The Washington times., 1937-06-04
By ]. EARLE MoSER

A stay of execution has been
granted about 200 employees OF
Director William Austin's Bureau
of the Census. But only for a
month.
The workers, all of them hold
ing temporary appointments and
originally appointed through Civil
Service, have been stationed in
Washington doing work necessary
for administration of the social
security act.
Their work has been quite i'm
portant, as numerous claims Tor
old-age benefits have poured into
the Social Security Board from
elderly folk who could not dell
nitely prove their ages. ConSe,
seouently. Social Security decided
to accept certification as to age
taken from census records COM
piled in the population census OF
1880. and the 200 clerks have been
employed in setting up adequate
records for such certificationS.
Due to exhaustion of funds,
however. it had been expected that
from 14O to 200 would be dis
charged as of May 81, and up un-
til Tuesday many in the Census
temporary staff had watched with
baited breath for the appearance
of the ominous notices with which
temporaries throughout the serV'
ice have become so familiar.
Census officials recently figured
out a way to extend the workers,
however. Some funds were found
to be available due to the closing
of the Census WPA project in
Philadelphia, and while this would
not have been quite sufficient, the
balance needed has been made
available frem cash ear-marked
for Social Security.
So the 200 will remain through
out this month, receiving two more
nav days, and will not meet Off
cial death until July l. But there
is no hope for them after that,
officials say.
Convinced there IS no further
use in fighting for readmission,
the five lodges ousted last year by
the A. F. G. E. have definitely quit
their reaffiliation fight.
Yesterday as the "Inter-Union
Council" the five groups submit
ted formal protest at headquar-
ters of the American Federation
of Labor, adding:
"The five unions, Of employees
in the Social Security Board
Farm Credit Administration, Sc
curities and Exchange COmmis-
sion, Railroad Retirement Board
and the Public Assistance Divi-
sion, summarized in this dOcu-
ment the history of their rela-
tions with the A. F. G. E. They
related how they applied for ad-
mission in good faith, with the
belief that they would be ac-
corded full rights and privileges
in the organization, but soon
found that the executive cOun-
Gil of the A. F. G. E. was adopt
ing various measures for the
suppression of these rights.
"The five unions have re-
Gently established a delegate
body, the Inter Union Council,
for the purpose of protecting
the interests of the employees in
their respective agencies, and 20
seek affiliatiOn with the larger
BODY of the American labor
movement"
The group, which is reliably re-
ported to be hoping for C. I. o.
tie-up, sent copies of the protest
to all field lodges of the A. F. G. E.
They feel, it is reported, that Dis
trict lodges are held too firmly
under the thumb of governing
members of the executive council
here to lend an attentive ear.
The Public Health Service lodge
of the A. F. G. E. held memorial
services recently for Miss ]. Ruth
Griffith, Jason Waterman and
Robert Lanham, who died during
the past year. Mrs. RozelIa G.
Robey, president of the lodge, was
in charge of the program, which
featured tributes to the deceased
workers by Roy l. Harlow, Brock
C. Hampton and Robert M.
Forkish. Musical selections were
sung by Nina Norman, Annie E:
Brake, Walter E. Scott and
Eugene W. Brees, accompanied
by William Fowler.
Uncl, Sam, through the facili-
ties of the Public Health Service,
shortly will begin an exhaustive
investigation of the infectious dis
ease of trachoma. Persons having
the disease are to be selected from
among patients in hospitals at
Richmond, KY, and Rolla, Mo-,
and will be placed in the Marine
Hospital at Baltimore.
When need for examinations
they will be brought to the Ma
tional Institute Of Health from
time to time. all expenses paid,
returning to Baltimore the same
day. The Treasury Department
has already obtained permission
to use appropriated funds Of the
Marine Hospital for the purpose.
including the trips to Washington
and meals.
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publishes photos of Government
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