past contributions and future potential, he was nominated for a Rockefeller Award in 1960. G. Frederick Hansen, GS-15, $15,030, resigned after 11 years of service with Ames to accept a position as head, aerophysics group, Aerospace Operations Department, Defense Systems Division of General Motors Corp., Santa Barbara. Mr. Hansen states that his salary will be "approximately 50 percent more" than he is getting at Ames. Mr. Hansen, as Chief of our Physics Branch, has been guiding research on a proton density-velocity analyzer to be installed in satellites and space vehicles for the quantitative analyses of low-energy protons in space. He is a member of the Aeronomy Subcommittee of the NASA Space Science Steering Committee, the Ames manned lunar mission team, and the Ames solar probe team. Paul M. Chung, GS-14, $12,210, resigned after 3 years at Ames in order to accept a position with Aerospace Corp. at $15,890. He has been assured that he will have unlimited opportunity for advancement and a free hand to conduct research of his own choice. Mr. Chung has been directing his research at Ames toward the problems of aerodynamics heat transfer to manned space vehicles returning to earth from lunar missions. 4. We note in a recent issue of the Federal Employee Newsletter that the House Appropriations Committee has criticized the excessive salaries being paid by the groups which are siphoning off some of our best research people. The committee is quoted in the issue of July 4 as “*** being critical of the nonprofit organizations, such as Air Force's Aerospace Corp., which are set up by Government sponsorship to do military research and development work. The military agencies give contracts to these groups and the committee suspects they are not up to get around civil service laws and restrictions." Despite this expressed concern it seems remote that timely remedial measures will be taken in the direction of lessening the attractive salary-setting advantages enjoyed by these groups and private industry. The only solution to our problem is a pay system which considers the competitive pay problems of the individual Government research agencies. May we count on your immediate positive action in this direction? SMITH J. DEFRANCE, Director. Lionel V. Baldwin: A promising younger supervisor of research programs, GS-13, $10,635, who displayed high competence and original research contributions. His group has been incorporated into the section in which they worked. There is no one of this caliber to replace him. Louis A. Girifalco (GS-15, $13,730): The loss of Mr. Girifalco constituted a serious curtailing of some of our most important theoretical research in solid state physics. Theodore M. Hallman: Mr. Hallman was Chief of Plum Brook Reactor Facility, GS-15, $15,030. The position had to be filled and Mr. P. Donoughe, who was technical consultant in the Nuclear Reactor Division at Lewis Research Center was pulled off his work to fill this position. This caused major disruption in important nuclear work and attendant staffing problems in the nuclear engineering field where our manpower shortages are critical. Olin B. King (GS-14, $12,210): Mr. King's loss is considered critical because of the following: (1) It will be almost impossible to recruit a person with the identical technical ability and experience that Mr. King had; (2) it has been most difficult to meet the program schedule on developing new telemetry systems for the Saturn space vehicle because Mr. King was working on this program at the time of his resignation; (3) it has been necessary to exert considerable work time on an overtime basis to meet assigned program schedules which would not have been the case if Mr. King were still on our rolls. John B. Magieri: Mr. Magieri was Chief of Reactor Engineering Branch, GS-15, $15,030. He was responsible for engineering design and analytical support required for safe and efficient operation of NASA's new Plum Brook Reactor Facility and its entire program. His loss required a major reorganization in which the functions of his branch were absorbed by two other branches. Mr. Magieri's loss was especially serious because we are having severe problems in staffing Plum Brook with experienced engineers. Harold Mirels: Mr. Mirels (GS-15, $15,030) was head of Plasma Physics Branch. He was a nationally outstanding authority in the field of fluid mechanics, with a reputation of interntaional scope. He made original contributions in a wide variety of fields. His position was filled by a subordinate, but no one of his caliber has been found to replace him. Harold Schneider: Mr. Schneider, a nuclear physicist, GS-13, $10,895, was a specialist in Monte Carlo techniques. His loss has been serious and his replacement has not been found. Gene A. Zerlaut: Mr. Gene A. Zerlaut resigned from a critical position at GS-13, $10,635, in Materials Research and Development for some of NASA's most important launch vehicle programs such as the Saturn. His loss was keenly felt because of his special capabilities in the advanced technologies of special coatings and paint techniques. DATA SHEET ON PROFESSIONAL SEPARATIONS, NASA-LEWIS Name of employee: Virgil A. Sandborn. Title and grade: AST, electrical propulsion and power, GS-14. Division: