Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-30
TH|RTY-N|NE GET Jobs
WITH RESERVE BOARD
All Retained for Clerical Force We're
Employed by Organization
Committee.

Thirty mine of the seventy-two en-
ployes of the federal reserve bank or
ganization committee are to be re-
tanned to form the original clerical
force OF the federal reserve board.
The personnel of the force of the fed
eral reserve board has already been
designated, and it's labors, as such,
will begin Monday.
Those who have not been so fortunate
as to be retained have been notified
there will be opportunity in the near flu
ture when several activities of the fed
eral reserve board are organized.
The plan of organization of personnel,
as arranged, provides that there shall be
six private secretaries in the offices of
the members of the federal reserve
boards. with five stencgraphers and five
messengers.
In the Office OF the Secretary there
are to be three stenographic clerks and
one messenger. The office of the coun-
sci will operate with one stenographer
and one messenger.
Correspondence Division.
The correspondence division is organ
lied with the remaining clerks re-
tanned. There is to be one chief
stenographer, eight stenographers. two
file clerks, two machine operators. Il
clerk to the disbursing officer. two
messengers. Il telephone operator and
g bookkeeper.
4 division of reports and statistics is
force of this office will consist of a
chief of division, a stenographer and a
messenger. A division of examination
and audit is also contemplated, to be-
gin with a personnel consisting of a
chief of division, a stenographer and a
messenger.
The federal reserve board plans to ap-
ply d test of efficiency to those who
have made applications for employment
as messengers, clerks. stenographers.
bookkeepers and to other places. Pend
ing application of the test, and deter
mipation of its result, the federal re-
serve board probably VII find it neces-
sary to employ temporary assistance.
The names and addresses of employees
of the organization committee not re-
tanned by the federal reserve board
will be kept on file, and temporary
work offered to them as necessity
arises.
Merit Proves Factor.
The federal reserve board, in planning
organization, has concerned itself en-
tirely with the records Of employees of
the organization committee in deter
mining whether or not to retain them.
llS pan WAS Ildue anu allow Gu VI
the retention of a greater number OF
employees than seem at first possible.
Merit prevailed and no personal influ-
ence was allowed to carry weight. Also,
no applications from outsiders, no mat
ter how strongly backed by congress
sional or other influence. was enter
tanned when there were SO many
worthy clerks, with records of faith
full service and experience to commend
them to first consideration.
The clerical force of the organization
committee will go out of existence to-
morrow at the close of business. The
personnel of the federal reserve
boards force will begin work as such
Monday.
There probably will be money to pay
them on the first pay day. November
IS; in the meantime the federal reserve
board will make a levy on the federal
reserve banks, into whose Golfers will
come subscriptions to federal reserve
bank stock, beginning Monday, provid-
ing the necessary funds