Evening star., 1932-10-06
TODAY FURL0UGH
ADDITION STUDIED
Increase in Second Half of
Fiscal Year Held Need
in Commerce Unit.

The Commerce Department today was
considering placing into effect the To-
day administrative furlough for many
Of its 5000 employees in Washington
during the second half of the fiscal year
in order to stay within its drastically
cut appropriations.
This step will be necessary. Secretary
Chaplin said today, to avoid dismissal of
employees. The Commerce Department
is the first Government agency to sig
Nifty it would enforce administrative fur
loughs.
Four bureaus were certain to receive
the administrative furlough, it was said
at the Department today. They are the
Bureau of Standards, Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce, Steam
and employees in the Office OF the Sec
retary. Others may be added to the
list later, it was said.
New Deductions Ordered.
In order to equalize the reduction in
salaries, the department has ordered
these bureaus to make additional legis-
lative furlough deductions from the pay
OF each employe of an amount equiva-
lent to five days pay for each Of the
months Of october and November
l5-day legislative furlough deduc-
ton is already in effect for this half OF
the fiscal year. The pay deduction was
confined TO october and November so as
not to impose any undue hardship ON
employees during the Christmas holi-
days. Department officials explained
During the second half of the fiscal
year, the employees of these bureaus will
have to take the remaining 10 days of
the 3O-day legislative furiougnS as stip-
ulated in the economy act and the
probability Of like amount Of days Of
administrative leave.
Secretary Chaplin has sent to the
heads OF all bureaus the following
memorandumS:
From present indications. it is ap-
parent that several of the bureaus Will
be compelled to have their employees
take at least 10 days administrative
furlough or dismiss employees to keep
under the reduced appropriations. not
Wlthstanding the proposed transfer OF
funds between appropriations within
the bureaus.
Five Days Each Month.
Those bureaus where these condi-
tons exist will please take the neces-
sary steps at once to make deductions
under the legislative furIough from the
pay Of each employe Of an amount
equivalent to five days pay for each
of the months of october and No.
vember
The foregoing instruction is ap-
pllcable only to the extent Of requiring
employees to lose minimum of 20 days
pay to the close Of December 81
The provisions of this circular are.
Of course, not applicable to employees
in whose case compliance herewith
would result in subiecting them TO loss
Of pay in excess Of 20 days TO the
close of the current calendar year.
This action is considered necessary
in order to effect a more equal distribu-
tion Of the deductions required from
the employees pay and 10 terminate the
legislative furlough as early as prac-
ticable SO that the compensatory time
therefore will be taken before the per-
sonnel is required 10 take the admin
, istrative furlough.'
Shortly afterwards the Bureau Of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce issued
the following order 20 its more than
1000 employees:
Text of Order Issued.
THE Secretary has directed that fve-
day legislative furlough deductions. in
addition to- the normal l5-day d7duc-
ton. be made during the first six
months of the fiscal year Therefore, in
every case where total deduction Of 20
days furlough will not bs completed by
December 81. under present arrange
ments. deduction of two and half days
viii be made instead of one and one
quarter days. for the period of october
l6 to october 81 to the two pay periods
in November and for the pay period
from December ! to IS.
This increased deduction will not be
made in cases in which it would subject
an individual to loss of pay in excess
of 20 days to the close of the current
calendar year In other words. il ap-
plies only to those individuals who are
having deductions made at the rate OF
two and a half days month and are
taking no leave In advance OF Its &C
crual.'
No orders have been issued by the
Bureau Of Standards and the Steam
boat INSPECTION Service.