The Washington times., 1905-11-19
AGED CLERKS WILL
GET LESS MONEY,
DECLARES WARNER
Gray Hairs Supplanted
by Youth in Pen
sion Office.
OLD ONES BACK TO $500
Plan Mapped Out for De-
noting Employees Too
Weak to Hustle.
OLD ONES BACK TO 5000

A complete reorganization Of the
salary list and personnel OF the Pen !
sion ofice viii be put into effect in
the near future.
The reorganization viii affect score
or more of men and women now hold
Ing positions paying from $1,000 to
$4,000 a year
The plan Commissioner Warner in
tends to put into effect Is TO reduce the
old employees, who, through advanced
years, have become lacking n efncien-
cy- The places thus vacated will be
filed from the younger element in the
respective Offices. the selection TO be
made for the promotions on the merit
system.
Affects One Hundred Salaries.
Colonel Warner says this move viii
eventually affect the salary Of more
than loo men. the majority OF whom
will experience an increase, however.
j is not the intention OF the Commis-
sioner 10 dismiss the old employees,
many OF whom have been good and
faithful servants" for more than thirty
years. he desires TO bring up the
standard OF efficiency in his bureau on
d par with an up-to-date business
house
To do this. he has collected data as
10 the period Of service Of each of the
employees, the amount of their salaries.
and in other respects has been a Keep
commission all by himself.
This work OF reorganization has been.
going on quietly for some months. When
the change is 10 be actually completed is
not as yet known. Commissioner War
ar Eaar rao r inn fg-
pieces When he makes a move Ii Is for
the good OF the business he is connected
with. and of late he has taken the in
itiative ia cleaning out his bureau OF
many Of the unpleasant features incident
10 the service.
By Careful Study.
In q talk with q Times reporter in his
Office yesterday afternoon on the coming
reorganization Of his bureau Commits
siouer Warner said:
Il have. by a careful examination Of
the personnel Of this bureau. found
where great good could be brought
about by change in the status Of some
employees. ! have planned To reduce
some OF the older employees 10 the $3.50
class
These men have been good honest
Government servants. but they have
grown old. To discharge them would
probably put them in a condition OF
want Now. while they may be. and in
fact are. not able 10 cope with the
younger clerks. they can DO the work
q the naen IA whose places ! intend to
assiEa them.
No Dismissals Coming.
- am not contemplating. however.
any d1smissals The employees. whose
places the old incapseftated employees
win take VIII be promoted up a grade.
2 Ills promotion. you can readily see.
viii work ali along the line and viii
Wer.S 20 the advancement of the Du-
rsaus standard and. 1 think. increase
the efficiency OF The force
Asked abou: the probability of this
move creating dissension among those
who would experience a reduction. AIr.
Warner said:
y do not see why they should COM
plain. They should fully realize lhat
their traces. so 10 speak, were gett1ns
slacker and Stacker year by year. This fs4sss
change that Z am going TO make will
1gofk ia z sort OF retirement scheme
on the part OF the old fellows They
vii De given opportunities to make =
respectable living and in the majority oi
cases that is IS much as they should
expect
Then your plan is to take the place
OF the pensloning of superannuated and
inefficient employees was asked.
Clerks Must Work
Yes, ia some respects it Will WORK
that way" said the Commissioner. Il
do not mean by that that these meH
VIII be kept on the rolls simply because
they have outgrown their usefulness
They VII be required to do the WOri
Of the clerks whose places they take
and the course 1 propose 10 follow vii
be better than 10 ask them 10 resigr
or dismiss them altogether.
Mr. Warner would not say how many
men the reduction would affect or JUS
when the plan would be put IN vogue
lie did say. however, that he intended
10 go along quietly and reorganize his
office from the ground up. Ii is figured
out that In the end # will be a great
saving 10 the Government, as when th'
newly reorganized force gets in work
ing order. the general business OF rns
bureau VIII be kept up abreast OF In.
times.
Among the employees no intimati. n o.
the proposed change could be ascer
tained- They all prOfessed ignorance o.
the scheme Notwithstanding. the al
Of uneasiness prevails.