Civil Service Leader, 1940 December 24

rm MAKE 100% ON HOSPITAL ATTENDANT Ute

Lia Sewiee 105

EADER Fang

TELEPHONE OPERATORS

Hospital Attendants---Office Machine Operators

WANTED BY U. S. GOV'T

Police Sergeant Test
Requirements Approved

U. S. TYPIST, STENO TEST GRADED-
: JOBS COMING See Page

~NEW CHANGES IN LABOR CLASS
CHANCES FOR SANITATION ELIGIBLES

Navy Yard Pay Will Be Boosted

Pace Two

CIVIL SERVICE LEADER

i) i- te,
Tuesday, December 24, 1949

400 Vacancies for Sanitation

Fifty vacancies a week are being filled from the new Sanitation Eligible list; this will

continue until the first 200 me

artment were able to say de:

n on the list receive jobs. No officials of the Sanitation De-
finitely last week when another batch of appointments would

e made, but it was learned that there are approximately 400 vacancies in all titles, with
the bulk of them in Sanitation Man, Class A, jobs.

The department is now making
up its budget requests for the
coming year and is preparing to
ask for a number of new ap-
pointees. The exact figure will
not be available for several
weeks,

Jobs Coming

The resolution abolishing the labor
class in the city service, expected
to be adopted early next month, will
clear the way for the use of the
Sanitation list for many appropriate

labor job:

When labor fobs are switched into
the competitive class, all future va-
cancies must be filled from com

tive lists, At present there are 47
labor titles, but only six eligible tists
from which to make appointments

"The largest of these expires next
month, Therefore, the nitation
list will be used for many positions

until new exams are given and new
lists established, In the
fee itself, as many as 100 vacancies
a month occur on an average.

The Leaver will keep Sanitation
eligibles fully informed of progress
on their list

Bridge Workers

Still Get Low Pay

It's more than five years now since
Bridge Laborers in the Department
of Plant and Structures got an actual
salary slash when the han
from a daily to a Three
commissioners (Frederick J
Kracke, Edward M. Markham, Irvi
V. A. Huie) haye headed the depart
ment during that time. And the
Bridge Laborers are still complain-
ing about the low pay.

Blaming “higher-ups” for their
plight, the Laborers say things like

“Most of these Laborers whose
salaries were cut have large families
and some of them had to giv
good homes and moye to cheape
rent, and take their boys and gitls
from high school and put them to
work,”

‘We men believe there should be
an investigation why they (the so-
called ‘higher-ups') should take from
the ‘little men.”

Sanitation Eligibles—
Casualty No. 2

Casualty No. 2 was suffered in the ranks of the Sanitation Eligibles
this week as a result of interference by Abe Kasoff and the Civil Service
Forum,

Casualty No, 2 was Murray Hirsch, who resigned as vice-president of
the organization following the resignation last week of Fred Schauder,
president,

Hirsch said frankly that he was disgusted with the attempts of
outsiders to muscle in and control the activities of the Sanitation Eligibles
Association, of which Hirsch had been one of the founders. He went
directly to Abe Kasoff and asked that spluttering gentleman to please
lay off, Abe answered he wouldn't lay off unless John J. DeLury, who
heads a Forum organization within the Sanitation Department, also lays
off.

One night several weeks ago, DeLury told Tue Leaver he was willing

to keep away from the eligibles provided Abe Kasoff kept away, too.
Meanwhile, they're both rhe rank and file of Sanitation eligibles,
who want an independent organization, controlled by no one but them~
selves, are chafing from the noose placed around their necks not only
by Kasoff and DeLury, but by Leopold V. Rossi (who took over and ran
the first mass meeting of the group), Tim Dinan, and a host of others
who are tied up with the Forum

Paul J. Kern, President of the Civil
eligibles openly that the Commission is “not willing to deal with an
eligible association which is apparently being led by an organization
whose offcers were recently involved in civil service fraud,”

‘Tne Leapen learns that a strong rank and file movement ts already
under way among the eligibles to curb all those who have been trying
to stop their effort at decent organization,

Jommission, has told the

Fatter Payrolls for City Workers

Hundreds
will find their payrolls

fatter by

their

At Council Hearing

of city employees
y | week
$2.45 a week, beginning with| grades 1, 2 and 3 of the competi.
nuary 15 check, the Bud- | tive class and are covered by the

get Director’
Thes

office revealed this| McCarthy law, which provides
employees are in| for five annual increments.

The $2.45 a week, or $59.99 a year
is a sum won after a lengthy court
battle, In the now famed Danahey
decision, the court ruled that em-
ployees affected by the McCarthy
law are entitled to increments up to
one cent of the maximum of their
grade. The city had contended that

Hearings before the Council committee Investigating the Munici-
pal Civil Service Commission began in an atmosphere of peace and
quiet last Monday and continued more or less that way until Thu
day, when Paul J, Kern, President of the Commisston, at the close
sion demanded to be allowed to make a statement and
was refused that privilege. A violent verbal exchange followed
between Councilman Louis Cohen and Kern,

nvestigation by Emil K, + -

"| for the committee, dur. | competitive employee. However, an
ing ‘the week's hearings were ap- vestigation of his experience as set
pointments of provisionals at the ‘o?th on his application, brought a
city's information center, the require- letter from the University of Pennsyl~

vania that Siegel had never been of.
ficially connected with the station.

ments adopted by the Commission

for the exam for the Assistant Di-

they were entitled only to the last
entire salary raise of $120,

Present Maximums

The maximum now for grade 1 Is
$1,199.99; for grade 2, $1,799.99; and
for grade 3, $2,399.09,

Hitherto, employees have been re-
ceiving the final increment of $59.99,
which brings them to the maximum
of their grade, in a lump sum once
a year. From now on, they will re-
ceive the increase in their semi-
monthly checks,

A lump sum payment of $59.99 Is

rector tion the bureau, the
rise of Seymour Siegel to the position
of the program director of WNY

po

and miscellaneous other events asso
elated with these matters,
WNYC Case
From various witnesses Ellis de-
yeloped a case which showed the fol-
Towing facts, Seymour Siegel was
aworn in as a provisional assistant
program director by the Mayor three
days after he was inaugurated for
his first term. Eighteen months later
applications were issued for a com:
petitive test for the position, and
Siegel filed application No, 1. After

the test, he placed No, 1 on the eli-
Bible list and was appointed as a

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ond-class matter October 2, 1939, at
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under the Act of March 3, 1

He had claimed in his application,
according to testimony, that he had
been program director, A later let-
ter from the university stated that
iegel had, in fact, been connected
with various student broadcasting ac-
tivities for two years,

Siegel was later qualified as having
had the required two years of re-
sponsible experience as x program
director, even though the then sec-

due for the last year, but it probably
will not be paid before February 1,

It pays to follow THE LEADER,

The LEADER

retary of the Commission, Dr. Allen.
said that Siegel “by no stretch of the
imagination could be considered
qualified.” He urged that th

in qualifying Siegel be recon
“for the sake of our own reputation.”

At the final session last week, Kern
had attempted to get into the record
the fact that the beginning of the
Siegel case occurred two years be-
fore he was a member of the Com- |
mission, and fou years before he
became President, He also wanted
to point out that Dr, Allen, the for-
mer secretary, was allegedly dis-
{missed from his position on charges.

The official requirements for

January.

week period,

It is expected that the require-
ments will allow Patrolmen with
three years of service to file for the
test; but it they pass, they must
wait until they have two additional
years’ service in the lower grade
before actual promotion,

The Commission intends to give
————

Attention, Cops !

Want good, basic, helpful study
material for the coming sergeant
exam?

Be sure to see next week's
Leader—and every issue there-
after until the exam,

Beginning with the coming is-
, The Leader will publish ex-
clusively a series of study articles
designed to accomplish one pur
pose—help you pass the test.
The material is authoritative,

and written by persons who are
best acquainted with the subject.

If you plan to take the test—
or if you wish to Increase your
knowledge of the workings of
the Police Department—be sure
to see next week’

Leader.

the written test as soon as possible,
perhaps by April, or June at the
latest. The written test will count
50 percent in the final average and
the passing mark on this part of the
exam will be 80 percent. The other
half of the test consists of a rating of
seniority and service record.

Requirements Approved
For Police Sergeant Test

the promotion exam to Police

Sergeant have been officially approved by the Municipal Civil Sery.
ice Commission, the Leaver learned this week,
the way for an announcement of the test during the first week jn
Applications will be issued and received for a three.

This step clears

Engineman
List Killed

A preferred list for Auto Engine-
man was killed recently by ac.
tion of the Municipal Civil Service
Commission, The history of the list
dates back to the early part of 1930
when @ group of Auto Enginemen
in the Street Cleaning Bureaus of
the Borough Presidents’ Offices ot
Queens and Richmond were trans.
ferred to the Department of Sanita.
tion as Auto Truck Drivers. ‘This
change took them from the com-
petitive to the labor class and they
were subsequently placed on pre-
ferred lists for reinstatement to their
former jobs.

Last year these Auto Truck Drivers
were returned to the competitive
class as Sanitation Men, Class A and
most of them earn $2,040, "The usvsl
salaries for Auto Truck Driver
$1,500, $1,680 and $1,800, The Con.
mission some time ago ruled that tiiy
Auto Truck Driver preferred list
could be used only for jobs paying
$1,800 or more,

Because of the salary different
and the fact that there are, actual
no jobs for which the preferred |
could be used, the Commission or-
dered it abolished.

Civil Service
Exam Rights

draft. So far, formation of a pe:
tive stage, but some definite stat
few weeks.

The Commission already has said
that {t will try to make some sort
of arrangements for draftees to take
its examinations, as su, ited by
‘The Leaver, All policies that will
be adopted will apply only to those
on “ordered” military duty, and no
| provisions are likely to be made for
|volunteers to any of the armed
forces.
| Just how the Commission will give
| examinations for draftees has not yet
been decided. ‘Those who already
have filed and who are now in
camps,

will get special exams. If
they were formerly city employees
|they will be entitled to take appro-
| priate promotion tests, It is ex-
| pected that the Commission, in co-
operation with the War Department,
will attempt to construct a program
whereby it can advertise some of its
more important exams in the large
camps; and then arrange for group
tests to be given in the camps at
the same time exams are given in
the city.

On Leave of Absence

‘The Commission has already de-
clared that the status of city em-
ployees who are drafted shall be
that of a leave of absence, During
the time they are in training they
will be given satisfactory service
ratings and will be credited with
their regular seniority,

As more definite information on
the Commission's policy becomes
in THE

available, it will be publishes
Leaver,

Will Be Out

NEXT MONDAY

Instead of Tuesday, as Usual

The Special Publication Date Was Set

Because of the New Year Holiday.

Planning
for Draftees

The Municipal Civil Service Commission is now working on a
policy to handle many of the problems that will arise from the

rmanent policy is in a very tenta-
ement is expected within the next
+ =

Civil Service
Rules Face
Revision

One of the most important
public hearings in many months
will be held today (Monday, De-
cember 23) by the Municipal

Civil Service Commission on 4
complete set of new rules which
it intends to adopt. The hearing
will be in the Commission's of
fices at 299 Broadway, The pro-
posed new rules would bring t
gether, for the first time in its
history, all the rules by which
Civil Service in New York City !s
administered,

The State Civil Service
vides that the local Comm:
adopt rules which have “the force
and effect of law." In addition (0
rules, the Commission can a adopt
“regulations,” but these do not h
the force of law,

Paul J. Kern, president of
Commission,  testifled before
Smith committee recently tha
present rules of the Commissi
were in a “chaotic” state and had
been for years,

In the past the Commission en
acted rules singly as needed, Me

the

ion

of these were amendments to pie
vious rules, and over the course ©
many years a great deal of confusio?
| arose, since there was no up-to-dat#
| compilation of all of them.

| “Streamlined” Rules

| Two years ago the Commiss
submitted to the Mayor for his #P-
| proval a “streamlined” set of ™

| rules, but the Mayor failed to ok
|these, ‘The present set has been {\'t-
ther amended and will be resi"
mitted to the Mayor, If he approves
they will be sent to the State Ci\”
‘Service Department for final acto”
| In next week's issue the Lxsr™
will present an analysis of the 5th
| posed rules and their most significa”
changes by H. Eliot Kaplan, 10!
| Civil Service authority.
suestays December 24, 1940

_ CIVIL SERVICE LEADER

Pace Turee

Many Changes Pending in Labor Class

~|Wants Laborers

number of important changes
| probably be made by the/forth at a public hearing two
Vs sicipal Civil Service Commis-| weeks ago have been partially
Mur’, its proposed resolution to| heeded by the Commission, and
#00 fer 11,000 city workers from | some amendments to the original
tron bor to the competitive class.| resolution will be made.

theistions and criticisms set| Instead of calling the new service

GRADING AN EXAM

is a step in the process of marking test papers by mod-
ethods. The recorder (a young lady who got her own
ough Civil Service examination) notes down the
ides as they are indicated by the electric scoring machine.

ge Increase for Laborers

en changes in the scale of
hours of laborers em-

"

and
Lo on city projects were con-
firmed today by Comptroller Joseph
D. McGoldrick, The new schedules
were established in accordance with

same, but the wage rates increased.
In three other classifications, al-
though the daily wage rate de-
creased, the hourly wage rate in-
creased because of a reduction in
hours from eight to seven a day.
Finally, in one category the hours

wage:

the State Labor Law after a survey|per day decreased from eight to
which prevail in private in-| seven, while the daily rate remained
the same,
In nine of the thirteen instances! The comparative table is a fol-
the hours per day remained the ! lows:

Wages Increased; Hours Same
ola

New rate

01d rate
per day,
$12.25 (7 hours)
8.00 (T hours)
11.80 (7 houra)

Now rate

+ per day.
$12.95 (7 hours)
8.50 (7 houra)
11.55 (1 hours)

cnven & Riggers (Stone).

njers’ Asalstants, 80 8,00 (8 hours)
7 175 12.95 (T hours)
1.50 1
1.56 1/4 19.50 (8 hours)
1,88 4/7 13,20 (T hours) 18.80 (T hours)
1.95 5/7 18.10 (Thoura) 14.00 (7 lrours)

Hourly Wage Increased; Dally Wage Decreased

1,08 3/4 18,50 (8 hours) 12.25 (T hours)
1,30 5/8 10.45 (8 hours) (Thoura)

1.07 1

C9 cvees vee LOLI /t 1240 (8 hours) 11.00 (T hours)

Hours Decreased; Wages Same (Dally)
ASLI/4 2071/7 14.80 (8 how 14,50 (T hours)

Attendant Eligibles Picket;
Want List to ‘Die Fighting’

Twenty members of the Attendant-Messenger Eligibles Assocla~
tlon picketed the home of John F. Delaney, chairman of the Board
of Transportation, at 420 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, last Thurs-
day, The pickets, headed by.Daniel Kulanski, president of the

Association, carried signs demanding continued certification of
their list for the positions of Porter in the Board of Transportation.
T list, originally certified for Porter vacancies, has since been

rejected by the Board of Transportation in favor of the Sanitation
Man Class A list.

ird of Transportation officials
Siited that 257 Attendant-Messenger
inf were canvassed when the
first certified and only 45
ed a willingness to

Delaney's attention about half-past
ten.

“How much are you getting paid
for picketing here?” Delaney asked.

_oxpres The Attendant - Messengers —_ex-
2 orter vacancies, Of these, pressed resentment at what they
29 actually took the jobs| called his “surly attitude."

Board officials also stated
© Attendant-Messengers did
‘ss an examination for “heavy”

Sent 900 Names

neki asserted that he had
* private canvass of the At-
‘-Messenger list and, as a re-
‘nt the names of 900 eligibles
Would accept Porter jobs to the
Service Commission, How-
President Paul Kern of the
»erviee Commission stated that
500 names were scattered over
ort ty 81900. The time was too

® canvass the entire Attend-

Cops Prevent Picketing

Delaney told the Attendant-
Messenger eligibles that they would
get no jobs, but that they could
picket all they wished. However,
police requested them to obtain per-
mission from the captain of the
Classon Ave. station, The pickets
obtained an indefinite decision trom
the police captain, and when they
returned to continue picketing were
prevented from doing so by patrol-
men,

An executive of a Civil Service
newspaper (not the Leaver) sug-
gested that the eligibles picket the

te ‘Senger list and, consequent- | home of President Kern of the Civil
Quest op ommission heeded the re-|Service Commission. The pickets
OF Sanithe Board of Transportation | declined to do this because Kern

‘anitation Man eligibles,
® pickets formed their lines at
“mand attracted Chairman

had twice certified their list to the
Board of Transportation. At their

he
&
8 last meeting the Attendant-Messen-

the labor class, the Commission in-
tends to call it the “unskilled labor
class in the competitive service.”
This concession is made to the pro-
tests of representatives of organized
labor that otherwise the adoption of
the resolution would eventually tend
to break down the prevailing wage
structure,

Porter Titles

Another change will be made in
the working classifying group A of |
the new service. Instead of Porter, |
Grades 1, 2 and 3 and Laborer, |
Grades 4, 5 and 6, in this service, the |
titles will be amended so that they
are used interchangeably, Thus, in
Group A, the titles will be Porter or
Laborer, Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,

Promotions

Still another amendment will be
made which provides for promo-
tion from one grade to another with-
in each group, As presently worded
the resolution provides for promo-
tions by the department head with
approval of the budget director and |
the Civil Service Commission, and |
also by “seniority.” The latter
method now will provide for pro-
motion by “seniority and record,"

The Civil Service Commission {s

Holiday, Sick Leave

Bills in Committee

Languishing in the Civil Service
Committee of the City Council are
two bills of importance to city em-
ployees, These bills, both intro-
duced by Mr, Digiovanna, deal with
the matters of pay for holidays and
sick leave,

One bill (No. 262) grants to all em-
ployees compensated “on a per diem,
hourly, semi-monthly or monthly
basis,"" the following holidays off with
pay: New Year's day, Lincoln's
birthday (February 12), Washing-
ton's birthday (February 22), Memo-
rial Day (May 30), Independence
Day (July 4), Labor Day (first Mon-
day in September), Columbus Day
(October 12), Armistice Day (No-
vember 11), Christmas (December
25); each general election day,
Thanksgiving Day, and days of gen-
eral religious observances.

The second bill (No. 343) applies
only to members of the uniformed
forces, and provides that any mem-
ber who is absent on sick leave for
three consecutive days or more
“shall receive full pay for the period
of his illness,”

Nothing is expected to be done on
these bills within the next week or
two, since the Civil Service Com-
mittee does not meet again this year.
Meanwhile, a number of Civil Serv-
ice organizations are exerting pres-
sure to have the amendments favor-
ably reported.

Mr. Cop Vs. Miss Cop

Six holders of the top ranking
marks in the recent Civil Service
examinations for policemen, and
policewomen in which three thou-
sand applicants took part, appeared
guests on Maurice C, Dreicer’s
“Servants of the City” program on
Tuesday, December 3, at 2:00-
Dim. over WBNX. Dr, Dreicer pre-
sided over a novel and informal
quiz session, asking the women the
men’s examination questions, and
vice versa, The names of those who
appeared are Mrs. Cyrille Brow

3026 Maple Ave, Brooklyn; Miss
Lillian Albert, 187 Mount Eden
Ave., Bronx; Miss Rose H, Nuss-

baum, 305 Broadway; Robert Bea-
con, 132 Sherman Ave., New York
Royal Crabtree, 527 W. 124th Street,
New York, and Leonard Cassat,
2942 W. Second Street, Brooklyn,

City Eligible

Lists Ready
Three new city eligible lists were
declared officially ready for use last
week by the Municipal City Service
ission. They are Junior En-
gineer (Housing Construction),
Grade 3; promotion to Supervisor,
Grade 3 (Medical Social Worker);
and Architectural Assistant, Grade 2.

ger eligibles had voted down the
resolution to picket Kern's home by
102 to 64.

‘The Attendant-Messenger Eligibles
Association will hold their next
meeting 8 p.m, Jan, 10 at 3 Beek-
man Street, Officers of the associa-
tion, requesting all members to at-
tend, state that their list will die
within a year and they would like

NYC Commission Issues

to see it “die Aghting.”

expected to formally approve the
resolution, with these changes, at its
first meeting in January, and to send
it to the Mayor and State Civil
Service Department for final action. |
It they approve, the labor class will
be abolished in New York City, with
the exception of a single title—Help-
er at $960, More than 11,000 laborers
will gain competitive status, an
with it the right to go on preferred
lists in case of layoffs, seniority
rights in layoffs, increased promo:
tion chances and other advantages. |
All future vacancies in the labor |
class will be filled by competitive |

examinations, The present labor-
class eligible lists will be allowed
to continue until they legally expire |
at the end of four years from the

date they were established. |

The Leader has suggested editort- |
ally a change in the wording of the
resolutions to eliminate word “maai-
mum” from the salaries of each|
grade, because as the resolution
now reads it provides for no ine
crease within each grade, That is,|
minimum and maximum salaries are
the same. If the word maaimum
were eliminated, it would enable
those within the grade to put up a|
stronger fight calling for gradual
raises from the minimum.

