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The Washington times., 1931-08-29
HOOVER STANDS
AGAINST CUTS

Both President Hoover and
Secretary of Labor Doak have
reiterated the Administrations
stand against reduction Of wages
in industry on the theory that re-
duced wages would permit the
employment Of more people.
TT is maintained today. follow
ing conference Of the President
and his Cabinet. that the Presi-
dent and his unemployment COM
mission have not changed their
original views that wages must
be kept up.
RumOrs circulating in Wall
Street and U. S. Chamber Of Com
1nerCe circles were that wage re.
ductions were favOreG at the
White House to relieve the unem.
plOyment crisis.
The President is holding a series
Of almost daily conferences in an
endeavor to further the guar.
anteed employment" plan, where.
by employers guarantee to their
workers a certain number Of days
work during the next IL months,
thus permitting the employees to
make their budgets and plans
accordingly.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
REP. RUTH OWEN RETURNS
Bryan's Daughter Did
Northern Europe in
Motor Caravan

After q caravan tour" that
took her through Denmark and
into Germany at the crisis Of the
latter country's financial trou-
bles over reparations, Mrs. Ruth
Bryan owen. Of Florida, woman
Representative in Congress and
daughter of the late William
Jennings Bryan. THE Peerless
Leader" has arrived in New
York and is expected to reach
her Capitol offices here early
next week.
In New York, today, she was
said to be correcting proofs on
her book Elements of Public
Speaking" and was diSinclined
to discuss economics or politics
although she said she had been
through interesting experiences
abroad.
Mrs. Owen was quoted as say.
ing:
MY trip abroad was solely
Of q recreatiOnal nature and
went to see the continent,
not to study 1t.
However. there were very
evident signs Of distress, notice
able TO the most casual OBJ
server.
"I talked politics with NO
one. / did not see Adolf Hitler
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
FELDMAN RAPS
CIVIL SERVICE

In addition to strong move
ment to merge the three or more
agencies here having to do with
supervision of Federal employees,
some criticism continues to be
voiced concerning the Civil Ser
vice Commission itself.
The good that the commission
has done since it was authorized
by the Civil Service Act of Janu-
ary 16, 1888, is not forgotten by
those who claim to find it even
today less efficient than 1t
might bee
In his survey report to the
Personnel Classification Board,
DR.. Herman Feldman makes these
pointed unfavorable comments
about the commission:
1. It has . double function, In
that it makes personnel rules, and
also administers them. Its powers
are also, in some measure,
judicial.
2. 1t has three separate heads
instead of one.
3. There is, at times, indefinite.
ness ant uncertainty about the
commissions decisions, and q
lack Of recognizable lines Of au.
thOrity.
4. The commissioners must, as
q result, establish q procedure by
which a lack Of harmony ON an
issue will not affect administra-
tiOn actions Of the commission Is
y whole.
S. Separate fields Of activity
should be parcelled out to each
commissioner to clarity authority,
prevent duplication, and Obviatc
the necessity Of all commissioners
wading through vOluminOus
masses Of detail.
6. Because Of the above and
other reasons, the commission Is
slow in making decisions and for
mulating policies.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29

Eight rules or guiding prln-
ciples for the proper selection of
employees for various positions in
Government service have been ad'
vanced by the Personnel Class
ification Board.
The Civil Service Commission,
which has charge of examining,
hiring, rating, allocating and
supervising Government en-
ployes, has analogous provisions
for selection of workers, and the
eight advanced by the classified
ton board are general in their
scope. They follow:
/. Establishing carefully con-
Sidered standards of physical and
mental health, minimum and
maximum age, citizenship, per-
sonal integrity, and qualifications
in education, experience, knowl-
edge, and ability required in the
class of work applied for, which
will serve to eliminate applicants
who obviously lack the desired
qualifications - physical, mental,
moral or educational-but which
constitute no arbitrary or un-
fair bar to their employment if
they do possess them.
Seek Highest Grade
3. Reaching more extensively
the sources Of labor supply so
that an adequate number of the
highest grade Of eligible appli-
cants will be available for all
positions.
3. Developing a testing process
which will effectually gauge the
relative capacity of the candi-
dates who present themselves.
4. Institution methods of ana,
lying personality traits which
may be clues to successful assign.
nent Of people to specific posi-
tionS.
S. Adopting placement proceed,
ures which attempt to mate the
capacities, personality and inter
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
TALK
SCHEDULED

