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ment service and like activities are
paid from lump-sum appropriations,
while the older bureaus are all statu-
tory.
The summary of the personnel Clas-
sification Board for the Labor Depart
ment is as follows:
Present base pay, s972,640.
Base pay plus the bonus, s1,098,752.
Appraised pay under reclassifica-
tion, s1.144,7SS.
Amount OF increase over base pay,
s172148.
Percentage of increase over base
pay, III.
Amount of increase over base pay
plus the bonus, S45,996.
Percentage of net increase over base
pay plus the bonus, Az.
Lump Sum Employees.
In the Department of Justice prac-
ttcally two-thirds of the entire appro-
prfation goes to lump sum employees
while about SO per cent of the cleri-
cal force are statutory salary work
ers. The assistant attorneys general,
the bureau of investigation, etc, are
lump sum people.
The summary of the Personnel Clas-
sif1cation Board for the $50 employees
OF the Department of Justice is as
follows:
Present base pay, s1,657,672.
Base pay plus the bonus Cor what
is now received), $1,775,793.
Appraised pay under reclassifica-
tion, S1,835,464
Amount of increase over base nav.
s177,792.
Percentage of increase over base
pay, 1913.
Amount of increase over base pay
plus the bonus, s59,671.
percentage of net increase, 336
m n,-fy
&c the Post Office Department has the
largest percentage of statutory posi-
tions, has the largest average per
centage of net increase under re-
Glassifica ton Of any of the regular
departments. The summary of the
Personnel Classification Board for the
$3.50 employees of the Department of
Commerce is as follows:
Present base pay. s4,181.515.
Base pay plus the bonus, S4.743,776
Appraised pay under reclassifica-
ton, s5,069,011.
Amount of increase over base paw.
$751; ,496.
PERCENTAGE of increase over base
pay, 21.22.
Amount of increase over base paw
plus the bonus. s325,235.
Percentage of net increase over
base pay plus the bonus. $50
Hold Down Average.
The Federal Trade Commission with
32b employees and the Interstate
Commerce Commission with 1900 en-
ployes, illustrate the effect of lumn-
sum appropriations in holding down
the average percentage OF net in
crease under reclassffication because
the salaries of these employees have
already been largely reclassificd un-
der the ftfsxisility tfoa6 Of the lump sum
agencies the salaries have been held
down by statutes.
The summary !t of the personnel
classification board for the Federal
Present base pay, -sS3S,O40.
Base pay plus the bonus, sSS6,S40
Appraised pay under reclassifica-
bSSxea fion: ans sssSase 70 se carried in the next
Amount of increase over basic pay.
s52,140.
Percentage of increase over base
Amount Of increase over base pay
Percentage CT net increase over
base pay plus the bonus, .37.
The summary of the personnel clas-
Commerce Commission divulges that
1t gets the lowest average rate of
increase for any agency throughout
the entire federal service, thus far
made public. 1t amounts to scarcely
more than the famous "one-half of
lows:
Present base pay, $3,094.200.
Base pay, plus the bonus Cor what
is now received), $3,3s9,492.
Appraised pay under reclassifica-
tion. s3.3S1,172.
Amount of increase over base pay,
$286,972.
Percentage Of increase over base
pay, 9.21
Amount of increase over base pay,
plus the bonus, $11,7S0.
Percentage of net increase. .s5.