The Washington times., 1924-07-25
The I JokersY to Be Found iii
Redistribution
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The chairman 81 Tie Personnel classification Board insists
sscs Il Il ecualse aIares ana nj u increase them 81
whole. This Is perfectly correct statement yet the
Board has made ALLEGATIONS Of employees r. such manner that
IA most instances there have been large increases Ia the
salaries Of higher officials and decreases IL the salaries Of
underpaid employees
doing identicay similar work for the Government shall be
paid something ike the same range Of salaries with Just
enough difference 70 permit deserved reward FOR efficient
work seniority and devotion to duty
Until reClassficaton was provided By Congress dozen
workers might be engaged upon precisely the same duties
$500 $500 per year than the others and still be
doing no better work sometimes not good.
The plain intention Of Congress- In making appropriations
for the executive departments for the present fiscal yeaE
was that employees should not rule suffer reductions
The claim was made in Congress that tie total appropraticns
for civil service salaries for the year considerably larger
than they would have been had ss % method q bonus
would be several hundred thousand dollars larger this fiscal
year than last.
n salaries due to Redistribution would be comparatively
small for the unfortunate and unuOy ones The intention 81
Congress certainly was that the ALLEGATIONS should be made
h such as to fairly and satisfactorily divide tie
total appropriations among all workers for the Federal
and District governments.
IRON the pockets Of lowpaid employees and put into the
pockets Of officials already receiving large salaries me
that higher paid folks well taken care 81 Ia the casses
established by that there viii be little money left "a Give
Increases q salaries within from the minimum to
The Controller General Of the Treasury has rendered an
opinion that employees may be advanced 70 the highest rating
If their respective classes without much red PROVIDED
There sufficient appropriations these promotions
"a the same breath the Controller that deficits mist
not be created Rather than bring about deficits the dismissal
q employees favored that appropriations may not Be ex
Ceeded - ~ -
And here again hobs up ajoker In the reclassficaon
deck there isn't money to pay for promotions "a he
respective classes the promotions cannot be made There win
be no cutting down. though Of the heavy increases made IN
salaries TO the Mgherups with political pull and backing
Ihe victims viii be the little fellows who haven't Congress
men Or somebody else Of influence back Of them
the salaries in the higher classcaons had not been 60
largely increased there might be money during the wear
Win which to reward the real workers for the
the rank and file who daily toll at the numerous desks 81
your Uncle Sam.
All this tells the old story Of the man with pull,
getting the best Of the deal ReClascation we are told
was not intended salary increase measure but ii has been
made that so far as the majority Of higher ups are
y salary increase measure for them but nneenhs
OF the workers for the Government the law was intended
20 De nothing but an equalization Of salaries affair
Tnere isn't question to the smaness Of Government
salaries generally Every higher official who has been bene
ited by the Redistribution interpretations Of the board
earns what he she to get and entitled to every
q IT, Yet It is apparent that there is be negotiable
division OF appropriations for salaries and that the little
fellows viii ride on the back seats Of the big payoff
wagons.