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Show REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN A F F ~ S . 13 nel. The chiefs of the two divisions which are now actually running as shown on the chart, are notable examples in point. One has been in the service ten years and the other more than eighteen years, and both might be supposed to have become so imbued with the old ways as not to be able to help greatly in tho adoption of the newer husi-ness methods; yet it is largely due to their loyalty and real enthusi-asm that the recent changes are so soon resulting in benefits, and it is on these men and others like them that I must depend to make the work increasingly successful. The third phase of the reorganization of the office is the improve-ment in the quality of the clerical force. Last spring the President issued the following On June 11, 1907, an execntive order was iswed under which the heads of the Executive DeDartments formed a conlmittee on grades anrl sblaries. This I - committee prepared clear and concise tables of estinlntes for positions and salaries in conformity with the schedlile and recommendations of the committee 1 on department methods of January 4, 1907. In the absence of action by Co11- &-re88 on the general subject of departmental grades the heads of the executive departments and independent govel.nment establishments are hereby ordered to arrange the present salaries in said executive departments and independent Government establishments so as to Conform, as nearly as mny be, to the prin-ciples underlying the report of the committee on grades and salaries. Owing to the fact that the annual salaries attaching to adjacent grades often differ by as much as $200, it will, of course, be impossible to do more than approximate this plan, and in many cases also it will be impossible to make changes with exact adaptation to individual efficiency. But the good of the service urgently demands that as far as practicable the rule be folloaed of pay-ing similar salaries for similar grades of work, and that to each position shall be assigned the person best fitted for it, as shown by work already accomplished. THEODORREO OSEYELT. The WHITEH OUSE, May IS, 1908. A copy of this order reached me inclosed in a letter from yourself, reading as follows: DEPABTMEAOTF THE IXTEBIOB, Washington, May 15,1908. SIR: Your atteniion is called to an executive order of the 13th instant, dlrect- Ing the heads of departments to arrnnge the salaries of employees, as provided by existing laws, so as to conform as nearly as may be to the schedule recom-mended by the committee on department methods. A printed copy of that schedule is also ipclosea, with a typewritten wale of existing salaries to be substituted therein. It will be noticed that in this scale the highest salary in each grade is the snme as the lowest salary in the next higher grade. This is necessary to meet present conditions. Yo11 are requested to cause a review to be made of the work of your several emplopees, comparing it carefully with the exnmples giren in the schedule, alld cleternlinillg in enclr ease to vhich grnde and class the said work properly |