The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-16
NO CIVIL SERVICE SHELTER
ENENPTS CL.aMOR TO BE CHS
SIFIED ~ STATE SERVICE
Commissioners shake Their Heads and
say rhey Haven't Put . SEOUL I n<ier
the mhrriia since Elrction-hso !Ap-
piications We're Tabled Yesterday,

A strenuous effort TO keep the political
jobs for subordinates IN the various
departments after January l was made
by number OF department heads yea
,er,iav before the stat. Civil Service
Commission. which met here About
iso applications To get into IN" classified
servic. were considered and tabled.
-Th. commissioners decline at this
| time TO take any action ON applications
to plsc. these exempt positions IN the
| competitive class when heads OF depart
men,s are going out Of Office said Com
/ missioner Roscoe {. + Brown. This
commission IL not going TO he used a
political engine by anybody" Whereat
commissioners Charles F. Milliken and
John r Kraft shook their heads and
/ smiled
| The commission met nj 700 broadway
There was a strong desire on the part OF
Deputy State Superintendent Of Elections
~ G Stevenson TO keep 100 fellow deputies
in their jobs He was their representa-
tive. He asked the Commissioners to
put them in the competitive class without
examination He observed that they
don't do work that il confidential. and
that therefore there isn't any reason why
Commissioner Brown wanted TO know
how long Stevenson thought that he and
his 100 deputies would hold their jobs
under the new administration. Stevenson
didn't know He said that Sup,. Leary
had allowed him to make the application.
Mr. Brown said that il the application
were approved it would appear IA though
the commission was tring to play political
game at the eleventh hour. Stevenson
pressed his request. but il was tabled.
District Attorney Whitman. who doesn't
need any protection. asked a. routine
matter that eleven process servers from
his office be switched into the competitive
class, which would give him total OF
twenty. Register Grifenhagen. on the
other hand. has five high saiaried )oos
satisfaction clerk. chief block indeI
clerk. chattel mortgage clerk, chief
record clerk and notarial clerk Mt
Grifenhagen wanted these clerkships put
IN the exempt class because. he commanded.
the Register Ia Responsible for the mis-
takes Of those five clerks and In case they
made mistakes he would be liable to suit.
A representative II the Kings County
Civil EMPLOYEES EenevSlens A as a,
Coombs 4 Wilson. appeared as repre-,
sentative Of the present clerks and
averred that mistakes hy theee hve clerks
I couldn't possibly draw the Register
"a
aues,ed both sides to submit briefs and
await decision
secretary OF State Koenig applied 20
hav. the chief Of the automobile bureau.
81. 100 and confidential messenger: 81, 200.
put into the competitive class Spencer
Prime Jr. holds the first JOB and Mark
Sathiel the other. Forest Fish and Game
commissioner II Leroy Austin wanted
his secretary. John ID. Wish. 81 500. and
Chief Game Protector Llswellyn Legge.
q. iOO TO remain on deck after the Demo-
Gratis get in and 20 be placed In the COM
petitive category.
n was the desire OF the Superintendent
OF Public Buildings 70 have twenty odd
| places become competitive right away.
/ 80 the Commissioners said after the execu-
tiv. session In the afternoon. They
said also they had received an aPpiica-
ton from the Fiscal supervisor OF state
Charities 10 put the Inspector OF build
ltngs. lighting and heating also under
the civil service umbrella immediately.
sheriff shea desired Ia appoint Am
bru.e % Neal entry clerk In hIs otfce
OF The Cour' of Appeals in he Flaher'y
case County Clerk schneider wanted
TO appoint a confidential stanographer
himself Comptroller-elect John Lyon
Of Nassau county asked II h" might name
a bOokke"per and accountant s'"nog-
rapher and an inspector The Commits
sloners told him they'd give him an IN
lspector in the exempt class buI that 'he
Two other jobs must b" hiei AFTER com
petition
| Commissioner Kraft. the Democratic
member Of the commission. desired 70
correct a published statement, that ff'v
~ William Harness men in m. depart.
n-nrs at Albany had been put III IN"
classified service since election. He
said
The State Civil Service Commission
has made no transfers from she exempt
20 The competitive class sInCs p scf ion
a stra NkN.4r ann H.
cations for such changes hav. been made
ro the commission since the election,
but by unanimous action ~ l's members
hav. been laid on IN. able