Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-03-07
i. S. EXPERTSGET
SMALL Salaries
Director Jones Tells OF RardSh.Ds
Of an Employee Of tie
6eOdetiC Survey.
TELLS OF ACTUAL CONDITIONS
Ore Technical Man Forced g. Get
supper Every Night fer SET ana
Children While Wife Wor.s
to Meet Expenses.

Washing; rU.. one of tho technical
men Of The roa~r sud =cnl.rjr survey
has been compelled "u ar.ar.' o.. .s
>.,l..ric> O." prepare hi. auj i.- ...-
Ir,u'~ supper each u.-hr ..''. t.~
/ wife works iu ORDER fu urr,.i Ilr l..r.-
"f rhr family. and prepare i.- s-i
the rhildr, "a breakfast and raf ur
his own lunch. while his vi-- 81 SIS
for the nights work again.
This Instance j. sighted hy Co.. l..
Lester Jones. director Of rbr survey.
ia his annual r.p"rt tu jHr SECRETARY
80 commerce. made public recently a~
pointing to the crying need uf rr"..i~-
>iiicati"u 81 salaries la rhc government
>rrvirr. ANA especially in h.> bureau.
says the Washington STAR.
Calls Salaries "Deplorable.'
"l>n't 90 deplorahlc. aud would 60 boz.
tolerated anywhere our>id, col tie -o..
ernmrut:" asks the director. There
are malay more such ca>e>. lip. I.n-s
must this ~ On:'
Expressing the belief that hu.u -hr
government aud the employee u"u.l
be gathers from the early adoption uf
higher salaries. Colonel Jones says:
Under such conditions urilu,- the
government nor the outside employer
can have tie services vf a .i-"r-us.
wld--awaks. selI-reliant worker. huJ
must put w with II man who's gi,,t-y
has been partly spent. and ,"ht.uu-
ance OF this practice FOR certain rr-
Rod Results invariably 10 Jh- rIl-
down. Oyer-wOreed. nervous and irr-I-
Die or detected employee. Il Uuuii be-
far more profitable for tie government
10 pay higher salary and obtain rIe
best efforts II the employees iar
more productive day.
Il cannot emphasize roo strongly
.hat unless this Fundamental trouble
is soon corrected q diSintegration II
the service will continue. with di>aS-
rGus results OF which the government
aud the public will feel the effect Tor
years to come. The question l.. Will
the pledge given some years ago. con
linualy repeated ana aS often post
p0ued with the usual excuses. De- kept
now with the men who are the bach
hape Of our federal Institutions ut
win the unredermed promises cont -,'e
70 prevail?
Actual Conditions Related.
Il have given You the above facts
frankly. without ohScuring the actual
conditions. just rs a manager would
submit them To the head OF large
business concern.
In this bureau we are end,avoring
TO 1--WE the public salahIe article. but
with these handicspS the output il
produced under unnecessary difficult
ties which mean delay and waste
The director Of the bureau cites the
need for q new building 70 house the
Washington Office and chart printing
plant of the bureau. Quoting from the
report:
The bureau is operating in eight
buildings, FIVE larger and three small
er. all hut two more or less detached
and connected rs far as is feasible ny
communicating bridges. Two of the
main buildings were designed and built
for dwellings and one OF them was used
for that purpose One OF the smaller
buildings was built for and used as a
stable, and another two Of the main
buildings were designed and construct
ed for use IS hotel and were rented
To the government for the use Of this
bureau from 1871 10 1891, when they
were sold TO the government To house
part Of this bRreau.
AS it's work centers largely IN the
and production Of nautical
charts and Il is therefore a manufsc-
tory. the bureau operates under sig
nal handicap In buildings 80 little
suited to its needs. il Is matter u
economy to provide a respectable
building for this service-it Is waste
10 continue under existing conditions
The director also points out the need
0f more extended current observations.
To the hack VI which IS attributed the
loss OF many vessels and lives.