GlassT T Ij ins Book i±lS. 65th Congress, 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. | ^?^™^"^ 3d Session. J ' ^o- ^365. INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. LET TEE ,/ FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING COMMUNICATION'S FROM THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPART- MENTS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS, SUB- MITTING SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES OF OFFICERS AND EM- PLOYEES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1920. December 2, 1918. — Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, , Wasliington, December 2, 1918. The Speaker of the House of Representatives. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress communications from the heads of executive departments and other Government establishments, submitting suppleraental estimates of appropriations for increases in statutory salaries of officers and employees for the fiscal year 1920, as foUows: State Department , 128, 450 Navy Department 7, 600 Interior Department 259, 320 Department of Commerce ' 106, 580 Department of Labor , , 22, 310 Department of Justice 33, 884 Post Office Department 8, 110 District of Columbia 1, 643, 828 State, War, and Navy Building 102, 600 Government Printing Office 32, 500 Library of Congress 50, 600 Superintendent of building, Library 10, 615 Botanic Garden 8, 500 Civil Service Commission 37, 950 Employees Compensation Commission 450 Total : 2,353,297 Respectfully, ' /^-'^(,t 37 W. G. McAdoo, Secretary, 2 increase in stattitoey salaries. Department of wState, Washington, November 12, 191S. The Secretary op the Treasury. Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith for presentation to Congress a statement of proposed increases in statutory salaries for the offices and bureaus of the Department of State for the fiscal year 1920. Present salary. Proposed salary. Increase. Chief clerk. $3,000 $4,000 $1,000 This change is recommended for the reason that within the past four years the personnel and work of the depai tment has enormously increased. From a total personnel of approximately 200 in June, 1914, the department has grown to a personnel of nearly 800 at the present time, or approximately a fourfold increase. A few- years ago the department did not occupy all the space in the south wing of the State, War, and Navy Building, but it now occupies both the south a.nd east wings and in addition a large building on the outside. In 1914 ths incoming and outgoing departmental pouches carrying dispatches from and instructions to our Diplomatic and Consular officers numbered 74 each week. Now they number over 150. The great expansion in the work of the department, illustrated by the examples cited, has thrown greatly increased duties and re- sponsibilities upon the chief clerk who is charged with the general supervision of the work and clerical force of the department. lu addition he is purchasing officer for the department and charged with the custody and responsibility of its property as well as having the practical superintendence of the buildings it occupies. The growth of the department has made his duties fully as onerous and responsible as those devolving upon officers of the other executive departments whose salaries are fixed by law at $4,000. Therefore it seems to me quite clear that the salary of this position should be raised to $4,000. Present salary. Proposed salary. Increase. Assistant law clerk. $1, 500 $2, 000 This increase is recommended for the reason that this officer is in reality assistant editor of the laws of Congress, is engaged in assisting in the editing of the statutes, which it is believed deserves much higher compensation than $1,500. The work of this assistant law clerk requires an intimate knowledge of legislative procedure; of research and of the indexing and arranging of laws, as well as legal training. The work being done by the assistant law clerk, in my opinion, fully justifies the increase of compensation from $1,500 ta $2,000. ^ ^ D. «f •• FEB Z\. 1919 INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. Present salary. Proposed Increase. Three chiefs of bureaus. Five chiefs of bureaus . . $2, 250 2,100 $4, £00 3,500 $6, 750 7,000 These increases are requested for the reason that since the outbreak of the war in 1914 several bureaus of the department have consistently and continuously grown in personnel and quantity of work requiring supervision and action. As already stated, the personnel of the department alone is now practically four times that of 1914, but the personnel abroad shows a still larger increase. In the legation in Copenhagen in 1914 there were 2 men in addition to the minister;: to-day there are 37. In Paris there were 8 where there are now 63, In the embassy in London there were 8 officers; now there are ap- proximately 115. A similar increase could be shown in the personnel of the consular estabhshments. In 1914 the telegraphic correspond- ence of the department averaged approximately 80 telegrams a day; now it averages nearly 500 telegrams a day. The pieces of mail received daily averaged, in 1914, about 260; at present the average is over 900. The total expenditures for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1914 amounted to $4,788,132.29; those for the fiscal year 1918 amounted to $8,856, 642,.59. These few figures will show the great increase in the quantity of work but they can not show the growth in the responsibility involved. New principles now have to be considered with no precedents for guidance, requiring therefore unusual investigation and preparation. The various chiefs of bureaus since the war began as well as before, have given their time and ex- perience without stint to meet the requirements of the situation. Some of them have declined tempting offers at the department's re- quest and from motives of loyalty and patriotism have yielded to it tneir experience and judgment, often under trying and difficult circumstances. Aside from the sheer value of their services, acquired from years in the department work, the salaries estimated would constitute a substantial expression of well-deserved appreciation. But it is not alone in the interest of the present incumbents that the suggested increases in these salaries are recommended. The responsibilities of the positions wiU, in the future, be vastly greater than they are now and if it should unfortunately happen, as there is reason to believe that it may, that the present incumbents should find it to their interests, when their obligations to the Government are discharged, to accept more remunerative employment elsewhere, it would be absolutely impossible to obtain properly qualified suc- cessors for the salaries now provided by Congress. This is no ex- aggeration but a frank statement of fact. As wiU be perceived, it is suggested that three chiefs of bureaus, namely, chiefs of the diplomatic, consular, and accounts bureaus, be paid $4,500, and that the remaining chiefs of bureaus be given sala- ries, of $3,500. The reasons are that the three officers first mentioned have far greater responsibiUties than their colleagues. The chiefs of the diplomatic and consular bureaus are charged with the administra- tion of the Diplomatic and Consular Services. , The chief of the Bureau of Accounts is chargetl, not only with the usual duties of a disbursing officer, but also with the handUng of the accounts of the 4 INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. department and of the foreign service and the transaction of a great deal of business of a financial nature incident to foreign relations, thus placing him in a considerably different situation from that in which mere disbursing officers of other departments are placed. It is hoped that Congress may see its way clear to make the increases suggested. Chief messenger 12 messen£;ers 29 assistant, messengers. 5 messenger boys 1 packer 6 switchboard operators 9 laborers 15 charwomen Present salary. $1,000 840 720 420 720 720 660 240 Proposed salary. $1,200 1,000 900 600 1,000 840 1,000 300 Increase. 1,920 5,220 900 280 720 3,060 900 These increases are requested for th6 reason that it is believed to be only fair that these employees should have more compensation in view of the present cost of living and wages being paid elsewhere. The Secretary of Labor has investigated the question, and the salaries herein recommended are understood to be in accordance with the conclusions reached by him after an e^caiiiinatioii of the subject. The total increases, therefore, in the,salaries '"oi the personnel now employed over that estimated for the n^t fiscaJ^year amounts in all to $28,450. /4 '''i I have the honor to be, sir, your ^bedient servant, '. 'Robert Lansing. V ... V Navy DepartmeIstt,' ^' SECREpVRY OF THE NaVY, Washington, November 16, 1918. Sir: J have the honor to submit the following statement for pres- entation to Congress of proposed increases in statutory salaries for the bureaus and offices of this department for the fiscal year 1920: Office of the Secretary: Assistant secretary Chief clerk Office of the solicitor, law clerk Office of the Judge Advocate General, chief law clerk Office ef chief of kaval operations, chief clerk Bureau of Navigation , chief clerk Office of naval intelUgence, chief clerk, in lieu of clerk of class 4 . Hydrographic office, chief clerk Naval observatory, chief clerk, m lieu of clerk of class 4 Bureau of Steam Engineering, chief clerk Bureau of Construction and Repair, chief clerk Bureau of Ordnance, cliief clerk Bureau of Medicine and Surgery , chief clerk Bureau of Yards and Docks, chief clerk Total. Present salary. $5,000 3,000 2,500 2,250 2,250 2,250 1,800 1,800 1,800 2,250 2,250 2,250 2,250 2,250 17,500 4,000 3,000 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,000 2,250 2,250 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 ?2,500 1,000 500 750 250 250 200 450 450 250 250 250 250 250 7,6£»0. INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. 5 The foregoing represent but a portion of the changes it will be necessary to make on the statutory rolls of the several bureaus and offices if Congress should decide to make permanent such positions as it may be found necessary to continue now filled by persons paid from lump-sum appropriations and carried as Naval Reserves. Many of these it will be necessary to retain and it will not be possible to hold them unless their compensation be made sufficiently attrac- tive. It is my purpose to have the whole question discussed with the appropriate congressional committee with the view to reaching a mutually satisfactory solution, which circumstances make necessary shall embrace appropriate provision for those men upon whom we have depended and must continue to depend for the proper dispatch of departmental business. I can not speak too highly of the valuable service rendered by the civilians occupying the more responsible positions since our partici- pation in the war became imminent. The organization of the Navy Department was such that when the time came for expansion, the work, exceptionally arduous and complex as it proved to be, was carried on without friction, without delay, and with results of which everyone can well be proud. This smooth working of its bureaus, and offices and their many ramifications was possible only for the reason that most of its principal clerks, all men of long experience in the Navy Department, remained at their stations heedless of the opportunities proferred them outside for salaries far in excess of what the Navy Department has ever paid, and these men formed the nucleus around which the largely increased but inexperienced per- sonnel was built. So, as I have said, the foregoing represent but a portion of the advancements it is desired and necessary to have made. Necessary^ because to keep them in our employ we must satisfy, as far as possi- ble, reasonable demands for compensation commensurate with their duties and capabilities, for I feel that with the termination of the war those concerns which have been doing business with the various branches of the Navy will be more than desirous of securing the assistance of departmental experts in the management and adjust- ment of their governmental business. Appended is an interesting and illuminating statement, prepared in the Bureau of Ordnance, comparing the pay of certain navy-yard (employees with that of departmental employees. Respectfully, yours, JosEPHUs Daniels. The Secretary of the Treasury. I]SrCEEASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. Statement showing pay of mechanics, laborers, and clerics at navy yards and stations and in the Navy Department. MECHANICS AND LABORERS, NAVY YARDS. 1913 1918 Per diem. Per annum. Per diem. Per annum. Machinist $3.52 3.76 5.00 4.48 2.00 SI, 101. 76 1,176.88 1,565.00 1, 402. 24 626.00 16 40 to nnt on Toolmakers 6 88 I "">' 1 s^ 2^ Masons, brick 6.88 6.88 3.68 2 153 44 Patternmakers 2 153 44 Laborers 1 151 84 CLERICAL FORCE, NAVY YARDS. 1913 1918 Average per diem. Average per amnum. Average per diem. Average per annum. Chief clerks $5.28 4.48 2.92 1.04 $1, 652. 