Orange County

The Municipal Civil Service Com-
mission recently ordered an exam

for Laborer, open onty to restdents
of Orange County, The eligible list
will be used to fill labor jobs in the
Department of Health's Otisville
plant. The Department of Health re-
quested that this exam be held after
it found that certification of eligibles
from various New York City lists
for these positions had proven un-
satisfactory,

“Our experience with laborers
taken from the various lists certified
to this department...has not been
successful,” Goodhue Livingston, Jr.
secretary of the Department, wrote
to the Commission. “This type of
mployee does not remain in the
fealth Department for any length
of time. As a rule, he requests a
transfer‘to some other city depart-
ment almost immediately, ‘This {s
due to the fact that the salary of
$1,140 is not sufficient for the aver.
age city man to live in Otisville,

Livingston also requested that the
new exam be “somewhat competitive
in attempting to get men. slightly
above the average physically. Men
should have, if possible, a knowledge
of a trade, such as plumbing, car
pentry, electrical, etc.”

Readable Report

While Paul J. Kern and the City Civil Service Commission he
heads were again being laced last week by Emil K. Ellis, counsel

to an investigating City Council c
a 96-page pamphlet titled “Merit.

nual report of the Commission. +

Inside the baby-blue covers, facts,
figures, and photos prove to all and
sundry that New York City’s Civil
Service is tops.
In his letter of transmittal to
Mayor LaGuardia, Kern writes:
“We have created here in New

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WO YEAR STRUGGLE BETWEEN PARE, |
JOBS IN THE SERVICE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,AS SHOWN IN

ommittee, Kern struck back with
System Advancing,” the 56th an-~

27,000 jobs in the transit lines follows

ing unification, and the proposed re-
cfassification of more than 10,000
Hospital jobs.

Other functions of the Commission
which make chapter heads are re-

&
19321958 gy) 1940

AND. MR. SPOILS

THE COMPETITIVE CLASS 1902-1940
PENONED AY- NYA, VIBUAL PDUCATION PAOIICT

ONE OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS

In the new report issued by the

York City a truly democratic system |
of merit selection that may be a
model to the entire country, and to
so much of the world as still be-
lieves in equal opportunity for. all.”

The opening chapter, called "“High-
lights,” summa: 3 the accomplish-
ments during 1939 and half of 1940.
All but 443 of the 150,000 employees
in the city's classified service quali-
fied for their jobs by examination,
an even smaller number than that
recorded in 1938, More than three-
fourths of those in the classified
service were appointed after passing
competitive tests,

New Phase

The merit system in New York
City is now entering a new phase.
explains the report, that of improve- |
ment within. Among various ¥
in which this is being accomplished
are recruitment, improvement in ex-
amining technique, establishment of
more proper classification of pos!-
tions, defining promotion opportuni-
ties,

“It is in the Commission's classifica-
tion program that the merit system
in New York City has achieved most
notable progress during 1939,” is the
opening sentence of a later chapter,
Mentioned are the change of 12,000
Sanitation jobs from the labor to the
competitive class, classification of

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stigation, training, promotion and

ice rating, research, and organi-
zation,

In a mild paragraph headed “They
Don’t Like Us," the report makes
these veiled comments on those who
have little love for the Commission:
"All this progress continues steadily
in the face of persistent and often
violent opposition.” "The attitude of
these groups (political organizations
and allied pressure groups) is under=
standable and duly appreciated, In
fact, the Commission finds it highly
gratifying.”

Next week, the Commision puts
out a supplement called “The Bal-
ance Sheet,” which records the prog-
ess of the merit system,

All Subway Men
Fingerprinted

The 16th and 17th resolutions
bringing 113 IRT and BMT em-
ployees into the competitive Civil

Service classification were approved
this week by the Municipal Civil
Service Commission, The resolutions
affect 53 IRT and 60 BMT workers,

Meantime, the Commission reports
that it has completed the entire job
of investigating and fingerprinting
27,000 transit employees by field
workers, The rest of the work left
to be done consists of checking the
work record, citizenship, length of
service and other factors of the em-
ployees,
Pace Four

CIVIL SERVICE LEADER

Tuesday, December 24, 1949

ce
quit SERE oat

60% Decline U.S. Jobs

Nearly 60 percent of the eligibles, on Federal registers who are
certified and offered U. 8. jobs are declining, officials of the Cyt
Service Commission revealed last week. On some lists, especially
those for high-paying professional, skilled trades, and technica)

jobs, the declinations run as high as 80 percent. A few days agg
the Commission canvassed a list for Machinist, and out of 1,200 jj.

gibles found only 48 who would accep!

tt appointment.

Navy Yard Pay Will be Boosted

Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox isn’t saying anything about
it, but the Leaver has learned
definitely that “adjustments” will
be made to the new navy yard
wage scales announced a few
weeks ago. The “adjustments,
of course, will mean a revision
upward in the salary scales of
some navy yard employees.

Just how extensive the “adjust-
ments” will be hasn't been decided,
but an announcement by Secretary
Knox is expected within two weeks
on the entire matter, Secretary
Knox said he was entirely satisfied

By CHARLES SULLIVAN

with the new scales fixed, and the
Navy Wage Board and he put them
| into effect. However, since that time

ich was about six weeks ago—
|the thousands of navy yard em-
|ployees have been complaining bit-
terly over the scale. Finally, Sec-
\retary Knox said he would be glad
| to hear protestations from employees
—and he has heard them nearly
Jevery day since.

‘The Leaver learns that “adjust-
ments” will be made on the ground
that the demand for laborers has
| grown more acute since the Wage
|Board made its study. Moreover,
lthe Wage Board failed to take into

6-Month Probation
Placed in Effect

Last week the United States announced that a six-month pro-

pationary period is in effect for all federal employe i
tna all employees recently in the service. The

izes the trial period for
order which created the
affected all employees.

six-mol

new regulation reads, in part:
“For appointments effected be-
February 1, 1939, and No-

tween
vember 6, 1940, both dates inclusive,

the rules provided for a probation-
ary period of one year, but the Com-
mission was authorized to establish
by regulation a shorter period, not
less than six months, Executive Or-
der No. 8587 of November 7, 1940,
amended the Civil Service Rules to
provide that the probationary pe-
riod shall be six months and that
‘the Commission and the Depa
ment concerned may by regulation
fix a longer probationary period for
any specified positions.’
Uniform Prot nm
“Jt is believed that the probation-

Signed by Chie:

-\as having been completed on Jan-

This equal-

mth probation had previously not
{ Examiner L. A. Moyer, the

ee
| ary period should be made uniform,
| so far as practicable, with respect to
| all employees now serving probation.
|Therefore, in order to permit the
separation of unsatisfactory proba-

tioners, the Commission has decided
that for appointments made between
January 16, 1940 and November 6,
1940, both dates inclusive, the pro-
bationary period will be regarded

\uary 15, 1941, or upon the comple-
| tion of six months of service, which-
ever is later, unless the probation
for the position is fixed for a longer

consideration several important fac-
tors on the rising cost of living and
the rising salaries paid skilled work-
ers in private industry.
Wage Board Says “Up”

Navy officials put out the story
while the Wage Board was in session
that it would recommend a broad re-
vision upward of the salaries paid
navy yard workers throughout the
country. When the new scale was
finally approved and released, it was
a keen disappointment to the em-
ployees. Some of the increases
amounted only to the price of a pack-
age of cigarettes each week.

Why Raises Were Small

‘The Leaver is now in the posses-
sion of information to tell why some
employees were given only such in-
significant increases, such as two-
tenths of a cent an hour increase,
which totaled only eight cents a
week, These changes, in the first
place, were never intended to be
increases, but merely adjustments to
make the salaries of all employees
even cents instead of fractions.

In the early 1930's there was a
move on foot to cut the salaries of
navy yard employees. Senator Thom-
as of Oklahoma put over a rider
which had the effect of “freezing” the

aries of all navy yard employees
at their present levels, Some of the
navy yard salaries had been changed
just prior to the Thomas rider, which
resulted in some employees being
paid on an hourly scale that amount-
ed to a fraction of a cent.

‘The Navy actually had to add book-
keepers and accountants in its yards |
to figure pay checks involving the
fractions. Before the new employees
were hired, however, the Navy Sec-
retary asked permission from the
Comptroller General to either raise
or lower the salaries to put them all
on an even cent basis. In light of
the Thomas amendment which
“froze” the salaries, the Comptroller
General refused, And when the
Wage Board was finally set up, one
of the first things it did was to
change the fractions in even cents.

Workers Were Misled

The hitch in this story is that old-
line navy officials should have made
the explanation to its press relations
officers who announced the new
scale, Reporters were told that the
raises represented cents, not mills,
and as a result navy yard workers

over the country were misled, and
the subsequent clamor resulted.

U.S.Steno, Typist Exam
Rated, Jobs on Way

vil Service Commis- | fact, between 200 and 300 stenog-

The U.S, Ci
sion has done a grand job in rec-
ord time on the stenographer
test which was given just a few
weeks ago. The papers—more
than 100,000—are all graded and

period.”

the registers are established. In

The Federal Quota System

J appointments of New Jersey. resi-| registers until the states under their

One of the stumbling blocks
that almost sent the Ramspeck
Bill to oblivion was the amend-
ment vehemently urged by Sena-
tor John Nichols of Oklahoma to
compel the United States Civil
Service Commision to invoke the
“quota rule” for all the 250,000
positions that would be reclassi-
fied as competitive. Fortunately,
the original Nichols amendment
failed; otherwise the federal
service would be in a pretty mess.
What is this quota rule that
caused such a fuss throughout
the debates on the Ramspeck
Bill?

When the Civil Service A
was before Congress for

ct of 1883
adoption

there was much concern among the
Congressmen lest the federal depart-
ments and agencies in Washington
be filled almost entirely by residents
They didn't want

of the larger state
New York, Mi
vania and a few other large states to
monopolize the departmental serv-
Ices in the District of Columbia.
They wanted to be sure that each of
the states had some representation

in the departments.
Why a Quota?

To meet this situation Congress
provided that, in making appoint-
ments from Civil Service registers
for positions in the departmental

service at Washington, they were to
be distributed so each state would
get a share of appointments in ratio
to its population, It was this system
that brought about what is often
referred to in Washington as the
apportionment service. It was de-
signed to work this way: If there
are 10,000 positions to be filled in
Washington, and New York is en-
titled to 10 per cent of them on its
population’ ratio, and New Jersey is
entitled to one per cent, and the
New Jersey quota was full and New
York still under the quota, no more

would be made until New
ight up with its own quota,
The same would be true of every
other state, The state whose quota
was not filled would be entitled to |
appointments before residents of
|states with quotas filled could get
(ee

dents
York

How does the federal commission

N.Y. State Below Quota

For the second successive
month New York State has fallen
under its quota for appointments
in Washington, At present the
State is 58 under quota, against
38 under quota for the previous
period,

The State dipped under its
allotment for jobs in the appor-
tioned service some eight weeks
ago, after being in excess since
last Spring.

Despite the fact that many ap-
pointments are being made from
New York, the other States are
also filling’ vacancies at a fast
clip, and this enables New York
to stay under quota.

keep track of appointments so as to
meet this quota requirement? Well,
| the Commission has tried to struggle
| with this nightmare for over 50
years, In the early days it was rela-
tively simple to keep track of the
appointments by states for the ap-
| pointments were not so numerous.
|As the departmental service ex-
panded to great proportions the sys-
tem became quite complicated. The
Commission has kept a sort of “per-
petual inventory,” to borrow an ac-
counting term, and as each appoint-
ment is made the state in which the
eligible resides sis credited with it.
As soon as any state's quota is filled,
no further appointments are made

quota are filled.

Eligibles Not Available

What happens when there are no
eligibles available from any state
under the full quota? That state is
passed by in favor of another state
whose quota is not filled.

Suppose the first ten eligibles on
the register are from states whose
quotas are filled, and the next ten
are all from under quota states, The
eligibles from the “over quota” states
will be passed over in favor of resi
dents of states under the quota. The
under quota residents, however, will
be certified in their regular order
on the list, The Commission will
not attempt to pick out only the res-
idents of the state lowest in its
quota. Nor is the quota share of a
state sought to be made up from
any particular list or class of posi-
tion. Nor is there any attempt to
apportion appointments in relation
to the number on any particular list.
No one is passed over for certifica-
tion from any list unless at the time
of certification his state is full and
other states are under their quota,

In keeping track of the quota sys-
tem the Commission is often per-
plexed as to just what state residents
should first be selected from. Natur-
ally delays result, suspicions are
sometimes aroused as to the certifica-
tions made, both eligibles and their
Congressmen squawk that their
states are not getting their full
share, and the Commission has a
headache, Every time some Con-
gressman becomes dissatisfied with
the number of appointments from
his state, or one of his constituents
is passed over in favor of an eli-
gible from another state, there is a
demand for an investigation of the
quota system. No rule has given
the Commission more headaches
than the quota rule,

It would be easy, of course, it
only a few eligible lists had to be

of eligibles from that state on any

(Continued on Page 14)

.be announced before many months

raphers are being called to work
each week from the register.

On the senior stenographer
register are approximately 305
men and 6,003 women, The junior
register has 533 men and 10,646
women.

Ordinarily it would have taken the
Commission up to 10 months to grade
the mountain of papers, but the em-
phasis is on national defense these
days in Washington, and the Com-
mission had to get the registers es-
tablished in a matter of eight weeks.
As a result, the examining division
was on 24-hour duty for nearly
seven weeks,

Typists registers haven't been es-
tablished, and they won't be before
early spring. There are still plenty
of names on existing typist registers
and the plan is to exhaust them be-
fore calling the new ones.

Male stenographers should note
that there are very few eligibles of
their sex on the new registers. An-
other male steno test most likely will

pass by,

Jobs for Translators

‘The application period for Princi-
pal Translator, with optional subjects
in Portuguese and Spanish, has been
extended by the U. S, Civil Service
Commission to December 30, The
position pays $2,600 a year.

The requirements tor the position
have been amended so that those
who do not have one year of paid
experience in translating can substi-
tute as follows:

‘Those applicants who have not had
at least 1 full year of paid experi.
ence in translating from English into
Portuguese for optional subject 1, or
from English into Spanish for op-
tional subject 2, may substitute for
such lacking experience 3 years of
residence in a Portuguese or Span-
ish-speaking country respectively.
Applicants who have had some paid
experience in translating, but not the
required full year, may substitute for
such lacking experience residence as
described above on the basis of 3
months of residence for 1 month of
experience.

Have you a friend in a training
camp? Why not subscribe to THE
LEADER for him? It will be a
welcome present,

The main reasons given by ¢)j,
gibles for refusing a job are tng
locality, the salary, or the fact thay
the position (especially those in de.
fense agencies) may not become
permanent, The Commission is no} i,
a position, of course, to assure thy
permanency of many positions ang
therefore the eligibles refuse to ac.
cept appointment.
Many Appointments

Despite the high percentage of
declinations, the Commission is mak.
ing an unprecedented number ot
actual appointments. In the New
York district alone, as many as 1,009
new employees are put on jobs in
one week.

Appointments aave been rising rap.
idly ever since last July when the
defense program began to swing into
shape. increase in appoint.
ments, together with the large group
of eligibles who decline jobs, mean
that most of the Federal registers
are very active and appointment
chances of those who are willing to
take jobs have increased.

Extra Credit
To Draftees

Draftees and members of the Nae
tional Guard will get preference rat.
ing after their honorable discharge,
according to a statement by J
E, Rossell, manager, Second U.
Civil Service District. This me
that should these persons take U. §
Civil Service exams, they will be
given credits in addition to the grade
they actually obtain.

New York City and New York
State Commissions have not ruled
such preference. It holds only for
the federal service.

U.S. Workers
May Get Clipped

Federal employees who make t
little on the side during their periods
of leave may have their earning
power clipped, if a bill introduced
last week by Rep. Clare Hoffman
should pass. Congressman Hoffman
is hepped up because he learns +
there's widespread practice among
U. S, employees of using their 45
days of annual sick leave to work
for private organizations. They get
paid for those 45 days off by th
government, too, of course. The t
would apply only to those earning
$2,000 or more.

Appeals Boards

Civil Service officials have just
about concluded that employees
themselves should elect their repre-
sentatives on the three-man board
that will hear employee grievanc
on efficiency ratings, Frankly
Commission knows of no other <
factory way in which the employee
representative on the board could be
selected.

The Ramspeck bill ordered the
creation of the appeals boards in
each federal department and agency
to hear efficiency rating complaints.
The Civil Service Commission will
select the chairman, and the depart-
ments each will have a member, The
commission doesn't plan to be arb!-
trary in its selection of chairmen. It
proposes to establish a panel of avall-
able officials and have the employees
and the departments mutually choos
the chairman,

NYU to Give

he

Free Courses

New Yorkers with engineering
training now have a chance to set #
national defense job.

New York University has been *?”
proved by the Office of Education !0
give courses in marine engineerin
aerial bombardment protection, {im
and operation methods, and prot!
tion control,

The beauty of it all is that Uncle
Sam will pay the tuition of the pé
sons selected for the courses. Mort
over, the Civil Service Commiss!0”
is in the process of making an aste®
ment with the Office of Educs!i‘"
whereby the successful students
be certified for jobs and be give” *
Civil Service status,

qucsday, December 24, 1940

CIVIL SERVICE LEADER

Pace Five

CIVIL SERVICE IN NEW YORK STATE

By MORTON YARMON

4 Vets Head Hospital
Attendants; 11 Make 100%

Although: the list for Hospital Attendant, with over 15,000 names, won’t be out for an-

ot!
eligibles who scored 100 per

further clearing the way
toward appointments from the
list beginning January 1,
rnor Lehman last week ap-
roved a number of changes in
the Civil Service rules and regu-
jations. The feature of these
changes is establishment of a

U. S. Accounting & Auditing
Assistant, $1,800 a Year
nalve, thorough preparation for all
woe this examination, Including
SMigeneral test,” by the moat e:
fe and highly qualified Instructor
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|” You need the extra margin of
preparation we can give you.

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jer week or so, THE Leaner Jearns. that four disabled veterans are on top, followed by 11

Future State Tests

The State law says that titles of
open competitive lists requested
by departments and institutions
nvust be publicly announced for 15
days before the State Commission
takes action. The following lists are
now being advertised (the date de-
notes when the 15 days are up):

December 25—Department _ of
Health—Social Hygiene, Medical
Consultant.

January 1—New York State Tr:
ing School for Girls, Hudson, N.
Assistant Superintendent.

in=

three-month probationary period
for Attendants and Nurses in the
|Mental Hygiene institutions. Fur-
ther changes will be submitted
to the Governor this week by the
Commission,

| Another section of the new rules
stipulates that if the conduct, capaci-
ty or fitness of the probationary At-
tendant or Nurse is found not satis-
factory after one month, his services
may be ended at any time during the
remainder of the probationary
| period.

Last week four zones were set up.
The new rules provide that if the list
of eligibles in one zone is exhausted,
a list from another district shall then
be certified. For the purpose of cer-
tification by zone, residence is con-
sidered according to the legal resi-
dence of the candidate when he filed
his application. He may change his

| residence from one zone to another,
being eligible for certification and
appointment according to his ranking
|

in the new zone one month after
notifying the Commission.

‘14. Appointments
‘From Wage List

Fourteen appointments have
recently been made from the State
Minimum Wage Investigator list,

| which expires February 26, 1943. Ap-

pointed in the New York City office

at $1,600 were numbers 31, 35, 68,

73, 74, 82, 83, 87, and 89, Others ap-

pointed at the same salary were 108

(Binghamton), 112 (Buffalo), 115
(Elmira), 128 (Buffalo), and 129
(Syracuse).

| Numbers 10 and 13 on the recently
jestablished Public Health Nurse list
| have been appointed at $1,800.

Two new appointments have just
been made from the Elevator Opera-
| tor list, bringing to eight the total
placed. Numbers 6 and 8 have been
| appointed at $1,500 in Albany. 3,295
| are on this list, which expires Janu-
ary 30, 1943.

