FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 372

TO RESTORE TO FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES THEIR
RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE, AS PRIVATE CITIZENS, IN
THE POLITICAL LIFE OF THE NATION, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

AND

H.R. 8617

TO RESTORE TO FEDERAL CIVILIAN AND POSTAL SERVICE
EMPLOYEES THEIR RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE VOLUNTAR-
ILY, AS PRIVATE CITIZENS, IN THE POLITICAL PROCESSES
OF THE NATION, TO PROTECT SUCH EMPLOYEES FROM
IMPROPER POLITICAL SOLICITATIONS, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

CONTENTS

Text of S. 372_.

Agency view: U.S. Civil Service Commission__

Text of H.R. 8617__

Agency views:

U.S. Civil Service Commission.

Comptroller General of the United States__

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF WITNESSES

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1975

Clay, Hon. William, a Representative in Congress, St. Louis, Mo.--

Derwinski, Hon. Edward J., a Representative in Congress, Chicago, Ill...

Hampton, Hon. Robert E., Chairman, U.S. Civil Service Commission;

accompanied by Carl F. Goodman, General Counsel; and Lynn R

Collins, Deputy Assistant General Counsel_ _ _

Gude, Hon. Gilbert, a Representative in Congress, Montgomery County,

Md..

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1975

McClennan, W. Howard, International Association of Firefighters; Clyde M.

Webber, American Federation of Government Employees; Francis S.

Filbey, American Postal Workers Union; James LaPenta, Laborers

International Union; John McCart, Public Employee Department-

all of the Public Employee Department, AFL-CIO.

Rademacher, James H., president, National Association of Letter Carriers,

accompanied by Jerome Waldie, legislative assistant, and Joseph Vacca,

executive vice president__

Hampton, Hon. Robert E., Chairman, U.S. Civil Service Commission;

accompanied by Carl F. Goodman, General Counsel.

163

Ledbetter, Donald N., president, National Association of Postal Super-

visors...

Alexander, Hon. Donald C., Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service. -

White, Robert, president, National Alliance of Postal and Federal Workers_

Wolkomir, Nathan T., president, National Federation of Federal Em-

ployees.

201

203

226

227

Jones, Clayton D., president, Federal Executive Institute Alumni Associa-

tion; accompanied by Bill Hammill, vice president_

265

Allen, Susan, representing The District of Columbia Women's Political

Caucus__.

271

Neyhart, Robert J., Federal employee, Annandale, Va..

273

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Alexander, Hon. Donald C., Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service...--

Allen, Susan, representing The District of Columbia Women's Political

Caucus...

203

271

Clay, Hon. William, a Representative in Congress, St. Louis, Mo...

Derwinski, Hon. Edward J., a Representative in Congress, Chicago, Ill.

Gude, Hon. Gilbert, a Representative in Congress, Montgomery County,

Md..

Hampton, Hon. Robert E., Chairman, U.S. Civil Service Commission;
accompanied by Carl F. Goodman, General Counsel; and Lynn R.
Collins, Deputy Assistant General Counsel.__