Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1933, Page 10

W.iam C. Deming, Former - Commission Head, Sees ¢ Havoc in Economy Plan. The proposal in the new Senate econo- M, bill to transfer personnel records fiom the Civil Service Commission to those agencles to which they pertain *would Hterally blast the foundation from under the commission,” Willlam €. Deming, former president of the commission, said today in a letter to The Star, pointing to an analyzed state- ment from the commission showing just | this move weuld entail. . Deming, now engaged in publish~ a newspaper in Cheyenne, Wyo., described the proposed legislation ™ as “41 advised.” | The statement, which went to the Senate Economy Committee, is an am- plification of one forwarded a few days &go to the Senate Appropriations Com- mittes, | Departms | would be THE EVEYNG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1933. \WO admirals who have held the | Navy's highest command afloat | —commander-in-chief of the| United States Fleet—will retire | from active service the end of this month. | They are Rear Admiral Jehu V. Chase, chairman of the General Board, and Rear Admiral Frank H. Schofield, a member of the same board, The Na ent announced yesterday they retired January 31. Both | reached the statutory retirement age | of 64 this month—Chase, January 10, | and Schofield, January 4—and hence must retire by the first of the following 1 month, according to the new Govern- | ment policy. Distinguished Careers, Both men have had distinguished | naval careers, Chase, born at Patter- | sonville, La., participated in the block- | ade of Guba during the Spm)lsh-Amer-: ican War, and during the World War was commander of the battleship Min- nesota. After the Minnesota struck a mine off the coast of Delaware in Sep- | tember, 1918, he was awarded the dis- | tinguished service medal. R Since the war he served successlve-‘ ly as president of the Naval Board of Ordnance, commander of the battle- | REAR ADMIRAL FRANK H, SCHOFIELD, POTALREGETS - NGREASE 4.2 Dollar and Cents Gain Here for December Tops 50 Cities Reporting. last December showed the largest dol- |lar and cents increase of any place in the country over 1931, the amount be- ing $41,280.59, the monthly report of the Post Office Department from 50 principal cities showed today. Re- ceipts last year were $730,770.07, as compared to $689,480.48. On a percentage basis, the local of- fice was second with 5.99 per cent. The leader was Jersey City, with 13.52 per cent; in third place was Providence, with 3.08; Baltimore was fourth, with 3.72; Newark, N. J, fifth, 2.19; Hart- ford, sixth, 2.10; Boston, seventh, 1.85, and Worcester, Mass., eighth, .24. These were the only cities to show Pcstal receipts in Washington for | , the total receipts from the 50 $33,007,443.42, as compared with ,965,994.88, a decrease of u‘m.ul.«hor, 5.34 per cent, under December, 1831. In this connection, the Post Office! Department pointed out that receipts from the same offices for the June quarter of 1932, the last quarter under the old rates, were 17.53 per cent off from June, 1931, and assuming that without the increase in postal rates this ratio of decrease wquld have con- tinued, the receipts for last month would have been $28,836,865. This indicates, the department ex- plained, that the increased postal rates produced . about $4,260,000 additional Tevenue in December. ‘The department today also put out its monthly statement from 50 indus- trial cities. and these show receipts last month were $3,788,695.44, compared to $4,067,682.41 for December, 1931, which’ is a decrease of 6.86 per cent. There were 12 of these cities where | increases were shown. | ‘Window Cleaner Killed. MONTREAL, January 12 (®)—Will Drop, a window cleaner, died yesterday from injurles received when he fell 35 feet from a window sill. e Seven-tenths of the toys made in _ WILL FETE ROOSEVELT New York Legislative Writers to Hold Dinner February 23. ALBANY, N. Y., January 12 (P— The New York Legislative ‘Correspond- ents’ Association decided yesterday to hold its annual dinner this year on| February 23. has accepted dinner. The an invitation to the [at Correspondents’ Association, | in the United States. FLYERS ACTIVE IN CHACO ; (#).—An ‘official announcement yester- | President-elect Roosevelt | day said a Bolivian airplane had| trained a machine wards returning to its base and firing made up of men who “cover” the Capi- | on Fort Orihuela in the Gran Chaco tol and the Legislature, is one of the|In the Nanawa sector, the communique oldest organizations of political writers | said, patrols had engaged in”a brief A show, depicting | skirmish with no casualties. in song and comedy the outstanding | sections remained gquiet. | T political happenings in the State, origi- | F ' fh nated and acted by the association | members, is a feature. Moft::j’ a se ee organization will be elected next week. | Dori’t allow your false teeth to drop or slip when you eat, talk or laugh. Just sprihkle a little Kling on your plates. This new improved powder forms a comfort cushion—holds plates so snug, they feel and act like your own . No more danger of rocking plates—eating will again be a joy. 