64 1,402.24 907,96 325.52 $6.56 6.56 5.12 2.60 $2 053.28 Supervisory clerks . . 2,053.28 Clerks 1,602.56 Messengers '. 813.80 CLERICAL FORCE, NAVY DEPARTMENT. Average per annum 1913 1918 Chief clerks S2, 250 ?^, 250 Chiefs of divisions 2,200 Supervisory clerks 1,700 1,1-^0 500 1,750 Clerks . . .. 1,120 Messengers • 500 Department of the Interior, Was'hingto7i, October 23, 1918. The Secretary of the Treasury. Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the following proposed increases in statutory .salaries for bureaus and offices of the Depart- ment of the Interior for the fiscal year 1920: Present salary. Pr6posed salary. Increase. First Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary Assistant to the Secretary Commissioner of the General Land Office Commissioner of Indian Affairs Commissioner of Pensions Commissioner of Patents Commissioner of Education Director of the National Park Service Office of the Secretary, ne-i- positions: Administrative assistant to the Secretary Medical inspector Deputy disbursing clerk Clerk of class 3 Clerk of class 2 2 clerks of class 1 Type Titer repairer Automobile mechanic (in lieu of 1 clerk at $1,200)'. Electrician (in lieu of 1 skilled laborer at $900) 2 assistant engineers .$5, 000 4,500 2,750 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 4,500 $7,500 7,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 3, 600 2,250 2,250 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,400 1,400 1,200 1,200 $2,500 2,500 3,250 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,500 3,600 ■ 2,250 2,250 1,600 1,400 2,400 1,400 1,400 1,200 2,400 INOKEASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. 7 The increases in salary indicated are recommended because of the great volume of work handled and the increased measure of respon- sibility in dispatching the sam^e, coupled with the fact that the cost of living has so greatly increased ; the new places requested are neces- sary to the proper and expeditious consideration of the great increase in the business passing through 'the Secretary's office. Office of Solicitor for Interior Department. Present salary. Proposed salary. Increase. 2 additional assistant attorneys . 2 additional assistant attorneys ' 2 additional assistant attorneys. 1 medical expert $2, 000 $3, 000 2,750 2,500 2,500 $4, 500 500 1 In lieu ot 6 assistant attorneys, at $2,000 each. The salaries for assistant attorneys heretofore provided are so low in comparison with those obtaining in other departments and bureaus that offers of appointment to tried and efficient men have been declined on account of the small pay and meager prospect of obtaining a reasonable salary through promotion. Some of the most capable and efficient attorneys have in recent years resigned to accept more lucrative positions or places offering a greater opportunity for advancement. Under existing conditions the attorney whose duties require him to appear for the department with the solicitor in the courts of the District, and the Supreme Court of the United States, receives but $2,750 per annum for his services. It is apparent that this attorney and others of his associates whose work is perhaps equally as im- portant and difficult are very much underpaid, it is believed that only a sufficient number of the lower salaried positions should be retained to provide for attorneys newly appointed, and that one who shows himself qualified for so responsible a place should be afforded a reasonable prospect of promotion. The position of medical expert, created for this office, is some- what unique in that it is the only one of its kind in the department. Hence, unlike others performing technical work, there is no way one holding such position may be promoted, however worthy his services may be. It is one that calls for a thorough knowledge of medicine in aU its branches, including those usually specialized; necessitates practical' experience ; constant study and special train- ing, as well as familiarity with the pension laws and .practice therexmder. The present incinnbent has filled this position for many years in a most credible manner. He has been a graduate of medicine for 40 years ; has never ceased to practice and study his profession ; has served over five years as a medical officer in the Regular Army, and for the past 27 years has been employed in this department, engaged exclusively in medical work. He is a member of the Amierican Medical Association, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States and a member of the District of Columbia Medical Society. IlsrCEEASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. INDIAN OFFICE. Assistant commissioner Claief clerk Financial clerk 4 chiefs of division at $2,400 in lieu of one at $2,250, one at $2,000, and one assistant chief of division at $2,000. (One new position) Law clerk Private secretary Examiner of irrigation accounts , Draftsman Do... 20 clerks at $2,000, in lieu of that number at $1,800 each 31 clerks at $1,800 in lieu of that number at $1,600 each 38 clerks at $1,600 in lieu of that number at $1,400 each 2 clerks at $1,700 in lieu of that number at $1,500 each 68 clerks at 81,400 m lieu of that number at $1,200 each 32 clerks at $1,200, in lieu of that number at $1,000 each 34 clerks at $1,100, in lieu of that number at $900 each 2 clerks at $900, in lieu of that number at $720 each 1 messenger 4 assistant messengers at $840, in lieu of that number at $720 each 4 messenger boys at $600 each, in lieu of that number at $420 each Present salary. $3, 500 2,750 2,250 6,250 2,000 1,800 1,800 1,400 1,200 36, 000 49, 600 53, 200 3,000 81, 600 32,000 30, 600 1,440 840 2,880 1,680 Proposed salary. $4,000 3,000 2,400 9,600 2,400 2,400 2,000 1,600 1,400 40, 000 55, 800 60, 800 3,400 95, 200 38, 400 37,400 1,800 900 3,360 2,400 $500 250 150 3,350 400 600 200 200 200 4,000 6,200 7,600 . 400 13,600 6,400 6,800 360 60 480 720 The salaries now paid employees of the Indian Bureau were estab- lished a great many years ago, when prices and living conditions were entirely different from what they are to-day. Also, it is getting more difficult to obtain and retain satisfactory employees at the salaries now paid. The bureaus of the Government established in recent years pay larger salaries than the older bureaus of the Govern- ment. Outside commercial houses in recent years have as a general rule materially increased the salaries of their employees. In view of the greatly increased cost of living, the difficulty in procuring satisfactory employees at the salaries now paid, the great responsibilities connected with the positions of the officials and employees of the Indian Bureau, and in order to meet changed conditions and do justice to faithful employees, the increases sug- gested should be granted, it being understood that these proposed mcreases will not include the S120 increase now paid. General Land Office. Present Proposed salary. salary. $3,500 $4,000 2,500 3,000 4,400 5,400 6,000 7,500 2,000 2,400 18,000 21,600 2,000 2,400 16,000 20,000 8,000 8,800 7,200 8,000 12,800 14,400 7,200 8,800 16,000 18,000 28,000 32,000 24,000 28,000 10, 000 12,000 9,000 10, 000 10,080 12,600 2,000 2,400 Increase. Assistant commissioner , Chief law clerk , 2 law clerks, $2,200 to $2,700 3 law examiners of surveyors general's oflices, $2,000 to $2,500 Recorder 9 chiefs of division, $2,000 to $2,400 Assistant chief of division 8 law examiners, $2,000 to $'',500 4 law examiners, $2,000 to $2,200 : 4 law examiners, $1,800 to $2,000 8 law examiners, $1,600 to $1,800 4 accountants, at $2,200, in lieu of that number of clerks at $1,800 10 clerks, $1,600 to $1,800 20 clerks, $1,400 to $1,600 20 clerks, $1,200 to $1,400 10 clerks, $1,000 to $1,200 10 copyists, $900 ; clerks, at $1,000 14 copyists, $720 to $900 Depositary (receiving clerk) $500 500 1,000 1,500 400 3,600 400 4,000 1,600 1,600 2,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 1,000 2,520 400 INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. 9 These increases are considered necessary to keep in the service experienced employees, the loss of whose services would very seriously interfere with the proper conduct of the office, and to secure new employees to bring up to normal a very much depleted force. While employees may be, and have been, prohibited from going into other branches of the service where they would receive materially higher salaries for similar services, they can not be prevented from quitting the service and accepting positions with private concerns which are offering and paying higher salaries than can be paid under present appropriations for .this office. The condition of the work in the General Land Office is not nearly as current as it should be. The principal cause contributing to the arrears is inability to procure or retain experienced employees. Dur- ing the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918, with a force of less than 500, there were 177 separations from the office. There were 173 new appointments during the year, of which nearly half were tem.porary. The excessive number of temporary employees indicates the difficulty the office is confronted with; nobod} without experience can handle any except the simplest work of the office efficiently. To a large extent those who have left have been the younger and more efficient employees. The positions with salaries of $1,000 or less, which constitute about one-third of the clerical force, avails the office little, except for file clerks and others without experience. Salaries for the General Land Office were established more than 50 years ago, since which time salaries with private concerns have more than doubled, and the cost of living has more than kept apace. It is impossible to get satisfactory employees at the present entrance salaries, and in order to get absolutelj^ necessary employees higher salaries have been offered than are being paid to experienced em- ployees already in the office, only to be rejected in many cases by those to whom offered. To do this it is necessary to deny deserved promotions, /v^hich, of course, is unjust. Education office. Present salary. Proposed salary. Increase. Assistant commissioner Secretar5- to the commissioner Assistant specialists in higher education (2) Assistant specialist in higher education Assistant editor Specialist in foreign educational systems. .• '. . Clerks of class four (6) Clerks of class three (6) Clerks of class two (8) Clerks of class one (5) Draftsman Lantern-slide artist Multigraph operator Addressograph operator Messenger Skilled laborers {2) Chief clerk Specialist in higher education. Editor Statistician Specialist in charge of land-grant college statistics. Translator. Specialist in foreign educational systems $2,000 3,000 2,000 1,800 1,800 1,800 1,800 $4, 500 2.400 4; 000 3, 500 2, 400 3,500 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,800 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,000 840 2,500 4,500 3,000 3,000 2,200 2,000 2,000 S54, 500 2,400 8,000 3,500 2,400 3,500 10, 800 9, 600 11,200 6,000 1,800 1,600 1,200 1,200 1,000 1, 680 500 1,500 1,000 1,200 400 200 200 10 INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. These increases in the force and in salaries are requested because the work of the Bureau of Education has grown very ra]ndly in the last few years, the activities of the bureau are much wider, and there is reason to believe that the duties which it must undertake will be much greater in the immediate future. It is not possible to secure or retain persons qualified to fill these positions at the salaries now allowed because of the increased cost of living, the constant demand for the services of such people m other fields, and the higher salaries paid officers and teachers in schools and colleges and in all positions connected with the administration of public-school systems. National Park Service. Present salary. Proposed salary. Increase. $1, 400 900 900 $1, 600 1,200 1,200 $200 2 clerks . . 