The Washington times., 1933-08-14
275 PLOYES
EXPECTED To
LOSE JOBS
immigration, Naturalization
Workers to Face Oral
Quiz by II Teams
By DUNCAN FORSYTH

Dy DOASNEA4N AOASS u n -
Eleven teams started today for
various parts of the country to
re-examine present field employees
Of the Bureau of Naturalization
and immigration, all of whom are
now working on the temporary
status of four-month employees
since the combination of the
bureaus on August 10.
Eliminations are in prospect in
the field service, but their extent
Is not clear as yet. In the de-
partmental service here, At en-
ployes lost their jobs and indica-
tions are that all 30-year workers
and all married persons whose
mates are employed in the Fed
eral service will be out. All jobs,
at present, are temporary.
1t was said today that about
1,400 examinations will be given
in the field, an indication that
outsiders will be permitted to COM
pete, since the total number of
field employees of both bureaus on
July 81 was only about 600.
Out OF JURISDICTION
The Civil Service Commission
will not conduct the oral field ex-
aminationS, but it was emphasized
there today that the commission
has no complaint, since where bu-
Teaus are merged it does not enter
the picture at all. Reappoint-
mentS are entirely an administra-
tive procedure.
The commission will be repre-
aented, however, on each team.
The examination plan was de-
ViSed by Commissioner Daniel E.
MacCormick, with the approval of
Secretary Frances Perkins, and
the Civil Service Commission is in
complete accord with the program.
There will be one immigration
representative, one naturalization
representative, one Civil Service
Commission delegate and a rep
reSentative of the public, who, it
Is said, will be person of promi-
nence to be named by the Ameri.
can Arbitration Association. This
procedure, it was said, was de-
signed to insure fairness in the
examinations.
Has Sound Precedent
It was said at the Civil Service
Commission today that inclusion
OF a representative of the public
in examining boards has a sound
precedent in civil service pro-
cedure. When an important job
is to be filled, such as that of
bureau chief who happens to be
in the classified service, a selec-
tive procedure is adopted, where
by a board consisting of rep
reSentative of the department
concerned. an official of the
commission and an outstanding
citizen connected with some
organization interested in the
work of the bureau reviews the
records of the various candidates.
Figures as of July 81 showed
that there were 189 permanent
and eight temporary immigra-
ton employees on duty in Wash
ington, and 121 permanent nat
uralization employees here. In
the field, immigration had 80
permanent and seven temporary
employees, and naturalization 285
employees of permanent status.
These figures are exclusive of
employees whose pay is nominal.
Many to Lose Jobs
It has been intimated that
perhaps as many as 275 employees
all told would be dismissed in
the combination of the bursaus.
If that estimate is correct, the
examinations will have to weed
out about 40 per cent of the
present employees. The eXamina-
ton process, of course, will be
completed in the four-month
period for which present en-
ployes have temporary appoint
mentS.
The procedure is in line with
that customarily adopted where
Staffs are combined. with pros
pect of reduction, as far as the
temporary appointments are con-
cerned. The method of reducing
the staff, however, is an innova-
tim