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  ANNUAL, 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  The 
  increase 
  in 
  salaries 
  has 
  been 
  most 
  gratifying 
  and 
  has 
  brought 
  

   needed 
  relief 
  in 
  economic 
  situation 
  for 
  many 
  Museum 
  employees. 
  

   The 
  effect 
  of 
  this 
  betterment 
  has 
  been 
  immediate 
  in 
  increased 
  morale 
  

   in 
  an 
  organization 
  whose 
  employees 
  have 
  always 
  been 
  constantly 
  

   devoted 
  to 
  its 
  best 
  interests. 
  To 
  consider 
  this 
  matter 
  further, 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  pointed 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  reclassification 
  act 
  at 
  present 
  calls 
  for 
  advance 
  

   in 
  salary 
  until 
  the 
  average 
  salaries 
  paid 
  under 
  the 
  various 
  grades 
  

   reach 
  the 
  average 
  fixed 
  by 
  law 
  for 
  these 
  grades. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  

   the 
  majority 
  of 
  Museum 
  employees 
  stand 
  at 
  the 
  second 
  salary 
  rate 
  in 
  

   their 
  respective 
  grades, 
  permitting 
  an 
  advance 
  of 
  one 
  more 
  step 
  ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  the 
  provision 
  of 
  the 
  reclassification 
  act. 
  As 
  the 
  salary 
  

   rates 
  are 
  still 
  below 
  the 
  average 
  for 
  similar 
  organizations 
  in 
  the 
  

   Government 
  service, 
  it 
  is 
  urgently 
  desired 
  that 
  further 
  provision 
  for 
  

   this 
  1-rate 
  advance 
  be 
  made. 
  The 
  present 
  moneys 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  

   appropriations 
  above 
  the 
  salary 
  roll 
  do 
  not 
  permit 
  these 
  advances. 
  

   Should 
  this 
  additional 
  amount 
  be 
  made 
  available 
  the 
  salary 
  status 
  

   under 
  the 
  different 
  appropriations 
  will 
  be 
  rendered 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  stable 
  

   without 
  necessity 
  for 
  further 
  considerable 
  increases 
  in 
  salary 
  allot- 
  

   ment 
  under 
  present 
  circumstances. 
  There 
  will 
  remain 
  only 
  the 
  need 
  

   of 
  adjustment 
  of 
  classification 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  and 
  the 
  additions 
  of 
  

   new 
  personnel 
  required 
  in 
  many 
  cases. 
  It 
  is 
  earnestly 
  hoped 
  that 
  

   the 
  promotions 
  required 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1931. 
  

  

  The 
  question 
  of 
  further 
  additions 
  to 
  personnel 
  remains 
  one 
  of 
  

   importance, 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  growing 
  necessity 
  for 
  further 
  workers 
  both 
  

   on 
  the 
  scientific 
  staff 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  clerical 
  force. 
  Relief 
  has 
  been 
  

   obtained 
  in 
  some 
  instances, 
  particularly 
  in 
  two 
  divisions 
  where 
  

   assistants 
  have 
  been 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  older 
  men 
  now 
  in 
  charge, 
  with 
  

   the 
  intention 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  in 
  training 
  to 
  carry 
  on 
  when 
  the 
  

   older 
  members 
  are 
  gone. 
  Several 
  cases 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  remain 
  still 
  to 
  

   be 
  cared 
  for, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  in 
  addition 
  certain 
  collections 
  for 
  which 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  now 
  has 
  no 
  specialist 
  in 
  charge. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  

   it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  employ 
  for 
  short 
  periods 
  temporary 
  cataloguers, 
  

   typists, 
  and 
  laborers 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  the 
  regular 
  work. 
  These 
  persons 
  

   should 
  be 
  available 
  on 
  the 
  permanent 
  staff, 
  since 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  spe- 
  

   cialized 
  and 
  requires 
  considerable 
  training 
  for 
  adequate 
  and 
  proper 
  

   performance. 
  This 
  training 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  possible 
  to 
  give 
  during 
  a 
  period 
  

   of 
  temporary 
  appointment. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  annual 
  report 
  for 
  last 
  year 
  attention 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  neces- 
  

   sity 
  for 
  further 
  space 
  to 
  house 
  the 
  steadily 
  growing 
  collections 
  which 
  

   increase 
  annually 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  efforts 
  to 
  eliminate 
  material 
  that 
  is 
  not 
  

   required 
  for 
  permanent 
  preservation. 
  The 
  whole 
  collection 
  forms 
  a 
  

   valuable 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  riches 
  of 
  our 
  National 
  Government 
  — 
  a 
  part 
  

   that 
  will 
  increase 
  steadily 
  in 
  value 
  because 
  each 
  year 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  

   objects 
  become 
  impossible 
  to 
  duplicate 
  through 
  the 
  destruction 
  by 
  

  

  