Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-27
WELCOMES THE i
COOPERATION Of
r FEDERAL FORCES
President Says They Can
Help Solve Government
Problems; National FEEDER
alton Offers Service.
fRx The Assoclnted Presa.l

4
/ tional federation of federal em-
ployes, who called upon him at the
! White House recently, President
Harding sent a message to all gov
ernment employees, welcoming their
corporation in solving the prob
lens of civil service and govern
ment efficiency. f~"
! Work for the government, said
the president, means an opportu-
nifty for service, and accomplish
ment, all of us together. 1t does
not mean mere job-holding. That
is my message to all government
Eemployes, through you as their rep
lrese natives" p -.E ~ .'
The president at the close of the
interview accompanied the repre-
sentatives OF the national fedora
ton to the south lawn of the White
House to be photographed.
/ "Since we are to work together,
by all means let us be photographed
together" he said. F#a. 4
Way TO Efficiency. 4
| The representatives of the organ,
lied employees Of the government,
through their president and spokes-
man, Luther c. Steward, told Pres
ident Harding that to them the
three essential means to the
achievement OF improved employ
ment conditions and greater effi-
cheney in the government service
are reclassification and reorgani-
cation of the civil service, and the
establishment of a national budget
system-"the same program which
we understand you have in mind,
| Mr.. President, as one of the big
aims of your administration"
The statement to the president
on behalf of the employees was in
full as follows:
THE executive council of the Ma
tionaI Federation of Federal En-
ploycs, now in session in Washing
ton, offers you greetings and de-
sires to express to you its hope of
rendering service to your admins
! tration. Our organization, COM
posed of 234 local unions with
members in every state, exists for
| the two, as we believe inseparable,
purposes of improving employment
conditions and increasing the eff
ficiency of the United States civil
service. To us it seems that the
three essential means to those ends
are reClassification and reOrgani2a
ton of the civil service, and the
establishment of a national budget
system; the same program which
we understand you have in mind,
Mr.. President, as one of the big
aims of your administration.
Ask Reconsideration. g.,
"To the directly human factor in
government cfficiency--the person.
mel problems-our organiZat ion has
devoted itself from the beginning
of its existence. Your phrase, as
we believe 1t is, to put heart into
the civil service therefore has
deep significance to us. We are
earnestly asking for a thorough re-
classification of the service, in or
lder to guarantee to the people of
the United States an actual merit
system in public employment, to
the employees a just wage and prop
er conditions for efficient work,
land to both public and employees
the elimination of the inefficient.
! This we know would put heart
into the service. Through repre-
sentative committees from our Or
ganizatiOn we have been and are
now cooperating with administra
Itive officials and legislators who
are at work upon reclassification
measures. Believing that this leg
islation will have your full support,
we trust that it will be speedily
enacted by the next congress.
MI %
IeXecutive departments of the gov
lernment, as well as for reclassifi-
cation, we as employees in all occd-
lpations and in all branches of the
service, through our organization,
Eoffer you our fullest cooperation
in the undertaking to readjust the
various services, bureaus and Of
fices in order to set up an efficient
government machine"
Readjustment Needed.
Because we are the men and
women who operate the existing
machinery. we understand its de-
fects and recognize the need for
| REIMBURSEMENT. We count it the
high calling of public servants to
give to their government the best
that is in them, and it Is not alone
our calling but our earnest hope
and desire to be of assistance to
you and those who, with you, are
irresponsible for the operation of
the various departments of the
government with the utmost eff
cieny and usefulness to the people
of ourscountry.
I'VE shall take pleasure, at your
call, in naming from our member
snip committee or committees of
experts in governmental problems
to cooperate in the administra-
| tons reorganization program, and
to place at your disposal the full
| resources of our federation"
| The members of the executive
council OF the National Federation
of Federal Employees who called at
! the White House this morning
were the following: President Lu-
| ther c. Steward of Kansas City;
Vice Presidents John Fitzgerald of
New York, Charles L. Wiegand of
| Baltimore, Nd; Gertrude NJ. Nc
Nally of Washington, D. c.. Rich
ard Nash, of East st. Louis. H.;
William j. Sleep of Boston, Mass.
S. Tyson kinseIl of Philadelphia,
Pa; M. j. Hines of Leavenworth,
kans.; Edward j. Tobin of st.
/ Louis, Mo-; e. G. Dauphine of
Dayton, o.; Secretary Treasurer
%. j. Newmyer of Washington,
d. C.
L0W-NECKE DRESSES