Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-10

to be appointed by the President Of the
| Senate, and five representatives, who
Will be members of the Sixty-Sixth
Congress. to be appointed by the
Speaker. Vacancies occurring in the
membership of the commission shall
be filled in the same manner as the
original appointments.
1t shall be the duty of the COM
mission TO investigate the rates of COM
pensation paid to civilian employees by
the municipal government and the va
rious executive departments and other
governmental establishments in the
l.DIstrlct of Columbia, except the Navy
yard and the postal service, and re-
port by bill or otherwise, as soon as
practicable, what Redistribution and
reimbursement of compensation should
be made SO as to provide uniform and
equitable pay for. the same character
of employment throughout the District
OF Columbia in the services enumer-
ated.
The commission is authorized to
sat during the sessions or recess of
Congress. to send for persons and
papers, to administer oaths, to sum-
mon and compel the attendance Of
witnesses and to employ such per-
sonal services and incur such ca
penses as may be necessary to- carry
out the purposes of this section. e.
THE heads of the various govern
mental services and the Commission
erS of the District of Columbia shall
furnish office space and equipment,
detail officers and employees, furnish
data and information and make in-
Vestigations Whenever requested by
the commission in connection with the
purposes of this section.
For payment of the expenses auth
orized to be incurred there is appro-
priated $4,000. or SO much thereof as
may be necessary, to be available inn
mediate1y and to be disbursed upon
vouchers approved by the commission;
which approval shall be conclusive
upon the accounting officers of the
Treasury Department"
For Keeping Temporary Buildings.
The bill carries emphatic recon-
mendation that the temporary war;
eept by authorization of law. and that
they shall be used to house the vari-
Gus government departments and es-
tablishment Istead of rented build
lngs in Washington. Money appro-
priated for rental of buildings for
only in the event that no space Is
available in the temporary structures.
The report of Chairman Byrns on
this point is as follows:
Temporary office buildings erected
in the District of Columbia for use
of the various branches of the gov-
eminent in connection with the prose-
.cution of the war shall not be re.
moved except as authorized by law;
and their care, maintenance and pro-
lection shall be under the direction
and supervision of the superintendent
OF the State, War and Navy depart
ments building.
Space in said temporary buildings
and space available for office purposes
in other governmental buildings in
the District of Columbia shall be all
lotted and assigned, upon order of the
President. in such manner as to pro-
vide for their maximum economic use
only by federal activities, with a view
to removing as soon as possible from
rented quarters all services that can
be housed in the said governmental
buildings.
appropriations for rent of office
space contained In this or any other
act for. the fiscal year 1920 shall be
available only for obligation for
rental of such Office space In the Dis
trict Of Columbia az may be deter
mined by the President to be neces-
sary in addition to the space avail.
able in governmental buildings.
appropriations or allotments for
rent, and for the care, protection.
maintenance and repair of rented
quarters, after allowing for the pay
ment of outstanding obligations. shall
be covered into the Treasury imme-
diately upon the housing Of the re-
spective services in governmental
buildings for which funds are avail
able for such expenses"