Evening star., 1921-11-17
CLASSIFYING BILL
MAY Be UP TODAY
Chairman. lehIbach Seeking
to Have Further Consider
alton in House.

Chairman Lehlbach of the House
committee on reform in the civil serv-
ice, and author of the reclassification
| bill. which has been the subject Of de-
bate in the House during the last two
days. is hopeful of getting this meas
ure up for consideration in the House
again late this afternoon.
The reclassifcation bill as unfinished
| business had to give away today SO
that the House could have an oppor-
| tunity to vote on the maximum sur
, tax provision in the general tax
l1neasure.
Owing to parliamentary tactics yes
tar.lay the House had only reached the
Sc co.nd section of the Lehlbach bill for
amendment before adjournment.
Cause for Delay.
Changes by leading members of the
appropriations committee that dele
eating large powers to the budget
| bureau in .allocating government en-
ployes and determining their salaries
would deprive Congress of it's legis-
| lative authority and check on expen-
ditures delayed action upon the Lehl-
bach bill yesterday. Representative
Will r. Wood of Indiana, republican.
| and Representative Thomas u. Sisson
| of Mississippi, q erN ocrat. led this fight.
They were aided by Representatives
! ByrnS Of Tennessee. democrat: Begg
! OF Ohio. republican, and Black of
| Texas, democrat.
l Parliamentary tactics consumed
most Of the time yesterday afternoon.
| By vote of 81 to %. the House ac-
| cepted an amendment offered by Rep
resentative Wood which requires the
head of each department in allocat-
1 ing positions and determining rates
of compensation. subject to revision
I by the bureau of the budget. to act
| under such rules and regulations as
| the President may prescribe
| Money Must BE Provided.
! The House also approved another
| amendment offered by Representative
| Black which provides that in no case
! shall the compensation of an employe
be increased unless Congress shall
| have provided the necessary money.
| After a sharp contest with Repre-
| sentative Lehlbach, Representative
| Begg succeeded in having an amend-
ment adopted, 81 to 40, which struck
| out the clause specifically eliminating
the public school teachers in the Dis
J trict from the provisions of the re-
| classification measure. During de-
+! bate Representative Begg charged
fthat the reclassification measure gave
! ,pore consideration to keepers at the
| Zao than to school teachers. He said.
"ff this measure is a good thing
| for Me clerical force, for the ad-
| minist "a tive force, for the police de-
partme,N, for the fire department, for
| the cust,x,ians of the various build
| ines and institutions in those build
| ines. why Is it not a good thing for
| the public school teachers. who have
| the custody Of the children of the
town during the period IN from SIX
pleted their scho Wing? / can see no
serious objection to putting this
| measure through, irEiuoing the teach
j ers, and l say to ypu that IL you
adopt my amendment you VOW VIII !, nave ave
| included the school teaAhers III the
! benefits of the bill.
when the proper time comes tor
| the classification l shall SHer an
| other amendment to put in th> "orns
teachers, supervisor. superintendent
T; in the proper classification, but the
! only reason why you should not 90
| it is because it will put the schotl
teachers on par with the keeperA
| of museums, with the keepers of the
| Rock Creek Park Zoo. and it viii
! put them on par. as far as salaries
| are concerned, with the garbage
cleaners and sweepers in the market
| place and in the morgue. 1t Will
| put them on a par in salaSies with
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| departments in Washington. ana II
| will put the supervising force OF the
| public schools on a par with the heads
tof departments that may have ten
/ or twenty people under them. That -
| one reason why you should not DO
| it. 1t will increase the salaries OF
| the public school teachers.
! Plea for Justice.
II simply want to cast my vote
f; along the line of justice. There is
nothing in the world that will make
me give more preference to a ste
nographer in some mans Office than /
would to teacher in a school. Who
| gives the most serious consideration
! to the job? / do not mean to say any
| thing sderogatory to the office man or
| to the office girl. and do not want
NV remarks to be construed in that
way hut they close their office desks
at 4:30 o'clock and go home, without
| a care, while there is not school
! tea cher in the city who can do that
thing. They must take their work
home with them. They must work at
night They must prepare their next
| day'sSessons for the boys and girls.
! They must work eternally on the Job.
and yet these proposed salary sched-
ules, as ! said yesterday. for these
| clerks range from $1,S00 to $500 for
some class of government employees
whose duties are no more onerous
! than those of teachers. who receive
| but 81 200 to s1,44o. In the high school
! they get as high as s2.240 for class b.
and in class A, $500. l want to
know again where is the justice in
| having the high school teacher
Isnaximum salary of $500 a year and