Evening star., 1942-10-18
Ramspeek Will Map
Survey Of Civilian
Personnel This Week
Conferences Planned
On Comprehensive Study
To Aid War Effort
By WILL P. KENNEDY.

working organization OF the survey
of Government civilian personnel
authorized by the House will be
mapped this week by Chairman
Ramspeck of the House Civil Serv-
ice Committee in series of con-
ferences starting tomorrow.
Representative Ramspeck pro-
poses to enlist the help of those most
familiar with Federal civil service
and personnel problems such as
Lindsay c. Warren, controller gen.
eral; Commissioner Arthur S. Flem-
ming of the Civil Service Commits
sion, who is also a member of the
War Manpower Commission; Will
liam H. McReynolds, administra-
tive assistant to the President and
liaison officer for personnel man
agement, and Harold N. Graves, as
sistant to Secretary Morgenthau,
who is now directing War bond
sales.
Representative Ramspeck's first
conferences will be with William H.
Kushnick. personnel officer of the
War Department.; Charles Piozet,
personnel officer of the Navy Depart
ment; Theodore F. Wilson. director
of personnel of the Treasury, and
T. Roy Reid, director of personnel
of the Agriculture Department.
Best Available Aides Sought.
While Mr.. Ramspeck will hold
general and active control Of the
entire investigation, he said yes
today that his first big job is to
commander" the best man OBJ
tainable to take charge of the de-
tailed work of the survey and CO.
ordinate the information.
Two men already have been sug-
gested for this most important
job-Malcolm Kerlin, administra-
tive assistant to Secretary of Com
merce Jones and Edgar B. Young,
personnel expert with the Budget
Bureau.
More than quarter of a century
ago Mr.. Kerlin was assistant director
OF the old United States Bureau of
Efficiency. He knows the inside
workings of Federal Government
organization thoroughly, as few men
know it, and is held in high esteem
by Congress.
Chairman Ramspeck has a high
regard for Mr.. Young and members
OF the House Appropriation Com
mittee have confidence in his re-
ports regarding personnel through
out the entire Federal civil service
Chairman Ramspeck said that out
OF his conferences early this week
will be drafted a comprehensive
QUESTIONABLE to be sent to all Gov.
ernment agencies, including private
industrial concerns operated by the
Government, to establish a basis oi
fact for further detailed investiga
ton. He said he must first deter.
mine the number of Government
employees, where they work, why they
were hired, what they are doing
how much they are paid and how
essential they are in the war effort
Record Personnel Survey.
Mr.. Ramspeck thus is undertakins
what is probably the biggest person.
mel survey ever made anywhere
Tbe-feld is much larger than thu
public realizes, he believes, since thu
War Department now is operatine
industrial plants with civilian EN-.
ployes manufacturing war material.
and the Army is using civilians il
its camps and training station!
where commissioned officers and en-.
listed men previously served to fret
the military forces for combat serv
ice. The civilian personnel is spreae
all over the world
This stupendous task has beer
undertaken as an outgrowth of tn
report made recently by the Civi
Service Commission to Congress.
Chairman Ramspeck has repeat
edly emphasized that the study mus
be constructive" and Representative
Michener, ranking Republican
spokesman in the House, has re
affirmed this. Efforts are to b
made to build up the morale O
the service and encourage the hard
working, conscientious employees, es
peclally those in the war agencies
1t proposes to coordinate the eff
forts of the many in the Fedora
service who are periodically de
sirous of wedding out inefficient an
unnecessary employees and promot
ing efficiency.
In his program Chairman Rams
peck has the support of the entir
Civil Service Committee especial
Representative Randolph of Wes
Virginia, ranking Democratic mem
ber, and Mrs. Edith Nourse Roger.
the ranking Republican membel
MI. Ramspeck has discussed wit
members of the committee plan fo
having small subcommittee assum
responsibility for studying the per
sonnel problems in particular de
DartmentS and agencies.