Evening star., 1933-04-21
President May Keep Many U. S. Workers
In Spite of 30-Year Retirement Rule

tai Of human knowledge when his work
Is ended.
Another y DR.. Leonard stejneger,
curator Of biology, who also is serving
on an extension appointment. Still
another Is DR.. Paul Bartsch who en-
tered the Government service In 1896.
He Is In the midst Of important re-
search on the problem Of heredity and
just returned from an expedition which
studied the life of the great ocean
deeps. Qerrit g. Miller, jr, curator of
mammals. entered the museum service
IN 1897. He Is considered the foremost
living authority on North American
mammals. Barely q year ahead Of re-
tirement is DR.. Ray 8. Bassler, curator
of geology, and world famous paleon-
tologist. Still another just on the re-
tirement line Is DR.. Charles w. Gil
can authority on prehistoric reptiles.
All Of these men are active in the
arduous field work required on scientific
expeditions.
Some OF the heaviest losses will be
to the Bureau Of American Ethnology.
Among the men slated to 20 u DR..
John r. Swanton.
Preserves Indian Languages.
He is in the midst Of preserving the
languages of the Southern tribes Of In
dams, some Of which now are spoken
only by one or two survivors. Another
hit by the order Ii DR.. ]. N. B. Hewitt,
the world foremost authority on the
Iroquois Indians. most Of whose data
still is unpublished. Another man
whose place could not be filled Is DR..
Frederick w. Fowle Of the Astrophysical
hah ho Uia af
the sun.
The Naval Observatory will be hard
hit. Among those who would 60 under
the order Is Frank B. Littell, leader Of
many solar eclipse expeditions oil over
the world
The prospect of losing all the so-year
men was described as the toughest
blow yet" at the Bureau of Standards
During the past two years blow after
blow has been hit At this branch Of the
Government. with known instances Of
men who have saved millions for the
Government forced to take their chill
dren out Of school because of Day cuts.
Among the men hit by the order is
DR.. Lyman ]. Briggs, recently con-
firmed as director. and q physicist Of
worldwide renown. Another is DR..
H. c. Dickinson, chief Of the heat and
power division, whose researches
have played a significant part in the
aircraft industries. A curious case is
that of DR.. Frank A. Wulf, chief Of
the telephone division. DR.. Wulf saved
millions for the Government by his
expert testimony in the so-called
Westinghouse suits over the use OF
telephone equipment during the World
War Still another is DR.. Henry D.
Hubbard, one Of the foremost authori-
ties on atomic physics. who long has
served ~ assistant to the director.
Another is DR.. Frederick J. Bates.
chief Of the sugar division. One of
his latest accomplishments was the
discovery OF means of obtaining
levulose from artichokes, thus opening
new industry to the American farmer.
The order hits DR.. Edgar Buckingham,
the country's leading authority on gas
how.
Experts Would Go.
The bureau also is threatened with
the loss of expert instrument makers
and draftsmen. who will be din1cult to
replace and whose absence seriously will
cripple the work.
The Coast and Geodetic Survey II
threatened with the loss Of Maj. VIII
liam Bowie. chief Of the geodesy section
in the midst Of his life job Of triangula-
ton Of the United States. Another loss
feared is that Of Comdr N. H. Heck,
foremost American authority on earth
quakes Still another is that of Dr..
Walter D. Lambert. foremost mathe.
matician Of the service.
Other prominent scientists who fall
under the 30-year order, and whose
names sppear IN Who's Who In Amer
ica," are:
Claude H. Birdseye. chief topograph-
ical engineer Of the Geological Survey;
Charles Butts, Geological Survey; Lee
c. Corbett, Bureau Of Plant Industry,
Nelson H. Darton. Geological Survey;
Lester H. Dewey. botanist, Department
of Agriculture: David Grimths, Bureau
OF Plant Industry: Daniel L. Hazard.
Coast and Geodetic Survey: Albert 8.
Hitchcock. Department Of Agriculture: !:
Karl r. Kellerman. assistant chief,
Bureau Of Plant Industry.
Most Of these men, it was stressed at
the various scientific bureaus. will be
cut Oh when their value to the Gov
ernment is greatest. Many have worked
their way up from unspecialized posi-
tions in the Government service. study
Many, unable to support families until
their educationB were complete, married
late and have families Of growing chill
dren. Many Of them have refused more
lucrative positions outside the Govern.
ment because Of their interest In par
ticular research problems, the solution
Of which they considered more impor-
tant than money.
At the White House the proposal
would virtually wipe out the men hold
ing the more important stan positions.
White House Personnel Hit.
Among those who would be forced
out Of the service by this proposal are
such invaluable omcials as Rudolph
Forster. the executive clerk, who is in
charge of the White House ONCE per-
sonnel, and who has been serving un.
der presidents in q confidential capacity
since 1897; Irwin Hoover, chief usher
of the White House, who has been on
the rolls Of the White House since the
last Of the Harrison administration and
who is probably known to more per-
sons Of international prominence than
any other man In the Government
service; Patrick Z. McKenna, chief
usher Of the executive ONCE, who Is
famed for his tact and diplomacy, who
has been serving under Presidents
since Theodore Roosevelt; Clarence T.
Hess, appointment clerk; Maurice G.
Latta, assistant to the executive clerk,
who has 81 years to his credit; G. E.
lngltng, j. C. Willis. and w. r. Mar
shall. Of the executive office file room;
Ira Smith, chief mail clerk; E. w.
Jules Rodier and Fred Hoh-
bein, Of the communications section Of
the White House; Charles Wagner. one
Of the principal clerks, and Joseph
chief Of the White House mes
sengers.
Aside from these wholesale dismissals
IN the course Of such proposal, there
are Nelson Webster, disbursing omcer,
who Is past the 70-year retirement age
and is continuing on in the service
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