Ninth Os Working
Population is Now
On Public Payroll
Federal Jobs Greatly Re
duced In Drive to
Cut Expenses
State and local government has be
come the expansionary force in the
public civilian payroll in recent years,
more than offsetting: the drop in the
number of Federal jobholders in the
period, according to data compiled by
the U. S. Bureau of the Census.
Over the last year, for example, the
figures show that Federal civilian em
ployment declined by about 200,000 as
the result of the Administration’s
drive to cut out waste and inefficiency
in the Federal establishment and to
help bring the budget closer to a bal
ance. State and local employment
rose by a comparable number andj
held the total public civilian payroll'
at a record level above seven million |
jobs. Part of the State and local rise
was in school systems to meet the
needs of an expanding: population.
Contrasting Post-War Trend
Since the end of World War 11. the
number of Federal civilian jobholders
has shown a net decline of approxi
mately one million but the number of
State and local employees combined
has expanded by a half million more
than this. As a result, the public pay- j
roll now accounts for one out of every i
nine civilian jobs in the country, ex-'
elusive of the Armed Forces. This is
a higher proportion than at any time]
on record except for 1944 and 1945,
and it compares with a ratio of one
public jobholder for approximately ev
ery 13 in the civilian work force In
1940.
Figures compiled by the Census Bu
reau show that last October there
were 7.1 million persons on the civil
ian public payroll—Federal, State and
local combined. This is virtually the
same number as the year before, but
it is several hundred thousand above
the World War TT peak and it is two
and one-half million higher than the
number of public civilian jobholders in
1940. Over the last 13 vears the pub
lic payroll as a whole has grown by
approximately 60 ner cent as compar
ed with a rise of 14 per cent in the
civilian work force.
The payroll cost bis shown an even
greater rise, refleetincr the upward ad
justment in pay scales to meet in
creased prices and living costs. The
Federal, State and local civilian pay- 1
roll combined ran at an annual rate
of ’ne'arlv $25 billions a year last Oc
tober, This is some two-thirds great
er than the World War Tt peak and
is mom than thi'cc rmd Olio-half times
the cost of the ntiblie civilian payroll
in 1940.
Role in Cost n f government
The public navroll is a birr factor in
the cost of srovernmont. narticularlv at
the State and local level. The civilian
payroll cost now renresents about 60
cents of e- o'-v dolbi r ‘'"it State and
local commiriit'e- co-mhiipd. spend for
goods an.) services •:•>,! ;!ii" propor
tion has been nuito cc*psis‘rnt oyer the
years. The comna rain-• are portion is
■considerably-'.lower, in the Federal area
where military arid defense costs are
the dominant budget item.
Education renrosepts the biergest
source of miblic civilian employment
with the Federal defense establish
ment ranking second.
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Health Officer Calls
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Diphtheria Vaccination
I Dr. B. B. McGuire, district health
officer, reports that a 5-year-old boy
of Elizabeth City was recently remov
ed to Maryview Hospital in Ports
mouth, dangerously ill with diph
, theria.
“State law requires every child in
North Carolina be immunized against
diphtheria before the first birthday,”
says Dr. McGuire.
“Be sure your doctor or the Health
j Department where the child is im
munized gives you a certificate stat
| ing that your child was immunized,
* and bring this certificate to the Health
! Department for recording. State law
1 requires that your doctor give you this
l certificate, a copy to you and a copy
' to the Health Department.
“Please bear in mind that about five
’ per cent of children do not react to
’ diphtheria immunizing agents. The
r only way to be sure your child is safe
’ from diphtheria is to have a Schick
' test about six months after the im
■ munization is complete,
j “If your child has sore throat, with
1 or without fever, or if the child de
-11 velops croup, be sure to call your doc
-1 tor early. Your child may be one of
! the five per cent who wiil not react
to toxoid. Be on the safe side—call
your doctor early.”
r | Vets Question Box
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Q —May I get a GI loan to buy an
-1 apartment building, if I intend to live
iiin one of the apartments?
A—Yes, so long as the total num
-5 j her of separate units is not more than
s I four, if you’re buying the apartment
, yourself. If more than one veteran
• buys, one additional unit may be bdd
- ed to the basic four for each veteran
i participating.
Q —l applied for disability compen
• sation from VA, and I feel that the
s VA’s rating should be higher than it
■ is. Can I appeal ?
I A—Yes, you may appeal within one
• year from the date an official determ- ,
t ination was made in your case,
s Q—My wife and I are both World
) War II veterans. May we buy a busi
: ness together, with a GI business loan,
i and thereby increase the amount
- which may be guaranteed? It would
r not be a real estate loan.
A—Yes. However, the guaranty
> may not exceed 50 per cent of the
loan, up to $4,000, which is the maxi- j
i mum for your combined business loam
- guarantees.
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best be done without carrying along
some heated bricks.
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fallacies. One, drink is a fine social
(practice but it is of no value in keep
ing a person comfortable outdoors.
Two, a- small fire will not keep you
as warm as a big one. If I want to
get warm quickly in cold weather, I
increase .the size of the fire as quick
ly as possible.
Now one thing sportsmen too often
[overlook is the importance of food in
heating the body. I have seen deer
hunters take only a cup of coffee for
breakfast and then wonder later why
j they were so chilly even in moderate
.weather. The reason was plain: they
; hadn’t stoked the furnace, they had
failed to put fuel in the stomach.
' To keep moving also means to keep
warm. Certainly, no one has ever fro
zen to death in our temperate zone
while moving. Therefore, all winter
clothing should be worn with ont pur
pose in mind—keeping warm when not
on the go.
Veteran outdoorsman Bill Wolf
thinks two things are most essential
—to have warm cloth next to the
body, and an outside shell of some
thing windproof and, preferably, wa
terproof. The best materials are wool.
Next most important is dressing in
layers. That is, it is warmer to put on
two or three light shirts and a light
hunting coat than it is to don one
heavy shirt and one heavy hunting
jacket, even though these weight more
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than several light garments.
As for socks, I don’t agree with
those who advise wearing a pair of
silk or cotton under woolen hunting
stockings. I much prefer soft wool
athletic socks. Wear a clean pair daily
if possible; clean wool is warmer.
Follow the insulation-by-layers princi
ple here, too, by using two or more
pair of socks. As for the outer boot,
leather is warmer than rubber. But in
wet country or when snow'is on the
ground, wear rubber-bottomed shoes
or all-rubber pacs.
If you use down bags or blankets,
get down to earth when sleeping out
doors in winter. Cots, or anything
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A Quick Thinker
“Mrs. Biggs,” said the new boarder
■ at breakfast. “Who owns those ferry
: boats I tripped over coming down the
, stairs just now?”
The landlady shot him a fierce look.
“Ferryboats, indeed,” she cried. “I’ll
; have you understand they’re my
shoes.”
The boarder smiled uneasily.
“I didn’t say ferryboats,” he hast
ily replied. “I said fairy boots.”
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