Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-21
COUNCIL SWAMPS
.DEVEL|N AND BURCH
All Factions Join Against Ex.
pert Classification Of
Body's Employees
HINT DEFEAT OF BUDGET

Administration and Ware members of
Council Joined hands at this afternoons
session to vote down the proposal Of
James A. Develin that employees Of
Council be classified by Grifenhagen &
Associates.
Mr.. Dcvelin, who was supported only
by Councilman Burch, chairman Of the
finance committee, argued that il would
only be fair for Councilmanic employees
to be classified. as are other employees
under the city government
Councilman Horn, who generally
forms the independent trio with Burch
and Develin. declined to support Mr..
Develin's resolution.
1T would be pity" said Mr.. Deve-
lin, ito allow the work Of Griffenhagen
& Associates to end without placing
our employees on the same basis.
This resolution merely requests that
the work and salaries of our employees
be classified and standardized.
1T does not follow that we will be
Obliged to adopt the recommendations
of the experts
Replying to Mr.. Devclin, Councilman
Limeburner said: Very few of our
councilmen were in favor of this work
of Grifenhagen & Associates. 1t was
pushed on US by the charter. 1t ought
to stop now"
Council can take care Of itself. Why
| permitted to come here and override
Council. cant see it,
Councilman McCoach. one of the
members from South Philadelphia, in
opposing the Dcvelin resolution, de-
Clared Standardization of salaries is a
farce.
| Councilman Gaffney floor leader on
the Ware side of the chamber, said that
the Legislature clearly indicated that
employees of Council are not to be under
civil service and that therefore he would
vote against the Develin resolution.
Threatens Experts Budget
Councilman Horn created a surprise
when he said "We are going wild over
civil service
The Civil Service Commission. I am
informed" said NJ. Horn, "is paying
salaries to pensioners. 1t might be q
good idea to standardIze employees of the
Civil Service Commission. am told that
they pay school teachers who are al
ready paid salaries by the school board
to act as examiners. question tina,
taxpayers want to pay double salaries
II am in favor of civil service, but
the way. things are going l am getting
disgusted.'
Councilman Limeburner, again tax
ing the floor, urged that directors OF
departments make up two budgets, one
based on the Griffenhagen report, ant
the other on their own idea.
II do not think" said Mr.. Lime.
| k,s-ar tho C,;H,nhonon
will receive much consideration from
this Council"
Councilman Won Tagcn said that thu
employees of Council are doing theil
work satisfactorily and that it would
be folly to meddlc with a machine tha
is functioning perfectly.
Replying to the general onslaught OF
his resolution. Councilman Develil
said that he hardly expected "ancien
friends like McCoach and Limeburne
to change the habits OF lifetime
Fear Light" Says Develin
Mr.. Develin then referred to the Bibl
and said that they fear light who's
ways are evil and dark"
President Weglein. addressing Mr.
Develn, said he hoped he was not re
ferring to members of Council.
You are perilously near the edge,
said Mr.. Weglein.
Amid general laughter, Councilma
. Develin said that the president wa
always willing to lend helping hand.
In closing his remarks, Mr.. Develi
said, "If you're afraid of the informa
ton we will get, vote against the reso
luton.
, Loan Bills Introduced
0 Councilman Burch introduced an or
. dinancc providing for temporary Loo
, of 81 600 900. This loan Is to make Il
> deficiencies in the various city depart
. meuts The chairman of the tinanC
committee also reported to Council frol
the finance committee with a favorab
, recommendation the thirty-year gen
= cral improvement loan bill.
. This bill provides for loan Of $50
{ GOO, 900. The bill will be voted upon {
Z the next session. 1t is probable at thu
Z time that Councilman Gaffney. will en-
q deavor to make q number of amend
ments to the bill.
. Councilman Burch introduced ar
i other ordinance, authorizing the d
: rector of public works to enter into
! contract to have the siyty- watt
main which burst Sunday repaired. IT
bill authorizes procedure without &C
vertising because Of the emergency.
> Mr.. Weglein asked Edwin Il. Cox,
= Ware member of Council, to take Il
: chair, and the resolution was refcrr,
!. to Council sitting as committee Of Il
J, whole. The bill was favorably +,
ported and will come up for final actiC
= next Tuesday.
While the bill was under considers
e ton Councilman William X. Horn sa
. that, although he was in favor Of d
I bill, he felt that Council should ha
= some definite information as to VIII
u caused the break in the water mai
G Mr.. Horn said: II know of contra
e tor putting in a sewer throug h fill
ground, and while ! am not making al
e charges. 1t might have been that t
o pipe had been weakened by blasting
. the neighborhood.
= Mr.. Burch. who introduced the res.
I. luton, said that he would get the d
Il sired information for Council fro
Chief Davis, of the bureau Of water.