Evening star., 1920-12-03
RECLASS|F|CAT|0N
BILL PUTS BONUS
7 |NBAS|C SALARY
; lehIbach Measure Leaves
Pay Unchanged for Mass of
Federal Employees.
INCREASES CONFINED TO
THOSE MOST UNDERPAID
Minimum Rates as Upheld by Pro-
posed Act-Features Which
Are Omitted.


Are Omitted.
Representative Lehlbach's reclassi-
fication bill will make the bonus now
granted government workers a part
of the basic salary, but aside from
this it will leave perhaps SO per cent
Of the employees present salary, in
cluding bonus. unchanged. according
to the best estimate of government
workers today, following publication
yesterday in The Star of the text OF
the bill.
A sense Of disappointment that the
reforms worked for by the National
Federation of Federal Employees, in.
cluding minimum wage, had been
dropped out of the revised bill, was
mixed with appreciation in view OF
the fact that the Lehlbach bill, to be
presented to Congress on Monday
will establish the principle OF reclas-
sification, in much the same way as
the retirement act established the re-
tirement principle.
Comnalttee to study Bill.
The legislative committee of the
National Federation of Federal EN-
ployes will meet Sunday to go over
the new bill. and Monday night there
will be meeting Of legislative rep
resentatives Of the four local unions,
the Central Labor Union. the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and other
Organizations.
Later in the week representatives
of various trades and crafts in gov
ernment service viii meet to con-
eloer the new Dill, from which has
peen omitteo an reLerence 70 mini
@ personnei Sommit.ees on Wnich en-
paoyss "ovl1 pe Tepresenteo' tne Gu
nuists SAcA IeAve prlvnese, the an ,
ILL.,. I'LL .n,l.y r gays teave made Iegai
,,ra. VI e"pioyes' anu other meas
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viii msrniv IN, ,p rs r1saroea'
ployes at Dresenf very much @ nu under- -
wnrt.ra TI S.e ne +Sa sSenMs ana eecnn1Gai ass !
w.aat -, " tns. skovernment. Ihe
SSasr,;n. a sno - 1a 9cn % III nov re-
80 Sasesv. ..sg ~ $s,eyy Z vs. yea inc1uG,
WAt ~ tsSk seatAsH esq
n-ats5 ans .e1,Dacn sha ~ Reel1eafix
pIovi1es tnSt tne scneduies
Isa. DS WI Aso Sut 0tnAt immed1ate
su5assInssn1sffl s5I s1Afl sneH &c ma1e only 20 the
: p,,ny ss.,,.. eat.s ss, snaiar nls 20 tne
reciassincation commission and upheld
oy eho commiasion.
II An employe ID receiving less saf-
tnAn the minimum his salary will
pc 1lsed g the minimum; II he Is up
made. aecoedins to the ins Siii: il T'as h. Is &
receiving more no. change will bS
made. # ~ ~
Since the reclassihcation commiss N
built up its schedules on the basis of
the old basic rates plus the bonus,
rAR2HnfnN a hay r<
of the salary, and the Lehlbach bill
has verified the minimum rates set bv
thezcommission. and found them inst.
it was held here today that neces-
sarily the big thing the LehIbach bill
does is to make permanent the bonus
N,,s-.. 49,. - -
As,.x-,-
.;sans.a um Iates nxed oy the reclas-
the I"h,hanh n,ss,on, tss, ana upheld In
sarLtce SS Inn, oili: ioiioW: Actual
snnerx;.orS ;aon~inis.ratlve ~ ana
asr;c,,is,,rs, nrena4i service, %1,4Oo;
ust ssryscn e sno. promotion and extension
81 osIS. -.s;oa atsIurai - oana service,
80 s,r.s; W.. Si'oSv' assessor
lnS;ca1 aesanc sa.,';e eat,SI0' ts1o' do
ciniixed hns;nes. serv,ca e sao. spe-
csiianeous cIer;css 's.. ssr,;ns GoSV; ms. ms.
community and recreation service
$3.50: court clerk and docket serv-
custoolan ana 1anitor
tions ana info,mation sarvice e. nso.
detention and reformatory service.
Sv ooes1,c ana service government
Iiticai science seryice 81 sno. edupo po-
tional service, $1,000; engineering
service, $40; engineman service.
S1.o80: farm, garden and park
maintenance, $3.50; fire service,
$3.50: fiscal and accounting service,
31,320.50: investigationaI and inspec-
tional service. 1920; law and exam
liner service, $3.50; library service,
S1,0S0; mail. file and record service.
Sl,0SO: marine operating service. 81 !,
$50; medical science, $720; messenger
service, $720; nursing service, $500;
ONCE appliance operating service. ST.
GS0; patent service. $1.620: personnel
service, $1.2001 physical science. $40:
police and criminal investigation
service. $1,i4o; printing trade. $1,000;
skiIled trades ana laoor service. sl,-
eeo; socIAi SCIENCE service sl.44O' sta ,
tis.ic1I seEslce, siv, supply ano
is oeo. .sepneie
oSn. ,hsn,no;cei sarn;o. asa,i