The Washington times., 1937-02-16

1ne1F COlIeAKues. Win accompanying
biographical sketches Of them. Federal
folk interested in such photos, especially
members of Government organizations,
should contact the writer in the editorial
room by 5:15 D. M, or phone Dl. 7OOO'
Branch 21O.
Another examination opening a
Government career to the large
army of persons lacking the bene'
fits of higher education has been
announced by the Civil Service
Commission.
Until March 8-or March II for
residents of the Far West the Com.
mission will accept applications
for Junior billing bookkeeping ma
chine operators, a Job which pays
S1.440.
The test is to fill general vacan.
cies in the service in washington
and for persons with experience
on billing and bookkeeping ma.
chimes operated via the typewriter
principle it is fairly simple. Typing
from plain copy will compose half
of the exam. the remainder con.
sisting of tests of clerical knoWl'
edge and simple arithmetic.
All citizens between 18 and So
are eligible and the principle re.
quirement is six months of actual
experience or graduation from a
machines. With about three weeks
before the close of receipt of appli.
cations and probably a month or
more before the test is actually
given, there is ample time for per.
sons with aptitude to prepare
themselves.
It is generally known that ma,
chine operators of all sorts are be.
coming more and more needed
within the departmental service.
Another test announced, also
closing March 8, is for radio in
Spector at Federal Communica.
tionS Commission, at $4,000 yearly.
Full detail on both quizzes is avail
able at Room 113, Civil Service.
Hearings on the Ramspeck
merit system extension bill were
to be resumed this morning in the
old House Office Building. Among
those scheduled for testimony
either today or in the near future
are E. Claude Babcock, of the
United Civil Service Employees,
William j. Gallagher. organizer
of the Brotherhood of Painters,
Decorators and Paperhangers, rep.
resentatives of the League of
Women Voters and a personnel
official from the Civilian Conser.
walton Corps.
Luther C. Steward, president Of
the National Federation of Fed.
eral Employees, Is to add the
weight Of his experience to the ar.
gument against the competitive
examinations provided by the
Ramspeck bill, he has revealed.
Steward is to generally back
the stand of the Civil Service
Commission, which is to the effect
that while competitive tests are
generally the ideal method of ex.
tending the merit system, the
problem Of inducing 100000
workers into Civil Service within
a year or so would be most prac.
tically handled by sensibly ad.
ministered noncompetitive tests.
Steward points out that some
workers, such as deputy collectors
in the Internal Revenues Alcohol
Tax Unit, have already passed as
many as three exams already
under five different AdminBtra.
tionS, consequently a competitive
quiz for such workers would ap.
proach the ridiculous.
Preparations are gaining mo-
mentum for the N.FF.E.'s Twen-
tieth Jubilee celebration, Sched.
uled for the Abraham Lincoln
Hotel in Springfield, ILL.,, in Sep
tember. Throughout the country
feteS are being arranged for char
ter members, who joined the
N.FF.E. when It was formed back
La 1917, five Of whom have been
located in the local at Albu-
querque, N. NJ, and are still &C
tive incidentally, Local 105, Blu.
Teau Of Engraving and Printing
feminine unit, will be celebrating
its twenty-ninth year, as it was
already an old organization when
the N.F.F.E. came into being.
Enss ahAAR f,VV, ond no,o1,;,,;oI; I;E1y
tho recent banquet thrown" by
the A. F. G. E. for its imperial
council was probably the best
blowout the organization has
ever sponsored. Some impress
sions!
William Green singing Good
night Sweetheart" at the speak
erS' table j. I. Below, of
procurement, putting three bowls
Of sugar in his coffee to show
table partners how to really
sweeten 1t and the same Mr..
Below assisting Mike Schaefer,
OF Navy. in leading the 1875
guests through sundry old musi-
cal favoriteS, Mike being unques-
tionably the life of the party"
as he usually Is Pretty little
Rita johnson. aged about 6,
wowing the gathering with her
torch songs and dances, aided by
her adoleScent partner, Brother"
Chick during one song, the
diminutive Rita drew tons of ap-
plauSe by pinching the cheeks of
James Baugh, of Civil Service,
and Captain BfeSlin, formerly
of Park Service The express
sion on a radical" lodge preSi-
dents face when William Green
declared well never surrender