Representative Frederick Lehl-
bach, chairman of the House
Civil Service Committee, and
William H. McReynolds, chair.
man of the Personnel Classifica-
tion Board, will attend and ad-
dress the biennial convention
Of the National Federation of
Federal Employees at Seattle, Sep
tember T..
Speaking Of them, President
Luther C. Steward, of the fed.
Grafton, said:
Representative Lehlbach and
Mr.. McReynOlds, by virtue of
their official positions, as well
as through many years deep
study, are outstanding author.
tiles upon questions affecting
the welfare of the public ser.
vice and Government workers.
ut is with very keen salts
faction, then, that we an.
nOunce their acceptance of in
vitatiOns to address our con-
ventiOn this year. We know
that their contributions to our
deliberations at Seattle will be
Of far-reaching importance"
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
DR.. Ales Hrdlicka Decries
Strife for Luxury

A jealous anthropologist is by
nature a philosopher, and DR..
Ales Hrdlicka is no exception.
The curator Of the Smithsonian
Institution, who has just re.
turned from fruitful excavation
trip to the Alaskan peninsula,
joins many other sociologically-
minded leaders in blaming lux
uries for most Of civilizations S
troubles.
The prehistoric earliest Ameri-
cans ON the peninsula were kept
too busy getting their food from
the sea to bother about many
problems which vex our modern
civilization. They led q simple
life, the scientist reminds, and
simple lives require simple salts
factions.
They had their panics, due to
shortage Of food; they had enc
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
VACANCIES SOON
At VETERANS
BUREAU
100 Temporary Employees To
Be Relieved, Leaving Gov
ernment rs Places to Fill

With 100 more temporary en-
ployes at the Veterans Admins
tration slated to be relieved
August 81, the administration
has indicated that it will take on
Is permanent or quasi.permanent
employees who have Civil Serv-
ice rating in their stead.
Some Are Relieved
The Veterans Administration
some time ago relieved q a>number
Of temporary employees who had
no rating and were given posi-
tions months previously. These
employees knew at the time the
positions were temporary.
1t was impossible to retain the
temporary clerks permanently, on
the same basis as employees with
q Civil Service rating, 1t was
pointed out.
will Leave . Gap
However, the dismissal Of these
temporary employees will leave a
personnel gap which the admin
istration will fill from the per-
manent register at the Civil Serv.
ice Commission.
The retiring temporary en-
ployes Of the Census Bureau
have been notified that those
who took the recent file clerk
examination. passed and secured
a rating, are eligible for ap-
pointment to the Veterans Ad-
miniStration when properly GER
tilted by the Civil Service Com
mission. The Veterans Admin
istration will accept list of 40
certified persons for at least rs
jobs available, it was said.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29

mics, and occasionally criminals,
and troubles with their wives,
and difficulty in transportation,
but they didn't worry about max
ing Or saving or spending money
because there was nothing 70
spend money for. They got all
their wants out of the sea and
the hills of the Aleutian PENN
sula.
DR.. Hrdlicka does not decry
luxuries, and he is no advocate
of the simple life of our pre-.
historic forefathers. but he does
feel that men are competing
fiercely today, not for necessities
of life, but for its luxuries, many
of which are unnecessary. And
he does believe this contest for
luXurieS is what creates the bulk
Of our worldwide sociological.
economic and domestic problems.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
Virginia Poor Farm
Has Record Crops

LURAY, Va, Aug. 29.-The
Page County Poor Farm, John A..
Cave, superintendent, is the most
profitable county institution in
the State.
The 1881 potato crop by weight
and Measurement, is the heaviest
ever known, according to records
kept by Mr.. Cave. Exhibits of
the crop show that potatoes are
weighing on an average of one
pound and four ounces each.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
MORE EFFICIENT
FEDERAL WORK
IS GOAL
Leaders Remind, However,
That Effectiveness Of All
Departments Is Limited

While representatives Of Federal
employees are assembling at Seattle
to initiate campaign to improve
their working conditions, salaries,
prospects and general welfare, ex.
pertS back home are continuing
their efforts to increase efficiency
in the vast, cumbersome machine
known as "the Government"
While the employees themselves
have never ignored opportunities
for increasing the efficiency Of the
various departments, their major
interest is naturally the improve.
ment of their own conditions, sal.
aries and status.
Efficiency Limited
Leaders in high Government cir.
cles who are most Jealous for in.
creasing effectiveness Of the Fed.
eral units remind that Govern.
ment bureaus and employees will
probably never be as efficient as
outside business organizations and
personnel.
The Government offices are not
run for profit; they have no com.
petition: they do not have to
worry about many business prob
lens which fret executives in pri.
yate business.
Seek q Minimum
The Bureau of Efficiency, des-
ignated by Congress as the clear
ing house of better ideas. methods
and equipment among the de-
partments, has long been con-
vinced, however, that this laxity
Of Federal employees can be kept
at a minimum by high degree
of office efficiency.
Federal employees themselves
have taken a lead in seeking
better organization, knowing that
a poor floY of work, vagueneSs
of system, faulty discipline, q
lack of recognition OF really good
work, faulty equipment, tempera.
mental unfitneSs of Superiors, or
other factors which contribute to
inefficiency in private business
may impair their own production.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29

