Evening star., 1934-09-29
FEDERAL WORKERS
HERE INCREASED
BY 3,115 IN AUGUST
New Peace-Time Record
Set as Local Force
Hits 91,065.
HOUSING UNIT ADDS
669 TO LEAD LIST
Entire National Force Now Mum.
bers 72,104-Trade Com
mission Drops 102.

A record increase in peace-time
employment was made by the Gov
ernment here in August, when 3,ll5
employes were added, bringing the
force in the Capital to 9l,O65 per-
sons. the monthly report of the Civil
Service Commission disclosed today.
In the permanent-or emergency
force the Jump was 2,205 to 8l,8ll,
the temporary staff rose 9l0 TO 9.254.
The nearest approach was last jan
uary. when $500 were added.
Nationally the increase was 1851,
divided as follows: Permanent-emer-
gency. l,719, and temporary, 642. This
brought the respective totals to 4a8.-
299 and 82740, which was up 1892
in the month. and raised the aSgre-
gate local and field force to 672,lO4.
This, of course. is still far short-a
quarter of a million, in fact-of the
wartime peak. but is running we'll
ahead of the size of the civilian estab-
lishment in the closing days OF the
rehabilitation period.
Housing Unit Adds $50.
The principal local increase in the
permanent-emergency class was at the
new Federal Housing Administration,
where 669 persons were shown en-
ployed as against the two making up
the force in July. Others included:
Agriculture Adjustment Administra-
ton. 456 to 4,O27; Treasury, $50 to
1f.3O3; Home Owners Loan, ITO to
2.786; Interior, 143 to 6,807; which,
with scattered smaller additions, dis
tributed generally, made up the
balance.
The principal local decrease in these
classes was in the Federal Trade Com
mission. where lO2 were dropped.
The principal temporary increases
we're: Government Printing Office.
494; General Accounting Ofhce, 180;
National Recovery Administration, 1870:
Interior, 1877, and National Resources
Board, which had only 3 employees in
July, 90. The A. A. A., which had
bolstered its permanent force, took the
largest cut in its temporaries, 254,
which was more than all the rest put
together.
T. V. A. Expands.
In the field, the Tennessee Valley
Authority'S permanent staff continued
to show heavy expansion, with the ad-
dition of 884 employees. Home Owners
Loan added 637 and Interior 571 for
emergency conservation work. Other
large increases were Public Works, 270,
and War, 2l7. There were four large
decreases: Post Office, $50, which rep
reSentS the customary reduction: Agri-
culture, 237; Co-ordinator of Trans
portation, 203, and Panama Canal, 1853.
The principal temporary additions
were: Agriculture. 965. and for emerg-
ency conservation work. 688; War, go
for emergency conservation work;
Tennessee Valley. 625: A A A, 23s.
and National Resources Board. 122.
There we're only three reductions of
any size, War, with 1580 and In
terror with 721, as usual topping the
list, while Commerce showed a drop
of 3l4.
The c. c. c. force showed enrolled
personnel of 334,609 as compared to
$780, in July, a Jump of more than
100000. A large growth of intermit-
tent War Department employees in this
work also was shown, last months
figure of 6,262 comparing with 1887
in July.
These employment figures cover
only the executive branch of the Gov
eminent. for which the August pay
roll was put at S97 1852 606, compared
with SOL ,540,859 in July.