Evening star., 1920-03-04
BONUS IS STRICKEN
' FROM CIVILIAN PAY
MEASURE IN HOUSE
Point of Order Is Effective
Against $24O Payment.
Senate May Restore.

Senate May Rest0r.4.-
The s24o bonus for civilian employees
Of the government was stri .cken from
the legislative appropriate. on bill late
yesterday on point OF order by
Representative Thomas l.. Blanton of
Texas, democrat.
Officers of the Natl bnal Federation
of Federal Employees expressed the
belief last night tbAt under a special
rule this bonus brovision might be
restored to the 'Sill in the House to-
day. The legiJlation. however. has
reached the stage where 1t is impos-
sible to restor 4 this item in the House.
but the Senate may restore it and the
conferees approve It,
BLAIR 4. U. 8. Employees.
Il have no intention of asking for
= special rule and will make no ef-
fort to kstore the s24o bonus to the
1sgislatite bin." said Chairman
fectly .tontent to continue the $40
bonus, and the government employees
have MP one to blame but themselves.
have just told Luther c. Steward,
president Of the National Federation
OF Federal Employees. that l believe he
ha}, done a great injustice to the
thousands of government workers
whom he represents. and to the Con-
81 ess of the United States in having
We could have reached an agreement
with Representative John r. Nolan
sof California not to introduce an
t9amendhent to increase the bonus to
Js4so. as representative of the Ma
s1ional Federation Of Federal EN-
pioyes: We could have put through
the bill carrying the 3240 bonus with
out a point of order being raised
against it,"
Owing to the point of order raised
tAgainst the $240 bonus. the chairman
Sof the House District committee was
unable to make his intended fight
on the hoor to have the police and
nremen of the District included In
Mr. Maan's Prediction.
Representative James r. Mann, re-
publican, of Illinois interjected:
There 10 another body where they
are not quite so technical in the con-
struction Of the rules"
Representative Caldwell Of New York
and Nolan of California, Mr.. Mann
Il think we will have the repub-
iican. do !: in another body" mean
ing that way would be found in
the Senatesto restore the $240 bonus
for the 6scal year starting July 1.
The fact that. this section was
ssnojeet to point Of order was
H9A4e.. says a statement issued by
tks National Federation of Federal
Employes 1t was the subject Of
fw0 conversations between Chairman
WoodI and President Luther c. Stew
ard o. the federal employees and on
both occasions Mr.. Wood, il Ii stated.
agrce0 TO protect the section and
.ask for rule making It in order
MT. Wood stated according TO
thk nNn0nnc erva enf dn nv &ha
alton. that he would not take advan-
eage OF the technicality, but would
See that the House had a chance to
vote on the whole section on its
merits. even though he was opposed
to the increase to $3.50. which the feI
eral employees are asking"
Mr.. Blantsn Gives Reason.
During the debate on the floor
rseentative Blanton said thai ~.
point Of order was raised on acc nm. 10
the contest being made by th1 nf3c.U. Th. =.
she Sen,,a .,Ie
the day Chairman Wood naa sta.Ia ~,
that he believed the fr1sv "e Sa.s e1.eu
through their orsaniza n "a xould 9mp'osTs ..siI1
shev ettsnrt.d 70 nc golden egg il
"f How in%Sseo mueh Of 70 . 1919 s@s a $3.50 bonus
would make for the M ~ S-4o oohus
not estimated by y -" .ea. year was
S9mmistss: comm 1t but it vas 'ons CALCULATED bs
OsneI uStasoeIS tnaf II uoon. hat-..s
SSo'vSv.ovV 90 Nv v ahd s4y ooo. 900 a year based
fiscal year isso. y employees during the
.s 1t y eaiSnlaF ID that there will h.
somesnine s s nks 10000 civilian emnloves %
49, n. the government pay roll
trto er,.nt Il appropriation bill goes
IN tha hn, An example of this is seen
wb,ch e a1 W eau Of war risk insurance nee
i/ S 1ne time last year had * ooc
= ma1,ss The present bill provides for
.h.rE nnan Wood. who has been in
of the hearings and of thl
,nsA re in the House during the Ia &
esa .ays. points out there are now
~ % in the civilian clerical and Off
force in the War Department her.
q. Washington. while under the an.
Spsopriation for the year 1921 there
will not be in excess of $500 The
war risk bureau now has about I . O0f
and. this will be reduced to NOT more
ihan 1000 during the Year starting
July ! next
Eject Of Measure.
I'm all more than 10000 employees
IN the civil service Of the government
are dispensed with under this bill"
said Mr.. Wood. The War Denan-
ment, which received from various an
preparations during the last wear sI4.
100000 for Its civil. clerical and officia]
forces, will receive under the present
measure only $2.5O0,00o with the pro.
vision that this is all the money that
can be expended. no matter from
what source received, for this service
during the fiscal year Beginning July
J next"