NOTES FOR DIRECTOR'S TESTIMONY ON EXECUTIVE PAY BILL

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NOTES FOR DIRECTOR'S TESTIMONY
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EXECUTIVE PAY BILL
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1. FOR SUMMARY OF EXECUTIVE PAY LEGISLATION SEE TO (A).
a. Emphasise your strong support of the principle of increasing salaries
for senior executive in Goverment generally.
b. Suestarise our specific problem.
1.
Anonymity not a very good reward.
2.
Good, capable people are lost when they are faced with problems
educating children, etc., or providing for their families in
other ways.
3.
Resparuibility of these senior people is usually art of all pro-
portion to their salaries.
4.
Usually they can comand greater salaries in industry.
Herb Miller.
Example -
II. THIS SPECIFIC LEGISLATION. (fl SUMMARY SEE TAB B)
a. Director and Deputy Director.
1. Of primary concern is the relative positions (not the salaries)
of the Director and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence in
the over-all executive pay structure. (Emphasise that you and
General Cabell are not seriously concerned about your personal
salaries.)
 2. The Director of Central Intelligence works an equal terms with
the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of State
and the senior administrative assistants to the President. He
regularly attends meetings of the National Security Council, is
the principal foreign intelligence advisor to the Council, and
a full member of the Operations Coordinating Board, in addition
to his responsibilities as the operating head of the Central
Intelligence Agency. The Hower Commission (Clark Task Force)
recommended that the position of Director of Central Intelli-
gence be equated with that of the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
3. The Deputy Director of Central Intelligence works on equal terms
with the Deputy Under Secretary of State and the Under Secre-
taries of the military departments. The Hoover Commission (Clark
Task Force) recommended that the Deputy Director of Central In-
telligenoe be equated with the Under Secretaries in the Executive
in. GRADES OS-17 AND GS-18t
a. While we are exempt from the Classification Act and have authority
to fix our own salaries, we have as a matter of practice followed the
Civil Service classification system and standards.
b. While any increase aver present salaries for these grades would be
helpful, ranging the CS-18's from $16,000 to $179500 as the Senate
Bill proposes seems highly desirable and would be avert great help
in keeping our highly skilled people. Many of these have had years
 of training in our unusual work and it would take a number of addi-
tional years to train comparable replacements.
c. Number of supergrade positions in CIA. (I think that you should
avoid discussing this if possible, but it is logical to expect that
you may be asked this question.)
1. We now have an duty "people in supergrade or higher positions,
including the statutory positions of the Director and Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence. (Colonel White can supply fur-
ther detail if needed.)
2. A careful study comparing the positions above the grade OS-15
salary with that of other agencies which we feel it is fair to
compare ourselves indicates that we would not exceed the general
structure of other agencies if we had F-I supergrade positions.
This was arrived at by taking a composite supergrade ratio of
State, AEC, ICA, and USIA. (Colonel White can supply further
detail if needed.)
IV. PRINCIPAL OPEPATINO DEPUTIES AND CtR1PARABLE POSITIONSn (It say be in-
advisable also to get into a discussion of your plan to pay some sala-
ries in excess of the grade OS-18 level and not in excess of those of
the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. You will recall that while
the House Appropriations Cawaittee sanctioned this action they also
cautioned against undue publicity and as I recall it we said that we
would come back and discuss our proposal with them prior to implementa-
tion. However, if you testify, I think it is logical to seems that
 you ny not be able to avoid questions along this line.)
a. For positions whisk have been recommended by the Supergrade Review
Board for compensation at higher than the grade 08-18 rate, see
Tab C.
b. We believe that these officials are comparable to Assistant Secre-
taries and Deputy Assistant Secretaries generally. For an indica-
tion as to the nmiber of Assistant and Deputy Assistant Secretaries
other agencies have, see Tab D.