Civil Service Leader, 1941 April 29

A NEW
POST OFFICE
EXAM?

See Editorial, Pag

TYPIST-STENO

Apply This Week sem.

Simple Requirements for

NEW HOSPITAL ATTENDANT TEST

See Page 5

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Listing of U. S. Agencies Hiring Without Civil Service

Mayor’s Sanitation Plan Creates Trouble

See Page 2

FDR Brings 125,000 Under Civil Service
Who’s Included? Who’s Excluded? |i

See Page 4

FIREMAN TEST POSTPONED

See Page 2

FREE COURSE FOR AUTO ENGINEMEN fe

. See Page 2

Pace Two

Pucsday,

Mayor LaGuardia’s proposal
create a new title of Junior Sanita-
tion Man will, in effect, mean that/|
in the future the entrance salaries
in the Department of Sanitation
will be $1,200 and $1,500 instead of
$1,860.

Thi;

to,

emed clear this week as the

problems
abolition of the sanitation man,
A title and creation of the new jun-
for sanitation man position. |

The Mayor, in his annual budget

message, directed the Commission to
draft appropriate resolutions putting
the changes into effect by July 1.
And a classification committee is now
attempting to work out a proper
grouping of titles to accomplish the
goal set by the Meyor.

Present Titles
At present the titles in the Depart-
ment are: sanitation man, class A;
sanitation man, class B, and sanita-
tion man, class C. The Mayor
abolished cless A and combined it
with B, and gave all present class
B men a $60 a year raise to $1,920.
The Commission will probably

adopt a new classification which pro-
vides for junior sanitation man
(with saleries of $1,200 and $1,500);
and Sanitation man, class A ($1,920
a year); and Sanitation man, Class B
($2,040 a year).

Promotion by Seniority

Thus, the entrance salary would
be that of junior sanitation man—
either $1,200 for clerical work in the
various districts or $1,500 for work
in garages and as cheuffeurs. Pro-
motions from $1,200 to $1,500 and
from $1,500 to $1,920 would be made
according to seniority without writ-
ten examination,

\

Sanitation Issue Goes to Court

Benevolent Group Sues Department for Recognition

Beset on all sides by crucial prob- |
lems, the Sanitation Department |
last week was smacked by a suit!

Grego and Michael Morro, who head
four organizations combined as the
joint Council of Drivers and Sweep-

ers) are commonly known and re-

“Upon information and belief, no
| proper books and records are kept
by these organizations; no proper
accounting is made of the dues and

from the Sanitation Benevolent As-| ferred to throughout the Department | other moneys received and disbursed

sociation, The substance of the
SBA action is that the Department,
abetting th Four Horsemen, has
prevented the men from joining this
zation. The petition asks
‘recognition of the Sanitation Be-
nevolent Association, and .. . the

same rights and privileges as are
enjoyed by the various other organ-
izations in the Department of Sani-

tatior

‘The action is directed against Com-
missioner William F. Carey, who is
now in South America,

Among the points made in
petition, filed last week in the Su-|
preme Court, New York County, are
these:

“Upon information and belief, they |
(Abe Kasoff, Elias Shapiro, Anthony |

the

| fers,

of Sanitation as the ‘Four Horsemen’
and the ‘Musketeers,’ an alleged cor-
ruption of the phrase ‘Must get
theirs.”

“This Joint Council is upon in-
formation and belief patronized by
the officers of the Sanitation Depart-
ment of the City of New York, and
exercises a*malevolent and insidious
influence in the said department
whereby it has been enabled
coerce and force drivers and sweep-
ers... to pay dues against the
will of said drivers and sweepers, by
playing upon fear. , . and impo)
tuning them with threats that unless
hey affiliate with the organizations
comprising the so-called Joint Coun-
cil, reprisals in the form of trans-
preferment of charges, fines,
suspensions, and dismissal will be
imposed upon them.

Strictly Personal

many advan-

tages of this bank’s strictly
personal checking servic
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count... No minimum
balance ever required . . .
No charge for items de-

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State or City ON EACH CHECK are like those
employee, you (outhout charge) of depositors of
can enjoy the jarge amounts

+ Statements:
mailed
, Bank

and voi s
without charge .
opens at 8:30 A. 3
Accounts can be opened
and deposits made by
mail.

City, State and Federal employees are given im-
mediate credit on salary checks when deposited.

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be nt bt eae

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by them; and the funds of said or-

ganizations have beén wasted and
| diverted from the purposes intended
by their members and used for im-
proper purposes to the detriment of
(such members.”

‘The petition avers that the organ-
izations comprising the Joint Coun-
| cil operate with the knowledge and
| tacit approval of “some of the offi-
cers of the Sanitation Department,
as a political bloc, trafficking in pa-
tronage and favor, and flourishing
because of their alleged ability to
hold the drivers and sweepers of the
Department in state of apprehen-
sion. ...”

The petition continues to make out
a case for the necessity of a single
city-wide organization rather than
four, and accuses the Sanitation
Commissioner of “unlawfully, arbi-
trarily, and capriciously” withhold-
ing recognition.

Attached to the petition is an af-
fidavit by Philip Kirschner, attorney
for the SBA, placing specific charges
| against the Four Horsemen which,
Mr. Kirschner says, he investigated

himself and knows to be true,

It is possible that other groups
may enter briefs in this case, on

the ground that employees should |

not be denied the right to join or-
ganizations of their own choosing.
Among the groups
such briefs are the American Civil
Liberties Union and the Civil Serv-
ice Reform Association,

Disputed
Sanitation Test
Will be Held

|. Despite the fact that the Mayor's
budget eliminates the title of Sanita-
tion Man, class A, and places present
employees in that title automatically
into class B, the Municipal Civil
Service Commission intends to go
ahead with its scheduled promotion
test for class B.

Only about 200 candidates filed for
the promotion test and while there is
no need for class A men to teke the
exam, scowmen and laborers with
three years of experience in the
service were also admitted,

The class B test does not inyolye

count 50 percent; and practical tests
will be given a 50 percent rating.
The date for the first practical tests
has been set for July 26,

‘The Commission has not decided
whether or not to return fees to thi
class A men who originally filed for
the exam but who now have no rea-
son to take it. |

Van Name to Speak
On City Retirements

Ralph L. Van Name, Secretary of
the New York City Employees’ Re-
tirement System, will speak on
“What the Pension System Means to
Employees of the Former BMT and
IRT Transit Systems,”Tuesday, April
29, from 5:45 to 6 p.m, over WNYC,
on a program sponsored by the Mu-
nicipal Civil Service Commission.

Mr, Van Name will review the Re-
tirement, Disability and Death Bene-
fits and other features of the City
pension system as it affects the sub-
way workers under unification.

considering

© | cessfully

Appointments, of course, could be
made from the eligible list directly
to the higher title and the $1,920 a
year salary, but this is unlikely.
‘There also remains the question of
whether or not the $1,200 and $1,500
men will receive increments under
the McCerthy law. According to in-
formed opinion they will be eligible
for $120 a year raises until they
reach $1,800,

Which List?

Another phase of the problem of
the sanitation: eligibles which the
Commission is attempting to solve is
the matter of the two lists which
were set up several months ago. The
first list, composed of the first 750
men, was made the No. 1 list and was

Mayor’s Sanitation Proposal Creates Difficu

Who Gets the Jobs? What Are the Titles? How About Raises? How Do Promotions Come?

Ities

to be certified for jobs that paig

$1,500, including the regui,, i:
sanitation man position, I; ,,,°#
to be used for appropriate yo.
‘The second list containing
of the names was to be us
paying $1,500 and less for
was declered appropriate. L,.,
the Commission moved to ;.
earlier action and recombi
into one list and certify
down the line for all jobs.

Under the provisions of a 13-
year-old resolution, 157 city em-
ployees have received adjust-
ments up to $3,120 a year, which
in some cases involved raises of
as much as $400. This was re-
vealed this week when the New
York City Civil Service Commis-
sion announced that of 206 who
applied for the salary adjust-
ments, 157 were qualified, 48 were
found not qualified, and one em-
ployee declined the promotion.
Of the total qualified, the largest
number—107—were in the Board
of Transportation, 39 were in the
Department of Public Works, two
in the Board of Water Supply,
five in the Manhattan Borough
President's Office, three in the
Department of Docks, and one in
the Board of Est{mate,

The resolution under which the
adjustments were made was adopted
by the city administration in Janu-
ary, 1929, It provided that any em-
ployee in the permanent service in
the Board of Tranportation with a
grade 3 title, receiving $2,160 or
more, and who was employed as

Salary Adjustments
Employees Get Raises Under Old Rule

that pay less than $1,600, which
|been going to men’ on the ttt
group. The Commission reed
zction on this proposal but 1) 44
cide soon what to do, ~

ae

transitman, assistant engineer, dr
man, engineering inspector, gn pla
examiner, or the equivalent, ‘ing
who retained a preferred list ‘ts,

was eligible to take a no:
tive exam for a higher sala:

206 Applications

When it was decided th,
ary adjustments were du:
tions were sent to depart
which there were employe«
ly with the Board of Tran
and who were qualified {
tion without a competitive ex

he sale
pplicas
ents i
fc

m.
total of 206 applications were issues
For candidates whose status wos in
doubt, a special committ

formed to conduct an oral
consisted of representatives of
Civil Service Commission, the
of Transportation, and the
Director's Office.

‘The report of the commiitee, »
mitted this week, declare
this committee has found tive
portion of the applicants qui
promotion to the salary of $3.12 i
is recommended that each of the nine
city departments concerned be given
the result of the determination of the
qualifications of its applicants, so that
it will be in a position to take any
appropriate action it desires.

‘The competitive exam for fireman
won't be announced during May.
The decision to postpone the test
another month was made by the
Mayor but his reasons were not dis-
closed.