600 3 clerks - 900 The last two years have seen a remarkable expansion in the duties with which the National Park Service is charged, due, first, to the enactment of legislation creating new national park areas and alter- ing past administration of the park system; and, second, to the steady increase of popular interest in the parks. The volume of bus- iness transacted in the bureau has increased to correspond and much is in the form of correspondence and documents. The service's mails and files work, reflecting its activities, has almost doubled since the date of commencement of operations as an inde- pendent bureau. This important branch is in charge of a clerk, at $1,400, aided at times by a clerk at $900 and a messenger. This $1,400 clerk has not been promoted since July 1, 1914, and the respon- sibility resting upon him and the duties required of him, as well as the loyal, efficient service he has rendered while with the Park Service, and also with the Secretary's office, makes him especially deserving of promotion to $1,600. Were he to leave the service now it would be almost impossible to satisfactorily fill the position. The increase to $1,600 is therefore recommended with the twofold purpose of more properly compensating the holder of the clerkship and of retaining the present appointee. Respecting the increase in the two $900 clerkships to $1,200. If either place becomes vacant it will be impossible under present con- ditions to fill it with a competent stenographer. Indeed, it was with the greatest difficulty that the service secured and retained the pres- ent $900 clerks. Both are rendering exceedingly satisfactory service and it would be extremely detrimental to the National Park Service to lose them. They could both obtain positions outside at very much higher salaries. In fact, one of them since coming to the Park Service has refused two offers of positions, one of which would have carried a salary of over $1,300 per annum and the other $1,400 by now. The service can not afford to lose these young women, and it is earnestly hoped that the recommendation of the two $1,200 posi- tions, to take the place of the two $900 now provided by Congress, will receive favorable consideration. These promotions are due and richly deserved. INCREASE IN" STATUTOEY SALARIES. 11 Patent Office. Assistant Commissioner 2 chiefs of cleriral divisions. . 5 assistant chiefs of divisions. 3 clerks of class 4 3 clerks of class 3 13 clerks of class 2 1 skilled draftsman 2 skilled draftsmen 4 draftsmen 14 copyists Total. Present salary. S3, 500 1,200 1,200 1,000 Proposed salary. Increase. $500 4,000 9,000 5,400 4,800 18, 200 400 400 800 14,000 57,500 The total number of employees provided for the Patent Office by the legislative, executive, amd judicial appropriation bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, is 959. The estimates above sub- mitted make no change in this total number of employees, but propose a number of changes in grades and salaries. It will be observed that all the changes submitted, excepting only the Assistant Commissioner's position, appertain to clerical positions in the Patent Office. The duties of the Assistant Commissioner of Patents are very simi- lar and substantially commensurate with those of the First Assistant Commissioner, who quite properly, receives $4,500. An increase of $500 for the Assistant Commissioner would more equitably compen- sate him for the services he renders. In regard to the remaining proposals, touching clerical positions, it may be said, frankly, that they are made in view of a growing state of dissatisfaction and mirest in the Patent Office. The clerks in that office, almost without exception, believe that clerks in other departments uniformly receive higher salaries for similar work and in many instances for work less exacting and requiring less training and skill. They are told every day that wholly inexperienced young girls in large numbers are called to this city and appointed at $1,000, $1,100, $1,200, and sometimes higher salaries, with promises of pro- motion in from three to six months. It is not difficult to imagine the effect upon the. minds of those who, day after day, hear of these instances, and who are themselves able to verify a sufficient number to justify a belief that all rumors are true. As evidence of the truth of what is reported a telegram received recently by a temporary employee in the Patent Office is here quoted: Miss Grace L. Gillions, 504 Eleventh Street SW., Washington, D. C. Civil Service Commission certifies you for appointment if you desire appointment at $1,100 per annum, with assurance of $1,200 at the end of three months, and |1,320 at the end of six months. Report immediately to the undersigned, or wire your intentions. The Room Registry Office, 1414 H Street, will aid you in securing room and board. Capt. Geo. F. Daggett, Military Intelligence Division, 1330 F Street, Washington. And there is further good ground for complaint. The purchasing power of a dollar has now shrunk to a point where a salary of $1,200 to-day amounts to not much more than the equivalent of $700 or $800 five years ago. The Patent Office clerks have learned this by the painful trial of experience, and very many of them who have 12 INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. worked for five years or more without a promotion and who have little or no prospect' of promotion for five years in the future, are inclined to regard themselves as unfairly treated. They see mere novices everywhere engaged at as much or more than they receive after all their years of faithful service, and the result has been that a considerable number of the best of these clerks have sought, and a number have obtained, transfers to other bureaus under the Govern- ment with a view to receiving better pay; a larger number have re- signed outright — several to take positions at higher salaries in the notoriously underpaid profession of teaching. Others have sought to obtain promotions by interesting Members of Congress, who gen- erally express surprise at the existence of a condition of affairs such as is here set down. Very many others are continually begging to be promoted, and asserting that they can not possibly live on the sal- aries they receive. In drafting the above noted proposals for increases in salaries not only the cause of the clerks but also the general betterment of the office has been kept in mind. The reason for asking for two additional chiefs of clerical divisions is that the application and docket clerks of the Patent Office are each in an administrative position, exercising immediate supervision over approximately 10 to 15 clerks. Each should be made the chief of a division — one to be known as the application division and the other as the docket clerk division. If the above suggestion be adopted the Patent Office will have eight clerical divisions and it should have an assistant chief for each of these divisions. It now has only three assistant chiefs of divisions for six clerical divisions. It asks an increase of five assistant chiefs. At the present time, counting aU possible places, there are only 45 clerical positions in the Patent Office to which a clerk receiving SI, 200 can hope to aspire by promotion. In fact there are practically less from the point of view of a female clerk for it has never been the cus- tom to promote a woman to the position of chief or assistant chief of a division. To open up a prospect of promotion to those who are receiving $1,200 request has been made for three additional clerks of class 4, three of class 3, and 13 of class 2. These particular changes are regarded as especially desirable and aU but indispensable to the future welfare of the office. Also there is recommended an increase of 14 clerks at $1,000. The Patent Office has experienced great difficulty of late in getting suitable clerks who have passed the Civil Service examination to accept ap- pointment at $900 per annum, and this would be quite impossible but for the $120 additional compensation provided by the appropriation bin for the current year. A more regrettable feature in the situation is the fact that the Civil Service Commission does not submit to the Patent Office the names of the most competent clerks or typists who pass its examinations when called upon for certifications to fill $900 positions. This is due to no fault of the commission but arises from the fact that the commission certifies as a rule only the names of persons who state in their exami- nation papers that they will accept $900 or less. The better class of clerks and typists state in their papers that they wiU accept $1,000 to $1,200, and these are naturally certified to departments that pay cor- responding salaries to new appointees. A very large number of those INCREASE IN" STATUTORY SALARIES. 13 who accept $900 positions in the Patent Office seek releases shortly after beginning service, and several have presented resignations to accept positions at higher pay outside the Government service. The only remedy seems to be to provide salaries for this office corre- sponding to those paid elsewhere. The above proposals call for 40 new places in grades paying more than S720 per annum. The Patent Ofnce has a grade of copyist at $720 with 40 positions in that grade. It is desired that that grade be entirely discontinued. Only five of the bureaus in the Interior Department have such a grade and of these the Patent Office employs seven more copyists at $720 than the other four bureaus combined. The statement has been made that the Patent Office employs nearly one half of aU the $720 copyists serving in the entire departmental service. Dropping the $720 copyist grade in the Patent Office is recom- mended also for the reason that in that office for two years at least it has been filled almost without exception, and is now entirely filled, by temporary employees, possessed of the most indifferent qualifi- cations. The Civil Service Commission makes no attempt to certify names for this grade and it has been possible to fill or partially fill these positions only hj accepting those who have but nicely begun, or at best have just finished, an elementary course in typewritiug. Several of the employees in this grade are too young to take the civil-service examination, and of aU of them it may be said that, taken on an average, it requires 2^ to 3 of them to do the work of one good typist. Dropping this grade wiU reduce by $28,800 the salary in- creases otherwise proposed, leaving a net increase of but $28,700. The estimate for special and temporary typewriters for which the current appropriation biU provides $5,000 has been omitted this year in the belief that the better grade of help which the above recom- ' mendations would insure justifies this change. Among the proposed increases of salaries are one of $400, and two of $200 each for three $1,200 draftsmen; and four of $200 each for four $1,000 draftsmen. A comparison of the salaries paid draftsmen in any other branch of the Government service with the salaries paid in the Patent Office will show the basis of this recommendation. A table showing such a comparison, prepared as far back as 1916, is here reproduced : Branch of service. Number of draftsmen employed. Coast and Geodetic Survey Oflace of Supervising Architect, Treasury iSepart ment Quartermaster General's Office, WarDepartment'.! Bureau of Ordnance, Yards and Docks, Navy De partment Fourth Assistant Postmaster General.'. ......... Lighthouse Bureau, Department of Commerce Division of Publications, Agricultural Department . Chief of Ordnance, War Department.. . . Chief of Staff, Army War College Indian Office Forestry !!!!!!!!!!!! Hydrographic Office, Navy Department...!".!!".".!! Grand totals of 12 branches of service 276 Total of salaries paid. 837, 600 126, 900 24, 000 3,200 26, 200 8.600 17, 500 69, 600 11, 800 2,600 44, 020 34, 000 405,320 Average. $1, 709 1,692 1,600 1,600 1,445 1,433 1,346 1,344 1,311 1,300 1, 257 1,250 1,472 Highest salary. $2, 400 Lowest salary. $1, 000 2,400 1,100 1,800 1,400 1,800 1,400 1,800 1,200 1,800 1,200 1,600 1,200 2,200 900 1,800 1,000 1,400 1,200 2,000 900 1,800 900 Patent Office: Seven men, average $1,085; two grades, Jl,200 and $1,000. 14 INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. The Patent Office has had two vacancies in the $1,000 draftsman position for many months. One has been filled by a woman holding a temporary clerical position; the other has remained vacant, and neither the Civil Service Commission nor the appointing officers of the office have been able to find a sufficiently skilled person who would accept it. Those who at present are employed at this work are dissatisfied and some of them are asking to be released to take work elsewhere at higher pay. Total increase in salaries recom- mended $259,320. The foregoing statement is supplementary to the regular estimates and I have to request that it be brought to the attention of Congress. Cordially, yours, Franklin K. Lane. Department op Commerce, Washington, November 8, 1918. My Dear Mr. Secretary: The annual estimates of the Depart- ment of Commerce of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, include no increases in statutory salaries, but you are re- quested to transmit to the Congress for its consideration the following recommendations for increases: THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. Assistant chief cleric and superintendent, at -$2,250, in lieu of one cleric of class 4- — This increase is asked for in order that the salary of a worthy and capable employee can be made more nearly commen- surate with the responsibilities devolving upon him. He handles many important administration details, assists in the care of the building and its equipment, the supervision of the main- tenance force, and in the absence of the chief clerk and superintendent performs all the duties of that officer; is doing so to-day. He is a valuable employee and has an excellent knowledge of the departinent in general, having been connected with it since February, 1904. The position is well worth the salary requested, which is lower than that paid by some departments for similar positions. Chief, Division of Supplies, $2,600, in lieu of Chief, Division of Sup- plies, at $2,100. — There are two other chiefs of division in the office of the Secretary carrying $2,500 salaries. The duties of the Chief, Division of Supplies, are equally as important, and in the interests of fairness and good administration the salary attached to this office should be the same. Two assistant chiefs of division (one Appointments and one Supplies), at $2,000 each, in lieu of two clerics of class 4- — It is desired to assign one of these positions to the Appointment Division and the other to the Division of Supplies. The incumbents of these positions are clerks of class 4, with office designations as "acting chief of division" in the absence of their respective chiefs, and are justly entitled to the increase requested. The employee filling this position in the Appointment Division has an exceptional knowledge of civil-service procedure. The chief of this division is the departmental, and frequently acts as the Civil Service Commission's, representative on the examining board of the INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. 