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Show WAGE STANDARDS PLANNED Measure to Fix Wages Will Be Brought Before Congress. Washington. A bill to fix new wage standards for all government employees em-ployees is to be one of the first measures meas-ures to obtain consideration at the approaching ap-proaching session of congress. Salary Sal-ary scales in general, according to plans outlined, will .be raised, but wages for several classes of employees may be reduced. Senator Smoot. Republican, Utah, with the aid of treasury exports, is preparing a bill for the reclassification of government salaries. It is the plan to cease paying federal employees from lump sums, at salaries fixed at the will of bureau chiefs, and also to dispense witli the bonus system adopted adopt-ed during the "war. Among the abuses aimed at are conditions con-ditions found, according to Senator Smoot, in various departments where some employees receive many hundreds hun-dreds of dollars more or less than others doing exactly similar work. |