The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-11-10
Big Civil Service
Week Celebration
Week to be Observed by oil
Organized Government
Employees

Washington, D. C.-Preparations
for National Civil Service Week, to be
observed January Is to 21, 1889, will
be more extensive than ever before,
and the week will take on added sig
nificance because of the prospective
great additions to the list of civil SER
vice positions in the governmental es-
tablishment two weeks later, accord
ing to the American Federation of La
Dor Government Employees Council,
composed of representatives of the
nearly 100000 government workers
affiliated with organized labor.
The acessions to the civil service
system will come about on February
l as a result Of the two executive
orders issued by President Roosevelt
on June "a. 1t is the present estimate
that about $4,000 positions will be add
ed to those in the competitive civil SER
vice as result of these orders.
This will mean that, although the
incumbents will remain on the jobs and
will for the most part acquire civil
service status, hereafter the positions
will be filled only in accordance with
the civil service act and rules. The
orders also provide that incumbents
may obtain civil service status only
if they have done satisfactory work
and are able to qualify for the posi-
tions on the basis of noncompetitive
examinations.
The civil service has grown up very
largely by this method, of incorpor
ating various positions in it by execu-
tive order, and the prospective addi-
tions in February will be the most ex-
tensive in the history Of the Civil Ser
vice Act.
National Civil Service Week, 1889,
marks the seth anniversary Of that
act, which was placed on the statute
books on January 16, 1888. Civil Ser
vice Week was established several
years ago by the American Federation
of Government Employees, following a
suggestion by civil service official in
San Francisco, and the Civil Service
Commission has cooperated in observ
ances from its inception.
Other A. f. of l.. unions composed
wholly or in part Of government en-
ployes were invited from the first to
participate, and several of these have
market the anniversary with annual
observanceS. A. +. of l.. affiliates
composed wholly of government en-
ployes include, in addition to the
American Federation of Government
Employees, the National Association of
Letter Carriers, the National Fedora
tion of Post Office Clerks, the Railway
Mail Association, District No. IA of the
international Association of Machin-
lists, the National Association of Post
Office and Railway Mail Service La
borers, the National Association of
Special Delivery Messengers, and the
National Federation of Rural Free De-
livery Carriers.
The observance of Civil Service
Week will as usual center in Washing
ton, and detailed plans will be made
public soon. A mass meeting on Janu-
ary 16, the anniversary of the Civil |
Service Act, is already being arranged,
and eminent speakers will be obtained
to address it. There will be radio
broadcasts on national networks, and
numerous other events of interest.
Subsidiary celebrations will take
place in many other cities throughout
the country, with local broadcasts on
civil service topics.
Cooperation by A. f. of l.. unions
generally is urged. Government EN-
ploye groups will welcome the partici-
patton of all A. f. of l.. affiliates in
the observance, and the attendance of
union members at meetings held in
connection with the anniversary.