Evening star., 1921-09-26
SALARY INCREASES
FORD.C, EMPLOYEES
URGED.BY BOARD
us. Bureau of Efficiency Has
Completed Report on Pay
Redistribution.
CARRIES OUT PROVISIONS
OF SM00T-W00D BILL
Substantial Wage Reductions Also
Favored for Some
Groups.

The report of the United States bu-
reau of efficiency on the reclassif1ca- :
tion Of salaries of the District en-
ployes made at the request OF the DIS
1rict Commissioners. is ready to De
submitted tomorrow.
This report will show the ALLEGATION
of employees to standard grades ano
the accompanying salaries as proVloeo
in the Smoot-Wood bill. 1t will snow
the minimum increase in salary neces-
sary to bring the employees up to the
salary for grade. In another taoie
will be shown the maximum increase
that is possible, which leaves 1t to the
judgment of the Commissioners to in
crease salaries over the range within
grades corresponding with the EN-
cheney of individual employees.
Increases Recommended.
For example, the present salary OF
Daniel Donovan, auditor for the Dis
trict and the business executive OF
the District building. is $4,000. He is
put in class 16, which makes his sal
airy range from $4,000 to $500. so
tnaC the report Oh the cHlSiSHSy w
.reau will recommend an increase OF
$500 for Mr.. Donovan. whereas 1t Will
be possible under the reclaSSifcat1on
for the District Commissioners to
grant him an increase up to $1,7O0.
Another, and perhaps better. example
is the case of George S. Wilson. secre-
tary of the board of charities. His pres
ent salary is $4,000. He has been put
in class Is, where the salary range is
S3,6O0 to $4,000. So that while the
r,6C in
crease of only s1Ou for Mr.. Wilson.
the Commissioners may give him up
to $1,000.
Average of .8.4 Per Cent.
The average increase recommended
for salaried employees by the bureau
of efficiency report is GA per cent. For
per diem employees the average in
crease is 8 of l per cent. The report
will show that the efficiency bureau
recommends that there be no hard
and fast rule for the per diem en-
pIoyes, but that the wage be left fex-
ible, so that there may be sliding
scale to correspond with local condi-
tions.
Many groups of salaried employees,
however. are slated in the report for
much more substantial increases than
shown in the general average OF o.
per cent. Among those recommended
for much larger increases are:
Other Increases Urged.
Public Library, los employees, 22.1
per cent.
Industrial Home School for Colored
Children, "a employees. 1876 per cent.
Swimming pool, 19 employees. 1S per
cent.
Industrial Home School for White
Children. 90 employees. 1874 per cent.
Signal section of electrical depart
,nent. 35 employees. 14.7 per cent.
Bathing beach, % employees. 14.3 per
cent.
Home for Aged and Infirm, SIS en-
lloyes, IL per cent.
Decreases Also Favored.
Some of the groups of salaried en-
pioyes are scheduled for substantial
decreases under the reclassiication
report. The most important of these
are:
Water department., laying mains.
1ifty-two employees, decrease of 7.S
per cent.
Penal institution GaiD. thirty -one
employees. decrease of AS per cent.
Architects office, the decrease being
principally because it includes labor
ers. mechanics and carpenters; 529
employees. a decrease of 81 per cent.
Pumping station and shops, also
including mechanics. ninety employees,
decrease of LIS per cent.