Evening star., 1923-10-11
-2,2OO D. c. WORKERS
TO GET PAY RAISE
AVERAGING 10PCT.
Increase Under RecIassifica.
tion Higher Than Any of
U. S. Departments.

The 2.2o0 employees OF the District
government are to receive higher
percentage of increase in salaries. un-
der reclassiflcation. than the workers
in any of the rekular departments.
This is provided in the schedules
prepared by the Personnel Classif1ca-
tion Board. which have been used by
the District Commissioners in sub
mitting their estimates to the budget
bureau. The budget bureau has a
duplicate of these schedules, which
it is using to check over the Commits.
sioners' estimates, with the probabil-
ity that these salary increases will
be included in the federal budget
when 1t Is sent to Congress for the
next fiscal year.
The percentage Of increase for these
1900 District employees over what is
known as base salary" is 42.15, and
over their present total salary, in
cluding the so-called "S240 bonus" Is
1903. This has been made up on the
basis of rules contained in the reclas-
sifcation act and practically all are
on appraisals at the minimum for
grade
Summary of Schedules.
Here Is summary of the reclassi-
fication boards schedule for the Dis
trict employees:
Present base salary. s2,135,7S1.
Present salary plus the s24O bonus,
s2,759.317.
Predicted salary for July next, or
the classification boards appraisal
which is expected to be carried in
the budget-s3.036.152.
Amount of appraisal over base
salary, $900,311.
Percentage of increase over present
base salary. 42.15.
Net increase of appraised salary
over total present salary. including
the s240 bonus s276,S35.
Percentage of net increase, 1908.
The highest percentage of increase
for any department in the regular
federal establishment is 6,S6.' The net
percentage of increase for the de-
partments proper range from 2.l TO
Csc. BY way of illustration here are
percentage figures for some OF the
largest departments:
One gets 1871 per cent increase over
present base pay and Fl per cent over
base pay plus the bonus.
Another gets 17.S percentage over
third gets TT percentage in
crease over the base pay and AZ over
the base pay plus the bonus.
One of the largest of the govern
ment establishments is to receive 1874
over base pay and only LIS over base
pay plus the bonus.
The higher rate of increase allowed
the District employees is to erect an
act of tardy justice. From the stand
point of equality of pay the. employees
of the District government have been
notoriously underpaid. The new
schedule drafted by the PERSONAL
Classification Board brings the District
workers up to the grades of pay in
other departments. and this is why
the percentage of increase which the
next appropriation bill is expected to
carry for the District employees is
larger than for any of the regular
While 1900 employees of the Dis
trict government are covered in this
reclassification. there are many more
not included The District Commits
sioners submitted to the personnel
classification board several hundred
more employees. The schedule of the
classification board does not include
skilled wo1kmen, nor does 1t include
maritime employees or per diem en-
ployes. However, as there are num-
ber of per diem employees who work
practically every day and are In
effect regular annual employees OF
the District. special study is being
made which will provide a sort of
reclassification for them.
Plan Many Appeals.
The Commissioners. through Bud
get Officer Donovan. will appeal to
the ella assification board to make ad-
justments in the salaries allotted to
q number of individuals in the Dis.
trict service. Commissioner Rudolph
stated today.
Commissioner Rudolph said there is
no disagreement between the local
and federal authorities on the salary
ratings as a whole, but only in a few
cases in which TIE Commissioners
fee, the allotments are inadequate.
While the total increase In District
salaries unGer the grading as made
by the classification board amounts
to 10 or IL per cent. Maj. Donovan ex-
planned today that this does not mean
a 10 or IL per cent raise for each en-
ploye.
crease vary widely. according to the
character of work performed.
The original ratings given city en-
ployes would have amounted to an
increase Oh lo per cent In the total
District pay roll, but adjustments
made by the classification board
brought the total down to 10 or IL
per cent.
In making these adjustments, II
was learned today. the classification
board reduced the grades to which a
number of department heads had
been allocated
The Commissioners. who now re.
ceive $1,000 a year have been recon-.
mended for $500 Heads of major
departnentS will receive $4,000 2