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ALBANY
2,500 Sanitation Posts
JOSEPH JAMES BURKARD
“.,.a cop with the bdlues
now knows where to turn...”
Merit Men
|__By SEWARD BRISBANE.
PD PLOMaTIC, silver-hair-
ed Joseph James Bur-
kard’s tapering fingers sug-
gest a Spanish grandee and a
life of ease, Actually, Joe Bur-
kard’s hands have set a stu-
dent compass, fired a dough-
boy's rifle and wielded a cop's
nightstick.
Today they press buttons on
an executive desk in the Pa-
trolmen’s Benevolent Assn., of
which Burkard is president.
Nonchalant Exec
Every day a little before
noon Burkard, who looks much
younger than his 47 years,
takes a subway from E. 67th
St., starts towards downtown
Manhattan and 30 minutes
later arrives at the 4th floor
of 63 Park Row,
Joe Burkard doesn't look like
& man who's been a patrolman
int New York City’s police force
for more than 20 years. He
looks more like a bank’s vice-
president, or perhaps a South
American mining engineer.
When he walks he holds him-
self erect; his face is well
tanned, as though he spent a
good deal of his time in the
sun.
Reclining in a swivel chair in
his expansive office, President
Burkard is quite different from
Patrolman Burkard.
The paradox between major
executive and ordinary patrol-
men is understandable. Only
patrolmen may hold office in
the PBA; higher-ranking mem-
bers of the force may retain
their membership (many of
them do), but they cannot vote
or be active after they rise from
the rariks,
If you ask Joe Burkard today
why a man who was a lieu-
tenant in the first World War
escaped promotion during more
than 20 years’ continuous ser-
vice on the force, he'll smile
blandly and say:
Behind the 8-Ball.
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Cj 4 S ©
ADE R
VOL. I. No.1
EDITOR SPEAKING
HE LEADER is a new, wide-awake new: paper for Civil
Service employees everywhere—and for those men and
women who want Civil Service jobs, We pledge this paper
to fight for whatever benefits the welfare of present and fu-
ture Civil Service employees, Tue Leaver has no axe to
grind; it is bound to no organization, political or otherwise.
Our policy is entirely independent. We will strive to be fair
and impartial,
It is our hope that THe Leaver will be able to render a real
service to Civil Service workers and to those who may join
the service.
The publishing of a newspaper is something that can never
succeed if it is undertaken lightly, We knew this months ago
when we first began to plan Tue Leaver. Now we believe
we have the sort of paper which Civil Service workers want.
We know that success depends on the cooperation we re-
ceive from those in the service, and we welcome their advice
and criticism, And we will be glad at any fime to meet you
personally at our new offices at 99 Duane St.
Commission Makes Six Changes
For Social Investigator Key
—— !
Six changes have been made in the tentative answer key to
the Social Investigator exam taken June 24 by 15,000 ap-
plicants, it is exclusively revealed today by The Leader.
The changes are: No. 32—C is.
added to D; 56. D instead of B; 7 o
79, Any answer; 99 A and B;
108, Any answer, and 113. L in
addition to B, C, and F,
Although six changes for 115
questions is an ordinary number,
their importance lies first in the
fact that this is the largest pro-
fessional exam ever given by the
City Commission; and, second,
because the passing mark was set
at the figure achieved by number
2,500 on the list, and position is
exclusively competitive.
Marking of the papers starts
in about 10 days, and will take
nearly a month, Following that,
the 2,500 successful candidates
will be rated on an experience
education exam, weight 3, and by
a qualifying oral,
—Key on Page 15.
an
Ethel Jokunsen of Freeport, L. I
(right), learns from Elaine Conheim
of the Civil Service Commission that
she has scored 18 out of 25 in sample
Police women’s test held at World's
Fair, See Page two.
New York, Sept. 19, 1939
"Price Five Cents
WAR BOOMING
SKILLED JOBS
With the nation’s navy yards operating on a near-emer
basis, many reliable sources are predicting an impending
time boom in C Service jobs, especially in the skilled trades,
At the Brooklyn Navy Yard there has been difficulty in find-
¢+ing loftsmen and_ shipfitters,
. and applications for these jobs
| are being received directly at
Auditor Tests |]: ves seizes ssecty ot
Navy Yard, Almost any appli-
cant will be put to work on an
“emergency basis” a day or two
after he applies,
In the meantime, the United
States Civil Service Commission
Due This Month
(Special to The Leader)
ALBANY, Sept. 18—The New York
| State Civil Service Commission will
| announce a new series of general ex-
| aminations some time during the end
has announced open competitive
exams for 26 trades for the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. (For full
details see pages 10 and 11). Of-
|ot September or the first week in
October, it was reliably reported
here today.
‘The entire list has not been re-
vealed, but unusual interest in this
next series is expected, since two of
the classifications usually draw sev-
| eral thousand applicants, These are
| Title Examiner (Dept, of Law) and
Payroll Auditor,
Others on the
ficiais nope to build up eligible
lists for jobs which they expect
|to be open soon, But they have
already experienced difficulty in
getting enough applications for
anglesmith, heavy fi angle-
smith, other fires; flang:
pipe coverer and insulatoi
welde: loftsmen;
| Filing dates will probably be ex-
st will include As-| tended if istrations continue
sistant Physician; Interpreter (Yid-| to be small.
SragelOnear lectin: | Demand: for Metalamiths
ASS ee For months the Washington
Navy Yard has had difficulty in
|obtaining a sufficient supply of
and in other navy
urner;
ae
| fot airc
e among
machinists, skilled
draftsmen and oth-
predicted by well-informed
es here, who point out that
s in these classifications are
ny branches of the
Federal service,
Because of the lag in maritime
construction in the United States
until recently, the Federal Com-
mission has recently had to hold
exams for “helper-trainee,” a
new classification in the boat
building trades,
In August building
and appl
permits
ions for permits hit
the highest peak of any year
since 1923, which undoubtedly
means that skilled laborers will
be in great demand in coming
months.
first exam for sergeant, which
you have to wait five years to
take, I found I was number
| eight on the promotion list
|) when it expired. From then
| on I lost interest in promo-
tions. I was busy with other
things...”
(Continued on page 4)
! “It’s simple, After I took my
NEXT WEEK—A TOP
NOTCH FIREMAN
FOLLOW THE LEADER: |
175,000 on Federal Register
At present the Federal Com-
t covering
has a
mission for the distri
New York and New Jer
Page
|register of about 175,000 pers
eligible for all types of jobs, but
|the Commission does not know
Page
Free Fair DOVE Oars Gai iale ei aielesealtialaw: A City WORE rane sss vulvvuiuvasieainesnce? how many will actually’be avail-
ASCSE Plans Meet 2 | State Jobs........055 seeeeee 2 able for work, since many are
Uhion' Conveniton BU Neaeent foes seeeeee 9 |Delleved to have accepted jobs in
Sanitation Exams. . 3 | Dispositions of City Commission, ,,., 13 {Pt vate industry in recent weeks,
Merit Commission . 3 | High Salaried Jobs Open. aco 2SUlleaty ders mes Ga
Letters to Editor. . 4 | School for Commissioners see 13 | guesses of what will happen to
Questions & Answers.....,. 5 | Certifications .. eae 14 |Jobs in other Federal depart-
Housing Tests ....... 6 | Test Progress. . 5) || MORIS “beret of the, wary a
oor | (Continued on page 10)
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Pace Two
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER
First Annual Conclave
ForSCMWA Sept.27-30
Representatives of 50,000 Civil Service employees in 24 states
—12,000 of them from New York State, 11,000 of these from
New York City—will meet next Wednesday to Saturday at the
first annual convention of the*
State, County and Municipal]
Workers of America (CIO)
Manhattan Center, 311 West 34th St. |
Election of national officers and
adoption of a national constitution |
will be the main details on a full
program that includes addr
officials from New York
elsewhere, panel discussions
pressing Civil Service
problems, luncheons and
and an assembly at the World
Between 500-600 delegates are ey
of which half will come from
New York State and a third from
New York City.
Termed by Alexander, Ta
rector of publicati as
will be delivered Wednesday morn-
ing, at the opening session, by Stan-
ley M. Isaacs, borough president of
Manhattan, Other speakers at the
sessions include James B. Cz
tional secretary of the CIO, and in- |
ternational president of the United
Radio, Electrical and Machine Work-
ers of America (CIO); Councilman
Michael J. Quill, president of the
‘Transport Workers Union of Amer-
ica (CIO), and Morris Miller, ass't
general counsel of the U. S, Housing
Authority,
Mary Luciel McGorkey, who re-
cently succeeded Wenning as pres
| dent of the New York district of the
SCMWA, will call the convention to
order, and introduce Abram Flaxer,
national president,
the con-
vention will remedy the temporary
manner in which the union has been
functioning since it joined the CIO
ing of age” of the union,
in July, 1937, At that time, national
officers who had been previously
elected when the union was an in-
dependent body were continued in
office, and et of “policies and
adopted at a joint
of-
foes
Public Is Invited
The general public is invited to
attend the conventiol Union of-
s point.out that two panels are |
of special interest to those concerned
with efficient government,
_The first of these pane “Merit
poils System,” will be
held Thursday morning, Sept. 28, at
10 o'clock, with Paul J. Kern, pre:
dent of the Municipal Civil Service
Commission, the guest speaker
At an evening session the same
lay, beginning at 8 o'clock, Welfare
Commistie~ am Hodson will
T the topic, “Bm-
slationships _in
“Union
neisco,
New
srienc
ve led by Ellis
4 Staff Relations Bu-
Welfare Dept, and Julius
wartz, chairman of the Central
nce Committee, Local 1,
ri
SCMWA, Welfare Dept.
According to Henry
W. Wenning,
surer, this lat,
tie sor government employee i
ever been held among workers and:
offcials,
No Talk of War
unlikely, union
that anything but
general statement will be
the question of stabilized govern-
ment wages in a period of increased
prices, such as has been brought
about by the European war Lack
of time for conside ion is given as
the reason, although more active
work is contemplated by Jan, 1, 1940,
when budgets will be up for con-
sideration in the various legislative
bodies,
Two other panels will be held
Wednesday night, Sept, 27, on un-|
employment compensation and hos-
pitals and institutions. R. Gordon
Wagonet, chairman of the Unem-
ployment Compensation Bureat of
the U, S. Social Security Board, will
be guest speaker at the first panel,
It
stated,
is officials
a broad,
which, according to union officials,
will be pointed towards uniform
practices and staff conditions in the
country’s unemployment compensa-
tion bureaus,
Speakers at the World’s Fair As
F riday evening at the Court
of States at the Fair Grounds will|
president of the|
City Council, and A, D. Lewis, chair-
man of the United Construction
Workers’ Organizing Committee
(CIO), Lewis is a brother of John |
L
Lewis.
New York City’s official welcome |
Few Hit by Cut
The de
curtail dras
outlay budget,
ion of the City to
ically its capital
in view of
difficulties will
have only slight effect on
Civil Service employees,
affecting some engineers who
would normally be called
upon to make plan
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Aswnseoss qecyests
European
made on |f
Tuesday, September 19, 1939
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Time Changed for State Exams
Breaking a precedent of many years, the State Civil Service Commission has decided that in the future
all competitive exams will be held on Saturday afternoon instead of Saturday morning.
For some time the commission has received complaints that certain employers refused to allow their
employees leaves of absence on Saturday morning to take civil service exams.
On one occasion, the commission reports, when an examination for Clerk was being given, a large em-
ployer of clerical help informed everyone in his organization that absence on that Saturday morning, no
matter what reason was given, would be assumed to mean that the employee was competing in the state
test.
that particular morning.
‘The employees were told that they would be immediately fired if they failed to appear for work on
The commission reports that it has experienced similar cases frequently in the past.
The commission also points out that by switching the time for exams to Saturday afternoon, candidates
who live a long distance from the examination center will* benefit,
They will no longer be forced to arrive
on Friday, thus incurring the expense of a hotel, or start at an unusually early hour Saturday morning.
In the past orthodox Jews have been permitted to wait until sundown Saturday before beginning the
actual work on tests, but they have had to appear at the examination center at nine o'clock in the morning
all day, By moving the exam date to the afternoon, this wait is materially reduced, the commis-
Hizzoner’s Stand
Some indication of Mayor La-
Guardia’s position on the matter
of using the firemen’s eligible
list to fill 255 patrolman vacan-
cies will be given members of
the Fire Eligibles Assn. at a
general meeting Friday night at
8:15 o'clock in P, S, 27, 42nd St,
near Third Ave.
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State Association Sets
Yearly Meeting For October
pecial to The Leader)
ALBANY, Sept. 18—The annual convention of the Assn. of
State Civil Service Employees has been called for Oct. 3, by
President Charles A. Brind, Jr., it was announced here today.
(CIO te decided upon 1)
the 2
Rens, "2 Lafayette St.
ago field representative; Edward
field representative; John Jeffery,
Agenda of the first national convention of the
¥tate; County and Municipal Workers of America
week at gathering of
tional Policy Board in the new national of-
Seated around the table,
‘Yeatling from left to right, are William Spahn, Chi
trict president; Jesse Barnes, ass't to national presi-
Kelly, Midwest
California di
dent and chairman of the convention committee;
Abram Flaxer, national president; Alexander Tay-
lor, director of publications; Robert Weinstein,
Philadelphia field representative; Henry W. Wen-
ning, national secretary-treasurer; William Gaul-
den, N. ¥, field representative; Sam Sorkin, man-
ager, local 1 (Public Welfare, N, Y, C.), and David
Kanes, president, Pennsylvania district,
tion starts Sept, 27,
Conven-
Fair To Set Days For Five City
Groups, Admit Employees Free
|| ovestapspaust Ooastaaeees
WORLD'S FAIR, Sept. 18— In|
recognition of the “efficient
and willing cooperation” of
the Police, Fire, Park Sanita-
tion and Health Depts. in mak-
ing the Fair a success, Harvey
D. Gibson, chairman of the board
of directors, said today that spe-
cial days will be set aside for
\these departments and special
; |admission privileges granted
them,
| Chairman Gibson indicated
| that special days will be set aside
in early October for each depart
ment to be honored separate,
Members of the five city de-
| partments will be admitted free
simply by identifying themselves,
Gibson declared, In addition, he
| said, they will be allotted special
|50-cent tickets for their families
and friends. Twenty per cent of
the receipts of these special tick-
ets will be given to the welfare
funds of the various depart- |
ments,
Children of members of the
five departments will be admitted
on the special days for 10 cents,
if accompanied by their parents,
according to Chairman Gibson. |
jon all of the machines,
Exhibit Draws Crowds
More than 2,000,000 people have
tried out the physical and mental
testing machines in the New York
City Civil Service exhibit at the
World's Fair since opening Apr, 30,
it was revealed today.
Machines in the exhibit, used in
testing firemen, policemen and
prison attendants, include those for
shoulder, back and thigh muscles and
a machine for testing the grip. A
successful applicant must average 85
Few Fair
visitors attain this mark unless they
HARVEY D. GIBSON
are well
strength.
Mental testing equipment in the
exhibit includes the phonographic re-
cording instrument used in keeping
a spoken “copy” of oral examinations.
In addition, the modern electrical
scorer used for the first time re-
cently when 30,000 applicants ap-
plied for New York City police jobs
also sees service.
The electrical scorer is operated
by metal needles which feel out the
pencil marks on examination papers,
A correct answer passes an elec-
trical current through the graphite
of the pencil mark, which registers
on a dial, The machine grades 2,000
examination papers a day.
The mental test which visitors take
at the Fair is the one given to New
York City policewomen, consisting
of 25 questions. A passing grade
demands 19 correct answers, A sur-
prising number of Fair visitors pass
the examination, the average being
only slightly less than passing—17
or 18 correct answers out of the 25,
Three Fair visitors have achieved
perfect scores of 100 per cent.
Most amusing question asked to
date, say attendants of the Civil
Service exhibit, is that of a woman
whe was looking for a stenographer’s
job for her daughter and wanted to
make good and sure the girl passed
the examination,
“Can I buy all these questions in
advance?” she asked,
above the average in
President Brind declared that
an election of officers will be
held at the convention which
will meet in Albany.
He also stated that broad policies
will be discussed at the meeting,
and that a legislative program for
the forthcoming year will be mapped
out.
The most importaut matter on the
convention’s agenda is expected to
be the discussion und adoption of a
resolution urging the legislature to
restore the provisions set forth in
the Feld-Hamilton Law.
Provides for Salary Raises
This law, passed two years ago,
provided for fixed annual salary
raises for State competitive em-
ployees. Prior to the passage of the
law, annual raises were not man-
datory, but were given at the dis-
cretion of various department heads.
Sponsors of the Feld-Hamilton law
pointed out that this system resulted
in many disparities in salaries of
employees in the same types of jobs.
After the law had been in opera-
tion one year, the Legislature last
Spring suspended its provisions, first
by failing to appropriate, and sec-
ondly, by passing a separate law
which voided the provisions of the
Feld-Hamilton act,
President Brind declared that his
association will make a vigorous
fight to have all the provisions of
the Feld-Hamilton law restored and
a sufficient appropriation made to
meet them,
To Fight for 8-Hour Day
The Association, he said, also will
discuss at its forthcoming meeting
measures by which non-competitiv
and exempt workers in the State
can be brought under the merit sy:
tem, They are also expecting to
campaign for the extension of the
eight-hour day for state institutional
workers,
The Association is expected, at its
meeting in October, to draft a reso~
lution asking the Legislature, when
it meets next January, to appro-
priate more funds for the State
Civil Service Commission,
The full program for the conven-
tion will be decided upon in the
next few days, President Brind said.
Nassau Will Hold
Clerk Tests Soon
(Special to The Leader)
MINEOLA, L, I, Sept. 18—The Nas-
sau County Civil Service Commission
will hold open competitive exams
October 21 for Clerk, Pharmacist
Clerk, Inspector of Weights and Mea:
ures, and Probation Officer, it was
announced today,
Applicants will be received for
these positions until October 6, it
was stated,
‘The Commission said that several
appointments will be made from the
Clerk's list almost immediately at
ter certification, Salaries will range
from $1,200 to $1,700.
No age limits are set for three of
the exams, but for Probation Officer
applications must be between 21 and
55.
Applications will be received from
any person who has been a resident
of Nassau County for a period of one
year.
The Commission expects to appoint
two Pharmacist Clerks from the el-
igible list at $1,200-$1,700; two In-
spectors of Weights and Measures at
$1,600-$2,000, and four male and one
female Probation Officers at $2,100-
$2,600,
ne
i ph
y, September 19, 1939
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER
Pace Tarra
Exams
12,000 Formerly in Labor Class
Placed in Competitive Division
An army of 12,000 drivers and sweepers in the Sanitation
Dept. were moved from the labor to the competitive class last
week in one penstroke, when the State Civil Service Commis-
sion, headed by Grace A, Reavy, approved a resolution from
the City Commission initiating the change.
The Commission’s approval,
besides changing the status of
thousands of present employees
in the most sweeping reclassi-
fication ever made in New York
City, also opened the way for
competitive exams to provide a
list from which more than 2,500
jobs will be filled in the Sanita-
needed during the winter for ex-
tra snow removal work.
Commenting on the reclassifi-
cation of sanitation workers,
Commissioner Wallace 8S. Sayre
said; “The action brings the per-
centage of the competitive class
in New York City to the highest
point of any civil service juris-
diction in the United States,”
End of Mob Scenes
He added that there would be
no more riots and mob scenes,
such as have occurred in the past
when long lines of men stood for
hours to register for labor jobs in
the Sanitation Dept.
Last summer 5,000 men stood
in line for hours to register for
sanitation jobs, which were then
given to those who applied first.
The proposal to switch the san-
itation workers from the labor to
competitive class is part of a
policy which the Commission has
followed for some time, More
than 8,000 skilled laborers were
transferred to the competitive
class last year, reducing the total
in the labor class to less than
20,000. The sanitation workers
are the biggest group ever re-
classified by the Commission. At
present less than 5,000 men and
women in New York City are still
tion Dept.
From reliable sources The
Leader learned exclusively yes-
terday that the City Commission
will announce open competitive
exams for Sanitation drivers and
sweepers early in November,
Exams Slated for Jan,
‘The exams will be held early in
January, The Leader learned,
Present employees of the Sani-
tation Dept., according to Com-
GRACE A, REAVY
missioner Paul J. Kern, will now
be eligible for promotion exams
after a service of much less than
the three years formerly re-
quired.
Although no announcement
was made, it was thought that
drivers and sweepers will be able
to take promotion exams after
they have served in the depirfor
® period of one year. In addi-
tion, dismissals in the fuvure can
be made only on direct charges
and after a hearing has been
held,
The Leader also learned that
the Civil Service list for Assistant
Foreman expires in Sept., 1941,
and that examinations for a new
list will probably be held about
six months before that.
Written, Physical Tests
It is expected that the exami-
nation to be announced for driv-
ers and sweepers in November
will consist of simple written and
physical tests.
Candidates will have to be able
to read and write and take in-
Structions, They will have to be
citizens and residents of New
York City. They must be able to
show good character.
The Commission is now work-
ing out physical tests, with the
assistance of Professor Francis
Patrick Wall, head of the Physi-
cal Education Dept. of New York
University; Dr. Paul Brennan and
Dr, Henry Louria, chiefs of the
Physical and Medical bureaus of
the commission,
It is expected that the physical
exam will involve a test of
strength, agility and endurance.
About 3,000 names will be cer-
tifled on the eligible list after the
examinations are given,
2,500 Jobs at Stake
From this list between 1,500
&nd 2,500 jobs will be filled, At
the present rate of turnover
Bbout 600 men a year will be
Biven Jobs. According to well-
informed persons the Commis-
slon also will use this list to fill
Part-time jobs, such as those
in the labor class,
Come Under Service Rating
Another effect of the new rul-
ing is that in the future sanita-
tion workers will come under the
Commission's service rating plan.
Through this plan employees are
regularly given service ratings
ranging from minus 3% to plus
3%, and from these, promotions
are largely determined.
