Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
FOREIGN SERVICE
|. TEST LEAK FOUND
State Department Says En-
ploye Confesses to Giving
Out Examination Facts.

Walter A. Miller. attaChe In the or
flee Of Assistant Secretary of state j.
Rutler Wright, has confessed that ne
"illicitly acquired the advance proof
Of the examination sheets for candi-
dates for the foreign service and had
copied therefrom the fully approved
text and gave these to certain un-
authorized persons" it was announced
at the state Department today.
Az result of the confession, the
state Department DEGREES. in an Of
flcial statement. that the examinations
which were held on January II ST.
simultaneously in Washington and IL
other cities have been annulled and
will he held for a second time during
the last week in February.
Mr.. Miller, the state Department an
nounces. who has been employed at
the depa ri ment since October Is, 1924.
WAS candidate for the examination
himself Continuing, the official state
ment reads:
Candidates Being Notified.
ut therefore becomes necessary in
Justice to the other ca ndidates to an
null the examination just held and to
hold a new one. The candidates are
being notified of this decision and at
the earliest moment the department
will make announcement of new exam
nations
Mr. Miller, according to the formal
announcement. will be dismissed from
the service with his case referred to
the Attorney General. 1T remains for
the Department of Justice" IL is point
ed out. ito determine whether he shall
he prosecuted, and in what way, for
his Official derelictions.''
While the examination is a long
one. consuming IA hours, 1t Is said
1t will not delay any of the candi-
dates inasmuch as an oral examina-
ton which counts equally with tho
written examination originally had
been scheduled for April. 1t Ia neces-
sary for the applicants to take both
examinat tons as an average is taken
from both.
About $50 More Examined.
1t is estimated that approximately
ESQ young men took the examination.
Of which number probably nearly
100 of them were in this city. The
other IL cities affected are: San
Fra ncisco. Denver. Atlanta. Chicago.
New Orleans, Boston. st. Paul. st.
Louis. New York. Cincinnati, Phila-
delphia and Seattle.
Rumors that there had been ir-
regularties in the examination held
January were received by the State
Department on the following day.
They were to the effect that GER
tain of the questions contained in
the examina ton sheets had become
known some time prior to the date
set for the examination
IT is understood that the examina-
ton papers plainly indicated irregu-
larities, inasmuch as many of them
had dentically correct answers to GER
tain history questions, while practical
" all appIica nts elected French from
a choice of three languages tn be ex.
amined in.
Miller From Philadelphia.
Though not officially stated. it is I'M
derstood it was mainly the candida ties
who took the written examination con-
Quoted in this city by the Civil Serv-
ice Commission who derived the bene-
fit of the advance informa tion of the
exa animation papers. said to have been
supplied by Mr.. Miller, either to them
in person or to the tutors who were
preparing them for the examination.
So far as the investiga ton has pro-
crossed, the State Depa rtment states.
there was nothing to show that any
OF these local ca ndidat ties used any I'M
fair or improper methods in the ex-
amina ton
According to the official records. Mr..
Miller was born in Philadelphia, Au-
gust %. 1895; was educated In the For
eign Service School of Georgetown
University and served in the United
States Navy, 1917-191S.