The Washington times., 1935-11-23
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By ]. EARLE MOSER

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kept it in a condition Of turmoil
and kept it in ridiculous light,
or else get out Of the picture as
an adequate representative of the
Government worker.
Last nights meeting of the Dis
trict Department, wherein dele
gates from the radical NRA,
FERA, and AAA lodges attacked
newspapers that have invariably
proved the friend of the civil serv-
ice employe, loomed as the "pay.
off, to bona fide, permanent EN-.
ployes of Uncle Sam.
The National Federation Of Fed
eral Employees, led by the astute
Luther C. Steward and for 18
years known throughout the coun-
try as an outstanding gladiator
for the cause of the Government
clerk, has to date ignored organi-
zation of locals in alphabet units.
And to date, employees notice, its
d1gnifled position has been main
tanned.
incidentally, the D. C. Depart
ment confab revealed that nine
civil service employees were let 20
sometime ago by the Department
OF Labor and replaced by 18
WPA relief workers who received
$58 monthly instead of the $120
which the Civil Service folk were
paid. After a protest, the nine
classified workers were given their
jobs back, but the 18 relief as
signments, in the Labor Employ
ment Service, still continue.
The meeting approved resolu-
tions condemning use of relief
workers in Civil Service Jobs, ad-
vocating free parking for Federal
and District Government en-
ployes, and deploring the alleged
practice of the Navy Department
cafeteria, which is said to be sell.
ing brand of ice cream made
by a company on the unfair"
list Of the Central Labor Union.
DR.. j. R. Mohler of the Bureau
of Animal Industry has an.
nounced extension of salary pay.
ments to field workers through
regional offices of the Treasury in
approximately rs units of his bu-
reau. The regional system, which
has been steadily built up under
Treasury supervision, was inaugu-
rated to prevent delay in pay,
which before it's inception fre.
quently was more than two weeks
late.
Regional payments cannot be
extended throughout the B. A. l.,
however, as many temporary
workers have an irregular status
and if by chance they received
too much pay it might prove diff.
ficult to make 'em cough up. Also
some sections, where but one or
two employees are stationed, pre-
sent difficulties.
Agriculture workers are putting
out their collective chest over the
rapid growth of their American
Legion Post, No. SO. which cracked
a November IS quota of 103 re-
Gently by signing up a total Of
1874 fully paid 1886 memberships.
Heading the unit is j. L. Koehl,
commander, who has made mem
bers promise to continue their
drive for enlargement in the
same fashion.
This matter of taking a tour to
New York has become almost a
weekly habit with various groups
of Federalites. Today at / p. m.
the District Department OF the
A. F. G.. E. was to embark an ex-
cursion that included a large
number of workers for Sightsee-
ing and other pleasures of Goth
am, while next week a similar
iaunt will be held by the Depart
ment of Agriculture's athletic
recreatiorUl body.
The "Aggie" trip is to start
Wednesday evening after work,
by bus, and will leave New York
for the return trip Saturday
night. It will include, in a price
of $21, hotel accommodation, an
evening at a night club, a theater
show, sightseeing trip and tour OF
Rockefeller Center. Adelaide Zip
perstein, Amelia Boberg and
Joseph Cooper are receiving res
ervationS.
Monday will be the final date
for applicants to file papers for
two Government examinations,
one for five grades of public
health consultant, $4,000 to $4,-
500 per year, and the other for
varied types Of pathologists'
cytologists, geneticists, and physi-
ologists with the Bureau Of Plant
Industry at Agriculture. 1nfor'
nation is dispensed at Room 113.
Civil Service Commission, Seventh
and F SITS. N. w.
Due to investigation OF the
Food and Drug Administration, q
Boston couple was recently fined
$7OO and the husband received q
6O-day Jail sentence for violating
the food and drug act. DR.. c. E.
Holton of the administration sat
through the entire trial of the
pair, accused of selling a concoc-
ton for stomach ailments that
included cascara, gentian and
pepsin mixed with beef, iron and
wine.
The following feminine Fed
eralites are invited to call on the
writer, city room, Times Building