, 000
16,000
1
10, 330. 00
16,000
16,000
1
(1)
16,000
16,000
12,000.00
15, 000
15,000
12, 500.00
15, 000
15, 000
9, 985.80
15,000
15, 000
3
10, 000.00
15,000
15,000
3
10, 000. 00
15.000
15, 000
3
12, 000.00
15, 000
15,000
3
12, 000.00
15,000
15, 000
1
10,305.00
15, 000
16,000
2
10, 000.00
15, 000
15, 000
2
10,330.00
15, 000
15, 000
3
10, 330.00
15, 000
15, 000
2
10, 000. 00
15,000
16,000
2
10, 000.00
15, 000
15,000
2
10, 000.00
15, 000
16,000
8
10, 330.00
16,000
15, 000
2
10, 330.00
15,000
15, 000
1
10, 330.00
15, 000
15, 000
( 3
10, 330.00
15, 000
15, 000
3
10, 305.00
15, 000
15, 000
1
10, 000.00
15, 000
15, 000
1
10, 330.00
16,000
15,000
10, 330.00
15,000
15,000
1
10,330.00
16,000
15,000
1
10, 330.00
15, 000
15,000
1
10,330.00
16,000
16,000
1
10,330.00
15, 000
15,000
10,000.00
10, 000.00
40*0
15, 000
15;000
10,330.00
15, 000
15, 000
10,330.00
15, 000
15,000
3
12, 000.00
15,000
15,000
4
12,500.00
15,000
15,000
4
10,000.00
15,000
15,000
13
0,707.00
------------
15,000
10,330.00
15, 000
15,000
1
10,330.00
1.5, 000
15,000
1
10,330.00
15,000
15,000
1
10,000.00
15,000
15,000
1
0,707.00
10,000
15,000
1
12, 000.00
12,000
12,000
1
12, 000.00
12,000
12,000
10,000.00
15,000
10, 330.00
15,000
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COMPENSATION OF HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
TABLE I. Positions affected by H. R. 1689, describing present pay, amounts pro-
posed in Ii. R. 1689, as passed by the house, and the effect of the Senate amend-
ments to this proposal-Continued
Position
Num-
ber
Present
H. R. 1689
as passed
by the
House
H. R. 1689
proposed
by the
Senate
Sec. 6-Continued
Commissioner of Internal Revenue_____________________
1
$10,330.00
$15,000
Director, Bureau of Prisons____________________________
1
10,330.00
15,000
Commissioner of Public Roads__________
1
10, 330.00
15,000
Commissioner of Public Buildings_____________________
1
10,330.00
15,000
Commissioner of Community . Facilities__'_____________
1
10,330.00
15,000
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization------
1
10, 330.00
15,000
Administrator of Civil Aeronautics ---------------- _----
1
12,000.00
15,000
Administrator, Rural Electrification Administration-__
1
10, 330.00
15, 000
Commissioner for Social Security_______________________
1
10, 330.00
15,000
Commissioner of Reclamation__________________________
1
10, 330.00
15,000
Chief, Soil Conservation Service_______________________
1
10,330.00
15,000
Commissioner of Customs______________________________
1
10, 330.00
15, 000
Commissioner of Narcotics_____________________________
1
10,330.00
15,000
Governor, Farm Credit Administration________________
1
10,000.00
15,000
------------
Chief Forester, Forest Service__________________________
1
10,000.00
16,000
------------
Administrator, Farmers Home Administration---------
1
10,000.00
15,000
------------
Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation-________
S
i
l A
i
1
10,330.00
15,000
------------
pec
ss
a
stants to the Secretary of Defense__________
Director, Bureau of Federal Supply____________________
3
1
1.0,000.00
10,330.00
15,000
15,000
------------
------------
Number of
positions
U. R. 1689, as passed by: the House________________
II. R. 1689, as proposed by the Senate_____________
Present annual
cost
$2,771,332.80
2, 735, 573.80
$4,026,000
3,978,000
$1,254,667.20
1, 242, 426.20
I Salaries for these positions have not yet been established by the President in accordance with Public
Law 152, 81st Cong.
2 For purposes of computing the costs; the rates formerly paid the Administrator and Assistant Adminis-
trator of Federal Works Agency were used for the positions of Administrator and Deputy Administrator or
General Services Administration.
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