Evening star., 1932-07-14
j. s. SALARY CUT
IS DUE TOMORROW
Executive Order on Five-Day
Week Delayed at
White House.

Although it was considered unlikely
that President Hoover would issue his
! expected executive order concerning
the five-day week and payless furlough
under the economy act today, plans
went forward in virtually every Gov
ernment department and establishment
for curtailed pay day tomorrow with
prospects that at least one District
department might not receive its pay
until early next week.
At the White House it was explained
that the delay of the President in is
suing his executive order need not
postpone the receipt Of pay checks to-
morrow with a reduction Of at least
the 1-3 per cent.
The pay rolls were being prepared on
the basis of Controller General Nc
Carls decision of last Friday and his
pay table which showed the exact de-
ductions to be made beth on account OF
retirement and the 81s per cent economy
act deduction. McCarl'S decision re-
quires that for each working days Cb-
sence under the economy acts legisla-
tive furlough there shall be deducted
one and one-quarter days pay. There
fore, unless Government workers took
more than one day off duty under the
furlough between July l and tomorrow,
they will find only one and one-quar-
ter days pay, or 8ls per cent deducted
If, however, they did take more than
one day, McCarl ordered that their pay
should be cut proportionately and that
the deduction be made at this pay day
The one District department faced
I1-ith nf
public school systems clerical and Gus
tOdial staff. The school finance office
today sent to the District auditor a pay
roll carrying the names of all school
tomorrow whose status Is perfectly
clear" Employees who took more than
a day and a quarters leave during the
first half of July. however, will have
their names sent to the auditor on a
separate roll sometime next week
The roll, which was sent to the Dis.
trict Building today by the school
finance Office, was made up late last
Evening Star that no school employees
would be paid tomorrow because the
roll had not been made up. The ex-
planation given for failure to prepare
,, the roll was that the District auditor
had not issued instructions in handling
the cases of employees who had taken
| more than the half-month allotment
of furlough.
The school finance Office explained
today that all it knew about the pay
cut application was what we've seen
in the press and what we've been able
to pick up by telephone" The school
people said that Maj. Daniel Donovan
District auditor, was holding up all pay
checks of employees who had taken more
than a days leave during the past two
weeks.
At the White House it was thought
unlikely that President Hoover would
issue an executive order today eStab-
fishing a five-day week and otherwise
defining the furlough plan for Govern
ment employees.
| 1t was said also that the delay will
not bring about complications tomorrow
when the first pay day under the new
, salary-cut law arrives. 1t was pointed
out in the Presidents behalf that the
| failure to issue the executive order will
simply mean that the checks will un-
dergo an 8.3 per cent reduction and that
care of later.
The order itself, which is known to
have been written by the Council of
Personnel Administration, was placed
in the Presidents hands nearly week
ago. by Thomas Campbell president of
the Civil Service Commission. The
council recommended the Inauguration
in the Government of the five-day week
principle in every department where 1t
could be possibly applied.