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O'clock Late News and Sport i on OTTAWA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1947. PRICE 5 CENTS DArr Bobm Edition emrrir orate whUt! IA "HV3E. 63rd Year 9 UUUIMU CLJ) An ato)7 A. WSM (SQ fflfn) ilrPAInES IjjJ lUJltj ILUILuxi UgjMM, umM 0 Boost Pay of Armed Forces and Allowances to Veterans Table of Duncan Scott Poet, Author Dies in Ottawa U.S. to Spend Part 1 7,000,000,000 In Canada Clerical Grades Benefit Revisions of Other Classes Still Under Consideration O'clock Kdltioa Service.

NOTE: Each employe at the- maximum rate of the present range proceeds to the maximum rate of the new range, and each employe at a- rate other than the maximum rate of the present range proceeds to the rate In the new range which is' the same number of steps below the maximum. The rate of pay to which employes will proceed as of October 1, 1947, will accordingly be the rate in the new range which Is Immcdlctely below the rate which the employe Is now receiving in the present range. Clerk, Grade Stenographer, Grade Typist, Grade 1. 9- 1939 salary range Pres. salary range New salary, range Inc.

over present Increase over 1939 720 780 900 972 1020 1080 180 168 360 360 Office Appliance 1939 salary range 720 780 Pres. salary range 900 972 New salary range 1020 1080 Inc. oyer present Increase over 1939 180 168 360 360 By RICHARD JACKSON, of The Journal SUIT. 5 O'Clock Edition Service. An annual $25,000,000 pay boost for civil servants in the clerical grades up to Chief Clerk, and for the Armed Forces and veterans and widows on allowances or pension, was announced to the House Of Commons this afternoon by Prime Minister King.

All increases were retroactive to October For. the Civil Service the increases on the broad basis levelled out to about 15 on a range from Grade One employes earning an annual $900 minimum to Chief Clerks at a $3,900 maximum. By CLYDE BLACKBIRM. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.

(CP) President Truman today asked the United States Congress to approve spending $17,000,000,000 on European recovery and strongly urged that nearly one-half that amount be spent in Canada and Latin American countries. Canada, was prominently mentioned in the message as the possible source of continued aid to the war-devastated European countries. To Aid Dollar Problem. Clerk, Grade 1A; Stenographer, Grade 1A; Typist, Grade 1A; Office Appliance Operator, Grade 1A. 1939 salary 900 960 Pres.

salary range 1128 1200 New salary range 1260 1320 Increase over' salary -132 120 "If Canada gets help, in meet p. In dollar i ing ner deficit with the douar area Inc. over comp. 1939 salary 360 360 360 NOTE: Employes in these Grade 1 A classes are to be classified as Grade 1 and the classes themselves 'abolished. Clerk, Grade Stenographer, Grade Typist, Grade 2.

Increases 840 900 960 1020 1044 1128 1200 1272 1140 1200 1260 1320 1380 156 132 120 108 360 360 360 360 Operator, Grade 1. 840 900 960 1044 1128 1200 1272 1140 1200 1260 1320 1380 156 132 120 108 360 360 360 1020 1272 1380 108 2220 2280 2340 2400 156 156 156 156 480 480 480 480 Grade 5. 2040 2100 2160 2280 2340 2400 180 120 300 300 1939 salary range 1080 1140 1200 1260 1320 1380 Pres. salary range 1344 1416 1500 1572 1644 1704 New salary range 1440 1500 1560 1620 1680 1740 1800 1860 Inc. over present 216 204 180' 168 156 156 Increase over 1939 480 480 480 480 480 480 Office Appliance Operator, Grade 2.

1939 salary range 1020 1080 1140 1200 Pres. salary range 1344 1410 1300 1572 1644 1704 New salary range 1440 1500 1560 1620 1680 1740 1800 1860 Inc. over present 21S 204 180 168 156 158 Increase over 1939 480 480 480 Clerk, Grade 1A; Stenographer, Grade tAs Typist, Grade 2A: Office Appliance Operator, Grade 1A. Commissi i salary 1200 1260 13201380" Present salary. 1500 1572 1644 1704 New salary 1680 1740 1800 1860 In.

over present. 180 168 156 156 Increase over 1939 480 480 480 480 Note: Employes in these Grade 2 A classes are to be classified as Grade 2 and the classes themselves to be abolished. Clerk, Grade Stenographer, Grade Typist. Grade S. 1939 salary range 1380 1440 1500 1560 1620 Pres't salary range 1704 1764 1824 1884 1944 New- salary range 1860 1920 1980 2040 2100 Inc.

