Evening star., 1923-05-11
|CLASS|F|ERS T0F|X
D. c. WORKERS PAY
Ratings of City Officials Must
Go to Board for Ap-
provaI.

The federal classification board
will have final say as to the new
salaries to be recommended for city
employees in the next estimates of
the Commissioners. District officials
stated today.
Department heads are about to be-
gin the task of allocaIing each of
their employees to the appropriate
grades fixed in the reclassification
law, but the ratings of these officials
will have to go to the federal board
for approval.
Mai. Daniel ]. Donovan, chairman
or the committee named by the Com
missioners to direct reclassiflcation
In the District building, has called a
meeting of department heads for 10
O'CLOCK tomorrow morning in the
board room. when he will outline to
them how they should proceed.
1t Is the plan of the District authori-
ties to send to the federal board two
recommendations for each employe. One
Will be the rating given the empoye by
the bureau of efficiency two years ago
the department chief believes the en-
ploye Is entitled to- The federal board
| then will decide which should be allowed
1t is understood that the District off,
Gals will allocate their employees to
grades carrying higher salaries than
were recommended by the bureau OF
efficiency.
The claim is made at the District
building that the bureau Of efficiency
only recommended increases to take the
place of the s240 bonus. which will be
discontinued after this year The argu-
ment of the city authorities Is that
salaries of District employees have al
ways been less than similar workers
receive in the federal departments and
that the city employees. therefore, should
be given higher ratings under the re-
classification to put them on an equal
footing with the federal service.
TabulatiOn Sheets About Ready.
Classification sheets upon which
will be tabulated Information for the
classification of the civilian personnel
of the government of the District
coming within the scope of the per-
sonnel classification board, are ex-
pccted from the government printing
Office today or tomorrow.
The sheets will be made available
Immediately to the various govern
ment departments. which are expected
TO plunge into the big job of reclas-
styling personnel and making returns
TO the board by June /.
The classification boards head
quarters today was humming with
preliminary activity, with inquiries
and questions especially coming ir
from various departments concerning
the classification OF local employees
No maximum has been set for the
net increase in salaries which may
result from the reclassification. 1,
was learned today from Chairman
Warwick of the board. The princi.
pal job of the board will be to see
that justice is done, according tc
Judge Warwick. and that employees
are allocated to their correct posi-
ton.
1t has been a matter of common
knowledge. according to those In
touch with the classification board
that the employees of the District gov
eminent have in some cases been re-
ceiving lower salaries than persons
doing similar work in the federal de-
partmentS.
General Raise May Result.
Together with the intimation from
the District classification committs 4 G
that general raise in salaries might
result from the reclassification came
the indication from the personnel
classification board a certain amount
of increase in pay for the District
employees would probably receive IA
vorable consideration. The personnel
classification board, however, in the
case of recommendation from the
District government as we'll as all
other departments of the federal gov
ernment, will have authority to re-
wise, reject or approve the classified
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