The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
PRESIDENT URGES
SALARY INCREASES
Cause of Government Clerks
Is ChampiOned.
SENATE RECEIVES MESSAGE
Chief Executive Sends a Revised
Statement 10 Congress Prepared by
decentralization and ReadiuSt-
ment of Salaries in Departments.

Urging the reclassificatiOn and read
tustment Of salaries in the executive de-
partments Of the government. President
Roosevelt yesterday transmitted 10 the
Senate a revised statement prepared By
the Committee on Grades and Salaries.
under the special order Of June II. 1907.
The committee, otherwise known as the
Keep Commission, recommends total
Increase of Sl.33L063 over the appropria-
ton asked for the heads of the bureaus
for 1910. The statement is voluminous
and covers in detail the readjustment Of
the clerical and executive forces Of
twelve branches Of the government
In his message appended 10 the report,
and read in the Senate, the President re-
quests that the reclassificatiOn Of en-
ployes be authorized even II the additional
appropriations suggested by the commit
tee can not now be made The existing
classification does not meet the needs Of
the service, says the Chief Executive.
The basis OF the recIassincauon IS the
character Of the work rather than the
amount Of salary. II would avoid the
need Of special positions and result in
much higher efficiency
Want Adequate Compensation.
The committee IN its preface to the
statistics, declares that its aim IS 10 give
more adequate compensation 10 the men
who furnish directive power. executive
ability. and special or technical knowl-
edge in the administrative branches of
the government II IS also asserted that
the commission desires 20 provide for the
clerical forces. a scale OF pay which VIII
permit all who enter the civil service 10
rise by diligence and effort TO moder-
ately large salary in a reasonable time.
An increase in the appropriation for the
coming year is recommended for al Of
the twelve departments
The total amount appropriated 10 rUn
the departments IN the present year was
$3.50 7s4. while Sl6.SS0.S3I is the estimate
submitted for 1910. The commission re-
quests an appropriation OF S1S,3l4Ss4-
Should the recommendations Of the com
mittee be enacted into law, the State De-
partment would get an increase OF 145
per cent or 81, so more than the appro-
priation already sought
An increase Of I4S per cent is asked for
the Navy Department. which viii mean
an addition OF Sll3.6n 20 the ofhciaI esti-
mate Of S753. .697. for 1910. already asked
by the Secretary Of the Navy.
Following are the increases recommend
ed by the committee in connection with
the 1910 estimates: $3.50 for the White
House, S73,ss0 for the Civil Service Com
mission. S292.3+4 for the Treasury, slS5.7l2
for the War Department. S5l1.034 for the
Interior Department. S159. $40 for the Post
Office Department. S42I70 for the Depart
ment Of Justice, S123,c40 for the Depart
ment Of Agriculture and $50 for
the Government Printing Ofice.
The last named institution received an
appropriation Of S319. 45S for 1903 and ac-
cording % the 1910 estimates is due TO re-
Ceive SIS. .e2S The reclaSsiicatiOn COM
mittee asks that S274.560 be appropriated
for the printery in 1910.
Committee Members.
The report consumes several hundred
pages Of statistics and was prepared by
The following, Stephen II Quigley. De-
partment OF State; Charles Lyman.
Treasury Department. ". D. Searle, War
Department: Charles B. S0rnborger. De-
partment Of Justice George :. PAUL.
Post-OfIice Department: Frank : Curtis.
Navy Department: J W HoIcombe,
chairman, Department Of the Interior:
Almerico Zappone. Department Of Agri-
culture; W l. Soleau. Department of
Commerce and Labor; George r. Wales.
Civil Service Commission. snd ". H.
Dow, Government Printing Office.
The Senate ordered the document 70
be printed and published in the Con
gressionaI Record.