Evening star., 1939-02-16
Civil Service
Training Plan
To Be Studied
Commission to Check
Present Facilities
To Learn Needs
BY ]. A. FOX.

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careful survey is contemplated of
the training facilities now available
in order to determine what needs
are unmet.
Until existing facilities have been
fully developed, and are shown not
to meet existing needs in full, no
new schools should be initiated"
said the commission in submitting
its suggestions to. the Council of
Personnel Administration, the ONCE
Of Education, the Bureau of the
Budget, the Appropriations Com
mittees of Congress and organized
employe groups.
Under the Presidents order, which
became effective February /, the
commission is instructed to CO.
operate with all Government estab-
lishments, the Office of Education,
and public and private institutions
of learning to establish practical
training courses for employees that
are designed to spur the competitive
promotion system likewise provided
by the presidential order.
Suggestions to Be Received.
This tentative program is not to
be adopted formally until the inter-
ested groups have had an oppor-
tunity to offer suggestions, and it
has been determined too that
Congress is willing to approve what
ever expenditure may be necessary.
In its final form it will "tie in"
with the work of the Council of
Personnel Administration now being
set up under the leadership of the
new director, Frederick M. Daven-
port, and the committee headed by
Supreme Court Justice Stanley F.
Reed, which was named recently
by President Roosevelt to draft
plan for the selection and promotion
of employees in the higher brackets.
A partial list of the personnel
officers who will be on the council
was announced last night; others
are still to be named and, in addi-
ton, President Roosevelt is to make
appointments to the council from
without the Government service.
Two Factors Involved.
AS the commission sees the prob.
lem, there are two factors to be
considered in its program. The
first is in-service training, or train
ing for promotion, in the agencies
themselves, and this, it says. must
not only be primarily for the ad-
vantage of, the Government, but
should be made available competi-
lively to all employees with equal
qualifications seeking advancement
in accordance with regulations gov
erning promotions"
Training by Government ofiicials,
it is suggested, may be supplemented
by that by outside instructors, it
being explained that interested
employees and outside institutions
of learning on a cooperative basis
may choose to share wholly or with
the Government, where appropria-
tions are made available for the
purpose, in the cost of providing
instruction of primary benefit to the
Government"
The other factor is that of
educational courses undertaken by
employees for their personal benefit.
Declaring that "post-entry Gnto
a position) educational facilities
should not be provided at the ex-
pense of the Government" the
Commission suggests that "in some
cases, however, employees may be
granted leave where administratively
desirable and legally permissible in
order to attend such instruction.
In other cases, where administra-
lively desirable and legally per-
missible, departments and agencies
may wish to appoint employees on
part-time basis in order to permit
them to pursue studies which should
increase the future value of their
service to Government"
Officers Responsible.
In this general connection, the
Commission emphasizes that train
ing is principally the responsibility
of administrative officers, with the
Commission acting in a co-ordinat-
ing capacity.
The proposed survey is designed
not only to disclose the shortcom-
ings that exist, but also to acquaint
all agencies with the programs and
opportunities for training both in
and out of the Government of
which advantage can be taken.
The initial group of personnel
officers, announced last night by
Director Davenport, is composed Of
those who already have met the
requirements of the Civil Service
Commission. Included are: Edward
Yardley, State; E. r. Ballinger,
Treasury; Jesse M. Donaldson, Post
ONCE; Charles Piozet, Navy; Mrs.
j. Atwood Maulding, Interior; Roy
F. Hendricksen, Agriculture. Robert
Smith, Labor; Dick Carlson, Civil
Aeronautics Authority; Stephen p.
Ryder, Civil Service Commission;
Theodore Wilson, jr., Farm Credit
Administration; Russell H. Herrell,
Government Printing Office: John
B. Switzer, Interstate Commerce
Commission; Thomas A. McNamara,
Railroad Retirement Board; Francis
p. BraSsor, Securities Exchange
Commission; Robert M. Barnett,
Social Security Board; Russell Cook,
United States Housing Authority;
G. Henderson Sweet, Veterans Ad-
ministration.
Appointments still are to be made
from. War, Justice, Commerce, the
General Accounting Once, Panama
Canal and Maritime Commission.
This Council supersedes that set
up by President Hoover and has
greatly expanded duties, including
the creation of appeals machinery
to handle employe grievances.
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