Evening star., 1920-03-13

= haven't mad time TO 1Flualft my
| self wrth he prov isiouS %! th' report.
| said chef ,'lerk rlstt of the Treasury
! Depart rt.nent. Il We been in this de
oarttH"nt only t.r'e weeks. ana an
| now getting acquainted with depart
! mental routine. tnt if there is TO b"
! an increaS- it vii! h" welcomed by
every employ affected"
John g. Herndou, chief clerk in the
office Of controller of IA" currency.
aid he ',o.td the employees in his
| h"u:h II" has not had tim" to COM
pare the present salary sch. drl. with
thc r"co,nrne AIa:ions of the rccla
iiration COMMISSION
War Risk bureau Hr:sy.
Guy Emerson. assistant director of
The war risk bureau. said he could
not give an opinion. Tho only in
d;viduat IN the bureau who could give
! an accurate comparison Of TIE present
| salaries with the proposed increases
| would be col. Nainer The chief clerk,
| he said Col. W&iner is in waiter
| i.o-u Huspi.a recovering from an
operation for appendicitis. tth"r war
| i5k OH, iais refused to comment on
| the Redistribution report.
| Il nave not had time to read even
| The newspaper account OF the report
! cons ecGuently cannot comment upon
! 1t at this time" said ii. L. HudIleson
chief of the division OF public moneys
/ Il have been swtmped with work
| for some time. and naturally | could
:ot set down to study OF the r'ciaSsi-
! !icat.on report said u. G. Vaughan,
CHIEF clerJ, or the bureau of internal
revenue.
; Hureau Employees to benefit.
Adam =. Ruth chief clerk of the
bureau of engraving and printing
| while he has not been able to study
Il, . ,.-nV.i,nS n tho said ne
| believes the employees OF that bureau
! viii benefit ii Congress adopts the
| COMMISSIONS reco'nnr ndations.
"Iou may be sure the employees of
the Treasury Department will gener-
ally welcome any increase in asary.
said James +. Harper, head OF the ap-
pointment division. Il cannot comment
aron the report at this time. because
| ! have not read it
/ The employees of the savings divi-
| sion. tina, branch of the Treasury De-
! partmHnt which handles the sale of
war savings and thrift stamps will
! not generally be affected by the pro-
posed reclassitcation. according to
| William l.. Clay, chief clerk of the
! division. The staff of the division is
! a small one. he said. and the only
(, change win be made in the salaries
! Of a few stenographers and typists
| who may receive 500 or $3.50 in
| crease.
War Finance Employees Unaffected.
| Empioyes of the War Finance Cor
roration viii not be affected by the
report. it was said. AS the organiza-
tinn is "A temporary one, none of the
employees are classified under civil
service.
Ms J. Z. Rishel assistant chief
clerk of the Department OF Justice,
said some executives in that depart-
! ment may be increased. as well as
some of the stenoeraphic and typist
force. Just what this increase would
amount to, she said. cannot be de-
ternlned. as she has not received a
copy of the report
Chief Clerks Retlcent.
Chief clerks of the various govern
Inent departments were reticent to-
day concerning the attitude of their
departments toward the report Of the
Ireclassifcation commission
Chief Clerk f. J. Ayers of the In
terror Department said the provisions
| for Increased pay for highly trained
technical experts within the depart
ment have been needed for long
i time and that they Will be useful in
Keeping the present technical force cS
| the department intact. Mr. Ayers sa 4
| there had been turnoucr averaging
80 per cent in the technical service
| OF the Interior Department in the past
\ two years, hundreds of highly train
l
; more lucrative positions in private
employ. He said the retirement meas
ure is an essential one and felt sure
it would meet with universal appro-
| bation.
! The section of the report dealing
! with the general clerical service can
; not be interpreted by me at this time"
[: Mr.. ayers said The purcha sing
! power Of the dollar must be consid-
cred in all questions Of compensation,
| and our clerks realize that the pur-
| chasing power of the dollar of today
| is much less than that of three wears
! ago. AS to hiring of unskillad la
| bor ! think any scale laid down by
! statute will hardly be followed. be-
| cause the laborer gets what he can
| command"
Thinks Salaries Should He Raised.
| f. F. Libbey, chief clerk of the De-
partment of Commerce. said he had
. not Yet received a full copy Of the re-
| port and that it would not be appro-
pirate for him to comment on the re-
port pending action by Congress. In
| general, however, he said he felt as
if Increased salaries should Ge
granted
NJ. Brice Clagett. assistant to the
director general Of railroads, who
compiled statistics considered by the
commission on classification of en-
pioyes of the Railroad Administra-
| ton. said he had not yet seen the full
| report, but that it would not affect
the Railroad Admi nistration, as such,
| to any great extent. as the admins
| tration will be virtually non-existent
within few months, or by the time
Congress is finished with the report.
George t. McGnty, secretary of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. had
not seen the report and would not
comment w. M Lockwood. chief
clerk of the commi ssion. said the need
for highly trained railroad men, es-
pccially in the accounting service,
makes for higher salaries in the In
! terstate Commerce Commi Ss;lon. he
also had not seen the full report but
admitted it would probably have a
saiutary effect on a large number or
| employees of the commission.
Salaries Disappointing to Teachers.
Samuel J. Gompers chief clerk of
the Department of Labor, had not
seen the report and would not COM
ment on what he had read in the
newspapers. Charles f. Baldwin.
chief clerk of the bureau of labor
statistics. would not comment on the
report.
Miss Maude Alton. director of the
schools and president Of the Grade
Teachers Union, said the salaries REQ
commended were disappointing to the
members of the organization for which
she spoke.
They are distinct disappoint-
ment to US, with one exception, she
declared "A minimum of $1,000 for
grade teachers was requested by us.
$500 more than the minimum recon-
mended in the report. The nine year
ly Increases of 500 each which was
recommended, is, however, very
good"