Evening star., 1925-09-10

classification act. which shall provide
! for the revision of existing compen-
sation schedules for the District of
Columbia. and the esta blishment of
compensation schedules for the field
services which shall be ba sed upon the
increased cost OF living as shown By
The Government itself in the figures
of the labor statistics and upon
minimum rate of 81 500 per snnuu. as
already esta blished by law for unskilI
ed laborers in the postal service for a II
full-time adults
The esta enlistment of definite and
uniform annual sick leave throughout
the Government services was advo.
Gated in another resolution adopted
he convention pointing that at pres
ent leaves of absence and sick leaves
were. 10 large extent, left to the dis
erection Of department heads The res
olution would establish the leave OF
absence a g matter of right for Fed.
eral employees. in addition TO providing
for sick leave with pay at the rat
of 10 days per year, unused leave 70
he Indefinitely cumulative. provided
that no more than so days sick leave
may he taken in any one calendsr
year.
Delegates from various sections Of
the country and in the different
hra inches of the Federal civilian EN-.
ploNment recited the sick and absence
leave ractices in their various de-
partments, indicating striking lack
of uniformity. One delegate from
Chicago said in his department the
employees could get Is days leave Of
absence and Is days sick leave, "if
things were going along nicely and If
they stood In right"
Nod Of
poyes was denounced as ANTIGUA ted
and inequitable, and 1t was urged
that the federation bring TO the at
| tention of the proper officials the ad-
visibility of inaugura ting a modern
and just method of rating the eff
cheney of employees
Joseph WYNN of Balboa Heights,
Pa mama Canal Zone. told the delegates
OF the iniustices under which the
American civilian employees had TO
work in that region. He pointed out
that not only we're the military hog
ging' the best jobs. but that the
authorities were giving preference in
many instances to foreigners. such as
/ West Indian negroes. over America n
citizens. Many Of this foreign ele-
ment. he said. were allowed to take
positions in the Zone without civil
service eNaminat ton and were usurp-
ing JOBS Wnlcn belonged I1ghtfully 10
civilian Americans. The federation
went on record as vigorously opposing
the continuance of the practice
Pay for Overtime.
The convention unanimously favored
a resolution which would give to meat
inspectors in the Bureau of Animal
Industry, Department of Agriculture
overtime pay commensurate with
overtime 4 work performed. Repre-
sentatives from Chicago, st. Louis.
Jersey City and other large meat pack
ing centers said inspectors now were
forced to work many hours overtime
without being adequately reimbursed.
They said under a ruling of the De-
partment Of Agriculture some of them
received an increase in salary OF SIS a
month in anticipation Of overtime
work, inr spite of the fact that, this
sum was insufficient to cover the
many extra hours spent on their jobs.
They said. also that In not a few cases
the increases were not applicable to
employees who do much overtime work.
The Bureau Of Animal Industry dele
gates favored reversion Of the over
time pay by the meat-packinG com
psntes.