The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-20
GEORGIA NOW SHY"
OF 62s FEDERAL JOBS
THIS STATE is WAY BELOW
ITS QUOTA IN THE MATTER
OF APPOINTMENTS.
WANT THE PLUM TREE SHOOK
According to Report of Civil Service
Commission 1,135 Should Be at Pub
lie Trough, While Only 500 Succeed
In Making Connection.

WASHINGTON, d. Georgia
office seekers will derive no satisfac-
ton from the latest report of the Unit
ed States civil service commission set
ting forth the, distribution by states of
the positions in the departmental ser
vice.
The report shows that Georgia is
entitled to 1,135 appointments and has
received only 500. In other words, the
state is SHY" 629 appointments in the
departmental service which should go
to the state under the act OF congress
which provides for prorata distrlbu-
ton OF the jobs among the various
states and territories and the District
.of Columbia.
While Georgia is tagging far behind
her rightful allowance OF departmental
positions the District of Columbia and
the nearby states of Maryland and Vir-
ginia are greatly in excess of their al
lotments. For instance, the District OF
Columbia is entitled to III appoint
.ments in the departments and it act
ually has 11,701. Maryland is entitled
to sos and it has 2,297, Virginia is en-
liItGu ~ w. dllu lilOlC dlN -,OCO V II Siil
ians on the rolls.
The Plan
Early in the present administration
a commotion was created III Ohio CIR
Giles at Washington when it was dis
covered that the Buckeye state was
entitled to hundreds of positions in
Washington which it had not received
and the Ohio congressional delega-
ton appointed committee to take the
matter up with President Harding.
The committee, with Senator Willis
at ita head, called on the president and
brought the situation to his attention.
Since that time there has been very
little change and the deficiency still
exists The congressional delegation
asked that in making disnissals from
the service it should be borne i'll mind
that Ohio was entitled to more places
than it had received and that Ohioans
should be retained in the service. 1t
appears, however, that the matter OF
dismissaIs is regulated by board
within each department., which takes
into consideration the merits OF each
case and tries to apply humane prln-
/ ciples, as far as possible. Under TINS
rule a married woman who has hus-
| band to support her and who is work
| ing for the government to get extra
| millinery is marked for dismissal ahead
of the unmarried girl who has wild
owed mother to support, and 1t does
not matter whether the married wo-
man halls from Ohio or elsewhere.
The same discrimination, based on
principles OF humanity, is applied IN
wedding the males out of the service,
always, however, with due considera-
Ition for relative efficiency.
Reduce Forces.
The claim that heavy reductions are
being made in the ranks OF govern
mental employees is not founded on
hot air 1t is real. The figures show
that there has been a reduction OF
33O836 employees since the peak OF
the war On armistice day, 1918, there
were 1890 government employees IN
Washington and 100000 outside OF
! Washington. On June 80, 1915, before
| the United States entered the war,
1.-THE number of classified positions III
Washington was 10000 and outside OF
Washington there were 100000 en-
Iployes.
Fortv-one other states and the three
territories. Porto Rico, Hawaii and
Alaska, are in the same fix as Ohio
in the matter of being entitled to more
appointments than they have receiv-
ed. The only states that have an ex-
cess are Delaware, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts,, Vermont, Virginia and
MARYLAND. During the war it was nee
essary to recruit the departmental
force in a hurry and the recruits most
conveniently at hand were in Washing
ton and the surrounding states.