The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-22
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TO DRY FORCES
EXAMINATIONS UNDER CIVIL
SERVICE AND RIGID
RESEARCHES

Washington, d. c., April 13
1927.-The United States Civil Ser
vice Commission today launched
its countrywide campaign to re
cruit eligibles for the $500 posi-
tions in the Bureau of Prohibition
which were classified under the
civil service law by the Act o.
March 3, 1927. The Commission
announced open competitive ex
aminations for the following posi-
tions:
List of Positions
/ Chief of field division, at $4,000
3 year.
5 Prohibition zone supervisors,
at $500 a year.
"a Prohibition administrators, at
$4,000 to $4,000 a year.
"a Assistant prohibition admins
traitors enforcement work., at
$4,000 to $4,000 a year.
"a Assistant prohibition tdminis-
traitors (permissive work., at
$4,000 to $4,000 a year.
so Deputy prohibition admins
traitors, at $1,000 to $4,000 a year.
2 Field office inspectors, at $4,000
to $4,000 a year.
4 Associate field Office inspect
ors, at $4,000 to $500 a year.
IS Senior prohibition investiga-
tors, at $4,000 a year.
109 Prohibition Investigators, at
$4,000 a year.
50 Junior prohibition Investigate
ors, it s2,4OO a year.
22S Prohibition agents, at $4,000
a year.
1850 Junior prohibition agents,
at $3.50 a year.
1O2 Warehouse watchmen, at
$1,140 to $500 a year.
IA Attorneys, at 1880 to 5000
a year.
Practical Tests
The Civil Service Commission
states that the examinations will
be practical, each kind specially
designed to test the qualifications
and fitness of the applicants to
perform the particular branch of
the work for which that kind of
examination is held.
The examinations for investigat-
ors below the senior grade, those
for agents of all grades, and those
for warehouse watchmen will re-
quire the assembling of competit-
ors in examination rooms for writ
ten mental tests. These will be
given in approximately 600 cities
throughout the country. The other
examinations listed do not include
written mental tests in examina-
tion rooms.
All of the examinations will in
clude ratings on training and ex-
%perience, a searching oral test, and
a rigid character Investigation
made by the Civil Service Commits
sion with the assistance of other
Government agencies.
Character Research
In order to give the oral tests
t will be necessary for the Com
mission to send investigators to
interview applicants in various
parts of the country. The char
aeter Investigations will be made
with the most painstaking care.
Because of these two features of
the examinations, the testing of
applicants for the $500 newly-clas-
sified positions under the Bureau
Of Prohibition is one of the larg-
est single tasks ever undertaken
by the Commission.
F~ingerprints will be made of
all applicants who attain eligible
ratings. These will be used to
check the accuracy of the appli-
cants' statements as TO arrest. in
dictment, or conviction for crime
or misdemeanor. The Civil Ser
wee commission feels that any
person who is worthy of appoint
ment to a position under the Bur
eau of Prohibition will not object
to the most searching investiga-
ton into his past life.
Copies of the examination an
nouncements and application
blanks may be obtained from the
United States Civil Service Com
mission, Washington, D. c., or
from the secretary OF the local
board of civil service examiners
at the post Office in this or any
other city. The examination an
nOuncements give detailed infor-
nation regarding the scope OF the
examinations and the requirements
for entrance thereto.