Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-14 | Page 4 | "Don't Quote Me-"

Dont D on t Quote Me- Me Men Meily ji n ily United Pro Prest These words are arc the ones most frequently heard by Washing ton correspondents Items which never appear In the regular dl dul and little Intimate pictures of public patches characters wi wm wU appear In this column from time to time tu J WASHINGTON April 14 14 Wash Washington ington perhaps more than any other American city has escaped the full force of the depression It is easy casy to understand It is about the only city in the world that is devoted entirely to the business of government It has no industries and wants none Its only nongovernmental non business is that connected with the feeding clothing cloth cloth- ing lag transportation shelter and amusement of the thousands of government government gov gov- workers who live here So when industry agriculture and finance go JO to the bowwows wows It means little to the general business prosperity prosper prosper- prosperity ity of Washington Itself In fact act it may even make a little more work here Government employment has actually increased slightly during the thelast thelast last three years partly due to the efforts of or the government to stimulate business The salaries of ot government t average about 1230 1250 a year I That Is little littie enough compared ta to t u v of steel pay a worker or a mec But the government workers worker's lo lob joo always been steady He gc Eels PC during a boom but he lilUe always h ha has reo just as much during a sion dep depres- depres The situation Is reflected out tho the city Rents remain at their usual level Prices In res a rants arc are little chan changed ed j. j stores get only a little less than ever did for the things the things they sell a ale though recently prices have sho shoWn greater tendency to totter totter totter-to to the a benefit of the government iJ work Worker dollars But now now the government worker for the first time is taking with wj etI I seriousness the proposals i to l i cut his The pay depression at aU Ian has hit him And It hurts For a W we k faces here have been increasingly It is a n serious thing for a man or orS orSman or sad Woman Wo man making an average of 1250 suit I a year to face the She alternative of ti having that salary reduced or of work WOrk r Ing only 11 months instead of 12 Nor are those who are arc In finding the business of cutting salaries sal sal- L aries arles a pleasant thing Such ne men menu u Representative McDuffie who Is heal of or the economy committee go co armina looking somber and distraught ht The smile has gone from the face tace of Chair man Byrns of the appropriations 3 co eom- No one seems to be having any fu fun fun 1 at cUt all