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SPONSORS OF U. S. PAY CUTS TO FEEL REACTION AT ELECTIONS
STATES WITCH
EVERT MOVE
IT CAPITOL
Probe of Sources of Drive
for Reductions Asked by
Many Communities
Whatever the ultimate de
cision of Congress as to re
ducing Federal salaries, it was
evident today that repercus
sions of the efforts of the lead
ers in this move will be felt
all over the. country during
the coming elections.
With hardly a community or
County in the 48 States without
cne or more persons on the Fed
eral payroll, and with Federal co
operative work in connection with
States and counties everywhere
ranging from agriculture exten
sion work to law enforcement,
river improvement, forestry de
velopment, etc., every. State has
■watched intensively the latest
moves in Washington to reduce
salaries.
The motives and backing of
some legislators working for pay
reductions remained unrevealed
this week. Led by the American
Federation of Labor, National
Federation of Post Office Clerks,
National Federation of Federal
Employes and other organizations
a campaign is being waged in the
States to arouse opposition at
once to the increasing sentiment
for cuts here.
The postal clerks’ federation, in
Its bulletin, sent over the country
this week, says:
“The Washington Times and
other Hearst papers have edito
rially asked Congress to probe
the sources of the drive for cut
ting Federal pay standards.
Local chambers of commerce
and business organisations arc
deluging Congress with form
petitions asking for a reduction
in Government expenses, in
cluding pay standards.’’
It is to combat this new pres
sure, as well as to ascertain its
source and cause, that the vari
ous organizations of Government
and other workers have intensi
fied their nation-wide efforts in
districts, with -the
result that Federal pay cuts will
likely be an issue in many con
gressional campaigns this sum
mer.
I. C. C. Club to Give
Big Dance Thursday
The In-Com-Co Club, social and
welfare organization of Inter
state Commerce Commission em
ployes, will stage its second large
dance of the season Thursday
night at the Shoreham. The com
missioners and their wives have
been invited.
Harold M. Brown heads the
dance committee, which includes
Noiman H. Jensen and Miss
Emily J. Carey. Officers of the
club are George Casey, president;
Bert Wise, vice president; Mrs.
Anna B. Merritt, secretary; J.
Ward Eicher, treasurer.
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WHILE THE dogs of war growl in the Far East, the eyes of the nation turn to
the “Stout Fellas” in Washington. This is .one of a series of sketches of these men by
the talented Faulkner. Don’t miss them.
CBOMOED LISTS
BAN EXAMS
For the first time in more than
ten years no examinations will be
held by the pivil Service Commis
sion this year for a sweeping list
of Department of Agriculture and
i other positions.
The commission points out that
the present rosters of eligibles are
already so full they cannot be ex
hausted, hence there is no need
to increase the list by new tests.
It is pointed out that in 1930
there were fewer than 1300 appli
cants for junior engineer berths,
for instance, but in 1931 there
were 4,300 applicants.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Civil Service Commission
Has Stable Record
The Civil Commission,
around which revolves the entire
Federal personnel, is one of the
most stable and unchanging of
fices of the Government.
Herbert E. Morgan, of the
commission’s official staff, points
i out that only two commissioners
were removed (both by President
Cleveland); three died in office
(John R. Proctor, Mark S
Brewer and Helen H. Gardener).
11 i esigned with a change in ad
ministration and 12 resigned to
accept other posts. Since three
serve at a time, this is not large
since the passage of the civil
service law in 1883, Mr. Morgan
asserts.
Began as Stenographer
The first commission was com
posed of Dorman B. Eaton, John
M. Gregory, and Leroy ’D. '
Thoman. John T. Doyle, present
secretary to the commission, was >
stenographer for this trio.
Os the seven chief examiners •
of the commission, three died in j
office, one resigned, and two were I
promoted to membership in the
commission These two were
Charles Lyman, the first chief
examiner: and George R. Wales,
now a commissioner, who served
14 years in posts up to assistant
chief examiner, and served 10
years as chief examiner.
