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are in the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area, 1t by no means follows
that this area will take 10 per
cent Of the Nationwide reduction
in personnel between now and mid
November.
He pointed out that it is up to
each agency to determine where
cuts best can be made to meet the
new overall ceiling given it by the
Budget Bureau. The fact that the
administrative offices of many agen-
cies are in Washington may have
a tendency to some extent to lessen
the effect of the reductions here,
1t was said Each agency, however,
will have to determine how to dis
tribute its reduction in personnel
Further Cuts Contemplated.
The bureau pointed out that
further reductions of the approx
mately 100000 United States
workers are contemplated for the
third and fourth quarters of the
current fiscal year as ordered by
Congress in effecting partial alb
sorption, within available funds" of
the IA per cent pay increase.
Department and agency heads
were given the widest possible
latitude" in applying the assigned
ceilings, the Bureau announcement
said, adding:
There is no means by which
the Bureau of the Budget can fore
cast the location or programs in
which they will apply the reduc-
tions."
Net Change of But Here.
Civil Service Commission figures
released today show net change
of but 7 in the number of paid
civilian workers of the executive
branch of the Federal government
in the Metropolitan Area of WASH
ington at the end of July as COM
pared with the end of June. .
In the entire continental United
States, the commissions monthly
employment report revealed, the
number of paid Federal workers of
the executive branch totaled 2,282,-
Ola, a net decrease of 1898 from
the end of June.
'Of the group under limitation, y
the Budget Bureaus announcement
said, 1.-The statutory ceiling for the
quarter was set by Congress at $685.
DTS. Preliminary estimates prior to
August 81 indicated that Bureau of
the Budget determinations would
not exceed 520,300. However, fur
ther study of agency requests and
contemplated programs have led to
ceiling determination of 517,706
by October l and to 485, 5,036 by No
vember 16."
OPA Requirements Cited.
That OPA personnel requirements
could be reduced $500 from earlier
estimates was cited as among rea
sons for the revision.
Among the executive departments
q total reduction of 140,245 will now
be effective by November 16.
Ceilings were lowered for War
Navy, Agriculture, Interior, Justice,
Treasury and Panama Canal Rail-
road Company. They were raised
for the State Department, Civil
Aeronautics Board and for the Post
Once, where the Christmas holiday
mailing occurring during the quar-
ter will require a seasonal increase
from 440,509 to 467,926. Ceilings
were unchanged for Commerce anc
Labor, for the beginning of tht
quarter, but after November 16, tn,
personnel ceiling for Labor viii
drop from 80, 127 to 8,457. This il
due to the shift of about 25.00t
United States Employment Service
employees from Federal to State pay
rolls.
Programs contemplated by th'
War Assets Administration neces
state an increase from SO ,303 t
$4,000, the Budget Bureau said
while the actual rise in the OPA'
ceiling will be from 1854 to 37,074
Among the independent establish
ments, ceilings received an overall
reduction OF 5,504, 10 being lowered
II raised and five were unchanged
the Budget Bureau said.
A revised figure of approximate
AZ, 900 paid employees serving out
side the continental limits OF tn
United States was reported by tn
Civil Service Commission for tn
end OF June. 1t was noted that re
ports on this category of worker
are necessarily more intermitten
and therefore not as up to date a
those from the Nation proper.
The number of paid workers i
the District area at the end c
July was 235,116, the report salt
compared with 235,l09 at the en-
of June.
There were 594,6o5 wome
employed by the Federal branc
throughout the continental Unite
States at the end of July, the Com
missions report showed, of whol
114,32S were located in the Wash
tngton area. There was a decreas
during the month Of 10,462 wome
Federal workers over the Nation, {
whom 608 were in the District are
Commission Statement.
Describing the national net d,
crease for the month the Commi
sion said:
A reduction of almost $4,000
the number Of full time wage en-
ployes was partially Offset by II
creases in the full-time salaried ar
part time and intermittent groups.
''Sizeable increases occurred In Il
Once Of Price Administration, w
and. Navy Departments. Personn
in the War Assets Administratio
Veterans Administration and Il
Postal field service continued to e.
pand while seasonable increases