The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-06
BILL
SUBSTITUTE IS
bEFORESENATE
Important Changes Made.
Field Service Included With
in Terms of Act.

Important changes are made in
the new rehabilitation bill-intend-
ed as a substitute for the Lehlbach
measure-reported to the Senate to-
day by the Civil Service Committee.
The chief amendments may be
summarized as follows:
The field service as well as the
civilian employees within the District
Is included within the terms OF the
act.
Schedules for apprentices and
journeymen, as well as full-fledged
workers, are included.
Librarians. school attendance OF.
ficers. employees Of the community
center department under the District
Board OF Education, and the com
missioned personnel OF the Public
Health Service and the Coast and
Geodetic Survey, are included.
The Civil Service Commission Is
made the classifying agency" in
stead OF the heads Of the various de-
partments.
Field Service Plan.
For the field service the Civil
Service Commission shall report
to Congress all necessary new SEIZED
ules Of positions. grades, and sala-
ries, which shall follow the principles
and rules of the compensation sched-
ules in so far as these are applica-
ble."
The Civil Service Commission also
shall report the duties of positions
in the graded service, and allocate
to each grade or class thereof in
each Of the several services all ex-
listing and new positions which have
substantially similar duties"
Provision il made that the Civil
Service Commission may authorize
a new appointment above the mini
mum salary paid in a certain class
IF such action is clearly necessary;
and in exercising this power II shall
not distinguish between applicants
except on the basis Of their qualifi-
cations"
Another important amendment
provides that certain employees now
receiving a salary in excess Of the
salary provided in the reclassifica-
ton bill shall continue to receive
this excess salary as long as Con-
gress appropriates the money.
Salary Amendments.
The following amendments rela.
ting to salary increases are placed in
the bill:
IS. Increases I'm compensation
shall be limited to once a year and TO
the next highest rate within the
salary range of the grade or class
thereof and shall be allowed only
upon the attainment and msinte-
nance OF the appropriate efficiency
rating: Provided. however, That the
classifying agency, at the request Of
the head OF the department with the
approval of the Bureau OF the Budget
and on the basis of facts clearly
demonstrating that the action is in
the interests of good administration.
may specifically authorize such
increase.
In no case shall the compensation
OF any employe be increased unless
Congress has appropriated money
from which the increase may law.
fully be paid, nor shall the rate for
any employe. be increased beyond the
maximum rate for the grade TO
which his position is allocated.
A new grade called the skilled
trades service. comprising the
supervision of apprentices, helpers,
and journeymen in recognized
crafts, is created. A common or
specialized labor service Is also
created as grade.
The so-called institutional service
grade is eliminated from the bill.
The other grades, including the
professional and scientific grades,
the subprofessional service, and the
clerical service are maintained
practically as written into the
Lehlbach bill with only a few minor
changes in salaries. In the case
Of the professional and scientific
service, all the salary features are
eliminated, for these are to be
fixed by the Senate Appropriations
Committee. in accordance with an
agreement entered into some months
ago in the Senate.