U.S.A. CIVIL SERVICE

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 January 1932, Page 5

U.S.A. CIVIL SERVICE

SALARY CUT PROPOSAL.

[BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] WASHINGTON, January 19. Official circles were considerably startled when Representative Wood, despite a general belief that President Hoover is opposed to reductions in the Government pay rates, asserted in the House of Representatives that Mr Hoover not only is not opposed to Federal salary reductions, but would reduce his own salary, if the employees would do likewise. Immediately a movement was launched to place legislation before Congress for salary cuts in every branch of the Government service. Mr Wood stated, in answer to a question, that Mr Hoover’s private fortune was below one million dollars, and that it had dwindled considerably, due to gifts to charity. Senator Borah presented a Bill to the Senate proposing salary cuts, these beginning at six per cent, on salaries above 5000 dollars, and increasing up to twenty per cent, on those above ten thousand dollars.