The Washington times., 1919-07-15
VETODELAYS
SALARIES Of
!. j. S. WORKERS
Construction in District Also
Delayed by Presidents Fail
ure to Sign Sundry Civil Blu.

Thousands OF Government en-
ployes in washington are without
Gay checks today as the result Of the
Presidents veto OF the sundry civil
bill covering appropriations for sal
aries in many departments, and work
In other lines will be practically
stopped because OF lack OF funds for
construction and repairing contracts.
A call was sent through most o.
the Offices affected. asking the en-
ployes to continue their duties & err
der not to tie up the Governuerfe
work. and department heads are
unanimous in declaring their em-
ployes will stick to their place re-
gardless OF empty pocket books.
Whether Congress will pass con-
tingency bill providing for the pe1
ment OF salaries, or will ALLOW the
continuance OF last years apprcpfia
tions until regular appropriated bills
can be prepared covering thess 81
ices. is the question in many miuds
today.
Relief Il Expected.
Chiefs OF departments are sue
Congress will relieve the situattn
by the time the next pay checks Ert
nat and bills mount.
1t was announced that although 70
checks at all were forthcoming A. Lne
Government Printing Once. afrectins
over I'VE thousand employees the
work will go on as usual Almost
seven thousand printers, helpers and
others at the Bureau OF Engraving
and Printing were passed BY the pay
master today.
Only 240 persons at the Bureau win
be paid this week.
Possibly the gravest question: IL
presented at the War Risk Insurance
Bureau Although the salary appTo-
priation is covered in another bill
and salaries have been paid as usual
the. question arises as TO what viii be
done, until further provision il mads.
for the paymeHt OF allowances TO
families OF soldiers. sailors and ma
rines. The compensation pay OF the
service men themselves may be held
up.
Can't Pay Rents.
The Sundry civil bill covers appro-
priations OF $40, 1000. 900 for allow
ances and compensations for the War
Risk alone. Quarters rented in
Washington for the Bureaus OFFICES
were also provided for in this BILL
and IL is likely that owners will have
to wait for their rents.
Although clerks and operators maxi
ing the Investigations in the Red
bomb plots did not receive salary
checks. the Department OF Justice
made the announcement that Efforts
to apprehend the plottsrR would not
slacken in the least. A great many
operators throughout the country are
affected by the lack Of wages.
About 45o persons IN the office Of
the Alien Property Custodian did not
receive their salaries, but the WORK
of that office will continue as usual
Several District institutions are also
affected. 1t was said at the Columbia
Institute for the Deaf that sixty en-
pIoyes might be paid from funds of
the institution in case there was no
other way out.
However, employees in the Botani-
cal Gardens, the Washington Monu-
ment, and other buildings in the city
will be paid. since the salaries for
these classes of employees come under
another bill
II is possible that construction on
the new Aqueduct Bridge will halt
until money is available, since con-
tracts provided for under the bill will
be affected.
Repairing Held Up.
Under the Interior Department
many persons were not paid, and dis
bursements Of over 100000 for sal-
aries and contracts are held up. Much
important repairing on the Capitol
Building. the Patent Office, and
others under the Interior contemplate
ed for this summer will not be done,
and jobs already started were halted
with a jerk when money for con-
tracts was held up.
Department heads do not believe
salaries will be allowed to be paid
under last years appropriations, be-
cause many war activities provided
for then have stopped, and to con-
tinue the appropriations would be to
continue these activities. Until pro-
vision is made for salaries employees
will be asked to work for Uncle Sam
for nothing.