Legislation Proposes Changes in Annual, Sick Leave Legislation to improve administra- tion of the U.S. Civil Service annual and sick-leave system has been pro- posed to Congress. The Civil Service Commission has asked Congress for a law that would change the annual leave system in two ways. Other sources are pro- posing legislation that would enavie employes to get the benefit of unused sick leave in added retirement an- muities. ‘As requested by the CSC, the change would allow a federal employe to receive lump-sum payment for all annual leave acerued during the year in which he leaves the federal service. Under present law, an employe is en- titled to lump-sum payment for up to 30 days of leave or for the amount carried over into the year in which his separation takes place, whichever is greater. Thus, if an employe carries 30 or more days of accumulated annual leave into his final year of service, he may receive payment for the amount carried into the year but not for any leave accumulated after the beginning of that year. Most employes elect to use, just before their separation, the amount of leave accumulated during their final year to avoid losing it. ‘The net result is that the employe is away from his Job while expending the leave, and a replacement cannot be hired because technically the posi- tion is still filled. Hand Pump Restyled to Meet Underdeveloped Nations’ Needs After centuries of use in almost every nation in the world, the once- common hand pump has been rede- signed under a $58,000 research con- tract for use in meeting water needs of underdeveloped countries. Announcement was made recently by Battelle Memorial Ins‘itvte that its engineers had redesigned the hand pump, under contract with the Agency for International Develop- ment, to give improved performance. Claimed for the new design is that it gives long life under rigorous oper- ating conditions, provides ease of maintenance with simple tools and unskilled labor, is adaptable to deep and shallow wells, and has low pro- duction costs requiring minimal in- yestment for manufacture in devel- oping countries. East Pakistan, India, Jordan, the Philippines and "Thailand were’ sur- veyed in 1966 by AID and Battelle officials, prior to the pump develop- ment program, to ascertain require- ments for design improvements. AUGUST-SEPTEMBER ‘The second change would repeal the ban on the use of annual leave during ‘an employe’s first 90 days of employ- ment, except in the ease of employes whose appointments are limited to less than 90 days. In requesting that this ban be lifted, the commission said the 17- year-old law containing the provision has resulted in a large amount of paperwork but that it does not aid management in any respect. In many ways it invokes a hardship on the in- dividual during his first three months of employment. For example, a new employe moves FEI Graduates Honored at from New York to Washington to accept a federal job. During his first 90 days he needs time off for making settlement on a new house, registering children for school, and taking care of other personal matters—at atime when he can least afford to take leave without pay. In requesting these _ legislative changes, the Commission pointed out that the proposed legislation would in no way modify the ceiling on annual eave which can be carried over from one year to the next, does not, chal- lenge the principle of a limitation on accumulation of annual leave, and does not seek to negate the “use it or lose it” principle. White House Ceremonies President Richard M. Nixon congratulated Manfred Gale of the U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center (MERDC) at Fort Belvoir, Va., and other federal executives honored at a recent White House ceremony upon graduating from the Federal Executive Institute. Established by direction of the President, the FEI serves as an advanced study center for upper-echelon federal execu US, ves. As an interagency of the Government, the FEI is administered by the U.S. Civil Service Commis- sion in collaboration with the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. Gale is acting associate technical director of the MERDC and former chief of the Intrusion Detection and Sensor Laboratory. Recognized as an authority on mine detectors and sensing de- vies, he was one of 60 individuals from 30 different departments and agencies of the government nominated to attend the institute. A 1949 graduate of the Uni ginia with a BS degree in elec ing, Gale has been associated with the MERDC and its predecessors since 1950. He has earned a number of awards, including the Meri sity of Vir- 1 engineer- Civilian Service Award, for his work in the detector-sensing field. ‘A combat veteran of World War II, he is a member of the Institute of Radio Engineers and Toastmasters International, and is listed Manfred Gale Wollstadt Takes DoD Post Appointment of Paul Wollstadt as Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) was announced effective in July, when he left a position as senior vice president of Mobile Oil Corp. Wolstadt will work under Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) Roger T. Kelley, with responsibility for operations of the Directorate for Procure- ment Policy and General Research. He also is concerned with operations of the Directorate for Manpower Utilization and Management Techniques. In additfon to working with the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Military Depart- ments in determining manpower support. re- ig recruiting and selection fareh to assure utilization of military and quirements, inclu: procedures, he will direct more effective civilian personnel. Wollstadt was graduated from the University of Ilinois with an AB degree in 1932, ARMY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NEWS MAGAZINE in Who's Who in the South, as Deputy ASD (M&RA) Deputy Paul Wollstadt 37