Times staff Photo
POLLY MORAN
THE FAMOUS screen come
oienne, Polly Moran, is shown
as she arrived in Washington
today. She will become a men,
ber of the editorial staff Of
The Washington Times and will
answer questions for Times
readers. Starting today she
makes personal appearance at
the Palace Theater.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
PuOtLeSS Plane
Wrecked bu Wind

MOUNDSVILLE, w. Va, Aug.
29.-JoSeph Higgins, of the West
Virginia Natural Gas Company,
lost an airplane when a gust of
wind carried it, minus a pilot,
into the air and dumped it from
a height of 800 feet.
The craft was demolished. 1t
had been tethered to iron stakes
when the Squall struck.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
Tools in Auto Trap
q Youths as Thieves

William Leslie Switzerland, 18,
and Thomas Reinhart. 18. both
Of whom live near Germantown,
Md. were arrested last night on
4 charge Of robbing the garage
Of j. j. Snyder. of Germantown
The boys were arrested after
Snyder had recognized tools in
Southerland'S car. After QueS-
tioning. II was said. Switzerland
also implicated Reinhart.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
WORKER WOULD
BE Of BETTER
!. TYPE, VIEW
Present Promotion Scheme
Unknown to Many Heads Of
Departments in the Service

The Government must first
adopt clear, uniform wage pol
icy: instruct every executive Of
the Federal departments about
that policy; then make that pol
ICY known to all Government EN-
ployes and to the general public.
This Is the contention Of those
who are making war on. what
they term q "vague, haphaxard,
blufry and unqualified" wage
policy Of the Government, whose
essential features, Il is claimed,
are frequently not known even to
the department executives, to say
nothing Of minor employees who
are most concerned.
No One Knows
One Federal employe wrote to
the Federal Classification Board
survey group as follows:
"NO one knows on what prin-
ciple salary increases and pro-
motions are given, who is re-
spOnsible, and how one gets
them. Supervisors don't make
che thing any clearer to us.
We are kidded along. No one
knows whether they are recon-
mended and who shelves them"
Those who are seeking reform
In the Federal wage policy ac-
knowledged the justice in such a
complaint, If true, and said:
"The Government wage pol
icy and its administration must
be put before the employees and
the public in a more favorable
light, IL the Government has q
policy which 1t can expose"
Would Improve Type
One of the main reasons for
giving the public a better impres-
sion OF Uncle Sans wage policies
is to secure a constantly improv-
ing type Of Federal employe. 1t
has been remarked that, fire.
quently, men Of high type have
Shown disinclination to accept
government posts because they
had unfavorable ideas about the
wage policy, true or false.
The Civil Service Commission,
through organized and continu,
ous publicity methods, is en-
deavoring to increase interest in
Federal positions among the bet
ter qualified persons of the coun-
try, and the noticeable superiority
Of Government personnel each
succeeding year is due in no small
part to the commissions educa-
tional efforts.
False Impressions
Removing false impressions
among employees is considered
more difficult, as is educating the
present employees in all phases Of
promotion matters affecting them.
It Is constantly pointed out,
however, by those now engaged
In improving the efficiency, har-
iafOny and cooperative spirit of
Federal employees that their atti.
tudeS will improve as their con-
ditiOnS improve.
The Washington times., 1931-08-29
to Take Cruise
:Of FiUe-State Group

Upwards of 1000 people, most
Of them Federal employees and
their guests, are expected to go
on the moonlight cruise down the
Potomac of five State societies
Monday night. The State groups
Of Massachusetts, Iowa. Alabama,
Maryland, and Missouri here are
hning for the cruise.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
HURLEY To SCAN
lF|L|P|NO POST

