Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-14
Congress Considers Questions
of Increases in Pay.
HOUSE AND SENATEAT ODDS
To Further Confer as to Secretary
to the President.
GRANT MORE IN SOME CASES
Secretary of State Receives Advance
From $4,000 to $4,000.
Others Who Benefit.

| Whether or not the salary of the Sec
retary to the President will be raised
from $1,000 to $4,000 per year and a new
assistant secretary of commerce and
labor be appointed will be determined
at a further conference between the rep
| resentatives of the Senate and the
House. These are two of the most i'm
portant differences between the two
| houses of Congress in the provisions of
| the legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill
or the go items in disagreement be-
tween the two houses, caused by amend
ments put on the measure by the Sen
ate. the conferees, according to their re-
port filed yesterday, finally agreed to all
but about a score. The increases allowed
| by the conferees on amendments of i'm
portance pertaining to the Senate were
as follows:
| Senate reading clerk. from $500 to
| 81. $50: Senate file clerk from so22O to
$500: printing clerk. from so.1m to
| $2O; assistant librarian, from 5000 to
s2,2o: assistant keeper of stationery
from from $500 to $500: three laborers. from
! S'2O to $40; assistant clerk of printing
Lon
| clerk, Senate committee on judiciary,
from $3.50 to 5000; additional clerk to
senate committee on judiciary at ST 800:
clerk. Senate committee on judiciary
lures, from $1,000 to $500: additional
compensation of $1,000 to clerk to SEN
ate rules committee for revising Senate
| manual allowed; one messenger in office
OF Senate sergeant-at-arms from s144O
10 $l,SOO; superintendent of Senate press
gallery from $1,000 to 81 500, and assist
ant SllDprlnfpn6apf nf IL
SI.4O to $1,000; supplies for Capitol such
as 1uel, Oil, cotton waste, made available
Tor supplies for power plant which fur
| nlshes heat and light to Capitol and con-
gressional buildings
Disagree on Some Increases.
Assistant clerk of house committee
! on appropriations fails to get increase
from $1,000 to $4,000. proposed by SEN
ave, He increase for official reporters in
House and official stenographers to
committees Of House from $4,000 to
5000 is still in disagreement.
Librarian of Congress, from $4,000 to
So.oOO; TWO new assistants in Library
OF Congress allowed at 5000 each:
stenographer for law library at 5000
not allowed; increase from $4,000 to
100000 in fund for purchase Of books
for Library of Congress still in dis
agreement: increase of incidental ex-
from 1900 to $4,000 allowed.
Executive off1ce-Amendment allowing
reorganization of staff at White House
Immediately adopted.
Civil service commission-AAddtion ex-
pert to prepare questions and rate papers
in special examinations allowed but
| amount cut from S. 200 to 5000
| State Department-Secretary of State
increased from 5000 to $1,000: chief of
bureau OF trade relations increased from
| 81. 100 to $500
Treasury Department Chief clerk in
creased from 5000 to $1,000: proposed in
crease of jurisdiction and of salaries of
cnief, assistant chief and law and bond
clerk OF division Of appointments not al
lowed. additional book binder in division
| OF printing and stationery at 81 80; pro-
posed increase for five inspectors in
supervising architects office not allowed:
controller of Treasury increased from
$500 to $1,000; auditor for Post Office
Department increased from $1,000 to
$1,000: law clerk from $500 to 5000:
expert accountant from $3.50 to 50
! and four chiefs of division from 5000
to 2,25O; reduction of one In num-
expert counters in the treasurer's office;
two clerks. instead of four. increased
from 800 to $1,000 each, in office of COM
missioner OF internal revenue: increase
from 1890 to $4,000 for director of the
bureau of engraving and printing in dis
agreement: director of mint Increased
from $4,000 to 5000: continuance of
assay Office at Charlotte. n. c., and in
creases OF salaries in assay Office at
Helena, Mont: New York and Salt lake
| City still i'm disagreement.
Territories of New Mexico and Arizona
| Governors increased from $1,000 to
500 and secretaries from $3.50 to
| $500.
In the War Department.
war nop.r+mapt. prono,oy ;,.ra.-o
for clerk to chief clerk. from $500 to
$3.50 not allowed: disbursing clerk in
| creased from $500 to 81, $50: appoint
| ment clerk increased from $1,000 to
| $50; additional cOmpensentation to su-
perintendent of buildings outside of State,
! War and Navy building increased from
/ $3.50 to 500; proposed increase of two
| messengers from $3.50 to $500 not al
| lowed; elevator conductor increased from
$47O to $40: chief clerk and solicitor in
office of judge advocate general in
! creased from $3.50 to $3.50: supervis-
| ing engineer in Office of auartermaster
| general Increased from $500 to 81. 75O:
| proposed writer and cOmputer in same
| Office not allowed: increases for clerks
| in office OF cOmmSsary general allowed.
| Public buildings and grounds-Assist-
ant engineers title changed to Superin-
| tendent and increase in salary from
$2.400 to $4,000 allowed: $500 allowed
| to purchase uniforms for park. MOnu-
ment and bridge watchmen; proposed
appropriation of $1,000 for repairing
floors in State, War and Navy build
| ings not allowed.
| Navy Department-Proposed increase
| for telegraph operator. not allowed; one
| clerk, increased $500; additional copyist
| in bureau of navigation, at $40, allowed
| laborer in office of naval intelligence,
not allowed: authority to publish month
| ly pilot chart Of North Pacific ocean.
| with appropriation Of $2.OcO. allowed; as
| sistant In preparing Nautical Almanac, in
| creased from 81 500 to $1,000; proposed
four new clerks in bureau of ordinance
not allowed: additional clerk in bureau
appropriation for installing fireproof file
cases made $500.
Interior Department-Chief clerk in
creased from $1,000 to $1,000 and au-
thority increased: proposed increase for
per diem inspectors not allowed one
clerk in general land Office increased from
81 800 to $1,000 and made assistant chief
of division: assistant Indian commits
sioner increased from $1,000 to $500:
office of second deputy commissioner of
pensions retained proposed assistant ex-
aminer Of trade marks and designs at
Isl, 400 and six assistant examiners a 81 500:
not allowed; specialist in higher educa-
ton, omitted from House bill, and addi-
tional experts for investigation of rural
education, industrial education and school
hygiene. at $1,000 in ALL allowed; chief
i electrical engineer Of Capitol increased
from $2.4OO to 5000; authority to install
laundry plant for Interior Department
now granted.