Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-22
PAYNEEDS| IN WORK
FOR CHILDREN HERE
STATEDAT HEARING
Highest Type of Employees
Required, Board Tells
RecIaSSifiers.

Needs of the board OF children's
guardians of the District were out
lined by officials of the board. who
appeared at a special hearing today
before the joint congressional com
mission on Redistribution of salaries
in the District
Mrs. r. Thomas West, agent OF the
board; Mrs. Thomas Carter. Mrs. Wal
ter S. Ufford. members of the board.
and former Judge Latimer of the Ju-
venile Court told the commission that
the board especially needs increased
salaries of its workers in order TO
secure the highest type.
Twice as many field workers are
needed as the board has at present.
the Reconsideration commission was
| told. The board has eleven field
workers engaged in handling cases
turned over to the board of children's
guardians by the Juvenile Court. 1t
has total list of twenty employees.
The labor turnover" of the board
has been large, Mrs. West told the
| work on which the board is engaged
| demands the highest type of workers.
The special hearings granted the
board of childrens guardians today
was the first hearing granted by the
| Redistribution commission since il
closed its general hearings last month
Work on salary Schedules.
Salary schedules for government
\ employees in the National Capital are
| under consideration by the commits
| sion. More than one-third of the
total number of salary schedules for
| the 100 classes % which the
| 100000 employees are divided have
! been completed by the research staff
of the commission, headed by DR.. w.
z. Mosher, and the entire number of
salary determinations will be com
| pleted shortly.
These salary schedules, It was
pointed out today, are only advisory
! to the Redistribution commissioners.
who will make final decision upon
the schedules as presented to them
| by DR.. Mosher.
It is generally believed, however.
that these pay schedules drawn up
| by the research council will be the
most likely candidates for the hon
ors of final determinations as to sal
| aries of 1.-The 100000"
Similar Work Outside Service.
Comparative wage data. secured as
| to salaries paid workers throughout
the eastern United States for work
similar to that done by federal en-
ployes here. plays a large part In
the determination of the salary sched-
ules set forth by DR.. Mosher.
AS drawn up, each group of federal
employees takes tabulation. Salaries
of the workers for 1914 and 1919 are
placed side by side. Then the pay of
outside workers is tabulated similarly.
! Then the salary asked by the gov
eminent employee himself is set down.
The hearings held before the reclassi-
fication commission showed that the
great mass of federal employees in the
District asked scale of salaries rang
ing from $500 to $500.
The employees own wishes. as ex-
pressed at the hearings. probably will
have considerable weight in the final
selection of pay schedules. 1T is gen.
orally felt, especially so far as these
requests will influence the great gen.
eral determinat atoms for the big divis-
ions, the Services" into which the 107,
900 employees have been divided.
Equity Between Groups.
The expert in any line of federal
employment, in all probability, will
receive substantially a similar wage
to another expert in another line. The
commission will endeavor. as far as
humanity possible, to work for equity
as between the various groups
| Determination of various employ
ment policies of the government
which shall be recommended to Con-
gress was made at the meeting of
the commission yesterday, and draft
of these recommendations is being
drawn up today for final revision by
tho Redistribution commissioners.
Consideration was given to the ques-
ton of the legal right to thirty days
annual leave for all government en-
ployes here, the question of train
ing school under the Civil Service
Commission and other matters
Final draft of the bill which Will
be presented to Congress as part OF
the report is being drawn up The
bill will incorporate the substance OF
the report and provide measures for
carrying Redistribution into effect.