‘The chances are better than even
that the application period will open
the first week in June,

Meantime, the Municipal Civil
Service Commission has approved
the events to be given in the physical
exam, The actual description of the
events will not be made public for
| another four or five weeks, but The
| Leaver has learned that the test in
almost all regards will be the one

Fireman Test Po tponed

submitted several months sgo by!
Professor Francis Patrick W i
NYU who designed forme
for police and sanitation candidates,
A full description of Professor Wall
suggested exam was publish
previous issues of The Li:

The only part of the
events which has not
definitely settled is the co:
test, The Commission has
decided whether to incluc
omit it; also the question o!
it will be competitively
simply considered qualifying
must be determined,

Additional information for firemaa)
candidates will appear regularly i)
The LEADER.

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Learn to Operate

| The first 500 men on the recently
| published auto engineman list are

a written exam. Record and seniority | being canvassed by the Municipal |

| Civil Service Commission to find
out how many will take a free
training course in the operation of
street cars. According to the Com-
| mission, “those eligibles who suc-

complete this training
\course will be certified selectively
to vacancies in the title of street
car operator in the BMT Division
of the New York City Transit Sys-
tem.”

There are more than five times as
many street car operator vacancies
as there are auto engineman posi-
tions, The latest rv ort shows 275
street car operator vacancies and
only 50 as auto engineman. The
former position pays $0.5208 an hour
(or $25 a week for a 48-hour week).
Regular pay increases every six
months bring the salary up to $0.77
an hour at the end of five years,

Recently Turned Down

The Civil Sei vice Commission re-
cently certified the auto engineman
list for street car jobs, but the Board

Course for Enginemen

Street Cars

of Transportation returnec!
it was inappropriate. They ‘0
stand because the eligibles ba\
tested on the operation of
driven, rather than elect?
vehicles,

A compromise was Wo!
after the Commission sue:
training course,

The course. starts May
conducted by the

Eligibles have the choice ©
ing from May 5 to 9 or !
12 to 16. On the form ‘
the Commission the men ‘
to indicate their choice 10
to take the course—elth’

men.

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City-Wide Promotions Invalid

Court Decision Is of Vast Importance

BURNETT MURPHEY
wide promotion lists were
id invalid in an opinion handed
own py the Court of Appeals last
low yd in the case of Corneh vs,
Kern. promotions in Civil Service

ust be confined to departments
aA may not be made on a city-
fire basis according to the implica
Wont of the Court’s decision, which
f, made without opinion.

he Supreme Court had previous-
, held that city-wide promotion
y could be established and de-
nicipal Civil Serv-
in using depart-
and
“h city-wide promotion lists
; departmental list exists, com-
ith the law.

Appellate Division reversed
mn and held that there was
norization in the Civil Service
the rules of the Commission
use of city-wide promotion
rhe Commission was enjoined
aking appointments from

BY
city

speekend

th
itn

uch lists.

Appellate Division has now
upheld by the Court of Ap-
in a three to four decision,
‘Two Types of Lists
For many years the Commission

Listing of
Girl Playground
Directors

‘A new eligible list for playground
(female), will be published
e Municipal Civil Service Com-

within two weeks. The list,
has been in preparation for
months, will contain the names
of several hundred successful can-
+s out of an original field of

tical tests for playground di-
were finished in January and
at time the Commission has
computing the final ratings.

e notices will probably be
his week.

und directors are appointed
at an entrance salary of
There fs no minimum salary
the position in the Civil
sification, hence appoint-
be made at different rates.
ment prospects aren't too

usually
$1,260.

bright at the moment for eligibles on
the list, There are no immediate)
‘vaca but during the summer it
4s expected that there will be at|
Teast 200,

The playground director list will |

be published in full in The Leaper |
as soon as it is officially released by
the Commission,

Information Test
Won’t Be
Complete Loss

The examination for Assistant In-

formation Director (New Yorle-City
Information Center) will be com-
pleted by the Municipal Civil Serv-
kee Commission, despite the fact that
fe Center has been abolished in the

y new budget.
‘The Commission decided to com-
Plete the test, even though the job
hich it was designed to fll has
iminated, in the hope that
{propriate positions can be found
it other departments, A total of

i persons filed for the test and
tay ie the written exam on Jan-
witst what jobs can be discovered
Wich vould be considered appropri-
i, femains in doubt. One official
bey Noek suggested that there might
ni heed for an information assist-
at LaGuardia Field,

Laundry Worker
list Next Week

The eligible list for laundry work-
chic Which applications were re-

Y issued, was not quite ready
The Leapgr went to press;
©, the names of all eligibles
st will not be published un-
week,

‘Ng publication of the list,
will be given physical,
nd literacy tests and upon
pletion the list will be used
existing vacancies,

lr com,

followed the practice of establish-
ing two kinds of promotion lists:
first, a departmental list containing
names of eligibles within a depart-
ment; secondly, a city-wide promo-
tion list on which all eligibles were
placed in accordance with their rat-
ing on the test, regardless of the
department in which they served.
When a vacancy occurred the de-
partmental Jist was used first, But
if no departmental promotion list
was in existence, then the Commis-
sion certified the top eligible on the
city-wide list.

By this process the Commission,
according to critics of the plan, pre-
vented use of competitive lists for
appointments where no departmental
promotion lists were available,

The right of the Commission to
establish city-wide promotion lists
was first raised in the case of
Abrams vs. Kern, involving the em-
ployment of clerks and stenogra-
phers in the Department of Welfare.
Many observers believed that, as a
result of this case, the validity of
city-wide promotions had been up-
held. ‘The Commission so assumed
and continued with the establish
ment of scores of such lists and con-
tinued to make appointments from
them,

Hundreds of appointments have
been made from city-wide lists.
While some doubt is now cast over
these appointments, the decision of
the Appellate Division apparently
does not upset them, But there still
remains a chance that all city-wide
promotions may be voided,

The firm of Gabriel Kaplan and
Sidney Fine, 1440 Broadway, repre-
sented Cornell in his action’ against
the Commission. The Corporation
Counsel argued the case for the city.

Paul J, Kern, president of the
Commission was greatly disappointed
by last week's decision and declared
that he would move immediately for
|a reargument before the Court of
| Appeals.

THE MEN WHO

ment of Parks.

gad BS Lg) A amend A ce A et

FEED THE ANIMALS

in New York’s zoos are Civil Service, too. They're selected
through regular tests, and are employed by the Depart-

Above you see one of the zoo employees

explaining the antics of monkeys, and another feeding
the seals. New Yorkers like their efficiently-run zoos.

A study of salary scales of em-

portation is now underway in an
| attempt to bring them into line so
that men working in the same titles
with receive the same pay. Ranges
vary widely in some jobs; for ex-

among the various lines.

pected to be upward and officials of
the Board heve said that no reduc-
tions are contemplated.

ployees in the IRT, BMT, and IND) Will

The actual adjustments probably
be made before July 1, the date
hen the crisis in relations between

& |w
Divisions of the Board of Trans-|+,. Board and Transport Workers

Union members is expected.

Austin Hogan, president of the
Union's New York local, last week}
told employees that the Board|
would probebly hand out a few more

ample, the range for railroad clerk | “crumbs” in the form of raises in
|is from $0.49 to $0.72 an hour'| the next few weeks.

Late last week the TWU presented

increases to all persons working on
the subways. Michael J. Quill, in a
letter to Chairman John H. Delaney,

Subway Pay Scales Studied

TWU Cites Detroit Case as Board Seeks Wage Changes

of the Board of Trensportation, cited

another case of collective bargaining

between a union and a governmental
agency, Wrote Mr. Quill:
“Let me invite your attention to

the “fact that the Detroit Board
of Street Railwzy Commissioners,
|which is a governmental agency |

| operating transit lines for the city of

Tennis
Tournament

‘The Mayor's Athletic Committee is
once again sponsoring a singles ten-
nis tournament open to all in the
city service. Trophies will be award=
ed to first and second place winners,

Those who wish to enter the tours
nament should communicate with
Harry I. Bronstein, Bureau of the

Budget, 1200 Municipal Building.
Entries may be turned in until May
15, Pi s will be required to

hold a Parks Department permit for
use on city tennis courts,

In addition to the tennis tourna-

ment, discussions are going on for a
possible paddle tennis tournament
for singles, doubles, and mixed dou-

Budget Goes
To Council

The Mayor's proposed tax levy
budget will be submitted to the City

| Council officially today, Tuesday,
April 29. It is intact, except for
a minor cut of $529 and the total

figure ok’d by the Board of Estimate
last Friday night is $573,740,594,13,

The scores of voices raised at the
Board’s recent public hearing de-
manding alterations fell on unheed-
ing ears, apparently, for the Board
refused to change the budget in any
important respect.

It is expected that the City Coun-
cil will hold a public hearing on the
budget this Friday. Additional hear-
ings may also be held next week.

Councilman Joseph Kinsley, chair
man of the finance committee, said
this week that questionnaires would
be sent out to department heads
asking for an analysis of the budget,
The department heads may be asked
to appear at the public hearing and
give their opinions of the budget in
| person.

The Council cannot increase the
budget, nor can it switch appropria-
tion from one service to another. Its
| Power is limited to cutting out items
|or decreasing them, However, if
| items are struck out, the Mayor can

veto the Council's action and the
Council in turn has to get a three-
fourths vote to override the Mayor.
Such a majority is unlikely with the
present membership of the bod

Therefore, it seems fairly certain
that the budget proposed by the
Mayor on April 1 will be the one
finally adopted and the one which
will go into effect officially on July
\1.

| Detroit, entered into a collective bar- |

| gaining labor agreement with a labor
| union the other day in respect to the
|rates of pay and working conditions

All adjustments in wages are ex-| its alternative plan calling for salary | of its transit employees, who, like

|those in New York City, are em-
ployed under the Civil Service sys-
| tem.”

the part of the telephone oper-
ator (male)

police department came this

week, when the Court of Appeals
upheld them, The Court affirmed

vision, which directed that the
list be used instead of the regular
patrolman register. The eligibles
previously lost the first round o!
their fight in the Supreme Court
before Justice McLaughlin,

The climax in a long battle on|clared that the resulting list would |

Telephone Operators Win Case

Court Holds Police Department Jobs Must Go to Them

There are 302 positions in the de-

| be used for switchboard jobs in the | partment for telephone operators; 87

¢| court,
| Spiegel. He contended that if Valen-|be free for outside duty.

