Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-23
EXPERTS WILL MEET
HERE NEXT WEEK
ON CLASSIFICATION
Intensive Campaign to Begin
in Behalf of Federal
Employees.

The battle for reclassification OF
government employees will begin in
earnest next week. with the meeting
auspices of the National Federation
Of Federal Employees.
Firm in the belief that >reclassifica-
tion is one of the greatest issues in
the civil service field today, officers of
the national federation plan to put
Reconsideration on the map. in such
unmistakabIe fashion that none can
ignore it.
Accordingly. unquestioned experts
on civil service reform and the gov
ernment service in general will meet
with officers of the federation next
Tuesday to plan the battle for re-
classification.
Plan Of Campaign.
Instead of heavy guns the conferees
Will use brains. and instead Of field
service regulations" they will use the
report of the reclassif1cation commits
sion in the work that may take a
month or more to complete.
Hitherto there has been much talk
OF campaigning for reclassificatio tion
mere ana several worthy endeavors
are afoot to boost the proposition.
But SO far no intensive camDairn has
been undertaken
1t is this Intensive campaign that
the National Federation Of Federal
Empioyes desires to undertake. The
wnole scheme of reclassification will
be undertaken from the viewpoint of
tne government service as a whole
and also from the standpoint Of the
individual federal worker.
Take Up Topics One by One.
Taking the report of the reclassifi-
cation commission as a basis. the
conference will take up one by one
the various projects outlined therein.
Members OF the expert staff of the
commission will participate in the
meetings. These experts are in no
sition to see the report as perhaps
no others can. since they helped write
1t. and now nave had time to let the
report cool"
In addition to the commission ex-
perts, foremost civil service reform
advocates from various parts of the
country will meet with the officers of
the national federation to go over the
whole report.
OUT of this work are expected to
come new suggestions, which will give
reclassifcation new meaning to gov
ernment clerks. There is no gainsay-
ing the fact that certain clerks are
apathetic in regard to reclassificatio
attitude. officials know it exists and
they believe it should not exist,
One of Prime Endeavors.
Perhaps the mere physical bulk of
the reclassification commission report
had something to do with it. One of
the prime endeavors of the confer
ence to begin next week will be the
Strengthening out of the report and
it's major principles, in order to mt
them in such brief and understand :
able form that all may grasp them.
: 1t is not known just how long the
conference may last. as. once began.
the conferees will stick to the limit
to complete the work. Integral with
the work on the report will be con-
sideration of plans for the active cam
paign in behalf Of reclassification leg
islation.
No stone will be left unturned to
place reclassification before the pub
lie. not only in this city. but through
out the country, as a great vital is
sue. Every legitimate effort will be
made to make Legislators realize the
seriousness of the proposition and
what it means to the individual en-
ploye and what it means to the
country.