Evening star., 1920-06-24
PAYNE TO GET PLAN
FORRECLASS|F Y|NG
OF RECLAMATION
Legal Department Undertak.
ing Task for Beneficial
Salary Increases.

location OF employees, Is contemplate
by the reclamation service here In
plans which will shortly be submitted
to Secretary Payne of the Interior
Department for approval.
One hundred members of the local
headquarters staff of the reclamation
service would be benefited In salary.
according to the plans that are now
in the hands of the legal department
of the Interior Department.
This reclassifcation contemplates in
oreases in salary for the local en-
ployes Of the reclamation service to
meet the increases already given the
workers in the field, 1t is declared
because the service is run on a lump
sum basis, 1t is believed that it will
be entirely feasible to grant the in
| creased salaries at this time.
Plans Of the reclassification commits
! sion are being considered in the
scheme for the reclassification of the
reclamation service, but the schedule
of salaries drawn up by the reclassi-
flcation body is not being adhered to-
1t In understood.
Report Grants Increase.
Reclamation service workers were
granted about 35 per cent increase in
salary. according to the report of the
commission. These increases were
considered by those drawing up the
plans for the change IN the reclama-
tion service schedules, but it is be-
lieved that they will be found too
high.
1t is anticipated, therefore, that
salary increases varying from 10 to
Id per cent over present salaries will
be recommended to Secretary Payne.
II this report meets favorable con-
sideratfon and is put into effect, 1t
Will be the first case of actual re-
classification in the District other
than the reclassification made by Con-
gress in the case of District firemen
and policemen.
Would "Get Jump" ON Report.
This new reclassifcation would not
merely be one of alloca ton of en-
ployes to positions, according to the
scheme of the reclassification com
mission, in order to see how the thing
might work out, with view to max
ing report to Congress next fall
If called upon to do SO. but would in
a measure get the jump" on the re-
port of the reclassification commits
sion. and put into effect among 100
employees of the government here
what more than 10000 federal work
ers hops to get as the result of
congressional action on the report
and bill of the reclassification com
mission.
"key Persons" Appointed.
At meeting of the joint confer
ence on reclassification last night
key persons" who will represent the
conference in their respective depart
mentS, were selected as follows:
Treasury Departmental. c. Waters.
J. r. Hutchison, internal revenue; C.
Terry du REQ, income tax unit, in
ternal revenue; B. W. Payne, auditor
Post Office: j. w. Scott. war risk;
p. l. Hutchison. coast guard; J. H.
solt. auditor Post Office; Q. B. Bow
England, auditor for War; H. o.
HoagIand. auditor for Navy Depart
ment; Miss Clare Greacen, control
ler Treasury; Mrs Lilah B. Terhune,
commissioner of the public debt;
Mrs. Luella G. Poindexter, Henry G.
risk; Roscoe Wines, internal revenue;
Edward l.. Scheuf1er, T. A. Wilkinson,
auditor for War; DR.. Tillie ]. Gal
lagher, auditor for Navy; Stella M.
Catron, internal revenue; Caledonia
Mccall, Owen P. Kellar, auditor for
Treasury; Lucie Bernhard, division of
customs: Anna G. Carr. internal reve-
nue.; Mrs. Mary E. o. Green. loans and
currency; Frank M. Barnes, treas
urer's office; John w. Grinder, office
supervising architect; F. A. Living
stone, treasurer's office: Thomas
Browne, chief clerks office; Miss Lisle
Thomas, Miss Elizabeth Raymond
internal revenue; Mrs. Elizabeth B
Arthur, P. A. Strachan, war risk.
Interior Department - John B.
O'Neill, Indian office; Ulrey j. Biller,
pension bureau; Miss Frances N. Os-
born, general land office; M. A. Ratti-
gan, Daniel N. Greene. w. T. Paine,
William A. McShea, general land Of
fee; William F. Holmes, ST. Eliza
beth's Hospital; F. L. l.. Hitler. gen.
eral land office; s. L. Hoover, pension
bureau; M NJ Lucas, st. Elizabeth's
Hospital; H l. Bracket. office of the
solicitor; T. r. Costello. st. Elizabeth's s
Hospital; George Warren. solicitors S
office; A. F. Huntington. general land
office; DR.. w. w. Foster. pension bu-
reau; Louis W. Worrell. Sidney F.
Smith, patent office: Kennel \. Shaw,
Bret Harris, general land Office.