Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-05
CIVIL SERVICE ASKS
$4,000 OF COUNCIL
Needs Of Commission Will Be
Outlined Before City
Officials Today -
AIM TO STANDARDIzE PAY

Appropriations totaling So 900 will
be urged before the Councils finance
committee this afternoon by the Civil
Service Commission. which will outline
the needs Of three proposed divisions of
the commission.
Classification and Standardization of
municipal salaries is to bc made n per-
maneDt activity Of the civil service body.
operating through n proposed classif
cation division, while an examining di-
vision and division of hearings also
are TO be provided for.
The work of standardizing salaries. n
project long urged by civic associations.
will cost $50 900. OF that sum So. 900
is to be applied to an immediate sur
vcy made by outside experts. while
SI233.33 is asked for the classification
division. operating from June 1 of this
year.
S26, 200 for Examining
For the commissions examining di-
vision $4,000 is requested. This di-
Visions personnel is to consist of chief
examiner at $4,000; an assistant chief
examiner, $4,000; one senior assistant
examiner. $4,000 two assistant exam
iners. $1,000: two stenographcrs or
clerks. S140O each two stenographers
and clerks, $1,000 each. and an unmen
toned number of special examiners and
monitors at $4,000 each.
Six thousand dollars is requested for
the division OF hearings. Under the new
charter the commission is designated to
conduct hearings formerly within the
scope of the police and fire trial boards.
4 yearly salary of $1,000 is desired for
q stenographer in that division, with a
$1,000 appropriation for trial expenses.
Clinton Rogers Woodruff this after
noon explained that the charter au-
thorizes the appointment of an attorney
to sit at police and fire hearings when
the inquiries are likely to be so pro
tracted as to interfere with the other
duties of the commissioners.
Chief to Get $4,000 Pay
Mr.. Woodruff said that the work Of
classifying positions and standardizing
salaries will require S12,4O0 year
after this year. The classification
division is to have chief at $4,000 Il
ypar. a senior ClaSSificr at $4,000. an
assistant classifcr Mt $1,000. a stenog-
raphpr ut $1320 and a file clerk at
$lOSU.
1T iS essential to establish for each
standard position a range Of compensa =
tion rather than fiat rate of pay,
Mr.. Woodruff declared, $50 that the ef-
ficicncy and the length of service of in
dividual employees may be taken into
account as we'll aS the character of their
duties.
The principle must be observed that
the salary scale should rest on the pre-
vailing cost of living conditions in Phil
adelpha as modified by prevailing rates
of pay for equivalent services in pri
vate employment and. further. as mod
flied by the difficulty or ease with which
the commission Is able to obtain salts e
factory eligibles at current rates of
! pay.
Need OF Physical Tests
Mr.. Woodruff emphasized the ueed
| for adequate physical examination. lie
/ instanced examinations for police lieu
! tenant and sergeant.
a promotion examination for police
sergeant or lieutenant. he said.
/ should give real weight to physical
! condition. not only because police
! lieutenant who j. alert on his feet and
! has kept himself in good condition is a
| better police lieutenant but because
! the tendency TO Stagnate rs house ser
graut will be overcome if all house
Sergeants know they will be rated on
/ their physical condition when they try
to enter an examination for, lieutcn
ant