Show where your taxes go how uncle sam spends your money moncy in conducting your business by EDWARD G LOWRY attak 13 ke WA bata te contractor arad to a a pra 1 of ur L Cof friol W na wee XUL WHY GOOD MEN DODGE the aenice sen tee must look largely to the graduates froal from college colleges and tn in recruiting for its teca 1 work ork replies to an addressed to some forty of the leading colleges and end universities of the coun try to dise diseker dl oer what clasa class of men took civil examinations whether the la Is decreasing and if GO so the ivus ous disclose vividly what the schools cf v technical and eclen tige men think about the government at a an employer F they warn their graduate graduates against government service eel vice and the granulates heed the warning Cai Cal negle institute of technology at pittsburgh burgh reports it to true that the th belt best of our amt are not interested in covern ment employment because they feet thal asta A sta 6 11 alk II it does not pay ado adequate quat am al larlee lea nor doe does it offer opportunity tor for advancement that mat private enterprise 10 lo do ex attil this lyrics I 1 interviewed all the mem ber bar of tb the biating tia ting class 1 capt tb the women and none of them would consider rovern government ment employ ro m cut alt altho hopeb reh ther there were many positions tiona open w there ther are now about WO re r e a crad ut a of tb th institute and I 1 venture to ute that not more than ten ton are employed apsy the government overn ment a replies of similar tenor and import were received from the university of chicago leland stanford university massachusetts institute of technology princeton university sIM indiana university and the university of wisconsin inequality of ta Is one of the chief reasons that deter achen tufic men from botne into the govern ment cut service congress Con giess jues the salaries of 0 most of the government employees plo I 1 can give a concrete illustration of how it determines the salaries of scientific inea dr leland 0 howard and dr edward ard W eselson 1 are two no in the employ of the government who have national reputations the appropriation bill tor for the department part ment of consideration in the houe on january SO 1920 the secretary of agriculture bud bad been recommending tor for five or elx six years that doctor howards alary salary be indrea increased sed amm 4 BOO wo to fa 5 ue lie proposed it again in that years bill lian the item nas wa reached in the discussion on the floor tills this col lequy ensued mr stafford alfter Cb chairman airman I 1 rc rf erve serve a i point of order on the I 1 Is arf entomologist w who hose salary 1 you 1 apo to increase iacre aoe the th e mam aroe person recommended om for an iner e lait last year mr Lev levayt yes ht hasteen hai has been been in th the gov ernist arnn ent D t service many ms many years the Chairman I 1 I 1 make nyk la a the point of or def der mr laveri laver I concede it IL mr ur ln of michigan will V lit lh the gentleman cent leman terye his point of ordet 6 mr me 1 will reserve tt it mr air the committee made the to increase In irease th gal alary W jw took tea on it and ami con eon tt it very carefully if IP our out judgment th 1 1 lin crease in alary salary aug t to be mad ad for rol an offie al who ha wen ten in the dap dtp 4 ar t biml e n 1 a 8 the eb airman gais for a long tim i S at A t th h d head of thle bureau H he ha has performed able aal 1 faithful the tile alary salary is I 1 le less uan that paid to the th head of other burtain bur tai we felt after list to all that As aid and with a of the work he ha inas been wen do and has done ng s tho h alary salary proposed la is not not too large mr tr blafford ilow long bag ha b fie ben me ro mr air lei let rii r ile has been there tony forty two yeam mr ur stafford what la in bla his azef are mr air leier leer der sixty preap seventy but he ho te in still vic vigorous viso orous rou and aal able to do cool mork lift its la in one of the greatest Brea teft 1 ill he world ther chairman the point of order la Is sustained five minutes later the matter of doctor nelsons was reached the secretary of agriculture an increase of his pay from roni 3 to t 4 1000 this happened mr mister chairman I 1 ra ro serve the point of order on the para graph mph the chair chairman mari of ot the committee mitt 0 a inform the home house as to how ion long this ha bag been in the ef 0 f the vrn neni and how ion long he lie service haj hoa b been sen rec revolving the present alary salary of au on which vv awu recommend an increase In creaco of folot DWI ml mi layor aster chairman thia this son a atmaa who choss nam name la is nelson as been la in the tn eel vice of ur the department ata atao november 1890 lie haa has served as a chief field from frown froim to liu and wa was assistant la in charf charl ot or the biological ier jr Vesti cation from 1913 to MC 1914 on august ith he waa was appointed mutant chief chlof of the bureau burau and on an december Dee ember L 1 ul Is waa was made chief of the bureau II 11 took the place of doctor Ilens baw mr dAnd the salary jwj ha been sires lil loll 1011 mr me bevar leverter Le verTea arts I 1 mr ur l what la to hie his age aget nelson U mr levri I should think that doctor nebaon la Is round fifty year years of 01 f a a mr ur Is a not superannuate dL mr heveroh Lev erOh oh no he la in a very vicor 0 oua us man mr chairman I 1 with draw the at t order doctor howard waa refused tile lis lo 10 cease c ease ellse of pay pity he was wag too old over sixty perhaps nearer seventy doctor nelson wae allowed hie his increase because be WAS not su up eran fuated but in bis his prime round fifty years of age yew new as a matter of fact doctor howard Is more than to years year I 1 younger than doctor belsom Js Is it any wonder that scientific id fatme men me of any attainments are re reactant to enter a eenice service where vhf the measure meat 0 of the value 0 of their services ie is set down la in aay any goes such aad and casual way A A |