The Washington times., 1920-12-19
HOUSE REFERS
LEHLBACHB|LL
New Salary Schedule for Fed
eral Employees Goes to Civil
, Service Committee.

Congressman Lehlbach late yester-
day afternoon introduced the new
reclassification bill in the House. II
was referred to the House Commit
tee on Reform in the civil service, OIL
which Lehlbach is the chairman, and
il was announced hearings would
begin Immediately.
SOME POINTS UNSETTLED.
Although the new bill is a decided
Improvement over the Jones BILL
offered in the Senate last spring by
the Congressional joint commission
on reclass ification, nevertheless it is
expected considerable time will be
consumed before the measure is re
ported out. There will remain a num-
Der of points in dispute to be ironed
out.
The Lehlbach bill provides a new
salary schedule for the Government
service, with. a minimum entrance
rate OF Sl,OS0 year and promotion
system leading to a rate of 5000 a
year for the senior grade of the
clerical professional, and other spe-
cialized groups. Executive heads are
rated from 400 up, according to
their responsibilities.
FIXES NOLAN MINIMUM.
Few changes are made in the
salary schedules over those originally
included in the Jones bill. The most
prominent is the establishment of the
Nolan minimum wage of S1,OS0 a year.
While the Redistribution Commission
did not recognize this minimum,
nevertheless less than 1920 persons
failed to come within its range.
The Lehlbach salary rates are in
tended to adjust the salary scale &C
cording to the skill and training re-
quired for the job, with q minimum
rate which shall be living wage for
the many thousands of Government
workers throughout the country who
are receiving wages or $3.50 a day
down to 81 day; 10 provide oppor
tunity for promotion to the better
paid positions on the basis of quail
fication only; to equalize opportuni-
lies for advancement and rates of pay
irrespective of sex, and to strengthen
The hands of the United States Civil
Service Commission in the enforce
ment of such a merit system.
The bill provides as a rule three
salary rates for each grade. In the
clerical service, however. the rates
are as follows: Junior clerk. $l,OsO,
$l,14O, $1,260; assistant clerk, S1,260,
Sl,320. $3.50, S1,44O, $1,000, 81 $50;
clerk. S1,62O. s1,6SO. S1,74O, $1,SOO,
1850 81 800; senior clerk, $1,9SO,
$500, 81 22O. S2,340. $2,1G0. For
Stenographers, the range is from
$500 to S1,92O; for typists, from
$3.50 to s1.S60; private secretary
group, $3.50 to S4,O2O: receiving and
disbursing clerk: 81 $50 to $4,000;
chief clerks, $2,520 to $1,000; head
clerical administrator. $500 and up.
CLASSIFIC ATOMS.
The professional services are
as follows Lawyers, librarians, pat
ent examiners. pharmacologists,
physical scientists. accountants, ag-
ricultural scientists, architects, bio
logists, business examiners, econo-
mists, political scientists. engineers,
foresters, personnel officers. public in
formation agents. social economists
statisticians. veterinarians, and 9TH
ers, salary range from 81 500 to 5000.
Several other miscellaneous groups,
among them translatOrS, nurses and
others, with different salary ranges,
are included in the professional Serv-
ices.
In the subprofessional group sala-
ries range from 81 i4O at entrance to
$1,000 for seniors, this group includ-
l1S CIVIL service examining ASSISTANTS,
law assistants. marketing aides. re-
lief map modelers. and translator as
Sstants. For craftsmen and engineer
ing aides, forest aides, library as
SistantS, museum assistants, and sci
cntific aides in the subprofessional
group, the salaries range from 81 $50
to 1,SO0.
In the inspectional service the
rates vary with the kind Of inspec-
tional work, but range from S1,320 to
5000 in the most responsible posi-
lions.
CUSTODIAN RATES VARY.
For the custodian service the rates
vary considerably because in this
service are many employees who re-
ceive maintenance in addition to their
salaries. The rates for building
guards and watchmen are S1,140 to
Sl92O; for cleaners, $1,0S0 to 81 .62O:
for culinary workers, $3.50 to 1920
with maintenance: storekeepers, $3.50
to 5000; laundry workers. $3.50 to
S1,26O with maintenance; superin-
tendent, $1,000 to 5000. Custodians
of important buildings range from
S27OO to $4,000; assistant janitors,
from S1,140 to $1,000.
In the labor service the farm la
borers' rates are from $500 to $1,440
with maintenance; other laborers, 40
cents to As cents an hour.
For the skilled trades, the prevail
ing rate in private employment will
apply. In view of the large number
of skilled craftsmen employed by the
Government az less than prevailing
rates, this will mean n substantial in
crease to many groups.
The salary schedules of the bill,
as introduced, apply only to the Gov
eminent employees in the District of
Columbia. but the bill contains pro-
vision whereby the Secretary of the
Treasury is required to apply these
rates, so far as they are suitable, to
the field service, and to establish any
new rates and Classifcations that may
be called for in the field service.