Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-02
FEDERAL SALARIES
COMPARED TOPAY
OF OTHER WORKERS
Tabulation of Statistics Un-
der Way for Use of RecIassi-
fication Commission.

Final compilation of statistics show
ing comparable salaries of the 1917
900 government employees here and
workers in similar work in nearby
cities was begun today by DR.. VI. E
Mosher of the research staff of the
| joint congressional commission on re-
classification Of salaries in the Dis
| trict.
DIR. Mosher reported to the comrri:s-
sion practical completion of the field
| work conducted in New York. Bos-
| ton. Richmond and cities Of the mid
die west. Of thirty-f1ve man and
woman Investigators all have return
ed to Washington except Ave.
Comparable salaries will play a big
part in the final determination of the
pay to government workers here UNI
! der the Redistribution. Large in
| terest, therefore. attached to the be-
ginning of final tabulation of the re-
suits brought in today.
Expected Results.
| 1t is generally believed that the final
results will show that outside sal
aries. largely speaking, are greater in
outside employment than in the gov
eminent service here. Indications
point to higher salaries in the federal
service here for many of the lower
| Positions. However, and it is under
stood that stenographers in govern
| ment employ are Receiving more than
stehographers in outside employ.
/ Scientists and other technical work
ers. and in general all the high er paid
! positions in the government Service.
are receiving less wages than are men
holding similar positions in private
employ in the cities Investigated.
Faced Knotty Problem.
| The exact determination of COM
| parable work was one of the knotty
| problems faced by the field investi-
gators of the Redistribution commits
| sion. Although they went with COM
! outside. employers had difficulty in
determining such specifications for
their own employees.
One investigator. for instance, in
securing wages paid legal men, which
| would be comparable to certain
classes of work done in such offices
| as the Federal Trade Commission, In
terstate Commerce Commission and
others discovered that one of the
legal advisers on the outside was
getting $4,000 a year.
This seemingly made the man do
ing comparable work in the govern
ment here tremendously underpaid
Investigation showed. however, that
the legal adviser in private employ
was the president of several COM
panies himself. and that this fact
probably had a great deal to do with
his salary.
'This is the most accurate attempt
to secure information concerning
wages paid on the outside ever made
IN the government service" Commits
sioner Edward Heating declared to-
day. Other members of the commits
sion expressed themselves much pleas
ed with the results of the survey.
Scope of TabuIation.
Tabulation of the results will be
most exhaustive. on large sheets
which will present pictures" of the
final findings. Salaries of govern
ment workers will be placed for 1914
and 1919; salaries for comparable
tabulated in the same way. Then
the salaries asked by the federal
employees, as the results of hearings
now in progress, will be tabulated.
tions made by the local research
staff. Finally, there is blank space
left for the salary which shall be
set by the reclassificatfon commission
members. This last. of course, will
constitute the commissions recon-
mendation to Congress
White House Employees to Be Heard.
Ushers and footmen of the White
House will be heard before the re-
classification commission at a hear
ing to be granted the domestic serv-
ice of government employees Friday
morning at $3.50 o'clock at the re-
classification headquarters, Az street
and Missouri avenue.
The matron at st. EliZabeths Hos
pital. the superintendent and manager
Of the government hotel on the
Union station plaza, chefs, cooks,
meat cutters. rag washers of the bu-
real of engraving and printing and
others will be given opportunity at
the hearing to present their claims
for salary increases.
White House footmen and ushers
will be the first executive mansion
employees to appear before the re-
classificationists. The ushers, &C
cording to the specifications drawn
up by. the commission, must have
training equivalent to that repre-
sented by graduation from high
school. at least two years of expert
ence in the social or clerical work of
the White House. or it's equivalent in
character and standard, and tact.
courtesy. good address and super
visory ability"
The White House footmen must
show common school education, at
least two years experience as a fam
lily footman, courtesy, heatness land
I physical strength !.