The Washington times., 1924-02-22
n { v REVISION
Of: U. S. JOBS
ASKED
Legislation to Exclude Eff
ticiency Bureau in RecIassi-
fication Demanded.

Another Reconsideration Of the Fed.
eral departmental services before
July 1, and legislation to exclude
the Bureau Of Efficiency or any
other Government agency from in
reference with the work, is pro-
posed in a letter sent to Congress
man Frederick r.. Lehlbach, father
of Reconsideration, by H. w. Marsh,
secretary of the National Civil Serv-
Ice Reform League. today.
The mess" which followed an.
nouncement OF the findings of the
classification board and the calling
, In Of the Bureau Of Efficiency is
accounted in the letter.
The communication endorses the
Lehlbach bill to transfer the duties
OF the classification board to the
Civil Service Commission. Hearings
on the, bill will open Monday at
1880 o'clock. The letter reads:
Last December the league adopted
an exhaustive report made by a spe'
cial committee which investigated
the work of the personnel classified
ton board. The committee found
that the personnel classification
board has apparently with delibera-
ton disregarded the clear intent OF
of the classification law. The re-
suits of it's work will not provide
any permanent solution of the diff
cult problem for which the board was
created. A classification of the serv-
ice in order to be effective must
serve as:, 49,.
I. A $guide to the employing
agency, that is; the Civil Service
COMMISSIONER selecting employees.
2. A chart for purposes of salary
increases and promotion, in rank.
3. A definite scheme of compen-
gation for services rendered. which
shall be uniform throughout the
service.
a. A basis for budget making by
the President and for appropriations
by Congress for personal service.
A true Reconsideration Of the de-
partmental service on a duties basis
before the beginning of the next fis-
cal year will serve to palate the
harm that has already been done,
but this should be accompanied by
measures which will assure the sur
render by the board of it's present
the field service and a reversion to
the plan originally adopted last sum-
mer. In this connection, may call
to your attention the conclusions
and recommendation of the leagues
special committee in it's report pre-
scented last December, as follows:
"Your committee believes that the
time has come for a complete ex.
NNNSe tor - kI1nr zee snSA h,,
any business connected with per
sonnet administration in the Federal
service. It's attitude and policy in
the administration of the reclassi-
fication act is typical ,of the influ-
ence It. exerts in personnel matters,
at was hostile to the work OF the
joint Congressional reclassification
commission, is hostile to the Civil
Service Commission Of which twas
originally a part, and plays consist
emily in these matters an obstructive
part.
aside, however, from such con.
alterations as these, the splitting up
of responsibility for such fundamen.
tai personnel matters as reclassifica.
ton and. efficiency records is bound
to retard progress if. in fact, any
progress can be made at ALL Re.
eponsibility properly rests with the
Civil Service Commission. Co-opera.
ton with other agencies, particu-
larly the budget bureau, in matters
relating to salaries, should be close
and persistent. But a sound per.
sonnet policy for. the Government
will centralize responsibility in the
commission as the central employ.
ment agency, give the commission
the authority and dignity it deserves,
and go a long way toward assuring
the development of a greatly i'm.
proved personnel system. With re.
spect to classification, at the earliest
possible date the participation of the
efficiency bureau should be termi.
mated by legislation"