Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-22
PLEDGES TO ASSIST
.RECLASS|FY|NC LAW
ASKED BY CLERKS
Chairman Good of House Ap-
preparations Committee
to Hasten Legislation.

Chairman Good of the House appro-
priations committee has sent assur-
ance. to President Luther Steward of
the National Federation of Federal
Employees that he will do all within
his power to assist in bringing re-
classification legislation before Con-
gress lat the very earliest possible
date"
In letter to President Steward the
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee of the House declares, COM
menting on a brief prepared by re-
classification experts: Il shall have
the brief analyzed, and will then ex-
anime the brief with the analysis that
is furnished me. and 1 shall do all
within my power to assist Mr.. Lehl-
bach and his committee in bringing
the matter before Congress at the
very earliest possible date.
This authoritative statement from
Chairman Good brought good cheer to
the 10000 federal employees in the
District who are working toward
proper reclassification legislation.
Quotes Chairman Good.
President Steward declared that Mr..
Good told him that i. Mr.. Lehlbach.
CIidli VI tic I1ouoC oh
reform in the civil service, would
have his bill ready to introduce the
first day of Congress. he, as chairman
of the appropriations committee,
would get behind it and do everything
in his power to obtain the necessary
rule for rushing it through If possible
before the Christmas holidays.
The idea, President Steward explains.
is to have the appropriation bills come
from the House following the outlines
of the recla measure, which
will then be enacted into law or be in
such condition as to be assured OF
passage, so that both Houses of Con-
gress should and would take cog
nizance of it.
Explains the Procedure.
In explaining just exactly the pro-
cedure to get the reclassification
measure through" President Steward
declared:
Now the plan is this. This is the
short session Congress will convene
the 1st of December; it Will pass
out of existence by operation OF law
only about ninety days, including Sun
days and holidays. At short ses-
sion it is difficult, if not impossible.
to secure special or general ieg1eia-
ton unless the matter has been dls-
cussed and worked out with the lead
can be placed on the program and a
united front presented by the House
leadership. In view of the fact that
! it will be the short session the sub
committees having charge of the va
rious appropriation bills will be very
busy.
beginning with this session OF
Congress all appropriation bills will
be handled by the enlarged appropria-
tions committee, which will have
fhirty-five members. The other ap-
propriations committees will cease to
function longer as such. and all
moneys will pass through the hands
of the enlarged appropriations COM
mittee.
Work Of Subcommittee.
"The subcommittee having charge
of the appropriation bills will begin
working on these bills prior to the
they may have a sketchy outline pre-
pared.
"Now in order that the appropria-
tions committee could take cognizance
Of a system of schedules that would
be in line with the proposed reclassi-
fication, they would have to know
considerably in advance of the pro-
visions of the measure agreed on by
the committee on civil service, which
is the committee that would have
charge of the preparation and in
PRODUCTION of bill changing the
organic law, and would have to mark
up their appropriation bills in ac-
cordance with the schedules sub
mitted by the committee on civil serv-
ice, in order to have teamwork"