The
Defense Advisory Committee on Professional Technical
Compensation (commonly called the Cordiner Committee)
was created in March 1956 "to study a possible
adjustment to the existing pay structure" for retention
purposes. On 8 May 1957 they recommended to the
Secretary of Defense that pay grades E-8 and E-9 be
created in all the services. The recommendations of the
Cordiner Committee were introduced to Congress in
several forms. In 1958, legislation called the Kilday
Bill was passed, became Public Law 85-422 and
established the E-8 and E-9 pay grades in the U.S. Armed
Forces.
The
Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower,
Volume XIX - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace Part
IV: Recession and
Reform; February 1958 to May 1958 Chapter 10: Restructuring for National Security,
Letter to
Neil Hosler McElroy
Of the changes that have happened throughout the 232 years of the US
Army history, few have affected the noncommissioned officer corps more
than the Military Pay Bill of 1958. An outgrowth of recommendations made
by a Defense Advisory Committee on Compensation, committee members
helped craft the bill which would dramatically change the way we pay
(and promote) enlisted members.
The Center for Advanced Studies of the United States Army
Noncommissioned Officer is now seeking papers, articles and research
material on this historical event. We will post and highlight some of
the materials from that era in an effort to provide some of the
hard-to-find documents relating to the 1958 bill. We will designate a
special area to this topic throughout the 50th anniversary year.
So, get out your papers and start researching and get to writing.
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