15 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. This and other duties necessitate the employee in question assuming the responsibihties of the chief of the division. The position in the Division of Supplies is similar to that in the Appointment Division, in that the incumbent possesses a thorough knowledge of the work peculiar to that division. The chief of this division frequently serves on departmental and interdepartmental committees, which necessitates the employee in question performing the duties of that officer. He handles much of the routine work of the office, is a v^aluable employee, and well deserving of the increase requested. Additional for cleric designated to act as deputy disbursing cleric, $300, to malce salary $2,100, now $1,800. — This officer is bonded for faithful and honest discharge of his duties, which include the signing of official checks in the absence of the disbursing clerk and the supervision of the general work of the office. The incumbent has been employed in the office for more than 15 years and is entitled to the increase asked. One chief telephone operator, at $1,400, in lieu of one cleric at $1,000. — It is desired to increase the salary of the employee who is in charge of the department's telephone service from $1,000 to $1,400. The department is fortunate in having a most expert and efficient em- ployee who could command a much higher salary elsewhere. The Civil vService Commission has consented to her promotion to the $1,400 class with the understanding that an estimate would be sub- mitted for the position of chief telephone operator at that salary. Similar positions piay as much and more in other, departments. Three in lieu of one slcilled laborer, at $1,000, estimated for. — One in lieu of one skilled laborer, at $900; and one in lieu of one skilled laborer, at $840. One of these positions is desired in order to more nearly compen- sate the man in charge of the departmental stable, who also acts as chauffeur to the Secretary of Commerce. This employee is most capable, efficient, and deserving of the slight increase requested and could readily command a much larger salary elsewhere. He has been receiving the same salary since July 1, 1911. The other position is desired for an employee who cares for and makes rej)airs to the various duplicating, folding, sealing, and stap- ling machines in the Division of Publications. The position requires unusual skill, and the present salary is entirely too small for the class of work performed. Two instead of one carpenter, at $1,000, estimated for. — One in lieu of one carpenter, at $900. This is in lieu of one carpenter, at $900, estimated for, in order to retain the services of the present employee who can command a higher salary outside the Government service. One chief watchman, at $1,000, in lieu of one chief watchman at $900. — It IS desired to increase the salary of this position $100 to better compensate the employee filling the same and to make it more nearly equal to similar positions in other departments. THE BUREAU OF LIGHTHOUSES. Superintendent of Naval Construction, increase from $3,000 to $4,000 per annum. — The present pay is inadequate considering the responsi- bility and work of this position, the qualifications required, and the 16 INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. compensation paid for similar services by shipbuilders, and the demand for men having the qualifications possessed by the present incumbent of this position. Assistant engineer, increase from $2,000 to $2,400 per annum, — This assistant engineer is engaged on marine engineering work, and the pay authorized is inadequate under present conditions for the quali- fications required and the responsibility of the position. Additional compensation for marine draftsmen, $1,200. — Great diffi- culty is experienced in keeping the positions of draftsmen in the bureau's office competently filled "at the authorized rates of pay, owing to the increased demand for draftsmen and the higher com.- pensation offered by shipbuilders. An increase of $1,200 is requested to enable the Commissioner of Lighthouses to pay additional com- Sensation to draftsmen employed on marine engineering work in the >ureau of Lighthouses, the pay of such draftsmen in no case to exceed a rate of $2,000 per annum. Glerl: at $1 ,600 per annum in lieu of cleric at $900 per annum, and cleric at $1 ,200 per annum in lieu of cleric at $900 per annum. — Owing to the difficulty in keeping the lower paid clerical positions compe- tently filled in the Bureau of Lighthouses and the increase of work requiring a high order of clerical ability, due to m,.ore • complicated methods of contracting for coal and other supplies and materials, the bureau's cooperation with other branches of the Government service, and commercial interests under present conditions, it is very desirable that the two present positions at $900 be abolished and in lieu thereof there be authorized one additional clerk in class 3 ($1,600 per annum) and one additional clerk in class 1 ($1,200 per annum). BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. The increase from $2,750 to $3,000 in the annual salary of Mr. Arthur J. Tyrer, deputy commissioner, is earnestly recommended because he is the one man in the office whom I regard as indispensable on account of his experience in the office covering nearly 16 years (9 of which have been as deputy commissioner), his entire trust- worthiness, and his knowledge of the relations to one another of the different branches of Government now connected with shipping, a knowledge which makes him useful to other branches of Government as well as to the bureau on the pay roll of which he is carried. Mr. William M. Lytle, chief clerk of the bureau, should be pro- moted from $2,000 to $2,500 per annum. This recommendation is based on the excellent work being done by this officer. He has been in the bureau since its creation in 1884 and has extensive knowledge of the details of each branch of the bureau's work. The increase in shipping and our cooperation with the Shipping Board have added materiaUy to his duties. Mr. Albert C. Kirwan, United States Shipping Commissioner at Baltimore, receives but $1,200 and is recommended for $1,500 per annum. The work of this office in the shipment and discharge of seamen alone has increased nearly 500 per cent since 1914. He has been in the service for years, has a family, and should be paid a living wage. Much additional work devolves on him as well as on the other shipping officers because of the existing requirements in regard to identification of seamen, etc. INCEEASE IN" STATUTORY SALARIES. 17 Mr. Augustus R. Smith, United States Shipping Commissioner at Philadelphia, is receiving $2,400, which should be increased to $3,000 per annum. This recommendation is based on the material increase in the importance of the work at that port. I am informed that Mr. Smith is one of the most efficient of our shipping commissioners. Mr. Smith E. Reynolds, United States Shipping Commissioner at New Orleans, La., is receiving $1,500 per annum and should have $2,000. The work at this port has increased since 1914 over 400 per cent in the shipment and discharge of seamen alone. Mr. Reynolds also is an excellent officer, takes especial interest in his work, and is entitled to this increase. THE BUREAU OF STANDARDS. I desire to call your attention to a very serious situation at the Bureau of Standards in connection with the salaries of its leaders. These salaries are nowhere near those paid by the industrial concerns for the same grade of service, nor are the increases submitted based upon present conditions. Indeed, these increases were submitted three or four years ago and represent what should have been paid at that time. In most cases the salaries of om' leaders are not over 50 per cent of those paid elsewhere. There can be but one result, namely, a serious deterioration of the quality of the Bureau's per- sonnel; this needs no argument from me. During the past three or four years the bureau has lost many of its best men. The loss of these men leads to inefficient work and tends to destroy the bureau's usefulness to the public, and I recommend the specific increases in salaries submitted herewith. The salary of the chief phvsicist and chief chemist should be raised to $5,500 or $6,000 per year." The three division chiefs, now receiving $3,600, should be raised to $4,500. The secretary should receive an increase to $2,700 or $3,000. The salary of the chief mechanician and superintendent of shops should be increased to $3,000. The superintendent of the mechanical plant should be raised to $3,000. The chief clerk should be increased to $2,500. ■ The photographer should be increased to $1,600. The superintendent of the woodworking shop should be increased to $1,800. The salary of the glass blower should be increased to $1,800. The salary of the foreman of janitors and laborers should be in- creased to $1,200. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. Chief, printing and sales section. — This is an important and respon- sible position, and the salary of $2,000, appropriated July 1, 1918, is much below fair compensation for the ability required and duties performed. This section prints, stocks, and distributes the 662 different charts issued by the Coast Survey. The output is about 250,000 prints per H. Doc. 1365, 65-3 2 18 INCEEASE IN STATTJTOEY SALARIES. annum. From 40 to 50 persons are employed. Its chief is held responsible for keeping the bureau's charts in print and maintaining a constant supply corrected to date and immediately available. This responsibility during war time has been particularly grave. The successful carrying on of these duties requires technical knowledge and business training, together with ability to direct the work of others. In the United States Geological Survey S4,000 is paid for similar work. It is recommended that a salary of not less than S2,400 be provided for this position. Salaries: Aids. — It is also recommended that instead of 19 aids at $1,000 each 16 aids at $1,100 each be provided, making the total number of aids 26, at $1,100. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. Deputy commissioner, ^4,000 {increase of $500).— The inadequacy of the salary of the Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries, as compared with the salaries of deputy commissioners or assistant chiefs of other technical or scientific bureaus of the Government, is shown in the following tabulation : Establishment. Salary. Ratio to salary of chief. EstabUshment. Salary. Ratio to salary of chief. Patent Office $4,000 3,250 4,500 4,000 4,000 4,000 Per cent. 90 65 90 80 80 88 Bureau of Biological Survey . . S3, 250 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,500 Per cent. 9a Weather Bureau 88 Bureau of Plant Industry Forest Service Bureau of Lighthouses Coast and Geodetic Survey . . . 80 60 Bureau of Chemistry 58 Bureau of Entomology The present occupant of this position entered the Fishery Service through competitive examination in 1896, and after most acceptably filling various technical positions in regular course, was appointed deputy commissioner in 1915. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with the degree of doctor of philosophy, and was rec- ommended for this position because he was generally adjudged as being preeminently qualified therefor by training, experience, and practical demonstration of fitness. Four assistants in charge of divisions ofJisJi culture, inquiry respect- ing food fisJies, and fisheries industries, and Alaslca service, at $3,500 {increase of $800, $800, $1,000, and $500, respectively).