Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-04
PAY Of 900 MAY
De HELD BACK
Political Row Between Execu-
tive and Legislative Branch
es Affects 500 Workers.

80 ~
TRENTON, June Alive hundred
employees of New Jersey upon whose
assistance depends the operation of
five important state institutions, today
stand a good chance of not being paid
their June salaries because of the DO
litical row between the executive and
legislative branches of the state gov
eminent.
There is an emergency fund of
100000 available. provided by the
present legislature, to meet the salary
needs of these institutional employees,
but Governor Edwards refuses to APP
. prove the emergency applications filed
with the state house commission ask
Ing for the funds until the legislature
adjourns sine die and the legislature
refuses to 10 so, fearing the executive
will put something over" on Il In the
way of Democratic appointments, the
majority of the lawmakers being Re-
publicans.
In the meantime the heads of the
state institutions affected by payroll
shortages for the last month of the
states fiscal year. June. find themselves
confronted with the problem OF try
ing to hold their staffs of assistants,
who are being tempted constantly by
the higher wages offered in other lines.
1t is this latter situation that has caus-
ed the salary shortage. During the
past yea 1t was necessary to give en-
ployes in the institutions increases in
pay in order to hold them. These In
creases have eaten up all he funds
which were originally scheduled to
take care of the salaries until July the
first, the start of the new fiscal yea
The institutions and approximate
lumber of employees for whom no
June pay is in sight are:
State prison, 165; Jamesburg boys
home, 1907: state home for girls, Tren-
ton, seventy; Vineland feeble minded
home, eighty and Kearny soldiers
home, 100. In the latter instance.
there is money enough to pay the help
for the first half of the present month.
At Jamesburg five of the old employees
there did not receive pay for the last
half of May. owing to the shortage.
Out of public spiritedness they con-
scented to let others be paid, trusting to
receive their compensation later on.
the amounts needed from the emer-
gency fund to tide these salary obliga-
tions over until the new fiscal year
opens July 1 follow:
State prison. s13,434; J~amesburg,
$500; girls home, $4,000; Vineland
feeble minded home, $500; Kearny
soldiers home. $1,000. >
Governor Edwards takes the posi-
ton that there can be no financial
emergency while the legislature con-
tinues to meet to handle such prob
lens and, therefore. has refused to
Join with State Comptroller Bugbee
and State Treasurer Read to sign
emergency request for money.
The executive attitude is regarded
by political observers as an atteiup t
by him to force the Republican iegls-
lature to adjourn sine die. The SEN
ate majority on Wednesday here at
tempted to alleviate the financial sit
uation by passing bills to provide the
funds and reduce from one hundred
Thousand to twenty-five thouand the
emergency fund In The hands of the
state house commission. But the
House Republicans did not have votes
to follow the senate plan and the
bills died
There are other emergency requests
pending before the state house COM
mission also for the institutions for