Evening star., 1923-06-15

Municipal Court, the Juvenile Court
and the probation office of the Su- =
preme Court OF the District. Their
bonus paid amounts to S1S,132, max
ing their total present pay $l31,032.
The total new pay recommended by
your committee is $157, ,440. al in
crease OF s26;4oS or 20.l5S per centum.
The new salaries recommended for
the eight Judges of the three courts
accounts for $4,000 of the total in
crease of S26,40S.
school Workers Raised.
In group (public schools are
$50 employees, representing the cler-
ical personnel of the board of edu-
cation, medical inspectors. dental in
spectora and dental operators. and
graduate nurses. numbering "a: the
remaining 442 of the school Erouu
embraces the CuStodial force Of the
schools, janitors. matrons. engineers.
nremen, etc. The total basic salary
paid the school group is 1894 .434
the total bonus paid is Sl14.7S4.S0,
making their total present pay s50e.-
2lSso The total new pay recon-
inended by your committee for this
group is s5s5.O35. an Increase of
S75,Sl6.2O. or 14.sSS per centum.
IN considering the classification
or TIE custodial group 1t was found
that the classification schedule did
not EpplH to the public school sys-
tenn. In this schedule the only grades
Which cover duties connected with
the cave OF buildings and grounds Ar.
IL, 81 u, AZ. 81, %. 6-1. 60, IL. 81
,. 1920 and 11-ll. In the abseuc.
OF dehnite specifications covering the
duties IF these employees and sSoIid "a
ly the bove cla@sitications. the pub
lie school officials established and
hour committee approved, a pngular
scale of grades. covering com Darablc
POSITIONS within the public school
Grade h-Caretakers tpart, t,time) of
one and tNso rooms.
Grade 2--Janitors of one and two
rooms
Grade 3-Janitors of four. i've and
SIX rooms. f.1borers. coal Pa sse ~ and
CharwOmen.
Grade 4-AIatrons, gardeners ian
ltors of four xsteamD. five (stsaln) J. six
!steam), seven and eight room build
lngs. hremen nd watchmen
trade o-Jantors of eight HsteamD.
nine. ten. eleNen and twelve room
buildings and the public sch.,ol ware
house: assistant Ianitors
Grade -JaAitors Of twelve
tsteaml. thirteen. fourteen and fif-
teen room buildings: assistant engi-
neers and electricians.
Grace Janiturs Of fourteen
'Steam). hfteen tstsamD, sixteen. sey-
enteen eighteen and nineteen room
buildings.
Grade s-Engineers and janitors Of
eighteen tsteamD. nineteen ssteam,
twenty and twenty one tsteam) room
buildings and the. administrative
building.
Grade lo-Janitors of normal. high
and junior high schools
Grade 1l-Superintenden Of ian
itors.
On the foregoing basis, all en-
ployes engaged in the care of build
ings and grounds OF the public school
system have been allocated. The al
locations made among these employees
vary in grade assignment to some e:r-
tent from that tentatively establish,,d ed
by the bureau of efficiency. Tins
variation is caused by the establfs n :
ment OF regular series of grades. hn
which positions which are comparable
in the nature of the duties are IS
signed.
The officers and teachers in the
public schools. and the officers and
members Of the police and fire depart
ments. rs stated before, are not in
GUIDED IN salary Tecommendatibns rs
submitted by your committee, as those
employees are expressly excluded by
the provisions of the recla flea ltion
law. This law requires that the ap-
preparation estimates for the fiscal
year 1925 shall include the new, sal
aries as finally established by, The
personnel classification board. The
adoption of the ne wsaIaries by Con
gress will do away with the present
annual bonus of s240 The board OF
education will probably recommend
legislation during the next session of
Congress for salary increases to on
GERS and teachers in the public
schools. With no bonus appropria :
tion in 1925. policemen and fremen
would suffer a reduction of $50 q
month in their nay. The ConLmis-
sioners should either recommend leg
islation for a new salary schedule for
policemen and firemen. or request the
personnel classification board to in
clude those employees iIi its present
Investigation and proposed recon-
mendations to Congress involving the
employees in the field forces of the
federal government"