The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-11
ACCOUNTS UNIT
WILL MOURN
BLUE EAGLE
BY J. EARLE MOSER

BY J. EARLE MOSER
"Once we were big shots but now
we're fOrlOrn,
Turning the sod for the bird we
have borne,
Our beloved Blue Eagle we now
can but mourn,
Brought down by a nine-nothing
clout."
Chorus:
"O-oh, we flew through the land
with the greatest of ease,
Purging all trade Of depression
disease,
Workers, consumers, employers
to please,
And now our dear bird-it is
dead!"
Defying impending fate, the en-
tire Accounting Division OF MIRA
will lift its collective voice Friday
morning on the Fourteenth Street
side of the Commerce Building in
a song, based on ''The Man on the
41dPCAC, Oil OANNAPV Va
which is given above.
Written by Franklin B. Hagy,
Henry Crouch and Malcolm Wehr-
ing the trio will combine with Mrs.
Florence Rich and Miss LaSca
Foster to render the swan song via
q public address system as the dl-
vision gathers to have a group
photo snapped. The song, satire,
has eight verses.
The employees will be pictured
grouped around the plaster Blue
Eagle that formerly hung in Gen.
Hugh JohnSon's office.
Two new examinations, closing
on July l, were announced today
by the Civil Service Commission
A test for bindery operators, ct
IS cents hourly with the Govern,
ment Printing office, is expected
to draw several hundred appll-
cants, one requirement being at
least six months of experience in
bookbinding methods. The Sec
Ond examination is for farm loan
registrars and deputies, with Farm
Credit Administration, with an
nual salaries of $4,000 and $500.
A study of the permanent Gov
eminent personnel has just been
completed by E. Claude Babcock,
president of the AFGE, whose
hobby is statistics. His figures
show that of the entire permanent
force, ~ per cent are in work con-
cerned with past or future wars.
80 per cent are in the Postal Serv'
ice and 10 per cent are otherwise
engaged. OF the war workers, but
IA per cent are civilians, the re-
mainder being military.
Commenting on the compilation,
Mr.. Babcock said today:
1.-THE study shows just what
experience has proved, namely,
that the Government has not
unduly brOadened its permanent
activities, that it is not over.
stated, and that any consider
able reduction would mean
more than commensurate reduc-
ton in valuable services"
Treasury, champion almoS
every year but during 1884, leads
the Departmental Tennis League
once again, according to figures
issued today by Secretary Win.
free Johnson. The "CashboyS"
have won eight games in nine for
a percentage of 1889, while the
title-holding Patent Office strok,
ers are third with seven wins in
10 matches. Farm Credit is in
second place.
Today FCA faces Coast and
Geodetic Survey on the Monu-
ment courts and Security and Elk
change will engage NRA at Pc,
tomac Park.
The Women'S Union of the Blu
feau of Engraving and Printing,
now 26 years old and considered
to be probably the Oldest organi,
cation of Federal employees in the
United States, will hold it's an
nual monthly meeting this eve
ming at the Willard Hotel. Miss
Gertrude M. McNally, secretary
treasurer of the NFFE, has been
an officer of the union for every
one of it's 26 years of existence.