Evening star., 1933-08-09
MANY SPARED Jobs
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MOVE TOMORROW
Three Major Shifts Include
Dropping Of 600 in Pro-
hibition Bureau.
ROPER MAY GIVE VIEW
ON SHIPPING BOARD
Power Commission Expected to In.
crease Force for Extensive
Waterpower Survey.

With prospective dismissals curtailed
considerably as the result of modifica-
tions in the last 10 days, President
Roosevelt's reorganization order be-
comes effective tomorrow morning.
But three shifts Of major proportions
involving known and potential curtail.
ment of personnel are going through al
once-abolition of the Prohibition Bu-
reau, which is to be split up in the
Department of Justice; consolidation OF
the Bureau Of immigration and Ma
turalization of the Labor Department
into the immigration and naturalization
service, and absorption of the Shipping
Board by the Commerce Department.
In the Prohibition Bureau. where ex-
tensive cuts were made on July l, about
600 workers, including approximately SO
in Washington, are to be dropped.
In immigration and naturalization. 1t
has been previously announced that but
few employees would be hit, and definite
figures were expected later today.
Roper to Be Heard From.
Some announcement concerning the
Shipping Board also was looked for this
afternoon from Secretary Of Commerce
Roper
Meanwhile, the employment situation
continued to look better.
Planning to embark On an extensive
waterpoWer survey as the result OF a
100000 grant from the recovery fund
the Federal Power Commission is due to
increase its force sometime in the fu-
ture, although there is nothing in pros
pect and will not be until plan OF or
ganization is decided upon. Practically
all of the employees to be taken will be
technically trained and no legal assist
ance will be added Civil service regis
tiers are expected to be used as far as
possible for building up the commission
staff
The Public Works Administration
under Secretary of the Interior Ickes
Is also In line for expansion, the Sec
retary making known yesterday after
noon that the present local stan OF zoo
will be built to some 1000 and that here
also civil service status personnel VIII
get the call.
The Prohibition Bureau shake-up will
be the biggest, with dry agents COM
posing the bulk of those slated to 60
The move already has been productive
of fight, with political influence being
brought to bear in behalf of some OF
those scheduled for removal. Approx
imately 1900 employees are being re-
tanned
For the most part the bureaus oper-
ations, of investigative character, are
going into the new Division Of Investi-
cation, headed by j. Edgar Hoover
chief OF the present Bureau Of Investi-
CATION which is being brought into the
merger Other activities will be spreao
through the Department of Justice a.
Attorney General Cummings deems ad.
visable.
483 Automatically Dropped.
The Shipping Board, made up Of
both civil service and non-civil service
employees, had a total of 483 employees
on July 81, about $50 of whom were
stationed here All are automatically
dropped under the reorganization order
at the close of work today, and this
morning figures were not yet available
as to the number to be brought back
Three officials-Elmer E. Crowley
president of the Merchant Fleet Corpor-
alton; F. E. Ferris, In charge OF opera
tions of the corporation, and Samuel
Goodacre, secretary of the corporation
and the Shipping Board. leave the serv.
ice tonight; the three commissioners OF
the board, however, headed by Rear
Admiral H. I. Cone, retired, presum-
ably will carry over. All are appointees
of President Roosevelt.
The new immigration and Naturali-
zation Service is to be headed by Col
D. w. Mccormack. now commissioner
general of immigration. One high off,
cial the commissioner of immigration