The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-27
SCHULTE'S BILL
WOULD RAISE
CLERKS PAY
BY J. EARLE MOsER

ment of Labor, will receive a rea
"break" if the bill introduced
Friday by Representative William
T. Schultz CD Of Indiana gets
anywhere this session.
The bill, numbered H. R. 1896
would introduce classification ano
automatic promotions for clerical
workers from grade / up through
grade 5, and even contains a
beneficial clause for employees
after they have attained this
lofty height.
Resembling in its effect the
recent Sirovich omnibus" docu
ment, somewhat, the bill is seen
as an effort by employe interests
to introduce the automatic pro
motion idea in little pieces, since
a general move in this direction
seems to face a stone wall. In
part, H. r., 1896 reads:
CLERKS, immigration and
Naturalization Service. shall be
divided into grades as follows:
Grade /, salary $1,74O, with one
years probationary services;
Grade 2, $1,SOO; Grade 8, ST.
900; Grade 4, $4,000: Grade 5,
S2,1O0. Clerks shall be auto
maticaIIy promoted to Grades
2 and 3 at the beginning Of
the next quarter following one
years satisfactory service (de-
termined by a standard Of eff
cheney which is to be defined
by the Commissioner of Immi.
grafton and Naturalization,
with the approval Of the Sec
rotary Of Labor: to Grades 4
and for meritOriOus service
after no less than one years
service in Grades 3 and 4, re-
spectively.
Administrative prom Otion
above Grade shall be at the
discretion Of the Secretary of
Labor and upon recommends
ton Of the Commissioner Of
immigration and Naturalization
to the following salary grades:
$4,000, $4,000, S2,4OO, $4,000
and $4,000. Provided that not
to exceed so per centum of the
clerks shall be promoted after
no less than one year of meri-
tOrious service to the next
higher administrative salary
grade"
The bill would amend Section
"a Of the immigration act of 1917
has provisions preventing the re
duction of any clerks salary rate
and Of discrimination between
male and female workers. and
would authorize any additional ap.
preparation that would become
necessary.
Another Reason
A feminine Federal worker re-
Gently pointed out another good
reason why the pending leave bills
are vitality necessary to the well
being of personnel. She says
ample leave is necessary for "the
sensible spending of money"
pointing out that when a person
must make an expensive purchase,
it is vital that time be available
to shop around, thus reducing the
chance of making an irremedial
error. you can't rush downtown
after 4:30 and select a suite of fur
niture as you would a toothbrush, "
she added.
Announcement
Secretary Mary c. 5ieher today
that the A. F. G. E.
Sick Benefit Association will hold
a melting Thursday a. the Willard
Hotel. And at the recent D. C.
meeting it was re-
vealed that the associations plan
of promoting a dance and pro-
gram has been baked because the
promoters who sought the con-
tract were not "all they should
be-"
Strike HOld.Up
Work on the new Interior Build.
ing and the Congressional Library
Annex has been affected by the
current strike Of approximately
IS truck drivers, members of Lo-
cal 500, who have abandoned their
driving wheels because ey claim
three "heavy hauling" firms which
employ them have attempted to
introduce salaries considerably be-
low the established union scale.
Efforts still are being made for
settlement.
New Delegates
The following A. =. G.. Els have
been approved as delegates to the
Central Labor Union:
Lodge III. B; Watson. W: L. Jones.
gomery, c. H. Lettow. Lodge 12-Ro-
land Parrish. Lodge 17-F. G. Fraser,
Lester NJ. Sanders, Ira D. Scott, Donald
w. toulouse, Ercel S. Wiseman. Lodge
29-Bertha Duncan, Richard Roseberry.
Lodge 39-Herbert NJ. williams, Royal
W. Greene. Lodge 139-Helen Green
blatt Lodge 17O-Benjamin Allen, Sig
mund Timberg, Ida Klaus, Elliot Meyer.
Lodge 206-Margaret Wallace, Elizabeth
Crosby Hale.
Get More Cash
An additional $241, OFT was re
Gently granted ~ PWA Admins
traitor Ickes to the original allot
ment of $685. 23 for the construc.
ton and equipment of a library
building for Howard University.
Meeting
The highly successful and eff
Gent credit union of Local Union
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