Evening star., 1923-12-05
Regarding POSTAL
CLERKS IS URGED
Paige's Bill Would Benefit
| First and Second Class
, Post Offices.

. The food of bills covering every
phase of public activity for hufnapi-
tartan solicitude continues to flow
through the hopper of the House.
Representative Calvin ID. Paige of
,Massachusetts today introduced a
bill classifying salaries OF post
Office clerks in first and sc cond class
post offices and readjusting their
salaries and compensation. He pro-
poses that these clerks shall be di
.vided into five grades as follows:
First grade. salary, Sl,600, second
grade, salary, s1,SO0; third grade,
salary, $4,000; fourth grade. salary.
S2.200. and fifth grade, salary, $4,000.
His bill provides that clerks in first
and second class post Offices shall
he promoted successively after one
year satisfactory service In each
grade to the next higher grade until
they reach the fifth grade.
{ HIS bill provides TWO grades of Spe-
'cial clerks-the first grad, salary
$500, and the second grade. salary
$500. Clerks who have served three
years satisfactorily in grade > will
be promoted to special clerk, grade |.
ana after serving one year satisfac-
l..
special grade 2.
Representative Frederick Dallinger
of Massachusetts,. prospective chair
man of the committee On education.
reintroduced his bill for permitting
all civilian employees of the War De-
paPtment to purchase supplies from
Such commlssary stores as may be
operated by the subsistence division
of the Quartermaster Corps tof the
Army.
Representative Dallinger also in
troduced a bill providing for library
information service in the bureau of
education.
Representative Smith of Idaho in
troduced a bill. forty pages long, to
regulate the practice of osteopathy
In the District of Columbia.
New Immigration Laws.
Five bills dealing with proposed
new immigration laws or amendments
were filed.
Chairman Johnson of the immi gra-
tion committee put in his bill for re-
striction of immigration TO per cent
of the various nationals in the United
States in 1890, while Representative
SABBATH. democrat, Illinois, proposed
a restriction of immigrants on basis
Of per cent of the nationals here in
1920. Representative Perlman. re-
publican. New York. asked repeal of
the Immigration law now in effect.
Amendments to the Volstead act
were proposed in bills filed by Repre-
sentatives Hill, republican, Maryland
Doyle. democrat. Illinois. and SABBATH.
Mr.. Hill advocated establishment of
federal local option districts, COM
prising congressional districts, with
the right to vote at each CongT eS-
Sional election for light wine and
beer. Mr.. Doyle asked the right of
state referendum votes on light wine
and beer Mr.. SABBATH sought amend
ment of the law to permit sale and
manufacture of light wine and beer.
Propose House Reapportlonment.
Bills proposing reapportionment of
Of the 1920 census and limiting the
total to 1875, the present membership,
were filed by Representatives Fair
field. republican, Indiana; Barbour,
republican, California. and Black.
democrat. Texas Representative
Blanton. democrat. Texas. asked re-
apportionment reducing the total to
304 members
4 constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting labor of persons under eigh-
teen years of age was proposed by
Representative Connery, democrat,
MasSa chusettS.
Reorganization and Improvement
of the foreign service of the govern
ment again was sought by Repre-
sentative Rogers. republican, Massa-
chusetts. in a bill which passed the
House last session.
Amnesty. for all persons convicted
under the wartime neutrality and es-
pionage acts was asked by Repre-
sentative Griffin. democrat, New York.