The Washington times., 1910-08-21
Efficient Ones Will Hold
Present Places, Inefficient
Get Lesser Ones.
NONE TO BE DROPPED
FROM The PAYROLLS
New Vacancies Will Be Held Open
and SupernumeraTy Employees
Transferred 10 Them.

BEVERLY. Mass. Aug. lit vas
learned here today that this Admins
tration will make no effort to put
through the next session Of Congress 4
biz for the retirement OF the aged
clerks in the classified service of the
Government
Coupled with this news is the addi-
tional Information that the President
Viu not allow the departments to be
made slaughter houses for the OuStinE
OF killing on Of the old men ard wo-
men who have spent their lifetime in
VorkinE for the Government.
Advisers Of the President who have
been most eaSer and 5ptiuisiic over the
chance To improve conditions IN the Gov
ernmeuL by getting rid Of the old people
are at last convinced that this Cen
Eress will not seriously entertain the
proposition tC DUt on the stsJUte books
a retirement bill-
This information has come TO Beverly
and 70 Secretary OF The Treasury Mac
VeaEh- al Dublin. from such men as
Senator Hale and Chairman TavEey, OF
the House Committee OF Appropriations.
and ReDressura1ive WalteT l. SrIith. al
so an influential member Of the Com
nlittee on Appropriatio5,s-
OlQ NleLkS i o BE Retained
Confronted with ahe .5Igov ledge that
al hope of a retirement Iftascre must
be abandoned for the present the Al
ministraJion has hit on the plan Of re-
tanning Jhe aged clerks at their present
salaries in all the cases where IL Is
shown 1hat they are delivering the goods
IN their work. II they are found IN Ger
tain cases to be falling behind IN ti.eir
services they wiH be denoted bat Hot
Between now and the special meeting
OF the Cabinet in Washington on SEP
teuber 70 the four expert accountant
firms which have been asked by the
President 10 look over the field IT. Wash
lLlE-Ou with a view TO SuEEt sung meas
Ures for more economy and efficiency in
tEc service are expected To come for
ward with some preliminary plans. Their
representative viii go 20 Washington
within the next ten days.
one Of the nrDS has been doing such
work H. the Treasury Department ali the
summer II IS confidently expected by
the administration that these men vii
make suggestions which VIII result in
the merging Of bureaus and in the re-
ouCing Of the number of clerks. but u
IS planned 10 allow none Of the aged
clerks 20 suffer by this
VIII Save Up Vacancies.
Such a thing viii be accomplished by
the simple method Of saving UP vacau-
Cies
That Is. when vacancies OCCUR they
will not be iIled Immediately, but viii
be held over until they can be occupied
By any aged clerks who have lost their
present positions by reductions in tbs
force Of their bureaus. This means thai
they VIII simply be transferred with0ut
the loss of tis1e OF salary.
Mr.. TaTts advisers and the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury have been I0aih q
believe that Congress would not euaCl
the retirement law. But such men as
rerreSentatiVe Walter T. Smith has ar-
sued that II = impossible TO give an
nuiueS without knowing the complete
records Of the efficiency of the clerks
involved and that there IS no way Of OBJ
tanning such information His argument
IS that the bad VIII be rewarded equally
with the good
Moreover, the leaders OF the party
say they are afraid TO vote into IA "
what resembles 2 pension list even il
the annuitieS be made up by the vol
untary contributions of clerks them
selves They point out that in tht
beEinniuC- at any rate the Govern
Of the treasury more than $1,000, ,0oe
and this would be hard 10 explain tC
the voters They add Erimly that The
party has enough to explain without
assuming mere burdens
At the special meeting Of the Cabi
net on September 10 there VIII bt
two subjects discussed-pOlitiCs ant
economy in tee Government