The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-10-21
GALLOWAY SPEAKS
TALKS OF CIVIL SERVICE TO
POSTMASTERS AT MEETING
IN WASHINGTON.
TELLS OF AIMS AND HOPES
South Carolina Member Points Out
Wherein the Appointing Officers
Can Help With Work.

Washington.-Of great Importance
to all employees of the federal govern
ment under the civil service rules and
of especially interest to South Caro-
linians was the speech delivered by
Charles M. Galloway Of South Caro-
lima, United States civil service com.
missioner before the National Asso-
citation of Second and Third Class
Postmasters. Mr.. Galloway, invited
by Edgar E. Poag, postmaster at Rock
Hill and president Of the association,
spoke b~roadly~ef the duties and aims
Of the civil service commission, point.
ing out that only through cooperation
on the part Of the postmasters could
the service reach it's highest value as
a governmental institution HE also
took occasion to warn against PERM
cious activity" in political affairs
Mr.. Galloway began his address
with an explanation Of the work of
the civil service commission, giving
an outline of its relations with the
postal service, which, he pointed out,
was the largest single organization in
the country.
He discussed in some details the
means whereby the p~ostmasters could
assist the commission in getting the
best men for appointive positions. The
postmaster, he said, should give per-
sonal attention to the selection Of one
from among the three names of eligi.
bles given him by the civil service
commission. He should also devote
some care to the fitness. Of the ap-
pointee as evidenced during the pro-
baton period.
Finally, he said, the appointiye of.
icer ought to consider it his duty to
see that the employe, once definitely
appointed and past the probation
period, kept his mind on his bust
ness, performed his duties faithfully
and in general so conducted himself
as to make himself Of real value to
the postal service
In this connection Mr.. Galloway
took occasion to pay a high tribute to
the p~ostoffce department.
He then passed to aSd;scussion OF
the best way to secure the necessary
cooperation, explaining the working
of the system of district secretaries,
by means of which every appointiye
officer could keep in close touch with
the commission. The district secre.
taries, he said, represent the civil ser
vice commissioners. They are to be
consulted, either on their periodical
visits or by correspondence, or If nee
essary a special visit may be arrang-
ed, he pointed out. The secretaries
are instructed to visit each new ap-
pointee, at the first opportunity.
Mr.. Galloway then took up the SUBJ
ject Of political activity by members
of the civil service. He stressed the
fact that partisan politics is strictly
under the ban Of the civil service
rules, the reason being that the civil
service has been made for the entire
country and not for any one party.
He closed with a tribute to the ma
tional administration. saying:
81 can not close, my friends, with
out saying a word in commentator OF
the sincere manner in which the pres
ident has supported and protected the
civil service law. TX .s,- In ..
"Your chief, the postmaster gen.
'eral,. also deserves praise fore his
hearty cooperation with the commits
sion in living up to- the spirit and let
ter of the civil service law and rules