The Washington times., 1935-07-09
CIVIL SERVICE
SCHEDULES
NEW TESTS
By J. EARLE MOSER


With the slate for pending ex-
aminations almost wiped clean,
the Civil Service Commission has
announced a half dozen new tests
for a number of technical and
scientific posts, mostly with the
Department of Agriculture.
An examination :or several
grades of animal huSbandmen, for
administering cattle ard swine,
was announced today with sal
aries ranging from $4,000 to $4,-
900, and at the same time a test
for poultry husbandmen, $4,000 to
$4,000, is also scheduled. Oppor-
tunity for a number of cotton eX
perts will also be given, including
agronomistS, cytologists, fiber tech
nologiSts, geneticistS, pathologists
and Psychologists, all at $4,000
yearly.
Other examinations will include
senior metallurgistS at 81 500, prob
ably at the Navy Yard or Bureau
of Standards; medical officers, as
Sociate and assistant, ranging from
$4,000 to $500, and a number of
statisticianS for posts with the Blu
reau of the Census. The latter
test includes senior, regular" as
Soclate and assistant statiSticianS
for the Division of Vital Statistics,
with salaries graded from $4,000
to a maximum of $500.
The closing date Tor applica-
tons to all the new tests is July
20.
The Agriculture Chorus, under
direction of Robert Freund, will
give a program of old Southern
melodies Thursday in the depart
ment auditorium, starting at $50
p. m. The public is invited to at
tend.
1t was also announced today
that the general circular of infor-
nation relative to courses of in
struction available in the Depart
ment of Agriculture's graduate
school will be ready for distribu-
ton after July is. A limited
number Of copies will be for
Wsrded to the chief clerks of va
rlouS Government units for dis
tribution to those requesting them
or they may be obtained from DR..
A. F.. Woods, director, Room 1890,
South Building.
Among 40 courses that will be
offered will be library organiza-
ton and use, elements of person
mel administration - which has
proved exceedingly popular in the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES law, Federal
jurisdiction and procedure, his
tory of economic thought and
principles of accounting. Numer-
Gus scientific subjects also are
included.
A general conference of Age
lodges is scheduled for tonight at
the Washington Hotel, when it is
hoped by members of the organi-
Zation's interlodge committee on
personnel transfer to formulate
plans for establishment, by the
Government, of an agency to
secure new posts for emer-
gency workers who are dismissed
through curtailment of NRA and
other agencies.
The committee, however, has
been opposed by numerous Age
factions because of it's desire
to have employees of emergency
agencies brought under Civil Ser
vice via noncompetitive examina-
tons.
T. j. Meade, a delegate of the
Labor Department unit of the
organization and member of
the committee, today "rebelled"
against the interlodge group and
its program with strongly Worded
report in which he declared:
II regard the committee and
its program as a definite attack
on the merit system in the Fed
eral service, and not deserving
of support by anybody with any
regard for the merit system"
Mr.. Meade's desire, which is
supported by national officers of
the AFGE, is to urge that per-
manent organizations not now un-
der civil service be brought into
it by noncompetitive tests with
proper safeguards, but he disap-
proves wholesale blanketing into
civil service, by examinations or
other methods, of political appoin.
tees who fear dismissal. He de-
clared today that it is obvious the
real purpose of such an action
would be to enable them to use
political influence in effecting