The Washington times., 1936-11-13


every day. Members of organizations
and others appearing for such must
contact the writer before 6:15 In the
eventually published, though it some.
times takes . little time.
Social Security Board has stolen
some OF Resettlement's thunder
in advertising its mission to the
public. Yes, the movies.
Resettlement, it will be remem
bered, gained the banner lines
with a movie picturing dust clouds
invading the prairies, cleaning
cattle skulls that later were to
provide inspiration for cartoon
lists, all climaxed with views Of
the same land nicely fixed up-as
it would be after the RIA had
finished with it.
1t went over with a bang, as
some say, and DR.. r. G. Tug.
wells political foes gnashed teeth
over the ingenuity Of the idea. So
Social Security, already conscious
of . 400 batting average with
the public, has developed a movie
explaining the intricacieS of ap-
plying for old-age benefits, and
the advantages.
The intricacies have already
been explained in q continuous
onruSh of newspaper announce
ments and explanations, but Ssh
officials hope the movie will
help reduce the numerous errors
in routine detail which the public
invariably Makes recent one
being the return Of numerous
press clippings Of registration
cards, all carefully filled out, but
nevertheless useless and unof'
ficial.
applications for Old Age Sc.
curitieS" was shown yesterday at
the Interior auditorium, with
sound accompaniment. Lasting
three and a half minutes, it is en-
tertainingly assembled and is de-
signed as a newsreel trailer for
general theater showing. 1t fol
lows I'VE, the People and Social
Security" another trailer now
being applauded throughout the
country.
Colleagues are extending SYM
pathy to Randolph Shaw, special
assistant to the Attorney General,
whose father, Herbert R. c. Shaw,
retired Interior Department Off
cial, passed away Wednesday az
ter a long illness.
Agriculture officialisms-Agri-
cultural Economics reports a ris.
ing sale of fruits within the next
few years the department has
issued Agricultural Statistics,
1886" a 420-page handbook Of inn
portant information for interested
farmers and other folk, available
for so cents at the G. P. o., office
of superintendent Of documents
scientists of the department
have discovered a method Of kill
ing insects destructive to trees by
injecting poison into the trees sap
stream, just as physicians combat
many diseases by injecting oppos.
ing bacteria into human blood
streams.
Commerce officials seem to have
gotten their wires crossed as to
whether or not personnel for the
proposed unemployment census
would be Civil Service selected or
appointed from patronage stand.
points.
In his conference, 1t develops,
Secretary Roper indicated it would
be a patronage affair. Census Di-
rector Austin's opinion hasn't been
stated, but it is known officials
who know something Of cenSuS-tak-
ing would prefer to use folk sup
piled by the Civil Service Com
mission. Particularly for admin
istrative and clerical help.
If patronage creepS in, 1t will
probably be among the 10000 emu
merators thought necessary. They
need little training, as they work
for but a month or so, and some
think outright patronage might
actually be cheaper than bother
ing with C. S. C. formality. In
the case of supervisors of the emu
merators and "main-office" help,
however, training and qualification
Is necessary, Census veterans say.
Government Printing Office,
Chief Clerk H. H. Wright informs,
will lose three folk via retirement
this month, effective November 80.
Moses Bretzfelder, 20 years a
cylinder pressman; Sylvester F.
Carman, a Baltimorean in SINH
lar capacity who served 19 years,
and Pinckney c. Hilton, % years
Of service, a proofreader, will be
able to take it easily very shortly.