Less people are taking Civil Serv-
ice exams... More Jobs are avail-
able... Your chances are better
THE LEADER keeps you informed
of all opportunities,

will result. The Lraper publi

politan area. No changes at a
offices,

The rumors started early this
year when officials of the place-
ment service expressed dissatis-
faction with their own work.
Director Milton O. Loysen called
upon the Social Security Board
to survey the operation of the
placement service. Reports are
now being studied. Later this
month, Loysen plans conferences
on the recommendations of the
SSB experts with his own staff.
Any changes that result will
probably not go into effect until
July 1, 1941,

Centralized Placement

What will probably happen is th
placement will become more greatly
jcentralized. Local offices will lose
| their placement function, restricting
|themselves to insurance. This con-
|tinues a trend already started with
| the opening of special placement of-
|flces for the dress industry, metal
|trades, and professional men and
women.
| As for the DPUI employees, the
worst that can happen is this: re-
classifications and changes of title.

No. 1 Man Appointed
On Interpreter List

Number one man on the recently-
established list for Interpreter, Yid-
dish, Kings County Court, has just
been appointed at $1,800. He's Sam-
uel Kimmel, a disabled veteran, 216
Dover Street, Brooklyn,

Numbers 21 and 24 from the As-
sistant Social Worker, Mental Hy-
giene, list have been placed at Man-
hattan State Hospital, Ward’s Is-
land.

The following are the latest

Where Do I Stand?

certifications, in New York and

No DPUI Changes

Although changes in the operation of the New York City |
| placement service of the Division of Placement and Unem-|
ployment Insurance are expected during 1941, it is doubtful
if any changes in personnel—that is, increases or decreases—

shes this in answer to rumors

| that have been going the rounds of DPUI offices in the metro- |

ll are contemplated for upstate

Hospital Attendants:
Look to U.S. Service

Candidates with some pre-
vious experience may file for
positions paying $1,020 as Hos-
pital Attendant and Me: Ate
tendant in the fede sel e.
Today at 4 p. m, is the filing
deadline, at 641 Washington
Street. Requirements appear on
page 13.

To: be a Hospital Attendant
applicants must have had three
months’ experience as an at-
tendant or orderly, nurse, stew-

ard or ste matron,
houseman, « ja maid, ete.
Mess Attenda must haye

served three mont cook,
steward, waiter or waitress, pan-
tryman, busboy, kitchen helper,
ete,

|
No Appointments Yet

To County Clerk’s Office

STATEN ISLAND.—For the third
time, the top three names on the list
for Cashier, Richmond County Clerk's
Office, were certified last week; 40
are on the list, which was established
July 24, 1940. No one has yet been
appointed,

Latest News
Ahout State Lists

| Here are some late flashes from
the examinations div mn of the
| State Civil Service Commission:

Safety Service Inspector, State In-
surance Fund—379 took the test. Ton
|people on the list are now being
given the qualifying physical, but the
fact that a candidate hasn't been
notified does not indicate failure,
|The list is expected some time next
| month,

Probation Officer, Queens County
—Interviews are now being held. 137
took the tes' The list will be out
shortly after the first of January,

Assistant Steam and Electrical Op-
erating Engineer ating of the 395
papers has been finished. Only cler=
lical tasks are now in the way. The

list will be out soon after nuary 1,
| Factory Ins ating of the
written taken by 1,158 candidates has
just started, It will
months before the list

Prison Guard—Ratin;
ten is ended. The Commis
start shortly on experienc

and the
medicals will be held in February.

‘The list should be out in March

Promotion to Assistant Clerk, Stai
Insurance Fund—Papers of the 372
candidates have been rated, as have
the other parts of the test. The list
be ready within two weeks.

Promotion to Senior Clerk, Tax
Rating of the 268 papers has not yet
started.

The mission has temporarily
halted its work on the Unemploy-
ment Insurance Referee papers, as it
wants to get out as many promotion
lists as possible before January 1. It
appointments are made before the
first of the year, employees may re-

ceiye additional benefits from the
increment law.
Further progress on these and

other lists will appear in forthcom-
ing issues of the Laven.

ABC List

Further shuffling of the top ell-
gibles on the 1,888-name list for In-
vestigator, Alcoholic Beverage Con-
trol Board, occurred this week when
the State Civil Service Commission
raised the rating of Clarence E.
Gurley, 608 Beecham Avenue, Rome,
|from 79.30 to 81.70. Originally
|ranked 10, Gurley is now 4a, and is
|tops from Oneida County.

(CLOSED ALL DAY WEDNESD.

CIVIL SERVICE

‘The present Fireman eligible list
next mental e:
months from now.

The number competing will be
examination difficult. Therefore,
begin preparation at once.

Our mental classes are meeting

‘The present list for Patrolman

1942. Therefore, the examination sh

FIREMAN

amination should be held not later than April, or five

twice weekly at hours to suit the convenience of the student,

PATROLMAN

AY, DEC, 25—CHRISTMAS DAY)

PREPARATION

t expires on December 14, 1941. The

large, the competition keen and the
those who hope for success should

three days weekly—physical classes

should be exhausted by January 1,
ould be held early in the Fall of i941,

Albany, from popular State lists:
Junior Clerk

Since the Patrolman and Fireman examinations are somewhat similar,
we suggest that you take advantage of the combination course and pre-
pare for both tests (if you are at least 5 ft. 8 in. in height), at a reduced
combination fee.

RAND Pot

Ranking Percentage

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Permanent—Albany—$900 2,375 82.80 for military training: “therefore, any person, toho i registered for, mul.
EMPLOYMENT = Jf) Zemporary—new York—so00 089 m5.a5 ||) aH estate may ence ce che ae cee neta Rall of he
‘Temporary—Albany—$900. . 2,568 82.55 fee paid will be returned to him and he may continue the course through
TY correspondence at the place of military traintng.
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catenes 4 ermanent—New York—$900 . 685 87.4 ‘ : a
Saar’ gourselt, weal SAN A fl| Permanent—Albany—$900. . 1,886 ean
NET, Cathelle Heme O WANES Temporary New York—$900 951 86.40 ACCOUNTING & AUDITING ASSISTANT
SS COLLEGE. ‘emporary—Alban; CURSE years ent opportu: for pers cS le af
7 Lareyatecaven Broahyn porary- y—$! Re ats 2,034 81.90 Boasts opportunity for persons. with expertence as Bookkeepers, Ae
a Kpiteatioos now open’ and must be fled with the U. & Clyll Service Com
100i ue REBICRIAN DT Pormanent-Mew Yost $000 809 88.34 Tae ine uonne wien ee ee
1) Stenography-Typlng- Busnes Temporary—New York $900. oot 3790 TRsCBMARMACIST 1. Mebceny emt riter, ett sm
Howat REE FUNCH MACIENIS | cromporary—Albany-—$900 1087 830. || MAINTAINER’S HELPER PHYSICAL: claner nar and eve
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4 Tuesday, December 24, 1949,

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Tuesday, December 24, 1940

With Good Will—

™. those who have studied and Sweated and labored

to pass exams—

To those who have thrilled when their names ap-
peared in the roster of eligibles; and to those whose
hearts have sank when they knew they had failed—

To those who during this year, some jauntily and
some with trepidation, have entered the service of the
government—

To those who perform the basic work of running the
community and the nation—

To those who are for the merit system and those
who are for democracy—

To all these people the staff of the Civi. Service
Leaver extends the hope that Christmas may be jolly;
that the coming year may bring happiness and peace.

Why Shouldn’t Cops
Get a Day Off?

‘O one has advanced a good reason why a cop
N shouldn't get a full day off each week,

Yet a member of New York City’s police force
—the hardest working, most rigidly disciplined force
in America—doesn’t have that simple privilege.

The easy way to give the men a proper working
week is to establish what 1s known as the 11-squad
system, This setup so re-arranges and staggers the
working hours of the men that, while each cop puts
in his eight-hour shift, he ts assured a full day off
each week, The system, long advocated by realistic
students of police problems in New York City, needn't
cost the city any additional money,

Since the Police Department hasn't established the
1l-squad scheme of its own accord, a bill is soon to
be introduced in the City Council doing the job by law.

Rumors have it that the bill will meet opposition,

Will anybody please tell us why?

Why should anyone oppose a humane measure whose
effects will be to relieve tension and increase morale
among the cops?

It 1s our opinion, amply supported by the cops them-
selves, that Improved working conditions will result
in better, more efficient policing of the city.

And we add one word: Together with introduction
of the 11-squad system, bring the force up to full
strength. We have excellent eligibles waiting to be
called. Call 'em now!

A Petition to the Mayor
On the 11-Squad Chart for Cops

Dear Mr. Mayor: As a member of New York
City's Police Force, 1 feel that the 11-squad chart,
which would give us a 48-hour swing each week,
will improve the morale and efficiency of the
me: I urge that you, as Chief Executive of the
city, get behind the 11-squad plan and help us to
gain the decent working hours which it provides.

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{Please send this coupon to the Civil Service Leader,
97 Duane St. N.Y. C. It will then be forwarded to
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Repeat This!

BE KASOFF, Sanitation
A character, has been up to

see Emil K, Hllis...Henry
Feinstein is supplying the data
for PM’s loan-shark expose...It
isn’t all sweetness and harmony
among members of the Rapp-
Coudert Committee investigating
the school system...New candi-
date for the most eligible man in
the city: Jack Marx, who's on 24
lists. ..Gene Canudo, whose pros-
pective appointment to a $5,000
Board of Ed job is under attack
by the Joint Committee of
Teachers Organizations, was La-
Guardia’s secretary when the
Mayor was a mere Congressman
...Nothing has been done about
those Christian Front question-
naires filled out by the cops, In
any event, most of the men who
once belonged have since quit...
They now ask over WNYC: Are
Ellis-tening?...

G-Man Gyrations

Oscar is the name given the oft-
murdered wax dummy used to train
G-Men. Beulah Is the auto on which
the G-Men learn fingerprinting . . .
San Francisco has just banned the
use of oral exams in promotions in
the Police and Fire Departments...
‘The statement in an afternoon paper
that Paul Kern is one of the best ten-
nis-players in the city administra-
tion has brought forth many chal-
lengers , . . Senator LaFollette has
persuaded Wisconsin's Civil Service
agency to hold an exam for West
Point applicants . . , Here's hoping
that part I of the City Commission's
film Merit System Advancing is com-
pleted—and soon , . , Poughkeepsie
1s hopped up over the matter of Civil
Service employees going out of office
December 31, . , Nurses, like cops,
suffer from bad feet, There's one
difference: cops walk on the back of
the foot, while nurses walk on the
front part...

MESS

RANCIS PATRICK WALL.
F doesn’t believe in tradition

.. -His !deas about the world
we live in and his ideas about the
strength of man are the result of
his independent observation...
Take his method of devising a
physical test for fireman or cop
or sanitation man...Instead of
taking for granted that some
ancient contraption tests a man’s
ability, Profesor Wall—he’s over
at NYU—watches on his job, sees
what muscles he uses and how
... carefully notes the records of
illnesses...And from all this in-
formation, he works up a test de-
signed to select the finest men
for the particular job...He di-
vides physical abilities into four
separate categories: strength,
agility, endurance, coordination
..,and examines each separately
...It was Frank Wall's exam
that gave to New York City its
fine new batch of sanitation men
..-At first, his methods were
condemned...Now, all impartial
observers agree that he has made
an enormous contribution to
physical education and to Civil
Service testing...Personally,
Frank 1s a swell guy...His stu-
dents love him. . .Soft-spoken, in
a rich, sineere baritone voice...
On the tallish side, Frank looks
like a New England yankee with
a dash of old-world gentility...
Runs up to Maine every summer
...He’s been at NYU for 25 years
now, and his job as Associate
Professor of Physical Education
is unique in American colleges,
because of what he’s done with it
..-Has coached every kind of
team, has an especial affection
for swimming, hopes to include
it in future Civil Service exams
...Married, no children...A
first-rate conversationalist when
he gets to know you,..He’s one
of the best assets any Civil Serv-
ice Commission ever had...New

York may well be proud of Frank
Wall,

JAMES J. RAFTER directs th
Division of Veteran Relief, Da
partment of Welfare. ..He's a ,;
himself. .At the front lines q\<*
ing the Argonne fighting, p,.
turning in 1919, he went ba.
school, took his degree (NY1)) ;°
1922...Directed operation
large steams hip termina)
Worked as executive for big |:
vate companies...After tury(y,
down party offers to run foy of.
fice (and turning down po) tes
as a “bad job”), Jim organizeq
American Legion post at Wooq.
side.. .From this he put his unity,
ing ability to the task of organ,
izing 25 charitable, religious, fra.
ternal, social, and commercia)
bodies in the community, . "Pha,

was before the advent of Emer.
gency Relief, and his combined
group raised and distributed
mopey for food, fuel, clothing,
rent, medical services... While
Regional Veterans’ Placement
Director with the National Re.
employment Service, Jim was in-
vited to join the staff of the old
Emergency Relief Bureau., Jt
wasn't very long thereafter that
Jim was selected, out of 600 yets,
to organize a new Veterans’ Di-
vision in the Welfare Department
...The division now cares for
10,000 vets and their families...
Distributes annually about $7.
000,000, plus food, clothing, other
necessities...Rafter heads 404
employees...Jim has been a top
baseball, basketball player... Now
goes in for photography... His
biggest complaint: that he has
never been able to get anybody to
believe he spent his first night in
Paris reading inscriptions on
monuments to an ancient ser-
geant,

letters

HOW

Sirs: Councilman Vogel is intro-
ducing a resolution in the City
Council to appoint 1,000 Patrolmen
immediately, This request is in di-
rect contradiction to the decision of
Police Commissioner Valentine to
stop appointments to the Police De-
partment,

‘The first question that an intelli-
gent citizen must ask would be, “Is
there a need for more Police?” ‘The
present quota is 16,706 men and the
department is still 441 men short of
its quota, And, if I remember cor-
rectly, only last year Commissioner
Valentine asked the City Council for
an increase of the quota because the
city was “insufficiently manned.”
And the need for policemen is
greater now than ever before.
Surely, we need more protection in
time Of national emergency, Our
government in Washington’ repeat-
,edly stresses the destructive forces
which are rampant in the world
today, In the event of war New
York is the logical center-of-attack
from the point of view of an enemy.
‘The police department has the tre-
mendous tasic of controlling the well
being of 7,500,000 people.

‘Two years ago about 33,000 of our
youth paid $99,000 for the privilege
ot taking the police examination,
written test, a physical exam ‘(in-
cluding a mile run), a medical exam,
and a careful police investigation
selected 1,200 young men. ‘Those
who survived are the finest speci-
mens of our democracy, Exactly 299
have been appointed," ‘The rest will
be ignored because they are within
the age limits subject to the draft,

In a_ recent ‘speech President
Roosevelt stated that labor's gains
must not and will not be sacrificed
because of conscription, ‘The ending
of new police appointments is the
first attack upon civil service that
uses our national defense plans as
a “phony” excuse to destroy civil

MANY COPS?

service. What is happening _ in
N. ¥. C. can be used by any city,
county, state or federal dept. to kill
civil service,

The amazing thing ts that the lib-
eral mayor of New York favors the
Valentine decision. In fact he stated
that war veterans would be used as
a reserve police force, Then they
were offered $25 a week for a job.
which pays patrolmen $3,000 a year;
Here then is the real reason for the
new plan, simple matter of
arithmetic—$1,700 a year for each
man,

If no action results from Council-
man Vogel’s resolution I should like
to see every union and every civil
service group in N, Y, @, flood the
administration with protests of this
brazen “cheap” police force, And,
if this too is of no avail, I advise the
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
and the Patrolman Eligibles Associa-
tion to go to court to force the city
to fill vacancies from the civil serv-
ice list.
yin is the real democratic way of

fe,

Josern Briston WOLFE.

Prisons or Parks?

Sirs: I am puzzled at the attitude
of our City Fathers, when it comes
to the allotting of funds for the
maintenance and care of our Park
system,

If is a well-known fact that park
workers are carrying on under the
most difficult circumstances today.

We must realize that Parks are
substitutes for hospitals and prisons,
To eliminate funds for the Park
Department after spending a billion
dollars for their construction and
gardens would be like Sairing a
blindfolded walk on a plank leading
into the ocean,

This must not happen.

(Mrs,) Katnertne ForpHAM.

Wants City-Owned
Printing Plant

Sirs: I would appreciate it vet
much if you can in any way uct
a medium for ‘an organization of
printers on the New York City Civil
Service Printers list or who #¢
otherwise interested,

Recently, the daily newspapelt
headlined stories of graft and cof
ruption concerning the letting o! cliY
printing to private firms.

I suggest that printers on the Civil
Service list and other printers 0!
ganize for the purpose of trying
influence the city authorities of
advantages of a city-owned pr
plant.

It there are any readers of th
Civil Service Leader who are will
ing to take the initiative or start tit
ball rolling. in this direction wi
they write in to me in Tre Leave

JoserH SHERMAN:

Likes Article

Sirs: Your article “Training
a Mental Test" was tops, It ¢t
that you have put into rule: |
what'I myself have been try!!'h
do for some time. In our city) {i
favor this type of question. | Le"
have more elaboration about ‘hel

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Post Office List

In National Defense e
Sirs: ‘There has been talk of {N.

U. S. Civil Service Commissio! fi)

ing various lists for jobs in no

defense,

The Post Office list is a ves, Ih
propriate one, and there are ler
dreds of unemployed on its *

How about putting it to, "Cry

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24

Pace Seven

POLICE CALLS
8y BURNETT MURPHEY
The 11-Squad Bill Held Up

"ne bill to provide for the 11-squad working chart, which was
jeduled to be introduced in the City Council last Tuesday, still hasn't
sche tossed in the hopper. The delay is due to the fact that the bill's
bect.or, not yet officially announced, wanted additional time to study
easure. ;
theme Council adjourned last week subject to call by the chair, which
iibably means that there won't be any more sessions until after New
pir’s, Thus, no action can be expected immediately.
‘The chances are pretty good that there will be opposition to the 11-
jad.chart, Therefore, cops and their friends ought to begin some ag-
iiossive work to see that this important bill is passed.

‘the Council has several other police bills which have been bogged
down for a long time. These include: a bill to provide hour-for-hour
cspensation (in the form of time-oft) for all overtime work by mem-
fers of the force; another to provide for a mandatory 60-year retirement

»nsion Set-Up

i
Pensraking of legislation, a couple of other things are in the wind. A
pba-sponsored bill will shortly be introduced to provide that the pen-
sion set-up. will be reopened for a 30-day period to allow men to change
‘ie oflginal choices of retirement at 20 or 25 years, respectively. Some
vie, have changed their minds recently and would prefer a different
mvion to the one originally selected. ‘There is no monetary consideration
volved, so the bill will not meet with much opposition, and will prob-

sq

ass.
Ww hen the State Legislature meets next month, about the only important
pill affecting New York cops will be one to provide for 25-day vacations
each year for all members of the department. By law, New, York cops
are now entitled to 14, but in practice receive 21.

PBA Annual Ball

The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association's gala ball is slated for Satur-
dey night, January 18, at Madison Square Garden, This is the biggest
police event of the year.

The full program is now being worked out and will be announced later.
We Jump the Gun

We jumped the gun on that story about the names added to the Police
tenant test. An official of the Commission told us the item, appear-
on the Commission's weekly calendar, had been approved. Later, it
ned out that the request that the pass mark be dropped to 79.5, which
from Commissioner Valentine, had been referred to the Examining
sion for a report, It is expected that the request will be approved,
probably within the next two weeks.

Police Honor Legion’s New Officers

Patrolman David Salter of the East 67th St. Precinct, was selected
president of the Police Honor Legion last week. He'll serve during 1941.
Salter succeeds Marcel B, Kaczynski, who had acted as president since
the death of Sergeant Cornelius T. Miller,

Other officials chosen at last week's meeting are: Detective William G.
Neumann, vice-president; Patrolman Charles A. Perkins, financial secre-
tary and treasurer; Patrolman Julius Stockhouse and Detective James E.
Fitzpatrick, sergeants-at-arms; and the following trustees—Second Deputy
Commissioner Francis J, Kear, Chief Inspector Louis F. Costuma, Assist-
ant Chief Inspector John Ryan, Deputy Chief Inspector James F. McGoe,
Inspector John L, Lagarenne, Deputy Inspector Valentine W. Correll,
Captain Edward Mullins, Lieutenant Fred Nornan, Sergeant Bernard
Boylan, Detective William Jones, Patrolmen John Brustek and Frank
Hansen, Policewoman Mary Sullivan and retired Patrolman Arthur
Szerlip.

