Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1921, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1921. 33 1S WORKERS URGE §J9PEALS COUT i Mr. Madden Also Says Bu- | reau Heads Have Too rorMERLY STIEBEL Much Control. MILLINERY | Advocating a court of appeals for \AFOMTER { government employes, and charging artment heads and bureau sive authority, Rep- N resontat rtin B. Madden of Il- (M} | linois. a member of the House steer- | ing committee, appeared before the N! House committee on reform in the i civil service yesterday. Representa- the present handling disciplinary ng that they are without ©any ying principles and iack uniformity, in <Some cases being harsh and repressive, while in others to encourage ineffi- and lack of disci- ‘n t de . 607 13th St. N.W. i Semi-Annual CLEARANCE Summer Millinery Offering choice of a most unusually fine selection of distinctive O'Connell creations. Light Hats Colored Hats Black Hats $10.00 Hats Reduced to $5-00 $15-00 Hats Reduced to $7.50 $20 and $25 Hats Now $10-00 It goes without saying that the Millinery offered - is correct in every detail—new and smartly trimmed with fetching accessories. are so lax . indolen ¥ i t ¢ Too Much Power. power,” ~d in the vice Commission, an s ower to investi 1 should compel tes 1t_should the power, he 1" to hale any official of the gov- ment before it, or to require the duction of any DooKs, papers or are too compli- . “and there arly all of upon things that th, ¢ to to find out the things he must not do.”" Must Keep Secret. en also charged that under nt_rules, particularly in the e Department, the individual e must remain silent, no mat- 1t abuses or discriminations he from. The only appeal, he said, hington, and that r . 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All the new Felts, Satins, Silks and Georgette Hats in every popular shape and color —come early, as this is a wonderful opportunity for big savings. Wash Skirts Surf Satin and Gabardine, $2 98 reduced to....coinnnn.n - jtrivial grounds and without their day | - | both as clerk and s | criminations and dis balance of $11.- $1.800 when the administratior ined until retirement age ily refused many offers of | changed.” in that department was never permit- { crnment. en contribu ted to confront the complainant, or! Mr. Swayze urged that the annui- rom emplc < in outside mployment.| Among others who spoke in favor of even to know who the complainant|ties of retired federal employes be . should go in part to inecre d as chief clerk of the |increased annuitics for retired sgov- were Mr. [ N Robert H. Alcorn: onal Association mployes ly an £t total burden which this would | Treasury Department at $3,000, when | ernment nent fund was | Frank A. Vanderlip and Miiton' / Riggs 1 \vas. mor was ho permitted to inapect | increased to a point where they would h upon which 'be able to live modestly upon their the papers and evidence the charges were based. by Mr. Starr, iation, at about president of the both in the dep. ident of per cent. The present now W retirement annuities. “The accused.” said Mr. Madden, has done retirement law, he said, veannot face his accuser or even|more for the encoura f - he said, would le: a - f us served to) is gement of com i d leave many mil of us serv know who he is. petent persons to remain in the serv- untouched, personnel board, Cannot Get the Truth. lce than any other act passed by for the enactment of 00 an $1.600. They both | Mis Wife's Mother—I r Without an a) . Congress in the past fifty years. The yze related his expe- out. ast’ I heard, one of | lagghing story you . tribunal Mr Madden emGVibervice | present annuitics of $15 to 360 a| riences as i Sury clerk. and said | them v Wing $70,000 and the | Mr D s L rm . BTesS | onth are, however, inadequote and[that the averakge movernment emnployve |other $55.000 a year. 1 was dropped to | goin’ to tell you a few m cannot get the truth - ecutive departments. ;‘;‘é"‘ihé:“"v{r’i. j will not in any case support the re- ous instances of discharges solely for | CiPients. tescifying_before congressional com- mittees. “Some of these cases, he said, involved employes of many years' scrvice, who had been dismissed on Employes’ Brief. A brief submitted by the Association of Retired Federal Employes today states that under ten months' up—m-1 mittee that an employe under charges | 2 cents, and that in favor of the gov-’ | tion of the law, the sum already amounts to §1 . and_that of | this fund the ’n paid out for | annuities only The The Brighton Apartment—Hotel 2123 California Street. At Connecticut Avenus, Apartments to Let by the Day, Week or Month. in ocourt. “They were discharged.” he said, “wholely on the basis of charges made by their superiors, and without & fair ‘trial.” Mr. Madden mentioned various other bodies which had examined the | facts and found substantially the | same situation. Among such bodies had been the original reclassification | commission and the industrial con- | ference called by former President | Wilson, of which Secretary Hoover |was a member. The latter, he said, ihad urged the establishment of such a tribunal, espe ly for government employes. e denied that there would | be any tendency to congest a civil service court of appeals with com- plaints. On the other hand, it would climinate, he sald. the trivial and foolish charges. oXN officer would file without a reasonable H i|& July 4% Foolwear/pecialr These Shoe Bargains for the Fourth are American and petty annoyances ould CAFE i ol o would | European Plan really remarkable, because everything you icago, sa Mr. Mad- —_— 3y d the system whi e i i i 3 |dom b e e ?mn\; y;:r:e s Comtortable can desire in footwear is here—comfort, 3 i employes of the ecity | 3 may be discharged without i i . o sper e Moot e | Accommodations sy melipaeipace may be confronted with his accuser | and guaranteed the right of cnuns(«l.‘ 'man Tellx Experience, Gorman of | Quiet and Refinement A Select Clientele J. A. 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