According to the Commission
the purpose of the Service Rat-
ing System is the advancement
and promotion of city employees
on the basis of merit and fitness,
The system is also used to stimu-
late interest among employees in
the in-service training program.
Sanitation workers may now par-
ticipate in this program.
For 2,500 Sanitation Jobs
Here you see a typical group of
ers who were switched last week
to the competitive class, when the State Commis-
sanitation work-
from the labor
sion approved a resolution requesting the change
from the New York City Civil Service Commis-
sion,
|
school districts under Civil Se:
Commission on Extension of th
declared today.
The Commission, authorized by the last se
STATE COMMISSION STUDYING METHODS
TO PLACE 200,000 IN CIVIL SERVICE
(Special to The Leader)
ALBANY, Sept, 18—A sweeping move to bring 150,000 employees of towns, villages and
rvice rules appears likely as the result of a report which the
he Civil Service will make next February, well-informed sources
sion of the Legislature, began its work last
week when Earl W, Weller, research and statistical expert of Rochester, undertook a sample
study of employees in Monroe County, in which Rochester is located,
It is expected the similar
studies will be made in eight or
ten other political subdivisions
of the State in order to determine
the most practical way by which all
employees of cities, counties, vil-
lages, towns and school districts can
be brought under the present Civil
Service rules,
Result of Palmer Case
The Commission was created by
the Legislature as a direct result of
the Palmer case in 1937, in which
the Court of Appeals held that the
competitive exam system must be
applied to all positions throughout
the State service, including counties,
cities, villages, towns and school dis-
tricts, whenever it is found that this
is “practicable,”
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‘The court's ruling was based on a
provision of the New York State
Constitution, which states, in effect,
that all jobs in the political subdi-
visions of the State must be filled by
Civil Service, so far as “practicable,”
In carrying out this constitutional
mandate, the Legislature adopted the
present Civil Service law, which
| was made to apply, however, only to
State service and cities, counties
and other political _ subdivisions
which the State Civil Service Com-
mission found it expedient to in-
clude under the Civil Service rules.
In general practice the Civil Serv-
ice Commission has held that the
law does not apply to counties,
towns, villages and school districts,
with a few exceptions.
Only One Town Included
At present, only the larger coun-
ties, such as those within New York
City, Westchester, Ex Nassau,
Monroe, Oneida, Onondaga, Albany
and a few others, have been effected
by the Civil Service ules, Only one
town and four villages have been in-
cluded under the jurisdiction of the
State iL Service Commission,
however, 11,000 local po-
litical subdivisions in the state, in-
cluding 38 smaller counties, 550 vil-
lages, 930 towns
school districts, which have be t
out of the competitive Civil Service
system. ‘These political subdivisions
employ between 150,000 and 200,000
people,
In deciding upon the Palmer case,
the Court of Appeals held that the
| constitutional provision fo. competi-
tive Civil Service automatically ap-
plied to all positions in the Civil
|Service throughout the State,
Fite Heads
An appropriation of $20,000
has been made for the Commis-
sion’s work.
John T, DeGraff has been ap-
pointed counsel and Assembly-
man Emerson D, Fite, chairman,
Others appointed by the Legis-
lature are Senators Karl K,
Bechtold, William H. Hampton,
Joseph D. Nunan, and Assem-
blymen Harold Armstrong, Ed-
mund R, Lupton, and John A,
Devany.
and about 9,500 |
| Whether municipal, county, town or
village,
The State Civil Service Commis-
sion, at the time, argued that it did
not think it “practicable” to extend
the rules to the smaller jurisdictions
and that the Legislature had given it
no funds to include them. The court
ruled, however, that these excuses
| were not sufficient and that the Con-
titution made it mandatory for the
“ommmission to extend the competi-
| tive examination system to all politi-
| cal subdivisions within tthe State,
Lehman Recommended
Governor Herbert H, Lehman, in
his message to the Legislature last
January, recommended that a com-
mission be created to study the prob-
lem and submit a report next Febru-
ary, recommending methods by
which the Civil Service rules could
be extended,
The Commi
make s
nm is expected to
ific suggestions and draft
legislation, to cover the following
problems: Inclus
| ty serv
rul
on of all the coun+
under the Civil S
nelusion of all the to
age and school districts; po:
jclusion of all teachers outside of
| New York City, Buffalo and Roches-
ter under a competitive system poss
sibly administered by the State Ed-
ucation Department; either extens
sion of the State Commission's juris-
diction over all the county, town,
| village and school districts throug
, or division between
le in
jout the State,
| the State Commission and the State
artment, leaving to the
ion over the school
Education De,
|latter the jurisdic
district employees,
Commission
Members appointed by
r Lehman are How J
State Civil Service Com-
missioner; Charles A, Brian, Jr,
president of the Assn, of State
Civil, Service Employees; H.
Eliot Kaplan, executive secre-
tory of the National Ciyil Serv~
ice Reform League; Frank C,
Moore, Secretary of the Assn, of
Towns, and William P. Capes,
secretary of the Conference of
Mayors,
Pact Four
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER
Tuesday, September 19, 1939
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Published every
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EADER
uesday by Civil Service Publica-
tions, Inc. Office: Broad (corner Duane St),
New York, N.Y. Phon COrtlandt — 7-5665.
(Application Pending for Second Class Mailing Permit)
Jerry Finkelstein, oo. cece Publisher
Seward Brisbane... . .. Editor
—Subscription Rates—
tn New York State (by mail)
where in the United Sta
Onin and Foreign Countri
Individual Copies
Advertising Rates on Application
Burnett Murphey
H. Eliot Kaplan
«Managing Editor
‘Gontributing Editor
ptember 19, 1939
Answering a Need
1a y many people—those in the
Civil Service field and others who are
Outside of it—have wanted a newspaper that
would give them complete, impartial news of
Civil Service,
They have wanted a newspaper tied down
with no political strings—that spoke for no
one party and no one group—a newspaper in
which they could find straightforward news
and honest, authorative comment on prob-
lems confronting Civil Service employees
and those who expect to enter city, state
or federal departments.
Tue Leaver is the result of this demand!
The Leaver will have a full-rounded coy-
erage of examinations, education and experi-
requirements, cligible lists, appoint-
ts, promotions, transfers, reinstatements
changes in employees’ status.
ne Leaver will cover court cases and de-
ons affecting Civil Service.
ie LEADER will have no political or per-
lt will have no
ambitions to promote,
nection with any political party.
Cue Leaper invit the cooperation of
ry Civil Service employee and potential
ployee and welcomes any suggestions
tey may wish to give.
Information Center
NECESSARY adjunct to any serious-
A minded Civil Service newspaper. is
some place where supplementary advice and
infort 1 be given in person, ‘The
Civil Service field is a complex one, and only
a specialist who gives it his entire time is
able to keep up-to-date on all the many
aspects,
It is with this in mind that THe Leaver
will open new offices in a few days at 99
Duane St., just west of Broadway, Located
at the most convenient spot in the city for
Civil Service employees and applicants, these
offices are directly across the street from the
new apptication bureau of the Municipal
Civil Service Commission, Editorial and
business rooms will be in the rear, while the
front is given over to an Information Center,
We will help you with your exam in
every possible way except, perhaps, to
take it. Pamphlets and books of many
publishers will be on sale, while those
given free will be distributed. Notary
service will be provided. Competent
persons will be on hand, ready to aid in
filling out blanks. Beyond this, the ex-
perts who make up the staff of Tne
Lape are on hand virtually all day to
answer questions on Civil Service. For
those unable to make personal visits, the
Question-and-Answer column of H.
Eliot Kaplan on page 5 is open.
Remember this applies to those seeking
news and information of the school services
as well as all other branches of government
service—federal, state or city,
Tue Leaver office also would like to re
cciye announcements of employee organiza-
tion meetings and other activities, and the
nd school news that
general Civil Servic
makes up its columns,
In short, the officers of Tue Leaver at 99
Duane St, will serve as a Civil Service in-
formation center. You can help us do this
job well,
|
MERIT MEN
By Seward Brisbane
(Continued trom Page One)
Burkard’s easy smile suggests that he foresaw
the day when he'd be the leader of 17,000 fellow
patrolmen (90% of the total police force in New
York City).
Born on Manhattan's Avenue B in 1892, young
Joe Burkard graduated with honors from Morris
Evening High School after attending various
parochial schools, Most important event of
Burkard’s youth was a childhood romance,
which ended in marriage in 1918, two years
after his entrance into the police force. Now
he's the father of a girl and two boys. A vice~
commander in the N. Y, County American Le-
gion, Burkard heartily approves of hfs son’s
ambition to attend Annapolis,
Burkard modestly refrains from telling har-
rowing adventure tales of his experiences on
the force. He'll talk about his glee club of his
association's success in cutting the price of uni-
Jorms from $68 to $35. Or he'll brag a little bit
about its success in raising patrolmen’s annual
salaries from $1,400, where they were at the
turn of the century, to $3,000 today.
No adventures though! Pressed for an excit-
ing story, he may wave a long hand and say:
“Well, perhaps I stopped a couple of runaway
horses, or knocked the heads of a pair of
drunks,”
Few cops were surprised when Burkard was
overwhelmingly re-elected to a second term last
summer, for it was because of his initiative that,
the PBA took the most significant step in its
career and formed a social wefare bureau. The
bureau was a response to the policemen’s need
for aid with social, financial and personal
problems,
Good salaries and secure positions made cops
the special prey of loan sharks. Everyone
wanted to lend them money. Many were bur-
dened with debt. None knew this better than
Burkard, who dismisses the “suicide waves” of
two years ago cryptically:
“Cops are no different from other people, ex-
cept that, when despair seizes them, a gun is
handier, It’s the fault of the papers that peo-
ple talk about a suicide wave. Cops don’t kill
themselves any oftener than other kinds of
people. But when they do, it’s ‘news.’
The first step the bureau took was an ar-
rangement by which patrolmen may borrow up
to $700 on their salaries at 4% interest. They
have 18 months in which to repay.
After setting up their welfare bureau, the
PBA under Burkard started a department of
insurance analysis to save policemen money
on their policies, And next it organized a hos-
pitalization plan through which members are
guaranteed 30 days’ hospitalization yearly for
$10.
Cops turned out to be healthier than the hos-
pital authorities expected so they made a profit
of 35%, Burkard hopes to have these profits
turned back to the cops in terms of increased
benefits. This Thursday he'll speak to the
authorities about it, “If they won't do it, we'll
organize our own hospitalization plan.”
Understanding fully the part emotional wor-
ries play in a man’s problems, the bureau has
begun its most original work in the fleld of per-
sonality problems. Pioneer in psychiatric work
is Bureau Chief William N, McDonald, who, like
Burkard, is a patrolman. McDonald already
has had some remarkable successes in helping
despondent men get back on their feet. A cop
with blues now knows where to turn,
Burkard doesn’t like Commissioner Paul J,
Kern's ruling which gives extra credits to police
applicants with college training and athletic
backgrounds, Says Burkard tersely: “A college
man has a big enough advantage to begin with.
Why aid him further?”
On duty in
the traffie di-
vision, Officer
Burkard doesn’t
find his duties
onerous, Says
he: “To give me
tine for my
duties as P.B.A,
head, the de-
partment has
put me on cler=
ical duty and
short hours,”
What does pres-
ident Burkard
get as P.B.A,
chief? “Well, I
don't get a sal-
ary, but I do
get a liberal ¢:
pense account,”
PATROLMAN BURKARD
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Need for Unionization
| Sir; The main problem facing
civil service generally and, there-
|fore, our union, is the problem of
organization,
New York City is the employer of
approximately 100,000 persons, the
majority unorganized and unaffili-
ated with any bona fide, permanent
organization whose basic concern is
the economic welfare of its mem-
bers, Those employees who are or-
ganized, are organized into a mul-
tiplicity of organizations whose per-
spectives and programs are of a sec-
tional, craft or temporary nature,
with the limitations and disunity
which such a condition implies.
New York City is, relatively
Speaking, a good employer, But its
willingness to be good is severely
restricted by circumstances which
are in some respects outside of its
control. Even within the limits of
its mild beneficence, there is the play
of contending forces, some reaction-
| ary, which tends to inhibit the sat-
isfaction of the legitimate needs of
the civil service,
Certainly so far as the public mind
is concerned, the public does not see
as yet in the service, the necessary
degree of unanimity of purpose, the
singleness of permanent, stable or-
ganization which makes for a uni-
| fled conception of the problems of
the service.
With organization much becomes
possible. An immediate problem of
far-reaching importance to both city
and state employees is the serious
budgetary stringencies of the city
and state governments. The false
economy drive of the state legisla
ture has especially jeopardized the
welfare of the public and the in-
terests of the state employees, The
budgetary restrictions have resulted
in dismissals and suspension of in-
crements in the state service, of
clamping down of promotions and
increases in the city service, and of)
other harmful retrenchments.
What is needed is an affirmative
legislative declaration of public pol-
{ey asserting the right of govern-
ment employees to organize with-
out fear of discrimination, and the
establishment of a suitable mechan-
ism making possible negotiations of
Jemployee organization representa-
tives and administrative officials.
There is also the need for strength-
ening the morale and sec y of the
service by making legislative pro-
vision for departmental hearings on
disciplinary cases with the right of
representation by counsel.
Henny W. Wennina,
National Secretary
State, County & Municipal Workers
of America (CIO),
ON PROPAGANDA
Sir: The entive metropolitan area has
been sorely in need of an unbiased,
uncontrolled, non-political, true civil
service paper, A paper that will
print all the news, information and
other material that the competitive
Civil Service employee and others |
interested in Civil Service problems,
matters, etc,, are anxious to know,
As a ciyil service employee who |
has, for 20 years, been actively en-
gaged in various Civil Service em-
ployee organizations, I believe I
know what these employees want,
need and look for in such a paper.
Without appearing to be presump-
tious, may I offer the following
suggestions:
Give the small departmental
organization with « minimum
amount of members in their group,
the same consideration, space, ete.
that you would give to the organ
ization with a maximum number
of members,
Keep out of politics—it you
must endorse a candidate for pub-
lic office, be sure and print his
entire Civil Service record, not
what he Is promising, Civil Serv-
ice employees are intelligent voters
and appreciate reading and know-
ing the past performances of thelr
Public office candidates,
Do not color the news, Neither
solicit, cater to, nor give subver-
sive organizations any space or
other consideration for they may
succeed in using your publication
to spread their insidious propa-
ganda to its eventual detriment,
The Civil Service employee hag
been a political football for so
many decades, he will relish re«
ceiving his news unadulterated.
—Murrak A, Feincorp,
President N. Y, C. City Employees:
Local Union 61; American Federa-
tion of State, County and Munici+
pal Employees (AFL),
CLEVELAND SAID
Sir: Merit, and merit onty, should
count in selecting a man for a job,
To be sure, when one political
party is in power and two men, of
equal ability, but of opposite po-
litical faith, are being considered for
a position, the appointment will be
given to one whose political faith is
in agreement with the party in
power,
But the policy followed by most
successful candidates is to fill all
vacancies with their friends and
political workers, If an appointee
knows nothing about the functions
of the office which he has been
selected to fill, that is not especially
important. In fact, many offices are
managed by Civil Service employees,
secretaries, etc,, and they are usually
able to conduct the business of their
office without a head.
President Grover Cleveland, in his
first message to Congress, said:
“I venture to hope that we shall
never again be remitted to the
system which distributes public
positions purely as rewards for
partisan service. Doubts may well
be entertained whether our gov-
ernment could survive the con-
tinuance of this (spoils) sys-
tem...»
“The evil would increase with
the multiplication of offices con-
sequent upon our extension and
the mania for office holding, grow:
ing from its indulgence, would
pervade our population so gen-
erally that patriotic purpose, the
support of principle, the desire for
public good, and solicitude for the
nation’s welfare would be banished
from the activity of our party
contests and cause them to de-
generate into ignoble, selfish and
disgraceful struggles for the pos-
session of office and public places,
Civil Service reform came none
too soon to check the progress of
demoralization.”
Cases of violation of the rules of
the game are common, Itt fs to be
expected that some department heads
are subject to political pressure.
Many of them would resist such
pressure if they had the support of
the employees, Only by organizing
and exerting pressure in the opposite
direction can we ward off that po-
litical pressure which defeats the
principles and purpose of Civil
Service.
—Mpyer Jacops,
New York Supreme Court, Speci:
Term, Part Two,
PAPER WELCOME
Sir: The news that your weekly
paper, the Civil Service Lender,
is about to become a reality is
indeed most welcome and you may
be sure that we of the New York
City Chapter of the Association of
State Civil Service Employees an-
ticipate with great interest obtain«
ing and reading your first issue on
September 19,
While it is true that there are
at the present time other Civil
Service newspapers throughout the
metropolitan area, their value to the
Civil Service employees is not what
it should be due to the fact that
they are the organs of certain em-
ployee groups, As a consequence, it
too frequently happens that their
editorials and news reports are dis-
torted to fit the particular view~
points of the leaders of the organ-
izations from which they emanate,
thereby depriving their readers of
a clean-cut, unbiased statement of
tacts,
—Ennt J, Keity,
Assn, of State Civil
Service Employees,
New York City Chapter.
Questions & Answers
by H. ELIOT KAPLAN
(H. Eliot Kaplan, contributing
editor of the Ctvi SERVICE
Leaver, conducts his Question é&
Answer column each Tuesday.
Champion of the merit system
jor more than a generation, Mr.
Kaplan is executive secretary of
the National Civil Service Re-
form League and counsel to the
Civil Service Reform Assn.)
Q. Of what value is a Question
and Answer column for the Civil
Service?
‘A. The administration of the Civil
Service system is a highly technical
problem. It is not simply a matter
ot taking examinations and being
automatically appointed, There are
so many ramifications of the Civil
Service laws and rules affecting the
rights and privileges of Civil Sery-
ice employees that it is well-nigh
impossible to state with any cer-
tainty just what may or may not be
done under the Civil Service law
and rules except by knowing all of
the facts in each particular case.
It is not merely questions of law
that affect the Civil Service em-
ployees, but more often matters of
practice and procedure of the com-
missions that play a more important
part, Literally, hundreds of prob-
lems confront the commissions, the
dept. heads and the employees. Un-
fortunately, neither the commissions
nor the dept. heads are able to fur-
nish much of the information sought
by the employees,
Q. How will the Question and An-
awer column help serve such needs
of the employees?
A. It is hoped that it will act as a
clearing house of information for
the general welfare of Civil Service
employees. Naturally not every
question may be answered, but by
exchange of questions and answers
much useful information will be
given which we hope may act as
guides to the Civil Service em-
ployees.
Q. What problems seem of most
eoncern to Civil Service employees?
A, You will generally find that
Civil Service employees ask for
nothing more than a square deal;
that they merely desire that the
Civil Service be administered with-
out favor and without discrimina-
tion, They are concerned with the
problem of unjust removal from
Civil Service. They are often per-
plexed by the variations surround-
ing the question of seniority in cases
of suspensions or lay-offs. They are
worried about the seeming lack of
adequate opportunities for promo-
tion in the seryice, They want to
understand the purport of legisla-
tion affecting the Civil Service and
how it affects their rights and privil-
ges. They want to know what they
may and may not do under the pro-
visions of the Civil Service Laws
and Rules, and what the commis-
sions or the dept, heads may or may
not do.
Q. What type of question is most
helpful for the greatest number of
readers?
A. There are many, Questions
dealing with the practice and pro-
cedure of the commissions; of the
departments; popular construction
and interpretation of the laws and
rules as distinguished from mere
technical legalistic explanation; mat-
ters affecting legislation in Albany,
City Hall, Washington and else-
where. In short, questions, which
if answered for one employee, ap-
plicant or other person interested in
the Civil Service, would help clarify
or solve a problem for others seek-
ing similar information,
Q. What type of question would
You prefer readers to avoid?
A. We should like to be able to
answer every question sent in by a
reader, Obviously, neither time
nor space permits. We will try to
answer as many as we can, Ques-
tions of a personal nature should be
ayolded,
.
every reader what his standing on
the list may be. The Civil Service
Leader will keep employees in-
formed generally as to appointments
and the last number of the eligible
reached in regular order on the
various lists, Questions as to when
a particular examination may be
announced are generally matters of
speculation, When an appointment
may be expected for this, that or the
other eligible is generally a matter
of conjecture, Information along
these lines will be published in the
Civil Service Leader only if accur-
ate information can be obtained.
Questions seeking mere opinions
which are not general in nature
should be avoided.
Q. In what way should questions
be worded?
A, Questions should be phrased
simply and specifically, The ques-
tion should be so framed that-a spe-
cific and direct answer can be made.
@. Will you give us an ex-
ample of such a question and
answer?
A, Here is one that was asked
the other way by a group of em-
ployees in a state dept:
Q. May a competitive Civil
Service emptoyee in the state
Service take part in a state
political campaign, such as act-
ing as a district captain or
county committeeman?
A. Yes, There is no provision
of law that prohibits a state em-
ployee from participating in
political activities,
Q. May an employee of the
City of New York engage in
similar political activity?
A, Members of the staff of the
Civil Service Commission may
not, Others may, except police~
men, firemen and others specific
ally prohibited by special statute
or charter provision, Employees
of the City may not contribute to
any political party or political
campaign fund under the terms
of the charter,
Q. Will you give us another
type of question?
A, Here is one which just came
into our office today:
Q. May an employee of the
Register’s office, Bronx County,
be transferred to a similar posi-
tion in the New York City
service?
A, Generally no, It, however,
the position held by the em-
ployee in the county service is
abolished, he may be transferred
to any similar position in the
city service with the approval of
both the state and municipal
Civil Service Commissions.
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER
Pace Five
VOTE IN LEADER’S
OWN STRAW POLL
Third term for Roosevelt?
Dewey or Vandenberg? Is
Garner what John L, Lewis
said he was?
Thick and fast the questions
come, as the time to select the
candidates in the all-important |
1940 elections nears. |
The Civil Service employee is
swept into the whirlpool of doubt
and query that stares America in its
political face,
That the Civil Service employee
will take a major role in the com-
ing elections is unquestioned. Alert,
test-proven citizens, the Civil Ser-
vice employees have an added con-
cern in elections because they are
frequently directly affected by a
change in administration,
How, then, is the political wind
blowing about the Civil Service em-
ployee?
