Evening star., 1923-10-12
.TREASURY,|NTER|OR.
VETERANS BUREAU.
PAY TO Be BOOSTED.
Secretary MELONS Depart.
ment to Get 3.22 Per Cent
Net Increase Over Present.
SIX PER CENT PLANNED i.
FOR INTERIOR WORKERS
Veterans Bureau, Faring Well Un.
der "Lump-Sum" Program,
Down for 1.15 Per Cent.

The Treasury Department, which
has wore employees In the District OF
Columbia than any other department
or establishment in the entire gov
ernment service. is to get a gross per-
centage of increase In salary over
present base pay amounting to 1857
or net percentage of 3.22 over base
pay plus the $24O bonus. under the
being used in preparing the federal
budget for the next fiscal year.
The Treasury Department has 1880
employees covered in the reciassiflca-
tion. or nearly one-third of the entire
army Of government workers In the
National, Capital. This does not In.
clude skilled labor and tradesmen al
the bureau of engraving and printing
or officers in the coast guard or SINH.
lar exceptions provided in the re-
classification act.
"Lump Sum" Aided Increase.
The Treasury Department. which
gets net 3.22 percentage of in
crease, when taken In comparison
with the Interior Department. which
gets fiat 6 per cent increase, and the
Veterans Bureau, which gets only a
lis percentage of increase, offers an
excellent illustration of how the ad-
justment of salaries under lump-sum
appropriations has already brough,
many In the federal service up to the
a.. ,Ir l,,
The Treasury Department is split up
between those whose salaries have
been held down by statutory limita-
tions and those in lump-sum bureaus
where 1t was possible to gradually
raise the salary level during the las,
six years.
The Interior Department has had
practically no lump-sum appropria-
tions for salaries, and so reflects a
normal net increase, the average net
increase under reclassifcation for all
the $4,000 covered under reclgssifica-
ton of all the services In Washington
being 4.o3 per cent. The Veterans
Bureau. which has been entirely
1ump-sum appropriations. shows prac-
tfcaily no increase.
Figures Are Listed.
The summary of recommendation
by the personnel classification board
to the budget bureau regarding the
Treasury Department employees for
use in drafting the budget Is as fol-
lows:
Present base pay. s24,s52,o4s,
Base pay plus the bonus Cor wha,
is now recefved), $2S.297770.
tion. s2s.22S.767.
Amount of increase over base pay
Percentage of increase over base
Amount OF increase over base pay
plus the bonus. $s3o.ss7.
Percentage of net Increase. 3.22.
$500 In Interior.
A similar summary for the Interior
Department, which has $500 en-
ployes in washington covered by re-
classification, is as follows:
Present base pay. $7,991.275.
Base pay plus the bonus. $9.fo4,-
Appraised pay under reclassifica-
tion, and to be carried in the next
Amount Of increase over base pay.
Pereentage of increase over base
Amount of increase over base pay
plus the bonus. s583.25S.
Percentage of net increase over
base pay plus the bonus. 6.
4,5OO in Veterans Bureau.
The Veterans Bureau has $500 en-
ployees. for whom the findings OF the
personnel classification board are
summa rized as follows:
Present base pay, $6,562,822.
Base pay plus the bonus. $7.36! .70Z,
Appraised pay under reclassifica-
tion. s7.442,240.
Amount Of increase over base pay.
$879.41S.
Percentage of increase over base
pay, 1874.
plus the bonus, S84.35S.
Percentage of net increase over
base pay plus the bonus. lis.
The Star Gives News.
The Star has today given the find.
fngs of the personnel classification
board on 1880 employees of the
Treasury Department, on $500 en-
ployes Of the Interior Department and
on 4.500 employees of the Veterans
sively published the findings on the
1900 employees of the District govern
ment. This Is a total OF 29,S00 EN-
ployes, or way over half of the 54,-
O0o in the District covered in the re-
classification schedules. The Star on
Wednesday exclusively announced
that the $4,000 employees of the gov
ernment. including 2.200 in the mu-
nicipal service, are to receive q gross
increase of 1878 over the base SAL
aries, or a net increase of 4.03 per
cent over the base salaries plus the
bonus, or an increase in salaries Of
So S72.723 as a result of reclassifica-
tion.