Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1925, Page 10

" ARE T0 BE NANED fl. S. Must Fill Posts in | | | I MARRIED WOMEN’S WORK BEST, DEPARTMENTAL HEADS DECLARE Oihers Defend Spinster Employes—Controversy Made Acute by Coolidge Demand for Reduction of Forces Employed in Government Offices. STAR, WASHINGTON two or more members of a family in the public service in the grades cov- ered by this act, no other member of such family shall be eligible to ap- pointment in any of said grades.” The family in this instance has been interpreted, it was said, as persons of blood relation, living in the same home and contributing to its com- mon support. The relative proportion of women and men in the Government service in the District of Columbia, out of whose ranks reductions will come, is shown on the latest figures of the Civil Service Commission, where the THE EVENING D. ¢, THURSDAY, clency of all the married women in the Government service with the un- married ones was said to be uncer- tain yet, as the records had not come in, ani it was not known whether married women in all departments would be designated so their records could be kept separate from single women. No figures are available at any of the establishments as to the exact number of employes who will be die- missed before the first of the next fscal year. President Coolidge, how- MARCH 19, - 1925. ORDERED TO PACIFIC. Lieut. Eric Nelson, pilot of ons of the two planes which made a com- plete circumnavigation of the globe, left Washington vesterday for duty on the Pacific Coast as production manager of the 9th Corps Area, with headquarters at Santa Monica, Calif. He stopped over at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohlo, today, for consultation with officials, there end will proceed later to Seattle, Wash, to inspect air- craft manufacturing plants now work- 1219 I7 Street ever, is continuing his pressure for personnel reduction, and the Civil Service Commission had on hand to- day the request submitted yesterday by the Chief Executlve asking for a monthly statement of deductions in the personnel. or in the mind of the chief, at least a definfte opinion on one or the other side of the live question. Girls Lack Champions. No defenders came forward in the survey today to contend that the single girl was more efficient than her married sister, although those who defended the married woman The controversy over which woman Ing on contracts for 45 pursuit planes of the standard type for the Army and Navyy. Work at the Douglas Aircraft Co. at Santa Monica on the contract for new observation planes also will be supervised by Lieut sexes are segregated as of December 31, 1924. At that time there were 38,- 670 men and 27,409 women in the Fed- eral employ here, exclusive of the lo- cal District of Columbla department. No figures were avallable as to the number of married women. Efficlency records of all Govern- ment employes are to be made avall- were emphatic in their views. able to the Personnel Classification The only official restriction which [ Board, but whether this board would ever existed in the Government serv- | be zble from the records thus pre- ice against the employment of mar- ried women, according to the best | « China, Rumania, Albania and at Tangier. —married or single—is the more ef- ficient in bus bobbed up again — today as one of the vexatious prob- diplomatic | 1ems troubling Government personnel i chiefs, with more champions for the Tepresentatives to Rumania, | married woman than for her single Albania and give. the sister. Washington Government full contact with all foreign capitals with which it has diplomatic relations, as vacan- Queen Quality Footwear For Spring At $ 6.50 Selection of American China, Tangier will Popular Prices 5750 sented to compare the relative -m-1 Establsshed 1916 assification Board disclosed that there exists at present, officials cies now existing in these posts are|gig this morning, no official discrim- the only ones in the diplomatic serv- tion: aet Plencdh buocen: Sy ¥ e rried woman in the Government Opera Pump for Dress Wear Shown in Black Satin and The ideal footwear for Spring, giving that perfect grace of line, elegance and beauty to the foot as well as enduring com- fort. Preserved Canton Ginger (In Stone Pots) sizel Pot; .. Flat Crepes, Crepe de Chines, Foulards, Laces and Prints lend a goodly measure of charm to these most enchanting dresses. agent to Tangier is needed. is an important pmh!sm. l"uwe\cr % much we may be urged to keep the| HaS No FReprspen sit single girls and to let go of the 74 capitals where the American|ricq ones, we are confromted with|y/ oo p nment has no classified diplo-|their efMeclency records, which in| y2-Size Pot. atic representation number but two|most cases, I believe, show the mar- ~—Constantinople and Moscow. Rear|ried women are giving the best serv- Admiral Mark L. Bristol, acting as|ice. We have not made a statistical high commissioner in Turkey, has no| check of this, but we have found it to diplomatic rights there, since Tela-|bo'true through long experience.” tions wlith that country remain g broken as a result of the Senate's R e fallure to ratify the Lausanne treaty| On the other hand, an official in an- g e other large department, representing, he belleved, the thought of other em- Some officials foresee in the present £o 5 : r ¢ possibilities of | Ployers of women in the Government situation with Turkey po s of | Ploy Al Coxermont ous embarrassment to » ARG s L opinion. not a matter