Evening star., 1924-03-26
INCREASES IN PAY
FOR WORKERS HERE
INCLUDED IN BILL
Independent Offices Appro-
priation Provides for Raises
of Nearly Half Million.

Despite sharp reduction in expen-
ditureS by the Veterans Bureau and
several other federal bureaus, the in
dependent offices appropriation bill was
reported to the House today with in
creased compensation for government
employees in the District of Columbia
totaling s45s,880.
The bill, which was reported out by
Representative Will r. Wood of In
diana, recommends appropriations for
personal services in the District on
the basis of ALLEGATIONS established by
the personnel classification board. The
increase is the direct result of salary
classification in Washington.
The appropriations coincide with the
practice adopted by the House appre-
priations committee in previously report
ing appropriation measures for 1925,
several OF which have already passed
the House. The restrictive provision
regulating the expenditure of appro-
prlatlonS for personal services in the
District contained in the other bills
is recommended in today's measure.
Less Than Last Year.
The bill carries s3sS,4s6.S9o or
s103,S24,4S6 less than last years ap-
preparations and s241.741 less than
budget estimates. The Veterans
Bureau get s349,O65, 900, a reduction
of s9S,3SS,0S6 under a year ago. The
Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet
Corporation are allotted $30,344, 900.
or S20,607, 500 less than the last bill
carried
In addition the measure provides
$4,000 for President Coolidge's sal
airy, $4,000 for his travelling ex-
penses. s93,520 for salaries and s37.-
900 for contingent expenses in the
executive offices, and s55,540 for the
pay of the White House police force.
In many of the appropriations for
personal services recommended in the
independent Offices bill, the amount
recommended for the fiscal year 1925
is considerably greater than the ap-
preparation for similar purposes dur
ing the fiscal year 1924. Chairman
Wood of the special subcommittee
explained that this is due to the fact
that increased compensation (s240
bonus) was provided by a special act
for the current fiscal year to the var
ious offices and bureaus, as follows:
Rates for Bonus.
Executive office, $4,000; bureau of
efficiency, $1,000; Civil Service Com
mission, $4,000; Commission of Fine
Arts, $3.50; Employees Compe- cation
Commission, S15,S40; Federal Trade
Compassion, $4,000; general account
ing Office, $5o4,2Ss; Interstate Com
merce Commission, $500, 600; national
advisory committee for aeronautics,
$4,000; Smithsonian Institution, $92.-
T44: State. War and Navy buildings,
s309,36o: Tariff Commission, $4,000:
Veterans Bureau. $3,35S,2so, and
transfer to the State, War and Navy
departments building of s20.208.
In computing the rates of compen-
sation. the classification act provided
that the existing pay should be the
base pay plus any bonus the employe
was receiving. To this amount was
added the increase necessary to make
the rate of pay for the particular .po-
Sition come within the rates of pay
established in the classification act of
1928. The actual increase, therefore,
tween the base pay for 1924 and the
amount recommended for 1925, but
the difference between the combin ed
amounts for base pay and bonus, and
the amount recommended for the
fiscal year 1925. -
Eject shows Paradox.
In several of the Bureaus and Offices.
the effect of this has been that, al
though there is an apparent increase
in a recommended appropriation for
personal services for 1925, compared
with the appropriation made for the
fiscal year 1924. an actual reduction
has taken place.
The hearings on the bill disclosed
that statements were made showing
by offices and bureaus the salaries in
the District of Columbia for the fiscal
year 1924, separated according to
base pay and bonus, compared with
the initial rates fixed for the fiscal
year 1925, in accordance with the
classification act.
Amount of Increases.
Following is list showing the
amounts required above base pay and
bonus on account of classification for
the fiscal year beginning July 1 next:
Executive Office, s11,0s0; bureau of
efficiency, s4,67O: Civil Service Com
mission, s19,340; Commission of Fine
Arts, 1920. Employees Compensation
Commission, $4,000; Federal Power
Commission, $1,000; Federal Trade
Commission, $3.50; general account
ing Office, $1S7,644; Interstate Com
merce Commission, $11, 1,425: national
advisory committee for .aeronautics,
$3.50: Smithsonian Institution, $50. 956;
State. War and Navy buildings, $780,
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