Evening star., 1921-11-16
lgsE CONSIDERS 4 :
DEMONSTRATION
Gssussion Of Lehlbach Bill
8hd Amendments Renewed
. This Afternoon.

The Lehibacn reCtaSStncation Dill 10
peifg considered in the House again
tthfs afternoon with a number OIL
amendments offered principally BY
Representative viii r. Wood OF IN
diana, who vigorously opposed the
tamendments offered this afternoon
are for the most part to make the
SI.ehlvach bill conform with MT
WOODS own bill. which is being USED
Thy the United States bureau OF EN-
REncy in establishing an efhclency
Ir4ting in the government service in
the District unders an executive or
II der.
When House Leader Mondell en-
tdeavored to dispense with calander
3Wcndesday business this afternoon
sand take up the Lehlbach reclaSSlh-
scation bill. Representative Wood OBJ
jected on the ground that he mad not
had time to prepare series of amend
~ents. The House, however, by u
fv6te OF 2S9 to 4 voted to dispense
l with calander Wednesday and take
tup the Lehlbach bill.
Lively FOur-Hour Debate.
i The Redistribution bill was the
}subject of heated debate for -four
thours yesterday. House Leader Mon
Jdell came to the support of it's au-
}ihor. Representative Lehlbach OF
New Jersey. as did also Represents
rive Meyer London, socialist. -.
@he principal invective against the
1k.il was delivered by Representative
XVIII r. Wood of Indiana, member
faf the appropriations committee.
(which has Jurisdiction over the sal
$3ries of the government employees.
Representative Wood is joint father
with Senator Smoot of the reclassi
S3re being used by the United States
Hkureau of efficiency in carrying out
3rhe executive order for establishme mt
$of an efficiency rating system for
4government employees in the District.
i; ;Representative Wood claimed that
&She LehIbach bill would increase the
yexpenses of the government at least
4SS,000,000, and Representative Stat
Stord OF Wisconsin. also a republican.
kJaid he figured it would increase the
f4xpenses at least $10.000.000. Repre-
SENTATIVE Wood declared that the
administration would be scattered
tthrouEh four agencies. one OF which
HAS not yet been created. He argued
galso that heads of departments would
lHe stripped of all authority, except
9fhe temporary ALLEGATION Of employees
Hand salaries.
4. 5.Representative Wood said he favor
5td reclassification by heads of the
departments. with only such outside
iSupervisiOn or Intervention as Is alb
aSoluteiy essential to the maintenance
u
fferent offices.
1: Scores Bureaucratic Methods.
fsin protesting against increasing
bureaucratic form OF government he
Iaaid:
Iii I'VE should content ourselves by
IHuttinG into force the executive or
fder of the President of the United
Estates, who has asked every head of
Hevery department for an efficiency
SIating from his establishment, so that
1those might be promoted or receive
1additionaf salaries that are entitled
4rb them. and whereby those who are
Itow receiving excess salaries may
he reduced. Through very little legis-
&lhtion attached to an appropriation
iBill a sufficient sum of money could
fhe appropriated. for these depart
fhents. SO that with the present
4be compensated for the still high
3fate of living until such time as we
fs&a write reclassification bill,
which, I admit. is badly needed, but
right of Congress to some new board.
&, one which does not surrender the
| right of Congress to the Civil Serv-
| ice Commission or the bureau of the
:. budget orr to .fhiS so-called wage-fix-
Eve are novS cpasidering a de
ficiency bill where we have the re-
suit of two bills which We passed
during this Congress that many of us
were led to believe would not incur
much additional expense and that the
machinery and personnel already estab-
lished would take care Of them. We
find. however, they are to have q
! complete bureau, with a new chief,
+; with an assistant chief, with a sub
: chief. with new examiners, with
fancy salaries going into the hun
. dreds of thousands of dollars. Now.
, here is another new bureau provided
for There Is no legislation of con-
sequence passing this Congress any
more but what provides for bureau.
Two hundred and fifty OF these bu-
: reaus now legislating for and regu-
lating the business and industries of
the country. We no longer have a
republican form of government. Ours,
in fact, has degenerated or Is rap
idly degenerating into bureaucratic
government"