— E&ch of these positions, together with that of assistant in charge of Alaska service, for which provision is made in the regular estimates, requires a man with long technical training and experience. These positions are filled by highly qualified men whose work is most efi^ective and meets with the hearty support of the fishery interests and the general public. The importance of the duties and the results achieved in making pos- sible and promoting the increased consumption of aquatic products merit full recognition by Congress. The present salaries in two cases are less than were formerly paid, and are very materially under the salaries allowed for corresponding positions or similar services in other bureaus of the Department of Commerce and in other departments. The following compilation, based on the Official Register for 1917, INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. 19 indicates that the maximum and average salaries paid to division chiefs or similar officials in 12 other Government bureaus are uni- formly higher than in the Bureau of Fisheries. It should be pointed out that some of the positions herein considered carry less responsi- bility than do the -compared positions in the Bureau of Fisheries, since the incumbents are charged merely with the direction of special investigations or particular laboratories. Comparison of salaries of corresponding grades in several departments and bureaus. Department and bureau. Positions compared. Number of posi- tions. Maxi- mum, salary. Average salary. Department of Agriculture: Bureau of Animal Industry 10 26 9 21 4 8 4 4 24 5 9 5 4 $4,500 4,500 3,750 4,000 3,750 3,500 3,250 4,000 4,500 5,000 4,800 4,000 2,700 $3,452 3,633 3,328 Bureau of Chemistry Chemist in charge laboratories... In charge of investigations Entomologist in charge 3,202 3,187 3,281 Bureau of Biological Survey 2,937 Chief of office 3,755 Department of the Interior: 3,468 Chief of division 4,840 Department of Commerce: Chemist or physicist 3, 766 Chief of division, engineer Assistant in charge or chief agent. 3,140 Bureau of Fisheries 2,600 From this table it appears that in 12 bureaus of 3 departments, excluding the Bureau of Fisheries, the average salary paid to chiefs of divisions or similar positions is $3,473, while in the Bureau of Fisheries it is $2,600. In considering 7 of these bureaus with which comparisons are practicable for 1907 and 1917, there develops the fact that, whereas in the Bureau of Fisheries there was in that period no increase in salaries in the positions in question, in each of the other 7 bureaus there was such an increase, which, for the maximum salaries obtainable, averaged 28 per cent. Field force, division offish culture. — Two field station superinten- dents at $2,200 each (increase of $400) ; 38 superintendents at $2,000 each (increase of $500); 17 foremen at $1,500 each (increases of $540, $500, $420, and $300); 46 fish culturists at $1,200 each (increases of $240 and $300); 113 apprentice fish culturists at $900 each (increases of $300, $180, and $120), including 6 already receiving $900; 5 car captains at $1,500 (increase of $300); 6 car messengers at $1,200 each (increase of $200) ; 5 assistant car messengers at $1,000 each (increase of $100); 5 apprentice car messengers at $900 each (increase of $180); 5 car cooks at $720 each (increase of $120); 9 machinists at $1,200 each (increase of $240); 5 engineers at stations at $1,200 each (in- creases of $100, $120, and $200); 17 firemen at stations at $900 each (increases of $180 and $300); 1 laborer at $720 (increase of $120); 2 coxswains at $900 each (increase of $180). This readjustment in the division of fish culture is imperatively demanded by the changed industrial and living conditions since the present salary scale was estabhshed upward of a quarter of a century ago and by the recent experience of the bureau in obtaining qualified men. For several years it has been most difficult to induce desirable persons to enter the service at the meager salaries offered, and the 20 INCREASE IN STATTTTORY SALARIES. entire field personnel has become disorganized in .consequence. The situation is most serious as regards the lower grades, but an advance all along the line is necessary in order that the bureau may properly conduct its operations. On October 1, 1918, out of 95 positions of apprentice fish culturist, there were 60 that were either vacant or temporarily filled without regard to the civil service requirements, and the entire force in this and similar grades is constantly shifting. Local unskilled helpers temporarily employed to do the work for which some technical knowledge and skill are desirable have to be paid two or three times the wages of statutory employees. Local agent, Boston, Mass., $600 {increase of $300). — This increase is requested by the necessity of making no discrimination against the position of local agent at the country's most important fishing port and of paying him the same salary that is allowed other local agents. Chief messenger, $900 {increase of $180). — It is intended to reward by this small increase the faithful performance of duty by an employee who has been over 30 years in this service. He is on hand early and late, and ever willing, painstaking, industrious, and capable. The pay he receives is disproportionate to his service and is less than is given in other branches of the Government service. Lihrarian, $1,800 {increase of $300). — The library of the bureau contains the best collection of books on fish, fisheries, and related subjects in the world. It consists of over 30,000 books and periodi- cals in Washington and approximately 20,000 at the several labora- tories in the field. The salary of the librarian should be commensu- rate with the specialized knowledge and training required and with that paid in similar libraries of the Government. In the Coast Survey and the Bureau of Education the salary of the librarian is $1,800, and in the Bureau of Mines, Patent Office, and Bureau of Public Health Service, $2,000. . Glerl, Seattle office, $1,200 {increase of WO). —Withthe demand for comj)etent stenographers and typewriters in the Pacific coast cities, it is impossible for the bureau to fill this position at the salary now allowed. Two agents at Prihilof Islands, AlasTca, at $2,400 {in lieu of 2 agents and caretalcers at $2,000). — With the resumption of commercial seal- ing at the Pribilof Islands on a large scale, and with the greatly added responsibilities and duties imposed on the department's chief representatives as a result of an economical prosecution of the sealing industry, the position of "caretaker" becomes anomalous, and the salary attached to the position is not commensurate with its importance and responsibility and with the financial and other interests involved. The business of the Pribilof Islands yields an annual revenue to the Government that now amounts to more than a mifiion dollars and will rapidly increase during the next few years. The salaries now paid the agents are very much less than were provided by Congress while the Pribilof Islands were in an unproductive and generally unsatisfactory condition. The pay of agents now, amount- ing to $4,000 a year, is to be compared with their pay for many years prior to 1913, amounting to $8,760 a year. INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. 21 FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE. The salaries of the two assistant chiefs of bureau should be increased S1,000 each, viz, the salary of the first assistant chief should be raised from $3,500 to $4,500, and the salary of the second assistant chief should be raised from $3,000 to $4,000. The work of these two administrative officials is of a high grade and by no means mechanical. The first assistant chief has supervision of the technical research and statistical divisions of the bureau and the second assistant chief directs the work of the foreign service and trade promotion divisions. Both of these officials have, since their tenure of office, had offers made to them at much higher salaries. The salaries as recommended are not in excess of salaries for similar responsible positions in Gov- ernment organizations in Washington, and are decidedly less than salaries paid by commercial organizations and business firms for work of a similar character. The salary of the chief clerk should be raised from $2,250 to $2,750 per annum. When the present salary was established, July 1, 1890, it v/as for the chief clerk of the old Bureau of Statistics, which is now only a division in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The chief clerk is the ranking administrative officer, next to the director of the bureau and the two assistant directors, and he has a large measure of personal responsibility for the administrative work as well as being responsible for the purchase and supervision of sup- plies and equipment for the field oflices located both at home and abroad. Since July 1, 1890, the work of the bureau has been con- siderably expanded, all of which has meant increased burdens upon the chief clerk. This sum is not in excess of that paid by other large bureaus in Washington involving similar responsibilities. The present salary of the chief of the Research Division is $2,500, but it should not be less than that of the other division chiefs, who now receive $2,750, as his duties are comparable and his qualifications no less exacting. He directs the general foreign research of the bureau,, outside of the specialized far eastern and Latin American fields, using for this purpose the principal foreign journal, both official and commercial, foreign commercial magazines and newspapers, reports of other Governments, and similar material. It is felt that the chief of the Division of Trade Information should be promoted from $2,000 to $2,750, a salary equal to that of other division chiefs. He has charge of the bureau's correspondence of a commercial nature. Under him are trained correspondents and the major portion of the stenographic staff. The range of his knowledge is of necessity broad in its scope, involving both technical foreign trade questions as well as commercial problems. An increase of $500 is asked for the position of editorial assistant. The editorial assistant acts as assistant chief of the editorial division. This position requires editorial training and technical familiarity with printing methods, for he handles the bulk of the material which must be prepared for the printer. Present salary is $2,000. The two messenger boys employed in the bureau should have their salaries increased from $420 to $480 per annum, which is the lowest salary paid in most other Government departments for service of thi& kind. Yours, very truly, William C. Redfield, The Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary 22 INCREASE IN STATUTORt SALARIES. Summary. Present. Proposed Increase. Office of the Secretary: Assistant chief cleric and superintendent, in lieu of clerk class 4 . Chief di\'lsion of supplies Two assistant chiefs of division Deputy disbursing clerk Chief telephone operator Skilled laborer ;.. Do... Carpenter . Chief watchman Total. !?ureau of Lighthouses: Superintendent of naval construction. Assistant enctineer Marine draftsmen, additional salary. . Clerk :... Do Total. IJureau of Navigation: Deputy commissioner. . Chief clerk Shipping commissioner- Baltimore Philadel phia New Orleans Total. bureau of Standards: Chief phj'sicist., Chief chemist Three physicists and chemists. . . Secretary Chief mechanician Superintendent Chief clerk Photographer Foreman woodworking shop Glass blower — Foreman of janitors and laborers. Total. Jiureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce: Assistant chief Do Chief clerk Chief of division — Do Editorial assistant 2 messenger boys Total. Coast and Geodetic Survey: Chief, printing and sales 16 aids in lieu of 19 Bureau of Fisheries: Commissioner's office — 1 deputy commissioner Assistants in charge of divisions— 1 fish culture — 1 inquiry respecting food fishes 1 fisheries industries 1 Alaska service 1 li brarian 1 local agent, Boston, Mass 1 chief messenger 1 clerk, Seattle oflice Field service — Alaska service— 2 agents, Pribilof Islands (in lieu of agents and caretakers) • Employees at large — 2 field station superintendents 2 fish culturists ^ ^ - . . . Do 6 machinists 2 coxswains — $1,800 2,100 1,800 1,800 1,000 840 900 900 3,000 2,000 900 900 2,750 2,000 1,200 2,400 1.500 4,800 4,800 3,600 2,200 1,800 2,500 2,200 1,400 1,500 1,600 900 3,500 3,000 2,250 2,500 2,000 2,000 420 $2, 250 2, 500 2,000 2,100 1,400 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 4,000 2,400 1,600 1,200 3,000 2,500 1,500 3,000 2, 000 5,500 5,500 4,500 3,000 3,000 3,000 2,500 1, 600 1,800 1,800 1,200 4,500 4,000 2,750 2,750 2,750 2,500 480 2,000 2,400 1,000 1,100 3,500 4,000 2,700 3,500 2,700 3,500 2,500 3,500 3,000 3,500 1,500 1,800 300 600 720 900 900 1,200 2,000 2,400 1,800 2,200 960 1,200 900 1,200 960 1,200 720 900 Net decrease, $1,000. INCREASE IN" STATUTORY SALARIES, Summary, — Continued . 23 Present. Proposed. Increase. Bureau of Fisheries — Continued. Field service— Continued. Distribution (car) employees— 5 car captains 6 car messengers 5 assistant car messengers. . . 5 apprentice car messengers. 5 car cooks Station employees — 38 superintendents 14 foremen ^ 1 foreman Do Do 4 fish culturists 38 fish culturists 6 apprentice fish culturists. . I apprentice fish culturist. . . II apprentice fish culturists. 