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N.F.F.E. members in Washing- 
ton enjoy unique advantages. We 
are located in the very heart of 
the administration of the Civil 
Service system and of all the 
sources of both action and infor- 
mation. It is in the National 
Capital that legislation is created 
and policies are set governing 
working conditions in the Federal 
service. 
Legislative representation 
is only a part of N.F.F.E. service. 
Some of the many things N.F.F.E. 
has done for you: The first re- 
tirement law and its subsequent 
improvements; classification and 
the whole concept of equal pay for 
equal work; salary increases; ex- 
tension and protection of the merit 
system; standardized annual and 
sick leave; within- grade promotions; 
rewards for meritorious service; 
awards for superior accomplishments; 
compensation for injuries while on 
the job; and greater opportunities 
for advancement. 
These and scores of other 
legislative and administrative 
accomplishments which spell a 
better service for you and the 
Nation: Join now and help build 
an even better, more secure future.' 
Smithsonian has an organized 
branch of N.F.F.E. Our first 
meeting was held on February 15, 
1952. John E. Anglim was elected 
to serve as the first president; 
Mrs. Hope H. Simmons, first vice- 
president elect; Miss Emma E. Kran, 
first secretary. 
Present officers are David 
Ray, president (Library, ext. 2b6); 
Mrs. Mary Quigley, vice president 
(Div. Insects, ext. 317); and Emma 
Kran, secretary-treasurer (Dept. 
Zoology, ext. 262). 
You are cordially invited to 
join the Smithsonian Branch Local 
No. 2, N.F.F.E. Meetings are held 
on the third Thursday of each month. 
The next meeting will be held on 
Thursday, April 19, at 12:00 noon 
in Room 43, Natural History Building. 
NEW MAIL SERVICE 
Effective April 9, a combined 
mail-messenger service was consoli- 
dated with the Shipping Office to 
provide increased pickup and deliv- 
ery service of mail for all build- 
ings. 
The new service is an organiza- 
tional part of the Office of the 
Registrar, U. S. National Museum, 
and has its headquarters in Room 
63 -B, Shipping Office, Natural His- 
tory Building. Helena Weiss, Regis- 
trar, is responsible for the over-all 
supervision of the combined mail- 
messenger and shipping service. 
Alfred Hewitt (ext. 206) has 
general supervision of this combined 
service. C. G. Johnson (ext. 373 ) > 
Mr. Hewitt's assistant, has direct 
supervision of the mail-messenger 
service. The following staff mem- 
bers are assigned to the new office: 
E. J. Carey, L. A. Gant, and R. C. 
Johnson. 
It is important that each office 
in the Institution have designated 
trays for mail pickup and delivery. 
TO EXCAVATE CAVE 
The Bureau of American Ethnology 
is sending Carl Miller of River Basin 
Surveys to conduct archeological ex- 
cavations in a cave in Jackson County, 
Ala., from mid-April to mid- June. A 
preliminary survey indicates that 
the deposits in the cave should go 
