The Washington herald., 1921-02-11
FIRE AND POLICE
BONUS RESTORED
IN SENATE BILL
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co STINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
and sI3,756 on the mint at New Or
leans, La.
The War Department was de-
creased $500, including $4,000 on
the office of the Secretary and S3,700
on salaries in the office of the Sur
geon General.
The Bureau OF Census Of the De-
partment of Commerce lost S215,-
900 through the Senate Commuters
economies, and $4,000 was nicked
out of the judiciary on clerks of
district courts in Hawaii and Porto
Rico.
Total increases were S1,253,5o
and total decreases $644,450, making
the total net increase sG09,050.
A belated amendment by Senator
Swanson. of Virginia, authorizes an
appropriation of Sl,000,00o for the
purchase of bonds of land tpan
banks, as was done during the war.
The bill as reported revealed the
fact that the Senate Committee had
excluded the District police and fire.
men from the S240 bonus allow
ance, but restored them by strik-
ing out the following portion: THE
provisions of this act shall not apply
to officers and members OF the Met
ropolitan police OF the District of
Columbia and the United States
park police, who receive the COM
pensation fixed by the act approved
December 5, 1919, and officers and
members of the fire department of
the District OF Columbia who re-
ceiYe the compensation fxed by the
act approved January 81. 1920"
Present Bonus s12O.
Under the present law the police
and tremen receive 1920 bonus, the
amount being less than that allowed
others because of their having re-
ceived increases. Civilian employees
of the District and Federal govern
ments in Washington paid S2,500 or
less per year will receive the bonas,
excepting the police ard frcmen and
those paid from the posta! revenues,
those whose pay Is adjustable by
wage boards to accord with COM
merCial rates paid Locally for the
same class of service, and employees
paid from lump sums in certain bu-
reaus. Employees of the Bureau of
War Risk Insurance compensated
below S40O are given additional
compensation az the rate OF 80 per
cent of the annual compensation.
The amendment does not apply to
employees on part time, except char
women, nor to persons employed by
or through corporations, firms or in
dtviduals in connection with Fed
eral or District construction work
or the operation OF plants, nor to
employees who receive a part of their
pay from outside soGrces, nor to
employees who serve voluntarily or
receive only a nominal compensa-
tton or may be provided special al
lowances because of their services
in foreign countries. Employees
OF railroads. express companies,
telegraph, telephone, marine cables
or radio are not recognized as Fed
eral or District employees under the
amendment, which requires that the
District government pay so per cent
of the increase and the Federal gov
ernment 40 per cent, except as to
employees OF the Washington Aque-
duct and the Water Department,
which shall be paid entirely from
the revenues of the Water Depart
ment, and employees of the Minimum
Wage Board and the Fairgrounds
Department who shall be paid
wholly by the District.
Prohibition Fund Increased.
About twelve pages OF the hear
ings which accompany the bill were
devoted to the appeal of Wayne B.
Wheeler, general counsel and legis-
lative superintendent OF the Anti
Saloon League, of America, for in
creases in the fund for enforcement
OF tho prohibition laws. Wheeler
said S7,5OO,Ooo was needed, repre-
senting 100000 more than was al
lowed by the House bill, and this
is the amount of increase reported
by the committee to the Senate. He
gave statistics showing the work
accomplished throughout the United
States and scored an advertisement
which appeared in a Baltimore paper
just before Christmas over the
names of numerous business men
which declared that the Volstead
enforcement act was visionary, dras-
tic and ineffective