Evening star., 1945-08-12
v-JDay 10 Start
Gradual Cut in
u. 5. Jobs Here
Substantial Slash
Will Be Delayed
For Six Months
BY JOSEPH YOUNG.

A gradual cut in Federal person.
mel here after VI day was pre-.
dicted last night by high Govern
ment officials. Substantial reduce
tions are not expected for at least
six months.
While the majority of the ap-
proximately 10000 war service ap-
pointees here face no immediate
dismissal, some probably will lose
their jobs within a month or so, it
was said.
Employees in the Office of Censor
ship, ONCE of War Information and
the War Manpower Commission are
among those facing speedy dismissal,
1t was said.
Some May Transfer.
At the same time it was pointed
out that some employees who lose
their jobs can find positions with
other agencies, such as the Vet
erans' Administration, Treasury
Department or Surplus Property
Board. AL these agencies expect
to expand their operations after
the war and at present suffer from
personnel shortages.
War and Navy Department en-
ployes, for the most part, will re-
main at their jobs the longest. The
speed of Army and Navy demobili-
zation will determine the job ten
ure of these employees, it was said.
A good many" war service ap-
pointees in the War and Navy De-
partments will remain on their jobs
permanently, a Budget Bureau
spokesman said. This is based on
the assumption that the postwar
Army and Navy will be consider
ably larger than before the war.
Since the number of civilian per-
sonnel in War and Navy Depart
ments depends on the size of the
Army and Navy, there will be more
civilian employees needed than be-
fore the war.
Record Employees to Be Needed.
The type of work an individual
does and the agency he works in
will determine to large extent
how long he will be retained. Most
War Department employees here are
engaged in clerical work, largely
concerned with keeping records.
These employees will be needed for
some time to come, it was SAID.
Those civilians working in branches
of the War Department directly
concerned with military operations
will be among the first to lose their
jobs.
| In the Navy Department, some
Of those working in the Navy Yard
and in the communication Offices
will be the first to 60. AS in the
War Department, those working in
clerical jobs generally will stay the
longest.
The job tenure of employees in the
Ohice of Price Administration, the
War Production Board, the War
Foods Administration and other
war-created agencies will depend
on future policy of the agencies.
For example, if gasoline rationing
is lifted Immediately and other ra-
tioning relaxed, this would mean
that many OPA employees will lose
their jobs at once. Similarly, the
speed of industrial reconversion will
affect the job status of employees in
the WPB.
Seniority TO Be Used.
Employees having the greatest
seniority and the highest efficiency
rating will remain on the Job the
longest In agencies where cuts have
been ordered. Those with least
seniority and lowest efficiency rat
ings will be dismissed first. Service
men now holding war service Jobs
will be given preference over en-
ployes with the same efficiency rat
ing.
Government employees with per-
manent classification are sure of
retaining their jobs whether or not
they are working in war agencies.
The sharpest and most immediate
cuts in Government personnel will
come in field establishments
throughout the rest of the country.
Immediate dismissals face hundreds
OF thousands of employees working in
ordnance plants, supply depots,
navy yards and military installa-
tions.