The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-04

and Early Wall Street editions Of The
Times.
Replacement of furloughed
civil service employees by low-pay
personnel hired from relief rolls
has drawn an attack by the United
Civil Service Employees.
While it's president, E. Claude
Babcock, remains in Mount Alto
Veterans Facility suffering from
a diabetic condition, the organ1za-
ton in it's weekly newspaper,
Merit. charges that such a situa-
ton has occurred in a Government
office in San Francisco.
Regularly examined person
mel" it is charged, has been re-
placed by workers on security
wages" of from $85 to 1874 per
month.
Terming such requirements
zone of the most obnoxious prac-
tees in existence" the U. c. S. E.
through it's national office has
lodged a protest with WPA Ad'
ministrator Harry Hopkins, ask
ing the latter to issue a general
order to stop the habit.
Numerous cases in which civil
service furloughed men and women
have seen their jobs given to
cheaper relief labor have arisen
since emergency workers as a
class came into being. Complaints
originated in several Coast Guard
establishments Of the Treasury,
and that department also is re-
Sponsible for use Of several hun
dred clerical workers on security
wages for collection of taxes for
the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Filling of apportioned jobs con-
tinues, with more and more States
exceeding their quota. Latest fig
ures from the Civil Service Com
mission reveal 10 States and the
District of Columbia in excess Of
the number Of apportioned jobs
allotted to them. The States are
Washington, Massachusetts,, Ne
braska, South Dakota, Minnesota,
Colorado, Vermont, Iowa, Virginia
and Maryland.
Allowed but 155, the D. c. has
filled 1908 positions.
Michigan folk in Washington
will gather tomorrow evening at
the Lafayette Hotel, the Michigan
State Society having scheduled
its first informal party dance Of
the season. o. j. Dompierre, Don
aid Luxford, Alvin Meisner, Fill
more Stolpe, Fred VosS, Mrs. Elsie
Gould and Helen Pine are the ar
rangements committee, and last
minute tickets may be obtained
by calling Mr.. Dompierre at Ma.
1920, br. 1873.
Employees of the Custodial
Service in Springfield, Ohio. have
organized Local No. 576 Of the
National Federation of Federal
Employees, according to Secretary
Treasurer Gertrude Mentally, who
said yesterday:
with the coming Of NOvem-
Der, our local unions every
where throughout the country
have intensified their member
ship campaigns. If present in
dicatiOns are borne out by final
results, November will be our
best month of the current year
from the standpoint of. mem
HI
organization activity"
Maryland, New Jersey and
Texas will hold conventions of
N. F. F. E. State declarations dur
ing this month.
Would you like to buy q nice
buffalo? Might be a nice pet for
after 4::30 in the evenings.
The Biological Survey has sew
eral hundred buffalo and elk for
sale in various national parks,
which run wild usually, but must
be disposed Of to prevent over
grazing Of ranges.
Most of the animals go to ZOOS.
A. F. G. E. NOteS-Henry c. Her
Is back from his organization trip
to Philly, and reports formation OF
q new lodge there and signature
of so new members at Perry Point,
Nd, while en- route back. .Presi-
dent Stengle leaves Monday with
Mrs. Stengle and Mrs. Bernice
Heffner, for the A. F. Of L. conven-
ton November 49,. .on the way,
however, he'll give talks at At
lanta, Jacksonville and Charles
ton, as part Of his one year organ
dzation drive. he has smoothed
out the Commerce lodges troubles
and says everybody there is
"'happy."
While Uncle Sam may not be
able to balance his national bud
get as soon as expected, due largely
to increased relief loads and loans,
your Uncle Samuel is a good mer-
chant. He has proven this by his
operation Of one Of the most pros
porous business houses in Wash
ington.
During the fiscal year 1884 the
Procurement Division of the Treas
ury was established to procure sup
plies for all the Federal depart
mentS, bureaus and agencies in the
Capital City. The first year it
handled only $3,7O0,00O worth of
goods. During the last fiscal year
it handled $16,90O,OOO worth.
While the division doesn't make a