The Washington times., 1929-08-06
SURVEY TO
benefit
10000

, Increases in pay Tor the
5O, ,OOO-odd Government em-
plOyes in the District who are
rated under the Personnel
G Classification Board will be
recommended in the report Of
the wage and personnel sur
vey being conducted by the
field survey division Of the
board, it was said today.
The recommendations for In
Acreases will come about through
the efforts of the board to classify
ard recommend wage rates Tor
approximately 10000 Federal field
workers.
No Reductions Planned
There win be no recommenda tions
for reductions In pay schedules. it
was indicated.
The board Will recommend that
the salaries of field workers and
workers in the Federal depart
Ments in Washington who are un-
der the classified service be equal
ized In many cases. 1t was ildi-
1oated, 1t win mean that the local
workers viii be raised to the stand
ards set for field workers. All.
however, Is contingent upon the
favorable action of Congress.
Approximately loo, 900 question:
naires were sent out to field workers.
Who were asked to give the nature
Of their duties and their salaries. As
check en- this, their supervisory
ufficers have been asked also to out
line the duties Of the employees and
their salaries.
Salaries Are Compared
! As fast as the answers are received
they are ..ort~d out according to
work and lot according to depart
hnents. The best clerks available are
eetstc work figuring out the require
taents necessary to perform the
duties in that class capably. The
salaries IL. this class are compared
with the salaries iii washington and
with. salaries paid by private enter
prises.
Once the workers are classified,
the requirements are printed and
list of the workers in the various
classifications are sent to the de-
partment In which they are EN-.
ployed. The department then allo-
Gates the workers to the board 8
ciassifications and the list of EN-.
pI0yes, their classifications and
Recommendation Is ready to be sent
TO Congress.
Report For Congress
The entire report of the field
survey division will be ready, in.
Congress at the opening in Decem-
Der.
Those included In the survey are
those whose salaries are not fixed
BY wage boards or similar authority.
IN the organizatie coming within
the survey there are more than half
as many field employees in the ex-
cluded classes as there are coming
within the scope of the survey, and
these employees are distributed among
the various departments and estab.
lfshnlents. each of which has diff
feEent method Of determining pay
rates.
The recommedatio for increases
will, of course, mean the modifica-
ton Of the classification act of 1928
and the WeIch act Of 1928. It was
pointed out at the Board today.
The Treasury Department has
the largest number of employees
coyered in the survey. with total
OF 50 .430, spread out through the
! Internal revenue. customs. prohibi.
ton, supervising architects office,
and the Public Health Service.
other departments and the mum.
ber Of employees are Interior. 1924;
Commerce. 3,754; War, 12,49S: JUS
tice, 1864: Labor. S,11S; Agriculture,
i0.173; Navy, 5000: State, 81: Inter.
Veterans Bureau, 1929; Panama
canal, Il ,519: Civil Service, 159; Ma.
tional Advisory Committee on Aero
YlaHtics, 100. Employees Compensa-
lion Commission, So. and the Fed
eral Trade Commission, 81.