The Washington times., 1930-12-08
Huge Salary BlunderofH House
A National Injury
Comes at Most InoppOrtune Time in Nations History.

The most astounding piece Of legislation In the history Of
the United States that proposed by the House in the matter
Of cutting off ali salary increases for Federal employees
The absolute breaking Of existing laws and OF promises to
Federal employees contained in those laws shameless re-
pudaon Of conractural obligations The njuces done by
that however, insignificant compared with the bad
psychological effect throughout the country at most nCp
perfume time.
In the face of pleas from President Hoover to employers
maintain we schedules and to uphold the standards Of labor
in The face Of depression and Of discomfort the House, led
by Representative Wood commits itself to program Of
fusng all legitimate increases in salaries to Government
workers. matter how poorly paid they may be and how
much they are entitled to the epps provided for in the re-
classification act
No sympathy will be gained from underpaid workers
throughout the country at the attacks upon Government
workers This Mr. Wood is not going to do anything for
those falling to get living wages or without employment OF
Sensible employers of labor will not sympathze with the
proposition That to save the government rev mOns Of
statutory law shall be nued and promises cast to the winds
Students Of economic and social conditions patriots Of this
country anything but i'll effects in almost every
phase Of the nations life and prosperity from this petty
fortunate attempt to economlze.
There might be approval this proposed legislation In
volved the salaries officials ranging from year up
but those affected will be the admittedly nderpad
whose struggles years have appealed heretofore
the very Congress that adverses that there
national depression and that great Government CUTTING
EXPENSES not the Of costly projects but the small
salaries Of struggling men and women
How President Hoover viii take this rejection Of his able e
forts to renew the confidence Of the na in its soudness
nobody predict What he should do to publicly announce
that he will VETO any appropriation bill that comes to him with
provisions seps in salaries be made in the next
fiscal year.
Il is practically certainty that the Senate will quarey and
effectively kill the House scheme because there big men
there with wide vision to the countrys social and economic
uncertainties
Still there would be widely beneficial effects from knock
out statement by the President that the county psychology
now calls for other ways than that Of the House Such state
ment would inspire the humanity depressed with confidence
and faith that the nation not going into nggardy
state Of cutting salaries refusing to pay living wages
It is probably not understood yet that in the Wood
scheme becomes law there will arise vacancies in civil
service positions in fiscal year. Men and women
leaving will be prohibited from salary advancement to the
vacancies but do the work-Odtright notification OF
the classification law r
The proposition too utterly little vicious and dangerous
In ramicatons for thinking in House Senate to
hermit it to 60 further.