The Washington times., 1935-04-15
j. s. employees
DUBIOUS Of
'STAGGER'
By J. EARLE MoSER

By j. EARLE MOSER
Today employees of the Govern.
ment experienced two important
events in their official lives.
One, needing no comment, Is
the receipt of full pay envelopes
for the first two weeks work since
pay restoration was enacted. The
other is the attempt of IA units,
composing more than $4,000 '''ork.
ers, to solve the current traffic
congestion via staggered hours"
Although officials have expressed
optimistic views toward the stag
ger plan, employees in general are
dubious, particularly Commerce
people who fear that their 9:l5
appearance will leave them no
parking spaces in the mornings
and curtail recreational activities
after hours.
Official indications have been
received that Commerce mad Ma.
tional Recovery Administration
may shift to an 8:15 schedule
should the present plan prove &C
tually inconvenient.
Daylight saving is also opposed
by several groups, fearing over
time will creep in.
Representative Robert w. Ram
speck CD, Of Georgia, CHI tirman
of the House Civil Service Com
mittee, has announced that the
first hearing of the Celler bill to
nullify section 213 of the economy
act will be held Thursday.
In addition he sid the bills to
extend sick and annual leave in
the service are being held over to
await opinions from all Govern
ment agencies, particularly the
District Commissioners and police
officials, after which attempts
will be made to get the measures
reported out.
Objections by the Bureau of
the Budget, advocating curtail-
ment of the cumulative provision
to 100 days and grouping Of both
types of leave into one 30-day
period, are the principal hitch
thus far.
Lists close at 4:30 p. m. today
for seven Civil Service tests, COM
priSing % varied positions, that in.
clude stock clerks, scientific posts
with the Department of Agricul-
ture, forestry and range examin.
ers, graduate nurses and boiler
inspectors. Information a n i
papers may be obtained at Room
113 of the commission, Seventh
and F SITS. N. w.
Comptroller General j. R. Nc.
Carl has ruled that if pending
legislation does not ext e n d
existence of the National Labor
Relations Board beyond June Is,
employees may not be paid for
leave that is not actually taken be.
fore that date, it was learned TO-
day.
He also ruled that service of
officers and employees will termi-
nate on that date, if Congress fails
to extend the board, no one being
allowed to remain on duty to con.
clude its affairs.
The joint retirement committee
of the naval gun factory today an.
nounced a dance for Saturday
night at the Willard Hotel, with
music by Johnny Slaughter and
entertainment under the direction
of Jack O'Connell. Others aiding
in arranging the affair, which
commentaries the twenty.f r S t
anniversary of the Retirement
Federation of Civil Service EN-.
ployes are Harry H. Mccall,
Robert Johnson. John ]. O'Con-
nell, C. c. Gillikin, Robert H. Al
corn and Harry T. Morningstar.
The Georgia State Society will
hold a reception tonight at the
Shoreham Hotel in honor of Geor-
gia's OAR. delegates. starting at
$50. Miss Stella Akin, member
of the judges panel in The Times
Marriage Clause" contest, heads
the floor committee.
Luther c. Steward, president of
the conservative National Fedora
JUL VI CCOCAd4 EIA1H4OyC0S VI 2"
gales Of laughter recently as he
described the Civil Service Com
mission of II years ago before the
Eastern States Regional Confer
ence of Civil Service at the Raj.
eigh Hotel. He said:
1.-THE United States Civil Serv-
ice Commission then was a re-
cruiting agency, and confined it.
self very closely to recruiting. In
fact, its general attitude was to
ward off any suggestion that, as
an institution, it should assume
other functions. 1t was guarding
the entrance to public service,
but did little or nothing beyond
that except to clip the political
claws of the employees within
the competitive classified serv-
ice, and then leave them to the
te der mercy Of political
WOlves!"
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erdl employees activities are sought
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