The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-05
BY J. EARLE MOSER


Although the Sirovich omnibus
bill and the Ramspeck sick and
annual leave measures have been
the principal items pushed" for
the aid of Federal workers, there
are many others pending before
the current session Of Congress
that have received little publicity,
yet will prove highly beneficial If
passed.
Several deal with the postal
service. For placing poStmasters
under Civil Service, Senators 10
Seph O'Mahoney CD, Of Wyo-
ming, and Arthur H. Vandenburg
(R), of Michigan, and RepreSen-
tative Albert E. Carter R), Of
California, have authorized meas
ures.
Bills providing regular salaries,
regular jobs, and sick leave for
post office substitutes have been
sponsored by Representatives Ste.
phen A. Rudd CD, Of New York;
William j. Granfield CD, of Mas
sachusetts, and Martin L. Swee-
ney CD, Of Ohio.
A measure to permit married
couples to hold Federal posts il
their total income does not ex.
coed $4,000 yearly is sponsored by
Representative Emanuel Celler
CD, of New York, and both Mr..
Celler and Representative Louis
Ludlow Cd, Of Indiana, are be-
hind bills to permit optional re-
tirement after 80 and IS years,
respectively.
other hopeful measures in the
Senate are the Copeland bill to
provide widows Of employees with
$50 monthly pensions, and the
Logan bill to extend classified
ton, while in the House there are
the Mcleod measure to provide
competitive examinations for pro-
motion and a bill by Representa-
tive Jennings Randolph Cd Of
West Virginia, to establish a
board of civil service appeals.
Speaking at a recent meeting Of
Local No. 2, National Federation
of Federal Employees, Roy Head
ley, official of the U. S. Forest
Service, described the work of the
organization as in the public in
terest," saying:
"EmployeS are too prone to
think of their organization as
working only in the interest Of
the employe, and fail to stress
the work of the NFFE in its ef-
forts to establish q public Serv-
ice that will render citizens of
the United States their moneys
worth in tax dollars"
Pearl Cooper, one of he direc.
tors Of the War Department credit
union, describes the unit as "the
most constructive personnel ef-
fort we have ever tried" The
union lends its members from IS
to 500, at nominal interest, for
such necessary items as sickness,
home repairs, life insurance pay
1nentS, and funeral expenses.
A tournament will be held April
IL by the Coast and Geodetic Sur.
vey Golf Association, President
Frank G. ErSkine said today.
Other officers, newly elected, are
Rudolph M. Bush, secretary; Har-
Ian c. Allen, treasurer, and Her.
bert Grove Dorsey, jr., Thomas
w. Hines, John H. Fitzgerald,
and Frank G. Borden, tourna-
ment committee.
A QUESTIONABLE designed to
bring out the facts as to hours of
labor in the Veterans Administra-
ton, as well as charges for quar-.
tiers, subsistence and laundry, was
sent out today to all lodges COM
posed of Veterans Administration
employees by the American Fedora
ton Of Government Employees.
According to officials, the ques-
ton Of quartering and subsistence
has proved most troublesome to
about $4,000 field workers and ap-
proximately 1000 here.
The organization is backing the
GriSwold bill, which would make
it optional with employees to &C
cept or reject Government accom-
modationS in lieu Of straight sal
airy.
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