Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
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ton Inc the. advertising of said second
notice with the omission of the quail
fication Of experience above referred
to, was to enable him. the said Thomas
b. Smith, Mayor, to secure for the
said Gudehus, Notwithstanding his un.
fitness and incompetency, by reason OF
his lack of practical experience, the
appointment to the post of said super.
visor as u personal reward for services
rendered to the said Mayor per-
sOnally, said position carrying with it
a salary of three thousand dollars per
year.
Protested TO Mayor
THAT the action of the said Thomas
B.. Smith with respect to said second
notice of examination was wholly with
out the knowledge or consent of q
majority of the members of said Board
of Recreation, and that the said Ernest
l.. Tustin, Henry Berkowitz and
Sophia l.. Ross. aforesaid, did per.
sonally protest to the said Mayor
against his said action, whereupon the
said Thomas B. Smith, Mayor, did
state to the Said members of said board
that he did have the said change
made in the qualifications for said
position by the said secretary of the
Civil Service Commission of his, the
said Mayors. own motion, and because
the said Gudehus did not possess the
qualification Of practical experience,
h that he desired to reward the said
Gudehus for personal services rem.
dered to him, Thomas Il. Smith, by
having him, the said G%udehus, ap.
pointed to said post as supervisor, and
that as he could not pass the examina.
ton required by law and be so APP.
nninfnI tI,1n~ fhn nrttil.nrnnpf nf
practical experience on the part of the
appointee to the said post of super.
visor, he had personally instructed and
directed the said secretary of the Civil
Service Commission to cancel n re.
woke the said first notice, and to
advertise in it's stead a second notice
of examination emitting the said
qualification of practical experience
on the part of an applicant for the
said position of supervisor.
Want of Experience
The said members of said board
last above referred to objected to said
action of said Mayor and told him that
they could not co~nscientiously vote for
the said Gudehus for the post of super
visor because of his unfitness and want
of experience, even though he passed
the said examination under the second
notice advertised by said Civil Srvice
Commission as above set forth, and
that the action Of the said Mayor was
against the public interest and would
be Injurious to the work of the said
Recreation Board, and that the APP.
pointment of said Gudehus as super
visor would be injurious to the public
interest, harmful to the work of said
board, and to the detriment of the ed
ucatiOnal system established by said
board and the welfare of the school
children of said city.
Notwithstanding said protests and
objections by said members of said
board, the said Thomas B. Smith,
Mayor, did state hat he would expect
the said members of said board to vote
for and appoint said Gudehus to said
position if he passed the said second
examination, and that IL they did moi
do S he would remove them from
their offices and appoint in their places
and stead other persons who would
vote for and appoint said Gudehus tc
said position of supervisor.
Result of Examination.
Afterward, the said examination
having been held, the said Civil Serv.
ice Commission did certify to the
said Board of Recreation h a but one
person, to wit: said Gudehus. hac
passed the said examination with ar
average of II 90 being the minimum
average required by said Civil Serv'
ice Commission. to entitle an appli
cant to be placed in the list of eligi
,bles for appointment), and that sever
other persons who took the eXamina
ton at the same time, most of whom
had had practical experience in con
nection with the work of said Boart
of Recreation itself, had failed 60 OBJ
tain an average of 20, and were, there
fore, not certified as eligibles to sale
Board of Recreation.
subsequently, the said Mayor die
again communicate with the member!
of the Board of Recreation above re
ferred to, and did demand that they
should vote for and appoint the sale