FIRE BELLS

By JAMES DENNIS

will be published in the next issue

Christmas Present of The Leaanee,

A Christmas present in the form
ice that they have passed and
placed on the eligible list for Lieu-
{, Fire Department, may be

Promotions
Nine promotions to high-ranking
Posts in the Fire Department were

_ — — =

sent to 825 men on Christmas Eve.
It the Municipal Civil Service Com-
mission is unable to get its notices
t by tomorrow (Tuesday), definite
vit will certainly be sent later in
week,
The ratings are complete, with the
ception of one candidate who has
mplicated record and whose

a

Papers have not yet been gone over.
on

wise, the test is finished.
Unless there is some unforeseen
, the complete Lieutenant's list

CHRISTMAS GIFTS

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WATCHES — DIAMONDS
JEWELRY
On Terms. No Down Payment
Up to 20 Months to Pay

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LOANS on Uniforms

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made last week. Four new deputy
chiefs were made. They are Henry
A. Wittekind, 10th Battalion; Henry
J, Holzberger, 37th Battalion; Thom-
as H. M. Maguire, 39th Battalion,
and Edward J. O'Connor, 49th Bat-
talion,

The following former captains
were made battalion chiefs: Michael
Bennett, Eng, 241; John F. Mullin,
Eng, 316; Thomas M, Briody, H&L
103; John J. F, Riedel, H&L 134,
and Joseph F. Dunleavy, Rescue
Company 2,

Fire Square

The Fire Square Club will hold
its 20th Anniversary ladies night
dinner and dance at the Hotel New
Yorker, 34th St. and Eighth Ave.
Manhattan, on January 18.

La Guardia Loses ?

Mayor LaGuardia Spparenuly, has
lost his fight for blanket deferment
of New York Firemen from selective
service. Officials of the Selective
Service Administration last week
stated flatly that deferments were up
to the local boards and that no over-
all exceptions by classes of em-
ployees or special groups of men
would be made.

The chances are* that the local
boards will be lenient and will allow
most Firemen to remain on duty.
Those that insist on drafting Firemen
will probably face personal inter-
vention by the Mayor before the
Boards of Appeals,

Meantime, the whole thing has
stopped pointblank any new Fireman
appointments. A group of 150 men
were scheduled to be appointed on
November 1, and Commissioner Mc-
Elligott said’ some time prior to that

Welfare
Training Program
For Supervisors

The training program for the case
supervisory staff got under way re-
cently with two sessions, conducted
by Miss Dorothy G. Bird, Training
Supervisor, devoted to “The Super-
visory Process, its Limits and Meth-
ods.” Yesterday Miss Bird’s session
was concerned with discussion of
general principles on which the
Supervisory process is based.

‘The case supervisors and assistant
case supervisors meet in four sepa-
rate groups consisting of two groups
of case supervisors and two groups
of assistant case supervisors.

be toward rel
and enabling
Supervisors to. full
more effectively.

Department News

By HENRY TRAVERS

corded material ir the process of
supervision, and will be presented
by members of the various groups.
Individual case supervisors will act
as chairmen of the committees, who
will be responsible for the prepara-
tion of this material. There will be
at least one representative from each
of the groups on each of these com-
mittees,

The outline of content has been
prepared by a committee consisting
of Etta Deutsch, Field Adminis-
trator; Morris Chase, Division of Old
Age Assistance; Genevieve Dzik,
D.O. 11; Mrs, Clara Eisner, Non-
Settlement Office; Monica Jordan,
D.O. 46; Lillian Thesz, Case Con-
sultation; Adele R. Glogau, and Miss
Bird,

The remaining sessions will be de-| The remainder of the program
voted to discussion of specific re-! follows:

5 1/20-1/27 | of m case. seeetereeee . Genevieve Dzik

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Dorothy Bird

ieving the pressures in these
the Case and Arsistant Case
Hl their total responsibilty

“Thank-You” Letters

Ruth Lavin, pretty Assistant to
the Director of the Division of Medi-
cal and Nursing Service, has come
upon a “thank-you” letter to end all
“thank-you” letters. It's from a

philosophy—who writes in the mel-
lifluent style of Oliver Goldsmith.
Just listen to the first paragraph:
“I am indebted to your humane aid
for a set of dentures. As far as I

grateful relief recipient—a doctor of

am aware, it is the only charity ex-
tant that donates such costly boons
to the deserving poor. Such kindly
deeds do much, much to grace
civilization. It is the most potent
fulcrum to concord man has yet
found. Oh, these redeeming benigni-
ties of the saintly twins—Charity
and Mercy! Poor suffering Earth
glows at each visitation. The pen-
sive heart of the race throbs at the
magic of two such noble advocates.
No wonder our better selves are
raised aloft, again to try to be the

Newark Elects

Officers of the Newark State
School Employees’ Association were
picked at a combined regular and
annual meeting last week. Chosen
were Harold C. Sawyer, president;
Hazel Martin, R. N., vice president;
Jeanette T. Radder, secretary. Benn
Townley, Jr. was reelected treas-
urer. Outgoing officers are Francis |
F, Darrow, president; Ora S. Cutting,
R. N,, vice president, and Anna R.
Synesael, secretary. Superintendent |
A. E. Witzel addressed the group |
after the ballots were counted.

Seek Sick Leave

The State Legislature was urged
to grant Mental Hygiene employees |
21 days sick leave, at a meeting last
week of the Willard State Hospital |
Chapter of the New York State Hos-
pital Employees Association. Con-
tinuing, the employees asked that
such sick time be given after the
first two days of sickness and con-
tinue for 21 days or fraction, and
that for an employee to claim such
sick time, he must receive treatment
by a physician,

‘The chapter also asked that the
State Civil Service Commission re-
classify all employees into the com-
petitive class,

The Police Help

In the latest issue of Mental Hy-
giene News, Mary Elizabeth O'Con-
nor, Assistant Social Worker at St
Lawrence State Hospital, tells the
story of a State Trooper who entered
the home of a woman who had been
helpless for three years, Energetic
and serious-minded, he finally got
the woman and her delusion-ridden
daughter committed. One year later
they were both dismissed, cured.

She concludes thus: “The incident
leads us to wonder how much men-

|

that he intended to carry through
with them,

tal hygiene work could be accom

Mental Hygiene Vote

By JOHN F. MONTGOMERY

plished by such agencies as the State |

police. ‘The troopers meet many
types of people, and get into many
strange situations in the routine of
|their day’s work. With an under-
| standing of personality types and
the commoner mental diseases, it is
probable that they could discover
many early cases of mental disease.”

Comings and Goings

Mrs. Charles Horton and William
Bowe are recent additions to the staff
of Wassaic State School. ,.Dolly Tad-
deo has just accepted a post at Har+
lem Valley State School, while Peggy
McGrath has resigned.

| thing of our fondest aspirations.”
| And there's a whole page of that
—on the same high philosophical
| level, sheathed in the same poetical

phraseology.
.

Best Xmas Party

| if the Christmas party staged by
district office 10 isn't the best im
the Department of Welfare this year,
it will certainly not be the fault of
staff members there. Over on 19th
St. they are rehearsing far into
the night on a three-act play, =
comedy skit, choral groups and
Christmas carols. One big Christmas
tree, which will serve all divisions
in the D, O., has already been in-
stalled and decorated. Invitations
have gone out to staff members of
\neighboring welfare organizations
who will be guests of honor at the
party this afternoon.

A committee, headed by Mis:
Ethel Smith, Occupational typing
clerk, arranged the program. Other
members of this committee included:
Lorraine D. Waling, Annette Tol-
chinsky, Florence Popkin, Myra
| Chavell, Sylvia Bonowitz, Howard
| Barber, David Hyman, Francine Col-
lony, Daniel Russo, Leona Wyld,
| Elsie Norris, Ignatius Goivinco, Max
| Gewirtzman, Anthony Morulli, Marie
| Egan, Werner Lutz, Clement Pam-
ras, Max Henretig and Leo Gamow.

|
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|

Visitors at 902

Concha Ortiz y Pino, of Santa Fe,
member of the House of Representa-
tives of New Mexico. Senorita Pino
is a niece of the mayor of Santa
Fe, owns a 90,000-acre ranch, and
flies her own plane. One of her chief
interests is social welfare.

Also Raymond Clapp, member of
the Federal Social Security Board;
| Lester Granger, of the Welfare Coun-
cil; Commissioner Hubert Delaney
Judge Miles Paige, of the Maj
trates’ Court; Colonel Charles B,
Booth, of the Volunteers of Amer-

ica; Grase Cosselin, Executive Di-

rector of the East Side House Set-
| tlement; Robert P. Lane, Executive

Director of the Welfare Counei

Leonard W. Mayo, Associate Di-
| rector of the Welfare Council; Mrs.

Alex Flexner Rothblatt, of the Wel-
| fare Council; Gertrude Springer, of

Survey Magazine; Peter Salmon,

Secretary of the Industrial Home for
the Blind; Elsie M, Bond, Assistant
Secretary of the State Charities Aid

sociation; Walter W. Pettit and
Robert Lansdale, of the New York
School of Social Work; Captain
Pedrick,-of the Fifth Avenue Asso-
ation, and Thyra Samter Winslow,
novelist and radio commentator,

oe

Dorothy Married

Miss Dorothy Feldman, popular
|secretary in the Division of Finance
and Statistics, was married at high
|noon on Sunday, December 1. A
wedding breakfast for the family
and relatives was served immediate-
ly after the ceremony at Paramount
|Mansion. ‘The bride and groom, he’s
Michael Styler of the Department of
Health, are now motoring to Flor-
ida. Co-workers and friends in the
Department gave Dorothy and Mich-
ael three dozen pieces of table crys-
tal for a wedding present.

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Speed in a Test

E.S.—Where in an_ examination
the ly a
few of the ates were able to
within

finish the test the time
given for the examination, the
Commission will generally take
that situation into consideration,
either adjusting the passing mark,
eliminating some of the questions
at the end of the examination
paper, or giving additional credit
to those who finished the test, de
pending on the conditions revealed
by the examination, In some te
speed may be of little conside
tion. In others it may have be
fn essential element of the test.
Result of the Arrest

H M.—The fact that one has been
arrested is in itself not viewed by
the Civil Service Commission as a
basis for disqualification or rejec-
tion in examination or appoint-
ment, It is the result of the ar-
rest that is viewed as the criterion.
The Commission will not generally

attempt to review the determina-
tion of the court in dismissing the
charges nor hold the arres inst

the individual in such case, The
failure te disclose an arrest may
prove to be more disconcerting
than the arrest itself, although I
preciate the fact that many per-
ns do not view a dismissal as
| an “arrest,”

y Commission

Of Age Error
D.—It you have given your
of

J
| age incorrectly at the time

your appointment through i
ertence or error, I see no reason
why you should not notify the
proper authorities, such as the
Civil Service Commission and the
retirement board, Where the er-
tor in age does not affect the per-
son's eligibility and the error was
not the result of deliberate fraud,
no serious disciplinary action will
result, I feel confident, Your re-
tirement system contributions de-
pend on your age at the time of
appointment, and your right to re~
tirement will also depend on your

Marking the Referee Test
A. W.—An applicant for the Un-
employment Referee

Insurance

Real Estate News

Neck, L.

I, is about to be

ed from a community of ex-
papaya: awellingstto, one, for the
moderate-income owner, who will
spend something about $6,000 or
$7,000, ‘Tracts of lands on. estates

Bre soon to be opened for develop-

ment, The owners who have been
holding out for the higher-priced
propositions have seen that they

were waiting for a mirage.

Lower-priced houses are the thing,
Ve received additional proof last
week with an analysis of the mort-

gage-insurance records of the Fe
eral Housing Administration during
the first 10 months of 1940. During
this period, we learn, 133,178 ne

home mortgages accepted avers
$4,417 in principal amount.

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Employees who work at
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Stores will be interested in Green-
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NEW YORK BUSINESS SCHOOL
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Free Tultion If With Regular
Socretarial Course

Photographers OK'd
To Blueprint Jobs

The Municipal Civil Service Com-
mission recently approved the sug-
| gestion of one of its examiners that
selective certification be used on the
Photographers’ eligible list to fill a

position of Blueprinter in the De-
partment of Parks, and other similar
jobs now held by _provisionals.

| Originally the Commission intended
|to hold a competitive test for this
position, but the Budget Director
turned ‘thumbs down on an an-
nouncement of the test, contending
|that there were too few vacancies
to warrant the expense of an exam,

The Commission made a survey of
the Photographers’ list and found
that there are several eligibles who
have had blueprinting experience.
‘They will be certified for the exist:
ing vacancies and the Blueprinters
exam will now be cancelled,

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welcome present,

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all who desire to enter the Service.
to Question,
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answer, you will receive a reply by mail,
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If space does not allow printing your

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Therefore, state

Civil Service authority,

test will not have to receive 75
per cent on both parts of the writ-
ten test to be eligible. If, for ex-
ample, one received 90 per cent
on part I and only 70 per cent en
part II, he would receive a mark
of 80 per cent on the written, as
each of the parts amounts to 50
per cent of the total,

Patrolman List

R.N.—The Patrolman (P, D.) list
will last for the usual four years,
provided that the list is not ex-
hausted of names, You have been
misinformed if you believe it will
last only two years, It was originally
believed that the list would be ex-
hausted within two years, but since
it now appears that it won't be, there
is no reason to assume that the Civil
Service Commission will terminate
the list before it runs the full four
years,

U, S. Lists Not Released

T. R. C—The United States Civil
Service Commission does not re-
lease federal registers for publica~
tion, There is no way of obtain-
ing the information you desire in
New York, The only possible way
to ‘obtain any information on fed-
eral exams is for the candidate
who took the exam to write to
Washington. You will receive an
answer in due time, but approxi~
mately when, we cannot tell.

Medical Re-Exam

M. A, D.—As soon as you feel
qualified to pass another, medical
examination, you should “write to
the Municipal Civil Service Com-
mission requesting another exami-
nation, If you have not attained
the required height, we suggest
that you wait. You will probably
be certified for a position othe
than Sanitation Man first, and the
chances are that the height re-
quirements may not be as strict,
In any event you will have to un-
dergo another medical examina-
tion before certification,

Private Detectives

S, J. S—Private detectives are
licensed by the State of New York.
Requirements are three years ex-
perience, five character affidavits
from people who have known you
at least five years and who are

Study Corner

Recommended for Police Sergeants:
“Police System in the United States,”
by Bruce Smith. Those preparing
for playground director jobs should
look at “Administration of Public
| Recreation,” by George Hjelte,

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‘The Municipal Reference Library
has a considerable collection on this
subject, Here are some of the titles:

Harris, Edw.—Almanac of Office
Equipment,

Harris, G, L.—Business Offices,

I, B. M. Corp—International Busi-
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Office Management,

MacDonald, John H.—Office Man-
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Mariam, Lewis—Public Personnel
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Nat'l Assn, of Office Appliance
Mfgrs.—Office Appliance Manual.
Niles, Henry E.—The Office Super-
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Remington Rand, Ine.—Marshalling
Facts for Management,

Wylie, Harry 1, and others—
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Cornell, Wm,—Organization and
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willing to vouch for statements in
your application, a $10,000 bond
and two photographs,

If you wish to make application,
we suggest that you communicate
with the Division of Licenses, De-
partment of State, 80 Centre Street,
New York City.

WE et ‘8 Helpers Test

L, K. F.—The physical tests for
Maintainer’s Helper, Groups A, B,
C and D, which are being held at
present, consist of six parts, In-

cluded in the examination are 4,
Weight Lift, 2, Pectoral Squeeze’
3, Abdominal Muscle Lift. 4. Lag,
der Climb, 5, Shoulder Put), 6,
Thigh Abduetors. Three of {he
tests, the shoulder pull, the thigh
abductor and the pectoral squeeze
are conducted on specially-con,
structed machines, Two chances
are allowed on the machines and
the results are recorded automati.
cally in open view. The tests were
described in detail in our Decem.
ber 3rd issue.

This column is
offered to readers
who have legit-
imate complaints
to make about
their jobs, salar-
tes, working con-
ditions, etc. Only
initials are used

complaint
corner

with letters,

Hospital Workers Complain

Sirs: We low-paid city hospital at-
tendants with families are still liv
i rvation wages, ‘The food
t of the time is terrible.
always consists of
starchy pudding, It is time we got a
day off for legal holidays,

LA, & M,

Federal Promotions

Sirs: I am a Federal Civil Service
employee and wish to protest a
grossly unfair situation which exists
in the Federal service. There is
no provisions for promotion exam-
inatlons so that, under such circum-
stances an employee may remain in
one grade, at the same salary, for
the entire duration of his civil’ ser-
vice employment.

When there is an opening in a
higher grade, the choice for the pro-

motion from within is an arbi-
trary one with the heads of the de-
partments concerned, Although

seniority is supposed to be taken
into consideration, the loophole lies
in the following: “general qualifica~
tHons of the employee for the posl-
tion in qu It is quite simple
for favoritism to be shown. in. such
cases, for the head of department
can state that although one employee
has seniority, he lacks the necessary
qualifications for the promotion,
which a favored employee presum-
ably possesses,

T speak from personal experi-
ence, beside objective observation,
I have been employed with the Fed-
eral service for 17 years and am get-
ting only $240 per annum above the
minimum for my grade, I am cer-
tain if there were promotion ex-
aminations, I should be able to reach
a higher grade,

Since Tue Ciym Senvice Leaven
has shown itself to be truly a leader
in many civil service reforms, how
about campaigning for promotion
examinations within the Federal

service, similar to those held for
municipal and state? You would
have the heartfelt gratitude ot

countless Federal employees who
see absolutely no chance for d+
vancement under present conditions
» E. P,

Senator Mead and Congressman
Ramspeck are expected to introduce
a bill providing for a better federal
promotion system. See last week's
Leapen for details—Eorror,

|New Yorkers Should Heed

Plight of Hospital Workers

Sirs: I think the good citizens of
the City of New York should know
of the conditions that. exist in the
Department of Hospitals, The hos-
pital helpers, such as porters, maids,
kitchen help, are working for the
miserly coolie salary of $60 a month,

For such miserable wages, we
work around sick patients, tre.
quently endangering our health. All
the public servants of New York
get a decent living wage. We think
our work is as important as any. Is
it a crime to ask for a decent living
wage?

The public must be made to see
the worthiness of its hospital em-
ployees, and recognize their rights
to better working conditions and
better pay.

T hope your paper goes to bat for
us underprivileged,

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Objectives of the Rapp-Coudert j
Legislative. Committee, now “inves-
tigating” the public school system,
are clear, The Committee’s main ob-
jective is crippling of the State's free |
public school system. In order to ac-
complish this the Committee attacks
the Teachers Unions—which are the
most militant defenders of adequate
State funds for education. |

Tn his smear campaign against the |
Teachers Unions and in his effort to|
cut the education budget, Senator
Coudert has the support of large
realty and merchant groups which,
eager to dodge their share of taxes,
are calling for abolition of free pub-
lie education “beyond the point of
literacy.” |

On the very day the Committee's
open hearings were adjourned, the
Taxpayers Federation urged: “Make
pupils pay for text-books and sup-
plies; make parents and not the pub-
lic-school system support child edu-
cation; teach nothing but essentials;
|stop free college education; reduce
| teachers’ salaries by 25 percent.”

