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"Plight" Of Agencies

He said that future improvements depend largely on
"members of the General Assembly to become acquainted
with the plight of State agencies and institutions in trying
to do a job without adequate salary scales.

"They need to realize the impossible situation which is
placed upon institutions like the University of Virginia;
on one hand it is devoting much of its efforts toward
becoming a nationally renowned institution, while at the
same time it is stymied with low salaries for non-academic
personnel.

"The frustration is heightened when the University
goes out on the open market and attracts, at whatever
salary is required, an outstanding faculty member who
comes in and becomes quite upset that he cannot have
qualified people to support him because of inadequate
salaries paid to the non-academic staff."