Evening star., 1930-12-07
Civil Service Commission Re-
ports 60e,915 Persons
Hold U. S. Jobs.
TEMPORARY WORKERS
IN CENSUS BOOST TOTAL
Recommendation Renewed TO In
clude Non-Policy Forming Posts
Under Classification.

More persons are being given employ
ment by the Federal Government now
than at any time since the force was
reduced after the World War, according
to the annual report of the United
States Civil Service Commission for the
year ending June 80, last, which was
made public last night.
There were 608,9l5 employees In the
executive civil service on June 80 last,
as against 587 ,665 at the end of the
fiscal year before, a net increase of
q 200 employees. There are now 462,-
OBS positions subject to competitive ex-
aminations under the civil service act.
gain OF 1925 during the year, the
report states.
The number of Federal civil service
employees In the District of Columbia
increased from 63,904 to 6s,5I0 during
the fiscal year ending last June 80,
whne the number Of Federal civil en-
ployes outside the District increased
during the same period from 523. .76I Ia
,405, the report shows.
Gains Are Classified.
The greatest gains during the year
are shown to have been made in the
following establishments: Department
OF Commerce, 1921, the temporary
force OF the census accounting for the
greater part Of these; the War Depart
ment, 3,O22; the Panama Canal, 1902:
the Interior Department. 2,001. and the
Department of Agriculture, l.74l. A few
establishments show a slight decrease
The Navy Department made the great
est reduction in personnel, the total
being 2,S79.
The commission renewed its recon-
mendation for the extension of the
claSSlned service so as to place field
presidential positions which are nom
policy determining, such as collectors Of
internal revenue and customs, and post
masters, IN the classified service, dis
pensing with confirmation by the Sem
ate and the four-year term of ofice,
ana leaving to the President his dis
cretlonary power Of making such rules
and exceptions as he may deem neces-
sary.
The commission also recommended
That the positions of deputy collector of
internal revenue and deputy marshal be
restored to the classified service.
Veteran Preference shown.
In discussing results Of veteran pref
erence regulations, the commission said
that from the issuance Of the executive
"a ANAaACA ., 1870, WHICH Uf8B
provided 10-point preference for dis
aoled veterans, to June 80, 1880, a total
OF 9,258 disabled veterans were appoint
ed. or these 1892 were appointed in
the last year. =
The report states that women are
making rapid and substantial advances
In Federal establishments.
The proof Of women's progress lies
not alone in their increased numbers
in higher scientific and technical no.
sitions, but In their ability to win DO
Sitions for which men and bows in
the past have been selected" the COM
mission reports. During the year women
were appointed as inspectors of Gus
toms, immigrant inspectors, telegraph
operators, linotype operators and minor
observers in meteorology. Drafting is
field in which several women have re-
ceived appointment as topographic and
mechanical craftsmen"
The results OF flngerprints in keep
ing undesirable persons out of the Fed
eral service are shown by the COM
MISSIONS statement that inspection
disclosed that 5,037 of these persons
had police records, either minor or
serious In other words, In IL Of
the persons flngerprinted had been ar.
rested and f1ngerprinted somewhere in
the United States because Of unlawful
conduct. In q large number of cases
1t was found that the persons whose
offenses were detected through finger
prints had given untruthful answers
to the questions in the application
blank"