Evening star., 1933-09-29
PAYLESS FURL0UGH
AGAIN ON SCHEDULE
FOR D, c. EMPLOYEES
Continuation of Departure
Instituted This Year Pro-
vided by Budget.
100 PER CENT BASIS
OF PAY is RESUMED
$s,7oo,ooo Set Aside to Allow
for Return From Lower
Scale.

While the District budget for the next
fscal wear. now being whipped into final
shane will carry estimates for salaries
on a 100 per cent basis, the present
system of furloughs without pay VIII
have to be continued for employees OF at
least some departments, 1t was reVeaIeo
today. ..,s., ~
District officials to allow Tor 1ull per
sonnel needs for all the oepartments'
and still keep within the limit OF ap-
nronriations established by the Bureau
of the Budget.
The same situation, in more ag-
rrayated way, prevailed last July l
Then the District was compelled TO
adont a system of payless furlougns Tor
most of the District departments even
though the salary estimates were oaseu
IN an As per cent basis to carry through
the current fiscal year the Is per cent
economy act pay cut for Government
workers.
s3s,71o,00o Budget.
The estimates for the operation OF
the District Government 1or tne heA.
fiscal year, beginning next July l, are
renorted to call for total outlay OF
ssS 7l0 600, in keeping with INSTRUCTIONS
fron, the Bureau of the Budget. Inls
SIN, is about s4,000,000 greater tnan
ths appropriation made for the currene
fiscal wear and Of this about S3'iuo'vUo o
is to allow for the restoration OF III.
nav of District employees to ioo pei
cent scale. ,.,n.d has
.,t heen decided finally, since restora
nv nv. ~ the cut in pay of Government
workers is contingent upon maj oeci-
sion hv the administration and Con
oress Inclusion of the estimates 1or
Salaries in both the District and feo-
eraI establishment on 100 per cent
basis. however revealed recently Ina.
the administration was considering tila'
change.
Decline to Talk.
district officials today declined TO
sneak on the question of continuation
If the payless furloughs, but 1t was
learned in an authoritative quarter tnat
the nresent budget limit would call lor
such furloughs for at least a NUMBER
of the major departments OF the LIS,
trict. This would be due to personnei
needs greater than the actual appropria
tions which can be allowed under the
budget limit
Under the terms of the appropriation
act for the present fiscal year. slasnes
were made in salary items Tor various
departments, even below the allowance
for the 16 per cent pay cut. TINS was
done in several cases with the deliberate
Intention by Congress of reducing per
sonnel rolls, such as that for the build
ing inspectors ONCE and that OF the
municipal architect
The result was adoption OF furlougns
for the majority of the District depart
ments, even though all available econ
omies were effected by abolition Of va
can't positions, the discharge Of some
employees and other savings. Some di-
visions of the District have been con-
siderably short handed as general re-
suit.
10S Positions Dropped.
Altogether 106 positions were dropped
from the pay rolls In the branches OF
the District government, exclusive OF
the public schools system. OF this
number, 81 positions were vacant and
were abolished so that funds might be
made available for offices so as to less
en- the effect of the rotative furlongs.
Four employees were let out under pro-
economy act and eight positions were
abolished and the incumbents dis
charged under the law providing for
involuntary separation after 80 years
Of service.
Twenty seven other employees were
discharged merely to bring pay rolls
within the limits Of appropriations:
The rotative furlough was adopted to
varying extents Il practically all the
Offices. this being determined by the
amount Of the shortage in appropria-
tions. The furloughs vary from few
days to as much as 80 days during the
year. :,
Had the Commissioners not adopted
the furlough system, greater number
of employees would have had to be sep
arated from the service and aside from
such a hardship on the employees af-
fected, the work of the departments
would have been further handicapped
by lack of sufficient staffs, it is ex-
planned,