The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-08
u. S. EMPLOYEES
AGAINST
DROPPING BONUS
Union No. 2 Conducting Drive
For Membership to Force
Action.

VIII there be fiat reduction Of $50
Ia month in Government salaries
pending Redistribution? Or shall tbs
so-called bonus" be saved until the
Misunderstanding Redistribution bill
absorbing the bonus" into the base
pay, has become q law?
This question, laid before the House
lof Representatives Thursday by Chair
man Madden when he reported the
Treasury appropriation bill, WIN be
put personally to every Government
worker in washington during the
coming week by Federal Employees
Union No. Q, which 10 Launching
huge membership drive tomorrow.
This drive is the first move In the
campaign of the union to strengtn zen
its forces and build up machinery Tor
the undertaking that lies before II.
The so-called bonus being due to
the efforts of the National Federation
of Federal employees in the first place
union officials declare, and re-
classification bill being now halfway
through Congress, 1t il up to the EN-.
ployes themselves to see that the $240
"bonus" is not allowed to faIl through
between these measures.
Out for More Members.
A special committee, headed by
Charles d. Anderson, technical as
sistant In the Bureau OF CONSTRUCTION
and Repair in the Navy Department
has spread q net to capture every
Government worker in washington as
a member Of the Federal Employees
Union, in order that the work OF re-
/ taininR the bonus" and securing re-
classification may be duly shared by
ali. Assisting Mr.. Anderson as men,
beers OF his central membership com
mittee are Miss Roberta l.. LINDSEY,
manager Of the claims section, division
of loans and currency, who Ii presi-
dent of the Treasury Branch OF FED
eral Employees Union No. 2; Daylo n.
Glass, chief Of the clerical instruction
division of the Public Health service,
who is secretary Of the Scientific ana
TechnicaI Section Of Federal EN-
ployes Union No. 2; Samuel G. Grosn'
editorial clerk, buerau of soils, DE.
partment Of Agriculture, chairman Oh
the Orangization Committee OF feo-
eral Employees Union No. 2; and LIZ.
Daniel J. Folkmar. statistical clerk IN
the Census Bureau, who Is presoenI
of the Commerce Branch OF feoerai
Employees Union No. 2.
This committee Is placing several
hundred canyassers In the field, with
Instructions to make contact with
every employee in every department.
bureau, and branch Of the service.
chain of committees, responsible ID
the president Of each departmental OF
bureau of the union, has been set up
lin each Government building, the
branch presidents being In turn re.
sponsible to Mr.. Anderson's Centrai
Membership Committee. The Climax
Of the campaign will be reached on
January 16. which Is "Mempership
Day"
| Names Harding's Guarantee.
; President William ]. Hendricks, ot
Local No. 2, in a letter announcing
the membership drive and especially
Membership Day, January 16. puts 1t
J squarely up to each member OF the
union to let no fellow-worker remain
outside the union ranks.
He calls attention at the same
time to the unions policy Of co-opera.
ton with Department executives AND
members of Congress, and likewise to
the law authorizing the organization
Of Government employees-which pro-
vides that the right Of persons en-,
ployed in the civil service OF the
United States, either individually or
collectively, to petition Congress, or
Of Congress, or to any COMMITTEES or
Member thereof, shall not be denied
or interfered with"
President Harding. Mr.. Hendricks
points out, has recently renewed this
guarantee in his annual message.
. The branch presidents Of Federal
Employees Union, No. 2, who will
head the membership drive in the
different depar are as follows:
Treasury, Roberta L. Lindsay
Public Health, David r. Glass: In.
ternal Revenue. y: M. Everett: Gen
eral Accounting Office. E. L. Scheu-
fler; Veterans Bureau. Charles C..
Dunn: War. Pierre NJ. Kennerly;
Post Office, s. f. Blassingham; Navy,
c. d. Anderson; Interior, Walter I.
Swanton: Pension Office, J. O'C.
/ Roberts: Patent Office, l.. w. Wor-
rell; st. Elizabeth's. Roy B. Holiness:
Agriculture, Harry c. Graham: Com
merce. Or. Daniel J. Folkmar: Stand
ards, p. v. Wells; Coast and Geodetic
Survey. d. p. Barnette; Labor. Carl
v. Hookstadt; Justice, David p. Cald-
we'll: State, Leonard NJ. Gardner:
Government Printing Office. John S.
Driggers; Interstate Commerce Com
mission, Paul p. Reiney: Library Of
Congress, II. s. Parsons: Smithsonian
Institution, L. l.. Godbold: Federal
Board for Vocational Education. Miss
Tracy Copp; Civil Service Commits
sion, Miss Elizabeth Downing: Fed.
eral Trade Commission, c c.. Far.
well; Employees Compensation Com
mission. Mss Margaret d. Bright
well; National Training School for
Boys. George Macomber; Panama
Canal, Joseph Z. Petit: Tariff Com
mission, Mrs. Sophie J. Bergner
Scientific. Technical Section. DR.. II.
L. Shantz.
| Immediately following the member.
ship drive, the union will concentrate.
through Its Legislative COMMITTEES.
headed by Vice President James p.
McKeon. upon the Sterling reclassi.
fication bill In the Senate and q
special measure to provide the s24e
''bonus" for another year.
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