Opinion ID: 2611215
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Failure of Appellant to Apply at the Civil Service Office

Text: [9] Some point has been made of the fact that Syrek did not go to the civil service commission in response to the referral. We do not regard that as of importance, because the case was tried, as the findings of fact and conclusions of law show, not upon any failure of Syrek to make his appearance before the civil service commission, but upon the proposition of the taking of the oath. Had Syrek gone to the place of prospective employment and simply announced his opposition to the oath and his refusal to sign it, of course, the officer in charge would have had to reject him under section 3102 of the Government Code, cited above. If the officer had inquired into Syrek's reasons, we think he still must have rejected him. It would not, we think, be the function of a hiring officer to weigh the political opinions of an unwilling applicant, to question the accuracy of the applicant's historical allusion, or otherwise to decide the question whether or not the oath might be taken.