Evening star., 1933-06-27

FEDERAL AGENCIES
RUSH COMPLETION
OF JOB PROGRAMS
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in all these groupings. It was thought
exactly where it will stand for couple
of weeks yet.
Bureaus Plan Savings.
The Department Of Agriculture. It
was learned, also expects to have to
use available means for reducing its
force, and it was said every bureau
is scanning its rolls to find out just
where savings may be made. Here,
too, it was said that it would not be
possible to simply cut off activities at
the first of the new fiscal year, but
that d decision would have to be made
as to where the reduction could be
effected with most satisfactory results.
Both disnissals and furloughs are in
view there, but it was thought week
would elapse before there would be any
thing definite in this connection.
The Treasury Department expects to
make few dismissalS in the department
proper, but will have to resort to fur
loughs It was thought, however, that
these would not exceed two weeks. TWO
branches Of the Treasury already have
been hard hit though, the Bureau of
Internal Revenue dropping 600 persons
in, ha Ra1d r16
the Coast Guard cutting off 1,500 en-
listed men and $50 warrant officers.
Fewer Patronage Jobs.
In Justice, where the prohibition cut
was announced, it has also been made
known that there will be fewer assist
ant United States attorneys and deputy
marshals - patronage jobs - employed
during the coming year but there has
been no advice yet as to the department
service proper.
War and Commerce are also still to
fix the departmental policy. In the
former the plan to be followed is await
ing the return Of Secretary Dern. In
the latter there has been a drastic
slash in the funds for the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce. while
in the highly important Bureau of
Standards, stated by scientists, a re-
duction also has been announced.
At the Post Office Department it has
been stated that furloughs will be ap-
piled, but the extent has not been
fixed. This department has adhered to
the spread work" principle, and has
already fixed nine-day furloughs for the
postal service proper, in addition to
other economies, in that way avoiding
dismiSSalS.
State to Dismiss 81.
In the State Department there will
be 81 separations the end of this month.
Among these are SO whose husbands or
wives are elsewhere in the service, and
4 in the 30-year retirement group.
The Navy Departmnt made approx
mately 200 separations on June /.
The Department of Labor, like the
Post Office Department, hopes to make
out by use of furloughs, and that prin-
ciple will also be followed by the Civil
Service Commission, one of the larger
Independent groups.
Meanwhile, today there was a cheer
ing note injected into the situation
at the Interstate Commerce Commission,
where 6l3 employees lose their jobs Fri
day night, it being said in a respon-
sible quarter that prospects were bright
for placing the best part of them in
other Government agencies.
Two bureaus are effected-Valuation
where 529 lost out, and Accounts, where
the reduction Is "a. The largest pio-
portion of these are in Washington, al
though there is a large number in the
field.
The valuation appropriation was cut
by $l,7500 900 to 81 600 900 as result of
the repeal of the recapture law, which
the Government found itself unable to
enforce against the railroads, while
the Bureau of Accounts suffered re-
duction of $4,000, to $750,000.
613 on PayIess Furlough.
At present the former has 9lO work.
ers and the latter 80. The 613 are
being put on 90-day payless furloughs,
while efforts are made to place them
elsewhere, and they were advised in
efforts fail it will be necessary to drop
them from the rolls. Those remaining
on a pay status 60 on the five-day week,
with Monday of, starting July /. This
experiment is scheduled to remain ef-
fective until November l.
In the furloughed group are en-
gineers, lawyers, accountants and cleri-
cal help, and new Government groups
are extending warm cooperation in
placing them when possible, it was
said.
1t was added in this connection that
this did not mean that jobs could be-
found in Washington for all those sta
toned here. as Government activities
on the outside were looked to for aid
in the situation.
Postal Workers Disturbed.
The economy program of the Post
Office Department has brought query
and complaint from Thomas F. Dolan,
president of the National Association
of Post Office Clerks, who has asked
Postmaster General Farley if the postal
service workers must take the impend-
ing nine-day furlough in addition to
the Is per cent salary cut.
Until they know, said Dolan. they are
"quite naturally disturbed" and their
morale Is upset"
If the Is per cent cut Is to operate
in conjunction with the imposition OF
the payless furloughs, Dolan's letter said,
It would be surely a backward and
step" The letter added:
ut will have a clarifying and most
effect II you will deem it ad-
visable to inform the association
whether the nine payless furlough days
are to be the only reduction, or If the
is per cent, or some portion OF 1t, is
to be continued as we'll"
As announced, this furlough Is to be
applied in the next three months to
spread work among the existing per-
sonnel and avert dismissals. while at
the same time saving on the apprO-