Secretary of War Patrick j.
Hurley will make the long jour
ney to the Philippines next
month, charged with the duty of
Finding a suitable successor to
Governor General Dwight F. Da-
Wis, who is expected to retire from
Manila on January l, next, or
earlier.
Sailing from Seattle on July
RS, Secretary Hurley will spend
considerable time in the Orient
and probably will not return to
Washington until late in Septem-
Der.
While in the Pacific Coast
States, Secretary Hurley will
make an inspection of various
Army camps and posts which
have been marked for abandon
hnent in President Hoover'5
economy program.
There are at present two men
who are under consideration for
appointment to the governor
generalShip of the Philippine
archipelago. These are Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, governor Of
Porto Rico, and Maj. Gen. Frank
r. Mccoy, who has been one of
the ranking officers of the Army
Tor many years,
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
SCHOOL FOR DRY.
AGENTS READY

The school for dry agents, with
$50 pupils, opens at the Prohibi-
ton Bureau tomorrow.
The tutors for the new educa-
tional institution are headed by
Col. Amos w. w. Woodcock, Pro
hibition Director.
An intensive course in all the
known ways and means of max
ing the nation dry will be given.
The course is short, as all of the
new agents will probably go to
work not later than July Is.
OF the $50 additions to the
Prohibition Bureau force, approx
imately % have been assigned to
the Richmond office, which means
they are available for calls into
Washington when required. They
will not be stationed here, how
ever.
The school classes, of course,
will not be conducted in public.
The public, in fact, will be barred
from knowing anything about the
new methods of halting the manu-
facture and sale of liquor.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30

LOCAL TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
SHAW MAY TAKE
RUSSIAN TRIP

LONDON, June 80 U.SO.
George Bernard Shaw yesterday
admitted that he is "contemplat-
ing" joining Lady AStor's group
of speculative sociologists," who
plan to tour Soviet Russia some
time in July.
At his country home near
Malvern, Shaw said:
"NOw don't interview me be-
cause my trip is only a posi-
biIity which 1 am cOntemplat-
ing.
you ask me what expect
t. do? 1 can only answer that,
if 1 go, expect to see Russia
as it 81 have no precOn-
ceived notions about the cOun-
try.
II haven't visited Russia
since the BOlShevik revolution
because 1 have thought cOndi-
Q tions there hitherto too hOr-
rible. If 1 go, it will be- as
with an open mind, as a student
of the worlds most interesting
experiment"
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
HOWARD STAFF.
KEPT INTACT

None of the expected changes
at the Howard University Law
School were made at the annual
meeting of the law school COM
mittee of the trustees of the
university it was learned yeSter-
day.
Many of the alumni had ex-
pected that a new law dean would
be appointed. However, the SER
vices of young Charles Houston,
assistant dean, were expressed as
satisfactory and the committee
did not see fit to replace him.
Howard Law School is the only
one of it's kind run and operated
by colored people in this country.
This year there were about II
graduates.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
Pastor Distributes
Bread TO Flock to
Mark Parable

NEW YORK, June 30.-The
Rev. Wayne D. Mower, preach
ing in the Highland Park
IN. J0 Methodist Episcopal
Church from the theme "The
Bread of Life" added a real
istic touch to his discourse by
distributing 1875 loaves Of bread
to the members of his congre-
cation following the sermon.
The distribution of the bread,
he said, gave point to the
parable of the loaves and
fishes, and was intended as a
physical symbol of the spiritual
nourishment to be found in
the Scriptures.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL


Accumulated excess of temperature
since January 1. 1881, 295.
Excess of temperature since June l.
1881, 80. ~
Accumulated deficiency of precipita-
ton since January l, 1881. 5.29.
Deficiency of precipitation since June
/, 1881, 1856.
TIDE TABLE
Today-High tides 500 a. m. and
S:3I p. M; low tides 2:20 a. m. and
2:53 p. m.
Tomorrow-High tides S:4S a. m. and
9:14 p. M. low tides 3:l1 a. IN. ana
3:43 p. m.
THE sun AND THE MOON
The sun rose today 4:45 a. IN. and
sets :3S .. m.
The sun rises Wednesday 4:45 a. m.
and sets 1888 p. IN.
The moon rises today S:45 D. m. and
sets $3.50 a. m.
The moon rises Wednesday 2:42 p. m.
and sets 4:2S a. m.
oo,rD.n.rUUr rUNEpER ATTRES
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
Thief Rings II Cent
Sales and Takes $500

Police today are searching for
Che man who entered the gaso-
Zine station of Alfred M. Hipsley
ut Fourteenth and Water Streets
southwest, last night and took
$500 in bills and change.
HlpSley discovered someone had
rung up an IL cents sale on the
cash register and then removed
$500 from the till.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
13 DRESSES STOLEN

Margie Sherer, 1419 Chaplin
st. N. W., told police someone
had stolen 13, dresses worth $232
from an automobile parked in
the rear Of her apartment.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
Weather Details