The Civil Service Leader wants
the Civil Service employees to an-
swer this question themselves, For
convenience, a blank appears below,
with space to answer the most im-
portant political queries of the day,
However, any piece of paper will do,
just so long as.we learn how you|
feel about things politic, and we can |
pass it on, }
Preliminary returns in this straw
poll will be published in next week's |
Leader, appearing Tuesday, Sept. 26,
and more results in each week's
sue following that,
Postcards are now being mailed
to Civil Service groups throughout
the State, and as soon as the re-
turns are received The Leader will
publish them. u
Final Decision Expected
On ERB Case Next Month
ALBANY.—Final decision
former employees of the erstwhile New York City Emergency
y the Appellate Division shortly
Relief Bureau will be made by
on
of
the controversial status
COURT RULING DUE
FOR WESTCHESTER
ALBANY—The Appellate Di-
vision will be called upon,
soon after it reconyenes in
October, to decide whether
the State Civil Service Com-
mission and the Governor
can be compelled to adopt a
resolution extending the
Civil Service rules to the sec-
ond school district in East-
chester, Westchester County.
Plaintiff in the case of
Booker y. State Civil Service
Commission contends that
according to the Court of
Appeals decision in the Pal-
mer case, the present State
Constitution compels exten-
sion of Civil Service to all
jurisdictions not under the
rules.
The Supreme Court, point-
ing out that a special Legis-
lative Commission has been
appointed to study just this
problem, has held that the
Constitution left the deter-
mination of extension to
legislators.
1. Do you favor a third term for
| Bruce Barton
Thomas E, Dewey .
|] James A. Farley ....,....++5008
John Nance Garner
Cordell Hull ......
Fiorello H, LaGuardia .........
|] sign your name.
2, If not, which of the following will you vote for:
Simply fill in this ballot and mail it to Straw Poll Editor, CIVIL,
SERVICE LEADER, 305 Broadway, New York, N, Y.
President Roosevelt?,..
Paul V, McNutt
Lloyd C. Stark
Robert W. Taft
Arthur H, Vandenberg
(Others)
You need not
have been postponed to Nov. 25,
amended notice will soon be is-
sued reopening the filing, as the
State Commission has cancelled
earlier regulations which would |
have extended eligibility, This
is similar to the action in respect
to the promotion exams for
Clerk, Grade 2, and Stenogra-|
pher and Typewriter, Grade 2,
Q. Will the question as well as
the answer be published?
A, If of general interest both ques-
tion and answer will be published,
It the answer is sufficiently clear
without repeating the question, only
the answer will be published with
the initials of the question indicated
to identify it. Sometimes it will
depend on the nature and import-
ance of the question itself,
Q. Do you wish to add another
word or two in this first column?
Just this, We will try con-
scientiously to be of real service to
the Civil Service employee and those
seeking admission to the service, as
well as to the public generally, We
shall endeavor to be utterly imper-
sonal, non-partisan and strictly ob-
jective in answering the inquiries of
our readers,
Delay R.R. Clerk Ruling
Decision was reserved a week,
after Thursday's publie hearing of
the City Commission, on the pro-
posal of the Board of Transporta-
tion to include the title of “Railroad
Clerk” in the competitive class, part
Tt is not practical to tell 42,
State to Change Offices
New office space will be taken Oc-
tober first by the State Civil Serv-
ice Commission on the ground floor
of the State Office Building in Al-|
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Originally filing for the Grade
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filed for the Grade 4 test.
Sept 23 is a Jewish holiday, |
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of the first national convention
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The Abrams case raises the is-
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were transferred to the Welfare
Dept. must be given an oppor-
tunity to compete in an open
competitive exam for the posi-
tions they temporarily filled un-
der the 1937 Livingston-Wads-
worth Law. The City followed
the Court of Appeals ruling in
the Britt case, certifying the
city-wide promotion eligible list
to displace the temporary em-
ployees, and was upheld by the
lower courts.
Directly involved is the im-
portant issue of whether the
N.Y.C. Commission may legally
establish city-wide promotion eli-
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ployees who intervened contend
that promotion exams must be
confined to each dept., and can-
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motion lis! These two ques-
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Tn the Forman case, the court
will also be called upon to inter-
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temporarily transferred to the
Welfare Dept. the right to com-
pete for these positions,
This differs from the Abrams
case in that the Commission
here certifies the eligible of ac-
countant and bookkeeper as ap-
propriate for filling positions of
Special Investigators. In the
Abrams case the Commission is
| questioned on the right to cer-
tify allegedly inappropriate lists
for positions which were intend-
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were to be permitted to take,
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Vacancies for 17 in Expanding Field
A year ago, managing a housin;
something like social work—teaching the housewives what to prepare for breakfast, and
how to take care of the kiddie:
That was a year ago.
tions are due Sept. 27,
From 2,000 to 3,000 are ex-
pected to file for the exam,
which is in the expanding
housing field. Of the 799
women who took the original
exam in July 1938, only 28
passed the written. They
were certified and appointed
shortly afterwards. The pass-
ing grade was 75 per cent.
This year’s exam has no pass-
ing mark set yet.
Last year’s exam contained
more than 150 questions, of mul-
tiple choice, matching, and essay
types, and took four and three-
quarter hours. Below is a selec-
tion from this exam, the correct
answers in boldface type:
PART I
1, According to the opinion of
most authorities the maximum per-
cent of income devoted to rent, on
the basis of a minimum standard of
living, should be (A) 20% (B) 30%
(C) 15% (D) 25%,
2, Community activities in a pub-
lic housing project should (A) be
limited to the facilities of the project
only (B) be limited to the facilities
of public agencies only (C) be limit-
ed to resident of the project only
(D) Make use of public and private
agencies and include other residents
of the neighborhood.
3. According to the rate at which
the number of old-law tenements
has been reduced during the past 30
years, the number of years it will
take to get rid of them all is ap-
proximately (A) 30 years (B )50
years (C) 100 years (D) 200 years,
4, One of the reasons given most
frequently by tenants for renting
instead of owning a dwelling is (A)
welfare of the children (B) protec-
tion and security (C) renting is
cheaper than owning (D) forced sav-
ing is a good habit which results
from renting a house,
5. Three essential features of a
Jimited-dividend housing _ project
under the State Housing Law are
(A) privately operated, public owned,
proflits held down (B) taxes held to
6% regulated through State Housing
Boards, occupants limited to former
slum dwellers (C) privately owned,
publicly operated, regulated through
City Housing Boards (D) publicly
regulated, privately owned, privately
operated,
6. Among the following the evils
which have been shown to be closely
associated with bad housing are (A)
rickets, delinquency, tuberculosis
htheria (C) in-
poverty, general par-
ased mortality, small~
in apartments usually
: (A) that there is a genuine
of accommodations, (B) that
families haye “doubled up” because
of financial necessity, (C) that the
vacancies are in buildings so dilapi-
lated that not even the poorest of
tenants will occupy them (D) any of
the above,
8, The agency which at the pres-
ent time is assuming the functions
of the former New York City Tene-
ment House Department is (A) Di-
vision of Housing, (B) Department
of Multiple Dwellings, (C) Division
of Buildings, (D) New York City
Housing Authority,
9. Nations which have had experi-
ence with slum clearance found that
nsplanted from slums to
families tr
modern housing have (A) shown no
improvement
over previous condi-
tions, (B) shown satisfactory im-
provement in approximately 90% of |
the cases, (C) show!
istactory im-
proverent in 50% of the cases, (D)
tended to reduce the modern hous-
ing to slum conditions,
0. Of the following the most im-
t factor contributing toward
project seemed to be jes’
S.
In a year the authorities learned that managing a housing project
needs the firm hand of the male as well as the softer care of the woman, Hence, men as well
as women are invited to compete for 17 vacancies under the Management Ass’t (Housing
Authority), Grade 3, classification of the Municipal Civil Service Commission.
wimmin’s work. You know,
Applica-
+
tion industry Is (A) the persistence
of old popular notions and customs
which have been in existence for
many years past, (B) the excessive
cost of construction work during
winter seasons, (C) the relattvely
lowered efficiency of labor during
the winter seasons, (D) the seasonal
nature of the construction industry,
11, According to the building zone
resolution adopted in New York City
in 1916, the city was divided into the
following three classes of districts:
(A) restricted, commercial, unre-
stricted, (B) restricted, commercial,
residential, (C) residential, commer-
cial, unrestricted, (D) residential,
unrestricted, residential, commercial
unrestricted, commercial.
12, Usually, in most elevator apart-
ment buildings of six stories or more,
other factors remaining the same:
(A) the top two floors are priced
|lower, (B) the first two are priced
lower, (C) the middle floors are
priced lower, (D) all floors are
priced the same.
13, One of the chief causes of
slums has been the (A) type of
people who live in slum areas, (B)
| very gradual evolution of improve-
| ments in building construction, (C)
| slowness of governmental agencies in
demolishing slum areas, (D) desire
of tenement owners for profit.
14. ‘The present chairman of the
New York City Housing Authority is
(A) Alfred Rheinstein, (B) Langdon
Post, (C) Nathan Straus, (D) Mary
Simkhoviteh,
15, Slums are found in (A) cities
with more than 100,000 population
only, (B) urban districts only, (C)
eastern urban centers and western
rural districts, (D) all geographical
sections rural and urban centers.
16. According to the Building Code
the term “human occupancy” refers
to the use of any space or spaces (A)
in which any human does, or is re-
quired to live, work or remain for
continuous periods of two hours or
more, (B) in accordance with the
laws and ordinances relating to
dwellings, (C) in which any hyman
is able to live, work or remain for
any length of time, (D) for the pur-
pose of making one’s dwelling,
17, An old-law tenement is one
which has (A) been built prior to
Multiple Dwelling Law, (B) been
built prior to Tenement House Law
of 1901, (C) conformed with all the
tenement house laws prior to Mul-
tiple Dwelling Law, (D) conformed
with all the tenement house laws
prior to Tenement House Law of
1901,
18, At the present time the num-
ber of old-law tenement buildings
in New York City is approximately
(A) 20,000, (B) 60,000, (C) 5,000, (D)
100,000.
19. Of the following the most im-
portant advantage of public low-rent
housing has been that it has (A)
raised the standard of living of for-
|mer slum dwellers, (B) appreciable
lowered the cost of living of former
slum dwellers, (C) served as an in-
centive for private home builders,
(D) greatly decreased the slum pop-
ulation.
20. Up to January 1, 1938, slum-
clearance, low-rent houses have been
built with funds provided by the
Public Works Administration in (A)
every geographical section of the
United States, (B) New York City
only, (C) New York State only, (D)
not more than five states.
21. Among other factors, stand-
ards for admission to government
housing projects are (A) family in-
come, race size of family, (B) living
standards in old home, references,
finances of family, (C) good health,
small savings account, insurance, (D)
character of applicant, color, absence
of large debt (or reasonable explana-
tion).
22, The average age of houses in
the United States is approximately |
(A) 80 years, (B) 60 years, (C) 40
years, (D) 20 years,
23. The percentage of all dwellings
in New York City which have been
built by philanthropic, cooperative |
and governmental agencies is (A)
10%, (B) less than 1%, (C) 5%, (D)
15%. |
24. Negroes in Harlem pay ex-
orbitant rentals because (A) the
number of apartments available to
them Is limited, (B) they take lodg-
ers into the apartments, (C) they
crowd more than one family into an|
apartment, (D) they are poor rent
risks,
25. Assume that you are a man-
agement assistant assigned to collect
rents from a group of tenants in a|
government housing project. One
tenant cannot pay the rent because
her husband has just lost his job. |
The best of the following procedures
for you to follow is (A) attempt to
solve the tenant’s difficulties by sug-
gesting sources for obtaining finan-
clal ald, (B) demand to know when
the tenant will be able to pay the
rent, (C) follow the usual policy of
sending a written notice notifying
|the tenant of her arrears, (D) make
arrangements for moving the tenant
out of the project, ¢
26. According to the Multiple
Dwelling Law the heat in every
room of a steamheated apartment
must be (A) at least 68 degrees be- |
tween 6 A, M. and 10 P. M. when the
street temperature is below 55 de-—
grees, (B) sufficient for the comfort |
of the tenants regardless of street
temperature, (C) at least 70 degrees
between 7 A. M, and 11 P. M, from
Oct, 15 to April 15, (D) dependent
upon whether the building is a new |
law or old law building.
group activities by (A) the more inte!
2. The degree of social intelligence
which a person possesses can best
be determined by the (A) extent of
success the person has in getting
jalong with people, (B) score ob-
tained on a test of social intelligence,
(C) judgment of a psychologist in
an interview with the person, (D)
person's own judgment of his suc-
cess in dealing with social situa-
tions,
3, In arranging play activities for
boys and girls about the age of
twelve the most important guiding
|factor is the selection of games (A)
in which the children have an in-
herent interest, (B) which you think
have the most educational value, (C)
in whieh the greatest number of
children can participate at the same
time, (D) which will allow for the
maximum amount of exercise,
4. The group of games which is
PART II
1, Of the following the most important criterion for judging the success |
| of community activitles in a public housing project is participation in |
lligent families, (B) the less intelligent
families, (C) all families, (D) outside groups, |
about the age of twelve Is (A) soc- |
|cer, poster making, swimming; (B)
playground ball, iceskating, volley-
| ball, (C) swimming, volleyball, lan- |
| tern parades, (D) jacks, playground
ball, ice skating,
5. A study made of residents in a
public housing project one year after
it was opened for occupancy showed
that there was less crime, less dis-
ease and fewer divorces than in a
| group of the same size and average
income living in a slum area, This
shows that (A) slums tend to breed
crime, disease, and marital discord, |
(B) public housing projects have a
beneficial effect upon the health and
morals of the inhabitants, (C) the
inhabitants of the public housing
project are healthier than those of
the slum area, (D) the data are in-
sufficient te make any of the fore-
fluctuations in the construc-, among those most preferred by boys! going conclusions,
City Opens New Housing Test to Men
Test
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A. Is entirely true,
B, Is entirely false.
CIs
“For example, in one slum area
in Cleveland there is a most re-
vealing illustration of the ques-
tion in point. In this particular
district in 1930 there were 22,236
persons living in an area of 333
acres, approximately 2% % of the
total population of the city. This
section represents 86% of the
city’s total area and had a popula-
tion density of approximately 67
to the acre which is very low for
New York City, but more than
three times the mean density for
the entire city of Cleveland. In
this area the cost of police pro-
tection for that year was
$255,597. ‘The total cost of police
protection for the entire city
was $3,947,408, From this it will
than 20 persons per acre. (D)
(A)
from the data given, (B)
True and False Stickler
You are required to judge whether each statement:
artly true and partly false.
D. May or may not be true, but cannot be answered on the basis
of the facts as given in the excerpt,
In the correspondingly numbered row on the answer sheet, blacken
the space between the pair of lines lettered the same as the answer
which is the best of those suggested, Be sure to consider only the
tacts given in the excerpt to which the statement refers,
Statements
36. The average population density of Cleveland in 1930 was less
37. In the slum area in Cleveland, which was studied, the propor-
tionate cost of fire protection relative to the cost for the entire city
was more than five times the proportionate cost of police protection,
38. The per capita cost of police protection for the entire city of
Cleveland in 1930 was approximately $3.30 as compared with a per
capita cost of fire protection of $.0015. (C)
39. The total population of Cleveland in 1930 cannot be determined
40. Slum areas in Cleveland in 1930 cost more than their share of
the city's fire and police protection costs.
2
be seen that the per capita cost
for the police protection for the
slum area was $11.50, which is
precisely 350% of the per cap-
ita cost of the entire city. Taking
this same small area in Cleve-
land as our experimental unit in
the matter of fire protection, we
discover that our slum area re-
quired $406,109 as against the
total of $3,811,923 for the entire
city, The cost of this fire pro-
tection was $336,000 more than
the apportioned cost according to
population which should have
been $70,000, The mean cost of
fire protection per square foot
for this slum area is the amazing
figure of $.028 or 1,885% of that
of the entire city, which was
$.0015."
PART Ii
1. Of the following clothing materials the one which is the poorest con=
ductor of heat is (A) light silk, (B) heavy cotton, (C), light cotton, (D)
wool.
2. The grades of beef, in order
from the best grade to the lowest
| grade as worked out by the Bureau
ot Agricultural Economics are (A)
U. S. Choice, U. S. Special, U. S.
Prime, U. S. Commercial; (B) U, S.
Special, U. S. Prime, U. S. Choice,
U. S. Commercial; (C) prime, choice,
good, medium, common, cutter, low
cutter; (D) choice, cutter, low cut-
ter, medium, prime, good, common.
Describe an experience which you
have had in some form of commu-
nity work in which you were un-
successful in accomplishing the de-
sired results. Mention the difficul-
ties encountered and make recom-
mendations for the course of action
| apparently opposed to mingling with
which would have fulfilled your pure
poses,
(A) Describe the procedure which
you would follow in attempting to
influence a new tenant, living in a
three-room apartment with her hus-
band and a 4-year-old daughter, and
any of the other tenants, to engage
in the various community activities
of a public housing project, Indicate |
for each step of your procedure the |
principle of human behavior which
you are following,
(B) In the event that these steps
fail to bring about participants by |
this family what
would you make?
further efforts
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| cations for building construction, or
| the equivalent; evidence of a com-
ere knowledge of architec-
tural and engineering specifications
installing mechanical equipment; ex-
|for constructing large buildings and |
| perience in engineering and architec- |
Duties:
Under direction, make
|for patients and personnel; plan |
|menus; supervise preparation and
serving of dietaries; consult doctors
on special diets, and upon their di-
rections advise patients on diets; re-
lated work.
Requirements: a) bachelor's de-
| applicants who on exam day are in
| responsible charge of writing specifi- | requisitions and inspect food supplies | all respects eligible will be ex-
|amined. Persons on the preferred
|list for titles included under eligi-
bility requirements are also eligible.
Exam Scope: From a simple sketch
candidate* will make tools, automo-
| bile parts, or any piece of equipment
| at forge and anvil. He will operate
Duties: Under administrative con-
trol, be in charge of and responsible
for engineering policies of Docks
Dept.; plan and supervise design,
construction, operation, and ain-
tenance of ferries. and ferry termin«
als, airports, and seaplane bases, in-
cluding Floyd Bennett Field and
North Beach Airport, docks, piers,
tural work, both in the field and | gree, major in foods and nutrition or
office, knowledge of foundations, | institutional management from rec-
superstructure and mechanical in-| ognized college or university, or
steam hammer for part of the work.
Weights: Record and seniority, 5;
Practical, 3; written, 2.
and other waterfront structure:
make investigations and appraisals
stallations; a thorough knowledge of |
CITY
OPEN
ASS'T SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOL BUILDINGS, DESIGN &
CONSTRUCTION—Design— ($9,000);
open to U, S. citizens; file by Sept
29; fee, $5. One vacancy in Dept. of
jon, Bureau of Design & Con-
intendent of School Buildings,
sign & Construction, supervise and
direct architectural work of the Bur-
eau, take charge of architectural
drafting rooms F
plans, working drawings, and choice
of materials; coordinate plans for
general construction with structural
steel and mechanical work; keep ac-
count of progress of work and confer
with educational authorities and city
departments; conduct r
dence on plans & problems aris!
therewith; attend frequent confer-
ences; act as a principal ant to
superintendent and share
trative work,
Requirements: An _architectur
degree recognized by the University
of the State of New York or an
accredited scholarship in Arehicee-
ture and 10 years’ recent practical
experience in sreniteehial a
and plan
ea iaa eeconaire boston th
tectural practice; or the equiv:
knowledge of principles of archit
ture & engineering as applied
to
construction of large buildings and
installation of mechanical equip-
ment therein; marked executive abil-
ity. Exhibits of works must be sub-
mitted: preliminary sketches, work-
ing drawings and photographs of
work which the candidate designed; |
a New York State registration as an
Architect is also required.
Weights: Training, experience “
personal qualifications, 7; written,
Written part will cover discussion
of school design and construction,
formulation of plans for conduct and
development of the described work. |
The subject of training, experience
and personsal qualifications will be
rated after an oral intery
termine the extent such experience
has qualified the candidate for this
position and developed essential
factors of technical administrative
judgment for the job. The candi-
date’s personal qualifications also
will be rated.
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SCHOOL BUILDINGS, DESI
CONSTRUCTION — Specifications
($6,500); file by Sept. 29;
One vacancy in the Dept, of Edu
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$5.
fee,
Duties: Under superintendent's di-
rection, supervise and direct the
preparation of specifications and
contract documents in the Bureau
for general construction, plumbing
sand drainage, heating & ventilating
electric work: and furniture equip-
ment of new school buildings and
additions; cooperate with h
the architectural & mechani
sions and field inspection divis’
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and coordinate their work; confer
with city departments ha Jur
diction over construction work and
with PWA and WPA officials
tion of docum
ments; supervise general cost
and adjustments on contr
act as one of the stiperinten-
eral,
dent’s principal assistants, si
administrative work,
Requirements: An engineering or
architectural degree recognized by
the University of the State of New
York, at least 10 years’ rec
ing
construction experien
materials and workmanship and ex-
perience in dealing with organi
labor, drawing contracts, preparing
quantity surveys and cost estimates
and accounting, evidence of marked
executive ability, A New York State
Professional Engineer's License or
Registration as an Architect is re-
quired before certifications.
Weights: Training, experience and
personal qualifications, 7; written, 3.
Training and experience will be
rated after an oral interview. The
rating will be based on answers to
questions concerning experience and
on the rating of the experience form
filed. Personal qualifications will be
rated at the same time. The writ-
ten part will cover broad discus-
sions concerning school specifications
and formulation of plans for conduct
and development of work described
under duties,
BLACKSMITH — (Prevailing rate,
now $7 a day); not over 45 yrs. ol
file by Sept. 26; fee, $2, Three va-
cancies, in Sanitation & Fire Depts.,
and in Manhattan Borough Pres.
office,
Duties: Make angle & bridle irons, |
automobile parts or similar pieces of
equipment, by hand or steam ham-
mer; related work,
Requirements: Five years’ experi-
ence under duties, or equivalent
Normal in vision, heart, lungs, hear-
ing. Pass tests in weight lift, pec-
toral squeeze, abdominal muscle lift,
ladder climb.
