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American Banker—London. s | mated attrition, or T rch 61 jce normally should ten 8 | same THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C., THURSDAY., MARCH 13, 1930. GRADE AS MEASURING STICK | FOR ARMY Officers of This is the twelfth of o series of & ticles on the proposal, now pending b fore President Hoover and Congress, to revise and increase the pay schedules of the drmy, Navy. Marine o oni Coast Guard, Public Health Service and Coast and Geodetic Survey. The nezt article will appear tomorrow. BY DONALD A. CRAIG. While making it clear that they do not intend to attack the “general pro- * | priety and soundness” of the interde- partmental pay board's recommenda- tions for substantial increases in the pay of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and allied Government services, never- theless, many Army officers of the lower grades are not satisfled with the prin- ciples upon which the board has worked out the %proposed new pay schedule. This group expects to have an oppor- tunity to present its side of the case to the joint congressional pay committee when that body meets in the near fu- ture to undertake the serious task of revising the joint pay act of 1922. These Army officers call attention to the fact that the 1922 pay law, now in effect, is based largely on length of service, irrespective of grade, while the pay board has “made grade the con- trolling factor in pay determination.” Promotion Disparity Causes Unrest. “With grade adopted as a pay measur- ing stick,” said one of these officers to The Star's representative, “it is clear that, if there are irregularities or delays in promotion, then the hardship of those rmmowm delays will be empha- sized likewise in pay. Consistency is a poor satisfaction to the man who finds himself discriminated against both in promotion and pay. “There is already & seething under- current of unrest because of the promo- tion disparity, and Congress has been addressing itself to this problem for several years, Can it be considered feasible to add pay discrimination to the shoulders of those already bowed under these serious promotion burdens? “Yet that is just what the proposed pay schedule does and to the junior offi- cers—the captains and lieutenants— who, the joint congressional commit- tee has indicated, are most clearly in need of remedial rather than punitive legislation.” An officer who explained the point of view of this graup told the writer that there is no disposition on the part of these officers “to detract from the value of the study made by the interdepart- mental pay board, since there is no one in the service who has not felt the pinch of poverty in recent years and who has not witnessed the demoralization that '3 | has followed in the wake of inadequate pay.” Foresees Further Loss of Morale. “Nevertheless,” he continued, “it is the opinion of a large group of officers in the Army that enactment of the pro- posed pay schedules on the principles as by the board will cause still further loss of morale among those who will find themselves again the victims of a gross crimination.” For one outside the services and un- familiar with the personnel situation as it exists in the Army today, the subject is very difficult to grasp in 1t is technical l': thew extre:oe, involves forecasts as to proi e eat the best only an st e o e e, elimination of offi- and because it is cers from the service, pay i :hix;-nt I.: by seniority, and seniority de- B EURIY oD, gt o sery: hose of about the -4 g‘r;nl&mt“the e and receive al e same ay. 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Lower Rank Expect to Combat Proposal in Hearings Before Joint Congressional Committee. f | more than one at the bottom, while | relief expedition and the Philippine in- | PAY IS OPPOSED *» less service than the head, will be but majors, while the fortunate ones on the | crest are two grades higher, or full colonels. “This is the situation which was vis- g;ll&d :gzmn mm it by the framers e pay act, which is largely based on length of service, irrespective of grade, but which has been ignored by the authors of the. proposed pa: schedule, who make grade the control- ling factor in pay determination, with- out any provisions to lessen the hard- ships of the service differences just noted above.” Citing concrete examples of how the present law works with respect to this group, the officer pointed out that over a period of years from 1931 to 1947, with the pay years averaged because of two years' difference in service, a typical officer at the top of the group would receive about $6,500 more than one in the middle and about $15,500 one in the middle would receive about $9,000 more than one in the bottom group. Promotion Prospects Decide Difference. “It is at once apparent,” this officer declared, “that the real differences be- tween these typical officers is in promo- tion prospects.” Under the proposed pay schedule he pointed out that, with pag years av- eraged as before over this skme period, the same typical officer at the top of the group would receive about $28,000 more than one in the middle and about $40,500 more than one at the bottom; while the typical middle-group officer would receive about $12,500 more than the one in the bottom group used in this