FORECAST TILL p. NJ. WEDNES-
DAY
For the District of Columbia, Mary
land and Enthusiastically fair and
continued warm tonight and Wednes-
day; gentle variable winds.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
Southeast Vacation
School Open Monday

The vacation school at the
Southeast Social House for colored
children opens Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-18

rather than sedentafy lives.
 Engineers by training should be qualified t0 play a very important part in any readjustment that may take piaee, But fl will bs the day of what a recent writer called Men Engineers. as distinct from the plain everyday engineer.
 Engineers must continue to W0fk with big business but with greater insistenes for sharing more equith- biy in the rewards and hon0fs, ih shaping its policies in Its relations
 "f6 insist that equal consideration be given the effect of ths machine and mass production on the health, culture. leisure and happiness of mankind as has besn given 10 ina creasing their number and perfect ing their efficiency. if the final Fee suit is to ba beneficial huHapithfihh- ism not destructive matertniisni.
 ''TO do this IL will be necessary for us to abandon the role of tree eittefs; t0 submit to the often uns pleasant give and take of the phb= lie forum; to work without thought of remuneration other than the shi7 isfneti6n which comes from helping 6lr shjghb0r or the completion of h good piece of work
 "f'feeiv and gladly accepting our responsibility. let us light a torch which Pa assed 10 those who come after will help dissiphte ths shadows of gross mhtefiniism which threaten us,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-18
FULL WEATHER REPORT

Washington, Feb th,n=tUtb=zF9fes east for "Wednesday and Thursday
 Maine, New Hampshire and Vera mont Snow tesHight and probably Thursday morning, not much change in temperature,
 Massaahpsettsi Cloudy preceded by rsin iR southeast portion t0sBjght and with occasional rain in north portion tonight sFd probably Thurs dsv maiHinsi slightly e9ideP on ths east coast t9-BiEbt
 Rhode Island and eoBneetienti Cloudy tonight and Thursday pfH,s change iH temBsfatufer
 Eastern New York Cloudy. pfobs ably 6aeasieHai rain hf snow. lh cen, TbuFsdayI moi much change th tems psrstarsi fresh northeast and north winds,
 Western New York; Cloudy pf6bs sbiy eaassiDHsi light sHaW 0f F8in t8snight and ThHfsdsyi net much change iH temperature,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-18

demand for goods. start the factory wheels running again abd furnish smpi0ym6bt for many msh and woe men, and thus get ths country onto tbs high road 10 prosperity.
 And while these thrifty persons are thf6hglBg ths stores of ths pafr ttefpatiBg merchants tH this gala Dollar day, to help business. they will be helping themselves 10 6 large slice of prosperity; for when one buys bigh grade, quality msf- ehdndtse at greatly reduced prices hs Is bringing his pay envelope so much near t6 n0fmal 4 dollar saved is dollar earned,
 Ths merchants themselves will tell ibeir own Story iB tbstr own way through their advertisement In the HeWsD6p psfs, They are aIs0 telling tbs story through special window displays. One really has 10 go into the stores 10 sss ths thousands of fresh, modern, seasonal articles on shelves and e0unters--at greatly res duesd prices,
 Some thrifty buyers are known to stock ID with their requirements for many months te come et these really remarkable Dollar Day value giving events, thus saving many good dollars for iuxuries which they have promised themselves for weeks and weeks, Every partietr patjhg merchant jh this Deiiar Day has pledged himself 10 give honest t6rgeodnsss values, low prices and quality merchandise,
 Don't forget the day" says the Merchants Bureau of the Chamber Of Commerce. sponsoring ths af- fair, It's all day tomorrow, rain or shtns-0ns day only,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-18
AUTO ACCIDENT
 BASIS OF ACTION Father of Five Year Old Boy Sues to Collect 5000
 Damages TRANSFER co DEFENDANT

Judgs Theodore V. Meyer was drafted from ths city court bench 10 sit on the common pleas bench this morning to hear tbe tz,600 civil action of Andrew Btbssu against ths Waterbury Transfer Go Inc. The action Is brought through ths i've year old plaintiffs father. Wjifred.
 Tins boy was crossing South Main nsar East Liberty and Jeweiry streets on June IT, 1889 when he was struck by the defendants truck operated by Charles W. Drsysr. Cuts and bruises about Andrews head end boJy ars alleged to have been suffered by ths plaintiff. Attorneys U. c. Church and c. M. Luk0sius represent the plaintiff, Attorney James W, Carpenter Of Hartford ap- pears for ths defendant.