of stands adjourned. Tri whether @ woman or girl is single or atiabiaiho OoeN married that in my opinion makes any difference in her efficlency. We have O it is feared, will sulfer in the| A1feronce fn S0 @ SR NS e dh:mi‘al. ’ osencs jof (iplomatic reP-l ey atand 1 ely, but T would say offhand ti matter of indi- dual ability. We have some married Beginning Friday, March 20th 2 . | women who are not worth much to e s I e okl the" Government, butfwatalol hayt N rcd b etary Kellog8 | ;ome single ones who are about as A Sensational Dancing Novelty appointments will be necessa G 8 3 . entation of the question that there diljon (o those Teaniced to Ml | had been formed, either in the office allo £ in favor of con- |, iy efficiency. It all depends on the vecan veral resignations s ST (_;]m"" fram his Enropean ALWIN HOSIERY—Full fashioned thread, new spring shades .... Queen Quality Boot Shop I 1219 F Street N. W. Faclusive Agents in Washington for Queen Quality Shoss. gw & S R S S S S T L e Muarso 3. E. Corner Of course, you can tuy dresses for less, but not of such fine quality as those in this group. Fur Borders for Coats and Ensembles A complete assortment of the most desirable furs to border your coat or ensemble suits. Bring in yours and have it refinished with fur. Aprointment and confirmation e There has been vigorous ob- | MemOry of officials of the Civil Serv- | ferday of Peter Augustus Jay of |jcction, however, to married women | ICe: waS in the postal service, which | Rhode Tsland as Ambassador to Av- |in‘ine Government service from many | D8 since removed the restriction. At | Ivania as Minister to s s mo! 8 a here had | _made of ¥ wn material 5.00. and George L. Kre Married Women Steadler. . been @ promidition against the em- | o ‘“ “°"I’ °J:}""n ':l l“:h‘ S #TMa treat Model Minister to Paraguay brought the list our department that|ployment of married women in the | hey Will be just as sty s o NEoos 5 lz | Mown (n Tan Calf, of American ambassadors and mini -d women ure more ef-|fleld service from 1902 to 1921, but | ‘°K'"F % * PeW At Our New Address treet Patent Leatior and ters to South and Central American |ficient and steady than the single ce the latter date it has not been FURRIE] 4 i Fepublics 100 per cent completa f0r |ones we have. declared ono offiial | n cfect. ‘ EREIER, COATS FURS $6.50 the first time ears, | of one of the large departments, em-| The only restriction which might 20-32 Tlorlda - . y L S v t of America’s representa- | ploying thousands of persons. “The|operate against a married woman in - Lo 4 Following Fashion's Edict £ parts of the world now seem to be more unsteady. | the service of Unele Sam, it was ex- | U0 IHIRIGTT0TG0E ey is nearer completion t y plained by the Civil Service. Gom. with an array of ccretary Kellogg is ex- | trying to catch a husband, while oth-| mission, is the law which provide . ke rc endations tofers are busi ged in vying w at “whenwver there are alread: fill these remalning places without|one another an arln adjournment, will ask for recess ap- |like this, however.” i pointments. Successors will be sought | “In our attempts to carry out. the $ { Batirely New Model " for Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, tra President’s program of cutting down oa s With Bide Ribbom £ ferred from Peking to Berlin; for Mr. [ Government personnel in order to get d 4o Sherwn § Tt oicn b Jay, transferred from Rumania to the [rid of the great surplus of war-time i N 7, Kid ani. Pritont ntine, and Mr. Grant-Smith, trans- ' Government machine, this question ¥ ! ! oo ferred from Albania to Uruguay. An)of the single and the married woman Excellent selection $6.50 at $15.00 to $50.00. i ALBERT J. 0SGOOD 1720 H Street T AT A TS Magruder Inc. Best Groceries Conn. Ave. and K St Established 1875 IR Advanced Styles at Moderate Prices Russian recognition, if outward signs are to be trus still is as r Mavrice 13th and G Streets, N. W. :';‘l"‘;’fl“'n:’lfl;"’*""‘l T e 2%, | nor the names of thelr departments =d Eonconmen would be used. But it was evident ""l“”fln‘l“‘fi:: ”‘)”«_l“”*!'l _Slx‘-‘“]‘“ .. .|from the keen interest which was t is poss that other diplomatic| ,;;;5eq in each official by the pres- E xtr a sales- women ; extra wrappers and cashiers to sure prompt at- tention. Important 250 models will be held in boxes until 4:30 to pro- vide choice for 1 relationships, - . “hipS. | individual and President Coolidge, so far as is|PRIVANELT o of te de- mitted to President Coolldge by ap- triumph a1 the Alhamhbra Theatre. Parisi who pre- stil s the sg »pinions | Roown '“1&,’1":’1 “:’} :“]“‘fn“ji“"y’{ | partments were hesitant about ex- pEo & exed promise that neither their own names nen n. unusual program! appearing at Midnight pointees who hold office now through n- commissions glven them by President Harding have been received. While no announcement has been made, it would not be surprising if one or two were accepted. dance business women. Army Assignments. Col. Ralph B. Parrott, Adjutant Gen- etal's Department, at the Army War Gollege, Washington Barracks, has Been assigned to duty at Fort Hay Ohio; Lieut. Col. Eugene J. Ely, nance Department, at the War De- partment, to Fort Bliss, Tex.; Lieut Col. Walter Krueger, Infantry, at the Department, to the Naval War wport, R. I.; Capt. David Adjutant General's Depart- the War Department, to Honolulu, Hawaii, and Capt. Kenneth B. Busk, Adjutant General's Depart- ment, at the War Department, to Ma- nila, P. 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