Evening star., 1955-02-14
ASkspratiicaI Step
To Hold Qualified
Persons IN Service
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Persons IN Aervlce
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mission activities in furnishing
personnel management leader
ship.y
l6. Authorization to agencies
to 5nse the one-outsof-f five selec-
tion In appointing employees from
civil service registers instead Of
the present o11eSout-of-three sys-
tenn.
II. A codification and simpli-
fication of various laws and or
ders affecting personnel in the
Executive Branch.
The commissions report was
based on extensive studies made
by, It's personnel task force
headed by Harold w. Dodds,
president of Princeton Uiiver-
sity.
Some Findings Rejected.
At the same time, the Hoover
group failed to incorporate the
findings of that unit which
sharply criticized the admins
tration's political job-clearance
program involving civil service
jobs and also attacked the ad-
ministration's security program.
The task forces findings were
sent up to Congress along with
the Hoover groups official rec
concentrations, even though the
security and political job clear
ance features did not have the
Commissions Endorsement.
The task force condemned the
use of political job clearance
orders to I'LL civil service Jobs.
1t also asked that a group of dis
tinguished citizens be appointed
to study the security program
and report their findings and
recommendations to the Presi-
dent and Congress.
In proposing a Senior Civil
Service. the Hoover Commission
estimated that eventually there
would be about 5000 persons in
t his category. The Senior"
service would consist of career
administrators carefully selected
from all parts of the civil service
and from all departments and
agencies solely on the basis of
demonstrated competence.
They would be nominated to
the service by department and
agency heads and appointed by
a Senior Civil Service Board to
positions approved by it, with
the consent Of the President.
S17.5O0 Pay Ceiling.
They would be paid salaries
ranging from $10.800 to $17,500
and they would be assigned to
various key jobs in the Federal
service. wherever and whenever
their services were needed. AS
their experience and ability in
creased their salaries would be
raised. They would be strictly
career officials and politically
neutral. . ~ ~. 49,
The Senior Civil Service Board
would be of bipartisan char
acter, consisting of three dis
tinguished private citizens TO be
appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate, the
chairman of the Civil Service
Commission. and a member of
the Presidents Executive. Office
staff. The board would operate
under the direction and super
vision of the Civil Service Com
mission.
The Hoover group also pro-
posed an entirely new approach
to the question of career and
noncareer jobs in Government.
It proposed a substantial in
crease in the number Of nom
career executives in Government.
1t declared that agency heads
now do not have enough help in
carrying out work on a policy
making level. All too often ca
reer officials are saddled with
these responsibilities. making
them vulnerable to attack when
political administrations change.
Hits Schedule C. 90.
The Hoover group said the
new political Schedule C has not
been too successful in distin-
gushing between policy and
nonpolicy making jobs.
It proposed that career ad-
ministrators. as rapidly as pos
sible should be relieved by nom
career. executives of responsihiisI
ity for advocacy or defense Of
policies and programs and
SHOULD be kept out of direct par
ticipation in political contro-
versieS.
The following criteria were
given by the Hoover Commits
sion to determine what jobs
should be filled on a noncareer
basis
/. All positions filed by pres
idential appointment with or
without confirmation by the
Senate. g,a.sNlr. ETaH2 st97t
2. All positions having vested
in them statutory authority or
executive delegations of author
ity requiring the incumbents to
make final decisions in the
establishment of governing pol
icies. programs. objectives and
in the enunciation of principles
which will control the action Of
suhordinates in the implement
tation of the foregoing.
8. All positions, the duties of
which require the incumhents to
act publicly in advocating new