Weights: Written, 4; practical, 4
physical, 2, Practical test may in-
clude testing knowledge & ability by
|work sample or by questioning of
experience and knowledge.
(List for Industrial Instructor ih this
trade will be made from eligible list,
for Blacksmith. Those desiring certifi-
cation will take a qualifying test to
determine ability, Those who pass will
be listed in order of original general
averages.)
b) graduation from two-year home
economies course in recognized
d | school and two years’ full-time paid
experience as dietitian in hospital,
cafeteria, hotel, or similar institu-
tion, or (c) satisfactory combination.
Weight: Written, 5; oral, 2; educa-
tion and experience, 3, Factors in
oral examination are appearance,
manner, speech, judgment.
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| STATIONARY ENGINEER — Va-
cancy in Health Dept, Otisville, N.Y.
($1,740); in Correction Dept, New
Hampton, N. ¥. ($1,500); N. ¥. C.
Residence Law does not apply, as
work is outside city; file by Sept. 26°
fee $2.
| Duties: Operate, maintain and ad-
just steam or electric power plant
equipment, including boilers, en-
|gines, heating, ventilating, lighting
and refrigeration equipment, pumps,
sewage, screens, blowers, compres-
sors, sewage ejectors, elevators; and
auxiliary equipment such as switch-
boards, transformers, rotary con-
|verters, meters, circuit breakers,
feed water heaters, condensers,
superheaters, oil burners, etc.; oil,
\clean and make minor repairs; make
inspections and examinations; read
meters, gauges and recording de-
vices; keep station log and other
|records and charts; make daily re-
ports; perform related work In-
cumbents may be placed in charge
of a wateh.
Requirements: Five years’ experi-
ence in operating high pressure
steam or high tension electric power
plants; or two years’ experience and
a recognized engineering degree; or
two years’ experience and three
years as journeyman machinist,
boilermaker, steamfitter, or elec-
trician; or equivalent, Some certifi-
cations will require a Stationary En-
| gineer's license of community where
eligible will work, and only eligibles
with this license will be certified.
Weights: Experience, 2; written, 4;
| practical, 4.
ELEVATOR MECHANIC — ($2,400,
a year, $11.20 a day); file by Sept.
26; fee, $2. Seven vacancies in Pub-
lic Works Dept.
Duties: Take charge of elevator
w to de-| equipment, make necessary repairs, |
electrical and mechanical.
in elevator manufacturing and re-
|pair firms of standing in all-around
\elevator construction, construction
inspection, and repairs.
Weights: Written, 3; practical,
physical, 2.
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MANAGEMENT ASS'T (Housing
Authority), GRADE 3—($1,800-$2,-
400; 3-6 months’ training at $1,500);
file by Sept, 17; fee, $1. 17 vacancies,
Duties: Under direction collect
rents; handle tenants’ complaints;
report needed repairs; assist tenants
in establishing community activities;
investigate and interview applicants
for apartments; related work.
Requirements: Graduation from
senior high school and 7 years’ full-
time paid work in building manage-
ment, social work of investigating.
group work, vocational, recreational
or health character, home economics,
or public health nursing. Each year
of education beyond senior high
school, in college or university,
teachers’ training school, or nurses’
training school, may equal two
years’ experience, but one year’s ex-
perience is required by appointment
5;
unless candidate has equivalent
graduate training.
Weights: Education, experience,
personal qualifications, 4; written, 6. |
Edueation and experience may be
rated after oral interview, and an
oral examination will be given to de-
termine personal qualifications.
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SENIOR DIETITIAN—($1,200.
800); file by Sept, 26; fee, $1.
Va-
cancies occasionally in Health Dept.
Requirements: 10 years’ experience |
PROMOTION
ASPHALT FOREMAN—($8.60 a
day); city-wide; file by Sept. 26; fee,
$2. One vacancy in Bronx Borough
Pres. office, five asked for by Queens
Borough Pres,
Eligibility Requirements: Open to
asphalt workers who on date of the
written test have served three years.
Applications will be accepted from
employees - otherwise eligible who
have completed the requisite service
by Oct. 23, 1939, but only. applicants
who on the day of examination are
in all respects eligible will be ex-
amined. Persons on the preferred
list for titles included under eli-
gibility requirements are also eligi-
ble to participate.
Exam Scope: Knowledge of as-
phalt specification, measurement of
patches, material required; direction
and control from start to finish of
usual gang of asphalt workers lay-
ing asphalt for old and new work
in streets and highways; methods in
‘keeping record of time, tools and
equipment,
Weights: Record and seniority, 5;
written, 5.
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BLACKSMITH—($7 a day); city-
wide; not over 45 years old; file by
| Sept, 26; fee, $2. Three vacancies, in
Sanitation and Fire Depts, and in
Manhattan Borough Pres. office.
Eligibility Requirements: Open to
employees eligible with title of
| Blacksmith’s Helper who have been
in the service three years. Appli-
cations will be accepted from em-
ployees otherwise eligible who will
‘have completed the requisite serv-
ice by November 3, 1939, but only:
for leasing or renting city piers, air-
port facilities, etc.; related duties.
pocks| Requirements: Open to titles: En-
city-wide; file by|gineer, Grade 4; Ass’t Engineer,
(Continued on next page)
JOBS NOW OPEN
JOB. CITY
OPEN
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CHIEF ENGINEER,
DEPT.—($7.125);
Sept. 26; fee, $5.
DEADLINE
Assistant Supt. of School Buildings (Design) .... Sept. 29
Assistant Supt. of School Buildings (eneeticnuens) Sept. 29
Blacksmith . Sept, 26
Elevator Mechanic Sept. 26
Management Assistant. (Housing Authority), Grade. 3. .Sept.
27
Senior Dietitian
Sept. 26
3 Sept. 26
rennet PROMOTIONS
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Blacksmith ..... “Sept, 28
Chief Engineer, Docks Department. Sept. 26
Clerk, Grade“2........... .Sept. 26
Inspector of Steel, Grade 4 .Sept. 26
Laundry Bath Attendant..... Sept. 26
Senior Dietitian..... oes Sept. 26
Stenographer and Typewriter, Grade 2. Sept. 26
STATE
Assistant Foreman (Shoes) Oct. 16
Assistant Foreman (Yarn and Cloth) . +-Oct. 6
FEDERAL
OPEN
Air Carrier Inspector (Radio) .
Anglesmith, Heavy Fires.
Anglesmith, Other Fires
Assistant Agronomist (Cotton) .
Assistant Agronomist (Forage Crops).
Assistant Pathologist (Corn Investigations) ..
Assistant Physiologist (Plant Hormones Investi gat ions) . ‘Oct.
Associate Agronomist (Forage Crops) .
Associate Aquatic Physiologist.....,
Biochemist (Nut Investigations) .
Blacksmith, Heavy Fires.
Blacksmith, Other Fires.
Boatbuilder
Boilermaker
Chief Engineer Draftsman (Mechanical) |
Chipper and Caulker, Iron.
Coopersmith
Flame Bender
Flange Turner.
Galley Designer.
Gas Cutter or Burner.
General Foreman (Metal Bed Factory)
Graphotype Operator. .
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Inspector of Hats.
Inspector of Miscellaneous
Underwear) ....
Inspector of Textiles
Junior Addressograph Operator...
Junior Domestic Attendant (Seamstress) .
Junior Inspector of Clothing
Junior Inspector of Textiles.
Molder
Pipecover and Insulator. .
Pomologist (Fruit Breeding) .
Pomologist (Physiologist) .
Principal Engineering Draftsman “(Mechanicai) .
Puncher and Shearer..
Rivet Heater
Riveter
Sailmaker
Saw Filer.
Senior Aquatic ysi ologist.
Senior Engineering Draftsman (Mechanical) .
Senior Oyster Culturist
Senior Plant Anatomist.
Senior Soil Physicist...
Sheet Metal Worker
Shipwright .
Student Aid
Toolmaker
Under Addressograph Operator...,..
Under Communications Operator (Air Navigation) .
Welder, Electric (specially skilled)
Welder, Gas
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Grade 4; Mechanical Engineer,
Grade 4; Ass't Mechanical Engineer,
Grade 4; Chief Engineer; Division
Engineer; Ass't Division Engineer;
Resident Engineer, and subtitles and
special titles of these positions who
have served one year, and otherwise
eligible. In addition, an engineering
fegree recognized by University of
the State of N, Y., and 10 years’
practical engineering experience,
tluding development of one or more
engineering projects involving su-
pervision of construction and prep
hration of designs, plans, specifica-
tions, and reports; or graduation
from a four-year high school course
and 14 years’ experience; or equiv:
ent, Ph.D, ot D. Se, may be subs
tuted for three years’ experience, A
NYS Professional Engineer's License
required prior to certification.
Weights: Record and seniority
written, 2; experience, 3.
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CLERK, GRADE 2—-($1,200-
$1,800); city-wide; file by Sept.
fee, $1,50, Occasional vacancies,
Eligibility Requirements: Open to
persons in Grades 1 and 2 of the
Clerical Service, other than Clerks,
Grade 2, and to persons in Grade 1
of the Attendance Service who have
served one year on day of the writ-
ten test and who are otherwise eli-
gible for promotion. Applications
will be accepted from employees
otherwise eligible who will have
completed the requisite service by
Nov. 18, 1939, but only those appli-
cants who on exam day are in all re~
spects eligible will be examined.
Persons on the preferred list of titles
included under eligibility require-
ments are also eligible.
Exam Scope: Capacity to follow
written directions, mental alertnes
reasoning, spelling, grammar,
lary, numerical relations, 0
practice, civic affairs, ete,
Weights: Record and seniority, 5;
written, 5.
INSPECTOR OF STEEL, GRADE
4—($3,000 and up); limited to Tri-
borough Bridge Authority employees
file by Sept. 26; fee, $3.
vor
Eligibility Requirements: Open to|
ades 3 and 4 employees in the
gineering and Inspectional sery-
ices doing qualifying work, who
have served six months in the de-
partment and one year in title im~
mediately preceding exam, with the
following experience, and otherwise
eligible for examination: four years’
experience as inspector of steel or
foreman or superintendent on steel
erection, fabrication or rolling, or
the equivalent, Read and under-
stand plans, blueprints and spe
fications, and be familiar with best
practices of manufacturing and
erecting steel. Applications will be
accepted from employees otherwise
eligible who will haye completed the
requisite service by Oct. 3, 1939, but
only applicants who on exam day
are in all respects eligible will be
examined, Persons on the preferred
list for titles included under eligible
requirements are also eligible.
Exam Scope: The following duties:
under supervision, inspect in the
field erection or repair of steel
structures for buildings, bridges, or
other public work; or inspect in the
shop the process of steel fabrication
including workmanship, verification
from shop drawings, accuracy, sur-
face and physical defects, painting,
Weighing, and shipping; or inspect
in the mill rolling of steel, and su-
pervise physical tests in various
stages of operation; keep records of
inspections and make reports; per-
form related work. Incumbents may
be called upon to supervise work
of other inspectors,
LAUNDRY BATH ATTENDANT
—($1,800, subject to budget); city-
wide; file by Sept, 26; fee, $1. Five
vacancies,
Eligibility Requirements: Open to
attendants and nurses’ assistants
who have served one year, and to
washers, laundry workers and clean-
ers who have served three years on
exam date and otherwise eligible.
Applications will be accepted from
employees otherwise eligible who
will haye completed the requisite
service by Noy. 15, 1939, but only
applicants who on exam day are in
all respects eligible will be exa
ined. Persons on the preferred list
for titles included under eligibility
requirements are also eligible.
Exam Scope: Laundry practice in
4 complete process layndry, Inde-
pendently operate a school Iaundry|consist of a passage or group of|
with emphasis on washing, extrac-| letters at 120 words a minute for
ting, and tumbling. five minutes, to be rated on a trans-
Weights: Record and seniority, 5; cript made by the candidate in type-
written, 3; practical, 2. |written form, — Neatness, arrange-
aii <cen ment, spacing, absence of overstruck
letters and freedom from mechani-
SENIOR DIETITIAN — ($1,260- | C4! faults will be considered as well
$1,800); limited to Health Dept. em-
as accuracy of notes, Candidates
| ployees; file by Sept, 26; fee, $1. Oc- | must furnish their own stenographic
casional vacancies,
notebooks, typewriters, and pen and
Eligibility Requirements: Open to ink, The Commission is not respon-
dietitians who have served
six|sible for machines, nor will allow-
months on exam day, and otherwise |ance be made where machines are
eligible. Applications will be ac-| Missing or late in arriving, defective
cepted from employees otherwise |r out of order, on exam day.
eligible who will have completed the | |
requisite service by Oct, 25, 1939, |
but only applicants who on exam}
OPEN
day are in all respects eligible will |
ASS'T FOREMAN (SHOES)—Shoe
be examined, Persons on the pre-
ferred list for titles under eligibility
Dept. Correction Dept, Sing Sing
in ($1,800-$2,300); file by Oct.
requirements are also eligible,
Exam Scope: The following duties:
Junder direction, make requisitions
and inspect food supplies for patients
; fee, $1.
Requirements: Five years of sat-
isfactory shoe factory manufacturing |
experience, two years in a super-|
and personnel; plan menus; super-
| vise preparation and serving of diet-
Jaries; consult doctors on special
|diets, and upon their directions ad-
vise patients on diets; related work.
Weights: Record and seniority, 5;
i ‘| " visory capacity in cutting & fitting
ea 3; OA 2. Factors in the) or shoes, including cutting of cow-
a ead inner me" | hides, sidesplit leathers, kid skins,
|ner, speech, and judgment, and goat skins. Experience in the
<a 0 =a manufacture of soft sole slippers is
desirable, Candidates must be fa-
STEN OGRAPHER & TYPE- | miliar with processes used in cutting |
| WRITER, GRADE 2—($1,200-$1,800); | & fitting shoes, have ability to lay
city-wide; file by Sept, 26; fee $1,| out work for others, direct them in
Occasional vacancies, |this and coordinate workers effec-
Eligibility Requirements: Open to| tively. A practical qualifying test, |
|persons in Grades 1 & 2 of the|or interview, or both, may be held
|
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How to Apply for Tests ¢
U. S. citizens may. apply to
take exams during the period
when applications are being re-
ceived,
State exams, but not for Federal
Applicants for City jobs must
have been residents of the City
for three years at time of ap-
pointment, This does not apply
to jobs in the Board of Higher
tion, Board of ‘Transporta-
tion, Board of Water Supply, Ed-
ueation Dept, Municipal Civil
Service Commission, N.Y,C. Hous-
ing Authority,’ N.¥.C, Parkway
Promotions tests are open only
to those already in service.
For further informations and
application blanks, write or ap-
ply in person to the following
offices;
City jobs—96 Duane St, West
of Broadway. Authority, N.Y.C. Tunnel Au-
State Jobs—Room 576, 80 | thority, and Triborough. Bridge
Centre St, corner Worth St. | Authority, U. S, citizens may
Federal Jobs—641 Washington | ®PP!Y for positions in these de-
St, corner Christopher St, partments, but must become resi-
| dents of the State before receiv-
Fees are charged for City and | ing appointment.
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Clerical Service, other than Steno-| sometime after Oct, 7 to determine |
graphers & Typewriters, Grade 2, | eligibility and evaluate training and |
and to persons in Grade 1 of the At- | experience, |
tendance Service who have served =) = |
one year in such grade or grades on| Aggy FOREMAN (YARN &
the ‘day of the written test, and) cLonH), Correction Dept, ($1,800-|
otherwise eligible for promotion. Ap- | $7,300); file by Oct, 6; fee, $1. | Va-
plications will be accepted from em-| cancy ‘at Clinton Prison, |
|plloyees otherwise eligible who will| Requirements: Four years’ satis: |
have completed the requisite service | factory experience in a textile man- |
by Noy, 18, 1939, but only applicants
Ability to teach and
rain men; complete knowledge of
he effect of humidity on the opera-
t
tl
cluded under
eligibility require-
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written directions, mental alertness, | {ying test, or interview, or both, may
reasoning, ability, spelling, grammar, | be held sometime after Oct, 7 to de- |
vocabulary, composition, office prac-| termine eligibility and evaluate |
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*ASSOCIATE AGRONOMIST
(Forage Crops) —($3,200); not over
45 years old; file by Oct. 2, Plant
Industry Bureau, Agriculture Dept,
Duties: Under general supervision,
plan and conduct work in selecting
and improving forage plants, and
investigate genetic and environ-
mental factors affecting vegetative
and reproductive development of hay
and pasture grasses and 5
supervise and direct as
relate results of experiments
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evi-
prob-
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anagement methods
Requirements: Four - year cours
leading to bachelor’s degree in rec-
ognized college or university, with
major in agronomy or related sub-
ject, Three year's responsible, pro-
ductive research experience in
agronomy, one year in research with
forage crops. Post-graduate study
may be substituted, year for year,
for experience, up to two years,
*ASS'T AGRONOMIST (Forage
Crops) —($2,600); not over 40 yea
old; file by Oct. 2, Plant Industry
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Duties: Under supervision, con-
duct agronomic and physiological
investigations with forage cro}
correlate results
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Four.
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ognized college or university, with
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; not over 40 years old; file
. 2. Plant Industry Bureau,
Agriculture Dept.
Duties: Under supervision, conduct
reggarch in cotton breeding involy-
ing plant selection, hybridization,
testing strains and carrying out other
phases of agronomic work pertain-
ing to cotton breeding und improve-
ment,
Requirement
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major in agronomy or related sub
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ence in cotton agronomy or cotton
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*BIOCHEMIST (Nut Investigations)
— ($3,800); not over 53 years old; file
by Oct, 2, Plant Industry Bureau,
Agriculture Dept.
Duties: Under administra-
tive supervision, plan and conduct
investigations in basic studies of the
composition of roots, stems and
branches of tung trees, in relation to
growth and fruit responses; study
nges in composition of immature
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environment on composition of trees
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progressive responsible
perience in study of the compos
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tuted, year for year, for experience,
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; Not over 53 years old; file
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Oct,
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tier; Under general administra-
tive supervision, plan and conduct
pomological investigations on tung
trees, with emphasis on development
of horticultural varieties; supervise
work of assistants; prepare scientific
manuscripts.
Requirements; Four-year course
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Five years’ progressive respon=
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($3,800); not ove:
|by Oct, 2, Plant Industry Bureau,
Agriculture Dept,
| Duties: Under general administra-
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factors influencing successful produc-
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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER
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Tuesday, September 19, 1949
War Stimulates Demand
(Continued from page 1)
number of possibilities already the State Agricultural Dept. to up to three years.
are clear,
investigate the rise in cost of)
The expansion of the regular living, especially in foodstuffs,
forces of the Army and Navy,|This may mean that the depart-
they declare, will certainly mean
a big increase in the civilian
The
State Dept. is expected to need | ment of troops and equipment in
staffs of the armed forces.
ment will have to add new in-
state officials, any large move-
new clerical and other help with|army maneuvers will tax the
the crush of additional work it is State Road Dept., and perhaps
called upon to perform,
require the addition of more per-
The U. 8, Maritime Commis- | sonnel.
sion, which last week added nine
new watchmen at the Hoboken, |
N. J., Terminal, is expected to
need extra workers soon,
F.B.I. Fights Espionage
By executive order, the Fed-
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been authorized to add 150 extra
espionage
and other additions are
men for a
squad
expected.
special
Production of airplanes at the
—
ail pours into the U, S. Civil
Service Commission from peo-
ple asking about the possibilities
of getting jobs because of the
wa
One midwestern woman wrote
that she is six feet tall and
would gladly operate a truck.
Others have expressed a similar
interest and offered their serv-
ses for a possible national de-
r
Commission is answering
those who wish employment
t qualify through open com-
petitive exams, which are held
as the needs of the service arise.
present high rate, say well-in-|
formed authorities, means that
the government will have to add
s
many more inspectors.
The effects of the war, accord-
ing to officials, will probably not
be felt so much in Civil Service
jobs in New York City and else-
where in New York State. How-
ever, a source close to the State
that
Governor Lehman has ordered
Commission points out
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that the European conflict will
will tend to reduce the
wage” of Civil Service employees,
perhaps to a serious point.
They also believe that the
Service will decline in proportion
to the growth of a war boom in
this country. If wages In private
industry move upward, and if
continued reemployment follows
the increase in activity in many
industries, many of those now on
eligible lists will be unavailable
for Civil Service jobs or may de~
cline them, they say. Another
possibility is that the age of ap-
will tend to be higher.
Many people today are specu-
Jlating on what will happen to
Civil Service employees if the
United States should become in-
volved in the Second World War.
In the event of war it would
be inevitable that the Federal
government would need to em-
ploy thousands of additional em-
ployees in practically all the
government agencies.
Service Grew Last Time
During the last World War Civil
Service grew tremendously. At
the beginning of July, 1916, there
were in the execiitive branch of
the United States Government
480,300 employees. By June, 1917,
the number had jumped to 518,-
000; and on Armistice Day, 1918,
the number had increased to
917,760, or a gain of nearly 100
per cent, in a little more than a
year,
In addition to trade employees,
thousands of whom were select-
ed from Civil Service lists for
work in navy yards, the last war
resulted in an unprecedented
demand for clerical
including stenographers
typists.
clerical workers every two years;
but during the last war, exam-
that often two or
| given in a single day.
Washington Population Rose
ers were
spectors to its-staff; also, say
Service officials believe
have important repercussions on
Clvil Service employees. The rise
in price of basic commodities
“real
number of applications for Civil
plicants for Civil Service jobs
workers,
and
Today the Federal Civil Sery-
ice Commission holds exams for
inations were held so frequently
three were
The population of Washing-
ton, D. ©., grew rapidly during
the war and thousands of work-
enlisted from Civil
Service rolls, So many employees
flocked to Washington that some
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| Post-graduate study may be substi-
tuted, year for year, for experience,
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*SENIOR AQUATIC PHYSIOLO-
GIST—($4,600); not over 53 years
old; file by Oct. 2, Fisheries Service,
Interior Dept.
