The Washington times., 1937-05-24
By J. EARLE MOSER

S1Ve director Oh pei SOAAAACA oV 0AAN
Department of Agriculture, ap'
propriately heads a new organlza'
ton set up among officials Of the
Government service in washing
ton to generally improve personnel
administration.
The new group will be known as
the Society for Personnel Admin
istration, its announced purpose
being to provide "a forum for the
exchange of experience with re-
gard to improved methods devel'
oped for dealing with those phases
of MANAGEMENT concerned prl'
marily with the recruiting, train
ing and maintenance OF employees.
It will thus stimulate the bene.
ficial activities of the annual
meetings Of the Civil Service AS
sembly, giving officials who must
govern rank and file employees the
chance to exchange ideas and keep
themselves abreast of progressive
ideas that are found workable. 1t
is not limited, moreover, to Gov
eminent officials only.
In addition to DR.. Stockberger,
who is president, other officers re-
Gently elected are Roy w. Kelly,
chief of personnel and training,
Soil Conservation Service, vice
president, and o. Milton Hall,
chief Of the training and research
division at Farm Credit Admin
istration, Secretary-treasurer.
Directors are Ismar Baruch,
chief of the Civil Service Commits.
sion's personnel classification di'
vision: w. C. Bowen, chief Of the
classification section Of the Social
Security Boards personnel di'
vision; Robert C. Smith, Labor De
partment's new chief Of personnel,
and r. r. Zimmerman, director of
personnel at Home Owners Loan
Corporation.
NOTICE-Each day The Times
publishes photos Of Government
employees well known to their col
leagues, with accompanying bio
graphical sketches. Those inter-
ested in such pictures, especially
members Of organizations, should
contact this desk before Sis p. m.
or telephone District 1000, branch
210. News items, incidentally, may
win q prize.
Late Saturday evening emery
ncy employees holding member
hip in the A. F. G. E., determined
they must do something to help
themselves, took the step which
apparently will result eventually
IN their separation from the Or
ganization.
Although President Charles I.
Stengle had warned the six rebel"
groups with one Of the cease and
desist" orders made available by
the famous "redIbaiting" conven-
ton in Detroit last September, the
emergency folk decided to GO
straight through with the program
they had announced earlier in the
week.
1t was unanimously voted:
'That all assembled here will
90 on record behind q campaign
against the economy drive in
Congress"
The motion, presented by Chair
man Arthur Stein, received no OBJ.
lection from employees present
from Agriculture. Labor, General
Accounting Office, WPA, ReSettle-
ment, Interstate, Railroad Retire.
ment Board, Social Security, State
Department and numerous other
agencies.
The cffair, of course, is coali-
ton between those who were sum-
marily expelled by the Detroit con-
vention and liberals who still re-
main within the A. F. G. E., but in
support Of them are other mem
bers who previously have not been
termed as liberals, exactly.
There have been rumors that the
group would withdraw and seek
affiliation with John Lewis C. 1.
O.. but until they are at least sus-
pended this is unlikely. A spokes-
man said Saturday:
"The C. l. O., and utilization
with it, is In the back of every.
ones mind just now. couldn't
be so naive to to deny that. But
we would like to stay within the
A. F. G. E. and work for a COM
mon good If possible"
It may not be possible. however,
as the "rebel committee" is now
making plans for the monster
mass meeting of protest against
false economy on Capitol Hill''
forbidden by Stengle in his mes.
sage to the involved lodges. They
are seeking proper auditorium,
assessing members to provide a fl,
nancial fund and will meet again
Thursday at the Washington Ho.
tel to see what progress has been
made.
The fuss within the A. F. G. E
has some peculiar angles. one
outstanding one is that General
Accounting Offices lodge, which
has been tied in the dispute in all
press stories, actually has not AL.
-thorized participation in the anti.
economy drive.
Harry B, Mitchell, Civil Service
Commission president, will speak
at st. Augustine, Fla, May 80 be,
fore the convention Of the Ma.
tional Association Of Postmasters
Federal Housing Administration
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