over present 156 156 156 156 156 I Inc. over 1939 480 480 480 480 480 Office Appliance Operator, Grade 3. 1939 salary range 1260 1320 1380 1440 1500 Pres't salary range 1704 1764 1824 1884 1944 New salary range I860 1920 1980 2040 2100 Inc. over present. 156 156 156 156 156 1 Inc.

over. 1939 600 600 600 600 600 Clerk, Grade 4. 1939 salary: range 1620 1680 1740 1800 1860 1920 Pres't salary range 1944 2004 2064 2124 2184 2244 either in the form of loans or through the mechanism the off-shore purchases the difficulties cf continuing to extend aid to the participating (European) countries on a substantial scale will be considerably the President, said. The same is true of Latin-American countries, he said, asking that a new Government agency to be set up under the plan be allowed to spend about $8,000,000,000 of the total involved In the four-year-plan, on "off-shore" purchases that is purchases in other hemisphere countries. Truman asked for the sum lest the people of Europe fall Into despair and sur- to "totalitarian Canada Can Help.

In an accompanying document, the adminUtratipn figured that Canada and Latin America could assist the 18 participating countries by furnishing $1,870,000,000 in gifts, credits or sales of goods under regular market prices. The President emphasized the "simple fact" that the United States Is the only country with -sufficient economic strength to "bridge the temporary gap between minimum European needs and war-diminished European resources." But he added that "we expect other countries which have it within their power will also give what assistance they can to Europe." He mentioned Canada specifically, saying the Dominion proportionately is as-'isting Western European countries fully as as the United States is. (See also Iage 31.) Duncan Campbell Scott, grand old man of Canadian literature, died early this morning at his residence 108 Lisgar street. He had been ill for the past two months. He was 86 years of age.

The funeral service will be held at his home Monday, at 2.30 p.m. Rev. Ian Burnett will conduct the service. His death came at the end of a full life that enriched all It touched. For over half a century as lyric poet and prose writer he added distinction not only to the literature of his own country but to the English language itself.

As deputy Superintendent-General of the of Indian Affairs he did much for the welfare of the Indians of Canada and in his writing for the understanding of them as a people. To the friends young and old who gathered round him he gave artistic encouragement and the sympathetic kindness of an intensely human personality. Dr. Scott was actively en gaged In writing almost up to the time of his death. His last book, "The Circle of was published only this While his own early poetry was contemporary with Lampman and Carman, he continually interested himself In new forms and ways of expression, both in his own work and that of others.

Duncan Campbell Scott was born August 2, 1862, In Ottawa at the old Dominion Methodist Church parsonage, 96 Queen street He was the son of Rev. William S. Scott, minister of the church, and Janet MacCallum Scott He was educated at Ottawa public schools and at Stan-stead Wesleyan Academy. Concluded on Page 18. Col.

5. Ontario Considers CS Pay Increases O'clock Edition Service. TORONTO, Dec. 19. (CP) The Ontario Government is considering pay increases for its civil servants, Provincial Secretary Michener said today In a Christmas message to Ontario civil servants.

Under study was a Civil Service Association request for "fixed additions to compensation schedules" to offset recent increases in the cost of living. "Compliance with these requests would involve an unexpected expenditure for the present fiscal year of more than Expenditures of this magnitude can only properly be voted by the Legislature." Margaret June Sifton Dies in Montreal TORONTO, Dec. 19. (CP) Margaret June Sifton, 22-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Clifford Sifton of Toronto, died suddenly at Montreal Wednesday of a cerebral hemorrhage. An art student at Montreal Art Gallery and a member of a well-known Canadian newspaper family, she suffered a seizure Tuesday night. The funeral will be held In Toronto Saturday. CHAIN PRAYER. MT.

VERNON, Dec. 19. VP) Threo hundred and thirty-six hours of continuous praying, ending Wednesday night, was carried on by persons attending a revival service in the Second Baptist Church here, Rev. W. Carl Whittingtcn reported.

When one person stopped praying, another began In the service, called "a chain of Oh, Give Me a Home Living in Ottawa, you'd never expect to find a home where the buffalo roam In fact, they'd be a bit of a nuisance. All you need Is a home where you will relax and enjoy life after the cares of the day. Keep your "eye on the Want or better still, try a small Want Ad for the home 6r apartment you need right now. Journal Want Ads Bring Results Pensions Up For Disabled War Veterans 8 O'Clock Edition Service. Meeting recent demands of the Canadian Lesion and othr veterans' organizations, Prime Minister King nounced this afternoon an in crease of $10 a month in pen sions for totally disabled vet erans of World Wars I and II, and corresponding pension in creases for those with less severe disablement.

