Evening star., 1933-11-06
Neo Deal Brings Extra Toll
For Uncle Sans Employees
Many in Emergency Agencies Burn Mid
night Oil Because "We've Got Rush
Job and We're Doing It,

With the Government engaged In the
task Of getting private industry to sign
codes setting shorter hours Of work,
Government employees. particularly in
the emergency agencies set up under the
new DEAL" still are burning midnight
oil to speed the program.
Almost without exception, the Gov
eminent agencies dealing with the re-
covery program are working their en-
tire stats overtime. and, despite this,
Of November show the employed per-
sonnel in executive departments and
independent offices to be 69,740, highest
mark in nearly two years.
In the agencies where no effort Is
made to keep within the regular SO to
4:30, with half day of on Saturday
rule for Government employees, the uni
versal explanation is we've got rush
job to do and we're doing It,"
These agencies include:
The Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration.
The National Recovery Administra-
ton
The Agricultural Credit Administra-
ton.
The Public Works Administration.
The Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration.
The Home Loan Bank Board.
The Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration.
Meanwhile, the normal" functions
Of the various departments of the Gov
ernment go along the usual route, with
the employees doing their usual work,
getting to the office at $50 and leaving
at 4:30.
In the other branches of the Govern
ment service there Is very different
picture.
The Public Works Administration has
lights burning in practically all the
emergency offices set up in the Interior
Building far into the small hours Of the
morning.
1--WE have nothing to explain about
not observing any 'cooe' hours. There
is no code in the Government service
and we have rush job to do and we
are trying our best to do it." said a
P. w. A. official.
In the daytime, hundreds of en-
ployes of the Public Works Admins
tration literally carry their Offices
under their hats" for want of a place
to sit down. There actually is not room
for them to sit down and transact their
business in the quarters Of the Public
Works Administration in the Interior
Building.
The Tennessee Valley Authority and
the Once OF Education have been tossed
out of the building: so has the Radio
Commission; so has the Civilian Con-
servation Corps headquarters.
Other old bureaus Of the Interior De-
partment have been warned that within
the next few days they will be given
nve days notice to Get out of tia bslild-
ing and take up qS1aet1rs a s11n6 of The
temporary buildings 70 rive the f1cn1bers
ofsthe legal, engineering md nccouut-
ing staffs Of the Public Works Admin
istration chance to sit down ana DO
business.
Employees Work Hard.
These $'ofiice under the hat" en-
ployes Of the p. w. A. actually are COM
ing down to work at night, with second
shift stenographers. or clerks worn al
ready with days work, to aid them in
getting out the vast amount Of work
that is entailed in the spending of the
public works fund Of S3,300,000,0 900.
Oficials point out that In the past
month the p. w. A. alone put on 279
persons. q speeding up OF the employ
ment program that brings the entire
P. W. A. personnel up To more than
900 since July 8.
We can't bring people in here cold
and expect them to get the work done" !"
one prominent official of the P. w. A.
explained. I'VE have specific projects
to work on and the financial expert, the
lawyer, the engineer or the accountant
assigned to the project must see 1t
through. Speed is essential, with the
rest Of the recovery set-up crying at
our heels to get the work out and get
men to work throughout the country.
We're smashing the codes all to h,
and we're not enjoying 1t, but I've not
heard any one complaining Most of
the people IN P. w. A. are glad enough
to have a lob"