95 apprentice fish culturists. 1 engineer Do 3 engineers 3 machinists 7 firemen 10 firemen 1 laborer Total. ..^ Grand total increase . SI ,'200 1,000 900 720 600 1,500 1,200 1,080 1,000 960 960 900 900 780 720 600 1,100 1,080 1,000 960 720 600 600 $1,500 1,200 1,000 900 720 2,000 1,500 1,500 1, 500 1,500 1,200 1,200 900 900 900 900 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 900 900 720 $1,500 1,200 500 900 600 19,000 4,200 420 500 540 960 11,400 120 1,980 28,500 100 120 600 720 1,260 3,000 120 87,400 106,580 Department of Commerce, Washington, November 13, 1918. Dear Sir: In view of the report of the Secretary of Labor, con- taining a comparison of salaries paid by private establishments and the Federal Government for mechanical and subclerical j^ositions, I have to request that you transmit to Congress for its consideration in connection with the estimates" for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1 920 my recommendation that the salaries attached ta the following positions in the District of Columbia be increased as indicated: Carpenter $1, 680 Pattern maker and carpenter , 1, 680 Cabinetmaker 1, 800 Engineer 1, 800 Chief engineer and electrician 2, 000 Assistant engineer 1, 560 Electrician 1, 680 Watchman 1,000 Chief watchman 1, 200 Elevator conductor 1, 000 Fireman 1, 252 Messenger 1, 000 Assistant messenger 900 Messenger boy 600 Skilled laborer 1,600 Laborer 1, 000 Telephone operator 1, 000 These increases are necessary to insure the retention of a sufficient force of trained employees to properly perform the duties of the positions enumerated. Yours, very truly, William C. Redfield, Secretary. 24 INOEEASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. Department of Labor, Washington, November 5, 1918. The Secretary of the Treasury. Sir: I have the honor to recommend under the following-named appropriations to be made, for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, the following increases in statutory- salaries : Esti- mated salary. Proposed salary. Increased salary. OfBce of Sscretary of Labor: Assistant Sscretary Chief clerk ■. Private secretary to Secretary Confidential clerk to Secretary Private secretary to Assistant Secretary. Appointment clerk Bureau of I^abor Statistics: Commissioner Deputy commissioner Chief statistician Editor in chief Three statisticians Do Four employees Bureau of Immigration: Commissioner General Assistant Commissioner General Children's Bureau: Chief Assistant chief Private secretary to chief of bureau Bureau of Naturalization: Commissioner of naturalization Deputy commissioner of naturalization. . Total. $5,000 3,000 2,500 1,800 2,100 2,100 5,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3, 000 3,000 2, 760 5,000 3,500 5,000 2,400 1,500 4,000 3,250 S7,500 4,000 2,750 2,250 2,400 2,500 6,000 4,500 4,500 4,200 1 3, 800 1 3, 400 13,000 6,000 4,500 6,000 3,500 1,800 6,000 4,500 $2, 500 1,000 250 450 300 400 1,000 1,500 1,500 1,200 2,400 1,200 960 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,100 300 2,000 1,250 22,310 1 Each. It is also recommended that the entrance salary for all first-class clerks, stenographers, etc., be fixed at $1,200 per annum; that the entrance salary for minor clerical positions be fixed at $1,000 per annum, that the salary of engineer be increased from $1,100 to $1,800 per annum, that the salary of electrician be increased from $1,000 to $1,680 per annum, that the salary of skilled laborers be increased from $840 to from $1,000 to $1,600 per annum, that the salary of firemen be increased from $720 to $1,252 per annum, that the salary of messengers be increased from $840 to $1,000 per annum, that the salary of telephone operators be increased from $720 to $1,000 per annum, that the salary of elevator conductors be increased from $720 to $1,000 per annum, that the salary of watchmen be increased from $720 to $1,000 per annum, that the salary of assistant messengers be increased from $720 to $900 per annum, and that the salary of laborers be increased from $660 to $1,000 per annum. It is further recommended that because of war conditions, and the resulting higher cost of living, the per diem in lieu of subsist- ence allowance be raised from $4 to $6. Cordially, yours, W. B. Wilson, Secretary. INCBEASE IN" STATUTORY SALAEIES. 25 Office of the Attorney General, Washington, D. C, October 15, 1918. The Secretary of the Treasury. Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following increases in statutory salaries under the appropriation to be made for "Salaries, Department of Justice, 1920," under the subdivisions "Office of the Attorney General" and "Division of Accounts": Present salary. Proposed salary. Increase. Chief clerk Private secretary and assistant to Attorney General . Chief Division of Investigation One examiner Chief Division of Accounts , Chief bookkeeper and record clerk One accountant in lieu of clerk of class 3 S3, 500 3,000 4,000 2,500 2,750 2,200 1,600 Total. $4, 000 4,000 5,000 3.000 3, 500 2,500 2,000 1,000 1,000 500 750 300 400 4,450 I also transmit herewith the following recommendations sub- mitted by the various solicitors: • Present salary. Proposed salary. Increase. Solicitor of Internal Revenue S5, 000 $7,500 $2,500 Solicitor for the Department of Labor: 2,000 3,600 1,200 840 2,500 4,500 1,600 1,000 500 Two law clerks at S2,250 in lieu of two at SI, 800 900 One clerk of class 3 in lieu of one of class 1 400 Messenger , 160 Total 1,960 Solicitor for the Department of Commerce: 5,000 3,000 1,400 1.400 1,200 840 6,500 4,000 2,250 2,000 1,800 1,000 1,500 1,000 Assistant solicitor ; One law clerk at $2,250 in lieu of one clerk of class 2 850 600 One clerk of class 4 in lieu of one of class 1 600 Messenger 160 Total .' 4,710 It is further recomm-ended that changes be made as follows from the salaries carried by the field appropriations specified: Present salary. 1 Inspection of prisons and prisoners— Assistant superintendent of prisons. . $2,500 $3,000 $500 United States Penitentiarv, Leavenworth, Kans.: 3 captains of watch, from $1,000 to $1,200 each 3,000 21,000 3,600 24,000 600 25 guards, from $70 per month to $80 per month each 3,000 Total 3,600 United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Ga.: 3 captains of watch, from $1,000 to $1,200 each 3,000 16, 800 3,600 19,200 600 20 guards, from $70 per month to $80 per month each 2,400 Total . . . 3,000 26 INCREASE IN STATUTOEY SALABIES. Present salary. Propo.sed salary. Incre.i3ii. United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island, Wash.: Warden S2,000 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,000 1,200 21,000 $2,500 1,800 1,800 1,600 1,500 1,500 1,500 30,000 $500 Deputy warden 600 Chief clerk 600 Physician 400 Superintendent of boats 300 Steward and cook 600 Engineer and electrician 300 25 guards from $70 per month to $100 per month each 9,000 Total 12 200 National Training School for Boys, Washington, D. C: Parole officer 900 1 000 1.000 1 900 100 200 480 firin 120 420 600 420 300 360 216 500 720 600 400 400 240 SO Engineer 120 180 100 40 Housemaid 24 Total 964 33,884 Respectfully, T. W. GHEGORY, Attorney General. Office of the Attorney General, Washington, D. C, November £5, 1918. The Secretary of the Treasury. Sir: I have the honor to submit, as a supplemental estimate for the fiscal year 1920 to be transmitted to Congress in the usual man- ner, the following recommendation as to all statutory employees of the Department of Justice and the courts of the United States : 1. That the minimum salary of all general clerks, stenographers, and typists be fixed at $1,200 per annum. 2. That the salaries of the following classes of employees be fijced as follows : Minor clerks, $1,000 per annum; chief messengers, $1,200 per annum; messengers, $1,000 per annum; assistant messengers, $900 .per annum; laborers, elevator con- ductors, and watchmen, $1,000 per annum; firemen, $1,252 per annum; packer, $1,100 per annum; head charwoman, $600 per annum; charwomen, $300 per annum; tele- phone operators, $1,000 per annum; electrician, $1,680 per annum; engineers, $1,680 per annum; assistant engineers, $1,560 per annum. Respectfully, W. Gregory, Attorney General. Office of the Postmaster General, Washington, D. C, October 14, 1918. Hon. William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury. My Dear Mr. McAdoo: Referring to your letter of the 9th instant, inviting attention to the desire of the President that no increases in statutory salaries be submitted in the annual estimates, but that INCREASE Il| u >-H a 02 ^ ^& ?i S b I! 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Doc, 1365, 65-3 6 ft:; O O O O O '^ o r-HOOOOOO • O TJH f-HCO CO t^ fl 5 fl a Sw 2 o aiiPji - ■.a^r-To'crcn'cro'crcri^- rHOOOOCDt^lOTrNOSCD <5i; S p. iS-^ ■ss^s oar's .Sf.^ » P.g ao^il 03|S O O •«g >S £003 t> O-S P<0< 82 INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. APPENDIX D. Reports Received Under Section 2, Act op July 11, 1890 (26 Stat., 268), "Op Employees Below a Fair Standard of Efficiency," and Under Section 7, Act OF March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 808), "Of Condition of Business," and "Of Detail of Employees." treasury department. The Secretary of the Treasury. Treasury Department, Washington, October 21, 1918. Sir: To accompany the estimates of appropriations, statement showing the condition of business and as to what portion of same is in arrears is herewith submitted: Division of Chief Clerk. — The work of this division is up to date. Division of Cashier. — The work of this division is up to date, with the exception of that relating to the collection of checks, which is 10 days in arrears, and the assortment of paper currency received for redemption, which is one month in arrears. Division of Banks, Loans, and Postal Savings. — The work of this division is up to date, with the exception of that in relation to the public debt, which is one week in arrears. Division of Accounting.- — The work of this division is up to date, with the exception of that relating to the statement of disbursing officers' accounts, which is three weeks in arrears, and the work in relation to the stoppages of payment of checks, which is one week in arrears. Division of General Accounts. — The work of this division is up to date. Division of Redemption. — The work of this division is up to date. Division of Issue. — The work of this division is up to date. National Bank Redemption Agency. — ^The work of this division is up to date. Respectfully, John Burke, Treasurer. Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, Washington, October 25, 1918. The Secretary op the Treasury. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith for publication in the Book of Estimates the following information: Employees of this department detailed from one bureau or office to another for one year or more on July 1, 1918. Num- ber. Position. Salary. From office of— To office of— 1 1 Confldential clerk Clerk $2,500 1,200 840 Director Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing- Commissioner of Internal Reveuue Auditor for Post Office Department Assistant Secretary. Secretary of the Treasury. 1 Skilled laborer. . . Do. Officers of the department whose quarterly reports for the fiscal year 1918 showed arrears of work in their respective offices during the several quarters of the year: Chief of Division of Loans and Currency, Secretary's office. Chief of Division of Printing and Stationery, Secretary's office. Chief of Division of Public Moneys, Secretary's office. Comptroller of the Treasury. Comptroller of the Currency. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Captain Commandant of the United States Coast Guard. Treasurer of the United States. Register of the Treasury. Supervising Architect. Auditor for the Treasury Department. Auditor for the War Department. Auditor for the Navy Department. IirCBEASE IN STATUTOEY SALAKIES. 83 Auditor for the Interior Department. Auditor for the State and Other Departments. Bureau of War Risk Insurance. Respectfully, J. E. Harper, Chief, Division of Appointments. Loans and Currency: 1 clerk, class 1 2 clerks, class E Chief Clerk and Superintend- ent: 1 skilled laborer 2 laborers 4 watchmen ' 2 charwomen $1, 200. 00 1, 000. 00 720. 00 660. 00 720. 00 240. 00 Bureau of Engraving and Printing: 1 watchman 1 forewoman of charwo- Treasury Department, Washington, November 27, 1918. The Secretary of the Treasury. Sir: In compliance with the provisions of section 2 of the act of July 11, 1890 (26 Stat., 268), I have the honor to submit herewith a report of employees of this depart- ment who, according to the statements of the heads of bureaus and chiefs of divisions^ are considered below a fair standard of efficiency in their respective grades: Auditor for the Navy Depart- ment: Assistant chief. Claims Division $2,000.00 1 clerk, class 4 1, 800. 00 2 clerks, class 3 1, 600. 00 4 clerks, class D 900.00 3 clerks, class E 1,000.00 Auditor for. the Interior De- partment: 2 clerks, class 1 1, 200. 00 Auditor for the State and Other Departments: 1 clerk, class 3 1, 600. 00 1 clerk, class 2 1, 400. 