The Washington times., 1919-12-27
CLERKS FILE
SALARYDATA
Government Employees Present
Requests Of $4,000 to Com.
mission on Pay Revision.

Salary claims and requests for bet
ter working conditions were made 20
the Congregational joint com mission
on reelsssifcation OF salaries this
morning In ten recommendations by
the co-ordfnstinE committee of the
clerical branch OF the civil service
representing approximately $1,000
Government employees
These Recommendations represent n
coordination of the briefs OF seven
teen groups of employees who hav.
appeared before the commission
Ihey are therefore regarded az arhe
nnished product" OF hearings and IN
vestieations and approach more near
iy the nnsI nndinrs OF the cemm,,-
sion than anything completed up &c
Text Of Report
The report OF the co-ordinatins
committee said In part:
In our conferences upon yustsers
OF principle and OF fact funds
70 reasonable salary schedules ve
have reached the conclusion that the
following propositions should be In.
sideration:
That each group Of service should
represent q class OF work, the de-
velopment OF which shall offer q
career to all who become efficient
therein. Only by such an ideal will
IL be possible to obtain best result,
along all lines and TO prevent the Goa
unuance OF the present-day turnover
In the civil service.
That In determining the oualifcx-
tons for appointment and for promo
ton, due effort be made to raise the
standards. We believe that ali tests
should be the measure OF real ntness
and merit We believe that the civil
service should attract and hold hieh-
grade people.
PrsvtsAsa Fer Prs.ssseu.
That, when your Commission has
established salary for each Of the
classes within each Of the services. the
present personnel be assigned TO the
respective classes upon the basis Of
experiences, length OF service, and ef-
hcicncy; that entrants into the civil
service be started at the initial saI-
ary OF the class for which they have
Qualffied, with provision for promo
tion to higher grades upon the condI-
tons prescribed by the tests required
to demonstrate eligibility: and that
regulations be made whereby a mobile
transfer from one department to an
other may be effected
That as far rs may be necessary,
precticaole. and equitable the salary
schedules presented ey the several
groups ee 90 revised by your cum1nis-
sion a. TO be made coherent and CO.
ordinate. We think IL unwise to over
estimate the Importance of minute de-
tails IL this will endaneer the inter
ests Of the Thousands whom we rep
resent.
That to facilitate the accounting
work OF making up psyrolla. the
amount OF each base salary should BE
divisibie by -.
THAT, until the salaries proposed
shall become effective. a suitable
bonus to provide for the Increased and
Increasing cost OF living. be provided
Tnat, the provisions for Saturday
half-holiday the year around. for
thirty tSo) days annual leave, and for
thirty tso1 days sick leave, should be
made explicit in the law and uniform
for all departments. Special precau-
tons should be taken to safeguard
sick leave against ABUSE; the cumuIa-
tive annual leave and sick leave
should be available only when net
detrimental to the interests OF the
Government
RetireDest LeEisIsttss.
That a survey be made TO ascer-
tain to what extent, IL at all, en-
ployes are required 10 work in poor
light. or under unsafe, insanitayy
or other unfavorable conditions
THAT to carry new legislation into
effect to insure equity and to promote
the interests of the civil service a
wage board (or some agency, other
wise designatedD with appropriate
powers and functions be created.
That all that your commission and
the Congress are seeking TO accom-
plish in this matter would be facili,
tated in q large way by the immedi-
ate enactment OF a comprehensive re-
tirement law"
The report was signed by o. J. Ran-
dAlL spokesman: u. J. Biller, Willis
B. Magruder, L. +. Allen, Perry Eli
oft, Burton @. Cowles, Homer Smith.
Van w. Roberds, II. A Works. Jere-
miah Connolly. Thomas X. Manning.
Charles j. Gates. Louis Brehm, War
rem X Choate, w. ID. Hobbs. w. y
Schutrumpf and c. L. Bracey