Evening star., 1942-03-01
u. ). Bureaus Survey
By 1ydings Committee
To Start Tomorrow
Shift of Workers to
War Units, Economy
Seen Main Results
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and its functions, the subcommittee
will get reports from division
bureau and department heads, but
in q manner to avoid repetition.
In a statement last night, Senator
Tydings summarized the content oi
the QUESTIONABLE as follows:
Schedule A is designed to ascer.
! tain the total number of employee.
in the unit, those that are full time
and whether permanent or tempo
rary, part time employees and EN-.
ployees on force account. These
figures are then redivided into those
working and living in the Washing
ton metropolitan area and those
working and living outside the met
rorolitan area. Each group head
Is requested to give the classi-
flcation, services, grade and salary
Of the persons working under him
for February 1912, December 1941,
September 1941, June 1941, March
1941, September 1910, March 1910
and September 1899, in classes Of
employees.
Job Analyses Asked.
Schedule B Is designed to ascer-
tain the function, activities, projects,
processes and services which each
group performs.
Schedule c develops data con-
cerning floor space occupied by the
unit for Office purposes, file rooms.
libraries, laboratories, storage, du-
plicating and mimeographing, print
ing and engraving, manufacturing,
auditoriums, radio equipment, va
can't space, ETC., and the number of
persons occupying such space.
Schedule D develops data of the
publicity personnel, giving classifica-
tions, service, grade and salary, and
the number Of such personnel as Of
March /, 1912, September l, 1941
and March l, 1941. Also the equip
ment in use for publicity activities
as of March l, 1912.
1T further develops data as to
the number of separate releases, the
pages in the separate releases, total
copies produced. cost of paper used,
cost of envelopes, the number of
mats prepared. the number of mats
distributed and their cost, the num-
ber of mailing lists. the total names
in thousands Of all this, the floor
space occupied for publicity pur-
poses broken down into offices,
equipment, storage and mailing and
for other purposes.
Schedule D further elicits data
as to the name. grade, salary and
number of all persons engaged in
preparing, operating machines, set
ting up and distributing material to
newspapers and magazines, includ-
ing stenographers. typists. duplicat-
ing machine operators. and all other
persons connected with this work.
The total number employed and the,
total payroll as of March, 1912;
September, 194l. and March. l94l.
Other Data Wanted. ;
Schedule D further develops data
Of a detailed list, of typewriters,
mimeograph, multigraph, folding,
addressing and mailing machines,
and all other equipment in use for
publicity purposes, the cost of the
equipment, the appropriations au-
thorizing said equipment. etc.
Schedule E develops data as to
the name, duties, salary, age, ETC., OF
all employees for whom exemption
from the draft has been requested
and the reasons therefor.
Schedule F is a general testi-
mony QUESTIONABLE with II pages of
questions, designed to analyze the
preceding schedule and to develop
in detail the Implications of Govern
ment activities, overlapping of Gov
ernment activities, particularly per-
sonnel who might be released from
peace to war activities, and related
questions.
Schedule G is designed to secure
data dealing with mileage, sdbsist-
ence and long distance telephone
calls. 1t seeks to ascertain the
amount spent on mileage, the num-
ber of persons who drew mileage,
the amount spent on subsistence, the
number of persons who have drawn
subsistence.
Filling out their March Is in
come tax returns should be an easy
task for Government officials in
comparison with answering the list
of questions they are about to re-
ceive from the Tydings subcommit-
tee. The Senator said he was ask
ing that the replies be filed within
10 days
May Make Inspections.
After the. questionnaires are re-
turned, Senator Tydings said, en-
ployes of the subcommittee may be
assigned to make personal inspec-
tions of bureaus where it is deemed
advisable. He figured 1t will take
two or three weeks to scrutinize and
tabulate the answers.
when all the information is in, -
said Senator Tydings. 'our find
ings will be summarized and a re-
port made to the Senate and the
country.
with a spirit Of complete CO.
operation by all concerned, it is
hoped that much good can be
achieved toward a more intense
prosecution of the war effort with
out hurting in any way any Gov
ernment employe, while at the same
time saving money, conserving Office
space and living quarters for Gov
ernment employees, eliminating pos
sible dispensable activities not es-