Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-08
RECLASS|F|CAT|ON
HEARING DATES
= ARE ANNOUNCED
Community and Recreational
Departments Will Appear
Before Commission Soon.

Community and recreational depart
ments of the District government will
be the next services to be heard by
the joint congressional commission on
Reconsideration of salaries in the
District. This hearing was announced
today for next Thursday morning at
$3.50 o'clock at the Redistribution
headquarters, Az street and Missouri
avenue.
Public school teachers, administra-
tive officials Of the local school sys-
tenn and grade teachers will be heard
by the commission at $3.50 o'clock
am. November %. Seven engineering
services in the government will be
given hearing November 10 at $3.50
am.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, super
intendent of Fairgrounds, is chair
man of the special hearing committee,
which will represent the community
and recreational workers in the hear
ing before the commission. at which
time opportunity will be presented
for the workers to give their opinions
as to the classification made by the
commission, and to state their desires
as to salaries.
Educational Hearing Deferred.
Supt. Ernest L. Thurston of the
public schools is chairman of the
committee on educational service.
which includes the teachers. and
which will be heard November %. The
date for this hearing was deferred
city on educational work. could be
present to act as spokesman for the
teachers.
Technical engineers in the govern
ment service here. although divided
into seven services, probably all will
be heard on the one morning named.
Engineering Services Announced.
The seven engineering services.
with their subdivisions, were an
nounced today by the commission. as
follows:
Architectural: civil engineering
Civil, topographic, photographic and
geodetic, highway, hydraulic, land
classifiers, structural, cadastral, drain
age. photographers and map drafts
men; electrical, marine engineering
mining, miscellaneous. foresters.
aeronautical engineers and miscel-
laneous craftsmen.
Specifications to Be Submitted.
Glass specifications, as drawn UP by
the commission for these and all
other services, will be submitted to
the secretaries of departments and
to the heads of all Independent estab-
lishments, Secretary Edward Heating
of the Redistribution commission an
nounced today.
This will mean that cabinet officers,
the District Commissioners and heads
of Independent establishments will be
given the specification, showing the
duties. qualifications and lines of pro-
motion for each class of workers in
the government, for official criticism.
Administrative officials and the en-
ployes have opportunity to criticise
the specifications at the hearings.
Certain Officials Omitted.
1t was emphasized today that the
Redistribution does not touch the
cabinet officials. the District Commits
sioners, the librarian of Congress and
other heads of Independent establish
ments. The heads Of the tariff COM
mission do not come within the juris-
diction of the commission. The official
in charge of the Library Of Congress
building and grounds, it is stated, does
not come within the jurisdiction.
Heads of bureaus, however, do come
within the jurisdiction. This is why
DR.. George F. Bowerman, librarian of
the Public Library, considered as a
branch of the District government,
comes under the scope Of the reclassi-
fication commission.