The Washington times., 1935-05-30
800 GAO CLERKS
RESCUED BY
PWA FUND
BY J. EARLE MOsER

Dy Js CAnAG NOOCN
Approximately 500 General Ac-
counting office temporary clerks,
who have been dreadirG the ap-
proach of June 80, will breathe
easier today following announce
ment by officials that the Presi-
dent has approved ALLEGATION OF
$6,O0O,000 from works program
funds to Comptroller General Nc
Carl's unit.
The allotment means that the
workers, engaged mostly in varl-
Gus audits, will receive additional
appointments on July / instead
of being forced out. 1t was said
that the additional money will
allow continuation Of the emerg-
ency force for a period not to
exceed two years.
Officials also have revealed that
the works program expansion will
probably mean that General Ac-
counting Office will need between
500 and 600 more emergency en-
ployes on July / to take care OF
increasing work. While many OF
these would be taken from Civil
Service rolls, it is also likely that
appointments from other groups
of applicants will be made. Addl-
tional space also looms as a neces-
sity, it was said.
G. A. O., long considered one of
the more desirable places of en-
ployment, has treated it's tempo
rarieS well. Given six-month ap-
pointments, for the most part, on
July / of 1884, those who proved
efficient we're kept on the job.
Other agencies are known to have
replaced able workers at the ter
Inination of appointments as a
regular policy.
Including the Marine Band and
numerous distinguished speakers
and guests, the Memorial Day eX-
ercises held yesterday by Bureau
of Engraving and Printing Post,
No. %, of the American Legion,
drew more than 500 employees dur
ing the lunch hour to the rotunda
of the unit. Rev. Father William
Sweeny asked the invocation, and
Josephine Roche, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury; Post Com
mander George Oberndoerfer and
Department Commander ]. O'Cor1-
nor Roberts addressed the gath
ering.
Included among guests were
Representative Martin Dies, Of
Texas; Representative Robert w.
Ramspeck, of Georgia; Repre-
sentative Morgan Sanders, of
Texas; L. w. Robert, jr., Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury; Capt.
Watson D. Miller and Col. John
Thomas Taylor, legion officials;
Isaac Cans, of the District ABC
Board; Col. j. E. Staley, national
commander of the Veterans Pros
perity Organization, and Director
Alvin w. Miller, of the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing.
A vocal solo by B. w. Komopa,
of the Marine Band, was a feature
Of the exercises.
Tomorrow is the final day for
applicants to apply for the Civil
Service examination that is to be
given for operator of electrical
pumping stations, under the En-.
gineer Department. The salary is
from $1,000 to $4,000 annually,
and applicants must have had at
least two years of experience in
the operation and maintenance OF
a mechanical system similar to
that of a pumping station or sew
age disposal plant.
Full information is available
at room 17O6, Navy Building, or
at the Civil Service Commission,
Seventh and F SITS. N. w.
Former Representative Charles
I. Stengle, of New York, the
rotund and popular organizer for
the AFGE, returned yesterday
from a trip through the Middle
West that took him through nine
States and II cities. He reported
the acquisition of lodges 1913 and
199 for the organization, both in
Louisville, KY, and said that an
other will be formed in that
vicinity within few days.
The AFGE goal, 200 lodges by
convention time, with 10000 mem
bers, seems certain of fulfillment,
according to Stengle.