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employees of the Agriculture, Post Office,
Treasury. Navy and War teivilian) feel
that they are all right. even though. in
the case Of The War Department, the
appropriation bill is still tied up.
In the State Department, whose funds
come in the same bill with those of
Commerce. Justice and Labor. in which
the Senate applied a fiat 10 per cent
cut, it was hoped that the departmental
service would not be hurt, but. it was
added, that the field service would be
hit. The Commerce Department al
ready has announced that 61-day adoi-
tional flirleughs will be in order to avert
dismissals, and Justice. Labor and IN
terror which was the fifth department
to catch the 10 per cent cut, are stand
ing pat, awaiting official rulings before
making any move.
Budget Circular Recalled.
In this connection. attention was
called to circular issued from the
Bureau Of the Budget concurrently
with the paSsage Of the economy bill,
in which it Was emphasiz,d that the
President wanted fur,cughs used so
a to avoid as far a. possible the dis
charge Of necessary employees. ana
which added.
Executive regulations to govern in
the application Of section 2I6 that
covering furlougts to avoid dismissals)
win be promulgated at the earliest date
practicable In the meantime how
ever. in view of the ultimate savings
which may be secured from furloughs
without pay under section 2l6. and in
view also of the provisions of section
Sl7 of the same act which Contemplates
transfers of appropriations it would
appear unnecessary to now make such
an apportionment of the appropria-
tions for 1888 as would require the i'm
mediate invoking of the furlough pro-
visions Of section 2l6."
In view of this expression and the
added fact that a ruling on the fiscal
features of the economy bill is in pres
pect this week for Controller General
McCarl there was tendency to hold
off.
Heavy Cutting Necessary.
An idea of what the general appro-
priations cut would mean to some of
the independent agsnci~s was seen at
the Civil Service Comm ssion. which is
getting sl312000 against $1.653 900
last year. and where it was said a AZ
day furlough would have to be piled
on the 24-day period, If the force is
TO be maintained at is present size. In
the Personnel Classification Board, 1t
was said 90 days additional would be
required This agency will be taken
over by the Civil Service Commission
In October.
At the Civil Service Commission. as
at some of the other establishments,
some services have been discontinued
At the commission, the flngerprinting
investigation goes to the Department
of Justice, the commission only re-
tanning its files. though it will continue
to take prints of appointees in general.
and Of applicants for law enforcement
posts at the time OF character investi-
CATION. This cut the personnel IN this
work from eight to one or two, and an
effort is being made to take up the
surplus elsewhere in the service.
But where the services of various
agencies have been done away with. it
was said this would raise the question
as to whether the employees performing
those functions should be kept and
share other work. or whether they
should be discharged.
Between the recommendations to
come from the council of personnel ad-
ulnistration and the regulations to be
set out by Controller General McCarl
officials viii have clear guide for gen.
eral administration of the economy bill
but 1t is agreed that there viii be many
questions developed that are peculiar
only to certain establishments, and
which will have to. be ironed out.