The Washington times., 1935-07-30
u. 5. WORKERS
T0F|GHT FOR
D.C.V0TE
BY J. EARLE MOsER

Unsuccessful for decades, an
old fight-to bring the franchise
to the Capital-will be taken up
tonight by youthful supporters OF
the Administration.
Under auspices of its District
affairs committee, the Washing
ton division of the Young Demo
Gratis of America, composed al
most entirely of young New Deal
ers employed in the various emer.
gency agencies, meets tonight IN
the willard Hotel to begin the
campaign.
Among the speakers will be
Representative Jennings Ran.
dolph CD, of West Virginia,
member of both the House Dis
trict Committee and Civil Service
Committee, and George w. Oftutt,
chairman of the District Alcohol
Beverage Control Board.
It was also announced today
that the Young Democratic organ
ization plans establishment Of a
voters bureau as one step in seek
ing votes for the District, the
project to be financed from the
clubs treasury and with addl-
tional help from the Democratic
national committee limited.
With the :esignation, yesterday,
of Bradish J. Carroll from NRA
the Federal service loses one OF
its most popular administrative
officers. He has devoted himself
to fair administration, his final
task being to try to secure new
posts for all workers cut from the
dwindling MIRA staff. And he
said he expects to do it before he
leaves September l,
The big subject of discussion at
the NFFE national convention Sep
TENDER 2 in Yellowstone Park is to
be preservation and extension OF
the merit system, according to
President Luther c. Steward.
BaSing the forecast on an analy'
sis of resolutions that have been
received at NFFE headquarters,
Mr.. Steward has made the follow
ing statement:
ut is highly significant that
SO large a proportion of the reSO-
buttons received thus far deal
with the fundamental question
of maintenance of the civil SER
vice system. 1t proves cCnclu-
siveIy that Government workers
are alive to the very real menace
of the spokesman, and that they
recognize that only through the
upbuiIding of an impregnable
civil service system can real
progress be achieved.
at is clear from the reSOlu.
tiOnS already in hand that the
membership of the federation is
determined to continue its cam
paign on q still broader scale
and to leave no stone unturned
in its effort to bring about the
upbui!ding Of an American civil
service system which will COM
pare favOrably with that of other
nations"
General Accounting Office is to
hire no more worke 5 for the pres
ent, it was announced today, and
all of those taken on have not yet
been sworn in. It was said the
Audit Division will probably move
its 1900 employees into the Moses
Building, Eleventh and F SITS. N.
w., by August Is.
Two examinations were an
nounced today by the Civil Service
Commission. A test for principal
horticulturists, for bulb and flori.
cultural Investigations, with an
nual salary of $500, will close
August IS. Another will be given
for various grades of engineering
craftsmen, with salaries varying
from lao to $4,000, all but jun
Tor grades having the choice be.
tween architectural, civil, electri'
cal, mechanical and structural
work.
Today is the deadline for appli.
csnts to register for the student
highway engineer trial, paying
$1,000 with the Bureau of Public
Roads, Agriculture. Information
on. all tests may be obtained by
calling or writing the Civil Service
Commission, Seventh and F. SITS.
N. w.
Tap dancing is continuing to
flourish under auspices of the
Agriculture Dance Club, which
holds a class every Tuesday at
4:45 p. m. in Room 0039, South
Building. John Mansuy, director
of the group, announces that new.
corners and beginners are invited
to attend and that ballroom dane.
ing has been discontinued until
fall.
: Doug, Lady Ashley in Paris
PARIS, July 80 G.N.s).-Doug-