The Washington times., 1935-06-13
WORKERS SEEK
R|CHBERG HELP
ON TRANSFERS
BY ]. EARLE MOSER


Seeking establishment Of 6
transfer agency to aid in reem
ployment Of discharged emergency
workers, a delegation Of Federal
union representatives will cal
upon Donald R. Richberg. retir
ing MIRA chief today to ask his
Endorsement of an executive order
for such a unit.
The delegation. representing the
interlodge committee of the AFGE
and headed by John Donovan
MIRA union president, has drafted
the proposed order, and after Sc
curing the approval of Mr.. Rich
berg and other Government Off
Gals plans to ask the signature
Of President Roosevelt.
The order would create trans
fer unit within the Civil Service
Commission for the purpose of
finding new emergency jobs for
workers discharged since January
/. It would also provide Civil Serv
ice status for them via noncom
petitive tests, although it is doubt
full if such a route could be taken
to place emergency employees on
the eligible rolls for permanent
posts.
1t Wa revealed today that regis
trations of discharged or worried
workers with the interlodge com
mittee'S own agency at the Wash
ington Loan and Trust Building
have not been as numerou1 as ex
pected, due possibly to tn fact
that employees are banking heavily
on the work relief program.
General Accounting Office re.
ports applications for the several
hundred jobs that will be open
July l are growing heavier daily.
An open letter to every Senator
over the signature of E. Claude
Babcock, AFGE president, has
been sent to the Hill, it was re,
Vealed today, protesting the Gore
amendment to the MIRA bill, which
would provide that no Govern
ment employee receiving more than
$4,000 may serve unless confirmed
by the Senate. Discussing the legis,
lation today, Mr.. Babcock said:
This amendment is attached
to a piece of legislation with
which it has nothing whatSO-
ever to do. In the interest Of
efficient public service it should
be defeated, and Congress
should adopt a practice where.
by such extraneOus items should
not be introduced in vital legiS-
lati0n. The NRA measure is Of
great Importance to the Admin.
istratiOn; attaching this amend
ment to it is a form of budg-
coming the Administration into
making a political concession in
order to get its own bill passed"
Thomas Belshe, by virtue of his
149 score for SO holes, is the
champion of the Interdepartment'
al Golf League and therefore I'M
official titleholder of Government
employees here, it was revealed to,
day. He won the Glass A low gross
play at Indian Spring with John
r. Miller of Treasury and Hick'
man Greene of PWA shooting 1853
ard 154 for second and third.
The Mellon team trophy. high
est prize of the event, was won by
the Treasury team, including j.
M. Palmer, John R. Miller, j. j
Lynch and J. Carey, while Interior
took the John Marshall Glass b
cup and Patent Office grabbed
the Grosner Glass c offering.
E. w. McLarin, of War, was the
Glass B low gross winner, and
j. P. Strizak, Patent Office, was
the best Class C golfer. 1t was
the ninth year that Federal golf
erS have competed.
Addressing the Washington
Chapter of the Unitarian Lay
mems League, both Harry B
Mitchell. president of the Civil
Service Commission. and Luther
c. Steward, NFFE leader, re-
iterated their frequently expressed
support of the merit principle in
public service.
Mr.. Steward emphasized the
vital functions carried on by Fed
eral employees, saying:
"The vast army of civilian en-
plOyes who, cOme-day, gO-day,
regardless of the political con-
troll of this Government, must
be depended upon to carry on
the multitariOuS activities OF
our Federal Government, must
furnish all of the things that
the American people will con-
tinue to demand from this Fed
eraI Government"
Veterans Administration en-
cages Farm Credit on the Monu
ment courts and GPO tackles
Agriculture in Potomac Park to