Police Department. However, after

would rather appoint rhen from the
regular patrolman list, give them a
training period until they were ap-
pointed as cops, and ignore the other

the decision of the Appellate Di-| list.

Went to Court
The telephone operators went to
represented by Samuel A.

tine’s action were given legal sanc-
tion, the merit system would be in

| are held provisionally by appointees

eligibles to have) the list was made public Commis-| from the regular patrolman list, the
their list used for positions in the | sioner Valentine decided that he | rest by patrolmen, and, in many

cases, sergeants,

The way now seems clear, unless
|there are additional moves by the
administration, to certify the tele-
phone operator list and make ap-
pointments, The trend for many

months has been to replace regular
with

| patrolmen on the switchboards
| civilians so that the patrolmen w

|LaGuardia’s new budget contain:
provisions for a full staff of oper-

The announcement of the exam | peril and all eligible lists would be | ators working under the title “tele-
for male telephone operators de- | jeopardized.

| phone operator (police).”

For the third time last week the
request of John J, Walsh, president
of the Auto Engineman Council of
the Department of Sanitation, that
Auto Enginemen be admitted to the
promotion test for assistant foreman
was denied by the Municipal Civil
Service Commission, On two pre-
vious occasions after study by the
staff of the Commission similar re-
quests have been turned down.

‘At the same time the Commission
denied requests that laborers and
clerks be allowed to take the test.

|

Never Say Die!

In behalf of the Laborers, John B.
Morton, Acting Commissioner of
Sanitation, declared: “Your commis-
sion is requested to include this
group (laborer, Department of Sani-
tation), as heretofore this class of
laborer was permitted to compete
and as their length of service and
duties performed give them the
necessary experience the Department
is desirous of giving these employees
ample opportunity to advance,”

Study Report
After studying Morton's sugges-

tion, an examiner of the Commis-
sion reported that, to the best of his
knowledge, laborers had not previ-
ously been admitted to the assistant
foreman test, Only those employees
in the titles of scowman, dump
laborer, sweeper, driver and auto
truck driver were eligible.

Clerks were excluded from the
test after an official observed that
“promotion from clerk to sanitation
man is not in the ordinary line and
was allowed as a privilege rather
than a right, there seems no logical
reason for crediting time served as
clerk toward eligibility for assistant
foreman,”

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Oral Exams for
College Clerks

The oral exams for college clerk
candidates will begin on May 2 and
are to continue until all eligibles have
been called, It is expected that this
will take until the end of the year,
since only about 15 persons a day
will be examined,

There are about 50 provisionals
holding jobs as college clerk and
they will be replaced as soon as all
parts of the exam are finished, This,
however, is not expected ‘to be bee
fore the simmer classes begin, Prace
tical tests in stenography follow the
oral exam and candidates can elect
either to take these or not,

City Promotion
Exams Ordered

Four new promotion exams were
ordered this week by the Municipal

Civil Service Commission, They are:
Foreman of Payers, foreman auto
machinist, foreman auto machinist
(Parks Department), and Borough

Superintendent, department of House
ings and Buildings,

At the same time the Comr
decided to reannounce the exam
Director of Medical Social Ser
Grade 6, early next month,

Locksmiths Will
Repair Doors

‘The eligible list for Locksmith was
declared appropriate for door check
| repairer on the basis of selective cer-
| tification this week by the MCSC.

In doubt? Ask The LEADER'S
Free Information Bureau,

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Pacer Four

FDR Brings 125,000 Under Civil Service;

Many Openings Soon to be Available
Those Included, Those Excluded in Ramspeck Act

During the next few months the order on April 23 that finally will National Youth Administration, and

Civil Service Commission will have
to announce many new examina-
tions in order to supply personnel
for the estimated 125,000 additional
Federal jobs brought under Civil
Service by the sweeping presidential

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put the Ramspeck Act into effect.

‘Tests probably will have to be
announced soon for attorneys, ad-
ministrators, many types of scien-
tists, and other professional and
technical jobs either heretofore ex-
empt from merit or else partially
exempted.

(Editor’s note: Please don't write
the Civil Service Commission to ask
about the anticipated tests. The
Commission isn't prepared to make
announcements now and Its policy
is no comment on future tests. ‘The
LEADER will keep you informed.)

Spoils System Wiped Out

The President's order, a great step
that will virtually wipe out
spoils system, will become par
effective on July 1, when all the jobs
are brought under merit. However,
non-competitive physical and mental
|tests required under the act won't
start until after January 1
| Meantime, the Commission will
meet with heads of all agencies to
[agree on new exemptions, such as
policy-making posit‘ons. Also, the
Commission will announce new tests
and build up registers so that it'l
be in a position to supply eligibles
for the thousands of new jobs under
its jurisdiction,
vacated between July 1 and
1, however, must be filled

from Civil Service registers or else
the Commission must agree to waive
its rules,

records show that

More than 821,000
employees are covered under
Service, Roughly, 100,000 can't be
|touched by the presidential order.

They were either in Schedules A
and B, exemptions approved by the
Civil Service, or else they were ex-

empted ‘by Congress,
\ Who's Excluded?

The breakdown is as follows:
Schedules A and B, 40,000, ranging
from part-time laborers to confi-
dential se ies. _ Congressional
exemptions; 22,000 WPA administra-
| tive employees; TVA, 19,000 em-
ssistant U. S. District at-
ys, and all persons appointed
by the President and subject to Sen-

ale confirmation and temporary em- |

ployees,

Probable exemptions: G-men and
other FBI employees except finger-
print classifiers vho already are un-
der merit. Federal Reserve System

employees and employees in the |
Federal Land Banks. Employees of
the Library of Congr , all Capitol

Hill employees and all ¢
Federal courts.

Merit experts pointed out that the
order specified employees in the “ex-

nployees of

ecutive branch.” Library of Con-
gress and other Capitol Hill em-
ive branch

re in the judi-

cial branch, It’s quite likely, how-
| ever, that other orders will be issued

bringing in Icgislative and judicial

employe'

Laborers Affected

the |
ially |

Civil |

Home Owners Loan Corporation.

All employees paid from emer-
gency relief funds in agencies except |
WPA also will be brought under.
|'This will affect some 35,000 em-|
ployees at General Accounting Office,
Procurement Division, Interior and
Agriculture departments, and the
Accounts & Deposits and Disburse-
ments division in the Treasury de
partment among others.

Here's a listing of Washington de-
partments and agencies that can
continue to hire personnel without
Civil Service—until July 1—together
with their Washington headquar-
ters:

Reconstruction Finance Commis-
sion, Room 301, Lafayette Building.

Public Works Administration,
Room 6020, North Interior Building,

Civilian Conservation Corps, Room
7450, new Postoffice Building.

Federal Housing Administration,
Room 127, FHA Building.

Farm Security Administration, 8th
floor, Barr Building.

National Youth Administration,
2145 C Street Northwest,

United Housing Authority (posi-

Tuesday, April 29, 194

These Agencies Can Hire
Without Civil Service

tions paying over $1,980 only), p,,
€-340, North Interior Building, °°"

Petroleum Conservation Diy,
Room 5128, Interior Building.

Agricultural Adjustment
tration, Room 6715, South
ture Building.

Office of the Comptroller of {y,
Currency (positions from funds “'*
sessed from banks only), Room gay
Washington Building. 24,

Home Owners Loan Corporat
HOLC Building. oe

Procurement Division (positio,
paid from emergency funds on sy
Room 662, Seventh and D sir.
Southwest,

Public Buildings Administratio,
(positions paid from emerse,”
funds), Room 153, Seventh ani)
Streets Southwest.

ision,

Adminie.
Agricul.

Attorneys Get Special Plan

‘The President ordered that Plan A,
or the Frankfurter plan, be used in
the selection, recruiting, promotion]
and transfer of attorneys, And it's
| believed in Washingtor that this plan |
is going to run into trouble on Capi-
tol Hill. Money will be needed to
carry it out and many members of
Congress, including Chairman Robert |
Ramspeck of the House Civil Service
Committee and author of the act,
don’t like Plan A.

Briefly, Plan A calls for appoint-
ment of a 9-man committee to select
lawyers from an ungraded register
which means any eligible person
can be selected, Five general coun-
| sels in the Government, two private
\lawyers and two law professors
| would be appointed by the President
to make up the board of law exam-
iners, The solicitor general and the
chief legal examiner of the Civil
| Service Commission would be ex
| officio members, No members would
be paid, but the secretary and cleri-
cal would be put on a payroll. Re-
gional sub-committees would be set
up in states or regions to select at-|
torneys. i

Annual exams for lawyers would]
be given. Registers would expire
each year, If a person is on a reg
ter for three years he will be in-
eligible for further competition,
Veterans preference, the President
said, would be in effect for lawye!
but no one knows just how. Law-
yers would be selected under the)
state quota system. Federal lawyers
affected can hold their jobs by pass-|
ing non-competitive test

Federal employees called whose)
military service and whose jobs are |
| affected will be given an opportunity
| to win merit when they return, Em-
| ployees on furlough or leave without
pay when the order becomes effec-
tive won't be given a chance to get)
Civil Service, but they can get their |
jobs back if they return within a
year of their furlough or leave-with-
out-pay date, Otherwise, they must
| be separated,
| The President provided for em-
ployees who will be separated from
their jobs after the order becomes |
effective and before they get status:
provided: they get transferred within
|@ year after separation, have six
|

months satisfactory immediately pre-
ceding separations, that they are|
| recommended by department heads |
| where they served, and they qualify
through noncompetitive tests, |

It's expected that several thousafid |
employees will fail non-competitive |
tests which will mean they'll have

to leave their

jobs within six
| months, However,

the order specified |

The General Investigator Elig-
ibles Association is about to take up
with the U. 8. Civil Service Com-
mission the matter of extending
their lists for another’ year. The
lists included are the Customs and
Immigration Inspectors, Junior In-
spector and the Assistant and As-
sociate Investigator lsts for sep-
arate Law, Accounting, Pharmacy
and General groups. The Junior
lists expire about October 10th and
the others somewhat later. ‘The
Commission is seeking to use the
Junior lists for Navy Police posi-
tions, has promised to use them for
‘office and clerical appointments, is
using the Law lists, and has indi-
cated specifically that it intends to
continue the Accounting lists. In
discussion with the Commission, the
Association will assert therefore
that the Commission must logically
be as anxious as the eligibles to
have the eligibility periods ex-
tenided, so the Commission will con-

Classes for
Printing Apprentices

Printing apprentice classes have
been resumed in Brooklyn Tech-
nical High School, Fort Greene
Place and DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn,

Classes will be held Monday and)
Wednesday evenings. Apply for ad-|

mission at the school,

All the exams—New York City,
New York State, and United
States—open at this time are
listed on the exam pages. For
complete examination news, fol-
low The LEADER’s exam pages
regularly,

A Digest of News for
Investigator Eligibles

tinue to have available the person.
nel it definitely needs.

