Evening star., 1923-02-16
All Government Employees
Considered Would Get a or
5 Per Cent Increases.
SOME GO MUCH OVER
BONUS NOW RECEIVED
Redrafted Measure Before Subcom-
mittee of Senate Again Prob
ably Tomorrow.

The revised reclassifcation bill,
which is to be considered by tho
Senate appropriations subcommittee,
probably tomorrow. provides an in
crease of to > per cent in the
aggregate of all the salaries of the
employees of the government covered
by the bill. 1t Is understood that this
increase of or per cent means an
increase over and above the bonus
now being received.
The increases, of course, vary. and
In some grades and services they
will run 10, 10 or 90 per cent.
The redrafted bill, which, il is ex-
pected, will be approved in the main
by the appropriations subcommittee,
has been drawn by Senator Sterling,
chairman of the civil service COM
mittee, after conferences with Sena-
tor Smoot chairman of the appro-
priations subcommittee, and after
conferences with the President.
While the text of the revived bill
has not been made public, 1t was
learned today that the principal
changes from the bill as reported by
the Senate civil service committee are.
as follows:
A new classifying board Is provid-
ed instead of the Civil Service Com
mission. The new board will consist
of a representative of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission; representative of
the bureau of the budget and rep
resentative Of the bureau of efficiency.
Efficiency Bureau Provision.
There is incorporated in the revised
bill a provision that work done by tho
bureau of efficiency in regard to re-
classifying the government employees
under executive order of October "a.
1921, may be utilized SO far as prac-
ticable and consistent with the new
law.
The revised bill covers the field
service of the federal government as
well as the employees of the District
government. Those jobs in the field
which are comparable to jobs in the
! District of Columbia. will be classi-
! fed by the board. Those employees IN
! the field who have jobs that are not
so comparable will be reclassified by
the board after the board has made
study of their cases and reported back
to Congress. Provision is made that
all employees covered by the bill shall
continue TO receive the S240 bonus
until they have been reclassified.
The rules for classifying have been
the bill when reported by the Senate
civil service committee.
Skilled labor and common labor
have been eliminated from the bill at
the request of the iaborers themselves,
who believe that their interests are
better cared for under the present
method of wage adjustment in the
government.
CIerfcal-Mechanica Service.
There has been substituted. how
ever, a clerical-mechanical service,
largely to take care of certain en-
ployes in the bureau of engraving
and printing and the printing Office.
These employees arc not the skilled
labor in those bureaus.
The police and fire departments are
cared for in the bill, and it is UNDER
stood will get what they now get,
which means q basic salary, plus the
, bonus
AS the bill was reported from the
Senate committee on civil service
there was a provision which said i'll
| effect that no employe should have
his present salary reduced. This is
modified in the revised bill, and il is
considered likely that the provision
will be stricken out when the bill
is considered by the appropriations
subcommittee and the classifying
| board will be authorized TO reduce
| salaries as well as increase them in
allocating the employees, as provided
originally in the House bill.
The salary schedules as provided in
the bureau reported by the civil serv-
ice committee, are retained about the
same as carried in the bill reported
by the civil service committee of the
Senate. In one case an increase has
been made in the revised bill. This
increase is for grade s, of the clerical
and administrative service. The
range of salary for this grade in the
bill as reported by the Senate cont
mittee was s4,ss0 to $500. In the
revised bill, the range is from $5,40O
to $4,000. This is the highest grade
in that service.
The highest salaries provided in tho
bill are for the scientific service, the
maximum being 1920.