You
and I

: by May Andres Healy

May Andres Healy is granted the widest latitude
in expressing her views. Her opinions do not
necessarily represent the views of The Leader.

oT only teachers, but Americans all over the country have
been watching the progress of the Rapp-Coudert Legislative
Investigating Committee in New York City.
nd devotion to our democracy must be demanded.of all public
‘and especially of teachers who have within their power te The State Chamber of Commerce,
character and the developing of American ideals in our youth.| which supports this investigation,
‘hools of America have no place for the Communists or any other | also seeks to destroy the effectiv
yith Columnists who would undermine our great democracy. T0| ness of the schools. In its 1939 re-
ve we tolerated such employees in our school system. |port it said: “In not carrying stu-
{majority of our teachers are honest, loyal Americans who have| dents too far and in having parents
{ their lives to their profession and in whom the public has the| who are able to do so pay the cost of
confidence, all education beyond illiteracy, is
. ‘oat nh too much damage has been done by the unfaithful and| sound a means of reducing the cos
i neil ince and courage will be the watchwords for the future, | ‘The Teachers Unions, with parents
ng trom the large number present at the mass meeting called by | and organized labor, lead the battle
pathizers and fellow travelers of the avowed Communists, it would | against these budget cutters. That is
to me that there are still more to be discovered. |why Senator Coudert attacks the
We know that the public generally is aware that the kind exposed by the | Teachers Unions,
ating committee are few in number by comparison. : Denied Right of Counsel |
would not be fair to say that all members of the Teachers Union are] Senator Coudert’s procedure is as
f However, it is undoubtedly true that what Communists | unfair as it ts unjustified, He denied |
are in our educational institutions are members of the Teachers) teachers toumiovled  torcrivetacheart
0 s right uns ies of |
Wa'teachers recognized this fact some time ago and although powerless | tpés. Sht_ of cou RHEE RG
do much about it did expel the Teachers Union from the Joint Com-|jsiature gave him no authority  to|
s of Teachers Organizations. Their tactics in dealing with member| conduct one-man hearings, Senator
itions and their unethical and untrue statements about the Joint) Coudert insisted that teachers must |
uittee of this organization were the basis of the charges which led testify before him alone. In many
vulsion. cases, begu i}
be delighted when the educational system {s rid of all iol | Gaeta Pee rece Bea bes pened
If I understand the Devany law the authorities of the city and| £6) Senator Coudert left the room, |
e all the power necessary to purge our systems of Communists.|" When the teachers protested, Sen-|
e cannot help but indoctrinate those under their care with the] stor Coudert and his counsel, Paul
|

jme subversive principles they themselves practice. The public has the) windels, charged that they had re-
did. They have asked the courts to|

ght to know all the facts in order that the fine body of loyal American | fused to testify, This they never
jeachers may be appreciated for the excellent job they are doing for the
outh of our city, We stand solidly behind the committee in its attempt
those who do not support American ideals,
rtunately some press releases as well as cartoons on the subject of | The courts are still considering the |
c gation seem to include all teachers, The committee has often| matter, And while the question of |
tated that they refer only to Communists and their ilk and have the great- | tegality is still being debated in the|
st respect for and confidence inthe many thousands of New York City| courts, Senator Coudert has now|
It is only fair to ask stich newspapers to report the findings of | started contempt proceedings against |
e accurately,

| the teachers. The teachers had good |
speak for most of the teachers as well as the parents and other | reason to seek legal advice, since the
hen I commend the committee for its fine work and wish for | interpretation Senator Coudert places |
atest success in ridding the schools of these ingrates n our midst.|on the teachers’ choice to refrain
t believe that the committee investigating subversive activities | trom testifying until the courts rule
lo use their findings to support a cut in state aid for education. |on the method has become a threat
 # separate and distinct investigation, to their tenure, |
1 the whole committee has finished its investigation on the state aid| During open hearings, Senator
1 we feel confident that our legislators will report that money | Coudert’s tactics were likewise un. |
lucation is the best investment the state can make, In times| fair. When William G. Mulligan, |
more education 1s needed, not less, counsel to the Teachers Unions, |
would like to see some reallocation of state ald monies to the con-| asked that both sides of the case be
ty is and will so advise the committee when our turn comes | heard he was thrown out of the room

presentation, by policemen. The Union was de-

PARK TOPICS

cedure adopted by Senator Coudert.

tion... Bowling Green 1s the site
where the historic Stamp Act riot
occurred in 1765...214 percent of
the Park's budget is annually spent

By B, R, MEEHAN to repair damages to park prop-
som erty by vandals,
rogress of Ass’t | supngert te fs of ue] 7 ne
’ A Other than contacttng city officials, 1
ardeners Reviewed Mr. Mickens has obtained ne gat Replies

many of the eligibles during the
Christmas rush season at various De-
partment Stores, Florists and other
private agencies throughout the City.

Park Facts _

Cleopatra's Needle, the Egyptian
Obelisk, Central Park at 82nd
Street, was presented in 1882 to the
United States by the Khedive of
Egypt. Erection and transporta-
tion are sald to have cost more than
$102,500. It is 6914 feet in height
and weighs 448,000 pounds. Esti-
mated to have been quarried 1,600
B.C.,.Barrett Park, the first x00
in Staten Island, was constructed
in 1936,..City's own Triborough
Stadium has a seating capacity of

B Feler Puglia, secretary-treasurer,

the Asst. Gardeners Eligible As-
in @ recent prepared re-

wed the achievement of the

ation under the able admin-

" of William TT. Mickens,

ith

K.H.K, Information requested re-
garding vacations and sick leaves
| was discussed in the Oct. 15 and Oct. |
22 issues of PARK TOPICS. A per-|
sonal reply is being forwarded. |

N.F. Desired information will be|
forwarded you. |

Park Personnel. Kindly _ send
more complete information, Inter-
ested.

N.S. Pleased to learn of your in-
terest in the column. I know of no
|team in existence; but if you are in-
terested in-organizing one I will co-
operate.

the Housing Dept. and
°f Docks for use at La-
"port "through the per-
and diplomacy of the
- of the organization,
Hick was unanimously
gen {ident of the Association
titan yy Meeting held in May of
AL at@, Promulgation of the
"il of the same year,

Asst. Gardeners
Meet Jan. 20

22,000 people with parking facili-
ties accommodating 4,000 cars...
Battery Park received its name
Arom the battery of guns placed
there in 1693 for harbor protec-

The grantin,
ety -d

ra

0 of an exemption from |
lay msion law of |
‘rily appointed and per- |
Compete in the gardener

en tempo
ion to

The next general meeting of the
Assistant Gardener Eligible Asso-
ciation will be held on Monday,
| January 20 at Washington Irvihg

The Teachers Union States Its Case
By Dr. Bella V. Dodd

nied right to call its own witnesses
and right to cross-examine hostile
witnesses, Thus does Senator Cou-
dert flee from the truth. He allowed
no check on veracity of statements
made by his own witn He made
no attempt to hear the Union's de-
fense against testimony of biased and
discredited witnesses. His procedure
iolated the pledge of his own party
leaders who had promised a ‘sane,
comprehensive study” of the school
system.

What Is Coudert Doing?

It is obvious to all who will look
at the facts that Senator Coudert
is not studying the school system, He
is attacking the Teachers Union, He
is laying the basis for destroying
free public education. The aim of
the Rapp-Coudert smear on the
Teachers Union is to discredit all
teachers and thus prepare the w:
for an offensive on tenure and
aries, Let me warn teachers and
civil service workers that, in my

Not only are the charges which
Senator Coudert seeks to establish
unproven, the implications are as

Opinions of
For:
Loyalty, Love
Of Country

The New Jersey State Board of
Education declared that teachers and

|pupils should be impressed with a|

“spirit of loyalty and love of coun-
try.”

“There can be no room for any
contrary or subversive teaching,”
the board stated, “if democracy is to
be successfully defended youth must
have an abiding faith in its prin-
ciples.”

For:
Obligations on

Draftees

Dr, Albert C. Bonaschi, chairman
of the Teacher's Retirement Board,
stated that teachers Inducted into the

rule on the propriety of the pro-| military forces of the nation should |

make their regular monthly contri-
butions into the retirement fund.
“Perhaps it would be well to note
clearly that it is an obligation on the
part of the teacher and not on the
part of the retirement board to see
that these contributions are made
monthly,” Dr, Bonaschi said.

For:
Industrial Arts
For High I. Q.’s

Associate Superintendent Jacob
Theobald, pioneer in the segregation
of gifted children into special
classes, suggested manual work for
children with high 1.Q's.

“For the gifted children in Junior
|high schools I would advocate in-
creased participation in industrial
Jarts as a whole,” Theobald said. “I
| believe these children should be as-
| signed to some kind of manual work
in the school shops.”

Against:
Segregation of
Gifted Children

Assistant Superintendent C. Fred-

New York Principal's committee to
study bright children, opposed seg-
regation of children with high 1.Q.'s
in special classes. Said Dr, Pertsch:
“I don't believe in segregation. I ex-
amined it as honestly as I could.
Rapid learners should not be al-
lowed to live too much to themselves,
The very bright, those of 170 LQ. or
above, are apt to develop personal-
ity quirks and distortions. They
‘don't belong.’
“Whatever we do,
these breakdow:
the personality.”

Against:
1.Q. Tests

Dr. Morris Krugman, chief psychol-
ogist of the Bureau of Child Guid-
ance, stated that the 1.Q. test as a
key to information about the child is
no longer favored by psychologists.

let's prevent
ns and distortions of

| High School,

“The child inventory is more im-

erick Pertsch, past chairman of the |

| baseless, One of the Committee's
own witnesses, under questioning by
Assemblyman Steingut, admitted that
“sympathy” to subversive influences
in the schools is insignificant,

But the actua) nature of the “evi-
dence” produced by Senator Coudert
did not penetrate the public, The
|press played along with Senator
|Coudert, And the public did not
|hear the facts. As a result, the unin-
formed and those who have not read
the testimony of the hearings, repeat
Senator Coudert’s cries of “subver-

on

The fundamental objective of the
legislative committee was known by
the press as long ago as July 9, 1940,
On that date the Albany Times-
Union reported: “Aiming at a re-
|duction of State aid to schools by
| the next fiscal year, the Rapp legisla-
|tive committee yesterday launched
its investigation...Cut of 12-million
yearly in State aid is the goal.”

Toward that goal, Senator Coudert
proceeds when he tries to discredit
the leadership of groups who fight
for State aid—the Teachers Unions,

And those who do not re

ze the

|opinion, the most severe attacks on | significance of the Committee objec-
|tenure will be made this year,

tives, those who join the “red-hunt”

in the schools, will be aiding the
Committee in its truly subversive
task,

the Week

', Krugman said. “Two
children having the same 1.Q. nu-
merically have very little in com-
mon otherwise.”

Dr. Krugman pointed out that i
stitutions for the feeble-minded place
|far more importance on social com-
petence than on 1.Q, tests,

Against:
Anonymous
| Complaints

The Board of Superintendents came
out against the issuance of a definite
statement of policy on anonymous
complaints, A formal statement had
been requested last term by the New
York Principals Association, ‘The

Board announced that it was “ime
practicable to define its attitude on
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Pace Ten

Index
To Exams
CITY

Open Competitive
teriologist.....
tor of Public Assistance 10

asoline Roller Engineer and
Asphalt Steam Roller En-

gin re
Inspector of Blasting, Grade 2 10
Pathologist (Orange County) 10
Resident Buildings Superin-
tendent (Housing). . . 10
Senior Administrative Assist~
ant (Health Education)... 10

“9G

Senior Maintainer Office
Appliance-Typewriters),.. 10
Superintendent of esl) La-

dia. - 10
abulating Ma-

Supervising

chine Operator......ses0+6 1
Promotion
Railroad Clerk........e00004 IL
Assistant Bacteriologist...... 11
Chief Medical Officer (Depu-
ty Chief), Fire Department 11
Housekeeper (Women)...... 1
PEDERAL
Accounting and Auditin
sistant eat
Aeronautical Engineer
Aeronautical Inspector. .
Air Carrier Maintenance In-
spector ae i
Aircraft Ins peetoE ss bap shenad
Animation Director..,..,... 13
Assistant Biole 13
Aquatic Biologist............ 18
Attendant, Neuro Psychiatric
Hospital
Bindery Operative.

nt Operator
gineer.. .
Civilian Medi

tical) A sett
ing Aid (Topo-
est
Bt
13
Horizontal
Operator 13

Inspector of ‘Textiles...

Inspector, Ordnance Material 11
Inspector, Powder and E:
plosives Pe
Inspector, Ship ‘Constriiction 11
Inspector, Signal Corps
Equipment . ul
Instructor, Air Corps Tech-
nical School ‘
Junior Airwa
troller ,.
Junior
Operator
Junior Gr
Junior E
Junior Warehouse Examiner 13
Lithographe er
Machinist , ot
Machinist ..... xed
ine Enginee apt
Marine Suryeyor........... 11
Mechanical Engineer,.,..... 1
Medical Officer <i
Mess Attendant Lica
Metallurgical Engineer,..... 14
Motallurgist i 4
Mutilith Cameraman and
Platemaker . aor Ak
Multilith Press Operator 12
Naval Architect... Ml
Photographer wale
Photostat Operator......... 13
Precision Lens, Precision and
Test Platemaker 12
Radio Monitoring Officer... 11
Radiosonde Technician it
Second Assistant Engineer
(Marine) ..., 13
Senior Bookkeeping Machine
Operator ., wks 13
Shipwright ....... 12
Storekeeper (Deck). ae
Telephone Operator... +2
Tool and Gauge Designer... 12
Toolmaker ging
‘Transportation Tariff Exam-
iner 13
UPSTATE
Local Tests ah)
Main

Pro p List

A four-name promotion 1
Maintainer, Group D, Board of Tran
portation, was published this week
by the Municipal Civil Service Com-
mission,

How to Apply for a Test

For City Jobs: Obtain applications at 96 Duane Street, New York
City, (9 a.m. to 4 p.m,), or write to the Application Bureau of the
Municipal Civil Service Commission at 96 Duane Street and enclo:
a self-addressed 9-inch stamped envelope (4 cents for Manhattan and
Bronx, 6 cents elsewhere).

For State Jobs: Obtain applications at 80 Centre Street, New Yark
City, (9 a.m, to 5 p.m.), or enclose six cents in a letter to the Examina-
tions Division, State Civil Service Department, Albany.

For County Jobs: Obtain applications from Examinations Division,
State Civil Service Department, Albany, Enclose 6 cents.

For Federal Jobs: Obtain applications from U, S. Civil Service Com-
mission, 641 Washington Street, New York City, (9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m),
in person or by mail. Also available from first and second class post
offices, Second District,

U. S. citizens only may file for exams and only during period when
applications are being received,

Fees are charged for city and State exams, not for federal.

Applicants for most city jobs must have been residents of New York
City for three years immediately preceding appointment, Applicants
for State jobs must have been New York State residents for one year.

The “weights” listed for various titles on these pages refer to the
relative value of each part of the exams. Therefore, if the weight of
the written part of an exam is 30, this means that the written part
counts for 30 per cent of the final mark.

City Tests

A ry ‘ one year’s general _ interneship.
Assistant Bacte noose In. addition six months’ pathological

(Competit interneship and two years’ work
Salary: $2100, to. $2,100. File by in a pathological laboratory; or the

December 30. Fee, $2. equivalent. Candidates must have
Requirements performed independently 50 autop-
M.D. degree from an accredited | "¢*
school or a Ph.D. in bacteriology; or Se ee
an MS degree in” bacteriology ritten, 30; training, experience
plus one years experience in a bac- | 8Nd personal qualifications, 30; prac-
teriological laboratory; or an M.S. tical, 40.

degree in biology or chemistry plus
three years’ experience in a bac-
teriological laboratory.

Basis of Ratings

Resident Buildings Super-
intendent (Housing),

Written test. 60: training, experi- Grade 3
ence and personal qualifications, (Competitive)
‘0. Salary: for Grade 2, $1,800 to

$2,400; for Grade 3, $2,400 and over.
The eligible list may be used for
appropriate positions in the lower
grade and also for the title of As-
sistant Resident Buildings Superin-
tendent (Housing). Fee, $2, File by

Director of Publie
Assistance
(Competitive)

Amended notice. Candidates who December 30. _
filed in October need not file again. Requirements
Salary: $6,000 and upward. Fee, $5. Five years’ experience in the

Tile by December 30. Applications
willl be received on a country-wide
basis and if no qualified person is

operation, maintenance and repair
of tenanted buildings, exclusive of
loft and factory buildings. three

ured fron ew York City, the years of which must have been in
list will be. certified in order of | Tesponsible charve of properties of
those passed regardless of prior considerable magnitude; or a satis-
residence. factory equivalent.
Requirements Basis of Ratings
nelars TAUTARGtAETS Written, ); training. expertence

and personal
Factical, 70.

‘administration. oF qualifications, 30;
dition, within

sof paid

Senior Maintainer (Office
Appliances—Typewriters)
(Competitive)

istration been in

responsible direction of a compre- Salary: $2400. Fee, $2. File by
hensive program of public December 30,

ance, of a state, y Requirements

county with a population of ‘over Piva Laearny ctuadcerionne tan
50,000; or an equivalent combination

of training and experience.

wena ln es RETIREMENT LAW |

and personal

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asoline Roll
and Asphalt
Steam Roller E MK

Salary: pt 5
Fee, $2, File by Decembe
Requirements

Two years experience as a gaso-

line roller engineer or as an asphalt
team roller engineer or a satistac-

price on quantities
write to

ROBERT H. ALCORN

fory combination of both as grad- | 1703 2nd Street, N, E.,
Ing and work, of equivalent i

ie andidates must. pre Washington, D. C.
Sent ac te of fitness for the

‘operation of both types of rollers at
the time of the practical tests.
Basis of Ratings»

Written, 30) ical 50; physi

(Comper
$1,800 te
3. Fee: $1

Salary
Decembe

S continuous ex
asa blaster or as a foreman in
charge of & gang of men engaged in
blasting operations for buildings or
public works,
Basis of Ratings

Written, 60; training, experience

and personal qualifications, 40, *

Indiyldual Instruction in body bulld-
Ing our specialty,

A Fully Equipped Barbell
Gymnasium

Pathologist (Orange
County)

Hours: Weekdays, excepting Satur-
days, 10 a.m, to 11 p.m,

Saturday: 10

Sunday: 10 a.m, to 1 p.m.

)
Candidates why
ed not file again
with maintenance
File by December 30. The

m, to 5 pam.

le list will be used only for
positions outside New York City. Write for our descriptive matter.
Requirements

Graduation from a medical school

typewriter repair man or the equi
alent,
not require |, is desi

ganizations or foundations;

Supervising experience, while

iis of Ratings
Written, 50; training, experience

and personal qualifications, 50.

Senior Administrative As-
sistant (Health Education)

(Competitive)

Salary: $5,000, ‘The eligible list

will be used for appropriate post-

rorial,

newspaper or magazine experience

directly related

state or federal governmental ager

cles; (2) public relations work for
city,

advertising, or reportorial

io work of city,

or federal govern-
ency or executive, or for
istrial or philanthropic or-
“or 8

satisfactory equivalent of,
ence and education. :
of Ratings

Written te. & 80:
tions in a lower

Requirements
A bachelor's. degr
years of recent ex
or both of the following
ence and personal qualifica:

lone

Superintendent of Can
La Guardia (Men)

gaStlary: $3600. File by ele
Fee, $3

Requirements
A bachelor’s degree, or jy
(Continued on Page 11)

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Wm. J. Barse, 213 pages

Clerk ‘Typist-Stenographer—Prepared “specially ‘for “City ex-

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Postal Service

Unemployment Insurance Manual ..
Housing Study Text for Resident Building Supt., Grade 3, and

Building Manager ..............
Mimeograph Operators. .

Questions & Answers for Postal Positions—Wm, J. Bars

pages .

Questions & Answers for Customs, Immigration, and Law En-
forcing Positions—Wm. J. Barse, 232 pages..

TECHNICAL PREPARATION
Introductory Course for Finger Print Experts, by Mary FE.

Hamilton ..

Bridges and Bridge Operating in New York City.

Dietician .........

Engineering Review (Structural Steel & Reinforced Concrete).

Jr. Engineer & General Test..
Diesel Monitor. .
Welder's Guide...
New Auto Guide.

Mathematics & Calculation for Mechanics

Diesel Engine Manual
New Radioman’s Guide.
Handy Book Practical Electricity. .
Engineer-Custodians Manual—Exam

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Fireman Study Book..
How to Become a Fireman
History of Fire Department

Fire Department Manual of Instruction—An officer's manvl
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Police Manual...

Law of Arrest in Criminal Proceedings...
Supplement to Law of Arrest.......

Questions & Answers for Motor Vehicle Examiner and Police
Questions & Answers SGt's Examination Study

State Trooper Examination... .
Definitions ..

Everyday Law.......
Everyday Mathematics.

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Civil Service Handbook—1,000 Civil
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Outline Chart of Municipal Government, ,..
Your Federal-Civil Service—A 500-page manual on procedur’
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Mental Tests for Civil Service E:
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Mental Multiplication—A pamphlet
trains for rapid mental calculation
Let's Play Vocabulary—A series of

lary without too much strain on the gray matter,

Draft Facts...
Conscription ....
Building Code,
Sanitary Code.

Penal Code.,....
CS. Retirement Law..
C.S. Arithmetic...

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Pace ELEVEN

ccountants and Auditors

(continued from Page 10)
training; in addition

quirement,

“asis of Ratings

30; bears? experience

ai qualifications, 70,

supervising Tabulating

Machine Operator

BM. Equipment). Grade 4
etitive

(eotlee Candidates who

may, if they

en,

i

od notice.
November

me their original lica=
» aaary:, $2400, Fee File
tion cember 23.
oy Requirements

years of full-time experience

Two \ Hating machine operator, or
8 Soneh operator or operator of
okey PNilary machines in an
installation, one year of

| ust, have bees tn super=
{a tabulating machine in-
whieh tneluded such ma-

‘ecounting, Key punch,
Vollators, comparing repro=

ol
Hasls of Ratings
written, 60; experience, 40,

Railroad Clerk
(Promotion)
only to employees of the
dent Divisions of the N.Y.C,
System, Salary: 55 to 6
‘n hour, ‘Date of written te
{File by December 30, Fee,

gucerss &

open
dep

Requirements

fe {ritten test, and who are other-
ise eligible.

‘. asis of Ratings
Record and seniority, 50; written,

10

Assistant Bacteriologist
(Promotion)
Salary: $2,100 to $2,700.