00 Auditor for the Treasury De- partment: 1 clerk, class E 1,000.00 Auditor for the War Depart- ment: 1 clerk, class2 1,400.00 3 clerks, class 1 1, 200. 00 1 clerk, class D 900.00 1 clerk, class E 1, 000. 00 United States Guard: 1 clerk, class 1, 600. 00 3 clerks, class E 1, 000. 00 1 clerk, class D 900.00 Customs Division: 1 clerk 2,000.00 1 clerk, class4 1,800.00 2 clerks, class 1 1,200.00 Printing and Stationery: 1 clerk, cla8s4 1,800.00 Public Moneys: 1 clerk, class E 1, 000. 00 Public Health Service: 1 clerk, class 1 1, 200. 00 Register of the Treasury: . 4 clerks, class E 1, 000. 00 2 clerks, class D 900.00 Treasurer of the United States: 2 clerks, class 4 1, 800. 00 1 clerk, class 2 1, 400. 00 2 clerks, class 1 1, 200. 00 1 clerk 1, 100. 00 2 clerks, class D 900. 00 1 messenger 840. 00 1 assistant messenger 720. 00 men 3 charwomen 3 charwomen 2 laborers 1 engraver 1 foreman 1 pressman. 2 skilled helpers 1 skilled helper 2 skilled helpers 5 skilled helpers 4 operatives 1 press cleaner 1 coal passer 1 dressing-room attendant. Auditor for the Post Office Department: 2 clerks, class 3 7 clerks, class 2 8 clerks, class 1 9 clerks, class E 3 clerks, class D Do 1 skilled laborer 2 skilled laborers 720. 00 540. 00 400. 00 300. 00 540. 00 ^7.99 »7.03 15.25 »2. 88 >2. 80 1 2. 75 1 2. 56 »2.50 12.31 12.11 11.28 Bureau of Internal Revenue: 1 clerk 1 clerk, class 4 4 clerks, class 3 2 clerks, class 2 5 clerks, class 1. 1 clerk 14 clerks, class E 3 clerks, class D 1, 600. 00 1, 400. 00 1, 200. 00 1, 000. 00 900. 00 900. 00 720. 00 660. 00 2, 000. 00 1, 800. 00 1, 600. 00 1, 400. 00 1, 200. 00 1, 100. 00 1, 000. 00 900. 00 1 Per diem. 84 INCEEASE IN" STATUTORY SALARIES. The following offices report that there are no employees therein who are below a fair standard of efficiency: Secretary. Assistant to the Secretary. Assistant Secretary Leffingwell. Assistant Secretary Moyle. Assistant Secretary Rowe. Assistant Secretary Love. Appointment Division. Bureau of War-Risk Insurance. Bookkeeping and Warrants. Comptroller of the Currency. Comptroller of the Treasury. Disbursing clerk. Federal Farm Loan Bureau. Respectfully, General Supply Committee. Government actuary. International High Commission. Mint Bureau. Secret Service Division. Supervising Architect. Surety Bonds. Mail and Files. War Loan Organization. War Savings Committee. Publicity Bureau. Women's Liberty Loan Committee. Paul F. Myers, Chief Cleric. war department. War Department, Washington, October 19, 1918. The Secretary op the Treasury. Sir: In compliance with the provisions of section 2 of the act approved July 11, 1890 (26 Stat., p. 268), I have the honor to report for the information of Congress that there is no employee in the War Department, except in the Quartermaster Corps, who is below a fair standard of efficiency. The Quartermaster Corps reports that the number of employees in that corps who are below the fair standard of efficiency can not be stated because the urgency of their work and the frec[uency with which the personnel is changing during the present emergency makes it impossible to answer this question definitely. In compliance with the requirements of section 7 of the act approved March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., p. 808), I have also to report that part of the current work is in arrears in The Adjutant General's office and the office of the Director of Aircraft Production, and that a small part of the current work is in arrears in the Quartermaster CorjDs, for the reason that it has been found impossible to obtain the total number of employees required for the work of that corps. This condition is due to the increased functions and duties devolving upon the department as a result of the present emergency. No employees who are appropriated for in one bureau or office have been detailed to another biireau or office- for a period exceeding one year. Very respectfully, Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War. navy department. Navy Department, Washington, October 15, 1918. Sir: In accordance with the requirements of section 7 of the act of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 808), I have to report that, considering existing circumstances, the work in all bureaus and offices is very well in hand. Work in certain lines is bound to be some- what in arrears, but with the large forces now employed it is believed that with con- tinued untiring effort, restriction of annual leave, overtime, and the employment of shifts, the work will be kept up quite satisfactorily. In accordance with the requirements of section 2 of the act of July 11, 1890 (26 Stat., 268), I have to report that in so far as I have been able to ascertain none of the em- plovees of this department is below a fair standard of efficiency. In accordance with the requirements of section 7 of the act of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 808), I have to report that the following positions have been filled by detail for a period of more than one year, viz: One clerk, at $840. from Solicitor's office to Secretary's office. One clerk, at $1,400, from Solicitor's office to Judge Advocate General's office and to Secretary's office. INCEEASE IN" STATUTOEY SALABIES. 85 One clerk, at $1,000, from Judge Advocate General 's office to Solicitor's office. One clerk, at $1 ,800. from Judge Advocate General's office to Secretary's office. 1 clerk, at $900, from Secretary's office to Solicitor's office. 1 clerk, at $1,600, from Secretary's office to Judge Advocate General's office. 1 clerk, at $1,400, from Secretary's office to Bureau of Supplies and Accounts., 1 clerk, at $1,600, from Bureau of Steam Engineering to Secretary's office. 1 clerk, at $1,600, from Bureau of Supplies and Accounts to Secretary's office. 1 copyist, at $840, from Bureau of Supplies and Accounts to Office of Naval Records and Library. Respectfully, yours, JosEPHUS Daniels. The Secretary of the Treasury. department op the interior. Department of the Interior, Washington, October S, 1918. Dear Mr. Secretary: In compliance with the provisions of the act approved July 11, 1890 (26 Stat., 268), I have the honor to submit herewith a report of employees of this department who, according to the statements of the bureau chiefs and the chief clerk of the department, are considered below a fair standard of efficiency in their respective grades: Office of the Secretaiy: 1 clerk $1, 200. 00 1 sergeant of watch 750. 00 12 watchmen 720.00 1 assistant messenger (In- terior Department Build- ing roll) 720.00 1 carpenter (Interior De- partment Building roll) 900. 00 1 skilled mechanic — plumber 900.00 1 skilled mechanic 720. 00 1 elevator conductor 720. 00 2 laborers (1 on regular roll and 1 on Interior Department Building roll) 660.00 1 gardener 600. 00 1 laborer (Interior De- partment Building roll) 540. 00 5 female laborers (Interior Department Building roll) 400.00 4 charwomen (Interior Department Building roll) 240.00 The following bureaus, offices, and institutions report that there are no employees therein who are below a fair standard of efficiency: General Land Office, Office of Indian Affaii's, Geological Survey, Reclamation Service, Bureau of Mines, Office of Superintendent of Capitol Building and Grounds, National Park Service in Washing- ton, Freedmen's Hospital, Howard University, Alaskan Engineering Commission. Cordially, yours, S. G. Hopkins, Assistant Secretary. Hon. William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury. Pension Office: 2 clerks $1, 5 clerks 1, 6 clerks 1, 7 clerks 1, 5 copyists 4 assistant messengers . 1 skilled laborer Patent Office: 1 clerk 1, 4 clerks..' 1, 8 copyists 1 copyist 7 assistant messengers. . . . 1 laborer (classified) Bureau of Education: 2 clerks 1, 1 skilled laborer St. Elizabeths Hospital: 1 assistant engineer 1 assistant steam fitter 1 oiler 3 firemen 000. 00 400. 00 200. 00 000. 00 900. 00 720. 00 660. 00 800. 00 000. 00 900. 00 720. 00 720. 00 600. 00 200. 00 840. 00 840. 00 780. 00 600. 00 600. 00 86 INCREASE IN STATtJTORY SALARIES. Department op the Interior, Washington, October 10, 1918. Hon. William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Secretary: In compliance with the provisions of the act of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 808), there is transmitted herewith a list of employees of this department on detail from their respective offices on July 1, 1918, for a period exceeding one year. Cordially, yours, Franklin K. Lane, Secretcfry. Employee. Manning, Thomas R :Schutrumpf, William J... Green, Thomas A Napier, Miss Maud Gordon, Mrs. Julia L Williamson, Isaac E Schweickert, George C . . . WiltjNobleJ Bergin, Frank J Culver, Eugene L Holcombe, John "W Palmer, LeRoy A Rapp, William B Designation. Clerk.... do do do Assistant messenger. Laborer (classified).. Clerk do Assistant attorney. . do do do Copyist Van Wie, John P Clerk Allaire, Auguste O'Connor, Charles E . . Allen, Clarence G Cannon, Mrs. Johnnie. Kerr, Dennis M Cobb, William McKinley . Ives, Norman E. Reinhart, Lawrence J., jr. Stumph, Louis Walsh, Malcolm D Yard, Roberts do Medical examiner . Clerk do. do .do. .do. Messenger boy... do Assistant map printer Editorial assistant.. . Salary. $1,600 1,600 1,200 1,200 720 660 1,600 1,400 2,000 2,000 2,000 2, 000 900 900 1,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,800 1,800 1,600 6(T0 600 600 300 Bm^eau detailed from. Office of Secretary '.'.'.'.do'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. ....do ....do ....do ....do ....do Ofiice of Solicitor. ....do ....do ....do General Land Of- fice. Office of Indian Affairs. ....do. Pension Ofiice ....do ....do ....do ....do ....do Geological Survey do do ....do Detailed to- Offlce of Solicitor. Do. Do. Do. Patent Office. Bureau of Education. National Park Service. Do. Office of Secretary. General Land Office. Office of Indian Affairs. Do. Ofiice of Secretary. Do. General Land Ofiice. Office of Secretary. Do. Do. Senate Committee on Pensions. House of Representatives Committee on Pen- sions. House of Representatives Committee on Invalid Pensions. Office of Secretary. Do. Do. National Park Service. Department of the Interior, Washington, October 1, 1918. Hon. William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury. My Dear Mr. Secretary: In compliance with the requirements of section 7 of the act of Congress approved March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 808), I have the honor to state that the work in this department is substantially current with the exception of the returns office, the office of the Solicitor of the Department, the General Land Office, the Bureau of Pensions, and the Patent Office. The work in the bureaus and offices named is, however, being expeditiously prosecuted and the arrearages gradually reduced. Cordially, yours, S. G. Hopkins, Assistant Secretary. POST office department. Office of the Postmaster General, Washington, D. C, October 14, 1918. Hon. William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. My Dear Mr. McAdoo: In accordance with the terms of the act of March 15, 1893, I have the honor to report that the work of the Post Office Department was several weeks in arrears at the expiration of the quarter ended September 30, 1918. INCREASE IN STATUTOBvY SALARIES. 87 You are further informed that, based on efficiency ratings, there are no employeea of this department who are below a fair standard within the meaning of the act of July 11, 1890. Yours, very truly, J. C. KOONS, Acting Postmaster General. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Department or Agriculture, Washington, October 15, 1918. The Secretary op the Treasury. