The Washington times., 1936-06-17
aby Race Mother Out For Largest Family In Canada
BONUS F0RCE'S 5
REDUCTION
SLATED
BY J. EARLE MOSER


pleted except for "follow-up" ac-
counting procedure, gradual liqui-
dation of approximately $500 tenn
porary employees of the Veterans
Administrator and Treasury De
partment looms by July l, If not
sooner.
Officials of both agencies ad-
mitted today that the personnel
taken on during March and April
to handle the gigantic task will
necessarily be cut down, but added
that much work connected with
clearing-up processes appears in
the offing, so that many will be
kept employed indefinitely.
At Veterans Administration,
which employed between 1000 and
1000 during the height Of the
bonus rush, it was announced that
no immediate reduction is contem-
plated, particularly in view Of the
''mopping up work which still
remains before U.S." The tempora-
ries, however, were employed from
time to time on appointments
ranging from two, three and six
months in length, and it was said
that as the appointments run out
they will not be renewed. Thus
Veterans Administration from now
on will undergo a constant but
painless reduction, as employees
are said to have had this under
standing when they were hired.
The Treasury Department, how
ever, with seven separate branches
engaged in bonus activity, faces
a complex problem, and firings in
some of the units are definitely
slated for the first of next month.
In others the duration Of bonus
work is as yet unknown, so that
it will be some time before
temporary or indefinite" workers
will know their fate.
Because of the necessity Of ex-
amining the bonus bonds after
they have been Endorsed, plus other
accounting routine which must be
done, it was learned today that
the Treasury securities division en-
ployed 10 temporary workers on
Monday while the Treasurer'S Of
flee added IS. These workers re-
ceived appointments Of either
three or six months.
In the TreasuryS public debt
service, which took on a peak of
1900 bonus workers during April,
it was said that those with three
months appointments will be let
out shortly, although it is not
known just when. In the central
disbursing office, where $50 with
two and three month appoint
mentS were stationed, it is expected
that all will be discharged by July
first.
The Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing has already let out ap-
proximately $50 of the 600 tempo
raries which it took on for bonus
bond printing work, but it was said
today that the remaining $50
workers will probably continue in
definitely on other work of the Blu
reau, caused by requirements
brought about by the 40-hour week
: recently granted the unit by Con-
gress. They largely carry three
month appointments which may be
renewed.
Last Friday 1,45s short term
workers were employed in the
Treasury loans and currency divis-
ion, also with three month appoint
mentS, and it is this force which
was the most uncertain fate of any
working for Treasury. Much work,
connected with permanently re-
cording the bond issues in bound
volumes, remains to be done and it
is expected that many of the tenn
porary force will be kept indefi-
nitely for this purpose. On the
other hand some are scheduled to
go shortly, and while officials said
the exodus might begin July /,
they added that they really didn't
know"
About 1000 regular loans and
currency workers toiled on the
bonus for 10 days but have now
returned to their own work, leav-
ing the brunt of the "mopping up
for the temporarieS.