Electro-Magnetic Propulsion. Date entered on duty: June 18, 1951. Date of separation: December 29, 1961. Length of service with NASA: 10 years 6 months 11 days. Reason for leaving: To accept position in private industry. Name and place of new employment: AVCO Corp., Wilmington, Mass. New position: Project engineer, research and advanced development division. Implications or extent of loss due to employee's leaving: See attached. [Attachment to NASA-Lewis Form C-470–Virgil A. Sandborn] Mr. Virgil A Sandborn has been, for the past 10 years, working in the fields of turbulence and boundary layer research with special emphasis on measurements made with the hot-wire anemometer. During the last 2 years he has adapted the hot-wire techniques to the measurement of power density distribution in the ion beams of electric rockets. Mr. Sandborn's departure removes the only engineer experienced in this phase of the research work at Lewis Research Center. Since there is available no one with experience such as this, any person replacing Mr. Sandborn will require a training period during which he must become familiar with the techniques of hot-wire anemometry and calorimetry and the electronic instrumentation associated with it. Such a training period will require 12 to 18 months of a replacement's time before he will become effective. In addition, considerable supervision and instruction will be required to train the new man. DATA SHEET ON PROFESSIONAL SEPARATIONS, NASA-LEWIS Name of employee: Earl C. Sutherland. Title and grade: AST, structural materials, GS-14. NASA salary: $12,210 per annum. Division: Materials and Structures Division. Date entered on duty: September 21, 1960. Date of separation: February 2, 1962. Length of service with NASA: 1 year, 4 months, 11 days. Reason for leaving: To accept position in private industry. Name and place of new employment: Precision Castparts Corp., Portland, Oreg. New position: Production management engineer. Salary of new position: $13,500 per annum. Implications or extent of loss due to employee's leaving: See attached. Possibilities, plans, or actions taken to replace employee: See attached. [Attachment to NASA-Lewis Form C-470-Earl C. Sutherland] The resignation of Mr. Earl C. Sutherland from his position in the Materials and Structures Division to accept a production job in industry constitutes a major loss to the research on refractory metals. As the most experienced metallurgist in the section, Mr. Sutherland had prime responsibility for the research on tungsten-base fuel materials for nuclear rocket reactors, including direct supervision of two young, inexperienced metallurgists. In addition, he participated in several other major research programs as a result of his extensive experience with the fabrication of refractory metals. He will be a difficult man to replace satisfactorily, and this will certainly take some time to accomplish. Mr. DAVIS. Tomorrow we will have as a witness Mr. Jerome J. Keating, vice president of the National Association of Letter Carriers. The committee stands adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow morning. (Thereupon, at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, 1962, the committee adjourned until Thursday, May 24, 1962, at 10 a.m.) REVISION OF MAJOR FEDERAL STATUTORY SALARY SYSTEMS THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1962 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE, Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to adjournment, at 10 a.m., in room 215, House Office Building, Washington, D.C., Hon. James C. Davis (acting chairman) presiding. Mr. DAVIS. The committee will come to order, please. Today we will resume hearings on legislation pending before this committee to provide pay increases for postal and other Federal employees. This morning the witness on the calendar is the able and wellinformed vice president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Mr. Jerome J. Keating. Mr. Keating, we will be glad to hear you at this time. STATEMENT OF JEROME J. KEATING, VICE PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS; ACCOMPANIED BY JAMES H. RADEMACHER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER; GEORGE A. BANG, DIRECTOR, LIFE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT; AND JAMES P. DEELY, DIRECTOR, HEALTH BENEFITS DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS Mr. ADDABBO. Mr. Chairman, I wish to make a motion at this time that the committee adjourn at 10:20 and reconvene at 10:45 due to the fact that there is a cornerstone laying ceremony of the Sam Rayburn House Office Building this morning at 10:30. Mr. DAVIS. Is there any objection? Mr. GROSS. Is this a motion? Mr. DAVIS. Yes. Mr. GROSS. How are we going to conclude these hearings if we are going to adjourn? Won't this cornerstone be laid without the attendance of this committee or the members of the committee? I wonder how many want to go to this cornerstone laying. Mr. CORBETT. Mr. Chairman, I will have to second the gentleman's motion. In the group that was meeting heretofore all of them apparently expressed a desire to be down there. Mr. DAVIS. Your motion, I believe, Mr. Addabbo, is to adjourn at 10:20 and return at 10:45? Mr. ADDABBO. Yes, Mr. Chairman. |