Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-20
PLANS TO ADJUST
Jobs TO SALARIES
Redistribution Commission
to Cancel Evil of EmpIoye
Doing Another's Work.
CONDITION TO BE RIGHTED

Righting present conditions in the
government service here, whereby an
employe may be on the rolls for one
same time actually engaged in other
and higher classed work, will form
one of the big jobs of the joint con-
gressional commission on reclassifica-
ton of salaries in the District.
While the commission members, re-
search staff, Redistribution staff and
clerical staff grind along in their
work day after day, conviction is
gaining ground that the righting of
this condition will be one of the big
things which will come out of their
work ultimately.
Wide sweeping lines will be drawn
by the commission through the entire
personnel of the government in the
National Capital. These lines will
mark off just exactly where each en-
ploye stands.
Result Will Be Achieved.
This result will be achieved, It is
declared, partly through the entire
system of work of the commission
and partly through special effort on
the part OF ali the WoTkeFS " see tiidt
this condition is righted to stay
righted.
There are many cases in the govern
ment service here, it is believed, in
which men are employed in minor
positions, with the understanding that
they will be given better work. They
are given better work when it is as
certained that they are capable of
better work. They make excellent
clerks. too, or stenographers, but the
trouble is they are on the rolls as
something else, and are getting PAID
for that something else" which they
actually are not doing at all.
In order to qualify for the pay OF
the position which they actually are
filing. it is necessary for them TO
take another civil service examination
and get the proper appointment after
they take it.
The work of the Redistribution
commission is confidently expected to
put an end to these conditions, wh1cn
do not work to the good of the serv-
ice or to the individuals concerned.
The 104, 900 missionaries, soon TO pc
increased by 1000 from the former
yeomen CD and marinettes, and later
by several thousand census bureau
employees, are showing the commits
sion members and workers many
things.
Marked LOT CcILd1u 0Ou.
Under the plan being worked out BY
the commission, what a man does In
the government service will mark him
definitely for a certain job, and each
certain job is going to have its proper
salary attached to it. His question
naire and other data will show un-
mistakably what he does. There IS
no getting away from it, And when
he falls within two of the wide
sweeping division lines. there he is,
and he gets what everybody else
within those lines gets.
There will be no cases then of man
being appointed to some minor job
and being good enough to fill bigger
job, but not given the salary which
his real work entities him to receive.
, Questionnaires for the former yeo-
men CD and marinettes. now in civil
status in the Navy Department here,
went from the central committee at
the Navy Department to the special
subcommittee concerned this after
noon. The questionnaires will be dis
tributed to the clerks, mostly women,
| tomorrow. The employees will then
fill out the blanks and turn them over
to their immediate superiors. These
will fill in the questions asked of
them, and the documents will go back
to the clerks. All the work is ex-
pected to be finished by the end Of the
week.