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Now in the process of launch.
ing one of the most powerful
'public opinion" drives against
Government craftsmanship that
has yet been known, President
Robert L. johnson Of the Ma
tional Civil Service Reform League
today directed some potent up
percuts at patronage in Boston
radio address.
Declaring lack of merit Sys-
TEN costs taxpayers a quarter
billion dollars annually, he said:
at has degraded our whole
political system till the word
politician has become q word
of reprOach. It has taken an
enormous proportion Of the time
and vitality of important execu-
tiveS who ought to be devoting
their minds to great questions
Of policy"
A business man himself, di'
rector of Time Magazine, Mr..
johnson added:
"GoOd business appoints .
man because he seems fitted
for that business and has
proved it by training and ex.
perience. He knows that his
continuance and promotion in
office depend on his zeal and
success in that business. Under
the SpOils system one is ap-
pointed because he has run the
caucus we'll or has made the
proper deals in the convention
or can produce goodly mum"
ber of votes on election day."
He further added that the Spoils
system has caused people to pay
attention to Government but once
in four years when they ought
to be on the job every month OF
the year." concluding:
"Many men who pay no at
tentiOn to the personnel prob
lem are proposing that Govern
ment do this or that, or are
complaining because the Gov
ernment does not do well the
job it has in hand. They should
remember thai it is quite i'm
possible for Government work.
ing under the spOils system to
do any job well"
Preparing:
Preparing feverishly for its
deadline January !, the Social Sc
curity Board has announced that
56 field offices will be established
Immediately to cooperate with
various units of the Post Office
Department in assigning accounts
to the millions who will begin to
accrue old-age benefits on that
date.
Actual work of obtaining neces-
Sary information from employers
and employees, it was announced,
will be handled by the Post Office,
but the field units of Social Sc
curity are to work with postmaS.
ters in assembling details and set
ting up the bulky records that will
be necessary.
Personnel for the offices is to
be taken through civil service,
which is supplying Social Security
with every type Of worker except
experts" Location of the offices:
Reion Portland. Me; Concord. N.
H; Burlington. Yer; Boston, Mass
Providence R. T.: New Haven, Conn.
Region New York. N. Y. Region 8
Newark. N j.: Philadelphia, Pa; Pitts
burgh. Pa; Wilmington. Del. Region
Baltimore. Nd; Richmond, Va; Char
wheeling, W. Va. Region 5-Louisville,
Ky; Cleveland, Ohio: Cincinnati. Ohio;
Detroit. Mich: Marquette. Mich. Region
G-Chicago I'LL; indianapolis, Ind; Mil
waukee. wis. Region 7-Btrmin sham'
Ala: Jacksonville. Fla; Atlanta. Ca;
S-Minneapolis. Mimi; Des Moines.
Iowa; Omaha. Nebr.; Fargo. N. Oak.
Sioux Falls, S. Oak. Region s-Kansas
City, Mo-; St. Louis, Mo-; Topeka. Kan.
Little Rock. Ark; Oklahoma City.
Okla. Region 1O-New Orleans. La;
N. Mex Region 11-Denver, Colo
Phoenix, Ariz.; Boise. Idaho: Helena,
Mont; Salt Lake City. Utah; Cheyenne.
wyo. Region 12-San Francisco. Calf :
Reno. New. Portland. Ore; Seattle,
Wash; Spokane, Wash. Offices also in
Honolulu. Hawaii and Juneau, Alaska.
NEW AAA CHIEF
Claude R. Wickard has been ap-
pointed director Of the North Cen
tral Division of the AAA under the
''new set-up," succeeding Gerald
B. Thorne, who plans to enter
business in Chicago.
Mr.. Wickard will be in charge Of
the office handling agricultural
conservation in Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Ohio, South Da-