Evening star., 1923-10-13
Lump Sum Appropriations in
Some Departments Cause
of Difference.
u. S. POSTAL EMPLOYEES
INCREASE UNDER AVERAGE
Scientific Stats Salaries Brings
Percentage Up in Several
Instances.

| The Post Office Department, with
1852 employees in the District of CO.
lumbia, covered by the reclassifica-
| ton law. shows a low percentage of
| increase in pay, although 1t is the
| Oldest statutory department unre-
lieved by lump sum appropriations,
because of it's equipment shops,
which are under lump sum appropria-
tions, and these take care of about
rs per cent of the entire force, 1t was
learned today.
! The summary of ALLEGATIONS made
| by the personnel classification board,
| which have been drafted into the bud
| get for the next fiscal year shows
| for the Post Office Department as fol-
| lows:
Present base pay. s2,341,10
Base pay plus the bonus, s2,ss7,-
| 957.
Appraised pay under reclassifica-
tion, s2.s3s,949.
Amount of increase over base pay,
s49s,S40.
Percentage of increase over base
! pay, 21.31.
Amount of increase over base pay,
! plus the bonus, $151,992.
Percentage of net increase over
base pay plus the bonus, 5.65.
The Department of Agriculture,
with 4,S00 employees in Washington,
employees. covered by reclassifcation
show another phase of how the aver
age percentage of increase for an
entire department has been held up
to fair percentage increase by vir-
tue of a mixed force.
In the Department of Agriculture
practically all the clerical force is on
statutory salaries. and yet there is
considerable portion of the scientific
force which is paid from lump sums.
| The summary for the Agriculture De-
partment made by the personnel
classification board is as follows:
| Present base pay, s7,915,598.
Base pay plus the bonus, sS,S70,532.
| Appraised pay under reclassifica-
tion, and to be carried in the next
| budget, s9,316.00s.
| Amount of increase over base pay,
81, ,4o0,f1
Percentage of increase over base
Amount of increase over base pay
| plus the bonus, s445.676.
| Percentage of net increase over
base pay plus the bonus, 5.02.
! Navy Increase Low.
/ In the Navy Department. while the
| big percentage of the clerical force
| is statuatory.. the fact that it is a
military establishment brings in Off
GERS to fill all the top positions, which
tends to reduce the average per-
I centage of increase. Two things,
however. tend to pun up the averase:
are a considerable number of higher
| paid places on the civilian rolls, such
| as engineering, construction repairs,
yards and docks, all of wh;sh have
| salaries above the average; andssec-
ond, these are all paid from lump
| sum appropriations, so that the Navy
! Department runs fairly true to nor
NAL.
| The summary of the Personnel CIas-
| sification Board for the Navy Depart
| ment is as follows:
| Present base pay, s3.177,7S2.
| Base pay plus the bonus Cor what
is now received), S3,646,96S.
! Appraised pay under reclassification,
s3,S13,720.
| Amount of increase over base pay,
| $635,9SS.
| Percentage of increase over base
pay, 20.
| Amount of increase over base pay
| plus the bonus. s166.752.
! Percentage of net increase, 457.
| State REPAYMENT illustration.
| The State Department is a good
| ILLUSTRATION of where the bulk of em=
ployes are statutory, but there has
grown up q small percentage of the
| force. covered by lump sum appropria-
| tions. On this account the average
percentage of increase for the State
| Department is a little lower than
normal. due to these so-called draft
ing Offices"
| The summary of the personnel clas-
| sification board for the $50 employees
of the State Department is as fol-
! lows:
Present base pay, s1.o45,2so.
| Base pay plus the bonus. s1,173.15O.
! Appraised pay under reclassifica-
tion, and to be carried in the next
budget, $1.231.360.
| Amount of increase over base pay,
| S160.130.
Percentage of increase over base
pay, 17.0S.
| Amount of increase over base pay
plus the bonus, S5S,210.
| Percentage of net increase over
| base pay plus the bonus, 4.91.
Labor Department Near Standard.
| The Labor Department also has its
| force of 625 employees split between
those on the statutory rolls and those
4 who are paid from lump-sum appro-
priations and, therefore, are receiv-
| ing already pretty nearly the reclas-
1 sification rates. The migration
| service. the children's bureau, the
! women's bureau, the federal employ
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