Miss Jessie Dell, another com
missioner, was appointed Septem
ber 18, 1925, after serving long
in other Government work.
President Thomas E. Campbell
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JI DANCE
An attendance of 2.000 Govern
ment workers is expected Tues
day night at the Willard, at the
dance and card party staged by
the District Federation of Fed
eral Employes Unions.
The grand ballroom will accom
modate 1,200 dancers, while sev
eral hundred will play cards in a
smaller ballroom. Costumes in
j keeping with the Colonial idea
will be worn by many, although
they are not obligatory.
; The federation comprises 12
local unions, of which Local No.
i 2, with nearly 7,000 members, is
| the largest.
According to Mrs. Rebekah K.
I Pedigo, active in promoting the
; affair, Federal workers from New
York, Philadelphia and other
cities in the East will attend.
I Invitations have been sent to
President and Mrs. Hoover, to
Members of Congress and the
Diplomatic Corps, and other nota
bles.
A preliminary musical program,
at 9 o’clock, by musicians of the
National Symphony Orchestra,
will be broadcast over WJSV.
I was appointed July 7, 1930, suc
(! ceeding William C. Deming.
Has Served 49 Years
Os the commission’s three sec
retaries since 1883, one died, an
other resigned in 1886, and John
iT. Doyle has served since. Dr.
1 Doyle thus has served 49 years
The tendency continues for the
commission, its personnel and its
actions to become more stable,
I regardless of political changes or
demands upon it, to maintain
in spirit and letter the traditional
nonpartisan unbiased efficiency
in distributing Uncle Sam’s jobs,
says Mr. Morgan.
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REFOHM LEAGUE
FLAYS CHANGES
IN PERSONNEL
Total of 350 Republican Em
ployes Displaced by
Democrats in House
Deploring the “waste and
inefficiency” in operating the
legislative branch of the Gov
ernment due largely to “po
litical appointments” to Gov
ernment posts, the National
Civil Service Reform League
has urged a complete change
in personnel methods and plac
ing all Government employes
under Civil Service rules.
Good Government, the
league’s bulletin, points out that
when the House of Representa
tives was reorganized by the
Democrats, this session of Con
gress, 350 Republican aides had
to make way for 350 Democrats,
and adds:
Clean Sweep in House
“Not since 1918, when the
Democrats were in control of
th’e legislative branch of the
Government, has there been
such a clean sweep among the
House employes.”
Scoring the system which per
mits “political favorites” getting
and holding jobs in Government
offices, regardless of their merits,
and the “upheaval that comes
with a change in political con
trol,” the league adds:
Similar in States
“The experience in Wash
ington is a composite picture
of what occurs periodically in
all State capitals. The waste
and inefficiency in the admin
istration of the legislative ser
vices, whether it is in the Na
tional Capitol or in the. State
or city legislatures, is notori
ous.
“Imagine all the clerks and
stenographers, pressmen, copy
readers, and printers’ devils,
having to be changed in a
newspaper office just because
the new editor is a Republican
and his predßcesor was a Demo
crat!”
2 From D. C. Receive
Degrees at Cornell
Robert H. Mansfield and Olive
M. both of Wash
ington, were among the 206 stu
dents who received degrees at
Cornell University after complet
ing their work at the end of
first term. Mansfield received
the degree of bachelor of arts,
while Miss Espenschied had the
degree of bachelor of architec
ture conferred on her.
SUED BY MAYER FIRM
Mayer and Company. Inc., filed
suit yesterday in the Arlington
County Court for recovery of
$119.25 from J. P. Mann, jr„ of
Ballston, for goods and merchan
dise which they allege were pur
chased and delivered.
