Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1925, Page 21

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1925. TREND FOR REPEAL OFPERSONNEL ACT Transfer of Authority From Administrative Officers Is Attacked. Although there was no definite in Afcation where the first move might | come from toward repeal or revision of the personnel classification act. to-| day members of the Personnel Clas- | sification Board said there was a well defined trend toward repeal of certain | features of the act. which have been protested against by administrative heads in tne Government service in Washington. The latest assault upon the act, which has been criticized severely in =everal quarters, comes from a recent executive order by the President mak ing all cases for demotion or separa- tion on account of reductions of force subject to review by the boa Appeal Board Center. The attacks, which are not vet co hesive, center around the transfer of anthority and responsibility from the administrative officer within the de- partment to the outside agency—the versonnel classification board d as the instrument of appeal and re- View Members of the board and personnel agencies of the ¢ take the view that auth x sponsibility cannot be ed and that an administrative officer should have the tinal word with regard to the hiving and firing of employes, wher- aver the latter step is necessary on ceount of reduction in force. How far veaching the executive order mav be is ted by the fact inncithe ves who —ere recently oted ihe Vet crans’ Bureau may hoard for review i the 150.0dd em for dis m 1 from iment re- djusted compen Administrators Protest. Realizinz that their authavity ha heen challenzed, and that the responsi hility is ¢ heir province under the new prom i officers are &pirit of protest azainst the transfer f their right to hire and fire There is no nrotest against the a tions of the Personnel Cla Roard. which acts in an entirely impar- tial manner, but nst the act itselr. ines are being dra real test will come just before 1, when a large number of em-| ninies of the Gover stimated at ¢ sed from thy because of reductions in priations.” Their cases must all be reviewed and ar t under the ne r until his sal is approved by the personnel Besides holding up the pro ceadure” of the Government adminis tration. officials point out. the em- plovers are disturbed over the chal Tenge of the old authorii FORMER GOVERNOR DEAD. anot be E. L. Philipp. Thrice Wisconsin Executive. Suddenly Expir MILWAUKEE. Wis.. June 16 (). FEmanuel L. . died at a hos: pital here ¥ day after a day's ill nese. Death due to a weakened Philipp was elected Governor (| nsin for the first term in| Republican During his | life he was a political opponent of | 1nited States Senator Robert M.| La Follette ar durinz the last presi | dential cam; n spoke frequentlv in | the senior Wisconsin | Senator as a candidate for President. | He was a native of Wisconsin. -. Philipp is survived by his wife, son, Cyrus, and a daughter, Jo- sephine. BRANCH OFFICE IN U. S. | tions Under Dawes Plan. NEW Y railroads, of the Gern machine, and| which now function as a private cor- poration, whose profits are to be de-!| voted in large part to payment of reparations under the Dawes plan, | opened w Dhranch office on Fifth ave-| nue vesterday. The German Railways Company is the title of the 40.000-mile rail system since being taken out of government ownership under the Dawes agree- ment. Its agents here include Amer- jcan branches of the Leipziz Sample | irs and the United German Health | Resorts. SER T v | The order of the Maccabees has de- | cided to admit women to membership on an edual basis with men. but in separate lodges. | German Rail Interests Aid Repara- | | Serman | kbone | Your Allure Don’t imperil This NEW way solves women’s oldest hygienic problem so never a day’s charm is lost EING fresh and charming every day has ever been the average woman's problem. But today . . . the modern woman meets it with a smile. Science has supplanted the uncertainty of the old-time sanitary pad with protection that is absolute. You wear your filmiest frocks, your summery things in confidence. You motor for hours, youdance, youdine; you come In contact with others without a second thought. The name is Kotex . . . a method scientifically right. 1t absorbs 5 times the mois- ture of the ordinary cotton KOT DEODORI we sclentifically deod 2 No laundry. Discard ax easily as 2 p! No laundry—discard as easily as a piece of tissue Philipp. 63. three times | e of tissue. that e And Surf Experts | Save Lives of 13, e 'i By the Assocrated Press LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., June .~~The Hawaiian swimming s 5 moku, and his fel. rd experts erday were the heroes of the beach here, credited with saving the lives of 12 persons when the gas launch Thelma capsized Sunday night. Five of wnch party were drowned Defore the swimmers could reach them. but the bodies were recovered. The launch was starting on a fishing trip when it turned over. Kahanamoku and others of his party saved all who | conld keep themselves afloat until help came, bringing them ashore on their surf boards. i fhee u.s. “WORST BUSINESS | | ORGANIZATION IN WORLD” Former Judge Landis Expresses| View in Discussing Plight of | War Veterans' Families. By the Associated Prees. 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