Evening star., 1922-04-21
AXBEG|NS T0FA[L
ON NEEDLESS Jobs
|NFEDERAL SERVICE
Inefficient and Temporary
Government Employees Be-
ing Weeded Out.
THIRTY ARE LAID OFF
IN POSTAL Department
Others Will Follow and All De.
partments Are Expected to
Be Touched.

Dismissal of temporary employees
and the inefficient in government
service began today with the lay
off of thirty employees of the office
of the third assistant postmaster gem
eral.
Postal inspectors. under orders from
Postmaster General Work, are today
completing inspections in the ofhce
of Warren T. Glover. third assistant
postmaster general, where the first
dismissals occurred. and shortly viii
extend their activities to the offices
of the first, second and fourth as
sistant postmasters general.
The whole movement. it is under
stood marks the desire of the ad-
mini stration, and especially or the
postal administration, to put the serH-
ice back on a real peace-time OASIS
instead of carrying scores of war
time employees, most of them holding
temporary positions.
- Temporary Workers.
OF the thirty clerks laid off today
in the stamp division. office OF the
third assistant postmaster general
twenty-five, according to Mr. Glover
were temporary workers. The others
came in the class of the inefficient,
and those who were not doing. ac-
cording to the observations of the IN
spectors. what they might do
Those told their services are dls-
pensed with are employed on tne sec.
ond floor of the Washington city post
office this section of the city post
office being given over to the Post
Office Department. 70
Most of the> men and women laid OH
are STAMP counters. handling for the
Treasury Department the proprietary
stamps which were used during ana
after the war upon drugs and other
luxuries. The necessity for these en-
ployeS, it was stated today, has prac-
Ucally ceased. and the department
could see no good reason for retain
ing them, especially since the major
ity were temporary appointeeS.
Determination to make careful m
spection of the entire Post once De
partmant has been growing with
POSTMASTER General Work. First As
sistant John H. Barsfett and the other
lieuteuantS, under whom come the
entire personnel of the department
here considerably more than 1000
employees, as well as the entlre postai
service of the country.
Accordingly, a start has been made
by a detail of inspectors. detailed by
Rush simmons, chief postal inspector,
upon the office of the third assistant
postm;. ster general, because that bu-
reau offered the best starting point.
owing to the fact that it's work was
largely increased during the war
Statutory Employees Safe.
The other offices will be taken up in
turn. recommendations made and
acted upon. Just how many persons
will be laid of officials were unable
to state at this time. They Were
unanimous. however, in declaring
that no real worker on the regular
statutory rolls need fear for his job.
The movement is not being made.
they stat-d, ~ chop off heads" but
solely in tae interest of efficiency.
Stats OF the departments here, 1t is
believed by officials, should be cut
down 10 peace-tlme personnels as
quickly as possible. This will be
brought about chiefly by dismissng
these persons already have held
over,' H. - stated. many months be-
yons the regular time for which they
were appointed.
AS ~. tuc inefficient employees,
"yeed.nes out the deadwood.' as it is
popu.ag4y called. has long been a cry
in ,i-c department service, both on the
mar. of viIiciais and employees them
selves. E,mp.oye organizations have
repuated.y y pledged their assistance to
administrative officials in wedding out
ellcicnts. as it is realized that they
a Ne drag and hindrance to efficient.
hA Agd-working employees who want to
prd2Eress.
NV activities in the postal service
wilfo allow officials to generally place
efickent employees, it is stated, who
NAV <have to be separated from the
work Nhey are now doing simply be-
cause Ahat work is no longer needed.