May Petition FDR

If the Commission's attitude js un.
favorable or indecisive the Associa.
tion will start promptly getting
60,000 eligibles on the General In.
vestigator lists to petition the Presj.
dent of the United States for exten.
sion of eligibility.

Regarding a previous report {hat
appointments have been made to "ap.
propriate” positions in New Je
from the Assistant Invest
(Law) register, it is now le
that these were at $2,600 to th
hol ‘Tax Unit of the Treasu
partment in Newark, Furth
pointments may be made and
also come from the Asst, Inve
tor (General) list. The C
sion’s Director of Personnel reports
the Commission hes requested cer-
tification from the Asst. In
list for special investigative po
at $2,600, The Association has a
that the Associate list be used

Navy Police
It is clearly evident the Commis-
sion still considers appoihtments may
be made eventually in the Navy
lice. An eligible on the Imm
tion Patrol list turned down
original Border Patrol ph;
oral tests has just received a Navy
Police questionnaire, Having ap:
pealed from his rejection several
months ago he could not receive the
questionnaire pending outcome of his
appeal. Recently the appee! was de-
nied and he promptly asked cc
sideration for Navy Police. Receipt

of this questionnaire about April 16,
after the House Appropriations Com-
mittee refused to approve funds for

f the

organization and maintenance
Navy Police, indicztes strongly
Association {s justified in be
the Navy Police will yet be appr
and appointments made.

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estimated that at least 100,000 of the
non-Civil Service workers are un-
skilled laborers, Many of these
borers are expected to be brought
under, depending on the agency and
the regularity of their work,

Every other Federal agency will

be affected by the
order, Ss, St , adminis-
trators and the like in most agencies

haven't been subjected to Civil Serv-
ice, But they will after July 1, Some
agencies, of course, will be affected
more than others and thos
| that have been wholly outside merit
| are as follows;

Reconstruction Finance Corpora-
tion, Public Works Administration,
Civilian Conservation Corps, Agri-
| cultural Adjustment Administration,
Petroleum Conservation Administr
| tion, Feder&l Housing Administr

tion, Farm Security Administration,

wencies |

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| Harlan W. Crandall, a clerk in
the Washington office of the U, S.
Civil Service Commission, thought
he might have a future in the di-
rect-mail advertising business. He
brought some government person-
nel records over to the office of
the Standard Business Service, a
direct-mail firm in Washington.
Alert reporters on the Washington
“Times-Herald” discovered the
missing records and returned them
to the Civil Service Commission.
Last week a federal Grand Jury
indicted Crandall and Lawrence
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cIVIL SERVICE IN NEW YORK STATE
Simple Requirements on New Hospital Attendant Test
Application Blanks Will Be Ready Within Two Weeks

(Exclusive)

Application blanks for the coming
“1 Attendant test, definitely

themselves to situations arising in
the performance of the work; to ac-
cept discipline, and to get along well

satisfactory vision and hearing, and
be physically proportioned within
the range of accepted standards,

Candidates will be rated entirely |everyone on the list will probably
on a written test made up of 100 get an opportunity at a position. The
true-and-false and multiple-choice | salary range is $54-$66 a month, plus

fveuled for Saturday morning, | With others. Candidates must have | Candidates must undergo and pass | questions on the duties of the job. | complete board and food. Appoint~
schecyf°< ill be available within the |#00d_ moral character, temperate | satisfactorily a thorough medical ex- | It is necessary, then, that candidates | ments are made at $54, and move
June 2 ue or two, Deadline for | habits, reliability, cheerfulness, tact, | amination at time of appointment, |learn how to perform the duties of | up to $66 after a yer ha

patience, neat personal appearance,
sympathetic attitude toward the
mentally and physically ill, and
willingness to live in an institution
when necessary, Candidates must be
in good physical condition; poss

Lehman Ponders Civil Service Bills

For the purpose of character investi-
gation, candidates must submit the
names of not fewer than three rep-
utable persons (not relatives) at the
time of filing application, Candidates
will be fingerprinted.”

the Hospital Attendant. |
300 Vacancies a Month

The normal rate of vacancies these
days in the Hospital Attendant title
is 300 a month, which means that

‘ing in applications is Tuesday,

For latest progress on the te
It costs 50 cents to apply. progress on the rapidly

| expiring present Hospital Attendant

list, see “Mental Hygiene Notes” on
page 7, Next week The Leaner will
discuss what is to happen to the
present list and those on it.

Juvven ready, blanks will be on

at the New York City offices
,e State Civil Service Commis-
30 Centre Street, at the 100

hand
of t

of the State Employment
ce, at the various State hospi-
fas, and possibly elsewhere in the
Sate as well. A complete list will
pear in The LEADER as soon as it

Training Directors
Plan Bulletin
on

als

who d

made known, | Mail applications m i ere JS t in-service
‘ t ¢ courses stata gersie
© distributed af the xamins- | Important Measures Still Await His Final Decision Henlnine covraes, Inia Staty trele
ervice, , : noon, April 30, at 3 o'clock, i
arvide AIRS ioraatimportant OlviitBervie | s Amoog CivilvservicetmiessGren| The (Crews bill) raipatating dii:|Negente Room: ob the iam Boime
Easy Requirements bills were among those signed up| which received the Lehman axe: | charged aliens on the subway, tion Building, Albany

bill sliminating| The Gugino bill extending

agenda will be the form
| preference to those who became citi-

regular group and pub

virtually every man and woman The Kreinheder

te batween-the ages of 18 to late last week by Governor

tion of a

tie will be eligible for the test. |Lehman. They were the Condon |the probationary period for promoted | zens after entrance into military | news bulletin
same requirements that ap-|Dill, determining who gets the | employees: | service. Z
sedi in the 1940 announcement are |fees from candidates for DPUI| ‘phe Crews bill providing that] Three of the most important Civil

tests; the Mahoney bill, ending

old this year, Calling for no length of eligibility on a preferred Service bills passed by the Legisla-
et training or experience of any | the practice of transferring em-| ist shall be equivalent to the num-|ture have not yet been touched: the JR. STENOGRAPHER

nd, the following qualifications | ployees without competitive test |ber of years spent in the service,| Fite bill extending Civil Service (Salary $1,440 a year)
were listed: after three years of service; the | with a four-yeer minimum, throughout the State; the Page bill

JUNIOR TYPIST
(Salary $1,260 year)
FILE BY APRIL 30th
Day—Night
After Business Classes

“Candidates must have an ele-
mentary knowledge of the skills in-
sd in bathing, clothing, feeding,
rank of patients, and in making
beds, cleaning of wards, and caring
for the clothing and other property
of patients; they must have an ele-

Kreinheder bill, limiting certifi-

The Hampton bill classifying use of | guaranteeing rights to drafted em-
cation by the State Commission | tists in this order: departmental pre- | ployees; the Hampton bill prohibit-
of county payrolls to first pay-| ferred, departmental promotional, | ing the removal of provisional vet-
ment in January and July. | general preferred, open competitive. | erans in relief bureaus.

case of an Assistant clerk job. A

° Y

ary knowledge of. ‘first aid,’ S P. bl C t ad junior clerk working permanently y wn

of common health, safety, and | erious roblems reate but on an assistant promotion list 4
precautionary measures required in | * would normally be unwilling to ac-
the cave of patients, Candidates | JP, ‘¢Temporar Job 27 Fw | cert an assistant appointment. tas 154 NASSAU ST,
must be able to speak, read and ry LP) ing only a month or two. But an (Opposite Clty Hall)
write the English language under- eligible on an open t list TEL. BEekman 3-4840
standingly; they must have the (Exclusive) ating problems with serious im-| would be likely to accept. e would

There I¥ a Drake School In
plications for the entire State Testi Horsushe
service,

According to the law, tempo-
rary appointments may be made
for a one-to-six-month period if

the job is actually of a temporary

ability to understand and carry out
and written directions;
the work, amusements,
of patients; to keep
» written records and make
simple reports; to size up and adapt |

then go on a preferred list when the |
temporary funds are exheusted.
Since the preferred list is used be-
fore the promotion list, he will then
get the first permanent assistant job,
ahead of the Junior on the promotion

The Leaver learns that appli-
cation of the new State six~
month temporary law, passed by
the 1940 Legislature, and in ef-
fect since last October 1, is cre-

* FIREMAN

tont In expected to be held in June or July of 1941. ‘Thone
nental should b for the physical in October or Novem=

j@ toxte aro expected to be wevero and few
of their ation and physical condition, can hope 10
nih place on the ollgibio list ‘without spociallzed trainin
ot dug man in 100. can hepe to uttnin 80% inthe physieal examination
unless he trains for montha In a well-equipped gymnasium under the
guidance of expertenced instructors,

