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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 11, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR DONALD T. REGAN
CHIEF OF STAFF
FROM:
FRED F. FIELDING Orig. signed by FFF
COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Commission on Executive, Legislative,
and Judicial Salaries
Along with Max Friedersdorf and David Chew, I met on
July 11 with the Chairman of the Commission on Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial Salaries, Nicholas Brady, and the
Executive Director, Edie Holiday. This Commission, estab-
lished by statute, meets every four years to review and
issue a report on appropriate pay levels for Federal judges,
Congressmen, and high-level executive branch officials. The
report is to be submitted to the President, who is then
required to include his own recommendations on these pay
levels in his next budget submission to Congress. Congress
must affirmatively approve these recommendations before they
become law. 2 U.S.C. §§ 351-361.
This statutory scheme has generally failed to provide
adequate compensation for high-ranking Government officials,
because the pay of judges and executive officials has be-
come linked to that of Congressmen and Congressmen lack the
political will to vote pay raises for themselves. The
problem has become particularly severe for judges, who
serve for life rather than relatively brief periods of
public service. Accordingly, the President sent a letter
to Mr. Brady in March requesting that the Commission, in
addition to its statutory obligations, develop recommenda-
tions for revising the statutory scheme.
The Commission will recommend new legislation, providing
that the President's recommendations on salary levels would
become law unless Congress disapproved them by joint resolu-
tion within 30 days. This would effectively shift responsi-
bility for salary increases from Congress to the President.
The Commission plans to make no specific salary recommenda-
tions this year, but will urge that a one-time, blue ribbon
panel be appointed by July 1, 1986 to submit salary recom-
mendations to the President by January 1, 1987. The Presi-
dent would then submit his recommendations under the new
scheme.
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Max Friedersdorf expressed the view that there was a good
chance that such legislation could pass. I recommend that
we support the Commission's recommendations and the proposed
legislation. If the legislation does pass fairly promptly,
it would relieve the Commission of its statutory obligation
to recommend specific pay levels this year. If the bill
does not move, it is my view that the Commission would be
required to submit such pay recommendations.
This course of action -- supporting a legislative change
and submitting specific pay level recommendations under
the existing scheme only if the legislation stalls -- may
generate some criticism from certain elements of the
judiciary. As noted, judicial compensation is becoming
woefully inadequate, and some short-sighted judges may
demand an immediate increase rather than, or in addition to,
the proposed long-term solution. I believe we can weather
this potential criticism if the proposal moves steadily
through Congress.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 31, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR FRED F. FIELDING
FROM:
JOHN G. ROBERTS DJR
SUBJECT:
Report of 1984-85 Commission on Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial Salaries
Nicholas Brady has formally transmitted to the President the
report of the Commission on Executive, Legislative, and
Judicial Salaries. As expected, the report makes no specific
salary level recommendations, but proposes instead that the
statutory scheme be revised. As you know, the Commission
recommends that the statute be changed to provide that
salary recommendations of the President, submitted to
Congress after consideration of Quadrennial Commission
recommendations, would become law unless blocked by legis-
lation passed by both Houses within 30 days and submitted to
the President for approval or disapproval. The Commission
also recommends a one-time Commission appointed in 1986 to
submit specific recommendations under the new statutory
scheme.
We have previously expressed our support for this approach.
We should tell Chew that the President should acknowledge
receipt of the report, and thank the Commission for its
work, in a letter to Brady. (Individual letters of apprecia-
tion to Commission members would also be appropriate.) Our
memorandum to Chew should urge that the President whole-
heartedly endorse the Commission's recommendations, and that
the Administration submit legislation as called for by the
Commission. The subject of judicial compensation may even
be appropriate for a radio address: the President could
endorse the Commission's recommendations, note the sacri-
fices judges make, and call for prompt action on the
proposed bill. Such attention from the President would, as
you know, win the hearts and minds of the Third Branch, at a
time when some executive-judicial relations are strained.
On the other hand, I recognize that the time may not be ripe
for such an address, given the budget battles. At the very
least there should be a statement of support for the
Commission's recommendations released by Speakes.
Attachment
and not sent
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 31, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVID L. CHEW
STAFF SECRETARY
FROM:
FRED F. FIELDING
COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Report of 1984-85 Commission on Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial Salaries
I have reviewed the report of the Commission on Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial Salaries. As you know from
previous memoranda on this subject, I support the Commis-
sion's recommendations. The President should acknowledge
receipt of the report and thank the Commission for its work
in a letter to Chairman Brady. A draft is attached.