Duties: Under general administra-
tive direction, take charge of a sec-
tion of the Scientific Inquiry Dept.
engaged in fishery investigations in
interior waters; plan, organize and
conduct investigations, in laboratory
and field, on effects of chemical,
physical and biological features of
environment upon abundance, distri-
bution, growth and reproduction of
food and game fishes and inverte-
brates and plants of economic impor-
tance as food of fishes and inverte-
brates; investigate pollution of natu-
ral waterways; plan and direct a pro-
gram of propagation of fresh water
mussels or other aquatic shell fish of
economic value; confer and cooper-
ate with U. S, Public Health Service
and State authorities in developing
programs of fish culture and stream
pollution abatement; prepare reports,
monographs and technical articles on
results; furnish administrative advice
to the Fisheres Commissioner on
matters of conservation in fresh
waters.
Requirements: Four-year course
leading to bachelor’s degree in rec-
ognized college or university, with
major in biological science. Six
years’ responsible, productive ex-
Fan Hina SEAIEG von Ue S. Requires Technical Labor
perience in aquatic biology, bio-
chemistry, or physiology, with em-
phasis on effects of stream pollution
on aquatic life, demonstrating exec-
to
plan, organize and direct a scientific
utive and professional ability
unit, Post-graduate study may be
substituted, year for year,
three years.
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*ASSOCIATE AQUATIC PHYSI-
OLOGIST—($3,200); not over
years old; file by Oct, 2.
Service, Interior Dept.
Duties; Under general administra
tive direction, be responsible for
carrying out investigations in the U,
S. interior waters relative to fishes
and other aquatic organisms; in-
vestigate pollution in interior waters
and means of abatement; serve as
chief of a party in charge of a mo-
bile field laboratory unit studying
water conditions and aquatic life in
interior waters; prepare technical
correspondence and write reports on
investigations for publication,
Requirements: Four-year course
leading to bachelor’s degree in rec-
ognized college or university, with
major in biological science. ‘Three
years’ responsible, productive pro-
fessional experience in aquatic bi-
ology, biochemistry, or physiology,
with emphasis on the effects of
Stream pollution on aquatic life,
Post-graduate study may be substi-
tuted, year for year, up to two years.
*GENERAL FQREMAN (Metal
Bed Factory)—($2,900); not over 53
erected dormitories between the
Capitol and Union Station,
Another important effect on
Civil Service workers during
1917-18 was the great number of
women who were appointed.
During the war, more than 40,-
000 were given jobs in the de-
partment service of Washington
alone:
Official circles believe that if
the United States gets into an-
other war, the present number
of women employed on Civil
Service would rise rapidly from
the present figure of 150,000 to
more than 200,000.
Many questions have been
asked about the effect of war on
persons already in federal, state
and city Civil Service jobs.
Thousands Volunteered
During the last war, thousands
of such employees volunteered
or were drafted into the service
and the same ,thing would
happen if war were declared to-
day. In the last war, certain
employees in key positions were
believed by their offices to be in-
dispensible and received, at the
request of the office, deferred
classification, which permitted
them to retain their jobs.
‘A typical affidavit of the war
period relating to such a situa-
tion reads as follows:
i ss» (name of official mak-
ing affidavit), being duly sworn, de-
poses and says that ..... sevee (Rame
of employee) is an employee of the
s...(name of Federal office)
and that he is necessary to the ade-
quate and effective operation of such
office and cannot be replaced by an-
other person without substantial ma~
terial loss to the effective, adequate
operation thereof,
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after filed with the exemption
boards which took whatever ac-
tion they believed appropriate.
It was also provided that if the
situation changed and the serv-
ices of the employee were no
longer believed irreplaceable, ap-
propriate notice was given to the}
draft officials.
Extended Reinstatement
During the war period, the
U.S. Civil Service Commission—
with the approval of the Presi-
dent—extended the time for re-
instatement of all Federal em-
ployees who entered the military
service, as well as those who
were in the national guard and
who were taken over for military
service.
The New York State Legisla-
ture amended the law during the
war period, extending the time
of eligibility for reinstatement
of all Civil Service employees
throughout the state who en-
listed so that the reinstatment
would be for one year from the
date of termination of their
military service.
The State Civil Service Com-
mission, in its report for 1919,
stated that during 1917, about
1,200 employees in the state
service enlisted in military sery-
ice and in 1918, over 2,200,
The State Legislature also pro-
vided, in 1917, that all state or
city employees who entered the
military service were to be given
the difference in salary between
their military pay and that re-
ceived in their’ Civil Service posi~
tions, The report of the State
Civil Service Commission for
1917, commenting on this, stated:
“With the entrance of the United
a considerable
made into the service
of the state. , . . These conditions
led many to enlist and considerable
demand was made upon the eligible
lists to fill the places suddenly va-
| ented.”
During the war, legislation was
adopted in the federal, state and
municipal service, providing that
those who had been on eligible
lists and who had been passed
over because of absence on mili-
tary service, were to be con-
tinued as eligible for a certain
period after their return from
the service, After the war, legis-
lation was adopted, enabling
those who had either resigned or
become separated because their
leave of absence had expired, to
be reinstated in the service with-
in two to five years after their
discharge from the military
service,
up to
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Fisheries |
years old; file by Sept, 26, U, S.
Northeastern Penitentiary, Justice
Lewisburg, Pa,
Under general supervision,
be responsible for operation of the
metal bed factory; design metal beds
and similar items; plan work and
schedule production; write specifica-
tions for purchase of materials; su-
pervise training of foremen and in-
mate assigned; related duties,
Requirements: Three yea
perience as foreman and sho)
man of a factory manufacturing
sheet-metal equipment, or of a dept,
in such factory, plus two years’ ex-
perience designing and drafting for
manufacture of sheet-metal equip-
ment of furniture, including metal
beds, provided that five years’ such
employment have run concurrently,
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*HOLDER-ON—($5.38, $5.86, $6.34
a day); 18-48 years old; file by Oct.
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Duth Hold rivets for riveters
with dolly bar, riveting gun, jam
machine, or heavy hammer, ete.; re-
lated duties,
Requirements: Three months’ ex-
perience,
*RIVET HEATER—($4.80, $5.28,
$5.76 a day); 18-48 years old; file by
Oct. 2. Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Dutles: Take charge of rivet-heat-
ing apparatus; heat rivets; pass them
to holders-on; related duties.
Requirements: Three months’ ex-
perience,
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*SAILMAKER—($7.68, $8.16, $8.64
a day); 20-48 years old; file by Oct.
2. Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Duties: Manufacture and repair
canvas outfits and canvas work
needed in ship construction and out-
fitting; sew by hand or machine; re-
lated duties.
Requirements: Four years’ ap-
prenticeship or practical experience.
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*WELDER, GAS — ($7.58, $8.06,
$8.54); 20-48 years old; file by Oct, 2.
Brooklyn Navy Yard,
Duties: Weld by oxy-acetylene
process or other gas combination
plates, shapes, and fittings of metals,
and of different sizes used in ship
construction and repair; related
duties,
Requirements: Two years’ experi-
ence in gas welding and cutting with
acetylene torch, on varied work,
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*ANGLESMITH, HEAVY FIRES
— ($8.54, $9.02, $9.50 a day); 20-48
years old; file by Oct. 2, Brooklyn
Navy Yard.
Duties: Work and form angle bars,
tee-irons, channel-irons, and I-bars,
from 6 ‘in, and over; in working
above operate gas, oil, or coke fires,
steam hammers and presses, and do
forming, joggling, and welding on
angles and other shapes; related
duties,
Requirements: Four years’ appren-
ticeship or practical experience,
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*ANGLESMITH, OTHER FIRES—
($7.58, $8.06, $8,54 a day); 20-48 years
old; file by Oct, 2, Brooklyn Navy
Yard.
Duties: Work and form angle bars,
tee-irons, channel-irons, and I-bi
from about 5 in, and under; in work-
ing above, operate gas, oil, or coke
fires, steam hammers and presses,
and do forming, joggling, and weld-
ing on angles and other shapes; re-
lated duties,
Requirements: Four year’s appren-
ticeship or practical experience,
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* CHIPPER AND CAULKER, IRON
—($7.58, $8.06, $8.54 a day); 20-48
years old; file by Oct. 2, Brooklyn
Navy Yard,
Duties: Using hand tools or power
machines, chip and caulk all’ kinds
of metal joints and rivets in plates,
shapes, castings, etc; cut out loose
rivets; related duties.
Requirements: Six months’ experi
ence.
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*DRILLER—($6.34, $6.02, $7.30
day); 20-48 years old; file by Oct. 2
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Duties: Drill, ream, countersin\,
and tap holes in plates, bars, angle
and channel iron, steel and othe!
materials used in’ ship construction
by pneumatic drilling machine of
appropriate size; make setups and
adjustments of drill parts, buckets,
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s, ete,; related duties; use elec-
eye pe power drills as required.
Requirements: Six months’ experi-
ence.
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*PLANGE TURNER— ($8.06, $8.54,
wore day); 20-48 years old; file by
Oct. 2. Brooklya Navy Yard.
Duties: Flange heads and plates
for boilers and tanks; bend various
shapes to templates; bend, shape, and
fit large steam pipes, and other
pipes; straighten warped or twisted
articles; related duties in boiler and
shipfitter shops, including skillful
working of metals from flat or orig-|
jnal shape into finished shapes, hot
and cold.
Requirements: Four years’ appren-
ticeship or practical experience.
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*PRAME BENDER—($8.06, $8.54,
49.02 a day); 20-48 years old; file by
Oct, 2, Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Duties: Form to shape hot or cold
angles, I-beams, slabs, metal plates,
channel irons, and other shapes to
molds and templates; operate hy-
draulice and other presses and
power hammers in above; related
duties.
Requirements: Four years’ appren-
ticeship or practical experience,
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*PIPECOVERER AND INSULA-
TOR—($7.78, $8.26, $8.74 a day); 20-
48 years old; file by Oct. 2, Brook-
lyn Navy Yard.
Duties: Apply insulating coverings
of any character to steam, water, or
refrigerating piping and engine cyl-
inders; plaster and canvas-cover
special apparatus, valves, and fittings
on any class of work; related duties,
Requirements: Two years’ experi-
ence.
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*PUNCHER AND SHEARER—
($6.05, $6.53, $7.01 a day); 20-48 years
old; file by Oct, 2, Brooklyn Navy
Yard.
Duties: Punch and sheer plates
(about 1 in, thick and lighter), chan-
nels, bars, and angles with various
sizes of punches; use all kinds of
punchers and shears; related duties,
Requirements: Six months’ experi-
ence.
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*RIVETER—($7.78, $8.26, $8.74 @
day); 20-48 years old; file by Oct. 2.
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Duties: Drive all types of rivets
in ship construction and repairing,
using power riveters as well as hand
tools; related duties.
Requirements: Six months’ experi-
ence,
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‘SHEET METAL WORKER—
($8.45, $8.93, $9.41 a day); 20-48
years old; file by Oct, 2. Brooklyn
Navy Yard,
Duties: Lay out, fabricate, and in-
stall all work using sheet metal, up
to about %4-inch thick on ships under
construction and repair; operate
ordinary sheet-metal bench and
floor tools including metal brakes,
bending rollers, rotary shears, and
straight shears; read and interpret
working plans; related duties,
Requirements: Four years’ appren-
ticeship or experience.
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*SHIPWRIGHT— ($7.97, $8.45, $8.93
& day); 20-48 years old; file by Oct.
2, Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Duties: Build and repair wooden
ships, pontoons, barges, floats,
brows, platforms, gangways, wooden
masts, spars, booms, etc,; Install and
repair wooden sheathing and decks
on steel ships; erect staging (interior
and exterior), launching ways, shor-
ing, and blocking; check ligaments;
install wooden ‘foundations and
wooden fittings; prepare dry docks
for ships and assist in dry docking;
elated duties,
‘quirements: Four years’ appren-
teeship or practical experience,
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“WELDER, ELECTRIC (specially
seule) —(6f.76; $8.26, $8.74 a day);
-48 years old; file by Oct, 2. Brook-
lyn Navy Yard, Eee
Duties: Perform exacting welding
operations in the ‘fat, vertical, and
ethead positions, usi
elected, Positions, using covered
Requirements: Six months’ experi-
ence in arc welding work, using cov-
ered electrodes,
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“BLACKSMITH, HEAVY FIRES
— ($8.54, $9.02, $9:50 a day); 20-55;
file by Oct, 2. Brooklyn Navy Yard,
Duties: Using power hammers,
Pace Eveven
Federal Test Deadlines Begin Oct. 2
produce forgings (solid and welded)
from all sizes of bars from 4-6-inch
square or round in all forgeable ma-
terials; forge power hammer tools
for performance of above; read re-
lated blueprints and scale drawings;
related duties.
Requirements: Four years’ appren-
ticeship or practical experience.
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*BLACKSMITH, OTHER FIRES
—($7.58, $8.06, $8.54 a day); 20-5
file by Oct. 2. Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Duties: Using power hammers,
produce forgings (solid and welded)
from all sizes of bars 4-6-inch square
or round in all forgeable materials;
forge power hammer tools for per-
formance of above; read related
blueprints and scale drawings; re-
lated duties.
Requirements: Four years’ appren-
ticeship or practical experience,
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*BOATB UIL D E R—($7.87. $8.35,
$8.83 a day); 20-55; file by Oct. 2.
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Duties: Work from plans and lay
down lines for, build, and repair
and regulators and tips of proper
size; related duties,
Requirements: Six months’ experi-
ence.
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*MOLDER—($8,93, $9.41, $9.89
day); 20-48 years old; file by Oct. 2.
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Dutles: Prepare, make, and use
bench and machine molds of green
sand, dry sand, and loam, with proper
sprues, vents, gates, and risers, with
properly secured cores, in and for
|the manufacture of ferrous and non-
ferrous metal castings; related duties.
Requirements: Four years’ appren-
ticeship or practical experience.
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*SAW FILER—($9.02, $9.50, $9.98 a
Brooklyn Navy Yard,
Duties: Repair and keep in condi-
the Navy Yard.
ence,
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*TOOLMAKER— ($8.35, $8.83, $9.31
TION) —($1,200); 18-50 years ol
file by Sept. 20.
Duties: Make and transmit
weather observations on tele-
typewriter at minimum speed of
35 words a minute; communicate
with aircraft by radio-telephone
and transmit and receive mes-
sages to and from other sta-
tions; under keeper's direction,
assist in maintaining station and
immediate field and station
equipment; be responsible for
cleanliness and condition of sta-
tion and equipment; report pass-
age and landing of aircraft; give
-Hurry! Hurry!
UNDER COMMUNICATIONS aid in cases of emergency; in-
OPERATOR (AIR NAVIGA- form where transportation, sup-
plies or mechanical assistance
may be obtained; inspect and r
port upon landing field surface:
related duties,
Requirements: Ability to op-
erate teletypewriter at 35 words
a minute by touch, or regular
typewriter at 50 words a minute
by touch, Credit given for elec-
trical or mechanical experience
with radio communication expe-
rience. Possession of a Weather
Observer Certificate of U. S.
Weather Bureau, Speak English
without accent or defect.
Rating Basis: Mental test, 50;
experience, 50.
small wooden boats in length 16-50
feet,
Requirements: Four years’ appren-
ticeship or practical experience.
*BOILERMAKER — ($7.87, _ $8.35,
, | $8.83 a day); 20-48 years old; file by
Oct, 2. Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Duties: Construct and overhaul,
patch, retube, repair, and maintain
boilers (fire and water tube) and
other similar equipment, including
tanks and evaporators, and easings,
smoke pipes, up-takes, floor and
grating installations in fire and en-
gine rooms; in the performance of
above, chip, caulk, rivet, file, drill,
tap, bend pipe and plate, shear,
punch, fit, and lay-out; related duties.
Requirements: Four years’ appren-
ticeship or practical experience,
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*COOPERSMITH — ($8.45, $8.93,
$9.41 a day); 20-55 years old: file by
Oct, 2, Brooklyn Navy Yard,
Duties: Work on new construction
of and repairs to brass and copper
pipe, as radiator coils, ice machine
coils, steam exhaust pipes, escape
pipes, ete.; make and repair such
articles copper tanks, funnels,
etc; repair and line steam jackets,
kettles, etc.; make templates of wire
on board ship; line salt water pipes
with a mixture of lead and tin; re-
lated duties,
Requirements: Four years’ appren-
ticeship or practical’ experience,
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*DIE SINKER—($8,83, $9.31, $9.79
a day); 20-48 years old; file by Oct. 2,
Brooklyn Navy Yard,
Duties: Make and repair drop-torg-
ing dies from die blocks in the rough,
operating shapers, small planers, die
sinking machines, and surface grind-
ers; true-up and cut shanks on the
blocks; lay-out and sink impression
and take castings from finished dies;
check required dimensions; work
from samples and blueprints; related
duties.
Requirements: Four years’ appren-
ticeship or practical experience.
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*GAS CUTTER OR BURNER—
($6.62, $7.10, $7.58 a day); 20-48 years
old; file by Oct. 2, Brooklyn Navy
Yard,
Duties: Cut plates and structural
shapes and shape them to size and
templates with acetylene and oxygen
gas, using proper pressures in torches
a day); 20-48 years old; file by Oct, 2.
Brooklyn Navy Yard,
Duties: Make and repair tools of
all kinds, including dies, gages, jigs,
and fixtures used in production, in
the Navy Yard shops and on board
ships; operate machine tools in per-
formance of above; work from plans,
sketches, or verbal directions; related
duties,
Requirements: Four years’ appren-
ticeship or practical experience,
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CHIEF ENGINEERING DRAFTS-
MAN (MECHANICAL) — ($2,600):
not over 53 years old; file by Oct. 9.
Duties: Under professional guid-
ance, perform subprofessional work
under a suboptional branch; air con-
ditioning, heating, —_ refrigeration,
plumbing, power plant,
Requirements: Four-year high
school course, for each year of which
six months’ drafting experience may
be substituted, In addition, one-
year practical elementary drafting-
drafting school, Five years’ experi-
ence in suboptional branch chosen.
Years completed in engineering or
architecture courses in recognized
college or university may be substi-
tuted.
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PRINCIPAL ENGINEERING
DRAFTSMAN (MECHANICAL) —
($2,300); not over 53 years old; file
by Oct, 9.
Duties: Under professional guid-
ance, perform subprofessional work
under a suboptional branch; air con-
ditioning, heating, —_ refrigeration,
plumbing, power plant.
Requirements: Four-year high
school course, for each year of which
six months’ drafting experience may
be substituted. In addition, one year
practical elementary drafting-room
experience, or completion of a
drafting course of 400 hours in
drafting school. Four years’ experi-
ence in suboptional branch chosen.
Years completed in engineering or
architecture courses in recognized
college or university may be sub-
stituted,
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SENIOR ENGINEERING DRAFTS-
MAN (MECHANICAL) — ($2,000);
not over 53 years old; file by Oct. 9.
Duties: Under professional guid-
ance, perform subprofessional work
under a suboptional branch; air con-
ditioning, heating, _ refrigeration,
plumbing, power plant,
Requirements: Four-year high
school course, for each year of which
six months’ drafting experience may
be substituted, In addition, one
year practical elementary drafting-
toom experience, or completion of a
|dratting course of 400 hours in
drafting school. Three years’ ex-
perience in suboptional branch
chosen, Years completed in engi-
neering or architecture courses in
recognized college or university may
be substituted,
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*AIR CARRIER INSPECTOR
(RADIO)—($3,800); 28-53 year old;
| file by Oct. 9 Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority.
Duti
! inspect
: Under general supervision,
aircraft radio equipment,
jaircraft and aircraft engines to in-
sure proper operation of radio navi-
tion saws of various types used in|gational and communication equip-|types of vessel:
|ment; inspect facilities for servicing
recommendations for promulgating
new and revising existing regula-
tions and for type certification of
new equipment; conduct flight tests
to determine suitability of air carrier
radio equipment; investigate inter-
ruption to flights caused by failure
of radio navigational and communi-
cation equipment and take steps for
correction; assist in disseminating
knowledge of aeronautical radio
navigational and communication
matters; investigate accidents and
inspect radio equipment on air car-
rier aircraft in accidents, making re-
ports and recommendations,
Requirements:
progressive; full-time, paid, technical
experience in design, development,
maintenance, or installation of radio
equipment, four in aeronautical radio
activities, of which three were with
a scheduled air carrier in technical
supervisory capacity over radio en-
\gineers or maintenance personnel
concerned with design, research,
maintenance, or installation of aero-
nautical radio navigational and com-
munication equipment, Each year
|completed in a four-year course lead-
ing to bachelor’s electrical or radio
|engineering degree at recognized col-
|lege or university may be substituted
|for 2 year of experience, although
|four years’ experience, including
three supervisory, must be shown,
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*HEAD SCIENTIST - ASTRONO-
MER—($6,500); male; not over 53
lyears old; file by Oct. 9. To be
director, Nautical Almanac, Naval
Observatory, Navy Dept., Washing-
ton.
Duties: Act as scientific and ad-
ministrative head of Nautical Alma-
nae Office and professional consult-
ant of Navy Dept. in theoretical as-
tronomy, calendarization, etc.; have
|technical and administrative charge
of producing annual issue of the
American Ephemeris and supple-
mentary volumes; initiate, direct, and
report upon basic research problems
|in theoretical astronomy, performing
|development work, and be respon-
ible for mathematical deductions in
improving tables forming the basis
of the production of the annual vol-
umes; act as a member of the As-|
| tronomical Council of the Naval Ob-
servatory; take part in astronomical
conferences of national and interna-
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STATE, COUNTY AND
MUNICIPAL WORKERS OF
AMERICA
AFFILIATED WITH CIO
3 Beekman 8¢. New York City
COrtiandt 7-872
Eight years’ broad, |
tional character, as Navy Dept. rep=
resentative,
Requirements: Four-year under=
graduate course in recognized college
or university, and Ph.D, or equiva-
lent degree in astronomy and mathe-
matics, Seven years’ progressive exe
perience in practical and theoretical
astronomy, or in teaching mathe
matics and astronomy, with emphae
sis on subjects as celestial mechanics,
orbit work, fundamental positions
and constants, computations, making
and reducing observations, and use
| of astronomical tables.
