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as always "by being held on a foul night as far as weather conditions are concerned. 
Had it not been for the fact that this lecture was held in conjunction with 
the Anthropological Society, we would not have had a "corporal's guard." As it 
was, we only had about 100, certainly not over 125 . 
Jack has brought up the question as to why we could not change Matt's 
title to Director and Frank's to Associate Director so that the titles of the 
various bureaus would all be on a common ground. As it is now, this is the 
only organization which is not in line. While this may seem like a minor 
proposition, it might be very useful in connection with classification matters. 
I have a slip here with your name on it asking for a Bed Cross contribution. 
I am wondering what you want to do in this regard. The "Acting Secretary" has 
urged everyone to give more than last year so that we could meet our quota. 
We have a retirement problem in connection with Rawley, and it is a kind 
of stinker. You will remember that when the Smithsonian people were lined up 
on classification schedules Rawley was receiving a salary which would have rated 
him considerably above Mr. Oliver. The matter was settled by putting him in 
CAF-8, one notch below Lawrence, and paying the rest of his salary on a contract 
basis from "Court and Grounds . H Strictly speaking, of course, this did not 
permit deductions to be made from this added amount. Yet for some reason or 
other, retirement was taken on this total sum, and the amount has now been 
deposited in the Civil Service retirement fund. No deposits have been made 
since May 17, 19^7, the date when the Smithsonian retirement went over to the 
Federal system. Action will be necessary to clear up this whole matter. I 
think the best plan is to appoint Rawley as P-4, which would leave him one 
notch below Oliver, effective May 17 last year. There is also one other matter 
which makes the job a bit difficult and that is that he is not on a classifica¬ 
tion schedule. At the present time, he receives $5*561.56, whereas the nearest 
step to that in the classification schedule iS $5*65^.^0. This will come as 
a shock to you as I distinctly remember your stating that all Smithsonian 
salaries were on classification steps. This difference has possibly been built 
up as a difference in promotion steps between the CAF and professional services. 
Frankly I think the best thing to do is to go ahead and clear the matter so 
that the whole thing will be in order. Under this new plan, Rawley would rank 
between Sinclair and Oliver, which has always been the case. 
Our Senate hearing, while not as weighty as some items that were presented 
by other agencies, at least caught the eye of the Star reporter, as evidenced 
by the enclosed clipping. In other words, we were able to dramatize floor 
cleaning so that it was news-worthy. I hope this is a good omen for action 
by the Senate. 
JEG:mmh 
Enclosure 