A Bill to provide for this Increase wijl be introduced Into Parliament at the present session to provide for these pension in creases and to make them retro active to October 1, 1947. The Government has further decided to Introduce an amendment to -the Veterans' Allowance Act to provide for supplementary allowance those now In receipt sf such amounts and to widows getting widows' The amendment will authorize the War. Veterans' Allowance Board to grant an additional $10 a month for veterans themselves and for veterans widows unable to earn their own livelihood. These" allowances, also, will be retroactive to October 1, this year. The new legislation to be Introduced in their Interests will In no way -affect the right of veterans of either World War to appeal for pension increases on medical grounds.

It is estimated that upwards of 100,000 veterans and their widows will be affected. men has been Increased from $13 to $28 for all ranks. Continued from Page One. These Increases will be retro active to October 1, 1947, and will be subject to pension deductions snd income tax as in effect now or determined from time to time. Disabled Veterans.

"In the case of disabled veterans and pensioned widows; the Government will Introduce legislation during the present session of Parliament to amend the Pension Act in order to provide for an Increase In rates of compensa tion. The Government will that the increase should be $10 a month for totally disabled veterans, and for pensioned widows. For veterans in receipt of pensions for disabilities assessed at lew than 100 percent the Government will propose proportionate-Increases In pensions. Increases will be made effective as of October 1. The Government will also Introduce an amendment to the War Veterans Allowance Act to provide for supplementary allowance to veterans in receipt of War Veterans Allowances, snd to widows In receipt of Widows' Allowances.

The amendment will authorise the War Allowance Board to grant supplementary allowances vp to month In eases of need for veterans snd widows who, through age and Infirmity, are unable to provide for their own maintenance. The Board will be authorised to make the supplementary allowances retroactive to October 1, or to any subsequent date, as the circumstances of Individual eases may require. "I may add that the increases here specifically set forth are estimated to Involve an Initial additional annual expenditure of approximately $25,000,000., 35 KILLED IN RIOTING. NEW DELHI, Dec 19 Home Minister Sardar V. Patel said today that 53 persons had been killed in 10 days of Hindu-Moslem rioting in the Holy City of Ajmer where a major Moslem inrine is located.

Three were police. ft PRIME MINISTER KING, who after months of anxious waiting by civil servants, the Armed Forces and this afternoon announced, the long-expected increases in salaries and allowances. MP Protests Pensions Raise Is inadequate Major Gen. G. R.

Pearkes, VC (PC Nanaimo), sprang to his feet in angry protest in the House of Commons this afternoon the instant Prime Minister King had concluded his announcement on increases in veterans' disability pensions and allowances. "As far as the Prime Minister's statement regarding veterans is General Pearkes shouted, "it is a terrible letdown. It is totally inadequate." Drowned out by cries of "order!" from Government benches, the Nanaimo member took his seat but a moment later appealed to the Prime Minister and Veterans Affairs Minister Mackenzie to give the matter further consideration. MP's Ask Questions. Asked by Stanley Knowles (CCF Winnipeg North Centre) if any provision is being made to assist superannuated civil servants in the current Increase schedules, Mr.

King said that matter was not being dealt with at the present time. Daniel Mclvor (L Fort William) asked Mr. King if the Government was giving consideration to its employes who are not under jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission. He was informed that matter would be taken up in due course. To George Black (PC Yukon) Mr.

King said that the current salary increases In the Civil Service are -not applicable to members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. D. Fulton (PC Kamloops) asked Veterans Affairs' Minister Mackenzie whether the needs of married veteran students attending Canadian univirsitles under DVA benefits were being considered. Mr. Mackenzie replied that that question had not been dealt with at the present time but that it was under consideration.

WEATHER MONTREAL. Dec. 19. (CP) Dominion weather office 11.30 a.m., report: Ottawa region: Clear today and Saturday. Continuing 'very cold.

Wind westerly 15 today, light tonight and Saturday. Low tonight and Saturday at Ottawa 12 below and 1Z above. Summary: Clear and very cold. Synopsis: Cold air from the Arctic is sweeping across Eastern Canada today. Temperatures dropped to 20 below In northern Ontario last night but In Quebec the minimums were around zero.

Clear cold weather is expected to continue on Saturday. On Sun ft New salary range' 2100 2160 Inc. over present. 156 156 480 480 Clerk, 1800 1920 1920 2040 2220 2280 300' 240 420 ,360 Inc. over 1939.

