The Washington times., 1936-11-28
STATE QUOTAS
IGNORED IN
BLANKETS
BY J. EARLE MOsER

BY J. EARLE MOsER
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Should the current drive for
placing all new Government
agencies under Civil Service be-
come a concrete fact during the
next calendar year, bringing an
estimated 100000 new workers
into permanent jobs, the fact
would not affect apportionment
quota standing.
The extent to which the various
States quotas are under the line
or over subscribed would not be
changed by the blanketing due to
Section 2 of Rule Z in the Civil
Service Act and Rules, which
states:
q. eligibles who have been
granted military preference
shall be certified without regard
to appOrtionment, and the ap-
pOintmentS of persons covered
into the classified service by
Executive Order or otherwise,
or exempted from the reStric.
tiOnS Of the quota provision in
certificatiOn, shall be excluded
from the apportiOnment fig
ures."
To date, in the midst Of de-
mands for a 100 per cent merit
Set-up within the Government,
none of the organizations which
are leading the drive have at
tackled the apportionment system,
which as long as it lasts will make
q mockery of any socaued merit
schedule that is placed in effect.
Under apportionment, bad fea-
lures Of the law are recognized by
many, even deplored unofficially
at the Civil Service Commission,
yet no elimination drive looms. A
person in an under the limit"
State making IS in a test still has
much more chance of appointment
than one scoring 93.3 from the Dis
trict Of Columbia, for instance.
The "best man for the job" SIM
ply doesn't apply.
The law has also produced de-
Ceit and chicanery. Numerous
persons now in the service, notably
in AAA, have obtained a civil ser
vice status by swearing residence
in a State they have never seen,
usually effected by using relatives
In the State for obtaining the false
but necessary affidavits.
It proved a distinct surprise, yet
many friends had expected w. j.
Voss, administrative assistant at
the American Federation of Gov
eminent Employees, and Helen
Catherine McCarty of the Navy
Department to do just what they
O4O thanksgiving Lay.
While the A. F. G.. E. and the
rest Of the Governments personnel
concentrated only on turkey, Mr..
VoSs and Miss McCarty slipped
away to Texas, Md, on the feast
day and were quietly married. To
day they are enjoying a honey
moon in unknown parts, friends
inform
Mr.. VosS was appointed to his
present position by President
Stengle shortly after the Detroit
convention. His wife is secretary
Of Navy Lodge No. /, presided over
by Mike" Schaefer, and is also
chairman of the D. c. Depart
ment's forum committee.
Despite their temporary status,
employees of the D. C. WPA re-
production plant have arranged
. 100 per cent voluntary Christ
mas party for between 10 and 20
families. to which they will send
Christmas baskets. The workers,
totaling Sc at present, are under
r. A. Dickson, known as a very
popular chief from reports Of
personnel in his unit.
Jesse Owen Irwin has been ap-
pointed chief of the press divi-
sion of the Social Security
Boards International service,
and is to have the arduous task
Of meeting members of the press,
answering their fool questions
over the telephone and giving
them statements to rewrite. Mr..
Irwin will aid Louis Resnick, di.
rector, and Robert Huse. asso-
ciate director, Of the information
service.
with Postmaster General
James A. Farley among it's new
members, the New York State So
ciety reiterates the fact it will
present a dance at the Shoreham
December IL, and that members
who join on or before that date
may attend the festival without
cost. Applications should be ad-
dressed to Maurice Sands, 40
Eleventh st. N. E., or Room 5408,
I. G. c. Building. Or phone him
at Ii. $685. or MA. 7460.
The Federal Trade Commission
has cracked down on another al
legged "civil service training"
school.
An establishment in Los Angeles,
Cal, has been ordered to cease
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