Evening star., 1933-06-28

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missals now being planned could be
avoided.
No Drastic Furlough Plan.
Secretary Dern, 1t was announced,
has no intention at present of putting
any drastic furlough plan into effect
during the first quarter of the fiscal
year. 1t Is understood the department
will keep very close watch on all the
various economy moves necessary In It's
$50 600, 900 savings program with a view
to letting 6ff the civilian personnel as
lightly as possible. It was conceded
there would have to be some reduction
in huge civilian forces at the manufac-
turing arsenals and some OF the Quarter
master Corps depots throughout the
country.
In letting 1t be known that Secre-
tary Dern has no intention of wedding
out any of the veteran employees in
WASHINGTON with 80 years or more serv-
ice. it was said that to do so would de-
plete virtually all the division chiefs
at the War Department. None OF these
employees, it was said. has reached the
compulsory retirement age.
Warned of Outside Jobs.
Meanwhile, Government workers,
augmenting their incomes with outside
employment, received hint" from the
Civil Service Commission to give it up
to make way for those who have no
jobs at all
The commissions attitude was set
forth In statement, said to have been
decided upon yesterday evening, that
was made public just before the hour
set for conference arranged by Rep
/ resentative McClintic, Democrat, Of
| Oklahoma to take up this question.
| McClintic is head of special House
! Committee on patronage, which yester-
| day agreed unanimously to ask the COM
| mission to issue an order causing all
/ Civil, Service employees ito refrain from
| engaging in other occupation
Contending that some Government
workers are absorbing more than their
share of employment, he said these
should be willing to allow the unem-
ployed free hand in seeking available
positions without this kind Of unfair
competition"
The commission has no power to
order any worker to give up an outside
job, but the statement of policy was
intended to produce the same effect.
The statement said:
1ne general recovery Program OF
the administration is based upon de-
sire that as many persons as possible
shall have opportunity to earn a liveli-
mood for themselves and those de-
pendent upon them. This necessitates
that whatever work is available shall
be divided among as many people as
possible. 1t has come to the knowledge
of the Civil Service Commission that
persons in the employ OF the Govern
ment are augmenting their salaries by
working for private interests during
their supposedly leisure hours So far
as these civil service employees are doing
that, they are depriving some one else
of an opportunity that may be seriously
needed by that some one else. There
fore, it Is the policy of the Civil Service
Commission to discourage such private
employment on the part Of civil service
employees, and we would urge that such
civil service employees as are trying to
hold two jobs for the purpose of earn
ing additional money, give the other
fellows q chance"
After the visit to the commission this
morning, Representative McClintic said
that he and his associates were well
pleased" with the action taken by the
commission, which he characterized as
one of humanity"
| Alter the c0mmlCtee naQ QeClueQ Oh
It's program yesterday, he explained, its
stand was Immediately communicated to
| the commission, which acted accord
ingly.
incidentally, McClintic said his group
had decided against further publicity
of its activities, which hereafter would
have to come from the departments
concerned
In invading the field Of outside en-
ployment, the McCiintic group Is pur-
suing the third angle of attack that has