Evening star., 1921-12-08
|S7,211,933 SOUGHT
F0RPR|NT|NG0
Estimates Show Increase
Over 1922 Revised Fig
ures Of Sc, ,766, ,356.

A total of $7,2l1,s33.20 is asked
from Congress in estimates forward
ed for the operations of the gov
ernment printing office. as compared
with Sc, ,766,356, revised estimates, for
the current fiscal year. The actual
expenses of operating the big gov
ernment printery are nearly s11,000,-
600, but refund from various other
government departments and estab-
lfshments for work done at the gov
ernment printing office annually
totals between $5,000.000 and s6,O00,-
600, so that a repay estimate of
$4.000,0O0 has been figured for the
fiscal year 1923.
public printer $130,000 is estimated,
as against $1SS.190 in the revised es-
Inmates for 1929; for holidays, $780,
29S: for leaves of absence $544,30S.
and for salaries and wages, printing
and binding. $4.s44.S43.
Paper Cost $4,O5O,OOO.
Other objects of expenditure ING
clude paper, $4,050,000; material and
supplies. $550.o0o; machinery. $780,
600; ithographing and engraving,
$176,00O. and for miscellaneous ex-
penses, $176,171.
The allotted appropriation required
is $6,792.000; for the Congressional
Record index Of $s,1O0; for salaries in
Office of the superintendent of docu-
ments $227.S33. and for general ex-
penses in the Office of superintendent
of documents. $4,000.
The salary schedule for the execu-
tive offices of the public printer is
las follows:
Public printer. $1,000: private sec
$500; Congressional Record clerk.
81, 900; chief clerk, $2,75O; assisting
purchasing agent. s2,500; cashier and
paymaster. s2,5oO; paying teller.
$4,000; clerks. three at $4,000 each.
$4,000: two Of class 4. $500: five Of
four Of class 1, $4,S0O; seven at $1,000
| each, $1,000; paymaster's guard, ST.
900; chief doorkeeper, $1,000: door
keeper, $1,000; three assistant door
keepers at $1,000 each, $4,000: chief
ldeliveryman. $1,000; five delivery
switchboard operator. 500: three as.
sistant telephone switchboard oper-
ators at $500 each, $l,S0O; two mes
sengers at $40 each. $1.6S0; three
messenger boys at $420 each, $3.50.
S4,5O0 for Deputy.
Deputy poublic printer, $4,000.
Clerks-One of class 3, $1,000; one
of class 2. s1,4Oo; one $40; messen-
Watch force-captain, $1,000; two
lieutenants at $500 each, $1,S00; fifty
seven watchmen at $72O each. $4,000;
Other salary schedules include:
Congressional Record index-For
salaries and expenses of preparing
the semi-mpnthly and session indexes
of the Congressional Record. under
the direction of the joint committee
on printing. as follows: Chief indexer
$4,000; cataloguer. $2,500; two cata-
loguers at $500 each, $500.
Salaries, office of superintendent OF
documents - Superintendent. $500;
assistant superintendent, $500;
clerks: two of class 4. $500; three
eight Of class 1. $500: eleven at
$1,000 each. $4,000: thirty-four a,
5000 each increase of twenty-four
| submitted; twenty-four clerks al
! $40 omitted). $30.600; cataloguer In
| charge increase of $500 submitted)
each (submitted). $5.4O0: two at ST..
| 500 each Tin lieu of two cataloguers
! at $500 each: increase of 500 each
| (submitted). $4,000; ten at 81 400 each
(submitted). $4,000: seven at 1920
each increase of three submitted)
$s.4oo; cashier. $500; librarian Gn.
crease of $500 submitted $1,S00;
foreman. $1,000; assistant foreman
| $1,000; labor necessary in making dis
| tribution Of government publications
| $116,033.
One cataloguer at $1,10o: eight Al
| $1,000 each. and four at $500 each
omitted. Rearrangement Of the sal.
| aries Of the librarian. twenty cata-
| loguers now provided for, and the
addition of three cataloguers make
a total increase of $1,000. Cata-
| louge work is approximately six years
| behind the requirements of law. due
| to inability to fill cataloguer vacan-
| cies on account of low salaries; per-
sons capable of filling the positions
/ absolutely refuse the small pay. and
| increase requested is an emergency
| measure. Increase from $40 TO 5000
| for twenty-four clerks (amounting to
| $1,440) is requested in order to adjust
| the present inequitable situation
! whereby ordinary laborers receive
| $S76.40 and clerks Ss40. The Qualifi.
| cations required of clerks by the Civil
| Service Commission are so far above
those required of laborers as to de.
mand, for the good Of the government
! service, that they receive a more
| equitable rate of pay.
Work for Department..
The following shows the amount OF
work done by the government print
| ing office for the departments and
other independent establishments of
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