File by

December 30. Fee: $2, The written
test will be held Feb.
Requirements

Open > all Junior Bacteriologists
who have served as such for at least
one year on the date of the written
test, and who are otherwise eligible,

Basis of Ratings

Record and seniority, 50; written,
30; training, experience and per-
sonal qualifications, 20.

Chief Medical Officer
(Deputy Chief), Fire
Department
(Promotion)

Salary: $6,000, Open only to em-
ployees of the Fire Department, Fee,
$5, File by December 30. Date of
written test: Jantlary 14.
Requirements
Open to medical officers in the
Fire Department who have served
at least six months, P
Basis of Ratings
Record and seniority, 50; written,
20; training, experience and per-
xonal qualifications, 30,

Supervising Tabulating
Machine Operator
(LB.M, Equipment), Grade 3
(Promotion)

Open only to employees of the

Tax Department, Salary: $1,800.
File by December 23, Fee, $1.
Requirements
Open to all Office Appliance
Operator Grade 2, formerly Tab-
ulating Machine Operators, in the

Tax Department who have served
for two years in that title, and who
have been at leas! six months in the
department,
Basis of Ratings
Record and seniority, 50; written,
50,

Housekeeper (Women)
(Promotion)

Amended notice, Candidates who
filed in October need not file again.
Salary: $1,200 to $1,800. File by De-

cember 23, Fee, $1. The written
test will be held March 8.

U. 8.

Deck Engineer
190. File by December

1 © of employment: Army
Yeunsport ‘Serves, War Dept...
Inpoklyn (home port). For duty on,

lying between Brooklyn,
Plgaama, Puerto. Rico,
Age

New Yo
Sin Francisco and ' Hawaii.
limit; 5

keeper (Deck)

182, less $252 for mainte-_
° by December 31, Place’
ment: Army Transport
¢ Department, Brooklyn
), For duty ‘on trans

iving between Brooklyn,
Puerto Rico, San Fran-
i Hawall, Age limit: 53.

tor, Air Corps
hnieal School

; Assistant, $2,600;

Army Air Corps,

Chanute Field, Ran-
Scott Field, Belleville,
Lowry Field, Denver,

Applicants must have high
tchool diploma or a certain sub-
y four years’ experience
lnstructor in shop subjects or
Sop supervisor, which included
sx months in the optional branch
{or Which ‘application is made,
Certain college eredits may be
substituted for experience. ‘There
&e additional requirements for
fades above Junior Instructor,

Thy and’

utical Inspector
3.200-$3,500)

$3,500, and Assistant,
“ Aeronautics Author-
thi Nees of Commerce. | File
nee ‘wither notice, Age: 24-40
Soclate), 24-35 (Assistant),
ecipplicants must have pilot's
fqlitate, solo flying hours and
‘struction. experience,

Aircraft Inspecto: (Factory)
Associate ($2,900)

\it Carrier Maintenance
"spector, Associate

($2,900)

Civiy se

pi! Aeronautics Authority.
lini: git, further “notice, Age
eof ‘cants must have an air-
c ‘echanics' certificate of
Supen(M¢Y and (1) two-year
Méechanieny g experience . in | the
aire 'Mcal Meld of modern. civil
(2) {{* manufacture or repair, or
the <,/C® Years’ experience’ in

Compe fleld, whieh. includes
™Ponents, sub-assemblies, ine

Tests

struments, and accessories, or
final assembly inspection.

Inspector, Engineering
Materials (Aeronautical)
($1,800-$2,600)

Junior, $1,800; Inspector, $2,000;
Senior, $2,600. . for

Applicants must have had two
to six years’ experience in the in-
spection and testing of aeronau-
tical engineering materials, or
aircraft engines and their acces-
ories, Certain substitutions are
allowed.

Engineeriug Drazisman
($1,620-$2,600)

Engineering

Principal, | $2, Chief,
File until further notice,
positions are for work on ships.
Age limits: 45 (Assistant), 6
(other grades).

Engineering Draftsman
(Ordnance)
($1,620-82,600)

ase itt

Assistant, _ $1,620; Engineering
Draftsman, $1,800; Senior, $2,000;
Principal, | $2,300; Chief,’ $2,600,
Navy und War Depts, File until
June 30, 1941, Age limit: 53,

Applicants must be high school
graduates and must have two to
six years’ drafting experience, ac-
cording to the grade, One year
must be in elementary drafting
training or expertence and the
rest in ordnance drafting,

Engineering Draftsman
(Aeronautical)
($1,620-$2,600)

Assistant. $1,620; Engineering
Draftsman, $1,800; Senior, $2,000;
Principal, $2,300; Chief, $2,600.
File by June 30, 1941, Age limit:

53,

Applicants must have two to six
years’ drafting experience, ac-
cording to the grade, One’ year
must be elementary training or
experience and the rest, in aero-
nautical drafting, Certain substi-
tutions for college education are
allowed for part of experience

Engineering Aid
(Aeronautical)
($1,620-$2,600)

Assistant, $1,620; Engineering
Aid, $1,800; Senior, $2,000; Prin-
cipal, $2,300; Chief, $2,600, Army
Air Corps, War Dept. File until
June 30, 1941, Age limit: 55,

‘Applicants mis

have had en-

gineering experience in testing,
research, design, construction, oF
other engineering activities, partly
in the field of aeronautical en-
gineering,

Inspector, Ship
Construction
($2,000-$2,600)

Inspector, Engineering
Materials ($1,620-82,600)

Ship Construction; Inspector
(optional branches—hulls, me-
chanical, electrical), $2,000; Sen-
jor, $2,600.

Engineering Materials: Junior,
$1,620; Inspector (optional!
branches—hulls, mechanical, elec-
trical, radio), $2,000; Senior.
$2,600,

Navy _Dept., for duty in the
field. File until further notice,

Age limit: 55, Applicants must
have had inspectional experience,
appropriate for the grade and op-
tional branch,

Junior Engineer

($2,000) *

Optional Branches: (1) Aero-
nautical and (2) naval architec-
ture and marine engineering,
File until further notice, Age
mi)

Applicants must have a bach-
elor's degree in the optional
branch for which application is
made. Substitution of 10 special-
ized college credit hours or one
year's experience in the optional
branch is permitted,

Engineer
($2,600-$4,600)

Optional branches: electri
heating and ventilating, materials
mechanical, mining, radio, struc.
tural. telegraph, telephone and
weldii File by June 30, 1941
Age limit: 55.

Applicants must have a bachel-
or's degree in engineering, but
certain substitutions for education
are allowed. Two to four years’
experience is required in the op-
tional branch applied for. Grad-
uate study in engineering may be
substituted for part of experi-
ence.

Inspector, Signal Corps
Equipment

($2,000-$3,200)

Junior, $2,000; Inspector, $2,600;
Senior, $3,000, Signal Corps, War
Dept, for duty in the field.’ File
until further ‘notice. Age limit:
56.

‘Applicants must have had col-
lege study in electrical or radio
engineering. In addition, except
for the junior grade, they must
have had experience’ in inspe
ing or testing of parts, assemblies,
or completed units of signal corps
equipment.

Inspector, Powder and
Explosives
(81,620-$2,600)

Junior, $1,620; Assistant, $1,800;
Associate, $2,000; Inspector, $2,300;
Senior, $2,600. Ordnance’ Dept.,
War Dept.’ File until further no-
tice. Age limit: 55,

Applicants must haye had at
least 18 semester hours’ study in
organic chemistry, Additional ex-
perience may be substituted for
part of this requirement, For all
Brades except Junior Inspector
applicants must have had experi-
ence in analytical work in a
chemical laboratory, or inspection
of powder and explosives.

Aeronautical Engineer
($2,600-$3,800)

Assistant, — $2,600;
$3,200; Aeronautical

limit: 53,

abpiicante must have a com-
mercial pilot's certificate for two
aircraft weight and engine cla
fications; 1,000 to 2,000 hours of
solo flying, which included 300
hours of instruction in two classes
of aircraft,

5
R

Mechanical Engineer
(Industrial Production)
ba ($2,600-33,800)

Assistant, $2,600; Associate.
$3,200; Mechanical Engineer.
$3,800, War and Navy Depts.

File until June 30, 1941, ge
limit: 60.

Applicants must be graduates
of an engineering school, and in
addition, except for certain ex-
perience substitutions, have had
professional engineering experi-
ence ranging from two to five

years, according to the grade of
the position.

Inspector,
Ordnance Material
($1,620-$2,600)

Junior, $1,620; Assistant, $1,800;
Associate, $2,000; Inspector, $2,300;
Senior, $2,600, Ordnance Dept.,
War Dept. File until further no-
tice, Age limit: 55,

Applicants must be high school
graduates or have 14 units of
ne to six years’
inspecting and_ test-
ordnance materials as

experience
ing of
armament, armorplate, demolition
bombbodies, etc. or of raw ma-

terials, including metal shapes
formed with dies, ts
and machined pa Certain ¢

lege courses may 5
for part of experience in three
highest grades,

Engineer

($2,600-$4,600)

$2,600; Associate,
Engineer, $3,800;
Senior, $4,600. Optional branches
Cadastral,’ construction, soil me-
chanics, safety, sanitary, general
War and Navy Depts. File by
June 30, 1941,” Age limit: 55.
Applicants must have completed
a four-year college engineering
course and must have had pro-
fessional civil engineering ex-
perience, partly in one of the op-
tional branches

Assistant,
$3,200; Civil

Marine Engineer

($4,600-85,600)

Senior, $4,600; Principal, $5,600
Optional’ ‘branches for ‘Senior:
power plant lay-out and piping,
turbines, boilers, Diesel engines,
deck machinery, and general, File
by June 30, 1841, Age limit: 70.

Applicants must have a college
degree in engineering or naval
architecture, or experience in the
field to substitute year for year.
Also six to seven years’ experi-
ence in engineering, which in-
cludes four to five years’ experi-
ence in marine engineering.
Graduate study may be substitu:
ted for experienc:

Marine Engineer
($2,600-83,800)

Assistant, $2,600; Associate,
$3,200; Marine Engineer,
Various optional branches. ‘
Maritime Commission, File until
June 30, 1941, Age limits: Asso-
ciate and Assistant, 60; Marine
Engineer, 70.

A bachelor's degree in engineer-
ing or naval architecture is re-
quired, Substitutions of experi-
ence for education is allowed in
part. Two to five years’ experi-
ence, which Includes partial ex-
perience in marine engineering,
is required according to the grade,
Postgraduate study may be sv
stituted for part of the experi-
ence requirement,

Naval Architect —
($2,600-85,600)

Assistant, $2,600; Associate,
$3,200; Naval Architect, H
Senior, $4,600; Principal, $5,600.
Various optional branches,
by June 30, 1941, Age limits:
for Senior and Principal, 70; for
other grades, 60,

Applicants must have experi-
ence as a Naval architect up to
seven years, according to the
grade. " College and — graduate

study may be substituted for part
of experience,

Engineering Aid
(Topographic), Senior
($2,000)

U. S. Geological Survey, Dept.
of Interior. Age limit: 53. File

by December 31,

Applicants must be high school
graduates and have four years of
civil engineering experience,
which includes two years in top-
ographic field surveys. Certain
substitutions for these educational
and experience requirements are
allowed,

U.S. Maritime
File by June 30, 1941, Age limit
6

Commission,

Applicdnts must hold a U. 8,
license issued by the Dept. of
Commerce, either as chief engi-
neer or as master, of ocean ves-
sels of any gross tonnage, and
must have had certain appropri-
ate experience.

Junior Graduate

($1,620)

U. S. Public Health Service,
Federal Security Agency an
Veterans’ Administration. File
until further notice, Age limit:

High school study and com-

+ pletion of a specified training
course in a nursing school are
required. In some cases persons

a their final year of training may
le,

Senior Radiosonde

Technician ($2,000)
File until further notice. Age
limit: 55.

Applicants must have four

years’ experience in the installa-
tion, maintenance and repair of
radio equipment, which included
six months with radiosonde (ra-
diometerograph) ground receiv
ing and recording equipment.

Radio Monitoring Officer
($2,600-$3,200)

File until June 30, 1941,
limits: 21-55,

Applicants must have had tech-
nical experience in the installa-
tion, inspection, testing, or opera-
tion’ with maintenance. responsi-
bility, of radio transmitters, *

Age

Machinist
(36.90-88.40 per day)

Ordnance Service, War Dept.
Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet,
N. Y. File until further notice.
Age limits: 18-62. File with Sec-
retary, Board of U, S. C: Serv-
i Watervliet Are

Associate, $3,200; Medical Of-

Op-
tional ‘aviation | medi=
cine; cardiology; dermatology;

eye, ear, nose and throat (singly
or combined); general practice;
industrial medicine (a, gas an:
alysis or toxic dust, b. general);
internal medicine and diagnosis:
medical pharmacology; neuro
chiatry; pathology, "bacteriology
and roentgenology (singly or co
bined); public health (a. gener

venereal); surgery (a, general,

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_ MEN—WOMEN
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Public Health Service, Food
and Drug dministration, Veter-
ans' Administration, Civil Aero-
nautics Authority, Indian Service.
File until further notice, Age
limit: associate, 40; other grades,
53

Applicants must be medical
achool graduates. For the two
higher grades three to five years’
training is required in the op-
tion applied for, For the associ-
ate grade, one year interneship,
Keneral rotating or in a. special
branch, is required, Certain sub-
stitutions for these experience re-
quirements is allowed,

Mac’ (86.92-88,82)

Metuchen, N. Ju
p until further
f

‘Applicants must have had a
four-year apprenticeship or four
years’ practical experience in the
trade

Toolmaker

Fort Monmouth, N. J., $2,000-
$8,000; Picatinny Arsenal, Dover,
N. J., $7.20-$9.28 per day; Ravitan
Arsenal, Metuchen, No Jy $72
$8.40 per day: Brooklyn Navy
¥: 3 File until fur

18-62
nts have com
pleted a four ‘apprenticeship
had four years of practl-
perience
avy Yard Jobs

ny exams

re open for filing

at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Applications may be — secured
Navy Yard, from the

from th

Building, or
t Olfice.

but ex-

inalions iven
perience is The jobs
{ salaries
Anglesmith, y Fires, $8.54
to $0.50 per. day; Anglesmith,
Other Fires, $7.50 :

Wy Fil
mith, Other ‘t

; Boatbuilder, $7.8
maker, $7.87 to
er and Caulker, Iron, $7.58
nith, $8.45 to

Fang

Driller,

Pneu
lange’ Turnei to $9.0:
Fore r, Light, to $10.4

Frame Bender

Cutter or Burr

Holder-On 3

Loftsman, 2:

$0.09 to. $0.89: ‘Pipecover and In-
8

sulator to $8.74; Puncher
and She $6.05 to $7.01; F
8 to $8.74; Rigger, $7.
Rivet Heater, $4.80 to
: Sailmaker, $7.68 to $8.64;
Saw ‘Filer, $9.02 to $9.98; Sheet
Metal Worker, $845 to $9.41;
Shipfitter, $7.78 to $8.74; Ship-
$7.97 to $8,93; Toolmaker,
to Welder, Electr:
to $8.74;

$7.58 to $8.54,

Tool and Gauge Designer

($1,800-$2,600)
Tool and Gauge Designer,
100; Principal,
0.’ Watervliet
} iet, N. Y. Open
to New York State residents.
File until further notice, Age
limits: 18-5:

Attendant, Neuro-

Psychiatrie Hospital
($1,020)
Veterans’ Administration Facili-
ties, Canandaigua and Northport,
File until further notice:

limits:

Applicants
months’
nursing

48,
t have had six
t training in
or six months’ service
ina U.S. hospital corps, or three
months" experience as Attendant
doing ward duty for treatment of
mental or nervous diseases,

‘oolmaker
($7.84-85,28 per day)

Ordnance S rvie War Dept.
Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet,
N._Y.. File until further, nolies
Board of U.
aminers, Water-
Axe limits: 18-02

with Secretary,
Civil Service
Vliet Arsenal,

wright
($7.49-$8.45 per day)

Norfolk Nayy Yard, Portsmouth,
Virginia,
tice

until’ further
20-55.

Bile
Age limit

no-

n Lens, Prism and
est Plate Maker
(87,.87-$8.83 per day)

11S Navy Yard. Washington.

~ adelphia, Pa.;

D.C. File until further notice,
Age limits: 20-48,

Photographer,
$2,000

nches: 1) dry-plate
2) wet-plate photogra-

Senior

Optional bra
plfotography;
phy,

Civilian Medical Officer
(Temporary & Part-Time)

Full time duty, $3,200 or higher;
part-time duty, salary is commen-

Surate with hours of duty. File
until further notice, Appoint-
ment with U, S. Army hospitals,

camps, ete.

Applicants must have an M.D,
with appropriate experience.

Assistant Photographer,

of

syFilt by December 31, Age limit:
i

Requirements

xperience: Senior Photographer
—lour years of responsible paid ex~
perience in high grade photographic
work, one year of which must have
continuously and consistently
In dry-plate Photography, for Op~
tion No, 1 and in wet-plate pho-
tography for option, No. 2. Appli~
ts who are qualified in both
plate and wet-plate photography
may be examined in both Cie
Photographer:
paid experience in high
grade photographic work,
Substitution: Applicants may sub-
stitute year for year, up to a max.
imum of one year, for the require
experience in either grade, sucee:

fully completed full-time study in =
resident selool of photography,

‘Additional substitution for the as-
sistant grade only: the following
may be made for a total of not
more than one year of the required
experience: 1) paid experience in
photostat work or multilith plate
making, up to a maximum of six
months; 2) paid experience in ordi-
nary commercial photo finishing of
amateur work up to a maximum of
six months.

Inspector of Fats, $2,000
Inspector of Miscellaneous
Supplies (Hosiery and Knit
Underwear), $2,000
Inspector of Textiles,
$2,000
Junior Inspector of Tex-

Postal News

By DONALD

Feds Marching Onward!
The New York Federation of Post
Office Clerks have started to lay the
groundwork for
legislative program at the 77th ses-
sion of Congress, Within a short
time the nt Conference of Affili-
at: 1 Po: Employees will embark |
on a plan to hold a gigantic mass
meeting in New York City to ac-
quaint Civil Service and the general
public with the merits of the legisla-
tion now pending for the benefit of
Postal employees. Working unsel-
fishly in the behalf of the Post Office |

another extensive |

MacDOUGAL

phis Syncopators” consisting of seven
musical maniacs, Then came the c
of the stage, and for three months
Don and his orchestra toured sev-
ral states with his “Atlantic City
Revue,” a musical extravaganza.
Back again in New York, he was
once more playing for the select so-
\cial organizations “at their numerou:
rs. During the “speakeasy”
times he played at the Backstage
Club, then located at 39rd Street,
New York City; but Don did not
like the night club life and soon
tired of it.

Suddenly

“jazz” went Into ob-

Clerks and Postal Employees in gen- | livion and in its place came “Dixie-

eral, the Local Federation in New | land

Music." Don immediately

POST OFFICE GROUP
Among the organization officials present at a recent affair
of the New York Federation of Post Office Clerks were: (from
left to right) seated—Max Ziplin, President, Local No. 89, Phil-

Herman Goldstein, National Vice-President;

William T. Browne, Jr., President, Local No. 10; John M. Torka,
National Secretary-Treasurer; Benjamin Tarshis, former Pres-

ident, Local No. 10,  Standir
Loughlin, Secretary, Local No

ng—Abe Kaye, Charles E, Mc-

10; Thomas Flannagan, New

Jersey State Representative, and G. Ralph Catiero, Chair-

York City will endeavor to present ,
the Post Office Em- |

the ¢ of
ployees through the medium of an
extensive publicity campaign, and
the numerous Congressmen in the
metropolitan area will be approached |
for their active support. Central

‘Trades and Labor Councils as well |

as the Central Union Label Council
and the affiliated Unions of the AF
of L will be asked to také part in
this campaign, All unorganized
clerks
local Federation to put this legisla-
tive campaign over the top.

Musician
Twenty rs ago, a young min

struck a bargain. He purchased a
set of drums from an acquaintance,

and although he had no musical
training other than a knowledge of
“keeping time” he was determined

to make music his vocation, ‘This
was the beginning of the musical
career of Don Charles (Lombino),

who lives at 831 East 217th street,
Bronx, N. Y. He studied under the
direction of a capable instructor for
six months,
played at his first engagement, a
neighborhood wedding, which proved
to be unsuccessful from a social
standpoint, ‘This setback did not di
courage this indomitable personalit
Conscientious and continuous re-
hearsing resulted in a rhythmic, well-
trained combination of players.

