Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-03
WORK OR QUITr
MAY Be ED|CT FOR
EMPLOYEES Of i. S.
Reconsideration Commission
Will Seek to Eliminate
Lazy or inefficient.
Work or quit"

This successor to Provost Marshal
General Crowder's famous work or
neht order may confront government
employees in the National Capital soon,
as the result of the work of the Joint
congressional commission on reclassi-
hcatlon of salaries in the District.
Wh1le there is no disposition on the
part OF the reclassifica ton commission
10 believe that the lazy or inefficient
constitute any material portion of the
10000 federal employees here, it be-
came known today that the commission
PROBABLY will take a strong stand
against any employees who are in the
class mentioned.
There is no place in the government
service for the inefficient and for the
lazy, declared a member of the re-
classlhcation commission today. I'VE
90 not want the government service to
become place for slackers."
Check on Government Workers,
close check on the work and general
attitude of the federal workers will be
Kept, If the plans proposed to the re-
cIasslncatlon commission for a system
!; OF merit promotions, is finally adopted
BY the reclassificationists and O.K.'d by
Congress- ~
Under these plans, all chances for
1avor1tlsm, that great specter of many
/ government workers, would be done
away with as far as humanity possible
VIII honestly work for the good of the
service This constitutes the avowed
ann or the Redistribution workers and
also OF the federal employees who are
cooperating with them to make the
aeclasslncatlon OF employees a big sue
cess IN every sense of the word
Members of the Reconstruction con-
mission. it may be stated. are not dis
, posed to believe that administrative
oinclais IN the government service are
are pand OF cutthroats,' as a member
Oh tne commission phrased it today. :, :,
Check ON Promotions.
rms member of the commission had
been told that some of the govern
ment employees felt that even under
! a a no real benefit will
! come to many workers unless some
absolute check is placed upon ad-
min1strative officials in the matter
of promotions.
we have found the administrative
ofhcials clean, decent set of men,"
declared the reclassification official
referred to. land are not supposed to
act upon the theory that they cannot
be trusted.
"a certain amount of leeway must
always be given an administrator"
! the speaker continued. He indicated
that In any system of merit promo
tions. which may be set UP in the
government service here. as the re-
suit of Redistribution, administrative
: officials will be given their fair share
; in the determination of those employees
who deserve promotion.
Under a new system it is likely that
| those who are in line for promotion
will be given opportunity to take ex-
aminations and that the bureau heads
will have their say in certifying the
employees for these examinations.
These examinations will be given I'M
der auspices of the Civil Service Com
mission, in all probability.
May State Grievances,
Employees will be given, under plans
recommended to the commission, a
chance to state any grievance before
a special board, which may or may
not be a part of the Civil Service
Commission.
Every human way of doing away
with favoritism, it is understood, will
! be put into effect, but after this is
, done each employe in the government
service here must stand on his own
feet. and the lazy employee and the
inefficient one alike will meet with
one Patchwork or quit
The public informatian and depart
mental publications services probably
will be heard before the commission
Monday morning. The rural indus
tries service will be heard Saturday
morning at $3.50 o'clock.