Evening star., 1933-01-01
REPORT D|SCLOSES
FURLOUGH LOSSES
One Out of "a Workers Fac
ing Average Slash of $208
Above Other Cut.

The force with which the admins
trative furlough provision of the econ
omy act is hitting the Government per-
sonnel was made known yesterday,
when the Civil Service Commission
made public a table showing that !
out of "a workers is facing an average
pay reduction of S208 over and above
the statutory 81s per cent cut applied
to all through the legislative furlough.
Designed to avert dismisSalS in those
establishments whose appropriations for
the current fiscal year were insufficient
to maintain their forces on full time,
the administrative furlough is finding
application in 20 out of 43 agencies.
In these, 20,0l5 workers stand to lose
total of 81 ,161 ,909.5l.
This figure is based on the possibility
that the President may not release
funds impounded where vacancies have
not been filled. If he does, the cost
to the workers will be less. The figure,
however, takes into account SO far as
the Department of Justice Is concerned,
only those administrative furlcughs
that have thus far been applied, and
makes no allowance for enforced leave
of indeterminate length that may be-
Sent to Committee.
The tabulation was made by the COM
mission in response to a request from
the Senate Economy Committee, and
was sent to the committee yesterday
when returns from the entire Govern
ment service were in hand.
1t shows that under terms OF the
economy act, coupled with decisions OF
the controller general. the administra-
tive furloughs which were held out as
embodying the "spread-Work" principle,
could be applied to ASS, ,141 employees
in the executive civil service, but as a
matter of fact are reaching but about
4 per cent of this total. The employees
affected range from one in the Navy
Department to 9,139 in the Department
of Commerce. Elsewhere the furloughs
are being applied as follows: To 20
employees of the White House; 1872 OF
the War Department; 225 of the De-
partment of Justice; 70 of the Depart
ment of the Interior; 121 of the De-
partment of Agriculture; 1852 OF the
Department of Labor; 2,248 of the In
terstate Commerce Commission: 522 of
the Civil Service Commission; 49 OF the
Federal Trade Commission; "a Of the
Shipping Board; GIT of the Panama
Canal: 2,l80 of the Office of Public
Buildings and Public Parks; 3 of the
Commission of Fine Arts; lit Of the
Board of Tax Appeals; 19 Of the Board
of Mediation; 332 of the Federal Farm
Board; 8 of the Natiinal Geographic
Board and 3 of the International
Boundary, Commission Omitted States
and Mexico.
Action Would Help.
Seven of these groups will get some
relief If the President releases the i'm
pounded funds, these being Civil Serv-
Ice. Commerce, Federal Trade, Public
Buildings and Public Parks, Board of
Tax Appeals, Board of Mediation and
Farm Board The table does not show
Just to what extent this relief would
be possible.
Failure to get it, however, will be
felt severely, the average loss OF pay
for the entire force of the Board OF
Mediation, which settles rail disputes,
amounting to $1,333,69, and for the
Federal Farm Board, $945.49, these
being two outstanding examples.
The furloughs are Of varying length,
in some instances amounting TO dis
missal The aggregate number OF days
of administrative furlough is placed at
698, 1882. There are some agencies
which show no administrative furlough,
but which, it has been said in the past,
evaded them only because workers vol
unfairly took leave without pay.
Administrative furloughS are not nee
essary in the State Department, Treas
ury Department, Post Office Depart
ment, Government Printing Office,
Smithsonian Institution, Bureau OF
Efficiency Office of the Alien Property
Custodian, Tariff Commission, En-
ployes' Compensation Commission, Fed
eral Board for Vocational Education.
Administration, Railroad Administra-
tion, War Finance Corporation, Ma
tional Advisory Committee for Aero
nautics Federal Reserve Board, Federal
Power Commission, Federal Radio Com
mission, American Battle Monuments
Commission, International Joint Com
mission, International Boundary Com
mission UNITED States, Alaska and
Canada), Reconstruction Finance Cor
poraticn and Interamerican High Com
mission UNITED States section).
Higher Pay Cut Most.
Carrying out the spirit of the econo-
my law, the heaviest administrative
higher salaried employees.
In the salary range of 81 500 and
under, out of 114,890 employees 6302 are
administratively furloughed. In this
group the estimated aggregate number
of days of administrative furloughs is
224, ,956I2, the estimated amount with
held from employees is $3.50, ,05358, or an
average Of S132 per employe
In the calary group Of 81 sol to So
900 a year. out Of 337, $50 employees TO-
O34 are affected In this group the es-
timsted aggregate number Of DAYS Of
administrative furlough is 349 .25634
and the estimated amount withheld
from the employees is S2052, 2,424.I2. The
average per emp,oye is S205.
In the salary group from S3.001 up.
out of a total of 32,671 employees 3679
come under the furloughs. In this
group the estimated aggregate number
of days of administrative furloughs is
123,94oA and the estimated amount
withheld from employees is ST PTS, ,43l 81 +,
for CF