Evening star., 1933-07-04

trade promotion work during this week,
officials indicated today.
Four hundred and twenty-six workers
in the Washington office OF the bureau
were notified late yesterday that they
would be separated from the service,
effective July Is. OF the 400 employees
mateIy $50 will be thrown out
employment should President Roosey
sign an executive order drawn up
Secretary of Commerce Roper
These $50 workers were said to hay
been covered In" on the civil servi
rolls without having stood competitiye
examination. Roper has indicated he
would present the executive order tn
Mr.. Roosevelt as soon as the Chle1
Executive re. Irns to Washington from
his vacation.
Should the executive order be signed
the personnel of this agency mace
famous by President Hoover when he
was Secretary Of Commerce would be
curtailed from a total number Of 1881
to 2l0. of which 676 are residents OF
this city. In all probability, however.
some Of the jobs vacated by the execu-
Chased Is inefficient.
OF the total number notified yester-
day they would be separated from the
service on July IS, officials said 1893
were classified as inefficient. These
employees were given lower efficiency
ratings by their division chiefs. some of
whom are slated for dismissal through
the executive order.
Prior to yesterdays order lot COM
mercial attaches and other trade pro-
motion officers in foreign fields were
dismissed. as were 1873 workers in do
mestic trade Offices in various sections
Of the country.
The heavy curtailment of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
was forecast Immediately after the
landslide of ballots on November 8,
Democratic leaders accused the bureau
Of taking an active part in the 1928
election that swept Mr.. Hoover into the
White House and its statistical divisions
were reported to have been used extern
sively during the last campaign.
Much Of the material used by DR..
Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of
Commerce during the Hoover admins
tration and director Of the bureau dur
ing the time Mr. Hoover held the Com
merce portfolio in cabinets of Presi-
dents Harding and Coolidge. in his
Wcchiy IdoQO opCCSIiCS A1A
these these statistical divisions.
Bread and Butter" Report.
II was pointed out today that one Of
the damaging highlights of political
activity of the bureau during the last
campaign was the compilation of So
called dread and butter" report used
by President Hoover in his Indianapolis
speech. The report was compiled to
show how much more butter the aver
age American locomotive engineer could
buy on his wages in comparison with
engineers Of other countries.
In compiling the report, statisticians
said they called administration leaders
attention to the fact that butter was
not used among the working classes In
various countries. An investigation has
been held as to the manner these So
called political reports were compiled.
The economy advisers in the Com
merce Department have not yet COM
pleted their work. Heavy retrenchment
Is reported in lire for the Bureau OF
Mines before this agency Is transferred
to the Inteior Department. A total Of
258 employees of the Bureau OF Stand
ards have been dismissed and other
bureaus to feel 4 slight touch" Of the
ak will include Fisheries, Patent and
CenslIS