The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-28
PAYMENT
. EXPANSION
DELAYED
BY ]. EARLE MoSER

DIV j. EhEAAE NAOSAIAN
Until notification is received
from Government units still on
the check-pay basis that they are
ready to switch over to cash, the
Treasury Department has called
q halt on its current campaign
of widening the scope Of cash dis
bursementS each pay day.
Through September / approx
mately $4,000 employees up to
Grade 4, which includes the
$1,000 annual salary range, have
been placed in the group which
files past a deputy paymaster
each first and fifteenth to receive
'long green" instead Of checks.
The change in policy, decided
upon by Secretary MorOenthau
after almost a year of complaint
by low.pay personnel, merchants
and banks, is now in effect at
War, Navy, State, Commerce, In
terstate, Labor. and most Of Agri.
culture and AAA.
Interior, Veterans Administra.
ton and the Forest Service, Pub
lie Roads and Soil Conservation
Bureaus of Agriculture are units
which are indicated as slated for
the change to cash, but are de-
Scribed by Treasury officials as
mot yet ready" The procedure
is for the unit to notify Treasury,
after which trucks, armed guards,
clerks and many bundles o. bank
notes and silver make their ap-
pearance at the following pay day.
With the exception of AAA, it
Is not expected that workers in
other recovery agencies will ever
be placed on the cash basis. as it
is said that personnel is too fluc.
tuating" to make the shift practi.
cal. Also, many permanent units,
such as General Accounting Of.
flee, are opposed for various rea.
sons.
It is claimed that check pay.
lnent is more busineSslike, easier
to handle in accounting records,
and that too much time Is wasted
by clerks being forced to wait in
line on pay mornings to sign re-
ceiptS and collect their pay, while
one person with a box of checks
can cover large area. On the
other hand. workers below the
$1,000 grade seldom are able to
maintain checking accounts at
local banks.
Until Friday, persons with some
experience and good health may
apply for seven technical openings
; at the United States Naval
Powder Factory at Indian Head,
Md, the applications to be filed
with the recorder Of the labor
board at the factory.
The tests are for oiler, engine
man (hoisting and portable), lead
burner, blacksmith, boilermaker,
machinist and sheetmetal worker,
at per diem salaries ranging from
$5.76 to $10.27. depending upon
past experience. Informative ap.
plicationS are available at the
Civil Service Commission, Seventh
and F SITS. N. W.. Room lis.
One Year Ago in Federaldom
Harvey Couch, retiring direc-
tor OF. RFC, took 1,40O employees
and 900 members of the Arkan-
sas State Society on a Wilson
Line cruise and farewell party
.. Former Gov. Charles Hillman
Brough, Of Arkansas, spoke.
The g. P. o. Federals had
smashed War-A. G. o. in a base
ball game, 12-0. Lee and
Sammy Simon, of the winners,
allowing one hit between them.
Secretary Morgenthau promised
sympathetic consideration of pay.
ang cash on pay days. Royal w.
Greene was announced the new
prexy for the Age Compensa-
ton Commission Lodge. .Kath-
crime Delaney, Of Labor, was
slated to become the bride Of
Stanley Phillips. G. P. O., by the
end of the week.
Writing in the Trades Union
News, a Philadelphia weekly pub
HShed in the interest of labor in
general, National Secretary Esther
Penn, Of the AFGE has cited the
benefits brought to Government
workers through affiliation with
the American Federation Of La
Dor, saying:
Gas I look back, 1t is apparent
that the phenomenal growth
Of the Age, which was
founded on August Is, 1882, is
due to the assistance and
friendly cooperation given to