Evening star., 1933-07-23


pdication, making 1t Of importance
throughout the service.
Up till now the controller general has
been confronted with but one problem
arising under reorganiZation-tha OF
the merger of the Bureaus of Immigra-
ton and Naturalization Of the Depart
noent Of Labor. In that he held that
al personnel Of merged or abolished
agency, even including presidential ap-
potntees, are automatically dropped on
the date Of the consolidation. which
means that successor agencies will be
forced to anticipate their needs and re-
appotnt all those workers it is desired
o retain. effective the same date, so
that there may be no halt IN activities
Salary Fixing Guide.
The controller general also set up
what administrative officials look to as
q g,,ide for fixing salaries when he said
that the new commissioner of imnigra-
ton and naturalization would be sub
1ect to the classification act This, it
is felt, would entail classification also
for the employees in this service, in
which circumstance, it would follow
that all others involved in shifts like
wise would be classified, and, their
duties remaining the same, get un-
changed salaries. Any shift In alloca-
ton, however, would make difference
IN pay.
that the dismissal-reappointment ma
neuver on August 10 win be just q
paper transaction'-bu in any event
It will entail q tremendous amount OF
record Of each Of the thousands Of en-
ployes must be changed to show the
discharge and Unemployment. reap
pointment papers presumably must be
made out for each and filed, and not-
dcation will have to be given each en-
ploye Of his reappointment.
Would Be Tragic Blow.
II the controller general should rule
that the reappointed employees must
come back on the rolls at basic salaries
Of their respective grades, it will be a
tragic blow to many thousands who have
advanced their grades under the clas-
sification laws The consensus OF
officials is that the Presidents order
was not intended to reduce the salaries
OF these employees in such manifestly
unfair method. It is believed NcCarl
will so rule.
The Bureau Of Internal Revenue will
emerge from the shuttle as the Division
Of Internal Revenue, and the Bureau
Of Investigation will become the Division
Of Investigation. The former will take
over the Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
and such activities Of the Prohibition
Bureau Is have to do with beer and
LIQUOR permits and revenues. The Di-
vision Of Investigation will fall heir to
all prohibition agents and others en-
gagged In dry investigative work.
Most Of the investigative work Of the
prohibition group will be diminished,
and many Of the dry agents will find
themselves out of jobs on August 10.
A skeleton force will be re-employed to
form subdivision of the Division Of
lnvestigation.
What a Dalvmpse.
what will become Of Mai. A. v. Dal-
yynple, prohibition director, after his
Bureau s cut up and distributed to
other agencies Is q live question that
TIE Attorney General refuses to answer
st the present time"
These developments became known
yesterday -concurrently with another az
3ecttng personnel, when the long
expected Instructions to weed out from
unemployment registers those. persons
who had been "blanketed in" under
civil service went forward to the Civil
Service Commission from Secretary OF
Commerce Roper. chairman OF the
Cabinet Committee on Unemployment.
It ID estimated that 125, will be Topped
o6.
Another matter Of importance to the
workers due for settlement Is leave
status-that Is, If thef controller will
hold that In transfers any accumu-
lated leave will be retained, though 1t
Is not known II the commissioner OF
internal revenue raised this question,
details of his submission not having
been made public.
In the meantime, the Bureau Of the
Budget is taking the necessary steps
for creating the centralized procure
ment and disbursing divisions in the
Treasury, which hereafter will carry
on the functions now handled individ-
ually by each governmental establish
ment.
Questionnaires have been broadcast
over the service, asking each establish
ment the number OF employees on 1ul
and part time on these duties: sal
aries; expenses In connection with the
work. and such other information as
may present an accurate picture OF the
situation.
Study Size Of Unit.
One question to be treated Is as to
the size Of the dishursing or procure
ment branch 1t may be necessary to
retain in each agency.
Just how widespread the permanent
separations under reorganization Will
he Is a matter of speculation, al
though 1t is agreed that at least some
Of the curse already has been taken
off by affected establishments which
ANTICIPATED needs at the first OF the
new fiscal year, and acted accordingly.
The letter from Secretary Roper to
The Civil Service Commission instruct
ing compilation of preferred list"
for unemployment of those workers
who had won their civil service status
BY competitive test. in accordance with
President Roosevelt's desires, was put
In the mails yesterday morning, and, IN
the ordinary course of~things, will be
tomorrow. No time is expected to be
lost In acting there. These elimina-
tions, however, will make but small
dent In the Unemployment registers
which now total about 5000 names.
However, information at the commis-
sion is that the Unemployment Of civil
service workers in the new agencies Is
showing an encouraging upward trend.
Something definite as to the re-em-
ployment status of married workers
also is looked for tomorrow. as it is
expected Attorney General Cummings
Win make q ruling on the possibility
Of re-employing in the emergency