We Invite an

INVITATION | Oxf te any hour

{ obligation by our physician, attend a mental class and obser'
asses in sesaton,

ter the medical examination, an applicant ts found fit, he may

Ivantage of our course, classes for which meet threo times woekly

hour of the day or evening, to suit the conventonce of the student,

Over 20% of the officers firemen now In the department are gradu-

ston of thin Unatitute, Young men who are Interested should tnqulre of any
wen or policeman as to OuF reputation and wuccoss tn training appiteants

© this position,

PATROLMAN

‘The present list for Patrolman should be exhausted early in 1942,
Therefore, the examination should be held early in the Fall of 1941. Since
the Patrolman and Fireman examinations are somewhat similar, we sug

t that you take advantage of the combination course and prepare for
both tests’ (if you are at least 5 ft, 8 in. In height), at a reduced combina
ion fee,

JR. STENO—SR. TYPIST

exam for appointments in N, Y, City and State, Applications
wat be fied’ by 4 PMs Wednesday, April 30,
Stenogtaphy and Typing. meat TUESDAY and FRIDAY at
‘ ‘at our Secretarial Branch, W. 42nd Stroet, He And at
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citizen between the ages of 18,and 20 to
day or evening, to be examined with-
the

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nature, something to be deter-
mined by the State Civil Service
Commission. After the six-
month period the job must be
filled on a permanent basis,
whether paid by temporary or
permanent funds, and the State
| Commission has so advised de-
| partment heads.

| When the first six-month period
| came due on April 1, various depart-
|ments found that the jobs they had
filled temporarily were to be con-
tinued for another few months, They
|were then forced to recanvass lists
|on a permanent basis, offering elig-
ibles zppointment of a few months,
with place on a preferred list should
| no further temporary funds be avail-
jable. Bligibles willing to work for
hort period of time are thus get-
he an opportunity to win pre-
terred rights,

Hits Promotion Rights

Directly affected are the promo-
tion rights of employees. Take the

list.

When Governor Lehman vetoed
the Hampton bill last week, he fur-
ther increased this potential danger |
to promotion rights. This bill would |
have permitted use of the depart-
mental promotion list before a gen-
erel preferred list. It is understood |
that a group of New York City |||®
engineers whose jobs are to be
abolished waged an active campeign
against the measure. They held thet
they would haye no chance at all for
reappointment if a department pro-
motion list were to get first call ver
the general preferred list on which
‘hey will go.

Lockport Residents Must Pay
Fees When Filing

LOCKPORT.—Under a new ruling
of the Municipal Civil Service Com-
mission, applicants for local tests are
required to pay fees at the time they
file their applications.

The following are the latest certi-
fications, in New York City and Al-
bany, from popular State lists. P
means permanent; T means tempo-
rary:

Junior Clerk

Pet.
P—New York—$900 85.825
P—Albany—$900 ... 82,075
‘T—New York—$900. 2,691 82.40
T—Albany—$900 + 5,398 79.545
Junior Stenographer
P—New York—$900 1,054 86.00
P—Albany—$900 2,178 80.60
T—New York—$ 1,297 85.20
‘T—Albany—$900 2347 77.80

Junior Typist
P_New York—$900
P—Albany—$900
T—New York—$900 .
‘T—Albany—$900 ,.

Assistant File Clerk

Where Do I Stand?

Assistant Stenographer

P—New York—$1,200,., 105 89.80
P—Albany—$1,200 187 88.90
T—New York—$1,200, 1,164 84.10
1,794 80.90

T—Albany—$1,200 (from
Sr, Steno. list), tee 86,25

T—Albany—$000 (from
Sr. Steno, list) f 77.80
T—Albany—$900 2,020 17.30

Assistant Typist

P—New York—$960. . 86.16
T—New York—$1,160. a 87.199
‘T—New York—$900. 1414 19,299
T—Albany—$1,200 Bal 83.70

Latest permanent
from these lists are:

Junior Clerk

appointments

New York—$900. . 623 86.45
Albany—$900 . 2,749 82.325
Junior Stenographer
New York—$900. 87.40
Albany—$900 2 06 81.30
Junior Typist
New York—$900. . 132 (88.60
Albany—$900 1811 85.40
Assistant File Clerk
New York—$900 . 105 89.50
Albany—$900 1,047 85.80
Assistant Clerk
New York—$1,100, 63 91.04
Albany—$1,200 . . 531 87,98
Assistant Stenographer
New York—$960, . 405 87.49
Albany—$1,200 , 192 88.89

Assistant ‘Typist
New York—$960, . 539 85,20

P—New York—$1,200 178 88.70
P—New York—$900. 100 89.50
P—Albany—$1,200 . 89.20
P—Albany—$900 85.60
T—New York—$1,200 459 87,30
‘T—Albany—$1,200 , 87.40
T—Albany—$960 85.60
T—Albany—s900 85.20
Assistant Clerk,
P—Albany—$1,200 . 520 48.02
T—New York—$1,200... 290 88.94
T—New York—$1,060.,, 558 87.91
T—New York—$900...., 497 80.37
‘T—Albany—$1,200 5 87.21
T—Albany—$960 . 83.20

Albany—$1,060 + 167 87.60

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Tuesday, April 29, 1941

A Shortage .-
Of Postal Workers ?

SURVEY by district managers of the Civil Serv-
A ice Commission has revealed that a number of

machinists, toolmakers, shipfitters and other
skilled mechanics urgently needed in defense jobs are
employed in the Post Office Department. Particularly
ids this true, it was discovered, in New York,

Civil Service officials in New York contacted a num-
ber of the skilled tradesmen, many of whom worked in
the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War 1, and most
of them expressed a desire to return to their old trades.
But, they insisted, transfers should be arranged so that
they wouldn't lose seniority, opportunity for promotion
and retirement and other privileges.

Civil Service district managers recommended that
the transfers be made on the basis set forth by the em-
ployees. The Civil Service Commission took the matter
up with the Post Office Department but the depart-
ment refused. It was explained that the department
was losing thousands of its employees to the Army and
that 1,500 employees had to be diverted to defense work
of handling mail at army camps. The loss of employees
is so great, Post Office officials said, that an executive
order had been drawn up which would permit certain
employees reaching the retirement age to remain in
active service. Postmaster General Frank Walker will
take up the matter personally with President Roose-
velt.

Therefore, Post Office officials explained, they
wouldn’t keep their employees from taking defense
jobs, but, they insisted, employees who do take the jobs
must resign outright and take their chances on being
reinstated afterwards,

Now, we don’t quite follow all this. In the first place,
postal lists are still pretty long, and employees on those
lists have been waiting, many of them, years for an
opportunity to get into the department, And if the
lists are pretty well used up, the Civil Service Commis-
sion should order new exams. So what's all this talk
about an insufficiency of personnel?

In the second place, the present system of separate
lists for separate boroughs might be done away with,
as suggested by a Leaver reader, and single lists set up
in their place. This would prevent the condition arising
where you have too few on the list, say, in the Bronx,
and too many in Brooklyn.

In the third place, we agree with the postal em-
ployees and the Civil Service managers that those men
taking defense jobs should retain their rights, Why
not work it on the same principle as with draftees?
‘When a postal employee is drafted, his place is filled by
a sub who signs a waiver releasing him from claim to
the job when the draftee returns, This may not be the
ideal method, but the point is that there is no insuper-
able problem here, and one shouldn't be created,

‘The problem is of great importance to postal work-
ers, and The LEADER would like to hear from its
readers what they believe to be the ideal solution.

Death Blow
To Spoils System

re THE PRESIDENT of the United States, com-

mendation, He has performed a notable act in
making the Ramspeck bill operative, bringing
125,000 government jobs under the merit system,

It means the virtual wiping out of the spoils system
in federal employment.

It means that government services will henceforth
be manned by persons most capable on the basis of
competitive test—not political whim.

It means a real impetus to the extension of Civil
Service in every State and municipality.

‘t was a hard fight to get the Ramspeck Act passed,
but one well worth fighting. The American people are

gainers, The Leaper is proud to have had a part
in therstrugele,

Merit Men

IN CIVIL SERVICE records, he's
listed as Peter H. McNeil, Boatman,
‘To thousands of New Yorkers he's
known as Buck McNeil, Hero, As
Boatman, Peter H. McNeil has been
in charge of docking small craft at
the Battery Seawall for the past 29
years, As a hero, Buck McNeil is
the guy who jumps into the cold
waters of New York Bay, fully
clothed, winter and summer, year
in, year out, to save people from
drowning. In 29 years on the job
Buck MeNeil has rescued 285
people.

Blunt, unassuming, modest, Buck
doesn't like to talk about his
rescues. He'd rather talk about his
nine children and his six grand-
children, about his uncle who was
the last survivor of the “cheesebox
on a raft,” the Monitor, which
fought the Merrimac in the Civil
War...“This hero stuff is the
bunk,” Buck says. “I’ve been
around docks all my life and I'm a
good swimmer. I don’t mind jump-
ing in.”

Buck's most spectacular rescue,
which won him nation-wide fame
and a hatful of medals, was made
in 1916 when the excursion steamer,
“Keyport,” sank fifty feet off-shore.
Literally scores of women and
children were tossed into the Bay
before the horrified eyes of Bat-
tery strollers. First, Buck grabbed
a ladder and stretched it from the
dock to the Keyport. Then he

jumped in the Bay. He picked up
the nearest person, dropped him on
the ground and went in again.

~ *Grabbing the ‘children, “two and

three at a time, Buck repeated this
process until all the passengers were
saved. When there were no people
left to rescue, Buck dropped to the
ground, exhausted. In five minutes
he had saved 100 people.