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KLING::: ASUNCION, - Paraguay, January 12| gun on the hospital | the port of Conception City, after- FIRMLY AND ot 'COMFORTABLY Good News for It pomnts out 14 operations that would { shi , commander of the Base| e handicapped by the suggested trans- | sob,, ATZona | Force, Pacific Fleet; member of the | fer of records and reiterates the com- | General Board, commandant 13th | mission’s argument for centralization of | naval district; and from September 17, | all personnel records in its own files, | 1930, to September 15, 1931, as com- with only that data left with the vari- | | s L0lds-Susceptibles Ty ous Government establishments asmay | b2 needed for pay roll and other re- quirements | Personnel in Industry. | handles its | more eco- t up one centralized record t up 50 or more such units ut the plant or throughout the “Such a ve several hundred | Rousand dollars each year.” as a regulatory | tection aust ha should not be re- e records of the | it was empha- ifs own recor | «@ired to depe agencies it regulates, sized at the outset. “To deprive the commission of the | sanction of the law by the repeal of all | laws and regulations providing for the maintenance by it of personnel records Would be a serious blow to the integrity | of the civil service system of appoint- ments. Under the proposal, there could be no effective check over the personnel records of the Government, but each department and establishment uld be authorized to keep whatever ords it wished in whatever manner i% wished without any regard for stand- afdization or uniformity of records or 1ar their value in the determination of cligibility for transfer, promotion, re- tatement, chonge of status, retire- t, ete. ‘Employes without proper classified afatus, or without any eclassified status ali, could be placed on the pay roll any department or office and receive c@mpensation under the proposed bill as tRere would be no requirement for ap- poval of records by the Civil Service mmission nor a requirement for such approval before the Comptroller Gen- efnl audits and approves the pay rolls.” Shortcomings Pointed Out. brief the shortcomings seen in the plan follow: sDepartments and establishments would keep records with no respon- =ibility whatever for proper maine- niance of ngporflonment in appointments between the several States and TTi- tgries. “Such divisions of functions would lead to chaotic results and, in fact, to a nullification of the apportion- nient law.” It would be practically impossible to administer the law and rules respect- iag temporary appointments, * Action on promotions would be de- layed until the departments could fur- nish fecords to the commission. “In- cidentally the preparation of such rec- ord is additional and unnecessary work for the department.” | Machinery for transfers, reinstate- ments and retirements slowed up. " BURNS PROVE FATAL Mrs. Ethel Hill, 38, of East Orange, N. J., died in Emergency Hospital yes- terday frcm burns received on Decem- Ber 21 when bed clothing caught fire in room in the Continental Hotel, North Capitol and E streets. Several relatives in an adjoining room rushed to Mrs. Hill's aid whea she was burned. The Pire Department ambulance was summoned and Mrs. HIll was tzken to the hospital Police have notified Mrs. Hill's son, Robert C, Hill of East Orange. and her brother, | William Lamont of New Brunswick, of ber death % would be Argentina’s Exports Decrease mander-in-chief, United States Fleet. Participated in Blockade, Admiral Schofield succeeded Chase | in command of the fleet. A native of | Jerusalem, Yates County, N. Y., he, like Chase, participated in the blockade of | Cuban ports in the Spanish-American | War and cerved in the Ordnance De- partment. In 1915 he commanded the craiser, U, S. S. Chester and assisted in transporting refugees from the Near East. Later, he was sent to Liberia to| support this Government in an insur- | rection there. During the World T he served on the staff of Admiral Wil- liam S. Sims, commander of American | naval forces in European waters. | Admiral Schofield helped Admiral Wil- liam Benson, chief of naval operations, in the negotiations at Paris, incident to the drafting of naval peace with Ger- many, He served in various capacities after the war, as a battleship comman- der, member of the General Board, commander of destroyer squadrons of the Battle Fleet and the Three-Power Conference at Geneva, was one of the naval members of the American repre- sentation. Prior to commanding the fleet he was commander of the Battle | Fleet. He holds the Navy Cross for | World War service, the Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, from the British government, and a Liberian decoration. . REALTY FIRM HEAD DIES | Albert W. Childs, Kansas City, For- merly of Massachusetts. KANSAS CITY, January 12 (8).—Al- bert W. Childs, 71, president of a_real estate and insurance company died at the home of a son, David, of | heart disease late yesterday. He was | born in Roxbury, Mass, and attended Roxbury Latin School there. Mr. Childs had a Summer home at | West Harpswell, Me. Other survivors include his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Childs of Cambridge, | Mass., and two other sons, Paul-of Mil- on, Mass., and Ralph of Brunswick, | €. | | | | City Urged to Save Insurance. WABASH, Ind.—Officials feel that since the city hall houses the fire depart- ment, the building is proof against flames and have decided to ask City Council to cancel $11,000 fire insurance, | thfreby saving the $216 annual pre-' mium. ligious school. Schesl 12 Centuries 0ld. 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