Evening star., 1933-09-12
Expects at Least Part to Be
Given Back to US. /
Employees.
EARLY ACTION PROMISED:
TO A. F. OF L. OFFICIALS
21.Point Program for Improve.
ment of Federal Workers
Before Convention.

President Roosevelt held out hope
today to American Federation of Labor
officials for a restoration Of part-if
not all-of the Is per cent pay cut Of
Federal and District employees by the
end of the calendar year
William Green, president of the fed
GRAFTON, said there was a strong likeli-
hood of an early pay cut restoration,
according to the impression Mr.. Roose-
welt gave this afternoon to Green and
members of the Executive Council Of
the organization. They had called a1
the White House to urge lifting of the
salary reduction as soon as possible In
view of the increased cost of living
resulting from the N. R. A. program
Green said the President was very
interested IN the subject and that he
already had been studying the question.
New Figures Sought.
The labor chieftain represented the
President as saying he was dissatisfied
with the old index figure of living
costs upon which the pay cut was
based. end that he is having prepared
new index figure which he believes
will more definitely represent the actual
living cost. 1t would be on this new
index figure that the President would
reach his decision either doing away
with the pay cut entirely. or in part
Government employees have contended
that the current index does not give
enough consideration to fixed charges.
such as fuel and interest, for example
Green and his associates left tbs
White House confident something would
oe done for the benefit of the Govern.
ment workers.
Members Of Council
With Mr. Green were the following
members OF the executive council:
Matthew Wcil. Arthur o. Wharton,
James Wilson. Frank Duffy. T. A. Rick
ert, G. M Bugaiazet, Joseph N Weber,
John Coefeld and Frank Morrison,
secretary, and Martin F. Ryan. treas
urer.
In making his appeal for restoration
Of pay. Green said he told the Presi-
dent such action would be in con-
formity with the purposes OF the re-
covery program. He said he thought
the employees had suffered long enough
and that the restoration would be one
way of restoring buying power and .
great contribution to efforts to lift this
country out of the depression.
The decision to call on President
Roosevelt was reached after Green yes
terday afternoon appeared before the
national convention of the American
Federation of Government Employees,
and A. F. of L. affiliate. and urged q
fight to regain the things that have
been lost under the economy act.
The move was urged on the A. F. OF
L. leaders by Central Labor Union OF
Washington.
Move Toward Reorganization.
Meanwhile today the convention con-
tinued in session and took the first step
toward reorganization of the Fedora
ton of Government Employees. by vot-
ing to elect a full-time president and
secretary-treaSurer.
The REORGANIZATION move was made
in directions given to the COMMITTEES
on Constitution to provide for revi-
sion that would permit change II
the status of the president, and a -
would permit consolidation of the off =
of secretary and treasurer and chal..,.
that status also.
At the same time the convention de
feated a proposal that would have Sc
up an Advisory Committee to discuss
matters of policy with the president'
who will continue now with his execu
tive council to head the group.
Program Under Consideration.
The Resolutions Committee of tht
convention. it was made known today,
has under consideration 21-point pro-
gram for Government workers as fol-
lows:
l. Restoration of pay
g Thirty-hour work week.
g. Repeal of the marital status law
so far as it affects low salary workers.
f. Thirty days annual leave, cumu-
lative.
S. Extension of classification to tho
field
g. Extension of the merit system.
7. Thirty-year optional retirement.
8. Centralized personnel administra.
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