None Succeeded

Down at the Battery, they'll tell
you that all but 65 of Buck's
rescues have been multiple affairs,
such as the Keyport job, However,
they're quick to point out that some
of the “‘singles” have been tough to
make. Despondent men who try to
commit suicide don’t like to be
saved. Nor are rescues easy to
make when a Northwest gale whips
the ice-filled Bay to cold fury, In
the 29 years in which Buck has
been on the job, not one person has
lost his life at the Battery Seawall,
no matter how hard he tried.

Buck McNeil could cover his
broad chest with medals and still
have enough left over to decorate
all the Irishmen in a St. Patrick’s
Day parade. In 1906 Congress
established the American Cross of
Honor medal, for persons who have
performed “at least 12 heroic
deeds.” In the 35 years in which
this Medal has been in existence,
two heroes have been awarded it.
One of them is dead; the other,
very much alive, is Buck McNeil.

Last week, Buck McNeil got an-
other medal. It is a small gold
medal and it probably doesn’t look
very impressive beside the Ameri-
can Cross of Honor Medal or the
Double Congressional Medal of
Honor which Buck won in 1916, but
Buck likes this new medal so much
that he wears it on his watch fob.
Tt was given to him at a dinner at
LaGuardia Field by Deputy Com-
missioner Robert Starr Allyn of the
Dock Department. An inscription
on the back reads, “Outstanding
employee of the Department of
Docks, 1940.”

Buck McNeil, hero, is proud of his
record as Peter McNeil, boatman at
the Battery landing. His vigorous
eyes flash and a friendly smile
lights his face. “In 29 years,” he
says, “I've never missed a day on
the job...Never more than five
minutes to change my clothes after
pulling somebotly out of the brink.’

dest.

Repeat This!

for passage of the posta

workers’ longevity bill jay
been read into the Congressiong
Record...Watch for an outburst {in
Congress over those too-close {nyes.
tigations of federal employeos
More cops live in Queens than i
any other borough...An eligible on
the General Investigator list has
written a book on military aviation
...Suceess story: Lovely Hetty
Comden, star of the popular
vuers troupe at the Village
guard, once was "Miss
ice” on the City Commi 3
program,..Civil servants in Rou.
mania are fired if they mary
foreigners.

Defense Notes

A quiet feud is going on between
various eligible groups and the War
and Navy Departments. The lip.
ibles can’t see the emergency fore.
ing these departments to hire out.
side of Civil Service. . . Cadets at
West Point still learn techniques
used in the Civil War. The theory:
60 of the 62 Southern generals studied
at West Point, and were so capable
that they kept superior Northern
forces at bay for four years... . For
economy, the federal government
now uses the army’s communication
system instead of private telegraph
companies for inter-office and inter
department messages. . . . Tip to
candidates on the coming State La-
bor Mediator test: take a look at Ire
win Ross’ article on Labor Mediators
in the current Harper's. . . .

Election Dept.

Here’s how one of the Four Ho
men gets elected: Sanitation Men
place a white ball in the ballot bor
‘when they vote for him, a black ball
when they vote for the oppos :
Mr, and Mrs. Eddie Loughlin (
secretary to Justice Pecora and D’
ocratic leader of the 14th A, D., M
hattan) are proud parents of Mau»
reen, child number five.

Ts LEADER editorial catting

letters

Suggests

Sirs: Mr, Edward Houlihan states
eloquently in the April 22nd issue
of The Leaner the viewpoint of many
readers that the U. S, Civil Service
Commission does not give individual
eligibles adequate information, and
that something should be done about
it, Well, something certainly cen!

The Commission is in the happy
position of not being accountable le-
gally to any citizen, But this does
not mean that it cannot be held ac-
countable at all. First, it is answer-
able to the President, its immediate
superior, who, unfortunately, hes
many other Federal agencies to
watch, and, second, to public opin-
ion, The latter Is particularly effec-
tive when expressed intelligently and
vigorously by a group large enough
to demand consideration, Such a
group gets letters answered and more
reel attention than a single in-
dividual can expect to command,

Like all of us, the Commission is
human, and, therefore, fallible. And,
like all of us, it may require at times
a little firm persuasion to act more
effectively in the public interest and
with due regard for fundamentals
applicable, Inducing it to do so is a
vital function of every associetion of
Federal eligibles.

It follows that most groups of
eligibles should form associations.
But that isn't enough, These asso-
ciations should cooperate closely,
and so coordinate their activities as
to use their united forces to achieve
the broader eims they have in com-
mon, And they can do even more.
They can have energy and vision
engugh to take interest’ in all gen-

eral questions affecting Federal
Civil Service employees as well as
eligibles. They can thus influence so
far as they may legitimately do so
the conditions which will govern
them once they ceese to be mere eli-
gibles,

One eligible can accomplish little
unaided, A group of eligibles can
do appreciably more, But an asso-
ciation of groups of eligibles fur-
nishes the unity, the power and the
intelligence to do all that can hu-
manly be done, Lovis A. Sicaup.
Chairman, Information Committee,

General Investigator Eligibles
Association,

Wants Single
Post Office Register

Sirs; I'm in complete accord with
Mr, Leonard Eckstein that there
should be one P, O, register for
New York City.

As an illustration let me point out
that in Queens if one lives in Ja-
maica one goes’ on the non-local reg-
ister if he or she takes an exam for
the post office in Flushing, Long
Island City, or Far Rockaway. -Why
should this be in the same city and
borough? It would be a great thing
if the Leaver would start working
toward one P, O, list for New York
City, C. A, Brice,

The Real Supermen?

Sirs; Do you want to know who
the real supermen are? Well, I'll
tell you, the eligibles on the able-
bodied seamen list are tops. We can
steer a destroyer in the toughest

U.S. Eligibles Unite

of any of the eligible zssociations
4s our chairman, James J, Daly, for
mer AAU boxer, and an army broad
jump champion. On the Ciyil Serv-
ice calendar for April 16, he had our
list approved for deckhands. Yes
we are the supermen with the supe?
chairmen, C, Hucurs.
The article “Who Are the Super-
men?” which appeared in The Leave
several weeks ago, created « {u-
rore! Every eligible group considert
itself the elite—and all of then pre
sent good reasons,—Ho1ror.
CN
McCRARY. ON BRITISH
CIVIL SERVICE
Are Civil Service employees
doing a good job of running the
war-torn British empire?) Ait
what fs It like to work for the
government when your country /s
in mortal danger? To be * post
man or stenographer or "
lon man when the bombs ar
ing around you ‘
Reagan baciraty) chief editorial
writer of the New ¥ y
Mirror, who has recently returne’
from England, had been asked 'Y
Editor Seward Brisbane of h¢
Leader to interview officials ai
Civil Service employees in Brita
‘The results of these interviews \"')
appear in a forthcoming issue ')
the Civil Service Leader: its cat
“CIVIL, | SERVICE IN W
ete an wstiote important to ever?
Civil Service employee, every °
cial, every eligible, and every
plicant, ‘It answers the
that’s been in the minds f i
Civil Service people: “What
pens to us in war time?

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seas | The most, energetic .chainman ..» ee aa
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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER

Pace Seven

POLICE

By BURNETT MURPHEY

CALLS

ord ° mplaint, the date of judgment

ental recognition is listed fr

‘et number of days’ fines, the nui

Wood ard Reinstated

nce for Cops

Ambul
Its ex

to plans, the vehicle would c
d.
partment in which medicines
nerator for all kinds of curre

Overtime Pay
4 has renewed its efforts to hav

was originally in the hands of

over and reintroduce it with
April 29

ing new on it, however.

UM More Retirements
went,

pension they will get.
now 733.

ally, the number of vacancies
LaGuardia administration.

cide
during th

New Wallets Ready
‘Those

jor Valor
esentation of medals for valor
in May or early in June,

Medals
by

PBA Nominations

at the next meeting, Tuesday,
cted that there will be at least
including Joseph Burkard w!

nble for the two vice-presiden:
ction of officers will take plac

PBA Pays Draftees’ Dues

ides that the organization w!
dor ordered to military servi

Ils
e bills are still on Governor
inst civil liability in the c:

Police Bi
T

wou

nit all New York State cops

Police Anchor Club
qT ce Anchor Club will hold i
Steeplechase Park on July 2,

Police Square Club

iver:
Will pre

ede the services,

Thtee Weeks for Option Change

ere

Si George Association

at 7:45
Thomas Chu
the #

will start at Fifth avenue

el Astor,

compensation for overtime passed by the City Council.

hile on mounted duty, or in boats and airplanes.

Charges ih

Ree’ ord wi be ieee in-connection wits 6 Sergeant's test was sMroved
a for “hy the Municipal Civil Service Commission. The form will
wee record of charges and departmental recognition. Under the

‘of charges, which are listed from April 16, 1936, are spaces for the

and the penalty.

om the date of appointment and

yaces for the award given and the date.
‘om of the report forms summaries of a patrolman’s record and

mber of reprimands, departmental

i honor, combat eross, medal and honorable mention, honorable
or exceptional merit, commendation or commendable merit, and
police duty or meritorious service.

1. Woodward, a patrolman dismissed from the force on charges

Chet"vi 34, 1938, was ordered reinstated with back pay last week fol-
on Mir"); successful fight through the Supreme Court, Appellate Division
sl the Court of Appeals,

pected that the Police Relief Fund, of which Commissioner Val-
chairman, will soon buy an ambulance for the use of members.

ost about $9,000, and be specially-

It would carry oxygen tanks, rollings and collapsible stretch-

could be made, and its own high-
nt.

e the bill which provides for hour-
This
~f Joseph Clark Baldwin, recently

i to Congress. Louis Cohen, Bronx Democrat, is expected to take

some amendments this Tuesday,

jneidentally, Cohen also has the 11-squad bill under consideration. Noth-

y-four more cops retired last week, taking advantage of the $50
The total number of patrolman va-
‘The number of retirements from now on will taper
, according to pension experts.

is now the highest ever reached

andsome new wallets which will be distributed to all members
of the PBA are ready and they will go out on May 5, 6 and 7.

to members of the force will be

Nomination of officers for the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association will

May 13, at the Hotel Commodore.
st four candidates for the office of
rho ranks an odds-on favorite for

cies is also expected. .
¢ on the second Tuesday in June;

a lively campaign by the nominees appears in the offing.

t PBA meeting an amendment to the by-laws was adopted

ill pay the dues of members who
ice, So far, only a handful have

to arms, but the chances are that many more will be affected
ft

Lehman's desk. One provides for
ase of New York cops involved in
The other
to retire after 25 years of service.

its annual Orphan Day Outing at

The Police Square Club will hold memorial services at Riverside Church,
Drive and 122nd street, on Sunday, September 28.

