Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
Regulation of Appointments.

| De SldC 10 duVlSe whom TO communicate
| with for purposes Of hearing
Regulation Of Appointments.
To regulate appointments and pro-
J motions of the municipal government
| in the District Of Columbia.
Merits and Need for Bill.
mo city in the country or govern
mental Unit of the size Of Washington
or of any size approximate to it is with
! out a modern civil service law. 1t is
needless to state the desirability Of
such law except to say that those
employed by the District of Columbia
need and deserve the same kind of pro-
lection and encouragement in their en-
ployment that is extended in practically
all the other branches of the govern
ment under the jurisdiction of Congress
and in nearly all cities and towns in
the United States.
History of the Bill.
July IS, 1895, President Cleveland
recommended in writing to the Civil
Service Commission that civil service be
established in the District of Columbia.
This recommendation has been subse-
quently made from time to time by the
Civil Service Commission, and in the
Sixty-third Congress a bill was intro
on the District of Columbia to the
House of Representatives establishing
civil service in the District of Columbia.
No final action, however, was had upon
this bill.
"a bill, of which H. r. 34o2 is an
exact copy, was introduced into the
House of Representatives in 1916 and
upon March 81, 1916, hearing was
given by subc committee of the COM
mittee on the District of Columbia
o
covered twenty-eight pages and can
be found in Miscellaneous Hearings.
House Committee on the District of
Columbia. Sixty-fourth Congress; A
that H. R. 3402 is the exact copy of
the bill upon which the hearing was
held and that the bill was drawn by
the Civil Service Commissioners and
missioners, both Commissioners
Brownlow and Kutz making long
statements in favor Of the bill before
the committee. One of the commits
had personally to him Endorsed the
bill. A long statement in favor of the
bill was made by Richard Henry
Dana, president of the National Civil
Service Reform League.
Persons Who Are interested.
"a communication to the Civil Serv-
ice Commission with a request for the
names and addresses of organizations
which would be in favor of the bill
and be willing to send Representatives
to appear at the committee hearing
will undoubtedly be furnished, as well
as letter of Endorsement from the
commissioners. both as to the prin-
ciple and form of the bill. Richard
Henry Dana Of Cambridge, Mass,
president of the National Civil Serv-
ice Reform League, II communicated
with, will either personally appear or
send a representative of his organi-
ration"
Street Assessments.
To provide for the payment Of street
assessments for benefits for the OPEN
ing of streets, avenues, roads and
alleys in the District Of Columbia.
Merits and Need for Bill
1.-The present law in relation to
street assessment for benefits for
opening streets and avenues, roads
and alleys in the District Of Colum,
'bia allows the assessment to be made
and collected without the street, ave-
nue., road or alley being constructed;
and the result has been that many
assessments have been paid months
and sometimes years before the street,
avenue, road or alley has been con-
stH1cted. This situation places the
District Of Columbia in the scandalous
position Of insisting upon payment