Eo -
*GALLEY DESIGNER — ($3,800);
not over 53 years old; file by Oct, 9%
U. S. Maritime Commission.
Duties: Under gener
ion,
day); 20-48 years old; file by Oct. 2.|electrical bonding and shielding of |be responsible for development and
preparation of original design and
layout of galleys and pantries on all
design galley and
pantry spaces and equipment suited
Requirements: Two years’ experi-| aircraft equipment at airports; make |to marine vessels; prepare specifica-
tions for galley and pantry equip-
|ment for preparing food; prepare
specifications for hotel equipment
|linens and silverware; examine,
|check, and criticize contractor's ar-
rangement plans and specifications
for galleys and pantries; consult with
chief port stewards and other offi-
cials, inspect and study Commission
and other vessels, and then prepare
tecunical reports; supervise lower
grade technicians; related duties,
Requirements: Bachelor engineer-
ing or architecture degree in recog-
nized college or university; five
years’ progressive, professional, full-
time experience in design, layout,
and specifications of space arrange-
ment and equipment for galleys of
large ships and/or kitchens for ho-
tels, hospitals, prisons, or etc, Addl-
| tional experience may be substituted,
year for year, for education.
Ee ome
*SENIOR OYSTER CULTURIST—
($2,000); not over 48 years old; file
by Oct. 2, Fisheries Service, In-
terior Dept.
Duties: Survey and locate suitable
bottoms for experimental oyster
|planting; supervise and direct actual
|planting of cultch and seed oysters
jand devise improved methods of
joyster spat collections; take periodic
samples to determine growth of ex-
perimental lots and take periodic ob-
servations, temperatures, and salin«
ites; survey waters to locate concen-
trations of oyster pests and determine
eradication means; report to Direc-
tor of the Biological Laboratory.
Requirements: Four years’ tech
nical field and laboratory experient
in oyster culture, For each year,
|study year in marine biology or in-
vertebrate zoology in an institution
above high-school grade may be sub-
stituted, up to two years.
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JUNIOR ADDRESSOGRAPH OP-
ERATOR— ($1,440); 18-53 years old;
file by Sept, 25.
Duties: Operate
machine,
Requirements: Three months’ full-
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addressograph
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Popular price coffee
Dinner with cocktail $1,
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“Diamond Horseshoe”
New York's newest, unique night-club
DAILY RATES
From $3.00 single
From $5.00 double
HOTEL
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46th St., W. of B’way NewYork
shop.
dressograph machine.
Pace Twetve
Many Federal
For Experts in Textile Field
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time paid experience operating ad-
dressograph.
Rating Basis: General
practical questions, 50,
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UNDER ADDRESSOGRAPH OP-
ERATOR—($1,260); 18-53 years old;
file by Sept. 25.
Duties: Operate addressograph ma-
chine.
Requirements: One month full-
time paid experience operating ad-
test, 50;
Rating Busi General test, 50;
practical questions, 50,
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GRAPHOTYPE OPERATOR—($1,-
260); 18-53 years old; file by Sept. 25,
Duties: Operate addressograph Al
chine.
Requirements: Three months’ full-
time paid experience operating
graphotype machine, with additional |
credit for experience in proofread-|
ing and filing addressograph plate
Rating Basis: General test,
practical questions, 50.
JUNIOR DOMESTIC ATTEND-
} AMSTRESS)—($1,320); 18-
old; file by Oct. 9. Home}
Economics Bureau, Agriculture Dept.
Duties: Under immediate super-
vision, make clothing to be used for
tal and exhibition pur-
po prepare and keep in proper
condition clothing exhibits and ex-
hibits pertaining to clothing; render
aid as needed in clothing research,
Requirements: Two years in a
standard, technical, or trade high|
school, with two semester courses in|
clothing construction, or two years
in a dressmaking course in a techni-
cal or trade institution other than a
high school. Two years’ experience
in dressmaking for the publie under
a modiste or tailor, or two years in
a commercial dressmaking estab-
lishment performing all operations
in making garments, Two additional
semester courses in clothing con-
struction in a high school, trade, or
technical institution may be substi-
tuted for a year of experience.
Rating Basis: Education, experi-
ence, and fitness, 40; specimen of
clothing construction (playsuit), 60.
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STUDENT AID—($1,440
80 years old; file by Sept. 25,
culture Dept.
Duties: Under immediate super-
vision, with instructions as to meth-
ods and working details, perform in
field routine subprofessional tasks in
jot over |
Agri-
practical application of optional
subjects: agriculture economics, ag-
ronomy, biology, engineering, for-
estty, horticulture, range manage-
ment, soils.
Requirements: Three years’ study
In recognized college or university
with major in optional subject se-
lected,
Rating Basis: General test unre-
lated to option subject, to test apti-
tude for learning and adjustment to
duties.
—S ex
NIOR PLANT ANATOMIST—
($4,600); not over 53; file by Oct. 2.
Plant Industry Bureau, Agriculture
Dept.
Duties: Plan and conduct investi-
gations on anatomy of economic
plants grown on irrigation lands of
the west; determine, with plant
physiologists, effect of saline soils
and irrigation water on cells, tissues,
and development anatomy of such
nts; determine to what extent
gross and microscopic symptoms may
be used to map alkaline areas.
Requirements: Bachelor's degree
in recognized colle; sity
with major in botany, including a
course in each; plant’ morphology,
plant anatomy, plant_histology, and
plant physiology. re-
search experienc: in-
cluding plant anatomy. Postgradu-
ate study in plant anatomy and plant
morphology may be substituted,
year for year, for experience up to
three years.
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NIOR SOIL PHYSICIST —
00); not over 53 years old; file
by Oct. 2. Plant Industry Bureau,
Agriculture Dept,
Duties: Plan and conduct re-
| 25-55 years old; file by Sept. 26.
Positions Open
lating to movement of soil solutions
and irrigation waters through soils,
availability of soil moisture to criticize specifications for textile ma
plants, and removal of surplus soil | terials; train inexperienced help in
water by drainage; plan and set [ete examination and factory in-
ness; examine deliveries of piece
goods for imperfections; prepare and
investigations on changes in physi-|spection; prepare technical letters
cal structure of soils from salt ad-{and reports; related duties.
ditions, and relation of irrigation| Requirements: Four years’ experi-
practices to composition and quan- | ence in textile industry, in designing
tity of soil gases, textile, or in four of these mill opera-
Requirements; Bachelor's degree pinning of cotton or wool;
in recognized college or university |2 we ; 3, dyeing and finishing:
with major in physics or hydraulics. | 4’ knitting; 5, grading raw stock (wool,
Six years’ research experience in| cotton, or linters); 6, laboratory test.
soil physics investigations, including | ing of textiles; 7, general mill execu.
study of soil moisture and soil struc-|tive, Candidates may substitute a
ture phenomena. Postgraduate study | year 4n a recognized textile school, a
in physics, soil mechanics, and hy-| year of textile engineering in recog-
draulics may be substituted, year| nized college or university, or a
tor year, for experience up to three | Year's experience in inspecting and/
years. |or testing textile for acceptance un-
der specifications, for each experi-
=
ence year,
*ASS'T PHYSIOLOGIST (Plant
Hormones Investigations) — ($2,600); | ,, Welshts: written, 5; experience and
not over 40 years old; file by Oct, 2, | Atness, 5.
Plant Industry Bureau, Agriculture —
Dept.
Duties: Under supervision, con-| JUNIOR INSPECTOR OF TEX-
duct research on physiological tac-
tors in growth metabolism and his-
tological differentiation of plants.
Requirements: Bachelor's degree
in recognized college or university! Duties: Assist inspector of textiles
with major in plant physiology,| (see above); make independent in-
chemistry, or closely related sub-|spection of textiles as to weight,
ject. Two years’ research experience | measurement, shade, finish, and qual-
investigating physiological factors in| ity: related duties,
plant hormones, One year post-| ‘Requirements: Two years’ experi-
graduate study in biochemistry and ence in textile industry, in designing
physiology of hormones may be| textiles, or in four of these mill op-
substituted for one year's experi-| erations; 1, spinning of cotton or
ence. wool; 2, weaving; 3, dyeing and fin-
ishing; 4, knitting; 5, grading raw
stock (wool, cotton, or linters); 6,
laboratory testing of textiles; 7, gen-
eral mill executive, Candidates may
substitute a year in a recognized tex-
tile school, a year of textile engineer-
ing in recognized college or univer-
sity, or a year’s experience in in-
specting and/or testing textiles for
TILES—($1,620); 21-55 years old; file
by Sept. 25. Quartermaster Depot,
Philadelphia; Quartermaster Corps,
War Dept.
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INSPECTOR OF HATS—($2,000);
Quartermaster Depot, Philadelphi
Quartermaster Corps, War Dept.
Duties; Inspect furnished felt hats
for compliance with specifications;
supervise manufacture of fur-felt |
Cyn Gomtrsctory” plants, includ: |ccePtance under specifiations, for
ing inspection of raw materials and | experience yea!
finished product, and supervision | 5.05 Lie =
over manufacturing; analyze samples wor Hes?
of raw materials and finished prod-
ucts of contractors; prepare technical |
letters and reports; maintain records;| INSPECTOR OF CLOTHING—
train inexperienced help in exami-| ($2,000); 25-55; file by Sept. 25,
nation of finished articles; related | Quartermaster Depot, Philadelphia;
duties, Assignments at factories in | Quartermaster Corps, War Dept.
various localties, Duties: Inspect tailored and sewn
Requirements: Two years’ experi-| outer military garments for compli-|
ence in fur-felt hat manufacturing | ance with specifications; supervise |
business, with familiarity in mate-| manufacture of garments from Govt.
rials and processes used, and either | material cut over patterns furnished
(a) two years’ experience in inspect-| by U. S. in contractors’ plants; Dass |
ing felt hats bought wholesale under | 0n and advise contractor of accepta-|
contract, or (b) four years’ experi-| bility of sewing operations, and
ence as foreman or equivelent post | demonstrate approved method of as-
over general manufacturing proc-|Sembling garments; identify and
draw samples of materials to be fur-
and
xperience
esses, ; i bet
Welghts: Written, 8; experience mished by contractor in fabrication
and fitness of garments; prepare technical let-|
|ters and reports; maintain records;
train inexperienced help in examina
INSPECTOR OF MISCELLANE-| elated
OUS SUPPLIES (Hoslery and Knit | Wes, Assignments at factories in
Underwear)—($2,000); 25-85; file by | “Requirements: ‘Two years" prelim-
Sept. 25. Quartermaster Depot, Phil-| inary’ experience in clothing manu-
adelphia; Quartermaster Corps, War) tacture business with familiarity in
rept.
tion of finished garments; related| 2
“ materials and processes used in
Duties: Inspect and supervise in-| men's outer garment manufacture.
spection of finished knitted and) tn addition, two years’ experience as
woven articles, for compliance with| inspector df clothing bought whole-
specifications; supervise manufacture| sale under contract specifications to
from patterns furnished by U. S. in| determine compliance, or four years
contractors’ plant, including inspec-| experience as foreman or in equiva-
tion of raw materials and finished | jent post over general manufacturin;
article; prepare technical letters and) processes of men’s outer dress gar-
reports; maintain records; train inex-| ments,
perienced help in examination of| Weights: Written, 5; experience
finished articles; related duties. As-| and fitness, 5.
signments at factories in various |
localities, <a ae
Requirements: Two years’ experi-
ence in either hosiery or knitted un-|
derwear manufacturing —establish-
ment, or both, with familiarity in
materials and processes used, and
either (a) two years’ experience in} hod ingist dneperin oh aloths
inspecting hosiery or knitted under-| ing'(gee above); make inspection of]
wear bought wholesale under con-) individual garments after manufac-
tract, or (b) four years’ experience | ture; make inspection reports; re-
as foreman or equivalent post over |jated duties, :
general manufacturing processes. —_|
JUNIOR INSPECTOR OF CLOTH-
ING—($1,620); 21-55; file by Sept.
25. Quartermaster Depot, Philadel-
phia; Quartermaster Corps, War
Requirements: One year’s prelim-
aVritten, 5; experience | inary experience in clothing manu-
: facture business with familiarity in
——P materials and processes used in
men’s outer garments manufacture.
Th addition, one year's experience as
inspector of clothing bought whole-|
sale under contract specifications to|
determine compliance, or two years’
experience as foreman or in equiva-
lent post over general manufactur-
wool, cotton, and linters; advise on ing processes of men’s outer dress
INSPECTOR OF TEXTILES—($2,-
000); 25-55; file by Sept. 25, Quarter-
master Depot, Philadelphia; Quar-
termaster Corps, War Dept.
Duties: Examine and determine
grade of raw materials, including
$35,000,000,
searches on principles and laws re-
suitability of finishing processes in garments.
manufacturing textiles; analyze fab-| Weights: Written, 5;
experience
rics for texture, dye, and color fast-| and fitness, 5.
School Post Worth$9 ,000Goes
Begging In Country-Wide Hunt
Despite a search throughout the country and a two-month filing
period instead of the usual one-month, a $9,000 position offered
by the Municipal Civil Service Commission for the Education Dept.
seems to be going begging.
This was revealed yesterday when the Civil Service Leader learned
that only three persons have
filed for the exams for Ass’t Su-
perintendent of School Buildings
(Design), deadline for which is
Sept. 29. Filing opened Aug. 7.
A new post created by recent
changes in Education Dept. set-
up, the position calls for a salary
EXAM SCHEDULE
The following exams have
been announced by the Munici-
pal Civil Service Commission
for the week ending Friday,
within the top 25 of all positions} Sept. 22, 1931
for which open competitive
exams are given by the local TUESDAY, SEPT. 19, 1939
commission.
Motion Picture Operator's Li-
cense (practical oral) — room
2310, Municipal Bldg.; 4 at 5:45
Pm.
Plumber (medical and comp.
Physical)—room 206, 299 Broad-
way; 29 at 9 a.m,
The written exam will be
weighted as 3, while training ex-
perience and personal qualifica-
tions receive 7. Along with an
architectural degree, the require-
ments include 10 years exper-
Soctal
jence with plans, five in respon- Sateen ite m liasoa a. Masta 4
sible work. 703, 299 Broadway; 10 at 9:30 a.
Under the direction of the Su-
perintendent of School Buildings,
Design and Construction, the in-
cumbent of the new position
will supervise the architectural
work of the Education Depart-
ment's Bureau of Design & Con-
struction. Forty-six schools will
be under construction during
1939 and 1940, at a total cost of
Auto Truck Driver, D.
(practical and literacy) —Sanita-
tion Dept. School, 22nd St. and
East River; 10 at 9 a.m. 10 at 11
a.m., 10 at 2 p.m,
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20, 19:
Motion Picture Operator's Li-
cense (practical or;
2310, Municipal Bldg.; 4 at 5:45
p.m,
Miscellaneous (medical re-ex-
ams)—room 206, 299 Broadway;
15 at 1:30 p.m.
Statistician, Social Service,
Railroad (experience oral)—room
703, 299 Broadway; 10 at 9:30 a.m.
Auto Truck Driver, D. S.
(practical and literacy)—Sanita-
tion Dept, School, 22nd St. and
East River; 10 at 9 a.m,, 10 at 11
am, 10 at 2 p.m.
Sans Lead In
Ball Series
Sweeping ahead as if street ob-
structions were in the way, the San-
itation Dept. baseball team took a
2—1 lead in its bitter series with the
diamond representatives of the Po-
lice Dept. Sunday afternoon by cop-
ping a 5—2 battle before 30,074 fans
at the Polo Grounds.
Three runs were scored by the
sweepers in the fourth, with Frank
Scheich’s homer the big gun.
George Sullivan's double tallied two
for the police in the sixth, a total
matched in the eighth by the Sanita-
tion Dept. players.
Wally Singer allowed only seven
hits as winning pitcher,
Council President Newbold Mor-
ris threw out the first ball in place
of the absent Mayor LaGuardia. The
winners received the Mayor's cup
in recognition of victory, and
profits went te the Sanitation Dept.’s
Welfare Honor Relief Roll.
The lineup:
Police
THURSDAY, SEPT, 21, 1939
Motion Picture Operator's Li-
cense (practical and oral)—room
2310, Municipal Bldg.; 4 at 5:45
pm,
Welder (practical) — Central
Motor Garage, 16th St, and Ave.
C, Manhattan; 8 at 9 a.m,
Auto Truck Driver,
(practical and literary) —Sanit:
tion Dept. School, 22nd St. and
East River; 10 at 9 a.m, 10 at 11
am., 10 at 2 p.m,
FRIDAY, SEPT, 22, 1939
Fireman, F. D. (medical)
room 206, 299 Broadway; 50 (not
3401-3450) at 2 p.m.
Welder (practical) — Central
Motor Garage, 16th St. and Aye.
C, Manhattan; 4 at 9 a.m,
‘Auto Truck Driver,
D. 8.
(practical and literacy) —Sanita~
tion Dept. School, 22nd St, and
Sanitation
WE aur hs] East River; 10 at 9 a.m, 10 at 11
$3 00] am, 10 at2 9m,
41 14
to 100
10 23 °
i iii) Welfare Quiz Set
ios toa
20 OlSigner, Besse 4 0 1
—-——| Exams for Administrative Asst
2-7) Total «+++ 511) ang Junior Administrative Aas't in
000 002 o-2
the Welfare Dept. will be held late
in November, it was exclusively
learned yesterday by The Leade',
with two jobs at $4,000 and 12 at
$3,000 the prizes.
‘A board of experts is being care-
fully selected by the Municipal Civi!
Service Commission in preparation
for the exams. Thirty-five candi-
dates filed for the Administrative
Ass't and 1,053 for the junior posts.
‘These ara the first and most im
portant exams under the administra:
tive service created a year ago in
the Welfare Dept. Positions will be
filled by promotion from the other
services after appointments art
made on the basis of the coming
exams,
Sanitation
‘Two-base hits
5000 800
5,
Parent
Ings, Parenti 4 in 41-8, 0
field, Lipson, O'Donnell ‘and Brown, Time
RADIO EXAM SOON
Applications for a’ promotion
exam to the position of Program
Director, Municipal Broadcast-
ing Station, will be called for in
November, it was reliably learned
yesterday by THe Leaver, The
exam was directed by the City
Commission at its meeting last
week,
Follow the Leader for the latest
Civil Service news.
Police List Not Ready
It was thought that the Municipal Civil Service Commission
would compute and complete the police eligible list last week-
end, but because of the holidays this was impossible,
Tue Leaver will publish the complete list as soon as ready.
It is expected that the new list will take about two years to run
out. It will be divided into three groups: 1,200 on the patrol-
men’s list, 500 on the special patrolmen’s list, and approxi-
mately 1,300 on the patrolmen’s special list.
qoesday, September 19, 1939
Pack Tuetere
OMMISSION ACTS
ON SCORES OF CASES
Disposes of Full Calendar
The following action was taken
by the Municipal Civil Service
Commission on its calendar of
Sept. 13. Dispositions in bold
type.
BOARD ACTION
Dispositions:
4094, Matter of discontinuing ser-
vices of following named in Welfare
Dept, as of Sept. 15, 1939 (Cal, No.
3098 7-12): Drs, Louis Perelman and
Herman S. Goodman as Neurologists;
Drs, Harry Gabe and Lawrence Kus-
kin as Cardiologists. Approved, Con-
tinued employment pending exam for
Medical Inspector in appropriate
grade and specialties. Exam ordered.
President Kern:
4095, Certify the Porter and Lab-
oratory Helper lists, respectively, to
ail 24 positions now held by provi-
sionals in the Municipal Lodging
House of the Welfare Dept. Ap-
proved.
4096, Report
from Investigation
signments of employees in Sanita-
tion and Highways Depts, Filed.
Certification Clerk:
4115, Reporting that the Board of
Child Welfare returned certification
of Aug, 21 of eligible list of Social
Investigator as dept, has no approval
from Budget Director to fill five per-
manent vancancies, Dept. requests
that employment of Miriam Beck as
Social Investigator at $1,500 per an-
num be approved to Jan. 20, 1940,
Approved,
Communications:
4116. NYC Housing Authority.
Requesting that the proposed pro-
motion exam for Management Ass't,
Grade 4, be postponed for another
six or eight months and to weight
the requirements for the open com-
petitive exam as to permit Grade 3
eligibles to compete in Grade 4 even
it their experience does not come
up to requirements but to give them
precedence over city-wide _ list.
Reserved.
4117, Frederick L. Kerner, office
to final
Unique product of the Civil Service is Judge
William O'Dwyer.
$1,500 a year.
$25,000 a year for sentencing them.
adoption of new
| Denied, lack of power.
| 4130, State, County and Municipal
| Workers of America,
—=
AND NOW
Democratic candidate for Kings County District
Attorney he'll be getting $20,000 a year for prose-
outing them, Indications are that O'Dwyer is the
overwhelming favorite.
As a cop he chased crooks for
As Brooklyn county judge he gets
If he wins as
“Exams Due for. Top Jobs :
Requesting |
Bureau as to the complaint of
“N.Y.C. Policeman” regarding at-
tempt at fix by Lawrence J. Byrne,
|that promotion exam for Lineman
of Comptroller, Advising that proof} (pire Dept.) be amended to permit
of his military service from July 29-
candidate for Patrolman, Approved | AUg. 12 was on file in his dept, and| pete, subject to adoption of new
and report filed, requesting that his application for rujes, Denied, lack of power.
4097, Summary of work of Ruth|Promotion to Clerk, Grade 3, be ac-|"'4131, Louis C. Smith, 1097 St.
cepted in view thereof. Denied.