When “jazz” first took a hold on
the dancing public, Don had an o:
chestra called the “Original Mom

man, Dance Committee.

asked to join with their |

Shortly thereafter he |

sensed this as an opportunity and
formed a band known as the “Orig-
inal Louisiana Five.” With this
combination he made several record-
ings which preceded a three-month
engagement on radio station WPAP,
now known as WHN,

With the passing of Dixieland mu-
d large orchestras coming into
their own again, he formed his pres-
ent orchestra and named it “Louis!~
ana Rhythm Kings.”

Well-known musicians of today
juated from the ranks of the
Don Charles units. Mike Reilly of
“Music Goes Round” fame played
trombone in, the Louisiana Five ag-
gregation, Phil Cappicotti, trumpet
now with a well-known or-

ra, is another. Charles Guarino,
banjoist, at present with the Para-
mount ‘Theatre Orchestra, is still an-
other, Jimmie Dale, pianist, and one
of the best musie arrangers of today,
8 another, Then there is Pete Sa-
lemi, who has been with several of
the better known orchestras, one of
ich is the Enrique Madriguera
Orchestra,

And just In ease you're wander-
ing where this guy Don can be found,
he’s a letter carrier in Williams-
bridge Station.

» ‘There isn't an occupation you can't
find represented in the Post Office.

Washington Hts Dance

The Washington Heights P.O, Em-
ployees Mutual Benefit Ass'n will
hold its annual Entertainment and

Dance on Saturday, January 18th,
9 p.m,, at Glencoe Hall, 159th Street
and Amsterdam Ave, Anthony F.
Peluso, president of the Ass'n, “guar=
antees” another rip-snorter affair
with refreshments and surprises
galore,...all for one buck. The
Heights organization is composed of
postal employees from the following
four stations, with carrier-delegates
who head them: Washington Bridge,
Frank G. Murphy; Hamilton Grange,
Eugene Foster; Station M, Samuel
Scherzer; Inwood, Manuel Lampert,
Jack McGrogan, a carrier at Station
M, is chairman of the entertainment
committee and is a past-master at
the art of what it takes to make an
affair something to talk about.

Installation Dinner

Empire Branch No, 36, N.A.L.C.
(New York City), will hold an in-

stallation of officers dinner on Sun- |

day evening following the formal in-
stallation ceremonies to be held Sun-
day afternoon, January 5, 1941, at
Hotel Capitol, 51st Street and sth
Ave. The dinner will be held at the
Grand Street Boys Club House, 106
W. 55th St, at 7 p.m, Pres, William
F. McHale and his Board of Officers
will be installed for the year 1941.
Then come a turkey dinner and
dancing, ‘Tickets can be purchased
from station delegates or at Hotel
Capitol offices of the Branch. In-
vited gues’ Senators Jim Mead,
Robert Wagner; Postmaster Albert
Goldman and his staff; Congressman
Milton A, Romjue, Chairman of the
House P.O. Committee, Macon, Mo.;
Rep. Martin L, Sweeney, Cleveland;
Ohio, and J. Harold Flannery, Penna.,
both of the House P.O, Committee,

local Congressmen and National Of- |

ficers of the National Ass'n of Letter
Carriers,

Postmaster and Tree

Postmaster Goldman dedicated the
huge Xmas tree in the lobby of the
General Post Office, last week.
Present were all postal employee or-
ganizations, postal workers and their
families and friends. Scheduled
speaker was Postmaster General
Frank C. Walker, expounding from
Washington via radio,

By the way, this is a secret: Post-
master Goldman, Is our Idea of what
Santa Claus really looks like in the
flesh,

He’ Was a Man

‘The best epitath that could be given
Anthony Shafer is this: Postal men
liked him,

‘The late Anthony Schafer, Super-
intendent of Mails in Charge of Grand
Central Annex Post Office, was as-
signed to that Annex in 1927 as an
Asst. Supt. in the Delivery Section,
Within a relatively short space of
time, he earned promotion to the job
ot Superintendent in Charge of the
Delivery Section by the zealous,
faithful discharge of his task. He
was loved by all of his subordinates
asa fair and just man to work for
and with,

Tn 1937, he was again advanced,
this time to the position of Super-
intendent in Charge of the entire
Annex. In his years of service, he
assisted the Postal Officials in the
huge task of remodeling the Grand
Central Annex. from an old building
with insufficient working space on
the two floors into a real modern up-
to-date structure using five stories
ot working space that has the latest
and best improvements of all sorts.
‘This was done without disturbing the
daily handling of the mails in any
way although many hundreds of
thousands of letters are handled
daily,

All the news... all the exams

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LEADER.

Inspector of Clot};
J $2,000."
lunior Inspector of
ing, $1,629 “M%
Quartermaster

Cor
partment, File until Brean bi ma
Abe Units: 25 00 55, exce

‘Tex! and in dt
sector of Clothing. whtel ibe
4

Senior Artistic
Lithographer, $2 0100
Arti He FRORE Apher,

1,800
Negative Catter, g| 809

Assistant Artistic

Lithographer, §| 620
Junior Copper Plate Map
Engraver, $1,149

Junior Artistiy

Lithographer, § | 449

Applications will
the it

further

Maltilith Camerans,, and
Platemake ker, $1,620

Multilith Press Oper
$1,440

File by December 31. Ao tiny
18 to 53. a”

‘ator,

Requirements
Multilith Cameraman nd py,
maker: Two years of pili tilt

0
ence in muttillth. work,
of which must ‘have ‘i

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Tra
Examiner (Frei

$2,300 and $2,000

Transportation Tariff
Examiner (Passenger),
$2,300 and $2, 000

by December 31. Jobs in the

File by PCSmmerce | Commission.

aterstate
limit

senior Bookkeeping

Machine Operator
$1,620

rile by December 31, Age limits:

fines

Requirements
vandidates must have
apeeast 1 year of paid experl-
‘ operation of one style
yiter-general accounting
the Burroughs
“machine,

experience? (

pie Ell
cenit
ting-b

vA nine, the National type-
kkeeping machine, the
electrified bookkeeping
the Underwood ac-
chine
must state in their ap-
the style of machine they
pe Seeing (1) the trade
aMeof the machine, the manufac~
ve machine, and the model
» the exact operations
ed. (describing in detail in-
billing, ledger posting,
viii way-roll work, stock
7 other work performed):
of the employer and
under whom the €x-

Advertisements
each six words. Min-
um $100, Copy must be submitted
Hore noon on Friday preceding pub-

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a farmland and a rip-
dst reduced to $8,600,
ARTHUR, Real Bsinte
SUSTON,' New Yorke,
Tanhattan,

REAL ESTATE
HOME, 6 room
pare, elecric is water, $1,808,
‘ ut oat
Naston, oN

porch,
‘Terms.
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Three

BUSINESS  coRTTRTEE
1 ied firm will pare
lo or individual account.

OWL Service Leader, 97 Duane St,
CONVALESCENT HOMES

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SANUTATIUM, Amityy

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Resident Phy
44th St. MEU, 2-8828,
SHOPPING SUGGESTIONS

HED BUPTONS, BUCKLES, MADE
\ MINUTES for fumt! a tew

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yen’ Math" Novelty. ‘Button

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"Diets.

Br. Otce «vy,

thn, 64

perience was gained; and (4) the
dates of each employment,

Senior Blueprint Operator,
$1,440

Junior Blueprint Operator,
$1,260

Senior Photostat Operator,
1,

Junior Photostat Operator,

gghile by December 31. Age iimits:

Gauge Checker

Salary: $8.72, $9.20 and $9.8, File
by December 31, Place of employ:

ment; Ordnance Service, War De-
partment, Watervliet (N, Y.) Arse-
nal, Age limits: 18 to 62,

Bindery Operative (Hand
and Machine)

Salary: $.66 an hour, Positions in
the Government Printing Office,
File by January Hours of em-
ployment: 40, Age limits: 18 t

Associate Animation
Director

Salary: $3,200, War Department.
File by January 3, Age lmit: 53.
Requirements

High school graduation of 14 units
of completed high school study.
Candidates who do not meet this re~
quirement will be given a general
test in which a rating of 70 is re-
quired.

Experience.—Applicants must
have the experience specific
under (a), (b) and (c) below.

(a) 5 years of experience in
directing people on creative motion-
picture production

(b) 1 year in planning and direct-
ing animation and special effects.

(c) 2 years of experience in the
writing ‘of motion-picture scenarios
in_the English language

Such experience may have been
gained concurrently and must have
demonstrated familiarity with mo-
tion-picture methods of photogra-
phy, planning and editing, anima-
tion’ equipment and accessories,
methods of animating motion pic-
tures with various mechanical de-
vices: and the ability to design
special equipment to meet specific
problems,

Second Assistant Engineer

(Marine)
Positious will be filled as Third
Assistant. Engineer, §2,190; and

Junior ‘Third Assistant ' Engineer,
$2,190, File by January 6. Place of
employment: Army Transport Serv-
ice, War Department. Brooklyn. For
duty on transports plying between
Brooklyn, New York, Panama,

San Francisco and
Tage limit: 80,

Puerto
Hawaii,

Junior Warehouse
Examiner

Salary: $2,000, Optional subjects:
1) cotton warehouses; 2) grain
warehouses. Agricultural Marketing
Service, Department of Agricultti
File by J uary 6, Age limit;

Accounting and Auditing

Assistant
Salary: $1,800, File by December
30, Age limit: 53, Vacancies in
other sositions requiring similar

qualifications at $ 620 and $1,440 will
be filled from this register,
Requirements

Appleants must meet the require-
ments specifie: in any one of the
following: 1) successful completion
of at least two full years in a resi-
dence school, in an accountancy
course, or in ‘a commercial or busi-
ness course which has included t
study of accountancy in each year;
2) at least three years of paid ex-
Perience in the performance | of
jookkeeping, accounting, or aucdit-
ing duties of a responsible nature;
3) a time equivalent of (1) and (2):
or 4) possession of a certificate as
certified public accountant in a
State, Territory, or the District of
Columbia,

Junior Airway Traffic

Controller
Salary , $2:000. | File until further
notice, Age limit
Dulles

‘To stand regular watch, maintain
contact by telephone, interphone
and teletype with air carrier, mili-
tary and other aircraft dispatchers.
with airport radio stations,

Assistant Biological Aid
(Fisheries), $1,620
File by January 15. ».ge limit; 53.
Requirements
of practical field and.
experience in some

ery investigations 4
a

Three yeai
or laborato!
phase of. fi
volving duties Similar to th
scribed. For each year of this
perience requirement, up to a m:
imum of two years, applicants n
substitute one year of successfully
completed college study, provided
that an, average least one
course in biology must be shown
for each year substituted,
Basis of Ratings
A_written test will be given and
candidates will be required to scort
at least

Associate Aquatic Biologist.

$3,200
Assistant Aquatic Biologist,
2,61
Optionss supjects: (1) _ fishery
biology; (2) aquicutture and lim-
nology: (3) physiology and nutri-

tio
Flie by January 16, “Age limit: 5:

PON
MINEAC door nedan, $695
floor sed, © $550

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STerling 3-

This Week’s
Federal Exams

Hospital Attendant $1,020
Mess Attendant $1,020

(Less Maintenance)

File by December 23. Place of
employment: New York City (all
services), Age limits: 18 to 45,

Duties

Hospital Attendant: To assist in
attending patients; in checkin
care of linens, uniforms, ¢
move trays from. beds ond. wards,
collect and dispose of waste; wax
and polish floors; disinfecting, and
related duties.

‘Mess Attendant: ‘To perform duties
in connection with the mess hall
and kitchen In hospitals and yet-
erans homes, and the maintenance
of and order, ‘These
include assisting cooks

in preparation of meals, assisting in
the

waiters or
serv=

halls as
mess attendants,
r pantryman or kitchen helper
in the kitchen, collecting and dis-
posal of waste, bus-boy duties, care
and maintenance of mess’ and
kitchen equipment, dishwashing,
etc. Assignments may be such as to
include but a limited range of the
duties as outlined above, or may in-
clude the rotative assignment
throughout the day, r week, on
pract'zally the entire scope.
Requirements
Hospital Attendant; At least three
months experience as institutional
attendant or orderly, doctor's or
dentist's office attendant, practical
nurse or student nurse, steward or
rdnes: matron,
mentor. or maid, or re!
Mess Attendant: Three months of
attendant, cook,

mess

in, bus boy,
elated posi-

pantry
Eitahen helpet: oF in
dining

tions in kitchen, pantry or
room service,
Basis of Rating
No written tests will be given.
Applicants will be rated on their
Seherience end fitness on a seals
of

Junior Calculating Machine

Operator

File by January 16,
to 53, ’ Employment
3 the mames of eligibles will be

placed on lists determined by the
type of machine upon which the
applicant has had experience. Com-
pelitors must, therefore, state in
their applications the type of ma-
chine upon which they have worked
and the type of machine that they
expect tp use in the practical test.
‘Basis of Rating

Competitors will be rated ona
practical test. This test is to be
performed directly on a calculating
machine and consists of exercises in
addition, subtraction, multiplication,
and division, ‘The ating is based
on both speed and a . About
two hours will be Tequired for the
exam,

lation, and operation of pilot plan
e-scale equipment; and
sible for the correlati

be _respo

that of cooperating agencies; or

or research work: to be responsible
for the design, construction, instal-

nts
to
on

and coordination of research with

to

perform professional metallurgical
or metallurgical engineering work
in connection with the recovery or
‘ation of metals, either ferrous
ferrous; the degree of respon-

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Salary: $1,260. File by January 7
1941, Age limits: 18 to 53, Place of

employment: Raritan Arsenal, 24
tue) . Place of exam: Me-
tuchen, N. J,

Requirements

Applicants must have had within
the past 10 years at least six months
of experience as operator in a large
central office, or at least one year
of experience as operator in a
branch exchange,

Basis of Rating

Special tests, 60; experience and

fitness, 40,

Principal Metallurgica!
Engineer ($5,600)

Senior Metallurg’

Engineer ($4,600)

Senior Metallurgist
($4,600)

Metallurgist ($3,800)
Associate Metallurgic:
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ociate Metallurgis
00)

ft
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limit: 60,

Duties
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(Continued from Page 13)

sibility and importance of the duties
vary In accordance with the grade.

Requirements
Education experien A
degree, with major study

lV
experience
process ore

physical Murey, at
Years of which must haye been. as
prescribed in (a) or (b) following

in

trating. clearly
coverics, or writing,
cant is a per

the

Important charucter tn a 8
branch of metallurgy. or
gical demonstrating

ability to plan

ast have demonstrated

city to ¢
ch, devel-
work of

gage in succes:

allurgy. or met-

ering. Ability
and coordinate
activities of impor=

e shown.
and Met-

Engineer
f

progressive
in metall
gineering, a years
Which mist have shown conclusi

in. metalluray
or metallurgical engineering,
Associate ' Metallurgical
and Associate
‘of responsi progressive
experience in’ metal-

gical engineering,

been in’ moderately
and important work in production,
fabrication, development, or re-
search

Basis of Rating
ed on their
‘on a scale of

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Up-State
Exam
Chemung County

tendent of Highways

1 salary $2,400, Fee, $2. File
by January 4.

Duties
Act as supervising head of the
county highways works; have gen-
eral supervision of construction, im
provement, and maintenance of
town and’ county ald highw:
county roads and bridges; consult

with the supervisors on town high-
way matters; prepare estimates, on
‘and construction work;

Requirements
4 must be legal residents
ung County for four months
preceding the exam.
‘They must have five ye
practical construction experience in
a supervisory capacity in building
or maintaining modern paved high-
ways and bridges, ‘Technical educa-
tioh may be substituted for exps
an engineering degree being
dited as two years general ex-

perience.
Basis of Rating
, 4; training and exper!-

Middletown

Clerk, Stenographer and
Bookkeeper

($832-$1,300; appointment expected

Write
ence, 6,

in Publi¢ Works Department at
$892, and in Education Department
at $16.34 per week for 10 months.)
Fee, 50 cents. File by January 18,
1941, ‘Test February 1.

Duties

Under general supervision, do of-
fice work involving responsibility in
carrying prescribed procedures and
instructions; do bookkeeping; take
and transcribe dictation; type r
ports ayd other statement file
communications; related work.

Requirements

Either (a) four years general of-
fice experience, including steno-
graphic experience; or (b) high
school graduation, including or sup-
plemented by a stenographic course;
or (c) a satistactory equivalent. All
candidates must be citizens of Mid-
dietown for one year preceding fil
ing deadline,

Basis of Rating

TeSt of accuracy in recording ma-
‘ial of some difficulty dictated at
15 words a minute, and test of speed
of transcribing stehographic xiotes at
20 words a minutes, 3; test in steno-
graphic, general office, and book-
keeping practices, 4; training and
experience, 3. Candidates = must
provide hte ol pen and pencil,
stenographic notebook and ruler.

oRVES AMERICA FIRST

American Red

Send Memberships and Contributions to
MEW YORK CHAPTER

rican Red Cro

318 ras Ave, New York

of the event.
‘Park Operation Men
Discuss Job Problems

‘The second meeting of the Super-
visor of Park Operation Bligibles
Association was held Friday night at
Gilhuly's Restaurant. A report on
tentative surveys of positions that
might be open or held appropriate
for the title of Superintendent of
Park Operation was read,

Three resolutions were passed be-
| fore the Association adjourned. The
first motion authorized the secretary
to contact the Municipal Civil Serv-
ice Commission with a request that
the Supervisor of Park Operation list
be held appropriate for the position
of Resident Buildings Superintendent
(Housing). Another resolution called
upon the secretary to communicate
with the United States Civil Serv-
ice Commission to use the local city
list for appropriate positions on the
defense program as authorized by
the President.

The third resolution concerned the
business of contacting Park Depart-
ment officials to see if openings for
supervisors’ positions, now vacant,
might not be included in the new
budget, The next meeting of the
Association will be held on Friday,
Dec, 27.

New Officers for

Engineers Union

New officers of the Foreman and
Steamroller Engineers Union (Fed-
eration of Municipal Employees)
were elected at a meeting last week.
The new officers are: Abe Gold-
fischer, president; T. Twohig, vice-
president; Philip Benjamin, secre-
tary and treasurer; James Passant
and Philip Martin, delegates; Fred
Bayer and M. D. Shevett, alternate
delegates; Fred Bayer and George
Chrystie, trustees,

Dongan Guild
Elects Officers

Delegates from 34 bureaus of the
State government working in New
—_—_——— | York City last week elected new
officers of the Dongan Guild, which
coordinates Catholic activities among
| State Civil Service workers, James
L,’ Hanrahan, of the Secretary of

(Continued from Page 4)
considered, The Commission has to
certify from hundreds of registers
and to many departments at the
same time, Never can the Commis
sion keep a precise or accurate rec-
ord of the apportionment among the
states. It tries to keep up with it
as best it can, always trying to live
up to the spirit of the scheme. If
you have sometimes wondered how
it was that eligible number 185 on

number 10 on the same 1
even got notice of certifica~
tion by the Commission or an int
view or request for appointment

your list got an appointment while |

BULLETIN BOARD

All Civil Service organizations are invited to forward notices
of meetings and events for appearance in the Bulletin Board.
Please have your notice in by Friday of the week preceding date
There is no charge for this service,

State’s Office, is the new president.
Others are John I, McGrath, Hous-
ing Authority, vice president; Jose-
phine Kenny, Insurance, treasurer;
Florence M. Rice, Taxation and Fi-
nance, secretary,

Outgoing president Frances M,
Smith, Banking, reported on the
progress of the Guild during her

two years service: the annual cor-
lecraty communion mass and break-
fast, attracting 1,200 State employee
the reading program, which brings
the latest in Catholic thought on
social questions, and teachings and
history of the Catholic Church; re-
treats for men and women.

Rev. Bernard J. Fleming, of St.
Andrew's Church, is spiritual direc-
tor of the Guild. Its office is in the
Secretary of State's Office, 80 Centre
Street, New York City.

T

Investigator Eligibl
To Meet January 18

The Social Investigator Eligibles
Association will hold their next
meeting Wednesday evening, Janu-
ary 8, at 3 Beekman Street, The
meeting will start promptly at 8

p.m. All eligibles are requested to
attend.
Civil Service Group

To Discuss Free Press

“The Free Press” is the subject of
the December Inter-Departmental
Forum, to be held Monday, Decem-
ber 30, at 6 p.m., at 259 State Street,
Albany. Dwight Marvin, editor of
the Troy Record, will lead the dis-
cussion, Members of 18 state de-
partments have already participated
in the forums, which were set up on
a monthly basis early in the fall.

Fire Eligibles
To Hold. Meeting

The next general meeting of the
Fire Eligibles Association will be
held on Friday, December 27, at
P, S. 27, 42nd St. near 3rd Ave.,
Manhattan, at 8:30 p. m.

