Evening star., 1933-11-28
WHITE COLLAR lob
LIMITS SET FORTH
UNDER CIVIL WORKS
GotWaIs Bars Use of En-
ployes Simply to Reinforce
J. Existing Personnel.
PERMANENCE DEMANDED
IN TYPE OF WORK DONE
Public Library Likely to Lose 40,
Hired to Supplement Reg
ular Force.

permissible under c. w A projects
were set forth today in statement
by Engineer Commissioner John C. Got
walls, which barred the use of clerical
employees simply to reinforce existing
office personnel and stated all prof.
ects should be in the nature of capital
investments.
His statement follows:
Projects for the utilization of c. w.
A. funds should in every case be in
the nature of capital nvestmentS-that
is. the Iequisitioning of personnel and
their payment under these funds for
carrying on the ordinary operating and
maintenance costs of the municipality
Is not permitted Activities such as street
cleaning, garbage or ash collection or
the use of clerical employees to simply
reinforce existing Office personnel arc
typical of the classes of work barred.
Permanence Required.
"On the other hand. even in offices,
work may be done with these employees
in the nature of rehabilitating files.
ss-indexing files or other work which
is of value to the District, but inlpos-
sible of accomplishment with ordinary
operating forces. The proper invest
ulpllG VI lllCSC llIlpOI InAl9 AAAiNS NAA NSSS
them to works of permanent value"
The first request received by the Dis
trict c. w. A. under this ruling in
yolved the Public Library and although
the matter is not settled. it now ap-
pears the library is to lose its force OF
some 40 persons. used to supplement Its
regular work, and must come forward
with some new projects Wnlcn may pe
completed by February IS.
DR.. George F.. Bowerman, at con-
ference this morning with Capt. How
ard F. Clark. head of the Work Plan
ming and Job Assignments Committee,
pointed out the library work would SUI
fer If his force of c. w. A. workers
were to be taken away and he had TO
build up another force for special
projects.
He said he had been employing about
40 persons on work relief Tor ABOUT a
wear, and that by now some OF them,
through experience, have become OF
some value to the library He SAID ne ne
would not go to the relief rolls and PICK
another force for a special project, add
ing: I'VE have been guinea pigs long
enough"
After the conference DR.. Bowerman
said he probably would forward projects
for setting up separate card indexes IN
the fine arts and sociology divisions, SO
readers in those divisions would not
have to go downstairs to the main cata-
log to look up books. He Will take up
with his staff the possibility of making
an inventory of part of the librarys
books. But he is hopeful of arranging
matters so it will not be necessary 10
start off with a new force.
officials of the schools and other pub
lie agencies have been invited by Capt.
Clark to submit projects, as have citl-
zens' associations.
There are at the moment % highway
improvements under way of G. w. A.
funds employing. on the average, 70
men each. according to Maj. F. M.
Dawson, highway maintenance engineer
Another l6 projects will be under way
soon. calling for an average OF 100 work
ers per job.
Many to Receive Jobs.
Meanwhile, Arno B. Cammerer, di-
rector of the Office of National Parks,
Buildings and Reservations, Interior De-
partment. announced that in the build
ings branch in Washington 256 workers
would be employed on various projects
here, while in the National Capital
parks Ills will be employed. Alto.
gether. throughout the park system OF
the Nation, Mr.. Cammerer said, l3,28l
men will be employed for three months
at a cost of $35S4,155.
OF the LIS men in Washington
parks. the director explained, LOTS Will
constitute the skilled and unskilled labor
force, with the balance being for super
visory jobs OF the 256 in the build
ings branch, there will be zOs common m
iaborers. Is semi-skilled and 81 skilled.
In addition. there will be a - workers V,ea in
terror Department. these including
craftsmen. technicians and others,
Today's announcement said work 1or
$500 additional men on Civil WORKS
Administration work on the national
parks and monuments is now possible,
in addition to the 10,865 announced
under tentative estimates last week, to
cost S2,355,765 for three months work.
Wages for labor will constitute 30 per
cent of the total cost. said Mr.. Cam
merer. with 130 hours to each man per
month.