4118, Public Works Dept. Re-|
questing that transfer certificate of
Saul Grand from position of En-
gineering Ass't at $2,160 a year trom
Board of Transportation to Public
Works Dept, be extended to Sept. h
20, 1939, by which time certificate | itt Te eae ee
will have been obtained from Budget) rotiowing certifications due to fact
Director. Approved. rye
M110, Law’ Dept “Requesting that| ‘ht, the only provisionals on stait
Hendricks Van Doren, LaGuardia
Interne, Summer of 1939. Approved.
Marks Ave., Brooklyn, Submitting
request signed by 30 climbers and
pruners for reconsideration of pro-
posed policy in favor of an open
competitive examination and trans-
ferring position into competitive
Commissioner Sayre:
4098, Communication from Health
Dept. recommending following can-
didates for appointment to fellow-
ships in public health from Oct. 1,
1939-June 30, 1940: Drs. Carolyn Sil-
berman, Arthur J. Lesser, Edward
R. Schlesinger. Reserved. eatiniade cca t that) in various categories listed are
ployment of Miriam |! ‘ :
Stein. as Stenographer, Grade 2, be| Veterans: Stenographer, Grade | 2
President Kern: __,,.. | approved from Aug. 16-Dec. 31, 1939, | Aug. 21, 1089); Ass't | Supervisor,
4099. Report on _communication| under rule V.9-1b.” Approved. Grade 2' (Aug, 22, 1939); Clerk,
from Mrs. J. P. O'Brien re Guy S.|""4199, Public. Works, Dept, Re-|Grade 2 (Aug. 22, 1939); Clerk, |
Oglesbye, candidate for Marine | questing that Angelo D'Aguillo, an Stade 1, male (Aug. 29, 1939). Re-|
Oller. Filed, emergency employee in capacity of | ***ved:
Junior Bacteriologist, be permitted | Director of Examir@tions:
to take promotion exam for that| 4134. Appeals for eligibility in
4100, Report on request of Bea-| position, Denied, lack of power. |the exam for promotion to Power
trice D, Schacher, Typewriting| 4121. Docks Dept. Advising that | Maintainer, ICOS, Approved.
Copyist in office of Commission, to| investigation disclosed that William| 4135. Report on physical require-
Secretary Schaefer:
be paid for recent absence. Denied.| J, Sadowski resided at 139-11 Glass-| ments for Steamfitter. Approved.
4101. Report on rejected applica-| boro Ave., Jamaica, and that there| 4136. Report on physical require-
tion of Margaret E. Lowndes for|was no merit to anonymous com-|ments for Carpenter. Approved.
promotion to Clerk, Grade 3, Re-|plaint that he was not a resident of| 4137.
werved. |New York City. Approved and re-|on exam for Statistician, Approved.
4102, Note appointment of Cor-| port filed. 4138, Deny claim of Pasquale D.
nelius Wandmacher as Junior Civil| 4122, Board of Education, Pro-|Donato for disabled veteran prefer-
Service Examiner (Civil Engineer- |testing against Commission decision | ence on eligible list for Porter. Ap-
ing) at $10 a day, on Sept. 11, Ap-|to stop payrolls of employees re-| proved.
proved classified in the Stores Service if| 4199. Report on Salvator Paul
4103, Note termination of serv-| such reclassification is not completed | Raguso, candidate for Auto Truck
ices of Edith Berbert as Monitor ef-|by Oct, 1, 1939, Laid over one Driver, Summoned.
fective Sept. 8. Approved. week. | 4140. Report on Leonard L.
4123, Hospitals Dept. Approve Tuber, candidate for Patrolman,
services of William H. Stearns in|P.D., appointed as a Special Patrol-
Summoned,
Director of Examinations:
4104. Annual report in the exam/|place of Dr. Lois D, Zeidberg as) man.
for License of Master Plumber for|Lecturer under rule V-9-9a. Ap-| 4141, Recommending certain ac-
the year 1938, Approved, | proved. tion by Commission in connection
4105. Order a promotion exam| 4124, Welfare Dept. Requesting) with publication of Bulletin. Plan
for Program Director in Municipal|an extension on certification of Aug, | No. 2% adopted; plan No, 1 filed,
Broadcasting Station, Approved. | 25 of eligible list of Clerk, Grade 1,)
4106, Deny request of State,|male. Reserved. Commissioner Sayre:
County and Municipal Workers of| 4125. Welfare Dept. Returning! 4142, Recommending that Exam-
America that promotion exam for | unused certification of June 29 of | ining Division continue the prepara-
Junior Statistician be readvertised | list for Photographer for position of | tion of a recruitment plan for each
and held after Dec, 15. Approved, |Photosat Operator as request to fill| exam approved by Commission and
4107, Deny request of Office of| position is pending approval of such plan be transmitted to Bureau
President, Richmond, for a promo-|Budget Director. Stop payroll of|of Recruiting and Information.
tion exam from Laborer to Auto| provisional serving as Photosat Op-| Approved,
Engineman, Approved, | erator.
4108, Matter of provisional spe-| 4126, Public Works Dept. Re-/ Application Clerk:
cial patrolmen in Welfare Dept.| questing that Abraham Chassick, a| 4143. Report on applications filed
Approved, until Special Patrolmen’s| second grade clerk, be granted aby Gavino’Sanna, for the positions
list is promulgated, \leave of absence without pay for an|of Janitor Custodian, Grade 2, and
4109, Increase rating of William J.| indefinite period in order that he Paver. Complaint dismissed,
Bickman on record and seniority in| may be free to accept a provisional |
Promotion exam for Chief of Bat-| appointment as Junior Sanitary En-
APPROVAL BY DR. SCHAEFER
talion, Fire Dept., from 81% to 82% |gineer, pending promulgation of| 4145, Promulgate list for Struc-
and recompute his final average. |list. Approved. ture Maintainer (Sign Painting) and
Approved, | 4127, Bureau of Budget. Trans- reporting on 18 candidates. Ap-
4110. Deny request of Michael mitting communication from Irying proved.
Esposito for special test for Life- | Wolfson requesting to be advised as) 4146. Promulgate list for General
Buard. Approved, to his seniority rights in connection | Mechanic (Handyman) and report-
4111. Reporting that Lawrence | with the dismissal of various clerical ing on nine candidates, Approved.
employees from Office of City Clerk| 4147, Promulgate list for District
on June 30, 1939, Seniority rights |Health Officer and reporting on one
M. Vought, candidate for Junior En-
gineer, Civil, Grade 3, had made ar-
rangements to pay his debt to began when he entered competitive | candidate. Approved,
-Y.U. Approved, class, | 4148. Report of investigation of
4112. Report on communication 4128, Bar Ass’n. Advising that | 75 candidates for Porter. Approved.
complaining about inappropriate as-|been forwarded to Committee on|four candidates for Typewriting
pénments of employees in Docks Grievances, Brooklyn Bar Ass'n, |Copyist. Approved.
ept. Noted and filed, Filed, | 4150. Result of
teal!8,, Report on communication| 4129. State, County and Mu- two candidates for Junior
fom Dorothy Fleming, president of nicipal Workers of America, Re-/narian, Approved,
fhe ‘Telephone Operators Eligibles questing that promotion exams to| 4151, Result of investigation of
peste regarding employees in vari-|Clerk, Grade 2, and Stenographer,|three candidates for Management
Tele fePts Working out of title as/Grade 2, to include note that eli- | Ass't Housing, Approved.
“lephone Operators. Noted. {gibility is dependent on certain| 4152. Result of investigation of
trélit., Report on communication | amendment to the present rules of four candidates for Bookkeeper.
Ban EP. Olivet, 1625 Hone Ave.,| the Commission, thus permitting all | Approved.
ronx, regarding inappropriate as-' clerks, Grade 1, to compete subject! 4153. Result of investigation of
signed, “A Friend of Civil Service,” | papers in the Darrow matter have; 4149. Result of investigation of
|
investigation of
Veteri-
four additional employees to com-|
Key for rating experience |
In Planning Commission
| First exams for nine high-salaried jobs in the City Plan-
j ning Commission will be announced by the Municipal Civil
| Service Commission shortly after Oct, 1, it was exclusively
learned yesterday by The Leader. Ads for the exams
now ne mpletion, a
Thus fa new commissior
to which is entrusted the t
ning of the New York ( ie | cf
future, has | attec
by eng ansiet Plann afox
other depts. The new
launch a new service in the cily 1 ar
i economi
administ An engineering staff will
added importance with the years,
The jobs to be filled, which pay
re~
main attached to the Commis-
sion,
two candidates for Clerk, Grade 1,|
male. d.
COMMISSIONERS’
| 4154, ualified” on eligible
lists indicated; Ass't Gardener—|
Reginald L, Shick; Junior Civil
Service Examiner —Harold Levine.
Approved.
4155, Note claim of Joseph F. —-
|Meduna, 25-18 Curtis EB, Elm-
hurst, for disabled veteran prefer-| ALBANY, Sept. 18—Regional mu-
ence on list for Instructor of Mu-|nicipal training schools for Civil
Approved, = Service commissioners and secre-
4156, ‘ant request of J. L,| taries of civil service commissions of
Kenny for medical’ ré-e: New York State will be held in
for Fireman, F.D,, and deny request| seven centers during Nov, and Dec,
of W. E. Brusle, Jr., for a medical| it was announced today
re-examination for Firen Ap-| The schools will be directed by
proved, |the Municipal Training Institute,
4157, Mark six candidates “quali-| chartered by the University of the
fied medically” for Fireman, F,D,| State of New York and administered
[Mark two candida “qualified | by the State Conference of Mayors.
medically” for Laboratory Helper, |Cooperating agencies include the
Approved, tate Dept. of Civil Service; the
State Education Dept., Bureau of
| Ninety Public Service ‘raining, and the
Pei erguer-peinet yy ‘ |New York State Conference of
158. Result of miscellaneous| Mayors and Other Municipal Offi-
medical re-examination of 28 can-| ¢
didates for various positions, Ap- sastonia Wh” be Held oda
proved, dy on 13; Bingha
Nov., 15; Buffalo, Nov.
rtification Clerk: Geneva, Dec Utica, Dec
4159. Approve action in certi Poughkeepsie, Dec. 12, and White
ing to Police Dept. male list of Clerk, | Plains, Dec, 14
|Grade 2, from which to make six| Learn Commission Jobs
appointments at $1,200 a year. Ap- The schools will offer instruc
proved, in fundamentals of the jobs of Civil
Service commissioners, secretaries
Communications: and members of their office staffs
| 4160, Note the following changes|The subjects of instruction to be
of names: Board of Education—Betty | Presented include powers and duties
Hawley, Executive Secret: to
Betty Donnelly; Welfare Dept.—| Sins and local Civil Service rules,
\Dorothy Gewirtz, Social Investiga-|¢xaminations, certifying and ap-
Italia M,| Pointing eligibles, checking and cer-
ication of payrolls personnel forms
and records and methods of filing,
|tor, to Dorothy Rambar;
| Petrillo, Social Investigator, to Italia
M., Ferrigni; Dorothy Ravit, Social
faveatigatne (3 aor thy tear and relation of state Civil Service
| commission to local commissions.
An extensive round-table discus-
‘Communications: |sion and qu in-box period on
problems of Civil Service commis-
sions will also be held
| 4161. Office of President, Man-
jhattan, approval under rule 5-9-11
of services of Arthur W. Warner as
{Consulting Engineer for the East
River Drive, effective July 1, 1939,
at $50 a day. Approved for not
more than six months.
4162, Police Dept. Note on rec-
ord time served as Fireman, F.D.
BROADCAST
Instances of extraordinary
service to the City of New York
by Civil Service employees will
+|be dramatized tonight at 6:30
|by John A. Tracy to be included| ?¥
and counted as service in Police| Clock over WNYC during the
Dept,, pursuant to Chapter 18, Sec-| ‘gular Public Service Hour con-
tion 434-11,0 of the Administrative| ducted by the Municipal Civil
Code. Noted, Service Commission.
Laboratory fielper_ ¢women
4-26-39; Board of Educatior
robable permanent (2-Manual
H. S., Bklyn.; 1-Curtis H.
ich=
mond) —i6, Shapiro, Mollie; ‘17,"Saenz, | 88
Helen H.
Providence 0, Weiner,
Solomon,
jsghladeline. F.
Fuliia; 24 DePletvo, Nose; 25, Jackow
en Frances; 26, Goaziewska, Jane M.
Katherine |, Tum:
‘Antoniette R.; 29, Golding,
Anita
Clerk, Grade 1 (male); prom, 5-1-36;
NYC Tunnel Authorit
rary less two month:
ton, 88.50%; 1376,
Unless these names are disposed of
within 10 days all-emergency appoint-
ments must cease,
At a meeting of the Commission held
8-4-38 it was directed that persons who
accept temporary, positions from the
Clerk, Grade 1, list be withheld for’
three months thereafter from certifica-
tion for a permanent position and. be!
80 advised at the time the certifica~
tion is made, Their acceptance to such
@ position will be regarded as a de~
clination during that period of three
Months on grounds of temporary. in=
ability,
prom, 2-6-30; Hospitals Dept: $900;
robable permanent — 131, Deutsch,
felen, 81,30%; 218, Cuttitta, Frank;
‘These are the only names on the list
at present for appointment in Con-
tagious Disease Hospital at $960 a year,
Subject to determination by appoint=
tng officer of compliance with Local
Law 40-1937,
Public Heal
1; prom. 6-9-8;
temporary Je
Kathleen, at
, 83.547"; 218, Moilo}
‘Gi Witla, ‘Anne
e
Nurse (women), Grade
Health $1
De 300;
hs Peh bownney,
wette M.,
21, Cary, Faith, B021%¢, 207,
Mutiel A., 79.75%; 204, Zana-
(7 dosky, Anna, 78,85%
Unless these names are disposed of
within 10 days all emergency appoint~
ments must cease,
Subject to determination by appoint:
tng officer of compliance with Local
Law_ 40-1937,
* Beginning with No. 253 these names
are certified subject to future investi-
gation.
Clerk, Grade 2 (male) 2-15-29;
NYC Housing Autority; $1 200; probe
fable permanent—122, Bilnick, Sidne;
90.749): 296, Ax elrod, Phillip, 29.62%:
373, Green, ‘Michael B., 89.28%; 431, Bo-
501
faa, Celler, Sid~
a6, Sayiteky, Joseph. J
mo: 692, Mazel, Alex, ‘88.30%; 817,
Pollock, Max, 87.01%; | "#944,
Morris B,, 87.61%; 946, Wohl, Roy M.,
#1 947, Perlman, Seymour, 87.60% {
80.7% + 952, Louis,
Streisand,
Kaplan, Arthur,
hey, 88,70”
Maurice, 87 ‘sate; B01,
Te Beginning with No. 944 these names
are certified subject to future investi-
gatior
‘Typewriting Copyist, Grade 2; prom,
6-21-39; NYC Housing’ Authority: $960,
manent—134,_ Lindeman,
Mary,
88.65%
‘Fine,
Saravay, Ruth P.,
Jose) hing Ty. Hitt ais
S po
Juagliano, France:
ish, Selma, 04,020;
‘1824, Cavanagh,
in28, Cohen, Jeanne,
Emma,
A,
Marian,
Rothenberg,
" Brawley, Frances
Landecker,
als ¢
* Beginning toith No. 1507, these
names are certified subject to future
investigation,
Comptometer Operator, | Grade 2;
NYC Housing Authority;
le permanent—22, Cohen,
28, Bl dith C.,
ian,
These are the only names on the list
at present.
lock,
Stenographer and Typewriter, Grade
2—HRD: prom, 11-17-38; NYC Housing
Authority; $1,200; probable permanent—
87.58%: 910, Eisen=
6% (945, Hoffman,
le, 85.54.
Je; °hem. Siewel, Mollie, @Bat*
Atlas, Diana, 85.50%; 955, Schmalholz,
Hgobei D.. a8.49° Askenase, Bena
BS.ai%': OB. Leon, Sophie. te, 85.48)
Bho, Buchbinder Dorothy. We
» 961, Bernknopf, Edith, 85.46%
Ro:
kito, Gussie : CEs ed EoRslion,
Eleanor 5.43% Boyhan, Mar-
08, Britten, "Fannle,
hese names are certified subject to
Juture Investiaation and are to he con
sidered i a pasaislon: to the certification
of Sept,
Stenagranher and 1 Typewriter, Grade
2; prom. 3-25-36; Health Dept.; $1.200;
robable permanent—605, Sillaio, Inez,
tena granher and Typewriter, Grade
m. ‘Health De:
Siegel, Irene Li, 95.00%; 4. Latto,
Clara, Hoffmann, Beatrice
Mo ts.50%0; G48, aret, Ting, 6655/05
947, Schutzman, Ruth, 5.559%
Chait, Slyvia, 85.59%; 950, Gi 08 figele.
5440; 95) loran, Anne M,
952, Sie; el, Molle 85.51% 5 a ws
Diana, 85.49%, eisai ay, ibe) D.
15.40%; 960, “As she £8%
Leon, So)
binder, Bore 510: 088, okito,
Gussie’ J, 88.4 Fogelson, Elen
Mg!
85.40%;
‘ M., 85.87%; 971,
Jacobson, Gussie, 85.35%; i “bessin,
Rose B.,' 85.32%; 978, Stoll, Marie M.,
Jt, Engineer (olvil), Grade 3; prom.
‘Thos.
sident, Borough of | J.,
Bikiyn; “92100; , probabl t— | TAL aoe thy
robable ‘permanen 6 orby
Altred Radofsicy,
anes Ay shit: Fieve son, John E., i548
Wes} 3. 18.00%; 297,
vou: | Was,
+ La Vought, No, 188, ts
Unless these names are dis}
within 10 days all emergency appoint~
ments must ceas
Subject to determination by appoint-
APPOINTMENT
POSSIBILITIES
Eligibles Certified to City Agencies During Week Ending
Sept. 12, 1939,
Position. Last Number Certified.
Accountant, Grade 2.. 125*
Addressograph Operator ‘Cemporary) 65
Assistant Gardener .......... 178°
Assistant Supervisor, Grade 2 . 547°
Attendant Messenger, Grade 1, at $1,: 200 » 621
Bookkeeper, Grade 1, at $1,320. . 139°
Bookkeeper, Grade 1, at $1,200 . 495°
Cashier, Grade 3........... +. 88°
Clerk, Grade 1 (Male) . 3,300*
Clerk, Grade 2........, + 933°
Clerk, Grade 2, as Grade 1.. + 3,155
Clerk, Grade 2, as Grade 1 (outside clty) . . 3,576
Conductor tenes + 267°
Court Attendant’ . . 72°
Elevator Operator . 112°
Examining Assistant + 92°
Fireman, Fire Department, 2,843*
Gardeneniigaves rsp rege 86°
Home Economist, Grade 2 (Women): » 1
Inspector of Foods, Grade 2 > 688
Inspector of Masonry and Carpentry, Grade 3, ‘ 15°
Inspector of Plumbing, Grade 3, as Grade 2.. Geet bi
Junior Bacteriologist ....... 24
Junior Engineer (Civil), Grade 3 ‘Gor ‘appropriate ap-
pointment) ...... Siaee 186
Laboratory ‘Assistant (General) ..... + 228°
Laboratory Helper (Women). svalecop ge 13¢
Landscape Pretend a Grade 3 (for appropriate ap-
pointment) ....... ° Ceeeeene eteeees 10
Law Clerk, Grade 2......., 22°
Lieutenant, Police Department (promotion), 310
Life Guard ..... i 410*
Mechanical Draftsman 14
Medical Inspector, Grade 1
Obstetrics ........+ a
Opthalmology 1
Pediatrics ie
Tuberculosis ..... 21°
Venereal (temporary) . + . 58"
Playground Director (Men) “(permanent) , ‘ 139°
Playground Director (Men) (temporary) . . 862°
Playground Director (Women) (temporary) » 145
Policewomen ........- ‘ + 23°
Policewomen (for ‘approprial e appoin ment) . 36°
Porter, at $1,200, + 109
Porter (for appropriate appointment) . 625
Printer .isssceeee tees seeeeosens . 3*
Probation Officer (Domestic Relations Court) .......... 48°
Public Health Nurse, Grade 1 (Women) een pore ie 302*
Station Agent ...
Stenographer & ‘Typewriter, Grade 2) (temporary)
Stenotypist, Grade 3
Supervisor of Markets, Weights
Supervisor, Grade 3.
Telephone Operator,
‘Temporary Title Examiner, Grade 2,. 5
‘Typewriting Copyist, Grade 2, as Grade’ bo
Watchman Attendant, Grade 1
X-Ray Technician
and Measures.
This chart tabulates all open competitive lists of 100 names or more
from which certifications were made during August,
column gives the number of the latest person certified,
The right-hand
Starred
numbers refer to the last one appointed from eligible list,
85.29%; 979, Witllams, rte! 85.5 28:
980, Weinberg, Nettle, 85.26
Mayer, Rosemary, 88.26 ona, issu,
aline, 85, 186, img et Mgt. D
990,
Wash, Loretta Ay’ obi, Frieden:
raich,' Dorothy, ‘Bo 21%¢ "992, Barnett,
Ruth, 85.20%; 994, Herschatt, ‘Sylvia C
85.18%; 996, Simpson, Jessie R,, 85.12%!
997, McDonald, Kathryn R., 85.167; 098,
Cohen, Dorothy, 85.16% Hernhaut,
lain, 8518705 1001, Edwards, Pearl V.
3, Colonhese, Evelyn, 85. 134
"O0e, Bernstein, Jennie’ D. He.18
Diamond, Lipble, 85.1170 1008, Fosbert
Carolyn, | 86 1009, ‘Millet, Sylvia,
85.11% 5 1010, NStrupbe, Olive M., 85.11%,
* Beginning with No, 663 these names
are certified subject to future investi-
gation by this Commission,
Subject to determination by appoint-
tng officer of compliance with Local
Law 40-1937,
Boake 008, Ha
Syly
Fusineering Inspector, Grade 4—City
Wide; prom.10-26-38; Board of Water
Supply; $3,120: probable Boymanent—
65, Waxman, Morris P,, 78,98'%
Unless this name "ts disposed of
within 10 days all emergency appoint.
ments must ceas
Stationary Engineer (temporary sery-
ice only—iilness of regular employee);
Hospital Dept. lay; temporary—
McLaughlin, John,
11-7238; Dt.
