The Washington times., 1933-09-02
MEET TONIGHT
To SET STAGE
FOR PARLEY
Kansas City Sessions Called
Most Interesting and
important in Years
BY DUNCAN FORSYTH


A meeting of the executive
council of the National Federation
Of Federal Employees tonight will
set the stage for the convention
of that organization, which will
open in Kansas City Monday.
The Washington contingent
generally will leave this city to-
day, reaching Chicago tomorrow
morning to spend a day at the
fair, and continuing on to Kansas
City, arriving Monday morning.
Delegates from approximately
500 locals will be in attendance.
when the convention opens, and
the most interesting and signif-
icant meeting of the federation
in many years is certain to follow.
Three Major Items
Three major items included in
the resolutions to be presented
at the convention are extension
Of classification, establishment Of
a civil service court Of appeals,
and adjustment of the present in
equitable status Of Uncle Sans
employees who get subsistence,
lodging and laundry as a part OF
their compensation.
The National Federation OF
Federal Employees has always
stood firm for classification, and
would extend it to cover prac-
tically every Government job, so
it's advocacy at this time presents
no novel elements in the picture.
The civil service court, however,
would be of much greater i'm
portance than might appear to
the outsider, it is believed, for in
stitution of such a body is
counted upon to give a mortal
blow to many manifestations of
"office politics" in the Govern
ment service.
Some Faring Badly
The %. S. L." situation is of
special importance at this time.
Federal workers who get part Of
their pay in kind fare badly under
the operation of the Federal econ
omy measures, for, while the IS
per cent reductions affecting every
classified worker are based on de-
items of living costs furnished by
the Government are charged
against them at the same rates as
before, and the whole Is per cent
cut is taken from their cash pay.
ments, some of which are decid'
cuning living costs, the major
edly meager.
Every State in the Union, all
the insular possessions of the
United States and all branches Of
the Federal employ, except the
postal service, will be represented
at the convention, which will be
held at the President Hotel.
Council Meets Tonight
Tonight's meeting of the execu-
tive council, preparatory to the
opening of the convention itself,
will be attended by the national
officers, including Luther c. Stew
ard, president; Gertrude M. Nc
Nally, secretary-treasurer; John
Fitzgerald, Brooklyn, N. Y, first
vice president; Lee R. Whitney,
Milwaukee, second vice president;
Charles l.. Wiegand, Baltimore,
third vice president; John Thomp-
son, San Francisco, fourth vice
president; DR.. Walter P. Taylor,
Tucson, Ariz., fifth vice president;
John w. Ross, Norfolk, sixth vice
president; Ulrey ]. Biller, Wash
ington, D. c., seventh vice presi-
dent; William M. Rapsher, Phila-
delphia, eighth vice president, and
George L. Evans, Denver, ninth
vice president.
Local No. 20, of Kansas City, is
host to the convention. On the
way to Kansas City, President
Steward and Secretary-Treasurer
McNally were guests at a banquet
in their honor given by Local
Union No. 78, of Indianapolis.