The Washington times., 1937-03-16

of such ilk to rest awhile, b
It will press for a general re
would in turn mean raises for
The spearhead of the attack
will be the unions grievance COM
nittee, a group which in all prop
erly designed New Deal employe
organizations constitutes the COM
bat unit which occupies the front
line trenches and takes the beat
ing.
Headed by Miss Marie Pote, one
of the most active grievance COM
mittee chairmen in the service,
the Ssh organization has been
quietly conducting study Of
salary conditions in Uncle Sans
newest major agency. And it has
found that claSsifications are "un-
equal" and many workers are
struggling with meager salaries
despite the fact that Social Secur-
ity reported $8,300,000 in admins
trative expense savings to Con-
gresS for the immediate fiscal
year.
In its current news letter the
union declares:
One Of the most frequent
complaints, the committee has
found, Is that employees had
originally accepted their appoint
mentS at low salaries with the
understanding that after a short
probationary period an ade-
quate adjustment would be
made through promotion, but
that after many months the
promised promotions were no
where in sight. Supervisors are
reported to have informed the
employees 50 affected that funds
were not available for the prom
ised promotions, but the boards
testimony shows that $4,000, 900
Of unexpended funds has been
available all along"
"OtheF reports show that ad.
ministrative raises 1850 per
year, were being dOIed out in
order to stem dissatisfaction of
employees who had earned pro-
motions to higher clasSifications.
Many have expressed the belief
that the board has achieved its
impressive savings Of apprOpria-
ton at thS expense Of its lower
bracket personnel who have
earned promotions and have
not received them"
THE SITUATION discovered
by the Ssh group is not particu.
larly new, being an accepted prac.
tice Of every department, office
and agency that can get away
with it. Organized effort against
the practice has been negligible to
date. Despite the impetuousnesS
which occasionally gets it into a
jam, the organization of young
folk in the old Labor Department
Building has the envy of other
workers for its courage in asking
for cookies when it knows the jar
is full.
Just now, Miss Pote's commit
tee is taking notes from all mem
bers who feel they "ain't been
done right by"
A lusty young person that has
hade considerable noise during
adolescence came of age today.
And will party it tonight.
Local Union No. 2, N. F.. F. E.,
which despite its dry and arith-
metical name is a group of ex-
tremely human and friendly Gov
ernment folk, will celebrate it's
twenty-first birthday this evening
at the National Press Clubs
cheerful banquet hall. Chicken
or filet mignon, sage advice by
Capitol Hills Sages and zPpy en-
tertainment by combined Federal
and juvenile talent embrace the
schedule. Time. 7 o'clock.
Among celebrities to pass on
the ability of the Press Clubs chef
will be patriarchal Senator Pat
McCarran, dry-witted Senator
William Bulow (who wants civil
service status for Senator's, seri-
ous-faced Robert Ramspeck with
his warning not to ask for any
thing that might cost Uncle Sam
something, his colleague Maury
Maverick and a cigar accom-.
panied by Luther Steward. Cert.
rude McNally will also be there
to watch over both cigar and
Steward.
DR.. J. Franklin Meyer will drop
over from Standards to be master
Of the toasts. and among the
diners will be los people who
knew back in 1916 that Local No
2 would grow up some day, and
have therefore held membership
cards ever since.
From the circles of intelligentsia
in New York, Boston and Chicago
1t is feared, will shortly come ar
invasion of diploma-armed Bearers
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