Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-29
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

permanently for reasons ranging
from sinus trouble to inconsistencies
are forcing the War Department to
import 1000 new employees monthly
thereby further complicating
Washington current housing crisis,
it was learned today. .
Every worker quitting a War De-
partment job is asked why he or
she is leaving and whether a room
will be left vacant, War Depart
ment spokesman said. The why
varies. he added, but the room
answer is always the same-a friend
or several friends have taken over
the room and their friends have
moved into the ones they vacated.
Although some War Department
activities have been cut down with
We day and workers have been
transferred out of them, the War
Department official said, other ac-
tivities have increased and there
are not enough workers who can be
transferred to do the job in the
face of 1000 worker-a- month turn
over.
Outlines Activities.
The War Department official
estimated that 10 to 20 per cent of
the workers being imported monthly
are being assigned new functions
which came into being with We
day. He gave this estimate of Pen
tagon civilian increases and de-
creases as a result of victory in
Europe:
The transportation corps staff is
increasing because of the tremen-
dous job of moving millions of men
from Europe to the Pacific with the
paper work that accompanies it.
The surgeon generals Office also
is increasing with the flood of
wounded men for whom hospital
facilities must be planned and medi-
cal supplies provided
The Pacific war calls for an in
crease in the Office of the chief OF
the Engineers and the Chemical
Warfare Service. The need to re-
train millions of men for jungle
warfare and thousands of air crews
for different type planes has brought
an increase in the office of the d.
rector of military training.
The adjutant's generals Office also
is increasing with all the record
keeping involved in keeping track
of apps, point discharges and cas-
ualty reporting. This Office was still
increasing its staff two years after
the last war.
The Ordnance and Quartermaster
Departments are reducing their
stats slightly and the Signal Corps
has planned a marked reduction
because of the shorter communica-
tions lines necessary for a one
front war.
In addition, a number of new
committees and commissions have
come into. being with We day.
Among them are the War Crimes
Commission, United States Stra-
tegic Bombing Survey, the Secre-
tary Of Wars Disability Review
Board, the War Department Army
Retiring Board, the Army-Navy
Liquidation Commission and ! num-
Der of other Army-Navy co-ordinat-
ing committees.
The War Department spokesman
said about $500 workers transfer,
come in or 60 out of the War De-
partment each month now, but
the population remains fixed at
about 80, 1000 workers.
126 Persuaded to Stay.
In one recent month, he said, 1874
workers left and 126 were finally
persuaded to stay. Here are some
of the reasons why the ones who
left couldn't be persuaded to stay:
Two hundred left because Of poor
health, complaining they were nerv-
ously exhausted from working over
time and standing in line for every
thing they wanted. Fifty left be-
cause Of illness Of relatives; so to be
married; So to have babies: IS be-
cause they couldn't find anybody to
take care of their children; 81 be-
cause Of other family responsible
ties: 81 because their husbands were
transferred: 81 to join their hus-I
bands; SO to 60 back to school; a
to join the armed forces: II because