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Show Uncle Sam Not a Liberal Paymaster WASHINGTON. The government govern-ment will have to pay union wages or give Its employees social allowances ft It expects ex-pects to fill the numerous positions which require unusual training and ability, and for which mere pittances are paid now. This has become evident as resignations resigna-tions pile up here, with government jobs of the responsible type going begging. beg-ging. The last of a long Hue of undersecretaries under-secretaries who have resigned In the last two years, Edward Clifford, assistant assist-ant secretary of the treasury, declared upon giving up his position that It wns Impossible to live In the cnpital and maintain the necessary social activities n a salary of $5,000. Ills complaint Is that already voiced by numerous government officials In responsible portions who find their ikltnpy sulnrles hardly more than ?nough to pay the high house rents here. Clifford's resignation followed closely that of S. Tarker Gilbert, undersecretary under-secretary of the treasury, who resigned bis $10,000 position as right hand aid to Mellon to capitalize his ability In business. Many tragic stories He under the surface of the great government establishmenttales estab-lishmenttales of thwarted ambition of uble men who have been faithful to the government, of struggles to keep up nprrearanees and perform their necessary nec-essary social roles, and at the sume time clothe and feed families, which sometimes are large. No circuit rider In the southern and western hill country, coun-try, with a house full of children, hat a harder task than some of the government govern-ment employees here who hold lmpor-' tant positions requiring ability, but are forced to live on almost nothing a year. Realizing that no relief Is In sight, many who long have waited anxiously are breaking away and finding highly profitable positions In outside business. It appears that the government Is facing fac-ing a resignation epidemic which may lead to serious results. Ten undersecretaries have resigned since Harding assumed office. A salary sal-ary of $100,000 a year with a foreign trudlng company lured C. II. Ilouslon from the side, of Hoover and an assistant assist-ant secretaryship which paid only $r,000. The assistant secretary of agriculture, agri-culture, C. W. Pugsley, resigned his $".,000 Job to become head of a large western agricultural college. Many other assistant secretaryships, which pay similarly low salaries, may lose their incumbents. The undersecretary undersec-retary of state, who must have years of diplomatic training, receives only $7,f00, while the first assistant secretary secre-tary of state draws only $5,000 a year. Even with the small salaries, the possibility of sudden dlmlssal, and the anxiety caused by changing administrations, adminis-trations, hangs always over the heads of government employees of this type. |