Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-14
CHART|NG PRINTING
BUREAU IS PUZZLE
RecIassifying Problems SO
Great Conference to Solve
Them Is Called.

| Charting the bureau of engraving
and printing is now before the joint
congressional commission on reclassi-
fication of salaries in the District of
Columbia, and is proving such a big
! problem that a conference was held
today to straighten out the matter.
twenty-five different trades and oc-
equations in the big shop present
real problem in the charting work.
which is being done in all the govern
ment departments and bureaus as
step in the final Reconsideration of
| tional Capital.
| Reclassif1cationists working now in
the bureau of engraving and print
| ing met in conference with heads OF
! the comm ission today to go over the
problems met in charting the big bu-
| reau that prints all the money and
stamps for the government. Adequate
charts of the government departments
and bureaus are something that have
| never been attempted here before on
d large scale. 1t is true that several
| of the departments have made charts
of the various positions, beginning
with the secretary and working down
J the salary scale. but scarcely any de-
partment has made an absolutely ac-
curate and full chart
Encounter Jealousy, It Is Said.
! Some little jealousy is being en-
| countered, it is understood, in the
/ work of charting the bureau of en-
| craving and printing. This is felt
| by the workers who have been select
ed from the bureau to become part of
| the joint commission investigation
staff The various trades and occu-
: pations insist that each shall be put on
| the chart in adequate fashion. Of
course, this is just exactly what the
! Investigators are trying to do, but it
! is not always the easiest thing in the
world to convince people that what
one is doing is the thing that they
! want done.
The problems presented, however,
| are being surmounted. and the COM
plete chart of the bureau of engrav-
| ing and printing and of the thirty
| four other departments, bureaus and
! Independent establishments of the
| government here will be completed
within several weeks. These charts
| will show the exact 'make-up' of the
! departments as they stand today and
| Will furnish a sort of basis for the
members of the reclassification COM
! mission to build on.
| The charts will present to the COM
! missioners d series of pictures of the
! various departments and bureaus
| which will be invaluable to them in
| working out the various recommen-
| dations which they will finally make
| to Congress.
The report will be presented next
| January. The charts will enable the
members of the commission to grasp,
! almost at glance, the Situa tons now
! existent in the various departments.
| The charts will show the various po-
sitions, in orderly fashion, something
like a family tree" and perhaps will
show also the duties now attached
to the various positions.
! Charts to Be Huge Affairs.
Some of the charts. especially of
the larger departments and big bu-
reaus, such as the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing. are expected to be
huge affairs. physically. Not only
will they be used by the mem
bers of the commission to work from
but they will be largely used by the
commission staff in work also in
volving the use Of the missionaries
recently filled out by the 10000 fed
eral employees here.
Members of the commission antici-
| pate no handicap to their work
| through the Presidents veto of the
| sundry civil bill, which contains an
| appropriation of $4,000 for the joint
commission on Redistribution. 1t is
! pointed out that the veto was not
| directed against the commission. and