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   N.F.F.E. members in Washington 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 information.  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 retirement law and its subsequent improvements; classification and the whole concept of equal pay for equal work; salary increases; extension and protection of the merit system; standardized annual and sick leave; with-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. 246); 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.


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NEW MAIL SERVICE
   Effective April 9, a combined mail-messenger service was consolidated with the Shipping Office to provide increased pickup and delivery service of mail for all buildings.
   The new service is an organizational part of the Office of the Registrar, U. S. National Museum, and has its headquarters in Room 63-B, Shipping Office, Natural History Building.  Helena Weiss, Registrar, 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 members 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.

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TO EXCAVATE CAVE
   The Bureau of American Ethnology is sending Carl Miller of River Basin Surveys to conduct archeological excavations 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