Individual letters of thanks to Commission members would
also be appropriate; suggested language is also attached.
Consideration should be given to how the President should
announce his support for the Commission proposal. This may
even be an appropriate topic for a radio address: the
President's direct concern would win the hearts and minds of
the Third Branch, at a time of some tension between the
executive and the judiciary. It could even provide an
opportunity for a graceful gesture during the budget
battles: "As Congress struggles with the budget, I would
like to take one spending concern off their hands. An
independent Commission has recommended that the President,
not Congress, be directly responsible for setting the pay of
Congressmen, judges, and high-level Executive officials."
The President could then make gracious comments about hard-
working legislators, and the need to pay them what they are
worth, and call for adopting the Commission's plans. At the
very least, a statement of support by the President for the
Commission's recommendations should be issued, and the
appropriate office -- Legislative Affairs or OMB -- should
promptly draft and submit legislation.
Attachments
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 1, 1985
Dear Nick:
Shortly after I appointed you as Chairman of
the Commission on Executive, Legislative, and
Judicial Salaries, I wrote to you requesting
that the Commission review the entire statutory
scheme for setting the salaries of top government
officials. I now have the Commission's report
before me, and I am pleased to see that you took
up the challenge and have submitted a compre-
hensive proposal for reform. I have directed
my Administration to undertake a prompt review
of the specifics of the Commission's recommenda-
tions, and hope to act on those recommendations
in the near future.
You concluded your report by stating that we must
structure the compensation of top officials "in a
fair and reasonable way that allows the best to
serve and that enables those who serve to give
their best." " While I am certain compensation had
nothing to do with it in this instance, I am de-
lighted that the best agreed to serve on this
Commission, and from the results I can safely say
that they have given their best. Please accept my
personal thanks for the important service you have
rendered.
Sincerely,
Mr. Nicholas F. Brady
Chairman, Commission on
Executive, Legislative,
and Judicial Salaries
734 Jackson Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20503
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DRAFT
August 1, 1985
Dear
:
I have received the report of the Commission on Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial Salaries, and have advised Chair-
man Brady that my Administration is studying your recommen-
dations at this time. I hope to be able to act on them
promptly.
I just wanted to thank you personally for the time and
effort you devoted to the work of the Commission. The
issues you have addressed are critical to the effective
functioning of our Government, for that Government can never
be better than the people who serve in it. Thank you again
for the important service you have rendered.
Sincerely,
(RR)
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JGRoberts
Subj
Chron
DRAFT
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 31, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVID L. CHEW
STAFF SECRETARY
FROM:
FRED F. FIELDING
COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Report of 1984-85 Commission on Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial Salaries
I have reviewed the report of the Commission on Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial Salaries. As you know from
previous memoranda on this subject, I support the Commis-
sion's recommendations. The President should acknowledge
receipt of the report and thank the Commission for its work
in a letter to Chairman Brady. A draft is attached.
Individual letters of thanks to Commission members would
also be appropriate; suggested language is also attached.
Consideration should be given to how the President should
announce his support for the Commission proposal. This may
even be an appropriate topic for a radio address: the
President's direct concern would win the hearts and minds of
the Third Branch, at a time of some tension between the
executive and the judiciary. It could even provide an
opportunity for a graceful gesture during the budget
battles: "As Congress struggles with the budget, I would
like to take one spending concern off their hands. An
independent Commission has recommended that the President,
not Congress, be directly responsible for setting the pay of
Congressmen, judges, and high-level Executive officials."
The President could then make gracious comments about hard-
working legislators, and the need to pay them what they are
worth, and call for adopting the Commission's plans. At the
very least, a statement of support by the President for the
Commission's recommendations should be issued, and the
appropriate office -- Legislative Affairs or OMB -- should
promptly draft and submit legislation.
Attachments
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JGRoberts
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 1, 1985
Dear Nick:
Shortly after I appointed you as Chairman of
the Commission on Executive, Legislative, and
Judicial Salaries, I wrote to you requesting
that the Commission review the entire statutory
scheme for setting the salaries of top government
officials. I now have the Commission's report
before me, and I am pleased to see that you took
up the challenge and have submitted a compre-
hensive proposal for reform. I have directed
my Administration to undertake a prompt review
of the specifics of the Commission's recommenda-
tions, and hope to act on those recommendations
in the near future.
You concluded your report by stating that we must
structure the compensation of top officials "in a
fair and reasonable way that allows the best to
serve and that enables those who serve to give
their best." While I am certain compensation had
nothing to do with it in this instance, I am de-
lighted that the best agreed to serve on this
Commission, and from the results I can safely say
that they have given their best. Please accept my
personal thanks for the important service you have
rendered.
