Evening star., 1947-08-17

appreciate very mucn your
letter Of the second on the civil
service situation and I am more
than happy to have your views on
it. Harry S. Truman"
There still is a possibility, how
ever, that Mr.. Truman will order
Federal departments and agencies
to replace war service employees
with those permanent status work.
ers who have lost their jobs. But,
if he does. he probably will choose
his own time in which to take
action. After all, Mr.. Rees Is on
the other side of the political fence.
Meanwhile, an estimated $500
dismissed career employees in Wash
ington are looking for jobs, while
thousands of war service workers
remain on the Government payroll.
Some Government departments and
agencies simply are refusing to dis
miss war service employees and re-
place them with permanent status
employees who could fill the jobs.
NAME TROUBLE - Senet or
Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa often
has laughingly remarked that his
name has sometimes proved more
Of handicap than a help.
Some of my friends used to
think that no one with the name
of Hickenlooper could go far in
politics. the Senator once remarked.
The difficulties that a Hicken-
looper is apt to face was illustrated
last week in a letter the Senator
received from a constituent. f
1t was addressed to "The Hon.
Senator Hicken Looper."
And the salutation read: Dear
Senator Looper."
PERSISTENCE-The Civil Serv-
ice Commission has its candidate for
the most persistent and aggressive
man in Washington.
A war service employe, he was
dropped from the Government pay
roll as a result of the current reduc-
ton in force program. But he asked
the commission to investigate his
dismissal, claiming he was being
treated unfairly. The commission
looked into his case and found that
the dismissal was justified.
But the erstwhile employe didn't
stop there. He wrote letters to
President Truman and to 10 men,
bers of Congress complaining about
his treatment. And it wasn't long
before the commission was bonn
barded with letters from various
members of Congress asking for de-
tails of the case.
In self defense, the commission
issued nlimeographed letter, copies
of which it sent to the White House
and to the 10 Congress members.
1t hopes that this will end the affair.
TRAITOR - A reporter recently
dropped into the Office of a Repub-
lican member of Congress who has
always been noted for his opposition
to the late President Roosevelt and
everything connected with the New
Deal
The members secretary said her
boss had gone home for the recess,
adding: I'm really glad that he's
gone-now can finally read book
that I've had in my desk drawer for
months"
Whereupon she took out copy of
Frances Perkins The Roosevelt I
Knew"
LOGICAL EXPLANATION A
Commerce Department official re-
Gently was assigned new secre-
tary. The girl seemed efficient
enough, but it was her mannerisms
that made him grit his teeth.
She talked almost in whisper,
walked about on tiptoe, and had a
peculiar way of gingerly carrying
objects about the room.
The official finally decided it was
nervousness on her part and spoke
to the girl. Don't let the newness
of this job make you so nervous,
he said. We're all your friends"
"Oh. it isn't that" she said
brightly. II suppose I should have
told you this sooner. You see, be-
fore took this job I was baby
sitter"