Evening star., 1917-01-24
PAY INCREASE NOW
REGARDED CERTAIN
Fight of Federal Employees Be-
Iieved to Be Won Through
Senate Action.
COMPROMISE is LIKELY

The fight to obtain for the federal
employees receiving the smaller salaries
increases in pay was today regarded
as won, even by senators opposed to
any increases at this time owing 20
the deficit facing the Treasury.
Senator Overman. acting chairman OF
the Senate appropriations committee.
in charge of the legislative appropria :
tion bill into which the Senate last
evening voted the Smoot amendment
increasing salaries of $1,000 and less,
said today when the Senate met that
he expected to ask for a separate vote
on the Smoot amendment when the bill
reached the Senate from committee OF
the whole He added. however. that
he did not believe the action of the
Senate in committee of the whole could
be overturned.
d. C. Men to Share Increase.
The victory for the federal employees.
who are cared for in the legislative
bill. means that similar increases in
salaries will be granted by Congress
to the employees of the District gov
ernment. 1t is regarded as foregone
conclusion that Congress will treat all
District alike.
The action of the Senate last even
ing will send the bill to conference,
It is believed. in such form that the
federal employees will receive increases
in salary on a compromise scale some
where between the proposal OF tn
House and tIat of the senate me
friends of the clerks are eiui
however. that IL the House stands firm
the employees receiving up to Si,o"
may also be granted some increase In
salary, as provided in the bill as 1t
passed the House.
Republicans for Increases.
The republicans were practically solid
iy in favor of the increases allowed by
the Senate in committee of the whole
last evening Ter democratic senator's
broke away from their party and voted
with the republicans in support of the
Smoot amendment There were other
democratic senator's who would liked to
have voted with the supporters of the
employees increase in salary. but they
felt themselves bound By action of the
democratic caucus which voted to up
hold the Senate appropriations commit
tee in any steps it might take to cur
tail expenditures. The Senate commit
tee recommended that in increases be
allowed.
emoot Amendment Adopted.
The adoption of the Smoot amend
ment. granting increases of pay to all
employees receiving $1,000 and less. came
yesterday evening at the close of
day long of debate of the subject. The
amendment provides that all those re-
ceiving $3.50 or less receive an increase
of Is per cent, and all those receiving
from $3.50 to and including $1,000 shall
receive an increase of 10 per cent
The Smoot amendment was adopted
as an amendment to the House pro-
vision increasing salaries of employees
receiving less than 1920 by 10 per
cent. and by per cent the salaries
Of those receiving from $1,000 TO 81 800
inclusive. The Senate appropriations
committee had recommended hat the
House provision be stricken from the
bill. thereby doing away with any IN
crease in salary whatever
The vote on the Smoot amendment was
:3 to 29. Ten democrats and twenty
three republicans voted for the amend
ment, and three republicans ana
twenty-six democrats voted against It
The vote then came on the committee
amendment to strike out section 4. car
rying the entire salary increases. which
would have eliminated the Smoot
amendment also. The committee amend
ment was voted down by 3s to u:
The vote by which the Smoot amend
ment to the House bill was adopted
was as follows:
Yeas. as-Borah.. Brady. Brandegee.
Chamberlain. Clark, Colt. Curtis, Fer
nald, Gallinger. Gronna. Husting, Ken
Won, La Toilette. Lane. Lee. Nd: Lewis.
Lippitt. Lodge. McCumber. Mclean.
MARITIME. n. j.: Nelson. Oliver. Phelan.
sterling. Thompson. Watson. Weeks,
Works
Nays. 2s-Ashurst, Bankhead. Beck
ham. Bryan. cummins. Fletcher. Hollis.
Norris, Overman. Poindexter. Ransdell.
Reed. Salisbury, Shafroth. Sheppard,
Shields Smith. Ga: Smith. 5. G: Stone,
Thomas. Tiiiman. Townsend. Eardaman.
The vote on the Senate committee
amendment striking out section was
as follows:
ham. Bryan. Fletcher, Hollis. Hughes.
James. Johnson, Maine; Myers. New
lands, Overman. Ransdell. Reed. Sauis-
bury. Shafroth. Sheppard. Shields,
smith, Georgia: Smith. South Carolina;
Vardaman, walsh and Williams.
Nays. 3s-Borah. Brady. Brandegee.
Chamberlain; Clark. Colt. Cum
Lane. Lee. Maryland: Lewis. Lippitt.
Lodge. McCumber, Mclean. MARITIME.
New Jersey: Nelson. Norris. Oliver.
Phelan, Pittman. Poindexter. Pomerene,
Sherman, Smoot. Sterling, Thompson,
Watson, Weeks and Works.
Fight Led by Republicans.
The fight for the clerks increases in
salary was led by the republican sena-
tors. Senator Smoot of Utah made a
strong plea for an increase in the pay
of the clerks receiving the smaller sal
aries. Senator Gailinger of New Hamp-
shire. Senator McCumber of North Da-
kota and others also advocated the in
creases.
The opponents OF the increases were
led by Senator Overman. acting chairman
of the appropriations committee, and
Senators Hoke Smith and Thomas.
Senator Smoot said in part:
Argues for Increases.
THE salaries paid by the government