Evening star., 1924-07-17
WORKERS TO FIGHT
CLASSIFYING BOARD
New Federation Organized as
Rating Body Head De-
tends Work.

Two principal developments in re-
classification marked the situation in
Washington today
Chairman Bailey of the Personnel
Classification Board emphatically de-
MED what he declared to be the mis-
taken impression that reclassification
was now fixed and immovable prop
osition. with no hope for the future.
He pointed to the opportunity for
promotions under the system now in
force and announced that the board
was ready to review appeals in Dor
derline" cases, where there existed
"doubt'' as to the proper classifica-
ton
A new organization, the District of
Columbia Federation Of Federal EN-
pioyes' Unions. was formed under the
auspices of the National Federation
of Federal Employees. and established
headquarters at room 500. Bond
Building. 1t will fight for abolish
ment of the Personnel Classification
Board and transfer of it's duties to
the Civil Service Commission, and
will make a survey of the results of
to seeing how the alleged mistakes
best may be corrected.
FEDERATION Organized.
The new organization of federal
employees was effected last night at
a meeting at the new Headquarters
and was addressed by President
Luther Steward of the national fed
Grafton and others. Officers of the
new District of Columbia federation
were elected as follows: President, Dr.
J. Franklin Meyer of the Bureau of
Standards; vice president, John W.
Ginder, of the Treasury Department;
secretary-treasurer, William Sanger.
of the Department of Commece. The
organization will be composed of rep
resentatives from each of the ten
locals of the national federation in
the District of Columbia. 1t will
handle all problems which are strictly
ployes Of this city.
President Steward in addressing
the meeting declared the prime pur-
pose of organized employees of the
government would be to abolish the
classification board and transfer it's
duties to the Civil Service Commits
sion. Preparations should also be
made by the employees, he said, to as
sist proper administration by the new
body.
Faults Of systen.
Mr.. Steward today declared ella SSH
fication which went into effect by the
first pay day last Tuesday had stirred
up universal dissatisfaction. The
fundamental error OF the present sys-
the board has attempted to keep
down appropriations instead of try
ing honestly to find out what work
was being done by various employees,
and then allocating them 10 appro-
PIRATE salaries.
Large increases were given to
some favored few" declared the ma
tional federation president "and no
increases. or reductions were given
to those less important employees who
do not amount to much. That, / claim,
is special privilege the words about
which we are beginning to hear so
much these days"
Bill Passed By House.
The bill which would abolish the
classification board and turn its duties
to the Civil Service Commission, for
which the organized Federal employees
here will fight, HIS passed the House,
and is on the calendar in the Senate.
Chairman Bailey of, the classified
tion board, in discussing at some
length today the latest developments
In reclassincation. reported that an
average of mot one day" of new
appeals from allocations has been re-
ceived by the board. Some old ones
had come in, he said.
The group of ''border-line" cases,
the chairman indicated, was being
gradually reduced to smaller proper
tions, SO that the board would now
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