Comparable 1939. Pres't salary range New salary Inc. over present. Inc. over 1939....

Civil servants in the hither 1 salary brackets not benefiting by today's announcement', would later upward adjustments on a similar retroactive basis. -1 In their monthly cheques, reported Mr. King, the pay boosts together with the old cost-of-living bonus which' months ago was consolidated with' basic rates, would mean this: For tirade 1 employes, $30 monthly. For the higher about $40 monthly. The- Prime Minister said legislation would be Introduced this session (after the Christmas recess) to: 1.

Amend the Pensions Act railing by tit monthly the pension for totally disabled veterans and pensioned widows, and by "proportionate" amounts the rates for ex-service personnel with leas than 104 percent, disabilities; 1. Amend the War Veterans Allowance Act, authorising a supplementary payment up to Sit monthly to veterans and those widows unable to maintain Veemselves. Armed Forces pay was raised It percent on the overall total, la this manner: For privates and similar ranks, IS percent: 2. For officers, from 14 to six percent: 2. For senior officers; about five percent Increase from $13 to $21 for all ranks In allowances for rations.

Increases In pay and quarters alowaaees was on a graduated scale. Mr. King's Statement The Government has for some time been giving careful consideration to the rates of pay of members of the Civil Service and the arm en veterans said Prime Minister King in the House today. It was recognized that Recount should be taken of increases in the general level of wages and salaries since the establishment of the existing rates. The problem is complex and difficult, and it is pot yet possible to announce decisions with regard to all rates or all persons affected.

"I should mention here that consideration is practically completed of the rates applicable to Civil Service grades such as messengers, elevator operators, caretaker, watchmen, cleaners, packers, hospital orderlies, and canal and airport employes. The Civil Service Commission is also preparing recommendations affecting Civil Service grades between those now being dealt with and those already dealt with as a re-suit of the Gordon Report. It was felt that tve announcement of the decisions already reached should not be delayed and I wish, accordingly, to announce them immediately. 'i "New salary scales have been approved for the clerical grades in the Civil Service which represent about one-third In numbers of the entire service. The new scales will be effective as of bctober 1.

1947. Revisions of other Civil Service salary scales are still consideration. Whatever related adjustments are made will also be retroactive to October 1. "In adjusting Civil Service salary scales it was necessary to examine and decide on detailed and specific revisions of each Individual rate An alternative sug gested was to increase all rates by a fixed percentage. It was felt that a percentage Increase would not result in a schedule of rates which would be equitable.

In years there have been change and adjustments in cer- tain of the rates including the In Journal First With CSRaise O'Clock Edition Service. All phases of Prime Minister King's announcement to the Commons this afternoon of in creases In salaries, pensions and allowances, were accurately, forecast today by The Morning Journal. The Journal said the pay Increases would be confined to "junior and some medium" grade civil servants, the Armed Forces and veterans on pension or disability allowances. The Journal I said: the Increases would be retroactive, and that higher salaried civil servants not benefiting by today's announcement, would receive upward pay adjustments later which would be backdated. corporation of the wartime cost-of-living bonus, the revision of a substantial number of classes in order to recruit or retain employes with abilities, and the changes In senior admin istrative classes, proposed last year by the Gordon Commission.

Moreover, some new Civil Service classes have recently been established, with rates more in accord with present conditions than the rates for older classes. All these factors had to be taken Into account in "making equitable adjustments at the present time. Th Government gavs con sideration to the possibility of making the Increase in the form of a cost-of-living bonus as an alternative to Increasing basic salary rates. 'After thorough con sideration, this alternative was felt-to be unsatisfactory. Set New Bates.

"In establishing the new rates for clerical grades, the Government has endeavored to place them on 'a comparable basis with the rates being paid by private employers for similar services, with proper allowance for differing practices in regard to security of tenure, vacations, sick leave, retirement benefits and other terms of employment The Government has, of course, had In mind the general Increases that have been taking place in wage and salary levels In Canada which affect the rates that are necessary for recruiting and retaining employes with the required qualifications. The details of the new rates for clerical grades are set fojrth In a schedule which I am tabling. Broadly speaking, the effect Of the present changes, combined with the Increases already made through incorporating into salary rates the cost-of-living bonus which was granted during the war, Is an increase from rates prevailing in 1939 of about $30 a month for Grade 1 Clerks, and of about $40 a month for higher grades, nip to and including the grade of Ch.sf Clerk. Armed Forces Raised. "With regard to the Armed Forces, the object has been to ensure that for' this work 'of national service payments will at least be on a basis which is comparable, all things considered, with alternative employment in civilian life.

