Evening star., 1936-06-19
DEFICIENCY BILL
TAKES2O,ODOOUT
OF CIVIL SERVICE
Emergency Conservation
Set-up Affected by Meas
ure Awaiting Signature.
SOIL CONSERVATION
WORKERS ARE SPARED
$3,271 100000 for Year Begin
ming July Sufficient to Pro-
vide Work for 100000.

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vide Work for 5000, 900.
Approximately 10000 jobs under the
emergency conservation work Set-up
which administers the Civilian Con-
servation Corps camps are held per-
manently out Of civil service by the
terms of the deficiency bill, which was
ready today for presidential signature
and which takes from the President
the right he had under the original
economy conservation work law to
make the places subject to competitive
examination.
Positions are affected in four old
line agencies-Labor, War, Agricul-
ture and Interior, as well as in emer-
gency conservation work itself, which
is headed by Robert Fechner.
5000 Soil Workers Spared.
1t was only by virtue Of an amend
ment sponsored by Senator O'Ma-
honey. Democrat, of wyoming, and
fight by the Civil Service Commission
that the bill did not deprive about
5000 soil conservation workers of
civic service status. that was con-
ferred only in recent months, and
with this, to block a plan by Presi
dent Roosevelt to create some 4,200
civil service positions for which
c. c. C. enrollees now are taking ex-
aminationS as the first step toward
giving them a foothold in Govern
ment service.
When the Emergency Conservation
Work law was passed in 1893, the per-
sonnel policy was left to the discretion
Of the President, who decided that the
administrative staff for the c. C. C.
camps could be set up outside of civil
service. This had its effect on Labor,
War. Agriculture and Interior Depart
ments each of whom exercised certain
functions in regard to the camps.
Change Made Last April.
Last April the Soil Conservation
Service administered with z. C. w.
funds was brought under civil service
and the President also by executive
order created 1900 positions Of junior
assistant technician as civil service
posts for the c. c. c. enrolles.
When the deficiency bill went through
the House a few weeks ago the $685.
00O,0 900 appropriation was so tied up
that these positions could not be Gre
ated under civil service and the soil
conservation jobs would lose their civil
service status. The Civil Service Com
mission protested to the Senate Appro-
priations Committee and the result was
the O'Mahoney amendment to correct
this situation. In conference, however,
Senator O'Mahoney's provision to con-
tinue the right Of the President to bring
under civil service jobs that he saw
fit was stricken out and the 10000 jobs
which in time might have acquired a
civil service status now are outside un-
less new legislation is enacted.
President Roosevelt and his aides
will have s3,271, 600, 900 for relief and
public works in the next fiscal year,
beginning July /, under the deficiency
bill. The sum Is estimated as sufd-
cient to provide jobs for more than
5000 900 on the basis Of present costs
of relief.
With this legislation at the White
House, legislative steps also are being
taken to study long-range relief
problems
After legislative action was COM
pleted yesterday on the big appropri-
alton measure, the Senate passed and
sent to the House resolution calling
for a national commission to recon-
mend future policies on unemploy-
ment.
Held Long Term Charges.
Senator Murray, Democrat, OF
Montana, the author, declared unem-
ployment and relief nov appear to
be long-term charges against the Ma
tional Government"
The s1.425, 100000 item in the de-
ficiency bill for the Works Progress
Administration is expected to fur
nish pay envelopes for 100000 per-
sons in the next year. This money
will be spent under the direction OF
the President, as provided in the bill,
instead of by Administrator Harry L.
Hopkins.
The $500, 100000 fund for Secretary
Ickes' Public Works Administration is
exnected to finance a half billion dol
lars worth of non Federal public works
projects. The exact amount is de-
pendent on the number of cities which
accept Ickes' suggestion that they take
grants of only As per cent and them
selves put up the rest instead of bor-
rowing from P. w. A.
$246, 100000 for C. C. C.
During the year also $246,000, 900
will be spent for the 318,505 members
of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and