A parade

‘ George Association of the Police Department will hold its fourth
‘| Communion and Breakfast on Sunday, May 4. A parade begin-

and 61st street and proceed to St.

rch on 53rd street for Communion. Breakfast will follow at

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Welfare

Census of Homeless

In January, 1939, exactly 20,000
local homeless persons were cared
for by the Division of Shelter Care,
In January of this year the census
dropped to 12,363, The daily census
at the lodging houses is dropping at
a sharp rate, Including the men at
Camp LaGuardia, there are now less
than 6,000 homeless under care these
days. Men being cared for at com-
mercial contract shelters are being
moved into the municipal shelter
vacancies at an increased pace—
lately around 300 per week.

War Relief Drives

These are busy days for Herman
Levin, Sam Sloan and Romayne
Sullivan in the Division of Public
Solicitation. New war relief organ-
izations pop up every day, it seems,
and it keeps the boys hopping.

Counselor Kane

Congratulations to Henry Kane,
clerk in the Division of Special In-
vestigations. Henry has passed his
bar examinations. In his early
twenties, Henry is on the way up.

Attend Conference

‘Twenty-ssven staff members—
fueluding administrators, case
supervisors, assistant supervisors
and investigators—will attend the
One Day Conference of the Family
Service Section of the Welfare

Department News

By HENRY TRAVERS

chosen from the Home Relief, Old
Age Assistance, Blind, Veteran and
Shelter Care divisions. Tickets of
admission were distributed by the
Bureau of Public Assistance.

That Annual Pienie

A terrific picnic, an annual event,
was held Sunday (April 21) by the
gang of D.O. 5. The scene, Alley
Pond Park, Queens. More than 100
staff members and friends had fun.
Tennis, baseball, lunch and stuff.

D. 0. 17 Notes

Jerome Scharfman, senior sta-
tistical clerk, was married Satur-
day (April 26) to Diana Schern in
Brooklyn. The couple intend to
set up housekeeping in that boro.

In That Jersey Fire

Peter Dellapietra, file clerk, now a
member of the 100th Military Police |
Battalion of the N. Y. National
Guard, visited the D.O. on April 23
while on a 36-hour leave from Fort
Dix, N. J. Peter was one of the
members of the prowl car crew that
discovered the fire which had done
so much damage in New Jersey over
the week-end. At present he is as-
signed to direct traffic near the army
reservation.

People

Beauteous Caroline Flanders, for-
merly Director of the Blind Assist-
ance Division, was in town over the

Council tomorrow. The Depart- ,
ment’s participants have been

week-end. Caroline is now with the

ton... . Matty Silverman and his
family are going to Fire Island for
the summer... . Frank Farrell, for
merly in Finance and Statistics and
now in private industry, took part
in the Ozanam Guild breakfast
activities on April 20... . Commun:
cations received here from the Nazt
government regarding non-settled
relief families open and close with
Heil Hitler"... , Edith Alerander
was chairman of a musicale staged
in Harlem last week... . D.O. 83 is
being discontinued... . The D.O.’s
are getting their softball teams or-
ganized. ... Bill McClure, the Com=
missioner’s sec., is in Teras for a
few days. Sid Garelik is batting
for him... , Hank Rosner. stamp
plan expert, touring the D.O!s to
see how things are going Jark
| Eggleston has been scooting un to
his cabin in Rockland Conntn these
wee'--ends, Al Roecistmo, who
used to be in the Public In torna~
tion office, is a soldier there dais.
: Famous last words: “7 followed
‘ocerure.”

pr
Recent Assignments

Assistant
Ruth Braveman,

ner’

0. 41

Medical Social Workers
Isabel W. Lynch, D.O, 81
Social Investigators
Rackow, D.O. 24;
1d, D.O, 84;
Anthony Caronia,
Polito, Philip Sammth
therine "V. Brennan, D,O
Sterenstein, D.0. ‘53:
. D.O. 73; Max Schechter, D.O.
lian Heller, D.O. 81; Ma
, Esther Weinstein,
D.O. Rei 2
Joseph Gulotta, Emma Nesbit, D.O. 6

isors

Bernard
Schottente!
D.O.

Social Security Board in Washing-

May Zbar, D.O! 84.

Progress of the List

Here is the latest progréss on the
Hospital Attendant list:

In zone 4, appointments are now
being made to all nine institutions, |
including men to Psychiatrie Insti-
tute and both men and women to|
Manhattan State Hospital on Wards|
Island. Questionnaires have been
sent out to eligibles down to 13,498, |

In institutions located within New
York City, latest certification among_|
the men was 4,176 and latest ap-|
pointment was 3,962. Among the |
women, 1,138 was the last to be cer-|
tifled and 1,054 the last to be ap-|
pointed, Qutside-the city, certifica-
tions among the men have gone|
down to 12,764 and appointments to
10,899. Among the women certifica-
tions have gone to 8,701 and ap-
pointments to 7,822.

Nine hundred and fifty-three ques-
tionnaires have been sent to eligibles
in zone 1, reaching down to 11,600
among the men and 3,737 among the
women. A total of'85 men have been
appointed, 7,858 the last; 40 women |
have received jobs, 2,194 the last.

In zone 2, 98 men and: 51 women
have been permanently appointed, |
along with three temporary |
ployees, ‘The last eligible perma-|
nently appointed was No. 6,839 (927
in the zone). The total certifications
to date are 294, with 7,818: (1,076 in
the zone) the latest; 41 certifications
are still outstanding. The last man
to whom a questionnaire has been
sent is 8,289 (1,145 in the zone),
while the last woman is 3,192 (424 in
the zone). }

Of the 289 eligibles certified in
zone 3, 134 were appointed; 90 re-
fused appointment or failed to re-
port, six failed the tedical before
appointment, 14 failed afterwards, |
and three were rejected because of
previous employment records; 42
have not yet been accounted for. |
Lowest man certified is 13,314 (974 in
the zone) and appointed is 12,466
(917 in the zone). Lowest woman
certified is 14,155 (1,015 in the zone)
and appointed is 13,654 (990 in the
zone).

Manhattan to Stay

As a result of Governor Lehman's
signing of two bills, Manhattan State
Hospital on Wards Island will stay
in business for a number of years
yet, The Mailler Bill postpones the
proposed’ demolition of the hospital |
from 1943 to 1948, The Todd Bill
approprictes $200,000 for necessary

406 East 149 St, Bronx
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repairs, Room in the state's instita-

tions is getting scarce and the popu-

| lation is increasing, hence the neces-

sity of these two bills.

No Word Yet

As of late last week-end there was
still no word on how Governor Leh-
man felt on the twe important Men-|

day to guards of institutions, and
the Ehrlich bill, granting reasonable

sick leave to employees, |

Bowling Banquet

Third annual banquet of the Was-
saic State School bowlers was held
Saturday night at the White Swan |
Restaurant in Millbrook. Toastmas-
ter was John O'Brien, president of |
the Association chapter...Recent ar- |
rivals: Lawrence Darbee, Gerald
Gilchrist, Joe Roselli, Pauline Mur-
phy...Resigned: Mrs. Anna French,
Grace Hinsdale, Richard Coombs.

Hudson River Notes
Plans for the 11th annual card

party, scheduled for Wednesday eve-

ning, May 21, were discussed at a

committee meeting Friday in the
Farm and Grounds Department of-
fice...Members of the Association
are now entitled to a 10 percent dis-
count on all Duty Shoes bought at
the A. S. Beck Shoe Store in Pough-
keepsie. Definition: duty shoes are
those actually worn in the perform-
ance of duties...The golf course is

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What “Classification” Means
M. P.—The term fication
as us
various meanings,
classification may relate to
Jurisdictional classification, that is,
separation of positions on the basis
of practicability of examir
such as the exempt, non-competi-
tive, competitive and labor c
es; (2) duties classification, that is,
grouping of positions according
to duties performed, responsibil-
ities assumed, rank and grade and
establishment of lines of promo-
tion; (3) salary classification
where the positions in the ser-
vice are grouped according to the
minima and maxima sal
for similar positions
larity of titles, with
functions performed rather inci-
dental or supplemental, In the
Federal service the term, classifi-
cation is generally used to denote
salary classification (based on the
Salary Classification Act of 1923),
In the Federal service the “cl
fied service” refers to the com-
petitive class of positions, Exempt
positions (requiring no examina-
tions) are designated as “Schedule
A" positions, non-competitive po-
sitions as “Schedule B” positions.
Exemptions of positions from ex-
amination are effected by Execu-
tive Orders of the President in
the Federal service, and by reso-
lutions of the Commission in New
York. Exemptions in New York
are effective in the case of the
State service only after approval
by the Governor, In the case of
the cities the approval of the
mayor and the state civil service
commission {s required. Both in
the Federal and New York ser-
vices there are exceptions provid-
ed by statute, There is no re-
striction on the Congress as to
the number or nature of positions
that may be excepted from exam-
ination. Neither is there any re-
striction on the President, In New
York, however, only the legisla-
ture and the commissions have au-
thority to except positions from
examination where such exem)
tions do not contravene the civil
service clause of the state con-
stitution requiring competitive
examinations for all appointments
and promotions wherever prac-
ticable, Neither the Governor
nor the mayors of cities may ex-
empt positions from examination
on their own accord,

