Evening star., 1932-07-21
DEPARTMENTS KILL
5.DAY WEEK PLAN
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economy act which forbid5 the taking
of annual leave With pay
Under the economy act these en-
ployes will be allowed Is days pay
this calendar year. bu. McCari ex-
planned. if they had taken more than
10 oays leave prior to the beginning
of this fiscal year, July l. when the
economy act became effective. that they
could not be docked or penahzed for
that
The decision to the Secretary Of the
Treasury. 1t was believed. would apply
as . precedent generally to officers and
employees Of other agencies Of the Gov
ernDaent whose compensation IS derived
from assessments on banks or Is not
paid from the Federal Treasury. Al
tholgh of. Is had not completed in
terpreting me 6e7ision, It was believed
that II would apply to the Federal Re-
serve Eoard HiLh Is 200 workers. end
the Federal Farm Loan Bureau.
The decision follows closely in ltne
with the PRINCIPLES laid down by Con-
troller General Mccarl in q decision
Saturday to Sac~e ary Of State StmSoa,
which vas explained a. length IN ths
Sunday Star. In that decision. McCarl
ruled that the economy act forbade an
nu2l leave with pay generally but that
persons who we're lucky enough to have
taken ,esye before Jul ! eould not
haze 1t deducted from their compulsory
.urlough
Status ef OGaers.
The controller general also cleared
up the status of retired officers working
for the Government in civilian status.
In answer to questions concerning
James W. Burke employed as clerk in
the Nashville Post Office. McCarl told
Rerreser tative Ryrns of Tennessee.
the plain terms Of the act require that
where neither the retired pay nor the
compensation OF the civil ofiGe is IN ex-
cess Of 50 600 per annam. the retired
pay shall be reduced to bring the total
compensation of .he ofhcer to $4,000
per annum.
The act MoCan added. does not
disturb the status Of the retired oMcers
but merely reduces or denies entirely the
retired pay while employed in civil Of
hce such as becomes within the terms
Of the section"
The ofiioe OF the architect of the Cap
itol also was the subject Of lengthy
consideration BY the controller general,
who held that in some instances the
economy act must control and IN other
instances II dId net apply.
Raling an Absences.
Concerning absences the controller
general tcla David Lynn, architect %
Ihe Capitol, that except as TO absences
during recesseS OF the Congress Of leg
islatiYe employees engaged exclusively
in connection with congressional actlv-
aties. when no service sre required. no
emp1oye serving ua6er the Once OF the
Architect OF the Capitol nsY receive
annual leave OF absence NTH pay cur
ing the fiscal year 1898"
Appropsia tions fog ahe ofhce Of the
architect Of the Capitol, which is q
Legislative establishment. McCerl ileld
were not subject to provisions Of sec
ticn 202 of the economy act, which pro-
hIbits the appointment Ct new persons
OF filing CT yacancies except under
certain epecihed requirements. such as
approval by the President. or such rs
Temporary emergency, seasonal or Co
operative positions. McCsrl also heh
that. while the funds of the srchHeet
OF the Capitol need not be lmpounded
IN the Treasury when savings are &C
complished. that nevertheless these saw
ings could not be used for any purpose
ether than those coming within the
terms Of the Appropriation.
MoCarl also answered other questions
Of nj Lyna concerning employees of
the arclaitecc OF the Capitol
In a de;ision to Judge william j.
Graham of the Uni5ed States Court of
Customs and Patent Appeals, McCarl
decided that the salary OF one ernp1oye
could not be cut in order to increase
the pay Of smother. 1t had baen pro-
posed to reduce the salary of the re-
porter of the ccurt in order to pay to
the assistant reporter. william S.
Hodges $500 a year, the sim which
he Rad received last year but which
would have been cut to $3.50 ewing to
a failure of approxa1ations-