Ri
86 08% + ‘Ader, Helene
939, Innerfield, Marion,
99%
a5.iqe; 940,
Unless this name ts disposed, of
qwithin 40 days outsion imt=
ment of Anthony idman and. all
ing officer of compliance with Local
Law 40-1937,
paneer Engineer (civil),
Grade 3;
8-2-39; Board of Water Supply;
$2100; Ries Permanent Si, See
amp, Alfred H., 84.66% forea,
Thomas A. 83.8
cis Vaid 3,
211% 6b, Shiverstons: Barnett, 82.00"
"a, Ludwie, Laurencs A, Seal)
Borg, Sidney ¥, 91.7 1,
‘A, 0.98063. 105, hate, Sonn
121, Soman, Robert, 80.01%; 126,
Gordon, Henry, 18.80V%% 133, Kavanagh,
59, Way
recchiarelli, Francis
Ben
5 ment of Garret Buchanan and
Shee OF katter om Ww York Onis
Peinluce these names are disposed of
within 19 days the provisional appoint
Martin and all others ‘must cease, |
FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, 1939
Pete
28,
probab)
se fevtrgy 2 98 ‘Sen
Michaels, Jacob, ‘82.7275 28, Bergman,
™
WiacoD Michaels ts certified subject
to putire So Ruusrrigasions
tificat is made subject to
in
nent 27, Edelso
datermination by
compliance wit
1937.
appointing officer of
ocal Law 40-year
Accountant, Grad tan se:
NYC "Housing “Authority; $1;
Meporaryr less three,” tenths oot
Shapiro, " Harol ; 302, Getz-
ae ss e 3% mn, Victor
jn
mice David,
306, a “Sidney. 68,50% 1 907, Orkin,
Sidney, 88.50% ; 08, Kerner, Louis
88.50%; 309, Brown, Benjamin,
310, “Yoskowitz, Rubin,
Kautman, Arthur S., 22.50
sterdam," Max, 88.50%;
man, Philip, "88.50%;
Samiel, 98.50%: | 315,
88.50%; 316, Koppel, A
317, Edelman, Hyman,
Cornebl, Fred’ H., 88.50;
William’ 1. 88.50% Gi
William R., 88.50%; 321, Delet, Abra
ham H., 88.8074; 923, Nevine, Nathan M.
Carneal, Irvin
50° 323,
524, Gettand Harry. 3
mah, Joreph J, 83,56:
Leon
ie; 896, Kupper-
Th e names are certified subject to
medion, examination and future ‘ne
vest
Unless these names are disposed of
within 10 days all emergency appoint-
ments must cease,
‘This name is to be considered after
the name of Mar Watkins No, 265—cer-
tifled Sept. 12 1939,
Stucture Maintainer
Work); prom, 7-15-36; Board of ‘Trans-
portation; 80 cents an hour; probable
permanent employment—6,Flood, Ed-
ward J., 85.60%.
Untess these names are disposed of
within 10 days all emergency appoint~
‘ments must cease,
This is the only name on the Ust at
the present time.
(RR) | (Metal
$780; or le:
Calandra,
Angelo;
Sanutuedotce, Jonny ‘30 Mand
cent; 631, Penny, 1-R.; 632,
ney, Chester; 634, ‘Alene, Arthur; (aaa;
Tanagretta, Antonio T,:" 634, Cristiani, | 2°
Edward (Ettore); 635, ‘Thompson, Vin=
636, Montanaro, James; 637, Den:
kins, Theodore; 631 Anthony;
639, [azn ac) Pats: 640, Martin,
Murry Mimbs; 6 Gallo, William: 643,
Ancrum, Cornelius; 644, Laterza, Fran-
cesco; Joseph; _ 646,
647, Minischette, Rat
Detalco, Anthony; 649,
Kc, 650; Lawrence, cay 5
fon; 651, Schwimmer, Philip; 653,
Papint, Georse; 654, Paticlulo, John Ad
655, Bicoletti, Anthony: 656, Gazz
Fred; 691, Lombardoral, Domineck; 658;
Rothman, Samuel; 659, ‘Scarpa, John in Jp
660, DiCarlo, Clarence; 661, Zuopenia!
Hart 662, Pomerant
‘Valenti,
645, Richardson,
John:
5 648,
064, DeL.ial, Domentekt
Claudio; 66, McCoy,
han, ‘Thomas P.: 668,
669, Yacona, Philip;
Ric Le
Diprima, Nicholas: 673,
‘fe; 674, Bryan, Alfred:
Joseph; 676, Hottigher!,
675, Rinaldi,
Frank; 677, Ferraiolo, Joseph, 678, De-
Santis, Anthony; 679,
Frank: 680,. Canmarota,
Palagonia, ‘Alfonso: 6
683, Sciulla, Franl
(Bernard); 685,
‘Cammarata,
Joseph; 681,
Marks, Sack;
Lero:
684, Tors roy
Rowers, 686,
Tames;
Haberman, Nathan; 687, Feldman, Dave
(Dorin) ; 9,
‘688, Corb,’ Carmine;
Frank; 690, “Magro,
‘Lopez, Alfonso
Andrew; 693,
64, Glos, Geapare
Temorroces, Tony: 606, Warn
W697, Priclo, Emanhel; 608, Revita
Edward; 699,’ Melora, ’ ‘Tony: 700,
Marino,’ Dominick; ‘aa Phitling,
Harry;’ 701, ‘Walter; | 702,
Chiaramonte,
Vincent; 704, ee
Fernandez, mn; t05a, | McCarthy,
Patricks 766, Lawler, ohn; 708, Brodie,
‘Thomas E. 1 laimo, Charl
Tie, Goodwiting,
Joseph: Reisher.” Sigmund; yd
Tepedino, John F.; 715 Young, Fres
NEW YORK
Division of General Education
GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF
NEW YORK CITY
the Munictpal, Clvil Service Come
misslon, for edueatio
°
course of fnterest to clylo~
minded clttzena and lity em-
ployees, who wish to acquire &
9 of the principles of
fon in modern municipal
mt
{Honorable ¥. H, La.
Pal of the
BNy "departments, Recorn! ¥
NEW YORK
Division ion
Publte Horvice Department 0; Washineton, Raines
‘sPring
others must cease,
UNIVERSITY
rating increment,
dit for teachers,
ch term, on Thy
9 Alertens
term, ation ni
For further information
address:
open.
t oN
ingvon Square North, New York, N. ¥,
UNIVERSITY
nce M.
qualified conditionally’ subject to" re: | Lous
edie Se
Thes n 15 be consid
wis Dt : a
fubject ire inve: tf YY
this Commission, ieee a
acihts certification is made subject to
etermination by appointing officer
compliance with Loeat Law 40-1997,”
Clerk,
compiroler
(male); prom. 6-1-36;
“omrice: $840; temporary
9—2485, Padronaggio, An-
2560, Condic
Clerk, Grade 2; pr
troller's Office;
30, | 1939-705, | Fischle:
#1026, Burnstine, Dorot
1187, 'Hofrichter, Natalle, 87.00%; "1251
Haupt, Morit! tla, T.., 06.96%; 1300," Brody
Geo., bo.86%; 1413, Rosenberg, ‘eres:
Basie: Levy, ancl Jack, 86.58%; 1
man, 1683, Bolotin’
Betty. ee 1088, Kaplan, D David,
86.16% 1705," Jones, Mil 86,
1749, "Polakott, “Nathan, | 86,08% ;
Rothman, Beat
tee
2467, aie ‘Sylvia, 85.66%
manow, Harrie 04%
85.03% ;" 2406, Bank,
2497, Glick ecNagnan,
This certification is made sub:
determination by appointing officer of
compliance with Local Law 40-1937,
Jr, Accountant, Grade 1: prom. 8-9-
ing Authorit;
ject to
Benjamin, 16.85%
73.00%
Attendant-Messenger, Grade 1—Male;
prom, | 1221~ ‘Triborough Bridye
Authority: $1200; probable ‘permanent
924 ;
Bo: sn oskl, ‘Marvin, OL 38% : 374, Danaher,
Daniel, '91.00%;" 583, ‘Nadler, | Benj,
90.90% ;_ 557, ‘Dufty, Jone 90.88% ; _ 665
Stott ‘Mortis, ee. 4%: Paul |
10.83%; | 975, wm,
By
Leoni
berg,
Anthony
90.76 Oscar, 90.76
589, iiton,” 90.
591, Silver, 90.73%; 593,
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portant exams. The
TEST PROGRESS
Below is the latest news, from the Municipal Civil Service Commission on the status of some im-
Leader will publish changes as soon as they are made known:
OPEN COMPETITIVE
Administrator (Public Buildings
qphis exam will be held as soon
practicable.
Assistant Engineer (Hospital
Equipment Specifications), Grade
‘the written part will be held
soon as practicabl
Assistant Engineer, Gri 4 (with
knowledge of accounting): Appeals
on the tentative key of Part I are
now being considered,
Associate Assistant Corporation
counsel (Administrative Code),
Grade 4: The technical oral will
probably be conducted within six
weeks.
‘Automobile Engineman: 28,821
candidates filed for this exam which
should be held Deo 2.
Automobile Machinist: The com-
petitive physical for the successful
Fandidates in the written and prac-
tical parts of this exam will prob-
ably be conducted within two weeks.
Automobile Mechanic: All parts of
this exam have been completed ex-
cept the competitive physical which’
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BUFFALO, Sept. 13.—Eligible
lists for positions of Probation
Officer, City Court of Buffalo,
and ‘Investigator, — Municipal
Civil Service Commission, were
adopted today by the local Mu-
nicipal Civil Service Commis-
sion.
For the $2,101 court position,
309 applicants took the exam
March 25, while 57 competed on
July 20 for the commission post,
which pays $1,800,
‘The lists follow:
Probation Officer, City Court
of Buffalo; Francis J. Murati,
Howard R. Studd, Mary W. Silk,
Mary E. Kniblee, Sam S, Au-
yello, Richard K. Reilly, Her-
bert S. Green, Benjamin Small,
Joseph V. Murphy, Alice L,
Black, Joseph C, Maggio.
Invest Municipal Civil
Service
Donnocker, Howard K. Grampp,
Dersey D, Doll.
eee
will probably be
Oct. 15.
Battery Constructor: The practical
part will be held by Oct. 15 for the
51 successful candidates in the writ-
ten part,
Boilermaker: The competitive
physical exam will be held soon for
those successful in the written and
practical parts,
scheduled by
Bridgeman-Riveter: The competi-
tive physical exam will be admin-
istered by Oct. 15 for those candi-
dates passing the written and prac-
tical parts,
Cement Mason; The competitive
cal should be administered
within two weeks for the 103 can-
didates who passed both the written
and practical exams,
Chemist (Microscopy): Bighty can-
didates filed for this position. ‘The
written exam will probably be held
by Oct, 15,
City Marshal: The written part of
‘this exam has been rated,
Dentist (Full Time): The written
part of this exam has been rated.
The qualifying practical exam will
be held as the needs of the service
require,
Dockbuilder: The practical part of
his examination will probably be
held by Noy, 1, Pa
Engineering Assistant (Electrical),
Grade 2: 1,017 candidates qualified
for the written part which will
Probably be given within two weeks.
Engineering Inspector, Grade 4
(Board of Water Supply): ‘The
tating of the qualifying experience
has been completed, 424 candidates
will be summoned for the written
part,
House Painter: The written part
of this exam, originally scheduled
for January, is still held in abey-
ance pending litigation,
Inspector of Lumber, Grade 3:
Appeals on the tentative key for this
¢xam are now being considered,
written exam will be conducted as
soon as practicable.
Locksmith; The written part of
this exam has been completely
rated, The practical part will be
held by Nov, 1,
Machinist; The medical and physi-
cal exam will probably be ad-
ministered this month for all candi-
dates who have been successful in
the written and practical exams.
Management Assistant, Grade 4
(Housing Authority): 1,364 candi-
dates filed for this exam, which will
probably be administered in the fall.
Marine Oiler: The written exam
will be completely rated by the end
of the month,
Medical Social Worker, Grade 3:
‘The written exam will be held in
the fall,
Office Appliance Operator: Sev-
enty-five percent of the written
exam has been completed, The re-
sults will probably be available
within two weeks,
Payer: 191 candidates filed for
this exam, The written part will
probably be held by Nov. 1,
Power Maintainer (1.0,0.S.): The
written test will probably be con-
ducted by Nov, 1.
Radio Operation Assistant; Radio
Publicity Assistant; Radio Traffic
Assistant: The rating of these exams
will probably be completed in two
weeks,
Senior Engineer (Sewage Plant
Operation), Grade 4: Two-thirds of
the written part has already been
rated,
Stenotypist, Grade 2: The written
exam will be held in November.
Trackman (I,C.0.8.): The rating of
within two weeks, The written test
will be conducted as soon as prac-
ticable.
‘Typewriter Repairman: 189 candi-
dates filed for this exam,
Welder: The practical part will
be administered as soon as prac-
ticable.
PROMOTION
Assessor (Tax Department): Ob-
jections to the tentative key for this
exam are now being considered,
Assistant Clerk of District (Mu-
nicipal Court): This exam will prob-
ably be conducted this fall.
Assistant Supervisor, Grade 2 (So-
clal Service), City-Wide: The written
part of this exam will probably be
held late this fall,
Assistant Supervisor, Signals and
Lighting (L.C.0.8.): The written test
will probably be held in two weeks,
Battalion Chief (Fire): 87 candi-
dates were successful in this exam,
Cashier, Grade 4 (Board of ‘Trani
portation): All parts of this exam
have been completed,
Chief Fire Telegraph Dispatcher
(Fire): ‘The written exam will be
held in the fall.
Chief Telephone Operator, Grade
2 (L.C.0.8.); Chief Telephone Op-
erator, Grade 2 (Welfare): The writ-
ten exam will be held in the fall,
Clerk of District (Municipal
Court): The written exam is expect
ed this fall,
Deputy Clerk of District (Munici-
the qualifying experience will be)
pal Court): The Witten exam will
be conducted this fall.
Electrical Inspector, Grade 4
(Board of Education): The written
exam will be held by Nov. 1,
Foreman Paver (City-Wide): Ar-
rangements are now being made for
this exam, which will probably be
held by Nov. 15.
Inspector of Light and Power,
Grade 4 (Triborough Bridge Author~
ity): The written exam will be held
by Nov. 1.
Junior Administrative Assistant
(Public Works); Junior Administra-
tive Assistant, Technical (Public
Works): These exams will probably
be held late this fall.
Junior Chemist (City-Wide): The
written part will probably be con-
ducted this month.
Lieutenant (Police): 911 candidates
filed for this exam which will be
conducted by Novy, 15,
Medical Social Worker, Grade 2
(Social Service), City-Wide: The
written exam will be held in the fall.
Payer (City-Wide): The written
exam will probably be held by
Nov. 1,
Power Maintainer (1.0.0.8.): The
written test will probably be held
by Nov, 1,
Stenographer-Typewriter, Grade 2
(City-Wide): The written examina-
tion will be conducted in Nov.
Superintendent of Mortuaries
(Hospitals): All parts of this exam.
haye been conducted,
Hit Board Rule
On Substitutes
The recent Board of Education
order restricting the use of high
school substitutes for absent teach-
ers was’ termed “educationally and
socially unsound and unwise,” in a
letter sent this week by the Teach-
ers Guild to Superintendent of
Schools Harold G, Campbell.
“Compelling teachers in a dept.
to cover the subject classes and all
other assignments of an absent col-
league for possibly one to four days
is against the best educational in-
terests of our people,” the letter
said,
Regularly licensed substitutes who
depend on day-to-day employment
will also be affected, the letter
charged, saying that such employ-
ment would be virtually eliminated,
CLERKS MEET
A meeting of the State File Clerks
Eligible Assn, will be held Thursday
at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium: of the
Hudson Park Library, 10 Seventh
Ave, So., Hudson and Houston Sts.
Information important to all file
clerk eligibles will be announced as
definite action has been taken to see
that those on the lists move into
jobs, it was stated by Lawrence I.
Waks, executive member,
Eligibles unable to attend are
asked to write to Waks at 1881 An-
drews Ave, Bronx,
New Social Investigator Key
are in bold face,
Junior Architect, Grade 3; The
ac (22)B (3A
QB (23) A (44) C
G)C (24) B (45) A
MB (25) A (46) C
)D (26) D 4DC
6) B Q7)D (48) ©
(DB (28) A (49) B
(A (29) A (50) A
(9) AL GO) B GDC
(0) GDA (52) C
anc (32) CD (3) A
(2) B (33) A (54) A
(13) D G4)D (55) A
(4) D (35) B ) D
5) B (36) B 57) B
(16) A (37) B (58) A
a7) D (38) A (59) B
8) B (39) A (60).
(19) A (40)D (61) B
(20) B GDA (62) B
(21) (42)D
The revised key for Social Investigator exam follows, Changes
(64) C (82) B (100) A
(65) A (B39) A (101) A
(66)B (84) BB (102) D
(7) D (85) (103) B
(68)D = (86) D104) G
(69) A 487) C (105) C
(70)B (88) DD (106) HJL,
()D (89)B (107) BGK
(72)C (90) B_(108)*
(73)B (91)C (109) CDH
(74) C (92) A (110) EFT
(75) D (93)D (111) ACD
(76) D (9) BB (112) AGT.
(77) B (95)C (113) BCFL
(78) B (96) B (114) CDI
(79)* (97) A (115) ADT
(80) C (98) B
(81)D (99) AB
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Persons in Grades 1 and 2 o!
pens Filing
Pace Frereew
For 2 City Promotion Exams
f the Clerical Setvice other than
Clerks, Grade 2, and Stenographers and Typewriters, Grade 2,
and those in Grade 1 of the Attendance Service, who did not
First Services
At Synogogue
High holiday services were
held Thursday and Friday of last
week for the first time at the
Civic Center Synagogue, 10 La-
fayette St., which was opened
about a year ago particularly for
Civil Service employees and
members of the bench and bar
in the downtown area. They
continue Saturday for the Day
of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
prayers,»
Rabbi Max Felshin, who spoke
at Thursday morning's services,
will lead memorial services Sat-
urday at 12 noon. Meyer Jacobs,
of Special Term, Part II, Su-
preme Court, president of the
congregation, urged a Jewish re-
turn to religion, at Friday's serv-
ices,
Other officers include Ass’t Dis-
trict Attorney Jacob J, Rosen-
blum, first vice-president, and
Jenriing J. Mahran, of the State
Dept., treasurer.
U.S. Commission
Registers 7,500
WASHINGTON —A reg’
college
sional Assist
tablishea by
Commis:
nouncen:
More (i
leading all
over the
in the exan 8 possion.
When the exam was first an-
nounced it stated that appointees
would perform scientific and pro-
fessional work in one of 22 optional
ter of 7.500
branches, including econom:
gineering, _ entomology,
pharmacy, plant pathology, home
p
economics and others,
Since a number of government
agencies have already expressed
their interest in this ster,
it is expected that nearly 500 ap-
pointments will be made almost im-
mediately. Initial salaries will
range from $1,620 to $2,400 yearly,
with an average entrance salary of
$2,000,
Rating reports will be mailed to
competitors this week, the Commis-
sion declared,
Eligibles Can Be
Be Monitors
+ apply for the promotion exams
to Clerk, Grade 2, and Stenog-
rapher and Typewriter, Grade
2, in April even though they will
have served one year by exam
date, have received another op-
portunity to do so by Sept. 26,
according to amended notices of
the Municipal Civil Service Com-
mission,
nicipal Commission, permitting
employees to meet the one-year
requirement by the date of ap-
pointment, was disallowed by
the State Civil Service Commis-
sion on July 15. It is estimated
that 1,000 were thus ruled in-
eligible for the clerk exam, and
300 for the stenotype exam. Ex-
act figures will not be available
until exam date, tentatively set
at Nov. 18,
During the original period,
from April 3 to 26, 3,388 filed for
the clerk exam, the largest num-
ber ever to apply for a promotion
test in New York City’s service,
|About 5,000 were eligible under
the original requirements. About
1,500 were eligible for the steno-
type exam, for which 883 ap-
plied. It was felt that many eli-
gibles failed to apply because the
original rules opened them to.
too great competition.
Persons who filed for the exam
under the first advertisement
and remain eligible need not file
again, The Comptroller will re~
turn fees following the exam,
Candida’
| for
tests have until Th
objections with the Municipal
three recent
ursday to file
Civil Service Commission, 299
Broadway, to the tentative keys,
Accompanying the written ob-
peeeee must be detailed infor
mation and authority for the ob=
| jection,
|
|
The exams were for
Engineer (Custodian Service),
held Aug. 3; for 'Typewriting
Copyist, Grade 1, held Aug. 31,
and Part I of the special test for
Clerk, Grade 2, of July 28.
TEACHERS CONVENE
“What Is Education Worth?" will
be-the topic of discussion at the 16th
ann e of the
Guild Associates and the
é chers Guild on Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday, Oct. 6-8, at
Plum Point, near Newburgh, N, Y.
Janitor
At least 3,000 high school grad-
uates on city eligible lists, as yet
unappointed, may secure tem-
porary appointments as moni-
tors at exams of the Municipal
Civil Service Commission, if they
apply to the Director of Exam-
inations, 299 Broadway, by to-
morrow.
The recent law preventing
dual employment of Board of
Education employees has forced
the Commission to drop substi-
tute teachers from its monitor
lists. The jobs pay $4 a day, with
as many as 2,000 hired for large
exams. Assignments will be made
in order of application should
an excess number of applications
be received.
60 Specialists
Sixty college-trained specialists in
all field of professional activity are
now on the staff of the Examining
Division of the U. S, Ciyil Service
Commission, as a result of enlarge-
ment in recent months to meet the
growing specialization in the Fed-
eral classified service.
ENJOY YOURSELF !
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