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Show I'XCl.K SAM'S i'AV KOI.L ! A year and a half arter the armis lice the W ar I ' pa rtiilent rarri'-s 'in its payrolls 2'it.i'n(i civilian hi,.!h The Navy ) ijarinicnt still ur-rii-K a civilian roll of 14",""". which i-xicccls I'e ruii.iifr of officers and men belonging to the American Na- y. Arroniing lo the latest estimate, the grand total of employees of tin government is laS.S?". In Washington 1). C. 102,126 civilians civ-ilians are still drawing pay from l'n. le Sam as against 3!(,000 when war was declarwl in 1917. And in the face of all this, with I the departments so congested with -mployees that they are in each oth-I fern way the Postmaster General re-j cently in reaped his force largely. ; Even the Civil Service CommlB- I slon is unable to furnish accurate I J'K'ires touching the civil list and j frankly admits it. The department heads, instead of recognizing .. need of curtailing j and putting on of 1 rakes, without exception ore submitting intimates' wnirh rail for Increased airroprla- ti j J.'(r,resentative Sieg !, wno represented rep-resented a startling array of figures he House said : "No official in a supervising capacity ca-pacity In any Department lias come forward with any real action showing show-ing that he has endeavored to reduce ibe force under him and to attain the height of standard of efficiency the government should have at all times. Officials do not seem to realise real-ise that economy in government is Imperative. Our burden of taxation taxa-tion is out of reason. "The departments need new chiefs who will determine to keep those who are efficient and necessary and discharge without delay those who oan be spared and are inefficient. |