Evening star., 1939-09-10
Capital SideIiehts
By Will P. Kennedy

The apprentice school at the Govern
ment Printing Office is Illustrative of
scores of "apprentice' programs of public
personnel agencies. The Tennessee VAL
ley Authority two years ago established
five apprenticeships in its personnel divi-
sion where apprentices were to work for
II months and be added permanently to
the service if their work was satisfactory.
This Summer a Nationwide survey is
being made of such training and appren-
tice programs by city, State and Federal
governments. Louis j. Kroeger, execu-
tive officer Of the California State Per-
sonnet Board, is in charge OF the job
The Senate and House Civil Service
Committees will watch this study and
analyze it closely as guide in determin-
ing what legislation may be enacted by
Congress to carry out the Presidents S
program for co-ordinated personnel man
agement under specially trained direc-
tors in each important Federal agency.
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The toll of the Grim Reaper in Con-
gress is emphasized by Representative
that of the 434 members who greeted
him on December l. 1924. when he came
to fill the unexpired term Of the late
E. c. Little, fewer than so remain. And
he has served under six Speakers-four
Of whom have died. Senator Capper is
the sole survivor from Kansas. and Mr..
Guyer is himself the sole survivor of his
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Kansas
Portraits of the last two Speakers
William B. Bankhead and Joseph W.
Byrns-have been hung with the por-
traits of 40 other Speakers in the
Speakers lobby at the Capitol That Of
Speaker Byrns was painted by Ella
| Sophonisba Hergesheimer and that Of
Speaker Bankhead by Howard Chandler
| Christy, who has also been selected to
paint THE Signing of the Constitution
for the Capitol
Members of Congress interested in the
w. P. A. problem will watch the results
| of the visit by Corrington Gill, assistant
Works Projects commissioner, to Puerto
Rico to confer with Admiral w. D. Leahy.
Governor of Puerto Rico, with a view
to expediting the set-up of W. P. A.
organization in the island.
Gov. Leahy was in Washington only
recently and staff of five specialists
with the w. P. A. preceded Mr.. Gill to
I1op Thou Chorloc hor
nethy. who will be in charge of finance;
Eli Abbott, in charge of operations: r. G
Belote, employment director; Clement
Nusbaum, director of project control
and Miss Alice Yonkman, social worker
The objective of the Puerto Rican pro-
gram is the creation of 10000 jobs. Gov.
Leahy will head it. The w. P. A. will
avoid duplicating the operations of the
Puerto Rican Reconstruction Admins
| tration which has been conducting a
large program of general rehabilitation
in the island for several years.
Before leaving Washington yesterday
Mr.. Gill briefly discussed the aims of
the new w. P. A. plans. There is no
dearth of projects" he pointed out. I'VE
will maintain reservoir of useful prof.
ects from which the administrator can
select those best suited to immediate
| needs"
| The Puerto Rican program, he stressed
will be conducted along the basic lines
| followed in the United States, Hawaii
and Alaska.
| Tomorrow the W. p. A. official will be-
gin a series of conferences with officials
of the Treasury, Army and Navy in San
Juan. The Treasury Department will
handle w. p. A. purchases and disburse.
nents as in the States.
The five specialists who left here earlier
In the week, will set up the machine anc
| will remain in the island indefinitely, II
Is understood. Mr.. Gill expects to re.
turn to Washington in two weeks.