example. “Or, to put it another way,” he con- | tinued, “under the proposed pay prin- ciples the typical officer at the top of | the group capitalizes on his present fa- vored promotion status and is increased more than four times over the middle officer and more than two and one-half times over the officer in the lower part | of the group. “This is believed to be one of the problems which the joint congressional pay committee will be called upon to solve, bearing in mind that it is peculiar to but one of the services, the Army, and is r:ot. t‘txn‘e‘!;e%m. munfed uflu‘n argument agai e_general propriety and soundness of the Interdepartmental Pay Board’s recommendations.” ——e. MAN DRINKS POISON. Found in XLunch Room Phone Booth; Condition Not Serious. Leonard J. Matthews, 20 years old, of 59 Seaton place, is being held at Gal- linger Hospital for observation following what police describe as an unsuccessful attempt to end his life by drinking a qunnt}):x of poison in a lunch room in the 700 block of North Capitol street last night. Matthew was found slumped over in a telephone booth in the lunch room by | Edward Moran of 39 Seaton place, who | drove him to Casualty Hospital, where | Dr. Louis. Jimal treated Matthews and pronounced his condition not serious. Matthews, a pressman, told police of | l‘i‘v?th‘ precinct that he was tired of 8. KNUTSON BILL REPORTED. —_—— Pensions Committee Favor Veter-| ans’ Relief Fund of 11 Millions. The House pensions committee yes- terday reported the Knutson bill for immediate relief to 114,000 veterans of | the Spanish-American War, the China | surrection, at a cost estimated at $11,- 712,440, ‘The bill provides “a higher rate of pensions for veterans who served 90 | days during the war with Spain or less | than 90 days with a discharge for dis- ;bi'llty incurred in service in line of uty.” Consult your physician as to a suitable formula in nearby Maryland. B ‘.‘ E president; recording secretary; Partridge, Mary E. Hal BOOTH'S DAUGHTER 10 LOSE POSITION Salvation Army Leader Says She Must Quit to Write Father’s Biography. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 13.—Commissioner Catherine Booth of the Salvation Army, daughter of the late Gen. Bramwell Booth, will leave the army, but not voluntarily, to write the biography of her father, Mrs. Bramwell Booth, the general’s widow, declared today. Mrs. Booth said that her daughter wished to continue her work and write the book also, but that Gen. Higgins, new commander of the army, had de- cided that she could not do both. “I and my daughter are distressed that Gen. Higgins has insisted upon her giving up her work as leader of wom- an's soclal work of the army because she wishes to write her father's life story,” Mrs. Rpoth said. “As an officer she informed him that she wished to write the biography. To our amazement he told her to choose between her work and writing of the life. If she insisted on writing the biography she must relinquish her work. The announcement puts us in the wrong light and we are in great sorrow.” Mrs. Booth added that her daughter had decided to write the life and to say farewell to some of the institutions with which she has been connected. The Salvation Army War Cry yesterday announced that she would take a year's leave of absence. Salvation Army international head- quarters declined to comment on Mrs. Booth's statement. “The statement in the War Cry.” said a high official, “explains why Com- | missioner Booth has been granted 12 months’ leave of absence. Beyond that we have nothing to say.” MISS MAE HE.LM AT HEAD. Chosen President of Democratic ‘Women’s Educational Council. Miss Mae Helm was elected president of the District of Columbia Democratic ‘Women’s Educational Council at a meet- ing last night at the Washington Hotel. Other officers elected for the ensuing year follow: Mrs. Clara Wright Smith, first vice iss Mary E. Lazenby, second Mrs. Grattan Kerans, Miss Beaufort Kelley, corresponding secretary; Mrs. R. F. Noble, treagurer; Mrs. Willlam arliamentarian, and Miss and Mrs. Maude Murphy, vice president; auditors. Mrs. J. Borden Harriman was the speaker. Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—The Disarmament Conference is getting on pretty good. 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A Although Lady Lindsay is a natiye daughter of New York, having been Miss Elizabeth Sherman Hoyt of that city before her marriage in 1904, she apparently is not contemplating staying there for any length of time after her arrival, as word has been received at the embassy here that the new Ambas- sador and Lady Lindsay will come di- | rectly to Washington upen the landing of the Aquitania in New York. Ar- rangements have been made for the Ambassador, Lady Lindsay and Lady Lindsay’s secretary, Miss Boyle, to stay at the Mayflower Hotel until the new embassy is ready for occupancy. Sir Ronald will continue to use for official business the offices and_study of Sir Esme Howard in the old.British embassy on Connecticut avenue until he moves to his new home on a- chusetts avenue. The British embasy will lose another member of its staff in the departure of the air attache, W! 3 ington, who will be the 25th of this month Twistleton-Wickham-Fi Black Delays Flight. su by Wing Comdr. ennes. 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