Evening star., 1946-09-03
Federal Service
Can 'tUse Reds,
F|emming Says
Civil Service Chief
Urges NFFE to Devise
Own Code of Ethics
BY Joseph Young
Stor Stoff corre.ponden,

SLEVGLANO, SepC.s S.-C0m.
munists and Ku Klux Khan
members cannot be tolerated in
Federal jobs, nor can persons
who believe that Government
workers have the right to strike,
Arthur S. Flemming, civil service
commissioner, said today in
urging Federal workers to devise
their own code of ethics.
Without specifying what develop.
mentS he had in mind, MIR. Elem.
ming told the 18th biennial conven-
ton of the National Federation OF
Federal Employees that there are
some spots on this Government
where We are in need of either a
written or unwritten code of ethics"
Mr. Flemming said that members
OF the Communist party and those
following its party line have DEM
onstrated that their thinking and
their actions have in the past been
controlled by a foreign political
group"
Can't Be Trusted.
THE duties OF public Office cannot,
therefore, be intrusted to them"
he continued
BY the same token, members of
the Ku Klux Klan. or members of
any other organization that ex-
pouses the Nazi or Fascist way Of
life, have no business working for
the Government"
The entire Federal pay scale lis
badly in need" of revision to provide
higher wages for Government work.
ers. Mr.. Flemming said.
There is no reason whatsoever for
the Government to capitalize on the
feeling of satisfaction that comes
from Federal service by refusing to
pay fair and equitable salary to its
personnel" he declared.
There were prolonged cheers from
the delegates when he added, I'VE
shouldn't assume that the pay raises
already granted Federal employees
are the last word in the matter. The
least that Government, as an en-
Iployer, can do is to make sure that
in 1916 its employees are able to pur-
chase the same necessities of life
as they were able to purchase with
their 1941 earnings"
Message From Truman.
The delegates also received q
message from President Truman,
who declared that "the Government
has responsibility for providing
good working conditions, safety, the
prompt and satisfactory handling of
grievances and other elements
which are essential to an efficient
operation"
Mr.. Truman added: There should
be an opportunity and incentive
for the efficient Government. en-
ploye to make service in the Fed
eral Government a career, and I
feel confident that the convention
which your federation is holding
will have as its purpose policies and
recommendations that will contrib
ute to that objective
Mr.. Flemming told the delegates
that adequate salaries were not the
only thing lacking in the Federal
service.
I'VE still do not have completely
satisfactory systems for the handling
OF grievances. We still do not use
our classification of jobs for paw
purposes as means for improving
administration" he said.
Blames Top Administrators.
Mr.. Flemming declared that none
of these objectives can be achieved
until top Federal administrators take
more OF an interest in personnel
matters, land until this goal is
reached, We will not have a Civil
Service system which will be able to
serve 1916 Government, he said.
The hard-won gains achieved by
Government workers during the last
decade will be seriously jeopardized
during the next few years, according
to NFFE officials.
NFFE leaders cautioned the dele
gates that the conservative trend
evident throughout the country dur
ing the last few months and the
clamor for economy in Government
may work against their interests.
Luther Steward, president of the
NFFE, declared Federal workers
must be on the alert against any
attempt to smash the civil service
system in the name of so-called
economy"
Our union is strongly opposed to !.
overstaff1ng of Government pay
rolls" Mr.. Steward declared. But
think that it would hurt the eff
cheney of Government operation and
the interests of the American people
If essential employees are fired in
discriminatory in the name of !
economy"
Mr.. Steward said his union would
fight any attempt to place the civil
tSee NFFE. Page A-l4D