Evening star., 1937-07-08
PRESIDENTS PLAN
SPEEDED' IN HOUSE
Four Reorganization Bills
Will Be Acted on at
Early Date.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

The House leadership Is preparing
to rush consideration of the four bills
covering President Roosevelt's reor-
ganization recommendations.
Speaker Bankhead announced yes
terday that the bill reported by Chair
man Robinson Of the subcommittee
recommending that the President be
granted authority to appoint six ad-
ministrative assistants, without refer
ence to civil service requirements, at
salaries not to exceed $4,000, will be
passed overwhelmingly by the House
the first of the week.
The second House measure on the
reorganization program has been
drafted for subcommittee considera-
ton. Representative Mead, Democrat,
OF New York is chairman of the sub
committee which is to consider this
bill for reorganization of the civil
service. This subcommittee may meet
tomorrow, and the bill is certain to
be reported to the House early next
week, Mead said.
Follows Senate Measure.
This bill runs strictly along the lines
OF the civil service section in the
omnibus reorganization bill presented
in the Senate by Majority Leader
Robinson. 1t provides for abolishing
the present Civil Service Commission
and creation of civil service admin
istrator. partisan appointee
with special qualifications as defined
in the bill. 1t directs that hereafter
appointments to positions which are
policy determining in character, or to
positions as head of the various bu-
reaus of the departments and agencies
who are directly responsible to the
heads Of such departments and
agencies, shall be made by the Presi-
dent and confirmed by the Senate in
addition to those other positions for
which confirmation is now required.
Under this bill as drafted, within a
year after its enactment all Offices
and positions in the various agencies
of the Government would be blanketed
into the classified civil service on rec
ommendation of the head of the
agency. and on passage of a suitable
non-competltive examination pre-
scribed by the new administrator.
This provision. Chairman Mead ex-
plains, does not apply to positions in
Government-owne corporations ex-
cept by direction of the President, or
to certain other positions which are
specifically exempted by the bill.
The bill proposes to extend the
Classification act to all positions in
the Government service, both de-
partment and in the field. with the
exception of those positions now COW
cred by laws specifically fixing the
compensation of various classes Of
employees.
15-Year Term.
The new civil service administrator
would be appointed for a term of IS
years at salary of $4,000, and would
be specifically qualified by reason of
his executive and administrative quail
lflcations, with particular reference
to his actual experience in and
knowledge of accepted practices re-
garding the special function of the
office. He would be subject to re-
moval at any time by the President
for inefficiency, neglect of duty or
malfeasance in Office
One OF the important duties to be
vested in this new administrator would
be to prepare and recommend to the
President plans for development and
maintenance Of a career service in
the Federal Government. He would be
required to make studies of personnel
standards, practices and policies in
other Government jurisdictions or
private industry. and to disseminate
this information throughout the va
rious Government agencies.