Payroll Change Reflects Orderly Transfer Of Leadership In US
HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, Oregon Friday. November !9, 1963
WASHINGTON' (UPI '-Effective
I p.m. EST. Friday, Nov.
22, the name of John F. Ken
nedy was removed from the
government's payroll as Presi
dent and replaced with that of
Lyndon B. Johnson.
Few of the events of the last
week illustrate more effectively
that "continuity without confu
sion" m government urged by
President Johnson than that
simple bookkeeping notation by
the General Accounting Office
(GAO).
The actual change on the
GAO's books was not made un
til Tuesday since the office was
closed Monday, the official day
of mourning for the slain Presi
dent. But it was made retroac
tive to that tragic hour when
tlie President passed away.
At that time, Johnson's sal-
White House Opens For Tours Again
WASHINGTON iLPH - The
White House, still draped in
mourning crepe, opens for pub
lic tours again today at the re
quest of Airs. Jacqueline Ken
nedy. Visitors will see the famed
East Room, the largest in the
executive mansion, as it looked
when the body of Mrs. Kenne
dy's husband lay in repose
tliere last weekend. President
Kennedy was assassinated just
one week ago in Dallas, Tex.
The former First Lady in
spected the East Room and the
other public rooms of the White
House before she flew to Hy
annis Port, Mass.. Thursday to
spend Thanksgiving with the
Kennedy family.
The simple catafalque which
bore President Kennedy's body
remains in place in the East
Room, two crossed swords re
placing the coffin. Four tall
candlesticks flank the catafalque
and the chandelieres and win
dows of the room are shrouded
in black.
A small light shines from a
single basket of flowers near
the catafalque, and a replica of
tlie late President's great seal
is displayed.
The other public rooms of the
White House will have the same
look of mourning to those who
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pass through during the tour
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noon. There will be no flow
ers, except near tlie catafalque
in the East Room, and none of
the other touches the late Presi
dent enjoyed so much.
The White House will remain
in mourning for a full month
until Sunday. Dec. 22. The great
hanging lamp in the north por
tal and its other entrances will
be draped in black bunting and
tlie flag on the roof will be
flown at half staff during the
period of state mourning pro
claimed by President Johnson.
Millions of tourist? have
passed through the executive
mansion in the past few years.
Largely through the efforts of
Mrs. Kennedy, it has been
a sliowplace of American arts
and crafts, filled with costly
antiques, paintings and other objects.
ary went from the $35,000 an
nually he received as vice presi
dent to $100,000.
He also began receiving the
$30,000 annual allowance given
to the President "for defraying
expenses relating to or result
ing from the discharge of his
official duties."
A GAO official said the book
keeping change was strictly an
intra-office transaction that in
volved no extensive paperwork.
Handles Payroll
The GAO handles the presi
dential payroll. It sends a form
each month to tlie Treasury
showing how much the Chief
Executive should be paid for
that period. Checks are made
out at tlie end of each month.
There was no change in the
salary of Speaker Jolm W. Mc
Cormack, D-Mass., now next in
line of presidential succession.
He continues to receive the
$35,000 salary paid to tlie pre
siding officer of the House.
However, Senate President
Pro-Tempore Carl Hayden, D
Ariz. who becomes third in line
for the nation's highest office
received a raise from his sen
ator's pay of $22,500 to $35,000.
He now receives tlie vice
president's salary because he
will be performing the vice
president's Senate duties even
though Hayden does not receive
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the title. These include presid
ing over the Senate, processing
communications and legislation,
and handling other responsibili
ties involved in tlie parliamen
tary ritual.
Hie law also provides that
the widow of a President is en
titled to a $10,000 Ule-time pen
sion, but to receive it she must
waive the right to any other
government annuity for which
she may be eligible.
In the case of Mrs. Jacque
line Kennedy, she also would be
entitled to a pension as the
widow of a man who served in
both tlie House and the Senate.
Lsc Formula
A Treasury official said tlie
amount is calculated by using
a formula based on years of
service and the salary during
those years.
He was unable to state spe
cifically whether this would be
more than the $10,000 presiden
tial pension. He said this infor
mation was considered confiden
tial and usually was not re
vealed by the government.
Tliere was one interesting
bookkeeping aspect of tlie tragic
change that came about last
Friday. Tlie GAO said tlie pay
on tli.it day for both the late
President and his successor
would be pro-rated.
A GAO official said that for
such bookkeeping calculations,
the President's salary and al
lowance is figured on a daily
basis which comes to about $411
per day.
He said this means tliat tlie
books were adjusted to credit
the late President's salary ac
count for about lt-24tlis of tlie
daily salary on Friday or a lit
tle more than half of tlie $411.
Tlie balance went to tlie new
President for services per
formed the remainder of that
fateful day when the nation's
liiglrct office was suddenly
thrust upon him.
Long Lines Of Mourners
Continue To Visit Grave
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CEMETERY UPI' - Mourn
ers by the tens of thousands
are wearing a scar of sorrow
across the Virginia hillside lead
ing to the grave of tlie slain
President Kennedy.
Tlie pilgrimages of tribute
show no signs of slackening.
Long lines of mourners were
waiting at Arlington National
Cemetery Thursday even be
fore the gates opened at 8 a.m.
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snaked across the hillside, paus
ing at the white-fenced grave of
the President, and then moving
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