SATURDAY—MARCH 26—1932
WORKERS’ AIMS
IGNORED BY
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Much Needed 1 egislation
Dcomed to Sleep in
Pigeonholes
Legislation sponsored by or
ganized Federal employes con
tinued to mark time this week,
with their efforts concentrated
as usual on opposing unfavor
able legislative tendencies on
Capitol Hill.
Only the most sanguine leaders
of Government workers hold much
hope now that the dozens of bills
designed to improve conditions of
Uncle Sam’s workers, and spon
sored in both wings of Congress
by old friends in both Houses,
have a chance to pass this ses
sion.
Score in Pigeonholes
There are a score of bill af
fecting retirement alone, many
of them intended to remedy long
existing conditions of unfairness,
which are awaiting committee ac
tion —and apparently will continue
to await it for some time.
The classification of field em
ployes. most important one af
fecting Federal employes, is no
further advanced than when Con
gress assembled three months ago.
The House Civil Service Com
mittee has given no indication
when it will meet again.
The House Committee on Ex
pendituries in the Executive De
partments, which also has sev
eral bills affecting Government
workers, has had one hearing,
but has considered - only the
question of uniting the War and
Navy departments, and the pro
nosal for establishing a Public
Works Administration.
Senate Limps Along
The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee has flatly gone on record
as opposing any salary cuts—
but has had only one meeting.
Meanwhile, Federal employes
are watching the tilting in both
Houses on the department appro
priation bills, worried about the
proposed rider which would pre
vent promotions and filling of
vacancies for a year.
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MISS EMILY CAREY
MISS CAREY is a member
, of the committee planning the
dance of the In-Com-Co Club,
social organization of Inter
state Commerce Commission
employes next Thursday.
iIW TREASURY
: OFFICIALS DIE
Two sudden deaths, one serious
illness and several lesser cases of
illness among officials, have
aroused concern and sympathy
among the Treasury Department
' personnel.
Henry P. Money, assistant chief
of supplies and equipment divi
' sion of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue, died suddenly this week
from a stroke.
Fred Yeomans, superintendent
I of the general supply committee
| warehouses, was stricken with a
I heart attack en route to work
~ Thursday morning, and died
; i shortly afterward.
Charles A. Fenner, assistant
superintendent of the Treasury
: Dpartment, has been in a serious
i condition at his home. 2033
North Capitol St., from a heart
attack.
|U. S. JOBS HANG
ON WORKERS’
EFFICIENCY
Civil Service Status Doesn’t
Keep Undesirables in
Federal Places
By JESSIE DELL
U. S. Civil Service Commissioner
1 have heard of the objec
tion raised that a Federal em
ploye with a classified status
i can not be discharged from
i office, no matter how ineffi
cient or unsuitable he may be,
unless he commits a crime or
his conduct, is outrageous.
This impression is not correct.
The civil service rules contain
adequate provision for the removal
i of any employe whose retention is
not in the interest of the Govern
ment. whether because of ineffi
ciency or for any other reason.
There is the further safeguard
oi a six months’ probationary
period, following appointment,
during which the new employe is
made to understand that his re
tention at the end of that period
I depends entirely upon his own
' conduct.
The comparatively small num
| ber of removals in the Federal
I service is not to be ascribed to
any deficiency in the law but to
fthe precautions that are taken in
the very beginning to guard
| against the entrance into the ser
vice of persons not likely to prove
honest and efficient in their con
tribution to the conduct of the
public business.
Workers in Welfare
Bodies Pick Officers
Permanent officers have been
elected by Local No. 436, Fed
eral Employes Union, composed
of Government workers in local
welfare institutions here, as fol
lows:
President, C. H. Fouche; vice
president, George Lavally; secre
tary-treasurer, Miss Mildred L.
Wilson; executive council, R. H.
Little, C. L. Hemp. John Mand
i ley. Edward Schaefer. Miss Eliza
, beth Thompson. Miss Elizabeth
' Wagner, Miss Nancy Eggleston,
I Miss Emily K. Roberts. They will
be installed April 13.