Sincerely,
Mr. Nicholas F. Brady
Chairman, Commission on
Executive, Legislative,
and Judicial Salaries
734 Jackson Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20503
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Subj
Chron
DRAFT
August 1, 1985
Dear
:
I have received the report of the Commission on Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial Salaries, and have advised Chair-
man Brady that my Administration is studying your recommen-
dations at this time. I hope to be able to act on them
promptly.
I just wanted to thank you personally for the time and
effort you devoted to the work of the Commission. The
issues you have addressed are critical to the effective
functioning of our Government, for that Government can never
be better than the people who serve in it. Thank you again
for the important service you have rendered.
Sincerely,
(RR)
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JGRoberts
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Chron
DRAFT
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Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 7/30/85
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
August 5th
SUBJECT:
Report of the 1984-85 Commission on Executive, Legislative
and Judicial Salaries.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
LACY
REGAN
McFARLANE
STOCKMAN
OGLESBY
BUCHANAN
ROLLINS
CHAVEZ
RYAN
CHEW
P
SS SPEAKES
DANIELS
SPRINKEL
FIELDING
SVAHN
FRIEDERSDORF
THOMAS
HENKEL
TUTTLE
HICKEY
HICKS
KINGON
REMARKS: Could we please have your recommendations by August 5th?
Thanks.
Please return report to my office.
RESPONSE:
1985 JUL 30 FII 2:59
David L. Chew
Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
COMMISSION ON EXECUTIVE,
LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL SALARIES
July 29, 1985
President Ronald Reagan
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
I am pleased to transmit the enclosed report of the 1984-85 Commission
on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries. This report responds to
your letter of March 7, 1985, requesting that the Commission review the
statutory scheme for setting the salaries of top government officials and
develop recommendations for any necessary changes.
Our recommendations, we believe, offer a durable, orderly system for
setting salaries in the future. We belleve the Inadequacy of salaries cannot
be addressed until the system for determining them is corrected. As soon as
the process is revised, we feel strongly that proper salary adjustments should
be made.
Respectfully submitted,
Tuchelas 7 Brady
Nicholas F. Brady
Chairman
Enclosure
734 Jackson Place. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20503 (202) 377-3914
THE WHITE HOUSE
ann
WASHINGTON
not
sent
August 5, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVID L. CHEW
STAFF SECRETARY
FROM:
FRED F. FIELDING
COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Suggested Formal Presentation for Printed
Report from Commission on Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial Salaries
You have asked for my views on a proposal by the Commission
on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial salaries for a
formal presentation of their report to the President. I
think such a ceremony would be a good idea, if the Adminis-
tration is prepared to endorse the recommendations of the
Commission, not only with respect to the proposed statutory
change but also with respect to the eventual significant
increase in judicial compensation. If the President is
prepared to agree that the compensation of Federal judges is
woefully inadequate -- as I believe it is -- a presentation
ceremony would provide an excellent vehicle for making this
point and increasing the morale of an overworked and underpaid
bench.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 5, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR FRED F. FIELDING
FROM:
JOHN G. ROBERTS DR
SUBJECT:
Suggested Formal Presentation for Printed
Report from Commission on Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial Salaries
The Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
Salaries has proposed a formal presentation of their report
to the President. Chew has asked for your views. Whether
such a ceremony should take place depends, of course, on
whether the Administration is prepared to commit publicly to
accepting the Commission's recommendations. I think there
will be little opposition to endorsing the proposed legis-
lative reform, but the President should be prepared to agree
with what the Commission has to say about the inadequacy of
judicial compensation before staging a presentation ceremony.
Attachment
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 5, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVID L. CHEW
STAFF SECRETARY
FROM:
FRED F. FIELDING
COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Suggested Formal Presentation for Printed
Report from Commission on Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial Salaries
You have asked for my views on a proposal by the Commission
on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial salaries for a
formal presentation of their report to the President. I
think such a ceremony would be a good idea, if the Adminis-
tration is prepared to endorse the recommendations of the
Commission, not only with respect to the proposed statutory
change but also with respect to the eventual significant
increase in judicial compensation. If the President is
prepared to agree that the compensation of Federal judges is
woefully inadequate -- as I believe it is -- a presentation
ceremony would provide an excellent vehicle for making this
point and increasing the morale of an overworked and underpaid
bench.
