Evening star., 1919-12-30


Employees Union, No. 2, at a session
last night adopted resolutions intro
duced by ]. c. Blackwell. first vice
president Of the union and president
Of the War Department branch. which
Epl2ees the organization on, record as
favoring a new policy.
| The committee places the organi-
xation on record against political agi-
tation and favoring business efficiency
| and economical administration of all
| ing of Congress and the public; estab-
lishment Of bureau Of the budget
which is estimated would save an
| nually for the government half a
| billion dollars; demanding the drop
ping from the rolls Of $4,000 govern
ment employees declared to be unfit
for the service by reason OF fncoln-
potency: expressing the hope to edu-
cate Congress to the needs OF the
government service; establishment OF
la permanent reclassification and sal
ary commission: declaring against
naturalization of industry and gov
ernment ownership: asserting that the
present industrial :nnrest is more po-
liticai than economic and that the
Federal Employees Union not a
| trade union, but a works union.
The Full ResolnfiGns.
The full resolutionssf0fiow.
ys.Whereas the objectsA OF; this Or
d 9R8nIEA4lOn are 10 lu1RfAvS Wv
e,conditions-andaths betterment
tof 4he federal service and
(. e+Whereas, our Constitution provides
THAT zsuch objects shall be. attained
Ebys s6feating favorRhle public senti-
tmentaAand by co-oPeration with gov
Iernment officials. .bH y
tUnaons aIo. 3, iy3natt insyireas he- per-
Eaensi and selfish ends ;And that He re-
Eatfrn1 our pohcysuf tActng the best
Interests Of ,ths ssev eminent and Of
tthe ngnqmunftE snd esuntry ahead Of
Tan ian others And with this end in view'
+ .ResoixAde..rhat we undertake to
foster public sentiment in favor of the
establishment by Congress of bu-
Igeau of the budget. the functions of
(which shall be to carry out a federal
policy on estimates for appropria-
tions and audit of government ex-
lpenditures. and that we recommend
the creation -of.ap administration per-
| sonneI division to have control over
| the entire personnel of the depart
mental service and to .administer
Standardization and classification au-
thorized by Congress. Be it further
Resolved, That we discourage all
political agitation and class legisla-
ton and indorse the policy of strict
economy in government expendi-
lures and stand for economic and eff
ficient administration of the business
of the United States government"
For Broad Policy.
Advocating the adoption of the reso-
luton, Mr.. Blackwell said:
The time has come when this or
ganization must adopt a broad and
constructive policy and help to get at
the common welfare. There must be
no batting Of Congress or the public
and no political agitation.
The majority Of government en-
ployes are on q par with those in the
large corporations so far as ability
and application to duty are concerned.
AS to salaries. about so per cent of the
government employees are underpaid,
about 25 per cent paid what they are
worth and 25 per cent are overpaid.
or the number overpaid 5000 are
superannuated employees who should
be taken care Of BY the enactment of
retirement law. This leaves about
Id. 900 who, should be dropped from the
rolls for the good of the service.
The analogy between the govern
ment service and the efficient corpora
ft4oAshould be maintained II the gov
ternlsent Is to be conducted efficiently
on 2 business basis. A most notice.
Is that, compared with out
1kA:f0{4 4erns. the government service
ously weak in Administrations,
FUOsn rs to personnel and plan of work.
Under the bureau of the budget
there should be a personnel adminis-
tratfve division to enforce the classi.
ncation and maintain the standardfxa-
ton now being made by the joint con.
gressional commission on reclassifica-