The Washington times., 1937-08-20

: about Govern
: ,ment employees -
..1;sSroent of a. James NJ. Mead
career service for FeoeraI "oAA
ers.
Exams Slated
+ The bill would blanket agencies
%>,,nder civil Service, but only those
: employees certified by their oe'
partment heads would be exsenoeo
!; an opportunity to take Ire non
. competitive examinations Wnlch
would be given to permit them
Civil Service status.
There will be plenty OF thunder
.on this feature of the bill when
,T!oneress gets around 70 it next
session. However, there IS some
thing in what the committee mas
TO saw concerning this section.
The report stated:
"Your committee would re-
gard it as unwise to blanket EN-,
:. loves into the classified civil
= Service without some test OF
" their fitness"
Career Service Sought
In regard to establishing a ca
.sreer service through the changes
called for in the bill, the report mas
the following to say:
"It is the opinion of your com.
J. mittee that the provisions OF
this bill will provide the ma
@chinery for a real career service
in the Government. 1t Will
offer an opportunity to the rank
and file of Government employees
In advance through promotlon
To high positions of honor and
distinction. This step is essen
~Bial to the building OF a great
civil service"
'.~-These statements Of opinion
certainly are gratifying, and were
TIA certainty that only these and
similar motives guide Congress
ira~the reorganization of the Civil
Service setup, Government en-
pIoyes could hold a giant get
together and sing hosannas.
Immigration Workers Helped
Charles I. stengIe, president Of
the A. F. G. E., today was all
smiles at the prospect Of favor
able action on the bill designed
to aid employees Of the 1mmlgra-
Zion Department.
= The House had passed the
measure and the Senate 1mmlgra'
ton Committee yesterday re-
ported it favorably.
- It seems that employees in the
Immigration Service throughout
The country have not been given a
yrpup raise in pay in IA years.
The bill gives them an average
boost of $120 a year. with a mini
mum of $1,000 year.
Election Year Politics
Government employee legislation
will have an easier time of it at
The next session of Congress. The
legislators seem to have a greater
appreciation of the needs Of their
constituents just before those con-
stituents go to the polls to vote.
And the majority Of Govern
Ynent workers have vote, and use
H. to help their friends. Their
Enemies get the same cold Shout
der which has long become pro
verbal.
KessZer Transferred
Daniel Kessler, who during his
high school days. made a mark
in athletics, has been transferred
to Detroit, to become regional or
ganizer in that city for the
q. F. W. A.
= Incidentally, the U. F. w. A.
took advantage of the five-day
week voted New York city EN-.
pIoyes by the aldermen Of the me
tropolis, to come out again for a
similar practice for Federal work
ers.
THE District organizing commit
tee of the U. F. W. A. will meet
S-o'clock tonight at the Hamilton
Hotel to discuss plans and progress.
Kuc0ncies Filled
s-4aN
The adjustment committee OF
Local No. IL, Department of Labor,
B.F. w. A., has prepared a policy
which gives preference to Labor
.spart--1cnt employees in filling any
vacancies which occur in the de-
partment. The policy as an.
nounced is:
81. Circularization of notices
aof vacancies to all employees of
of the department.
"2. Filling of vacancies by pro-
.AHnotion or transfer of eligible
employees on the basis of Spe-