The Washington times., 1937-03-08


siderable harm to the service a
Babcock, erstwhile stormy petrol
Of the A. F. G. E., now edits the
official magazine Of the United
Civil Service Employees, the grow
ing organization which he formed
from sympathizers after his A. F.
G. E. demise.
In the March issue he has Sc
verely criticized the two types Of
lies in which he alleges personnel
officers frequently indulge. One
is the practice Of the "oily" type
Of administrator in allowing an
inefficient worker to quit with
favorable recommendation for re-
on which he COM
"The regulations Of the re-
employment register of the Civil
Service Commission require that
the emplOye be 'unqualifiedly
recommended for reemplOyment'
by the last employing agency.
The emplOye in question here Is
told :. this situation and imme-
diately files application for en-.
try on the reemplOyment regis
ter of the Civil Service Com
mission. There follows trouble
in . new agency, in many cases,
and confidence in the reemplOy'
ment register is again shaken.
This situation became 50 aggra-
waited . couple Of years ago that
personnel officers were just sim
ply declining to use the register,
calling it q graveyard Of in
cOmpetents.
'Tt Is surprising how many
times certain officers have given
an emplOye an unqualified rec"
OmmendatiOn for reemployment'
and then have absolutely de-
clined to reappoint the same EN-
plOye for a vacancy occurring"
The cecond practice, which Bah;
sock terms outright blacklistlng,
consists Of ousting an employe
and giving him an excellent writ
ten record, then blackballing him
By word Of mouth to other ap-
pointing officers. He cites a case:
81 know, right now, Of an EN-.
DlOye, released four years ago
by one Of the most conservative
departments with an 'unquali-
fled recommendation for reen1-
plOyment' who has had job after
Job fly out the window after a
phone call to that department.
Just this month l interviewed
a personnel officer for a job for
this unfortunate. Everything
was set Only the oath was
needed. The situation suddenly
and with out explanation
changed. T'm sorry, but we
have decided not to fill the job
just nOw.' said the employing
officer"
Babcock concludes that black.
listing as described is conviction
without a trial, indeed, conviction
without even the preferring OF
charges"
Led by Mrs. Lille M. Madden,
who had more than 40 years Of
service to her credit, 10 employees
Of the Bureau of Engraving were
retired during February.
Mrs. Madden, who resides at
Park Hotel, was fore
woman Of the binding section.
Those retiring with her were Mrs.
Hannah NJ. Keane and Mrs. May
c. Branzell, examiners: Mrs. Fan
ME H. Scott. charwoman; Thomas
Tate, freight handler; Edward II.
Finnell, cumming machine opera
tor; John Klein and William r.
Moore, packers; Mrs. Effie ]. Co.
wart. coiling machine operator,
and Mrs. Mary J. Beach. printers
assistant.
The weeks schedule for N. F.
F. E. local units:
Monday-Treasury Local No 262. 8
Tuesday-Finance Committee, Local
No. 2, p. m. Bureau of Engraving
and Printing Women's Local No. los.
Willard Hotel, 8 p. m.
Wednesday-Executive Committee. D.
e. Federation of Federal Employees
Unions, p. m. General Accounting Of
flee branch, Local No. ?. p. m. Hos
Pital P guild election. Treasury Local No.
Thursdav-Tabor branch Too.I ~.
Labor Department. 4:45 p. m. Mechanics
branch, Local No 2, 8 D. m.
Frlday-Boad Of representatives, Local
No. ., .. m.
are scheduled for 10 Fourteenth St.
Social Security's experts and
attorney jobs are causing an.
other storm.
Excited over a menace to the
merit system contained in an
amendment to the independent
offices appropriation bill, the
Civil Service Reform League
today wired Conference Commit.
tee members asking elimination
n the clause which provides that
experts and attorneys receiving
SIS. 900 or more salary must be
by the PresiGent and
by the Senate.
The league declared:
The rOughrider, patronage,
win still be in the saddle If the
President and the Senate are
left in command Of these better