Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-12
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Choice Presumably Optional
Under White House Edict
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the service during the retrenchment
program was discussed at the first meet
ing yesterday Of the newly created pres
idential council in the Presidents ONCE
The President pointed out that thia
meeting Of the council afforded q good
opportunity for such q discussion. The
discussion included ideas expressed by
the various members Of the council re-
garding the best way of appointing the
respective ONCE personnel of the new
agencies and the matter of q preferred
list OF "honest-to-goodness civil service
employees" by the Civil Service Commits
sion was decided upon.
Plan Optional.
In revealing the new plan, the Presi-
dent did not establish the fact that
unemployment of these "honest-to-
goodness" civil service employees would
be compulsory. The indication was that
they would merely be on Q preferred
list and that whether or not they would
be re-employed could be optional on
the part Of those who do the hiring.
While. the President did not indicate
that he would insist upon the re-em-
ploying Of those on the preferred list
the impression was gathered. from his
personal interest in this class of en-
ployes he referred to as honest to-
goodness" civil service people and the
fact that a policy was discussed and
adopted at the initial meeting Of the
So-called supercabinet council that there
Is every reason for the civil service en-
ployes, who are included on this pre-
ferred list, to feel hopeful Of re-em-
ployment very shortly.
At the same time the President made
1t very apparent that there Is little on
obtain their civil service status through
presidential executive orders. This at
titude also Is interpreted as indicating
that the President may 60 quite long
way In blanketing out Of the civil serv-
ice those who have received civil serv-
Ice status through presidential execu-
tive orders during the past IL years up
to March last. Just how far he will
60 in this blanketing out Of those who
received favors from the Republican
administrations since 1921, nothing
definite Is known. It Is felt. however,
that he will not comply with the de-
mand on the part Of certain groups of
Democratic congressional leaders that
he make wholesale raid on this class
Of civil service employees. At the same
time it is felt that he will let out quite
large number Of this class Of en-
ployes by individual plucking rather
than a blanket order.
Green Arranges Farley.
President Green arranged for the
conference at the White House at the
instance Of the American Federation of
Government Employees, an affiliate Of
the A. F. Of L.
Associated with Green are John Ar
thur Shaw. national president of the
Federation Of Government Employees.
and John p. Simpson, an employee Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, who
heads the newly formed Civil Service
Reinstatement League, launched last
Saturday under the auspices Of the fed
Grafton to push the cause of workers
who have been and will be dropped un-
der the Federal retrenchment program.
Simpson, who Is president of the
I. c. c. lodge of the Federation Of Gov
eminent Employees, said four principal
proposals have been laid down by the
workers for presentation TO the Presi-
dent, and that II they received Green's
sanction at conference prior to the
session at the White House they would
be offered for the consideration Of the
Chief Executive.
-Four Proposals.
They are:
!. AL employees already dropped
whose ratings are satisfactory should
be placed Immediately In the newly
established agencies having vacancies
for which they are fitted.
2. Similar action should be taken
with regard to those workers who win
be dropped July Is.
g.. An appellate agency should be
established to review the ratings of
those workers which were satisfactory
up until the new efficiency ratings were
made on May is. this year.
4. Employees to be dismissed on August
10, when the consolidation goes into
ef1ect, should be given preference for
employment in the successor agencies
if not so placed. they should be assigned
to recovery program work.
Green Has Final Say.
Simpson said this would more than
likely constitute the platform Of the
White House delegation, but that Pres
ident Green would have the final say.
The section dealing with ratings Is de-
signed to meet the complaint Of some
workers that their efficiency ratings
were 1uggled when the annual compila-
ton was made. to facilitate removal.
The Reinforcement League issued q
statement last night In which 1t was
said that the outlook for the re-em-
ploymeut Of ousted Government en-
ployes continues to be far from en-
couraging."
Work Is Diversified.
Discussing q published account Of re-
ported dissatisfaction by Bureau OF
Standards workers because indefinite
instead Of staggered furloughs will be
used there. DR.. Lyman J. Briggs, the
director, said today that because Of the
diversified work at the Bureau. 1t hac
been necessary to adopt the former pls1
to cope with the heavy slash in appro-
priations. The funds allotted would
have meant that everyone at the Bureau
be idle four months. which would have
created an impossible situation. the d.
rector said. Consequently, certain &C.
tivities were eliminated altogether.
approximately $40 Standards workers
20 out Saturday, but an effort has beer
made to restore this employment ir
great measure by seeking recovery act
funds to carry on materials testing.