(No. 6) U.S. Congress. House. HEARINGS BEFORE 4 - MAR 28 SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 1 COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES. ON H.R. 3006 TO AMEND TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE, TO FEBRUARY 26, 27, 28, MARCH 5, 6, AND 7, 1963 Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES CARL VINSON, Georgia, Chairman L. MENDEL RIVERS, South Carolina PHILIP J. PHILBIN, Massachusetts F. EDWARD HÉBERT, Louisiana ARTHUR WINSTEAD, Mississippi MELVIN PRICE, Illinois O. C. FISHER, Texas. PORTER HARDY, JR., Virginia CHARLES E. BENNETT, Florida A. FERNÓS-ISERN, Puerto Rico LESLIE C. ARENDS, Illinois WILLIAM H. BATES, Massachusetts ALVIN E. O'KONSKI, Wisconsin BOB WILSON, California FRANK C. OSMERS, JR., New Jersey FRANK J. BECKER, New York CHARLES E. CHAMBERLAIN, Michigan ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont ROBERT W. SMART, Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE No. 1 L. MENDEL RIVERS, South Carolina, Chairman PORTER HARDY, JR., Virginia LEON H. GAVIN, Pennsylvania WILLIAM H. BATES, Massachusetts BOB WILSON, California FRANK C. OSMERS, JR., New Jersey CHARLES S. GUBSER, California JOHN R. BLANDFORD, Counsel II C74 1532 1963 [No. 6] SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 1 CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3006, TO AMEND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 26, 1963. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:07 a.m., in room 313-A, Cannon Building, Hon. L. Mendel Rivers (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. RIVERS. Let the committee come to order. Members of the subcommittee, ladies and gentlemen, we are beginning here today on H.R. 3006, the most important legislative item this subcommittee will consider this year insofar as the personnel of our armed services are concerned. I would like to say at the outset that while we normally think of the armed services as conisting of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and Coast Guard when serving with the Navy, nevertheless the pay scales that we write into law also cover the commissioned officers of the Public Health Service and the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Thus, there are seven services involved when we refer to the uniformed services. Before we hear our first witness today, I would like to make some observations about this proposed legislation. I have had an opportunity to study the bill and I have arrived at certain conclusions as a result of that study which lead me to the conclusion that the bill should be modified in several major respects. The bill covers 19 separate items. The first and most important part of the bill is section 2 which contains the new proposed basic pay scales. The increases recommended range from $1.80 per month for an E-1 recruit to $120 a month for an E-9 sergeant major so far as enlisted personnel are concerned. The increases range from $27.70 a month for second lieutenants to $95 a month for the highest officer grade. The increases in basic pay alone, on an annual basis, will exceed $985 million. In general, I believe the recommended basic pay increases are reasonable. For the first time in 13 years the entering pay of second lieutenants and privates will be increased. The major increases will be found in certain career enlisted points and at certain critical points in the officer pay scales. (1397) 85066-63-No. 6 |