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Defense Program
To Push (J. S. Workers
Over Million Mark
Civil Service Commission
Sees Total 100,000 Over
World War Peak
By J. A. FOX.
More than a million men and
women will be working for the
Government when the defense pro
gram gets under way, It was esti
mated yesterday at the Civil Service
Commission as plans went ahead
for bringing the Federal force up
to a new record-breaking level that
will run at least 100.000 over the
World War peak.
When the armistice was declared
on November 11. 1918, civilian em
ployment was estimated at 917,760,
with 800,000 workers in the field
service and 117.760 here. These
figures have long since been ex
ceeded. as the result of the expan
sion that started in 1938 and as of
April 30 this year, the last date for
which figures are available, the
Civil Service Commission reported
129.677 employes on duty here and
829.469 through the rest of the
country, for a total of 959,146.
It is estimated now that 30,000
employes will be added to the War
Department force and 50.000 to that
of the Navy and that other agencies
Will also show increases. ,
Some of Increase to Be in D. C.
Some of this extra employment
naturally will come in the District,
but civil service officials said yes
terday that to estimate the size the
local force eventually may reach
Would be only a "wild guess.”
The district managers of the Civil
Service Commission, who arrived
here Friday to confer with the
headquarters staff, were in session
. all day yesterday and faced other
conferences today, as recruiting
methods for the emergency were
discussed, Outside of the shortage
of skilled labor, technical and pro
fessional workers are needed most
by the Government, and in order to
speed up the enrollment of these
the district managers are to be
allowed wide administrative latitude
in setting up the necessary ma
chinery.
900,000 Are in Registers.
On the commission registers are
more than 900.000 eligibles for vari
ous classes of employment, and
when need arises, persons who have
qualified for one kind of work will
be offered another. For example,
there is a large reservoir of man
power on the clerk-earrier registers
that were set up some months ago
for the Post Office Department that
can be used for general clerical
work, and other interchanges also
are possible. The commission also
ran have recourse to a device of
World War days and take eligibles
from State and municipal civil serv
ice registers if need develops.
The commission representatives
In the field also have been in
structed to co-operate with the
United States employment service,
both in placing jobless workers and
In procuring specially qualified per
sonnel for particular work who may
already be engaged in other lines.
Ramspeck Bill Speculation.
In the meantime, with vast addi
tions to the working staff in pros
pect. most of whom wdll be under
civil service, officials are speculating
on the chances for the Ramspeck
bill to complete passage by adop
tion by the Senate. It w'as said in
an informed quarter that President
Roosevelt is desirous of seeing the
measure go through. Designed to
put thousands of exempt positions
under civil service and extend the
Classification Act pay scales to the
field, the bill has been in the Sen
ate more than four months, after
passage in the House.
Damaged Chilean Liner
Lies at Cristobal Dock
By thf- Associated Press.
CRISTOBAL. C. Z.. June 8 —
Her 95 passengers and 81 crew
members safe and jovial over their
rear-shipwreck, the Chilean liner
Copiapo lay tied up at a dock to
night, waterlogged and damaged
after ramming the west breakwater
of Cristobal Harbor.
Many of the passengers were
Americans, some of them women en
route to join their husbands in
the Canal Zone.
Taken off in tugs and launches
when the water rushed into the
Copiapo through a hole in her bow.
the passengers overflowed hotels and
Canal Zone residents took some of
them into their homes.
Capt. Roberto Munoz was quoted
by agents of the Chilean line as
saying a jammed steering gear
caused the 7,216-ton Copiapo to
hit the rocks.
NEW CHAPEL DEDICATED—l»he Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, (second
from the left), is shown laying the cornerstone of the new Chapel of the Redeemer at Glen Echo,
Md. Left to right, George Seidl, bricklayer-contractor, holding the mortar; Bishop Freeman,
Canon Raymond L. Wolven and the Rev.‘ M. Miller Perkins, pastor of the chapel.
—Star Staff Photo.
Corsica
(Continued Prom First Page !
and Jibuti might satisfy II Duce.
The trip of former Premier Pierre
Laval to Rome lends color to these
rumors.
Favored Italian Entente.
M. Laval was known as a strong
partisan of a French-Italian under-,
standing. In 1935 he visited Mus
solini, Laval and the then British
year he approved II Duce's plan
for the conquest of Ethiopia This i
arrangement was later approved at
the Stresa meeting between Mus
solini, Iaval and the then British
Premier, Ramsay MacDonald.
Even after the invasion of Ethio
pia. when public opinion in Brit
ain and France were roused against
II Duce's aggression, M. Laval, as
foreign minister, made a last at
tempt with Sir Samuel Hoare. Brit
ish foreign minister, to settle the
Ethiopian problem by giving Italy a
protectorate over Ethiopia. This
was refused by the British and
French, and M. Laval had to re
sign.
As a member of the French Sen
ate he has advocated closer rela
tions with Italy. His mission to
Rome is interpreted as one of trying
to offer in the last minute some
tangible proofs of France's good
feelings toward Italy and Corsica,
it is rumored, is the main proof.
Duce Has Aided Nazi Cause.
Italy has been ready for war for
the last 10 days. The smashing
victory of the Germans in Flanders,
the subjucation of Holland and
Belgium in less than a week, were
all convincing proofs for Mus'-c
lini that he could administer the
executioner's pistol shot if he in
vaded France.
There is no doubt that II Duce
has helped the German cause sub
stantially by mobilizing a large
French army and an important part
of France’s aviation on the Italian
borders. But it is realized that the
morale of the French, which at
present is higher than ever, would
have suffered seriously had the
Italians begun the bombardment of
important industrial centers of Cen
tral France and attacked the
French, either in the Alps or ir
North Africa.
Despite the obvious signs that
Mussolini is ready to march ">vith
in a few hours" nothing nas hap
pened yet.
This hesitant attitude of II Duce
at the time when the French aimies
are harder pressed than ever tends
to lend credence to the rumors that
"a deal which includes Corsica" may
be in the offing.
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Bishop Freeman
Lays Cornerstone
At Redeemer Chapel
Pays Tribute to Board
Of Missions for
Pressing Need
The Right Rev. James E. Free
man, Bishop of Washington, yes
terday laid the cornerstone of the
long-sought new Chapel of the Re
deemer in Glen Echo, Md.
The new chapel, of modern brick
construction, is situated on the north
side of Conduit road, Just west of
the Glen Echo amusement park,
and replaces an outgrown frame
structure in the older section of the
community.
Bishop Freeman, accompanied by
the Rev. Miller Perkins, pastor of
the chapel, and other clergymen,
conducted a brief service in honor
of the occasion after taking part
In a procession from the old chapel
to the half-completed new struc
ture.
He paid tribute to the Board of
Missions of the Washington diocese
for having pressed the need for the
new chapel until the necessary
funds were granted.
During his brief sermon, Bishop
Freeman warned against America's
becoming jittery over the foreign
situation.
“I don’t believe this Nation will
perish.” he said. “What is needed
is a deepening moral and spiritual
security.”
Approximately 100 parlshoners and
their children stood by while Bishop.
Freeman blessed the new building
and voiced the hope that it would
not be long before the chapel gradu
ated from being a diocesan mission
into a full-fledged parish church.
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