Evening star., 1934-07-31
.21,759 Increase Reported
by Civil Service Up to
June 80.
73,o03 ADDED IN FIELD,
MAKING 573,898 TOTAL
Figures Approach July 81, 1920,
Figure of 90,559 Here and
600,557 on Outside.

Government personnel IN the LIS
trict OF Columbia showed an increase
Of 81 ,759 in the fiscal year ended June
30, when the total employment In the
executive agencies was 87,l96, the
customary monthly tabulation of the
Civil Service Commission today dis
closed.
In the field the increase for the
corresponding period was 73,903,
bringing the force there to 1888
and making the aggregate 66l ,0s4, or
a Jump of 95,662 in the twelvemonth.
In June the Federal establishment
as a whole continued to evidence the
upward trend that has marked pre-
vious months
Here, the increase was 1,425, COM
posed of 888 appointments classed as
permanent or indefinite and 537 as
temporary. In the field, there was
an increase Of 2.870 in the permanent
or indefinite category, but drop Of
2.255 temporaries, bringing the net
advance down to 615.
The present employment figures
still hang below those for July 81,
1920, generally used for comparative
purposes, when the dismantling of the
civilian war machine was in full swing,
and the payrolls carried 90,559 per-
sons here and 600.557 on the outside,
but they are far in advance Of any
thing since that time.
1892 Here Permanent.
The end of June found permanent
or indefinite employment here totaling
78,302 and temporary 1894. In the
field the respective figures were 1885,
686 and 1922.
The principal increase here was in
the Navy, where, with the huge build
ing program getting a start, $50 ad-
ditions were made in the permanent
or indefinite list, while the tempo
raries showed drop of IL. The Home
Owners Loan Corporation added 289
and 10, respectively. Interior picked
up 1870 and So, Treasury 81 and rs,
Government Printing Once 81 and 10,
War IL and 102 and N. r. A. 81
and 78.
Agriculture dropped II out Of the
Department and 142 from the A. A. A.
in the permanent or indefinite classes,
but added 336 and 208 to these grotlps
in ternporaries. The Farm Credit Ad-
ministration showed q shrinking with
"A going from the regular staff and
293 from the temporary force. Com
merce dropped 66 regulars and gave
temporary employment to 10, while
the Interstate Commerce Commission
reported 81 Topped from the regular
rolls. There was a number of smaller
shifts.
III. o. L. c. Increased in Field.
In the field the principal increase
was the Home Owners Loan Corpo-
ration with 1883 going to the reg
ular staff.
Interior added 584 regulars for
emergency conservation work; the Vet
erans' Administration, 286; Treasury,
2lS; Public Works, 174; Panama
Canal, 100; Agriculture, ll6; Tennessee
Valley, 95; Commerce, 81; War and
Justice, 76 each, and other lesser
numbers.
Under temporary employment, In
terror showed Jump of 1,404; Agri-
culture, l,181; 223 for the A. A. A.;
Ais for Emergency Conservation Work
Commerce, 1T, and Tennessee VAL
ley, 118.
Reductions from the regular estab-
ishment were topped as usual by the
Post Office Department with 594,
while next came the Interstate Com.
merce Commission, with SO; then the
Navy. with %: Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, with 20; emergency con-
servation work under Agriculture, IA,
and one from the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronaut:cs to round
out the list.
Temporary Workers Dropped.
Under temporary employment War
Department dropped 4,633 and 364
from emergency conservation work
Navy. 346; N. r. A, 266; Treasury
lot; r. F. c., 46; the Advisory Con-
mittee for Aeronautics, g, and a halt
6 dozen smaller.
The report showed that emergency
conservation work now has enrolled
personnel of 800; enrolled Indians
l2,o03; intermittent employees Of the
War Department, 2597; military
personnel. 5,487, and 162 nurses.
The net payroll for the month was
$91 ,540,859, as compared with $780,
SIT, 7,479 in May.