The Washington times., 1935-10-17
500 MEN SEEK
CHANCE T0BE
US. ENJOYS
By ]. EARLE MOSER

In for the State Departments ex-
animation for commissions in the
foreign service, officials said to-
day. Scheduled to begin May 4,
1885, the test has attracted almost
as many applicants as there now
are on the State pay roll for this
type of work, the present career"
personnel standing at about TOO.
While foreign service officers, as
such employees are termed, do not
come under Civil Service juriSdic-
ton, the commission will aid the
State Department to the extent Of
holding the test in its rooms, I'M
der its examiners, at Atlanta, BoS-
ton, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver,
New Orleans, New York, Philadel-
phia, st. Louis, st. Paul, San Fran
cisco, Seattle and the District OF
Columbia.
In order to be designated for the
examination, applicants have been
warned to address the Secretary Of
State by March "a, 1886. 40 days
before the written test is scheduled
to begin. An oral quiz will follow
for those who survive the initial
trial.
Appointments to the pay roll
will be made, officials said today,
from the eligible list in the order
of their examination rating. Sc
lection will be made by the State
Department, which has Lawson A.
Meyer, of Civil Service, on its
board Of examiners IN an advisory
capacity.
The job is well worth while
for young men Of collegiate de-
gree. They are appointed as 'for-
eign service officers, unclassified. I"
at an entrance salary of $2,5O0
and can rise 10 $4,000. though
not very fast. And, of course.
there is always the possibility of
appointment as Minister or Am
baSSador. While college gradua-
ton is not an examination re-
quirement, applicants without q
degree are told that experience
has shown such cultural advan-
tage to be an absolute necessity
Although the Comptroller Cen
eral is a golfing man, and very
likely has a trophy or two
hanging around the house. he
won't let his sporting instinct in
terfere with what he believes is
the proper use Of Government
funds.
Secretary of the Navy Swanson
recently asked permission to use
Naval Reserve appropriations
to establish a perpetual trophy
to be presented each year to the
Naval Reserve Aviation Base
which is adjudged highest in ef-
ficiency, pointing out stimulation
of competition would be a good
thing. Quoting considerable Latin
Mr.. McCarl answered:
'"There appears nothing In
the legislative history Of this
appropriation. to indicate an
intent at the time the apprO-
priatiOn was made that 1t was
to be used for such articles as
trophies, and the terms Of the
appropriation may not be rea-
sOnably construed as authOriz-
ing expenditures for such pur.
poses"
Enthusiasm reigned at AFGE
headquarters late yesterday when
It Was learned that the American
Federation Of Labor's Atlantic
City convention had adopted
every resolution for service bet
terment recommended by the en-
ploye organization to which it Is
affiliated.
A demand for q limit Of 40
hours a week for workers, unless
they are given overtime pay or
compensatory time off, was given
A. r. L. assent, as were the leave
bills now before Congress, option
quarters, subsistence and laundry,
and a five-day week. The matter
will be discussed tonight by the
Commerce lodge Of the AFGE,
which meets at 8 p. m. in the
Mt. Pleasant Branch Library, by
order Of President Leonard Kemp.
Agriculture employees tonight
enjoy the first event Of a series
of musical and dramatic perform
ances scheduled this winter by
the Guild sponsored by their
Welfare and Recreational Asso-
Citations.
The Agriculture Symphony Or
chestra, directed by DR.. Walter
Bauer, is to present several diff
cult selections, including Auber'S
Overture to the Opera Masa-
niello." Gorman's "Nell Gwyn,"
and Wagner's "Albumhlatt." Miss
Marie Martel, soprano soloist, will
entertain with "The Last Rose of
Summer, and Coming Through
the rye"
A one-act play, entitled '"Tri-
fles," written by Susan Glaspel
and directed by Viola Randolph,
will include A. W. Wolstencroft,
Joseph Klein, Robert Campbell,
Agnes Arnett and Edith Aymer
I'M the cast. Fun begins at $3.50
pA m. in the auditorium.
R IA letter from a public school
enApIoye comes, in which it is
pointed out that workers engaged
&. IAnaiYfarance and l1nknen activ-