The Washington times., 1935-07-19
j. 8. employees
ELATED OVER
RECENT GAINS
BY J. EARLE MOSER

SAO"Ay HUV oAASAJ @SASA~@ SAAA
ployes seem to be regaining the
valuable ground lost during the
painful economy era spawned by
the depression.
With full pay restored early
in the year after months of eff.
fort, the Ramspeck leave bills
moving toward enactment with
increasing speed, and other meas
ures reported favorably that are
aimed at the marriage clause"
and classification Of postmaSters,
workers and their organizations
are becoming definitely hopeful If
not exactly jubilant.
Both the NFFE and AFGE,
major Federal groups who have
worked long and earnestly for
restoration Of leave benefits, is
sued statements of qualification
today for yesterdays action by the
House Rules Committee, granting
a special rule to give legislative
priority to the leave bills.
In the absence of President
Luther c. Steward, Miss Gertrude
M. Mentally, secretary-treasurer Of
the NFFE, said:
"We're all celebrating. The
organization is very much graft
fled at the action of the Rules
Committee, and we are particu.
larl grateful to Speaker Byrns,
whom Mr.. Steward saw on July
8 to ask him IL he wouldn't do
this"
John w. Ginder,z president of
the District Federation of Federal
Employees, an NFFE affiliate, and
Henry Media, Veterans Admins
tration worker and secretary
treasurer of the group, also ex-
pressed their pleasure.
Predicting almost certain en-
actment of the Ramspeck docu-
ments, E. Claude Babcock, Age
leader, said:
"The members of our body
are more than delighted with
the splendid treatment received
at the hands of the House
Rules Committee. Their deci.
sion to grant special rules for
II. r. 845S and III. r. 1859
clearly show that the sentiment
of the House is well-nigh unani-
nous for these bills. We an.
ticipate no trouble in securing
like treatment from the mem.
bers Of the Senate"
With 100 signed up for their
proposed home community in or
nearby Washington, the execu-
tive, committee of Agriculture'S
Rent and Housing unit will meet
Saturday to make a decision as
to what investing firm will be
chosen to aid the project and
what location will be selected.
Another popular feminine
worker is lost to the NFFE ma
tional office. With several mar
riages previously announced, it
was revealed today that popular
Katherine Burbage will marry
Philip Keefer, Washington Gas
Light Company employee, August
"a. Yesterday the NFFE staff
held shower for Kay" as she
is Familiarity known, that includ-
ed wedding cake, bridesmaids.
flowers, gifts and other attrac-
tons.
A graduate of st. Cecelia's Acad'
envy, Miss Burbage formerly was
employed at Agriculture.
One Year Ago in Federaldom--
Government Printing Office was
planning to open it's "1nterna'
tional" baseball league on the
Monument Lot with Jesse B. Man
bede in charge Frank Corkins
had held Agriculture to five hits
as G. P. o. scored, 60, in the De-
partrnental League. "a John Dono'
van protest mass meeting was
planned for the Thomson School
=. Dorothy Dietrich, Internal Rev
enue, had married Edwin Chris
lille dG Obs 6dCA4NA o. ~ Wdo 4O~A AAS0'
Lucille Sullivan, Hole, has
treated herself to a "wind-blown'
bob, fellow workers reveal.
Col. Charles I. Stengle, AFGE
administrative assistant, is back
from Chicago, where he organized
Lodge No. 207 at Hines Hospital
there. It has 157 members, and
he says there'll be more than $50
by August l.
A clerk, CAT 3, 1880, working
for Internal Revenue in Newark.
N. j., would like to transfer with
someone in Washington, Los Ange'
les or Philadelphia. Information
as to how to get in touch with the
worker is available by writing this
column.
Although G. A. o. doesn't allow
visits to the dentist to be con.
strued as sick leave, illness result,
ing from such visits may be so
construed if the worker has to
remain at home.
Who Remembers-When all
those war folks lived in the Gov.
ernment's tempoS on Union Sta.
ton Plaza, and in order to smoke
YOU had to go down into the
laundry?
Files faces Chief Clerk in Jus,
tees softball league today. It's