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the estimates of appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920 * * *: EFFICIENCY OF EMPLOYEES. In accordance with section 2 of the act of July 11, 1890 (26 Stat., p._ 268), I have to report that the following employees are below a fair standard of efficiency: Office of the Secretary, 1 charwoman, at $240 per annum; Forest Service, 1 clerk, at $1,100, per annum. As required by section 7 of the act approved March 2, 1895 (28' Stat., p. 808), I have to submit the following reports concerning the condition of business and detail of employees: CONDITION OP BUSINESS. The business of the department generally is not in arrears. In the mechanical shops there is some uncompleted work. This is due largely to delays in getting nec- essary materials and to the natural increase in the amount of work without a corre- sponding increase in the force. DETAIL OF EMPLOYEES. No employees appropriated for in one bureau or office have been detailed to another bureau or office, except those whose details are specifically authorized by law. MATERIAL FURNISHED NAVY AND ALASKA RAILWAY COMMISSION. In accordance with the provisions of the act approved March 4, 1915 (38 Stat., p. 1100), requiring a report of the quantity and market value of earth, stone, and timber furnished from the national forests to the Navy, and for use in the construction of railways and other Government works in Alaska, I have to state that no earth, stone, or timber was furnished from the national forests to the Navy Department for use of the Navy during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918. Timber to the extent of 5,506,800 board feet, at a market value of |7,403, was cut on the Chugach National Forest, Alaska, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918, for use in the construction of railways and other Government works in Alaska, under a permit issued to the Alaskan Engineering Commission, making a total of 24,493,800 board feet, valued at 127,420, cut from the national forests in Alaska for use in the construction of railways and other Government works in Alaska. PROJECTS COMPLETED AND DISCONTINUED. As required by the act of August 11, 1916 (39 Stat., p. 492), I have to report that the following investigations or projects conducted by the department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918, have been completed and discontinued: Weather Bureau: Investigations of frost-protection methods. Bureau of Animal Industry: Investigations of changes in meats during preservation. Bureau of Plant Industry: Investigation and control of root-rot and similar tobacco diseases in the Southern States. Diseases of cultivated pond lilies and other aquatic plants. Forest Service: Seed studies of western yellow pine, western white pine, Douglas fir, Noble fir, and Amabilis fir. 88 INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. Forest Service — Continued. Nursery practice studies of western yellow pine, western white pine, western larch, Douglas fir, Engelmann spruce, sugar pine, Jeffrey pine, white fir, incense cedar, Noble fir, Amabilis fir. Maritime pine, and Siberian larch. Sowing and planting studies of western yellow pine, western white pine,_ sugar pine, loblolly pine, western larch, Colorado blue spruce, Douglas fir, bigtree, incense cedar, arbor vitse, Scotch pine, Austrian pine, Chinese arbor vitse, Jef- frey pine, white fir, Norway pine, eastern white jpine, Noble fir, Amabilis fir, western red cedar, Lawson cypress. Maritime pine. Deodar cedar, Norway spruce, and European larch. Relation of brush cover to stream flow. Studies of methods of planting on coastal sand dunes. Management of the Douglas fir. Management of wood lots. Study of "damping off" in the protection of nursery stock. Studies of native vegetation of the United States! Tree studies — ^Jack pine. Supply of timber for war purposes — Black walnut for war uses. The walnut situation. Utilization of walnut for war products. Supply and production of white pine and Norway pine in the Lake States, with special reference to the possibility of securing airplane stock. Airplane spruce production in New Hampshire. Airplane spruce production in Maine, exclusive of the Androscoggin water- shed. Spruce production in New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Vir- ginia, and West Virginia, with reference to the supply of airplane stock. Spruce in the Great Lakes region. Spruce production in the Pacific Northwest. Ship timber possibilities in New England. Possibility of securing ship timbers in New Hampshire. Ship timber possibilities in Vermont. Tanning extract investigations in the southern Appalachians. Supply and utilization of tanning materials in Pennsylvania and the Lake States. Possibility of securing white oak in Maine for ship timbers. Massachusetts as a source of supply of ship timbers. Studies of the effect of different degrees of thinning Engelmann spruce. Studies of the relation of soil acidity to forest planting. Nursery practice studies of the Douglas fir. Studies of the value of native plants as indicators of planting sites. Studies of sites suitable for planting blue spruce. Studies of the volume, growth, and yield of white fir. Douglas fir, Alpine fir, and Engelmann spruce. Bureau of Chemistry: Potato analyses. Investigation of the cleaning of oysters. Standards for rice mill by-products. Effects of storage and transportation on composition of corn. Investigation of the composition of malt beverages. Investigation of canning processes and canning methods. Analysis of authentic samples of vanilla and Tonka beans and extracts prepared therefrom; study of commercial methods for manufacture of such extracts. Investigation of enameled cooking utensils. Separation and identification of alcohols in food products. Investigations of the manufacture of fruit sirups, jams, jellies, preserves, and marmalades, together with their chemical analysis. Investigation of the composition of foreign ports, sherries, and other wines. Investigation of the composition of brandies. Investigation of the composition of cordials. Study of methods of analysis of distilled liquors. Bureau of Soils, soil surveys, as follows: Alabama: Morgan and Shelby County areas. California: El Centre and Upper San Joaquin reconnoissance areas. Florida: Flagler County area. Georgia: Floyd, Early, Pierce, and Pulaski County areas. INCKEASE IN STATUTOEY SALARIES. 89 Bureau of Soils, soil surveys, as follows — Continued. Idaho: Nez Perce and Lewis County areas. Indiana: Adams and Lake County areas. Iowa: Black Hawk, Buena Vista, Hamilton, Henry, Linn, ■* Montgomery, and Wapello County areas. Louisiana: La Salle Parish area. Maine: Caribou area. Maryland: Baltimore and Washington County areas. Mississippi: Pike and Pearl River County areas. Missouri: Knox, Lincoln, and Texas County areas. Nebraska: Chase, Morrill, Phelps, and Wayne County areas. New Jersey: Belvidere and Millville areas. New York: Oswego and Saratoga County areas. North Carolina: Bertie, Caldwell, and Hoke County areas. North Dakota: Sargent County area. Ohio: Mahoning County area. Oklahoma: Canadain County area. Oregon: Yamhill County area. Pennsylvania: Mercer County area. South Carolina: Horry and Newberry County areas. Tennessee: Maury County area. Texas: Bowie County area. Virginia: Accomac and Northampton County areas. , Washington: Spokane County area. West Virginia: Upshur and Barbour County areas. Wisconsin: Rock and Waupaca County area. Wyoming: Fort Laramie area. Bureau of Entomology: The fall army worm. Potato tuber moth. Argentine corn weevil. General stored-product insect pests. Investigation of the Argentine ant in relation to citrus fruits. Fluted scale investigations iu' Louisiana. Bureau of Public Roads: Improvement of post roads. Very respectfully, D. F. Houston, Secretary. department of commerce. Department op Commerce, Office op the Secretary, Washington, October 15, 1918. My Dear Mr. Secretary: There are transmitted herewith the estimates for appro- priations for the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1920. In compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 808), I have to report that no persons were detailed for the period of the entire fiscal year 1918. In compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 11, 1890 (]26 Stat., 268), I have to report that persons holding the following-described positions in the Department of Commerce are rated below a fair standard of efficiency: i assistant engineer, at 11,000 per annum, oflice of the Secretary. 1 charwoman, at $240 per annum, office of the Secretary. 1 messenger, at $840, per annum, Bureau of the Census. 1 clerk, at $1,400 per annum. Bureau of the Census. 1 clerk, at $1,200 per annum. Bureau of the Census. 1 unskilled laborer, at $720 per annum, Bureau of the Census. The work of the department generally is not in arrears at the present time. Respectfully, William C. Redpield, Secretary. The Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. 90 INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. department op labor. Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Washington, October 15, 1918. Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. My Dear Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to transmit herewith estimates of appropriations for the Department of Labor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920. In compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 11, 1890 (26 Stat., 268), I have to report that persons holding the following-described positions in the Department of Labor are rated below a fair standard of efficiency: 1 clerk, at $1,200 per annum. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1 clerk, at $1,200 per annum, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1 copyist, at $900 per annum. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1- assistant messenger, at $720 per annum. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 2, 1895 (28 Stat. , 808), I have to report that employees filling the follomng-described positions have been on detail exceeding one year: 1 clerk, at $1,600 per annum, from Bureau of Labor Statistics, to office of Secretary. 1 clerk, at $1,200 per annum, from Bureau of Labor Statistics to office of Secretary. 1 clerk, at $1,000 per annum, from Children's Bureau to office of Secretary. 2 clerks, at $1,200 per anitum, from Bureau of Naturalization to office of Secretary. Referring to the provisions of the act of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 808), I have to report that the work of the department is not in arrears except in the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Naturalization. In the former bureau the work is decidedly in arrears, owing to the extraordinary demands made on that bureau to make studies and surveys for the Fuel Administration, the Labor Adjustment Board of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and other emergency services of the Government. In the latter bureau the arrearages on June 30, 1918, were as follows: On hand for examination, 628,713 declarations, 15,390 petitions, and 578,944 certificates of naturalization. In addition to the above, the filing work of the Bureau of Naturaliza- tion is in such a state of arrears as to impair its efficiency 30 to 50 per cent. Cordially, yours, John W. Abercrombie, Acting Secretary. . department of justice. Office of the Attorney General, Washington, D. C, October 15, 1918. The Secretary of the Treasury. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith estimates of appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, for the Department of Justice and courts of the United States. In accordance with section 2 of the act of July 11 , 1890 (26 Stat. L. , 268) , it is reported that there are no employees in this department, so far as officially informed, who are below a fair standard of efficiency in the work assigned them; and in conformity with section 7 of the act approved March 2, 1895 (28 Stat. L., 808), it is reported that the business of the department is not in arrears. Respectfully, T. W. Gregory, Attorney General. smithsonian institution, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, October 14, 1918. Sir: In compliance with section 7 of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act approved March 2, 1895, I have the honor to state that, within the limits of the appropriations, the business of the several branches of the Government service under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, namely, the International Exchanges, the Bureau of American Ethnology, the International Catalogue of Scien- tific Literature, the Astrophysical Observatory, the United States National Museum, IirCBEASE IN STATUTOEY BALAEIES. 91 and the National Zoological Park, has been conducted in a satisfactory manner, and no arrearages exist in the current work. The usefulness of these several branches would, however, be increased should additional funds be granted. I am, sir, your obedient servant, W. D. Walcott, Secretary. The Secretary of the Treasury. federal trade commission Federal Trade Commission, Washington, October 11, 1918. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the estimates of appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1920. Complying with the requirements of section 2 of the act of July 11, 1890 (26 Stat. L.,_268), and section 7 of the act of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat. L., 808), I have the honor to inform you that there are no employees of the Federal Trade Commission below a fair standard of efficiency and that the work of this commission is not in arrears, nor have any of our employees been detailed for a period exceeding one year prior to June 30, 1918. Very respectfully, William B. Colver, Chairman. The Secretary op the Treasury. APPENDIX E. Navy Department, Washington, November 8, 1918. Sir: In accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the sundry civil appropriation act of July 1, 1916, I have the honor to transmit herewith for inclusion in the Book of Estimates, 1920, statements of wages paid or to be paid to unclassified employees in navy yards and naval stations, paid from lump appropriations. Respectfully, yours, JosEPHUs Daniels. The Secretary of the Treasury. 92 INCREASE IN STATUTORY SALARIES. B _o S^ ^■3 m O :§3 % ft 03.22 o ^-6 ft c4 CN oooo CO CO CO CO CDOOOO eoeSS£ff^^ =9^ ® °'3'3-i^ft !-S/=-Q^§T3®«s M.2 SiSsaSftftft INCREASE IN STATUTOBY SALAKJES. ;S :SSS •CO 1"* • ■» -w ■^" OOO 'coco [com CO • ■* o cqo [«■-* 00 00 to 03 m'co • o o 00 CO (N CO CO 00 00 toco coco 00 OOO toco o coco-^ -*e (5 o c <<6 u .