Evening star., 1943-11-08
By GEORGE H. ENGEMAN

The Civil Service Commission has
learned there is no wartime man.
power shortage at the s8,0O0-a-year
salary level.
Seeking an administrator for the
OPA region which includes WASH
. ington and other Eastern cities. the
| commission has been swamped by
applicants. despite the high qualifi-
cations set for the post.
Just how many unattached exec
utives finally will line up for the
tests will not be known until to-
morrow when the completed list of
applicants will be submitted to the
commission for approval. The COM
missions New York Office has re-
vealed that between IS and 100 have
indicated willingness to accept the
responsibilities and salary.
Other Exams Held.
Advertising an open competitive
examination for an S8OO0-a-year
post is itself wartime phenomenon.
1t Is the first time that any OPA
job OF its class has been thrown
open to all comers. The decision
and the vacancy are both the result
OF the tangled New York OPA sit
uation which led to the resignation
OF Sylvan Joseph as regional ad-
ministrator.
Only two other So 900 war agency
posts have been filled by competitive
examlnations-both since July. Civil
Service Commission officials ex-
planned that the trend indicates
that some sort Of stabilization Is
being achieved on the wartime level.
From now on, where posts ard not
oiled by promotion or transfer, the
test procedure will be followed by
the OPA. War Manpower Commits
sion, War Production Board and
Smaller War Plants Corp in filing
all jobs from regional or State di-
rectorships down through the field
administrator level. it was said.
Henry r. Treide. regional War
Manpower Commission chief in
Washington, is one of the two other
S8000-a-year men who have won
war agency jobs in competition.
The second examination was for
Small War Plants Corp post at At
lanta. Eleven examinations for war
agency Jobs in the S6.5O0-a-year
class have been held since July.
$4,000 Post Filled.
According to Commissioner Arthur
S, Flemming. one of the largest
posts to be filled by examination
recently was a Sl0.00O-a-year Rail-
road Retirement Board job set up
by Congress. Holding competitions
for these posts is all for the good.
MIR. Flemming said, and is especially
valuable in the case of the OPA,
where it is important that the pub
lie should feel jobs have been filled
on the basis of merit.
The examination for the OPA re-
gional post will not be of the sit
down-and-answer- -20-questions type
but will be what civil service Off
cials describe as "unassembled."
This means that the would-be exec
utives will be subject to private scru-
tiny during interviews with exam
liners.
Officials expressed doubt today
whether all the applicants would
measure up to the minimum qualifi-
cations. which are:
Applicants must have had broad
successful, extensive and progress
sively-important full-time paid ex-
perience in business, industry or
commerce in an administrative ca
pscity involving the direction of
large forces of persons engaged in
variety of employment.
Federal Experience Allowed,
Administrative experience in
Government is also acceptable pro-
vided that it has been supplemented
by responsible full-time paid expe-
rience in business, industry or COM
merce of such nature as to thor
oughly acquaint the candidate with
business methods and practices.
THE applicants entire experience
must have been of such a nature
and extent as amply to demonstrate
ability to plan. organize and direct
and to manage business or public
affairs to an extent comparable
with the duties of this position. The
applicant must have demonstrated