Evening star., 1933-06-12
Worrying Despite Assurances
Wholesale Discharges
Won't Be Made.
ORDER WOULD SEPARATE
ALL UNDER TRANSFERS
High Officials See Little Probabil.
ity of Heavy Dismissals of
Federal Workers.

Hundreds of Government EMPLOYEES
involved in the Presidents reorganiza-
ton plan, sent to Congress SATURDAY.
night, were worrying about their Jobs
today despite assurance from high OH.
cials In the administration that there
was little probability of carrying out
the provision in the executive order
which permits the wholesale discharge
OF all personnel in the agencies To be
abolished. transferred or consolidated.
Under the title employees to be sepa-
rated" the Presidents order provides
that all personnel employed in connec-
'tion with abolished agencies or fune.
tions shall be separated from the serv-
Ice except where the heads of the sue
cessor agencies, subject to the Presi.
dents approval, may, within a period
Of four months, reappoint them. The
order defines abolished agencies" az
ANY agency which Is abolished, trans
ferred or consolidated"
1t was stated today that, EXCEPT in
are dispensed with in the order. tha
dismissals will be largely administra-
tive after the transfers or consolida.
tions are effective.
Meanwhile, rumblings Of opposition
to certain parts of the order began to
take definite shape in the Senate, when
resolution was introduced by Sena-
tor Borah, Republican, of Idaho, to
hold up operation of one section Of
the order until Congress returns.
1t was also learned that one amend
ment will be offered to this resolution
affecting another part Of the reorgani-
cation plan.
The Borah resolution would suspend
that part Of the reorganization order
making rs per cent cut in payments
for agricultural experiment stations
cooperative agricultural extension work
and the endowment and maintenance
OF agricultural and mechanical colleges.
This section provides that the agen-
cies taking over new duties may, with
the approval Of the President, re-em-
ploy any OF these employees within four
months without loss Of civil service
status.
Dickinson Calls It Drastic.
While no definite movement has de-
veioped thus far to change this Sec
ton. Senator Dickinson, Republican, OF
Iowa described this and other parts Of
the program as being very drastic"
senator Dickinson also criticised the
plan for q central procurement agency.
declaring it would be mistake, because
OF the multiplicity of problems involved
In trying to buy for various depart
ments. The Iowa Senator predicted ft
would probably be found necessary to
establish subagencies In various branches
OF the service to handle procurement
problems.
Senator McNary, Republican. of Ore
gon, minority leader, Joined in the on
position to the Is per cent cut In aeri-
cultural extension and experimental
work.
The Borah resolution was referred to
tne Agriculture Committee. Such q
resolution, designed to change any part
OF the reorganization order, must pass
both branches of Congress and 90 to
the President for signature.
If adopted, this resolution would
suspend that part of the reorganiza-
tion order until the expiration of so
days after opening of the next session
of Congress.
Shortly after the resolution was in
troduced, Senator Reed, Republican. of
pennsylvania announced that he viii
put forward an amendment to this
resolution to take the Army and Navy
out OF the section which seeks to set up
a central procurment agency.
Another section of the order which
caused widespread uneasiness among
Government workers today was the
paragraph providing that the person.
mel OF all agencies abolished or trans
ferred be separated from the service.
Will Wait so Days.
No attempt will be made to put the
plan into effect earlier than the so
days provided by law, Speaker Rainey
today.
Congress. he pointed out. could put
he plan into effect Immediately The
President, however, he said, has not
-equested such action.
The act granting the President the
authority to reorganize Government
and bureaus stipulates that
he changes shall not become effective
Until after the expiration of so calendar
lays unless Congress provides an earlier
affective date.
The objective back of SATURDAYS
,rder Is to pave the way for the placing
INTO effect the administrations econ
,my program, designed to save $780,
100000, within the next few days, il
vas said in official quarters today.
Only Rough Shot"
The estimated savings of $25, 100000
n the reorganization plan now before
Congress was termed only "a rough
hot" Officials said they believed that
through the proposed regrouping Of the
ar1ous methods of supply purchasing
md the abolition Of some 2,100 dis
ursing officers. over $4,000, 900 alone
Vill be saved.
The other items on the reorganiza-
lon program were classified as either
outline or as a basis for the general
organization Of Government depart
nents which the administration pro-
oses to place into effect at the next
ession of Congress.
Ofdcials let 1t be known today that
ne reorganization program now before
congress was curtailed at the last mo-
1ent. many of the proposed changes
'eing stricken out because in the
pinion Of administration leaders there
robahy would have been basis of
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