The Washington times., 1936-01-17
CONSERVATION
CLERKS FEAR
RELIEVED
By J. EARLE MOsER

BY J. EARLE MOSER
Some employees of the Soil Con-
servation Service have been wor-
ried over the fact that their re-
cent Christmas present Of a full
civil service status had apparently
been nullified through the word
ing of their appointments, which
are limited not to extend beyond
June 30, 1937-the usual emerg-
ency tenure.
According to officials Of the
unit, however, their worry Is
groundlesS.
They offer a brief explanation,
to he point that those workers
with limited status are still being
paid from Soil Concentrations
emergency appropriation despite
the fact that the agency is "ab-
solutely on a permanent basis"
When the above date arrives, the
workers with limited appoint
ments will be transferred to the
regular Agriculture Department
rolls, it is said. 81,
And, it is definitely added. all
will be retained.
Election
Here are the newly elected Of
ficers of General Accounting Or
flee Lodge No. 8, A. F. G. E., who
were recently installed by charter
President David r. Glass amid
solemn ceremony:
Jacob Milwit, president: Mar
guerite Smith, vice president; Mrs.
Alice Deasy. corresponding secre-
tary: Herbert P. Strople, recording
secretary: Harley M. Ellis. treas
urer, and James Pumphrey, ser
geant-at-arms. Liberals" seem ao-
sent.
Was A Menace
Not many Government employees
of the present day remember the
old Limit of Tenure" bill that got
by the House in 1913 and very
nearly passed the Senate, the
main provision of which would
have forced each worker out OF
the service after he had served
seven years. Backed strongly by
certain interests it might have be-
come law, but for a compromise
in which Civil Service Commission
was called in to suggest a suitable
substitute, by the Senate Appro-
priations Committee. The subst1'
tute then adopted was the old Blu
reau of Efficiency, designed to
keep the service clear Of has
beens" via it's ratings.
The Schedule
The current parking crisis, prob
ably felt more by Government
clerks than any other class of citl-
zenry. will be the subject tonight
of a series of talks under auspices
of the Association for Adequate
Parking Among Government EN-
ployes. Col. Daniel E. McQuery,
president of the body, will propose
aSremedy; Col. Hollis c. Clark Will
compare Washington with Paris,
London and Berlin, and Maj. Ben
iamin Bratcher will discuss de-
partmental parking. There is no
fee and the meeting will begin al
8 o'clock in the woodrow wilson
High School, Nebraska Avenue
and Chesapeake Street Northwest.
Also on tap tonight are two
dances. The Georgia State So
ciety will entertain its Congress
sional delegation at the Shoreham
Hotel, while the WPA Bowling
League is to shuttle at Columbia
Hall, 1880 Fourteenth Street N. W.,
to raise cash for additional league
prizes. About go workers take
part in the league. and Gus
Chaconas heads the arrangements
committee.
The executive council of Local
No. 2, N. F. F. E., gathers today
at ITO Fourteenth Street, N. w"
and the Bureau Of Standards Lo-
cal No. 260, will meet at the Blu
reau, both being timed for 5 p. m.
Getting Mad
Something's going to be done to
relieve the harried plight of emer-
gency workers if the New Deal
units of the A. F. G. E. can force
it. They are finally getting good
and mad at the "in-and-out" poll
cies that bring gray hair to the
person who depends on his or her
S30-odd per week for the legendary
and vitality necessary "cakes and
ale."
Led by Miss Edna Richter. WPA
lodge president who forced WPA
to reinstate her after dismissal
allegedly for union activity, men,
bers of the AAA. NRA, WPA and
Resettlement lodges demand that
WAP Administrator Harry Hop
kinS be given authority to begin a
new project, large enough to give
dismissed workers at least tenn
porary work until they can make
other plans.
The matter has received full ap-
prevail of the A. F. G.. E. national
office and will be put up to the
WPA administrator. The New
Deal workers also ask that the