LETTER TO PHILLIP S. HUGHES FROM JOHN S. WARNER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP65B00383R000500100001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2014
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 18, 1963
• Content Type: LETTER

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Mr. Phillip B. Ilughea
Assistant Director of legislative Beference
Bureau of the Dadget
Washington 25, D. C.
Attention: Mr. William B. Cannon
Dear Kr. Hughes:
As requested in your memorandum of 15 February, vs have reviewed
the proposed a?olicy statement concerning the utilization of older
vortex's in the federal service.
his statement of policy is not inconsistent with our present
practices in recruitment and in-service actions and we see no need
to propose atodifications to accommodate amy *octal requirements of
our service. As you may knoy, we have found it necessary because of
the wanton:21nm ilatends placed on our employees to encourage their
retirement as a general rule as soon as they attain eligibility to
retire under the optional provisions of the Civil Service retirement
system. We are also now seeking legislative authority to provide a
retirement mates comparable to that of the Foreign Service for those
of our mnployees vlao serve under =reparable conditions.
It perhaps should be noted that the major part of our recruitment
activity to focused on younger age groups. This reflects our efforts
to recruit new persormel on a career basin rather than to wave ill any
specific position; such career empiconant contemplates the training end-
dervelmment of a relatively long period of time and competitive advance-
ment within the career magi. !layover, we have also provided for non-
career emointments to permit us to take advantage of the talents and
abilities of specially qualified individuals for when career employment
would be infeasible because of age or of other considerations.
Within this framework, we concur in and endorse the proposed policy
statement which would insure the consideration of older workers on the
basis of their qualifications alone.
Very truly yours,
sIcIrinD
John S. Wainer
50X1' Legtalative Coun
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