Evening star., 1923-09-04
CALLS P. 0. CLERKS
MODEL EMPLOYEES
Civil Service Commission
Head Welcomes Delegates
to Convention.

Employees in the postal service were
held up to other civil service workers
today as demonstrating the acme OF
loyalty to the government by Presi-
dent Deming of the Civil Service Com.
mission.
Thanked by Mrs. Helen II. Gardener
and George II. Wales, the other two
members of the commission. Presi-
dent Deming paid high tribute 10
postal employees at today's session
of the twenty-fourth annual conven-
ton of the United National Associa-
tion of Post Office Clerks at the Will
: lard Hotel.
Nowhere else in the civil service
is there such loyalty as in the postal
service Mr.. Deming said
Wants Night Work Cut.
The visit of the entire membership
OF the Civil Service Commission fol-
lowed the presentation of the annual
address of {. T. FranciscuS of the
Association of Post Office Clerks. in
which he advocated reduction OF
night work and reclassitication of
salaries from $1,000 to $4,000. with
tw" special clerk grades of s2.40O
and S2.aUo
President Franciscus. in his report.
advocated a weekly pay dav for post
"iitce clerks. instead Of the present
system Of two pay days 81 month. and
declared that six hours of night work
should equal eight hours of day work
Conditions are infinitely worse i'm
the postal service. in respect to sal
aries. than they were before the war
Mr. Franciscus said. He pointed out
that il June, 1920. when the present
classification was approved. his asso-
citation entered protest against il,
'hardcterizing the act of June g. 1920
IS merely ''makeshift reclassifica- :
Gon. and predicted that it would not
materially or permanently correct the
hardships of employment as regards
the salaries paid to post Office clerks.
Worse Than Before War.
Now, five years after the signing
OF the armistice and three years aft
er the approval of our present reclas,
sifcation." Mr.. Franciscus said. "con-
dIttOnS are infinitely worse in the
postal service than they were before
the war.
1T will take appropriate action to
bring this matter to the attention of
congress in such a manner as will
cause the Congress to realize that the
reimbursement of our salaries which
we ask for is something from which
the government itself will be the
greatest, beneficiary and should.
therefore, As q matter of good gov
ernment and good business, be the
most ardent advocate
President Franciscus asserted that
the habits. standard of living. educa-
ton and environment of government
employees and those depending upon
them must. of necessity. reflect credit
or discredit upon the government. 1t
is for these reasons. he said, that the
association believes that the Congress
cannot longer afford to ignore it's just
obligation to the government employe.' -
I'll fed. shabbily clothed poorly
housed and miserably underpaid gov
ernment employees cannot and will not
render efficient service" the president
said.
This afternoon the delegates are on
trip through Baltimore and down
the Chesapeake bay. Following a
business session tomorrow morning,
the convention will be received at
o'clock by President Coolidge at the
White House. Two sessions Thurs
day Will close the meeting.