Eligibles may cure 1941 mem-
bership cards and badges at this
meeting, or by sending a money
order for $1 to treasurer Warren F.
Smith, 97-11 Waltham St., Jamai
L, lL.

Additional Bulletin Board items on
page 16,

The Federal | Quota System

from the department, it was prob-
ably due to the “quota rule.
state already had too many appoint-
ments at Washington, and residents
from your state will just have to
wait until some of the other state
residents under the quota get theirs
Violates Merit System

That violates the competitive prin-
ciple, you complain, Sure it does,
But Congressmen are- more con-
cerned about their state constituents
than they are about merit and fitness
alone.

The quota rule does not apply to
positions in the fleld services; that
, federal positions outside of Wash-

State riployes, 4

Put on Satire

A candidate waits for
tire day to see Grace 4. p\'
president of the Staje ch
Service Commission, Wii...”
o'clock comes ’round, sh
sees the genial
head, and gives
Service application, ‘Th,
cation turns out to be for «
eral test.

With this as the theme, »
employees of the Coy i.,\%
satirized the workings
department last Tuesd:
at the annual Christma
held at the University cj)
bany.

Catherine Shanahan, seni.
Municipal Research Assia,”
was in charge of the
tion, Featured -players
Granny Hills, Bleanor A;nj,
Bill Bewsher, Connie }iq,,,'
han, Matty Lavenia, Milire
Klayo, Bill Killian, Josey,
Schechter, Joe Tammany, pry
McGinnis, Larry Kerwin, gi,
Osborne, Elmer Wise, Tec He,
er, Phyllis Field, Mo
Dermott, Bill Tinney,
Becker, and Bill McCart)

Civil’ Service carole
Marcia Buchman
Campbell, Beatrice Cohey
Harry For, Jerry Bush
John Christie, Phyllis
Richard Lomax, and
Walsh.

Assisting Miss Shanah

On en,

¥

were

ances

were
Charley

Frances Becker, Paulie Me
chalak, Mary MeDermott, Gar,

son Zausmer, Connie Hanrahan,
Louis Drexler, Marion Cham.
berlain, Thomas Wal
Matty Lavenia,

Slightly indisposed, Min
Reavy was unable to
But a telegram from
tended the season's gr
plus wishes for two inc
during 1941,

Bank Joins

The select group of American is
stitutions and business organization
| which have paid 200 uninterupd
dividends will be joined on January!
by Central Savings Bank in the Ciy
ot New York with the payment ot
dividend at the rate of 2" pers
num for the current quarter
announced by Charles G.
president, today.

Since 1859 dividends ho
paid every year, semi-an
through July 1, 1922, an,
thereafter.

and

"200" Club

t wat
dwardy

the

ington. ‘The departmental
embraces only about 90,00)
1,000,000 positions in the en
at present. ‘Th
ented by the q
trom the point of view of the el
seeking placement, in the
service is not as alarming a
seem at first, While New
usually been over its quota, !t
the present time slightly |
quota in spite of the lar

of appointments made

months, So far as the field
concerned the quota rule

ure in at all; and thi
of the entire federal servi

TITLE SEARCH

4 Sumner, Gl, 81 & McAlea,

ONONDAGA

Cole, -W.
85.500,
00,

ASST.

R, OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERK,
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY

STATISTICIAN OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS,
COUNTY

4 »
3 Fralbert, J.

New State cee Lists

& Nemeth, Mi, 87
4

is :
1 Powers, M. Ry, 93.280, 4 Randall, A. Wa, 86,700. 14 Williams, 1 ,
2 Hanaehinan, 'R,, 02080, 4 Hall, M.S), 81,800, 1 Conting i
ASSOCIATE STATE CCOUNTS AUDITOR, 4 a 1 Sereno, A. ® i,
BUREAU OF AUDIT AND CONTROL x0 Powlesiandy, I In 88 Se nae’
1 O'Connell, BH, 8t, ASST. STENOGRAPHER, CONSERVATION 0”
SENIOR TAX AUDIT CLERK, COMMODITIES DIVISION OF LANDS AND FORE

1 Franklin, B, W.,
2 Allen, Li B,

i 8 Droxen, R,, 87.88

ASST. STENOG)

DIVISK

2 Ssntkowskt, J., 88.449.
rans 2 Collamer, D, it,, 86.687.
., 70,250, DENTIBE, MENEAL HYGIENE DE! FS

1 Ninke, C. Ay

89,865,

HL MoGrath,
12 ¥

al
Vreeland, 2

90,890, 4 Butts, GA

ir
offer, A, B.A

1, 6 Fuller,
ITs
RAPHER, Ror rarath per

ON OF FISH AND GAME

OPERATOR ON PUBLIC WORKS 2 Maratein, 8. 'D., aK to,
COMMISSION, ONONDAGA COUNTY & Bum, Re i, Bt

Provo, J. J. 90.810, § Mattioe, Gs Fs 70,480, 3 hevines Ti, 18.680," 10 Malloy, E

Obergteli, 88.070, Keaton! W. Jo Td) OARD:
3 Bardes, D. + 70,000, ASST. STENOGRAPHER, PAROLE 5
4 Towne, 3 9 Fairbank, Gy P, 17-400, NEW YORK DISTRICT
% ERI 1 Perlman, A., 90.760, 4 Litshita, By 85-95,
TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL NURSE, TYPE A £ Becimap. Au DOE Diese ey, 088 ]
1 Burke, C. D,, 90.000, 2 Fischer, J. H., 00,500, 4 Romels,’R., 89,719,
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER

PAGE FIrteen

cember 24, 1940

sy, De
MOVIES ie
NEIGHBOR (Para-
THY rumount. Fred Al-

the P
yal

hey had a film
Ht any ot the
‘anti-Benny Amer-
which is doubt- |

a little confused. In
up to now the boys
n voices on the air,
with a knack for
twist to situations
of ts: when Mary
Jack, he js a
iit for all of us fn the
But in bringing the

fe on the screen the
| couldn't seem to get
he script men, The
punny honky-tonk
all tinselled up with
ite marble, and pink
us seventy-million

p Pahl Avenoo plus gags.
NNERHEIM LINE (Russian
As in the Nazi

krieg in the West” this
{ the attack on Finland
real enemies are
nee, that the Finns

By JAMES CLANCY MUNROE
+

Abe Lyman in person
at the Strand

had to be crushed In “self-defense”
(as the Poles were). Both films
have animated maps and cold-voiced
commentators designed to impress
us with the scientific thoroughness

vj Che Parade

ot the military operations, Both
propaganda films drag a bit for us
unadorned democrats. But there is
one big difference: The Nazi film
shows no wounded, no dead; men are
moved like chessmen and taken like
chessmen, The Soviet film shows
the dead and wounded; it shows that
creatures with feelings fight in wars,
that they bleed, suffer, struggle, die.

Second hand lunch department.
Elsie, the Borden cow, maintains her
usually high standards, but even
without her the thing would still be
corny.

DR. KILDARE’S CRISIS (MGM)
at the Capitol, This is the most
popular periodical after the Hardy
family series. In this chapter the
long-lost brother in the form of Rob-
ert Young gives a blood transfusion
to a weakening plot; it’s not quite
as good as some of the others.
HULLABALOO (MGM) at the
Criterion, Frank Morgan goes hay-
wire in a radio station, It's mostly
Morgan and pretty funny..

MUCH TOO LATE FOR REVIEW

LITTLE NELLY KELLY starring
Judy Garland comes to the Criterion
tomorrow (Tuesday the 24th), HERE
COMES THE NAVY with Jimmy
Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Frank McHugh,
and Gloria Stuart is at the Globe.

And Latest

ice Commission during the past
ders should remember that ce:
intment.
jn is not necessary for the de;

yone who has a question concer:

roadway

tant, Gr, 2—Last number certife

ial Clerk,
nintment)

Gr.
st

3 (for approprinte |
number certifed,

ry (promotion) —Last number eor-
‘e)

Allenist, Gr, 3—Last number

ant Chemist, Board of Water Sup-

82.400, probably permanent—Last
1, 4

(inrdenée—Last number

tant ap-

ant Supervisor, Gr, 2—Last number
ilant-Messe

Gr, 1—Last num-

Driver (for appropriate ap-

(side elty)—Last number
[aut number certified, 20,
umber certified,
ber certified,
(number appointed,

Gr @ (app, for Gr, 1)—(1) Dept
Water Supply, Gan and Blectri
}, orbaby Dermanent—Laat n

‘si

| S440, temporary —Last
Attendant —i

Dio SInys MUSIC HALL
R TER
STARTS PaORApAS

7 Grant Katherine Hepburn
James Stewart

he Philadelphia Story’

yn-Mayer rr
ON at yer Pieture

ay

Florence
New Year Revue will
mber $0th, Sym:

Kenerved, Cirote 6-4600

NOW PLAYING!

ERROL FLYNN
LIVIA De HAVILLAND

Arner Been Hit
“SANTA FE TRAIL”
nite
RAYMOND MASSEY
PERSON

ABE LYMAN
Aud Mls Culiforntana

TRA

or write the Information Bureau,
New York City, COrtlandt 7-880.

number appointed,

Broadway |) R y Seventh Av.
and 47th St. | ox & 50th St.

our Chances for Appointment

Certifications

jiowing iy « tabulation of certifications made by the Munteipal Civil

week. All lists which were certified

iy departments appear alphabetically,

rtification does not necessarily mean

Usually more names are certified than there are vacancies.

partment making the appomnement to

y all the persons certified to it by the Commission,

ning the ceftification of his list should
Municipal Civil Service Commission,

Diesel Tractor Operator — Last number
cortined,

| Mlectrical Repairne Last’ Number’ a
tified, £0.

Elevator Mechanic, Dept. of Welfare,
$1,380, probably permanent—Last num-
ber RETR

Fireman, Di tapes for Fintiores
Man) §.625 per hou!
nent

Dispatcher, Fire Dept.,
Dermanent — Last
26.

elegraph
686, probably
umber ¢ertife
Handyman (for approprlate
Thent)—Last number cortifed,
Housepat Dept. of Docks, $8 day,
Probably permanent—Last number cet
tinted, 24
Inspector of Foods, Gr,
| appointed,

olnt-
283,

%—Last number

Inspector ot Holst and Rigging —Last
number certified, 14.

rpentry, Gr.

t number

at number

certified,

| suitor “Architect, Gr, &—Last number
‘Aswenor

ointment) Last numb

Vputecth castes

appropriate p-
certified, &
number ‘cer

tifled,
Laboratory Helper (app. for Laundry
Worker) female—Dept. of Hospitals,
$790, temporary—Last” number certi:
Tentonant, Police Department — Last
number Certifies, TS.

Locksmith—Last number certified, 4.
Lbrarian— numbo:

| Taboratory "Assistant
ast number certified,

HENRY FONDA
DOROTHY LAMOUR
LINDA DARNELL

CHAD
|HANNA

IN TECHNICOLOR

CIRCUS ROMANCE
Roxy's next feature, based
on Walter Edmond's best-
selling novel, Chad Hanna,
features Henry Fonda, Dor-
othy Lamour, and Linda
Darnell, in a romance
against a background of

the Big Top.

i
number

Last number certified,
velal Worker—Last

42
aps

rifled, 8.

Pathologist

Patrolman,
pointed,

Patrolinna,
fi

Last number certifed,
D.—Last number

355.

F, D, $—Lust number cer-

(app. for Fireman, Oil Burner) —
Jouning Authority, $1,200 (vrub-
ir certl-

ably permanent)—Last
fied, 2,962,

Domestic Relations

Dept, of Sanitation (competl-
60, probably permanent—Last

Sergeant, Police Department (promotion)
certified, 42
jor—Last

number ap-

nuniber’ certified, Dept.
Welfare, $1,200, probably permanent—
number certified, 483.
‘Agent—Last number certined, |
|
| Stenoxrapher and Typewriter, Gr, —
lyn College, $1,200, probably
ent—Last number certifled, 1,008,

‘Telephone, Operator, 1—Last num.

| A Big Hollday Stage Show

FREDERIC MARCH
JOSEPH

na Ogee UNITED
ARTISTS

BETTY FIELD
CONRAD'S

"VICTORY"

With si
* Cedrte Hardwicke, Margaret Wycherly, Jerome Cowan

BIWAY & 497K 87.
MIDNITE SHOWS

VOLI

tae
ber certified. £0,
NYC Housing A
3960, probably permanent—
Last number certified, 2,473.

| Watehman-Attendant—(i) Depi. of Hos:
pitals,
ably

prob-

$600 with maintenance,
permanent—Lust number

6 Dept. of Hos:
Last number cert!

For the First News—

Of all City, State and Federal
examinations, read The Leader.
Full official requirements, filing
dates, and other important in-
formation appear first in The

Leader,

LITTLE MEN (RKO) at the Rivoli. |

Is Your kxam Here ?

Below is the latest news from the Muntetpal Civil Service Com-
mission on the status of exams which attracted 300 or more candi-
dates, THe Leaver will publish changes as soon as they are made
known,

OPEN-COMPETITIVE |

Accompanist: Part II of the practi-
cal test has been completed,

The rating of the written test
been completed,

Maintainer's Helper, Group B: The
rating of the written test has been

Administrative Assistant (Wel- | com
"7 . pleted.
fare): The rating of Part II is in|” ygaj ‘ O:
Beogieea! aintainer’s Helper, Group C: The

rating of the written test has been
completed.

Maintainer’s Helper, Group D:
|Rating of the written test has been
completed. The competitive physical
will probably be held the latter part
of this month,

PROMOTION

Clerk, Grade 3: The
| has been completely rated

Automobile Engineman: The list is
now being completed,

Baker: 75% of the written test has
been rated,

Clerk, Grade 2 (Board of Higher
Education): The rating of the writ-
ten test is in progress,

Cook: The rating of the written
test is in progress.

Court Stenographe:

The rating of

Part “A" is in progre Clerk, Grade 4; Rating of the en-
Engineering Assistant (Electrical) | tire written examination is nearing

Grade 2: The rating of the experi-| completion,

ence will be completed late this " '

enihe Lieutenant (Fire Department):

Record and seniority are being ra
The list will probably be available
next week,

Stenographer-Typewriter, Grade 2
(City Wide): All parts of this exam-
ination have been completed. The
| list is being compiled.

Supervisor, Grade 3 (Social Serv-
ice) (City Wide): This examination
is being held in abeyance pending
the outcome of litigation.

LICENSING TESTS

Jr. Administrative Assistant (Wel-
fare): Same as Administrative As-
sistant (Welfare),

Jr, Engineer (Sanitary) Grade
The rating of the written test has
been completed, The oral interview
will probably be held this month.

Management Assistant (Housing)
Grade 3: Rating of written test has
been completed. The oral interviews |
will begin next week.

Management Assistant (Housing)
Grade 4: All parts of this test have

been administered. Master Plumber: 356 candidates
Office Appliance Operator: ‘The | filed for this test.
practical tests are continuing. Oil Burner Installer: Appeals on

Playground Director (Male): The
qualifying practical tests will be
iven December 26 j i
: Playground paar ene 27 (Femate):|_ Have you # friend in a training
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Rating of the written test is now in |
progress, |
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in progress. i}
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ne United States Civil Service Commission, together with ex- State Trooper eligibles who

» Civ’ ic i have not been appointed from the
from the Civil Service Assembly, is undertaking a study of) ave not Ucen appointed from the

pill meet Friday night, December
at 8 p.m., at the offices of the | pureaus spending emergency relief funds will be consi,
Civn. Service Leaver, 97 Duane
ar Street, New York City. Eligibles
ate Association ho! hi
1. The types of facilities of local r re plese be ee hag decree : | employees affected by this important decision are employ
arvitcner’ encies which could) Elects New Officers may either come to the meeting |the following agencies: National Youth Administration, gM
be used immediately by the United | Officers for the coming year were} or write to Box 15, C1vm Servica | Accounting Office, Procurement, Accounts and Depo, ts,
States Civil Service Com ye in| recently picked by a number of| Leaver for further information. Security, Interior, Navy, Office of the President, War, Co,
Het with the national defense chapters of the Association of State Labor, and woe Sedledg partied Ns
‘oRtaM. ene , $ 4 5 é | The Selective Service Act itse!
he types of possible coopera- |Civil Service Employees. Here are Public Works, secretary: Catherine | makes mention of the temporary,
nm federal and local | some scattering returns: Attica State Prison—Lawrence Law, | definite, or probational employer

Temporary U.S. Employees
Get Better Status If Drafted

Roughly 50,000 U, 8, employees having “temporary” stat
id
manent” employees if the draft catches them, personne!

|of the agencies concerned decided last week, Emerge,

and means to meet the present emergency demands upon
‘al, state, and local personnel administration.

joint study will be di ed +.
toward discovering such information
as

Ney

“|given an indefinite >,
| status, ‘Thig status giver st

s which would be sufficiently |" New York ¢ Alito State risen Lawrence Law, | 00 et Ot oo wervloai Age aihioh
rrant the enactment Of tion and Finance, president; ‘d Gents Raymond Leyden, secretary; Wil- | guarantees the jobs of permanent eid nr ot aid than 4
additional legislation or the removal |/C. Riffel, Education, first vice-presi- | tred Denno, treasurer. |employees only. Some agencies such | ht at the discretion pny tl
of legal obstacles dent; John F. Powers, State Insurance| Game Protectors—Chester Griffith, !as the Railroad Retirement Board, | "ed at the discretion of his
3. The possibilities of joint adver-| Fund, second vice-president; James | ge president; L, S. Morris, |the Interior Department, and the|™ent head.
tising, recruiting, and testing pro- | Slavin, DPUL third vic . ficerpresident:, Everett Rog-|Ciyit Service Commission definitely ———_
grams by federal and local jurisdic- Mane + treasurer; Law| ers, secretary; Dwina : 4
grams by federal and local J Vehicles, ‘secre-| Kerst, Schroon Lake, treasurer. [have said that drafted temporary €™-| Unemployment Lists
The practicality of joint. utiliza- , Labor, corre-| “State Vocational ‘Institution—Roger | Ployees will be dropped from the). quis Weel
4. The practicality of joint utiliza: secretary; Ruth A. Hawe, | Donahue, president; John F. Quinn, |Tolls,
tion of existing and future eligible | Taxation and Finance, recording secre- | vice-president; William J. Baker, sec-| In addition, the personnel directors] The open and promotion 14
Tate fOr C1 Rese Of DostOne compton | Eeey: retary; Fred A. Ballieul, treasurer. decided that local draft boards must! Associate and Senior Uno,
to the federal government and local| Buffalo—J. Milford Dig State, Waterford Public Works Shop—Leo | approve before federal employees of mplo

Insurance Claims Examiner yj
out this week, according tg

Civil Service Commission oq
The promotion list in the Aq

jurisdiction

ident; Willis G. Clark, Parole, vice-| Dalton, president; James Doyle, vice-|draft age are appointed to foreign
5. The types of personal

Pi
rvices, | president; John M. O'Connor, Educa-| presideht; William Hansen, secretary; |

the continuity of which is essential | tion, secretary; Franklin LeMon, DPUI, | Richard Lynch, treasurer. bed resid oe sane points for an
to local jurisdictions, and which | treasurer. |W. R. C. Home—LaVerne P. Smith, |idefinite period.

Noida hoe be | too theavily drawn acuse—Joseph A. Mercurio, Tax, | president; Helen W. Fingar, Ruth E,| Meantime the Civil Service Com-

Pe atloral govecnment’s | President: Edward J, Delaney, Public |Munyan, C. F. Gilday, executive com-|mission has suggested that those | grade won't be ready until atte
upon in the federal government's | Works, vice-president; Amy” Cregg, | mitte ‘hired to replace drafted men be|uary 1.
recruiting program y z f: a Uses
6. The possibilities for additional

training programs related directly |
to the ral government's national
|

xperience of thi

and other civil service agenci
last World War, in an en-

to develop a guide for the

vation of future problems and

Architects, Ex
Elect Officers

Society of Architects and En-
of the Board of Education
last meeting elected the fol-
nf officers for 1941; August A
, president Byrne,
»-president
ary; J. Kalb
William treasurer.
ittee chairmen: Henry Haas,
nment; John T. Moore, pub-

licity; Sam Vornchuck, membership;
I. Cohen, ement; Edward F.|
tive. Delegates

Fr A. Dieter, and Evan ss
L. Gaunter, Alternate delegates

Joseph Braff, Edward Ferrand, and |
Michael Pruzan. |

Anawanda Club
Plans Big Affair

More than 5,000 persons, many of
them members of the judiciary, lead- |
ers in the nation, state and city, and
persons well-known in po- |
‘al, social and civic circles, are |

ied to attend the 74th annual |
ainment, reception and dance
of the Anawanda Club, to be held on |
January 10, at the
St. and Broadway,

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