Evening star., 1920-02-05
j. S. WORKERS WILL
NOT Be CLASSIFIED.
UNTIL REPORT IS IN
ALLEGATION of 100000 En-
pIoyes Will Be Left to Fu-
ture RecIasSifierS.

ALLEGATION OF the 10000 government
employees Of the National Capital into
the LOO classes. called for under re-
classification. will not be made until aft
er Congress gets the report of the joint
congressional commission on reclassifi-
cation of salaries in the District.
This big work of allocating the ques-
tionnaire cards turned I'm by the en-
ployes, and which will decide the plac-
ing of all federal employees under re-
classification. will not be handled by the
present reclassification commission. but
will be left to the body which will handle
reclaSsifica ton in the future. This body.
it has been announced, is to be the Civil
Service Commission.
Thus no federal employe need worry
waking UP some bright morning to find
himself classed as some other sort of
worker than he really is, and perhaps
drawing some other sort of salary al
together.
Job Would Take Too Long.
The placing of the employees into
the LOO classes constitutes a job
which the reclassification commission
feels that it has not the time to com
piete by the time its report is due in
Congress March IL.
The law authorizing the commits
sion, IT also is pointed out. does not
provide for such ALLEGATION of the en-
ployes. This is regarded as a major
point, and of course the chief reason
why the commission does not definite
ly place the employees in the classes
set up at once. The commission has
made. for its own use. tentative al
location Of the Questionnaire cards.
but this is largely for experimental
purposes. and will not be presented to
Congress
So difficult is the ALLEGATION process
regarded that il is definitely expected
that there will be a number of errors
made by those who will do this work.
presumably the Civil Service Commits
sion.
If only / per cent Of errors is made
in the ALLEGATION Of the employees to
the classes, it is pointed out, that
would mean that more than 1 900 en-
pioyes of Uncle Sam here would have
per cent perfect is a>pretty good one.
generally speaking. and probably
more than l per cent Of the employees
would be misplaced.
Protests Will Be Heard.
A combined roar from only 1000
employees over their placing in classes
would make pretty good sort of stir.
it is pointed out, and proper author
ity will be given the continuing body.
the Civil Service Commission. to hear
protests and in other ways straighten
out any faults in ALLEGATION that may
arise.
Whatever misplacings may result.
it is said. will be more mechanical
than anything else, and should be
Strengthened out through ready ap-
prehension of the error made in the
particular ALLEGATION at issue The
formation of the 100 classes of en-
ployes has been definite and scientific,
made largely on the duties which the
employees themselves said they per
formed. and these statements were
passed upon by supervisory officials.
Thus It is believed that the errors
which may be made in the final alloca-
tion after the report of the reclassifi-
cation commission has gone to Con-
gress will not be malicious. in any
sense. and will be only such misplac-
ings of employees as may be readjust-
ed without much ado.