Evening star., 1933-08-10
DRY BUREAU SLASH
ERROR CORRECTED.
New Dismissal Notice Given
600, With 1900 Remain
ing in Service.
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prohibition investigations. John s.
Hurley, assistant director of the abol-
ished Prohibition Bureau, will have
specific charge OF the new dry unit.
Director Dalrymplc Away.
At the Office of Mai A. v. Dalrymple,
prohibition director. who IS one of the |
900 or more to lose their Jobs today, 1t |
was said the director was away" and
no comment could be obtained on re-
ports that the kilograms were sent by
the personnel section on orders of
Dalrymple.
The immediate effect of the telegram !
was q rising tide of protests from pro-
hibition agents in all part of the coun-
try and from their friends, including, it
is said many Senators and Representa-
tives. The wave Of protests began |
reaching Justice officials Tuesday and
Wednesday, and they were taken some |
what by surprise, as no official an
nouncement had been made regarding |
the proposed reorganized plans.
1t was not until just before the close |
OF business yesterday that Hoover |
learned OF the dismissal kilograms. |
Their effect, had they been legal, would
have been to leave the country without
prohibition force of any kind until
other telegramS notifying those to be
reappointed could be sent cut. As
matter of fact, it was pointed out by |
authorities no discharges under the |
executive order could become effective !
before last midnight, nor was 1t COM !
pulscry on Justice officials to have the !
reorganization plans completed by that
hour.
Notices COuntermanded.
Director Hoover, on discovering the
faux pas, issued orders promptly for
the dispatch by Hurley of kilograms
countermanding the previous notices
and notifying all employees that they
would remain lin status quo" until ad- |
vised otherwise. The kilograms did not
reach some field officers until after
the employees were gone, it is under
stood
Today the reorganization plan was
being put into effect as rapidly as pos
sible. About 80 employees of the Wash
ington headquarters of the defunct
Prohibition Bureau were to be let out
today and some 600 i'll other parts of
the country were to be notified of dis
miSSal
The discharge will leave a prohibi-
tioii AOieC Oi 4cSS lIldll ,ZUU persons,
mostly agents. This number will be
trimmed down gradually as the func-
tons Of the unit diminish with repeal
OF the eighteenth amendment. A
permanent force will be maintained
after repeal to protect dry States from
wet leakage"
275 Immediate Separations.
AS result of the prohibition situa-
ton. the only immediate separations
are those brought about by the merger
OF the Bureaus of Immigration and Nat
urallZation into the Immigration and
Naturalization Service These total 275.
of which At are in Washington. OF the
latter, five are retirementS
The Shipping Board. which comes
into the Commerce Department as a
bureau is holding all personnel for the
present
There will be additional cuts in I'm
migration Naturalization as we'll as re-
trenchment in the Shipping Board. but
the extent will only be determined in
the future. The same holds true as to
other prospective slashes here.
The status of Shipping Board and i'm
migration naturalization employees was
only made known late yesterday
At that time Secretary Of Commerce
Roper said that the board staff of 924.
including officials. would get temporary
appointments. Of the total force 46l
are in the Washington Office.
Saying that for the time being no
person will lose his job. Secretary Roper
explained that committee now is
studying the problems involved in re-
organization and is expected to report
shortly The Shipping Board employees
have been chosen only in part under
1.-Two riyi1 Saryipa While kinp
clear that the budget cut will necessi- /,
tate some diSmisSalS. Roper said changes !
will be made with the least possible in
reference with the units operation, and !
he forecast that the merger will bring !
increased efficiency.
New immigration Unit.
An innovation in administration was !
introduced in the formation of the i'm /
migratio- naturalization unit. With the !
exception of the 275 who are being
dropped-they are getting 10 days no .
tice-the force of about 5000 is being /
put on a four month temporary employ |
ment status. In this time all the tech
nical field workers are to submit to |
competitive test. which will decide who |
goes and who stays. The tests will be |
conducted by boards composed Of repre- !
sentatives of the service itself, the Civil |
oCl VIC SOilllllooIOll dilO lAlO RuSilN. liz
latter will be nominated by the Amer |
ican Arbitration Association.
Employees going into the new Once
of National Parks. Buildings and Res |
ercations, which includes. among other |
units. the Office of Public Buildings
and Public Parks of the National Cap
ital, and those in the Federal Board for
Vocational Education, which is now
absorbed into the Interior Department,
will hold on until September 80, when
any reduction due will be put through.
Some 40 workers in the Co-ordinative
Service have been given respite at
! least to October 10. due to delay in
forming the new division of procure
ment in the Treasury Department.
These dates were fixed by presidential
orders modifying the original reorgani-
zation order The hold-up of the
projected divisions both of procurement
and disbursing. which are scheduled
now to be established some time be-
fore-or on-December 81. was de-
velopment which undoubtedly produced
the largest immediate saving of jobs,
inasmuch as these centralized agencies
are to take over work now performed
in individual units.
Revenue Division Change.
The other major changes in the
Treasury setup also Is due by Decem-
Der 81. when the Bureau of Internal
Revenue and Industrial Alcohol are
merged into the Division OF Internal
Revenue.
Col. D. W. MacCormack. who heads
the service, emphasized that this pro-
cedure was being followed to strengthen
the application of the merit system IN
this branch of Government. While the
personnel reduction that will be effected
eventually has not been decided. the
problem faced 1t that of meeting an
appropriation slash Of $1,400,000.
Mccormack comes to his position
from that of commissioner Of Federal
immigration. Raymond F. Crist, COM
| missioner Of naturalization since 1923,
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