Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-05
PLENTY OF PLACES
FOR OFFICE SEEKERS
At HARD|NG'S GIT I
Limitations of Civil Service Do
Not Close Doors to Party
Workers.
MANY ARE VERY INVITING

s,~rS., paspAtch From Ev~sY Evenings
wnshinaton Correspondent
Washington. March b,-More than
40 900 rsdeaal jobs are subject to dis
r,,ol of pr,esdent Harding and this
number may be Increased by 10000 II
,hs nr-t eeonud. and third-ciass post
lr,axter~ are taken out Of the protection
- C4vil service under which they wore
rlassesi by an order OF President Wilson.
republican politicians are clamorins to
have the civil Service order lifted. so
that these places. now held largely by
Democrats may he thrown into the
patronage pot which the Republicans
nave not approved for eight years.
II IL claimed ny Democratic officials
nat the Prcstdcnt's inststence that the
sonticaI affillation OF applicant be
lot coneiderre-i as q Qualification for
,f,ce has been risfdly adhered 10. with
the rss.,llt n is asserted. that almost as
many Republicans have been appointed
- po~tTrlasterships as Democrats ny
President Wilson since 1916. In sup
t,ort N this clnirn. the Democrats point
10 the fact that the present postmaster
~ Boston, although n Republican. won
ais Office in competitive exaIIaTation
With Deupocrat rs about year age.
Multitude of Jobs.
Fut- without the post offices of my
class the new President VIII have 2
multitude n toiss to fiji. The ten cabinet
,osts each paying $4,000. of course,
auk nrs although they are not as
s,nunerzltive as other places at the
a.sposal Of the President The best
pay1ng porition In the government SER
.,e, aside from the office ~ President
self Is that of Governor General of
tha Philippines. which carries salary
Of $4,000. the vtCe- Governor receiving
$4,000 other territorial goVernorshipS
which President Harding Will iii are
Porto Rloo, $4,000. Alaska $ .oon. and
Hawaii. $1,000. Naval officers who ret
csiva the pay OF their rank. are Gov
,rnors OF our other island possessions,
suoh az Samoa. Guam and the VIRGIN
Stands, the latter purchased from Den
mark during the Wilson Admlnisila-
ton The governor of the Panama
anal u-unliy ar srrny officer Is paid
$4,000
Ambassadors and Ministers.
Next IA Importance 70 places il ,he
4hire. Are The eleven AInbaSs3dn dnrships.
rhey Zach Iray fI7 500. and incltlde POSTS
4 Argentina. Belgium. Brazil. Chile.
france. Great Bettatn. Italy Japan.
MeA,oo. Peru and spain. Il the inter-
iational atnlusphs-e clears sufficiently
turing his term tho new president aisa
VII have AIntasssador-al posts MOI now
hled. n Germany. Austria Hungary
lu-rsta and Turkey
Next IN diplomatic Importance are TIL.
Minister'S Six of these. china. Cuba.
Csechoslovakia, Luxcmburg. the Nethtr-
andr and Poland. lay Sl2.onn each,
EhNe these are Ia In, $4,000 ola IS
lSolivia, BuleRrla. Columbia costa Fdca.
lprnmark Dominica Republic. EcuadCI
egypt. GF-eece. Guatemala, HAlti, Hur
duraa. Aontcneso. Morocco. NicaTa G1.A.
Norway. Panama Paraguay, Pel ~l...
lortugal. Ruiuanla salvador. kingdom.
- Serbs. Croats ard Slovercs. Slau-
.sweden. Switzerland. Uruguay and Ven
zueia- Liberia pays only 5000
Places on Com missions.
On the commissions that viii not IT
disturbed there are places Jhat are sure
= attract numerous applicants These
lude the Interstate Commerce Com
-slou. with eie> en members, under
new Transpoi tation act. al salaries
$4,000 each. and a general counse
$4,000. The United states shipping
Euard, with five members II s. ,50a each
nd three administrative places ;ha'
nay $4,000 each. the Federal TRADE
-ommission with i've members al SO,
200 each the Federal Reserve Board
v-t,h ive mer1hers at 81 900 each. anc
II executive secretary who j. pald So
100 the Farm Loan Board with hV,
.ernbers al $4,000 "a the nitec
.iates Tar1d Commission. with SIX mem
:
service Commission. with three mem
Ders al 5000 each
Clerks and Deputies.
Most OF the clerks in the various de
fartlaeuts Of the government. not unde.
,iNu Service. VII be quickly takeI
.roln Democrats and apportioned 70 Re
.ltncan faithful. The Treasury De
.srtuent which has expanded greatly
result Of taxation laws and Other
-nanees growing out OF or incident L
lie war, seems 10 offer q good harves
far TIE incoming crowd. There are six
.v-three dlsrrict collectors Of inter
atjonal revenue with salaries rangine
rom $4,000 10 $4,000 a year. Their.
re Eve o. thesc posts in %ew Ioll
sIats Two IN Greater New York Al So.
90 each: one al ALBANY a. $500. an
.'her In Syracuse az S5.t40 and stii
mother Al Buffalo az Sc 00U There ar'
= canal number a. chief Deputies q
ach post at salaries running IRON s.
90 10 $4,000. and many deputies q
relatlSe ely smaller salaries.
Auditors OF various departments o
he Government arc places usually ca
.erl,. sought The compensation run
rom $4,000 to $1,000 Then there
49, post OF Treasurer II the Unitc'
~tates. a comforta bic oihce with pei
.uislte uf s. 900 a year. ana a Registc
? me Treasury VINO draws $4,000 ;
ear Tor the privilege Of having In
gnature printed on an s. bills
To Enforce Prohibition
The Commission - Internal Revc
ue. a trying Job always and with adde,
IffTculties now. receives $4,000.
,euiy created place that il certain :
ave many applicants is that Of prohi
bition commissioned, not only bcca us
2 The power Of this Office and the S1.
90 salary, but also because this ofticla
nas a big lot Of assistants and Deput,
commissioners under him. who draw
.4laries from S5.00o down -Anothe
lace usually much coveted Is thet o
Supervising Architect. $4,000 job Will
nanv smaller jobs a. his disposal am
he Director Ofthe Mint. VINO draw
y5 600.
The director Of the War RISK Insur
4tce Bureau an important post, re
.t,es a. 500 a wear while an assIst.4I.