The Washington times., 1937-02-02

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lures of Government employees well
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contact the writer in the editorial room
by 5:15 p. m. or phone DI. 1000, branch
21O.
Report by the Civil Service Com
mission Of the immense overtime
required in the Government service
has given a hlghliCht to the fact
that any personnel reduction un-
der the proposed Federal reOrgan-
ization would be at least highly
unjustifiable.
In the report sent TO Congress
yesterday. it was estimated that
more than 100000 overtime
hours were put in during the six
month period which ended De.
Cember 81. This overtime, however,
was computed only on the work
history of approximately 76,500
employees on whom agencies re
ported to the commission special
committee.
PERSONAL experts estimate that
II accurate overtime records were
available for all Of the $4,000
folk now on Uncle Sans civilian
rolls the total would be truly
enormous. AS it stands, the over
time report shows an average Of
more than 80 hours of unpaid work
per month for those surveyed-or
considerably more than an hour
per day.
Regardless of the path the re.
organization may take, reduction
of the number of employees now
looms impossible ander existing
working hour laws.
This reasoning was stressed to-.
day by President Charles Stengle
of the A. F. G. E., who declared:
From now on this report will
be our strongest argument
against any cutting down of
forces under these various plans
for changing the departmental!
structure. 1t shows that we are
now far beyond reasonable
hours. without compensation of
any sort"
Reorganization. nCid n tally,
struck sn9g yesterday. The
House rejected the joint resOlu-
ton on reorganization because
the committee set up under the
resolution would have consisted of
nine Senators and but seven
Representatives. 1t has been sent
back to conference, and will PROB
ably return evenly divided, nine
and nine"
Crack Government stenogra-
pliers will see an opportunity in the
latest announcement of the Agri-
culture Departments Graduate
School, which has again inaugu-
rated class for technical short
hand speed writing, or court re
porting. Glasses, which began yes
terday will continue each Mon
day and Wednesday, and those
who can already do 100 words per
minute will be allowed to register
at Room 4090 Of the Agriculture
South Building.
Civil Service Commissions eX-
amining division has returned to
its former form-handling exam
nations only-and the applica-
tions section and certification Sec
ton have once again become full
divisions. Several promotions
we're caused by the switch. B. A.
Brand, former chief ceTtification
section, becomes assistant chief OF
the examining division, under
James Yaden. William C. Sorrells,
Brands former assistant. heads
the new certification division.
while James Baugh becomes chief
Of the applications division.
The Civil Service Commissions
grand old man." Ruloff R. STRAIT
tan, who officially retired Satul
day, has joined the full-time staff
of the United Civil Service EN-
ployes, the organization formed
four months ago by E. Claude
Babcock.
Strattans new job. it was an
nounced today. will be to inter
view Government workers as to
their various problems at the Ma
tional Press Building offices OF
the U. C. S. E.
A veteran of At years Of service,
AZ of them with Civil Service,
Strattan was chief of the statisti-
cal section. service record and re-
tirement division, when he left
the Government. He is recog-
nized as an authority on retire
ment and Civil Service subjects in
general.
The Treasury Department today
announced ano ther series OF
artists competitions for the right
to decorate Government build
ings, one of them national and
four limited to residents Of certain
localities. Total commissions for
which the artists will compete ag-
gregate $4,000.
The national competition is
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