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JGRoberts
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Chron
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 3, 1985
MAX FRIEDERSDORF
FRED FIELDING
The Commission on Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Salaries
will have its printed report late
next week. They plan to go public
at that time. They are suggesting
a formal presentation.
What do you think?
David L. Chew
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 27, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Orig. signed by FFF
FROM:
FRED F. FIELDING
SUBJECT:
Letter to Nicholas Brady, Chairman,
Commission on Executive, Legislative,
and Judicial Salaries
I.
ACTION FORCING EVENT
Receipt of the Report of the Commission, and request from
Nicholas Brady, Chairman of the Commission, for support
of the Commission's proposals.
II. DISCUSSION
Under current law, the Commission meets every four years to
recommend to the President appropriate salaries for Federal
judges, Congressmen, and certain high-ranking Executive
branch officials. The President then submits his own
recommendations to Congress, which become law only if
approved by Congress. The scheme has never worked well,
because of the reluctance of Congress to vote pay raises for
itself, with the result that judicial salaries in particular,
but Executive branch salaries and Congressional salaries as
well, have stagnated.
In light of this background, you wrote Commission Chairman
Nicholas Brady, urging that the Commission review the
statutory scheme and come up with a better approach. The
Commission took up this challenge, and submitted a report
to you and Congress, urging enactment of legislation to
permit the President's recommendations on salary levels to
become effective unless blocked by Congress. It is the
Commission's view that this will permit the salaries of
high-ranking officials to be set in a more rational and
less-politicized manner. The Commission did not submit any
specific salary recommendations, but called for the appoint-
ment of a one-time blue ribbon commission to submit salary
recommendations under the new proposed scheme. The attached
letter to Brady for your signature announces support for the
Commission's proposals.
III. RECOMMENDATION
That you sign the attached letter to Nicholas Brady.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
9-77
TO:
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FROM: John G. Roberts, Jr.
Associate Counsel 126
to the President
FYI
COMMENT
ACTION
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 27, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
FRED F. FIELDING
SUBJECT:
Letter to Nicholas Brady, Chairman,
Commission on Executive, Legislative,
and Judicial Salaries
I.
ACTION FORCING EVENT
Receipt of the Report of the Commission, and request from
Nicholas Brady, Chairman of the Commission, for support
of the Commission's proposals.
II. DISCUSSION
Under current law, the Commission meets every four years to
recommend to the President appropriate salaries for Federal
judges, Congressmen, and certain high-ranking Executive
branch officials. The President then submits his own
recommendations to Congress, which become law only if
approved by Congress. The scheme has never worked well,
because of the reluctance of Congress to vote pay raises for
itself, with the result that judicial salaries in particular,
but Executive branch salaries and Congressional salaries as
well, have stagnated.
In light of this background, you wrote Commission Chairman
Nicholas Brady, urging that the Commission review the
statutory scheme and come up with a better approach. The
Commission took up this challenge, and submitted a report
to you and Congress, urging enactment of legislation to
permit the President's recommendations on salary levels to
become effective unless blocked by Congress. It is the
Commission's view that this will permit the salaries of
high-ranking officials to be set in a more rational and
less-politicized manner. The Commission did not submit any
specific salary recommendations, but called for the appoint-
ment of a one-time blue ribbon commission to submit salary
recommendations under the new proposed scheme. The attached
letter to Brady for your signature announces support for the
Commission's proposals.
III. RECOMMENDATION
That you sign the attached letter to Nicholas Brady.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 24, 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVID L. CHEW
FROM:
FRED F. FIELDING
SUBJECT:
Letter to Nicholas Brady, Chairman, Commission on
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries
The attached letter has been revised to reflect suggested changes
from Legislative Affairs and Chris Hicks. It is ready to be
signed and I am requesting that it be sent to the attention of
Ede Holiday at the Fund for America's Future, 1200 18th Street,
N.W, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20036, for delivery to Nick
Brady.
Thank you.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Dear Nick:
Shortly after I appointed you as Chairman of the
Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
Salaries, I wrote to you requesting that the Commission
review the entire statutory scheme for setting the
salaries of top government officials. I now have the
Commission's report, and I am pleased that you took up
the challenge and have submitted a comprehensive
proposal for reform. I directed my Administration to
undertake a review of the Commission's specific
recommendations. Based upon this review, we hope that
the Congress will act on your legislative proposals in
the near future. They represent a fresh approach to a
long-standing problem.
Please accept my personal thanks for the important
service you have rendered.
Sincerely,
The Honorable Nicholas F. Brady
Chairman, Commission on
Executive, Legislative,
and Judicial Salaries
734 Jackson Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20503