Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-31
SURVEY OUTLINED
FOR NEXT DISTRICT
SALARY ESTIMATES
Department Heads Adopt
Plan of Executive Commit
tee and subcommittee.

Plans for the handling of an in
vestigation to determine the extent
to which salaries of municipal gov
eminent employees on the statutory
rolls should be included in the esti-
mates for the fiscal year of 1922 were
decided upon at a meeting of the de-
partment heads of the District gov
eminent in the boardroom of the DIS
trict building yesterday afternoon
The department heads approved
recommendations of a committee on
organization which called for the
appointment of an executive commit
tee and eleven subcommittee to look
into the phases of salary increases
The committee on organization was
appointed by the general committee
of heads of departments of the DIS
trict government at a meeting in the
hca rdroom last Tuesday to seek
manner in which attention might De
given to the cases of all classes OF
employees
Acts rs Clearing House.
The committee arrangement Will be
for the executive committee to act
as clearing house for reports OF
the eleven subcommittee. The eNecu-
tive committee also Will have power
10 appoint additional subcommittee
and TO coordinate the reports of the
various subcommittee before making
a
according to the recommendations.
The members of the executive COM
mittee are: Daniel f. Garages. Secre-
tary of the board of Commissioners
Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor;
Melvin c HaZen. District surveyor:
William p Richards. assessor of
taxes; Morris Macker, supervisor of
city refuse.
The subcommittee are as follows:
Salaries for heads of departments
\ l.1,Z n
thereof: Francis NJ. Stephens. chair
man; John Z. Nealy and c. NJ. Towers.
Salaries for civil assistant engineers,
craftsmen. Jewelers.. transitmen, rod
men. chairmen and engineering COM
puters: c B. Hunt, chairman; W. b.
Hadley and Snowden Ashford
Salaries for inspectors, overseers,
foremen and subforemen: T. L. Cos
tigan. chairman; Clifford Lanham and
David E McComb.
Salaries for operating mechanical
engineers and engineering operating
forces. including steam engineers,
firemen. coal passers. oilers and SINH
lar positions: j. 5. Garland. a. Z.
Phillips, chairman. and H. ID. Yates
Salaries for accounting clerks, ac-
counting computers, assistant asses
SorS, cashiers, bookkeeperS, diSburS-
ing clerks. auditing clerks: James r.
Lusby. chairman; Simon McKimmie
and C. c. Wright.
Salaries of clerks and typists-M. C.
Hargrove. chairman; r. G. Klotz and
X. NJ. Brennan.
Salaries of private secretaries,
stenographers and typewriters-Ed-
win Il. Hesse, chairman: George S.
Watson and George NJ. Roberts.
Salaries of professional and tech
nical employees, such as attorneys,
tary and food inspectors-Dr. William
c. Fowler. chairman; p. H. Marshall
and c. b. Robinson.
Salaries of employees of hospitals,
correctional and charitable institu-
lions. special Investigators of the
board of charities and the board of
children's guardians, except clerks
stenographers and typewriters-
George Wilson, chairman; Charles C.
Foster and Mrs. Eta H. West.
Salaries for janitors, charwomen,
elevator operators. telephone opera
tors, messengers and statutory la
borers-E. p. Brooke. chairman; F.
E. Ellington and A r. McGonegal-
Salaries for employees of the play
grounds and bathing beach-Mrs.
George NJ. Roberts.
The Recommendations.
The recommendations declare, in
part:
The members of the various sub
committees shall consider the va
rious positions coming within the
scope of their committees. 1t should
be noted that their reports should
be based on the position and not the
incumbent of the position In other
words. length of service, ability and
knowledge of the employee is not an
element of consideration, but the
value of the position itself is to be
considered as compared with other
positions in the office.
In order to uniformity IN
the reports of the various subcom-
mittees. this committee has prepared
a form of report, a copy Of which
fee. The head of each office will sub
nit to the executive committee on
this form a complete statement COW
ering the personnel of his office, and
separate statements for each sub
committee covering only those en-
ployes of his office coming within the
Jurisdiction of that subcommittee. All
such reports. however, will be handed
10 the chairman of the executive
committee for distribution to the va
rious subcommittee
These statements shall be submit
ted to the chairman of the executive
committee on or before August I. The
statements prepared for the subcom-
mittees then VIII be handed to the
chairman of each subcommittee and
all subcommittee shall make their
reports to the executive committee
through it's chairman on or before
August 16. 1920.