The Washington times., 1935-04-19
ERRORS ORDER
!. DEFENDED BY
OFFICIALS
BY J. EARLE MOSER

warning employees GnaC careless
errors will be penalized by fur
Tough of half a day with a CORE
spending loss of pay emanated
from the Treasury Department
disbursing office that is handling
checks for the Agricultural Adjust.
ment Administration in the old
Post Office building.
Officials of the unit admitted
today that the measure has been
placed in effect, and said that a
request for approval of the ruling
has been sent to the Secretary Of
the Treasury.
Opposing efforts Of employe or
carnations to have the order re-
scinded, executives defend their
stand, pointing out that the pen
atty of a slight reduction in pay
is q better method of reducing
errors than dismissal Of careless
workers.
An average of $4,000 AAA
checks is handled daily, it was
said, and on peak" days it FIRE.
quently rises to above the $4,000
mark. Careless errors have been
frequent, officials said, causing
complaints from the General Ac-
counting Office and other audit
ing agencies, with the result that
strong steps must be taken to
eliminate the numerous mistakes.
During the initial hearings held
yesterday by the House Civil Serv'
ice Committee on section 213 of
the economy act, the married
persons clause" Rep. Frederick R.
Lehlbach (R0 of New Jersey, con-
tended that the measure intro
duced by Rep. Emanuel Celler
CD, of New York, would not &C.
tually repeal the law.
Mr.. Celler replied that he will
be glad to change the wording of
the bill if necessary. and during
the course of his testimony on the
law said the marriage clause is
not only discriminatory and un-
just but also has failed to spread
jobs, as it has affected, thus far,
but 1000 workers.
Although the measure affects
less than five per cent of Govern.
Inent personnel, the hearings have
attracted more attention than any
other pending piece Of legislation,
representatives Of women's organ.
izationS flooding the committee
room. A second session is slated
today at 10 a. m.
Another attack on staggered
hours was received today from Ed.
gar c. Graham, chairman of the
legislative committee of the Dis.
trict Of Columbia Federation of
Federal Employees Unions. Mr..
Graham said the staggering has
merely moved traffic congestion
forward half an hour, and charged
that the Capital Transit Company
has not arranged transportation
facilities to meet the change. He
added that extra street cars, for.
merly In use during the 4:30 rush
nour, have apparently been taken
from service and that many EN-.
ployes remain down town an extra
half hour, causing additional con.
gestion.
Representatives of the Washing
ton Central Labor Union, headed
by Glen M. Naples, chairman. of
the Navy Yard, yesterday con.
ferred with Representative Henry
Euenbogen CD, of Pennsylvania,
on the rental situation in the Dis.
tr1ct of Columbia. It was decided
TO submit new QUESTIONABLE, de.
signed to permit easy tabulation,
70 employees with view toward as
pertaining concise figures on con-
ditions.
Included in the delegation that
conferred with Mr.. Ellenbogen
were John P. Simpson, secretary
OF the District Department of the
American Federation of Govern
ment Employees; John L. Donovan,
Henry Rhine and Jessica Buck, of
the National Recovery Administra-
ton; Eleanor Nelson, of the De-
partment of Labor; Inez Justus,
Internal Revenue, and Marguerite
Hughey and 1ngrid Larsen, Rail
road Retirement Board.
The chorus of the Musical and
Theatrical Club of the Department
Of Agriculture will present the
~Seven Last Words of Christ" by
Theodore Du Bots, this evening at
8 p. m, in the department audi
forum. The presentation is un-
der the direction of Robert Fred.
erick Freund.
The newly elected executive
council of Local No. 2, National
Federation of Federal Employees,
will meet today at p. M, ITO
Fourteenth st. N. W., while at 8
p. m. organized workers of the Blu
reau of Standards will gather at
the same site. Employees of the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
affiliated with the A. F. G. E., will
convene at 8 p. m. in Room 500,
Washington Loan and Trust Build.
ing.
Money Can't Buy Better Teeth
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