The Washington times., 1937-03-11

The petition is an outgrowth OF
testimony presented to the House
Civil Service Committee by the
u. C, s. E. leader, E. Claude Bah
cock, who urged that if patronage
appointees should be given perma-
nent status, by blanket or other
wise, they should nevertheless be
the first to go in reduction Of
force. Any other procedure would
be unfair to those now holding
Civil Service jobs, he held.
The document being circulated
reads:
"The Congress Of the United
States:
I'm the face Of present con-
sideratiOn Of the extension Of
Civil Service status to hundreds
Of thousands of employees who
entered the service without ex-
aminati0nS, and the widespread
demands for reduction Of the
Federal emplOye force, and
'Tn view Of the fact that the
present efficiency rating method
Of reducing the force Is unreli-
able and unfair,
"We, Civil Service employees,
respectfully petition, that
"In any legislation providing
for the extension of Civil Serv-
ice status to nOn-Civil Service
employees, there be included Ian
guage which viii protect present
Civil Service employees against
the sO-calIed influence Of the
nOn-Clvil Service group, in any
future reduction of force"
The petition is going the rounds
in various offices and being signed
by both U. c. S. E. members and
sympathetic colleagues. When
completed, it will be held at ma
tional offices Of the organization
until it is felt a strategic period"
has been reached, when it will be
presented probably to the House
Civil Service Committee. Some in
dication of the Snooping and fear
that holds sway in departmental
offices is revealed by one U. C. s. E.
workers admission that he was
"afraid to let some Of the people
who work with me see the sigma
lures on my petition blank"
Employees Of the Commerce De
partment and General Accounting
office broke into the list of lucky
folk who have received free tickets
to the opening Griff game as guests
of The washington Times yester.
day. but they failed to take the
lead from Farm Credit Administra-
ton.
That agency continued to lead
with q total Of 10 tickets dis
tributed among its employees when
attractive Hfda M. Poole and
Mrs. John j. Hanley presented
pictures of themselves clipped
from q recent issue Of The Times
and neatly circled with Lucky
Baseball Rings"
Walter B. Chambers, messenger
with the Maritime Commission
and Miss Marion P. Sherin, Bu
reau of Air Commerce, were the
Commerce folk to appear with
happy and expectant faces. Miss
Sherin. incidentally, is a Balti
morean and has commuted daily
to washington for the past year
Donald G. Spencer and Wesley
c. Clark, two rabid baseball fans
who could hardly believe theil
own luck, were the General Ac
counting Offices initial entries
Both have been in the service
more than a decade and are ex
periencing their first contest-win
ming thrill. if the present project
with its luck angle, can be termed
q contest. Yesterdays box score:
No. 11-seat 6, section F. row 8: Wal
ter B. Chambers, messenger, Commerce
1924 Twsnty-ninth St. N. W. (De. 0242)
No. 12-seat s. section G, row 8
Marion p. She 1, Junior clerk-stenog
rapher. Commerce. st. Paul Apartments
No. 13-seat 7, section G, row 8
Donald G. Spencer special auditor. Gen
oral Accounting office, 222 East Capito
st. (Li E1SS-D.
No. 14-seat 8. section G. row g. Yves
ley c. Clark. Investigator, General Ac
counting Office, 4OO2 Fourteenth st. n
W. (Ad. $3.50.
No. 15-seat 8, section F, row 8: HiIdi
N. Poole, FCA. McCreary St., Hyatts
willie. Nd. (Gr. 1B26-W).
No. 16-seat 7. section F. row 8: Mrs
John J. Hanley, clerk-typist, FCA. $50
Rhode Island Ave. N. W. (De. S8O8).
Summary-Farm Credit Administers
tion, 10; General Accounting Office. 2
Commerce, ?; MARITIME Commission,
Air Commerce, y; Treasury. /; Uoan