Taking Into account all factors. It has been decided to put Into effect Increases which will average nearly of the total pay and allowances of the Armed Forces and. which will vary from about 13 percent In the case of privates and equivalent ranks, to about five percent. In the case of senior officers. Increases respect of pay and quarters allowances are on a graduated scale.

The allowance In. lien sf rations for officers sad NOTE: Employes In this class are to be reclassified to Clerk, Grade 4 and the class itself to be abolished. Principal Clerk. 1939 salary range 1920 2040 2160 2280 2400- Pres. salary range 2100 2220 2340 2460 2580 New salary range 2400 2520 2640 2760 2880 Inc.

over present. 300 800 300 300 300 Inc. over 1939 480 480 480 480 480 Supervising Clerk. Com. 1939 salary 2400 2520 2640 2700 Pres.

salary range 2580 2700 2820 2880 New salary range 2880 3000 3120 3180 Inc. over present 300 300 300 300 Inc. over 1939 480 430 480 480 Head Clerk. 1939 salary range 2520 2640 2760 2880 3000 Pres. salary range 2700 2820 2940 3060 3120 New salary range 3000 3120 3240 3360 3480 Inc.

over present 300 300 300 300 300 Inc. over 1939 480 480 480 480 480 Chief Clerk. 1939 salary range $120 3240 3360 3480 3600 3720 Pres. salary range 3300 3420 3540 3660 3780 3900 New salary range 3600 3720 3840 3960 4080 4200 Inc. over present 800 300 300 300 300 300 Inc.

over 1939 480 480 480 480 480 480 Mrs. Holmes' Rink Wins Turkey 'Spiel Fat Christmas turkeys went to the members of Mrs. H. R. Holmes' rink this morning after final competition in the Ottawa Curling Club's annual ladies turkey bonspiel.

Mrs, Holmes downed Mrs. G. P. Poulin rink 12-7 in a keen contest at the club today. 1 The -winning rink comprised: Mrs.

L. A. Devine, Mrs. J. S.

Forsyth, Mrs. W. S. Gambia and Mrs. H.

R. Holmes, Although beaten out on the turkeys, Mrs. Poulin's rink won chickens as consolation' awards. Other members of the rink were: Mrs. E.

P. Roy, Mrs. F. Cooper and Mrs. P.

T. Baldwin. ATOMIC BOARD COUNSEL. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.

(BUP) Adrian Fisher. Tennessee-born Government lawyer, today was named general counsel for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. FORECAST day, temperatures will moderate and some very light snow is Indicated. TemperatorVs.

Vancouver 33, SO; Edmonton 23; Calgary 22, 48; Lethbridge 34. 47; Saskatoon 11; Regina 3. Winnipeg 7 below, White River 29 below, zero; North Bay 19 below, London 11, 19; Toronto 8, 29; Ottawa 5 below. 32; Montreal 30; Quebec 2, 22; Saint John 11. 34: Moncton 5, 29; Halifax 18, 49.

The Journal thermometer at ragifterM decreet Sua rote 40 a m. Sun MU4jtfak iEaatara. SUadaM I The present annual Increase date of employes In the above classes will not be affected by the above changes. Clerks', stenographers, typists and office appliance operators, grades 1 and 1 now In receipt of head of household bonus will receive the following rates: Pres. salary range 1044 1104 1164 1224 1284 1344 New salary range 1200 1236 1296 1344 1392 1452 Inc.

over present 156 132 132 120 108 108 Clerks, Stenographers, Typists snd Office Operators, Grades 2 snd 2 now In receipt of head of household bonus will be absorbed into the new basic rates for Grade 2 as follows: Pres. salary range: 1404 1464 1324 1584 New salary range: 1440 1500 1560 1620 1680 1740 1800 1860 Inc. over present: 216 216 216 216 Stenographers or Typists, Grades 1, 1A, 2 or 2A, or Stenographers, Grade who on October 1, 1947, are in receipt of proficiency, stenographic, typing or dictaphone allowances in addition to basic pay will be placed at that rate in the new range which is appropriate to their rate of basic pay as of October 1, 1947. These allowances in pay, as, of October 1, 1947, will be reduced by the amount of the resulting increase in basic pay. Where the amount of the allowance, in pay as of October 1, 1947, exceeds the amount of the resulting Increase, the balance will continue to be paid as an allowance in accordance with the provisions of Order in Council P.C 362833 of July 16, 1947.

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