8,750,000 on Payrolls
L. G, O.—The total number of
employees on the public payrolls,

in civil service laws has
In New York,
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tion, |

Questions for
by a well-known Civil

federal, state and local, is approx-
imately 3,750,000, and the total es-
timated payroll is $6,000,000,000
annually, A little more than half
of the total public employees are
selected under civil service laws.
‘The total number of employees in
the Federal service at this time
is about 1,115,000; in New York
State service about 52,000; in the
New York City’ service about
150,000 (exclusive of teachers in
the public school system),

Probation

W. O. R.—The probationary pe-
riod of service required under the
Civil Service rules is designed as
part of the “examination” of the
eligible to determine his ability
to perform the duties of the. posi-
tion while actually on the job. It
is to supplement the examinations
given by the commission, and to
give the appointing authority an
opportunity to observe the work
of the employee on the job, If
the employee {s found unsatisfac-
tory he may be dropped at the
end of the probationary period,
No reason need be given by the
appointing officer for dropping
him. If the appointing authority
wishes to drop a probationer be-
fore the end of the probationary
period he may do so only after
giving the employee a statement
of reasons and an opportunity to
answer, the same procedure as is
required in the dismissal of a
“permanent” employee. The length
of the probationary period (in the
absence of special statutory pro-
visions affecting special classes of
employees) is fixed by the civil
service commission. It generally
runs from three months to a year,
depending upon the nature of the
position, In New York City and
in the federal service it 1s usually
six months, in the state three to
six months,

Resignation,
Reinstatement

E, M. W.—While an employee
who resigns from his Civil Service
position is eligible for reinstate-
ment (within one year in New
York, and within a period of time
measured by the length of service
in the Federal) in the same grade
and at the same salary he had been
receiving before his resignation, as
a general rule his reinstatement in
the federal service is made at a
lower salary or in a lower grade
position where he kas been out
of the service for a considerable
period of time. The practice of
the P. O. department is to rein-

this

column receive

Service authority.

state a postal clerk or carrier at
the entrance salary or substitute
grade.

Can Permanent
Be Te: mporary

S.C. ‘A person employed in
a permanent Civil Service posi-
tion may hardly be eligible for
certification for a temporary po-
sition from another eligible list on
which his name may appear. He
cannot be holding two positions in
the service which are incompati-
ble. Of course, a permanent em-
ployee holding’ one position may,
it he chooses, accept a temporary
appointment from another list in
place of his permanent appoint-
ment, particularly if he believes
the temporary position better suit-
ed for him than the permanent
one already held. In making certi-
fications for temporary positions
the commission is required to fol-
low the same procedure as in cer-
tifying for permanent positions,
that is, certify all available eligi-
bles in the order of their standing
on the list, and appointment may
be made only from among the
three highest willing to accept the
position,

Personnel Officials

W. S.—Not all departments have
personnel directors. Many of them
have “appointment clerks” whose
functions are just about what the
title implies, They take care of
certifications of eligibles from the
Commission and follow up the
routine procedures leading up to
the appointment by their depart-
ment, check on payrolls, ete, In
all the major departments and in-
dependent agencies in the Federal
service personnel directors have
been provided for by Presidential
executive order, These directors
handle all the personnel problems
of their respective departments or
agencies from aiding in recruiting
candidates to in-serving training,
from payroll checking to establish-
ing safety programs, Personnel di-
rectors in state or city departments
are rare, The New York City Board
of Transportation has a personnel
officer (John C, Laffan), The State
Division of Placement and Unem-
ployment Insurance has one in
J, H, Mason, A few other de-
partments or division have a sort
of make-shift personnel officers
who are primarily only appoint-
ment clerks in reality. Unfortu-
nately the state and city have not
yet #ven the wisdom of encourag-
ing departments to establish per-
sonnel directors to handle the per-
sonnel problems in their agencies,

Study Questions—Court Attendant
These Will Help You in Coming Test: Part 5

Here are the answers to the) brought any time within six years

practical questions from the 1935
Court Attendant test published
in last week's Leaver, along with
a further selection, The Leaver
is publishing this material as
study helps for the May 10 exam,
Next week the answers to these
questions will appear, along with
further group,

Answers

20, True
21, False

2

Questions
Circle the T after statements that
appear to be true, the F after those
you consider fal
31. There is no jury sitting at a
special term of the Supreme Court,
piles:

32. The Supreme Court is limited
in its civil jurisdiction to cases in-
volving more than $500. T F

33, An action for personal injury
resulting from negligence can be

of the date of cause of action,
T F

34. Counter claims and defenses
are subject to the Statute of Limita-
tions, oT F

35, The summons is the mandate
by which the court obtains jurisdic-
tion over the parties, T  F

36. The name of the plaintiff's at-
torney need not be shown on the
summons, v F

37, It is not proper to use the
initial of the first name of the de-
fendant in a summons if the first
name is known, eae by

38, If a summons is served on the
wrong person and he accepts sery-
ice he must assume the position of
the defendant, T F

39, Where the court directs that
an additional party be brought into
an action as a defendant, a court
order is used instead of a summons,
Tey

40. A plaintiff may sue in person,
rather than through an attorney.
T  y

41, The legal term used to describe
judgments of $25 or less is “nominal
damages.” FE

42, A summons on a domestic cor-
poration may be served on the
“managing agent.” TF

43, The personal service gf a sum-
mons in an envelope is a valid sery-
ice where the defendant immedi-
ately opens the envelope in the
presence of the process server and
finds a summons, F

44. Proof of’service of a summons
must be made by the person who
actually serves the summons,
Teena

45, A summon:
served between
TF

46. The parties in a civil action
may consent to a trial by a jury of
less than 12 men, F

47, Under the present law, a
woman cannot serve on a jury in
the New York courts. T F

48, The function of the jury in a
civil case is to decide the disputed
qustions of fact. oT F

49. There are no covenants im-
plied in a conveyance of real prop-
ety T F

50. A deed to real property: must
be recorded in order to pass title.
7.

may not be legally
idnight and 4 am.

MEN AT WORK

POSTAL

Here you see them at one of the very im;
tasks—sorting the

portant posta)

mail.

Postal News

By DONALD MacDOUGAL

Three Days

The days were warm with the sticky warmth of Washington's ss.
Postal men were assembled from throughout the nation for a ¢,2it&
hearing. Subject: Longevity, But so much was to be sald bes %Y

House Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, that heat and sc,‘
notwithstanding, the hearing lasted three days. ‘Sixty-two Conga itt
one senator, testified, in addition to representatives of every pis,"
ganization. ’ Sentiment was overwhelmingly—but overwhelminyiy 0
longevity. However, it we know politics, that doesn't mean the {jit
won, In the first place, no date has been set yet for the Commi’
report to the House. In the second place chairman Milton

Romjue is reported to have been a little Jess enthusiast:
he might have been, In the third place, after the House difficulties
hurdled, there's still the Senate.

So, boys, don’t let up on the pressure, especially on Ronjue,

than
are

Nothing New on Tie-Up

A recent exclusive item in this column told about the offer which thy
Federation of Postal Clerks made to the UNAPOCS for amalyamutin
of the two organizations, The UNAPOCS haven't accepted yet, Chances
are they won't. But the Clerks will continue to urge a single o:anis,.
tion rather than two.

tion

Temporary Subs for New York

The drafting of postal employees has brought about a circumstance
which is causing grave concern. Will New York get temporary subs?
And if so, will they be accorded full Civil Service rights? As men are
being drafted, their places are filled by temporary regulars. Th reg
subs sign a waiver to the effect that if his number on the list isn’t
when the draftee returns, he gives up his job, goes back on the list, Mean.
while, as he’s moved up, everybody else on the list moves forward too,
‘This leaves a “last man” vacancy, and provides a means for introducing
temporary subs into New York, The postal organizations, who don't par«
ticularly like the idea of temporary subs, are worried lest the temporary
sub fail in retaining all his Civil Service rights,

Old Officers

Furious is the referendum among the letter carriers on the question:
Should men above 65 be forbidden to hold office in the organization? Idea
behind the referendum is to prevent retired men from controlling the
policies of the letter carriers, The New York branch of the Letter Car
rierg Association has been most active in the fight,

Joint Conference Moves
New headquarters of the Joint Conference of Postal Employees: 168
West 23rd street, Manhattan,
Rhymes of a Postman

‘That's the title of a new little booklet written by C. A, Ford and dedi-
cated “‘to all the postmen in the U. S. A.” The book starts with this rhyme:
“Oh, what are the thoughts of a postman—While pounding the pavement
today?—Do you think, if perchance you should ask him—He would really

have nothing to say?—It you'd ask him to voice an opinion—Do you think
there would truly be none?—Do you think he is actually human—And
not a machine to be run?” Then follow 40 pages of a postman's opinions.

The author is a postman in Pittsburg, California,

Communion Mass

The New York Post Office Holy Name Society, Branch No, 2’
brated its twentieth Communion Mass last Sunday at St. Patrick's
dral, Breakfast followed at the Astor. Five thousand attended,

celee
“athes

Sports Department

With a few practice sessions under their belts, the Railway Mail Service
team begins to shape up as a group that will give a good account of itsell
this coming season in the Brooklyn Industrial Twilight League. And they
will have to, for they buck up against such tough customers as Abral
Straus, Brooklyn Edison, Mutual Life Ipsurance, So far, the only §
of the team definitely set is the infield, with Al Cannon, Norm Lindemitth,
Joe Russo and Bill Fedor manning the works, Big question mark is the
pitching and catching departments, We'll let you know how it works out

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry :

On Sunday evening, May 4,‘the Annual Dinner Dance of the New York
City Branch, Second Division, Railway Mail Association, will be held ®
the Hotel Woodward, Broadway and 55th Street, Close study of the alm
nacs reveals it will be a warm night; hence beer is on the house Mos
unusual for an affair of this kind—the guests are limited in number to 200,

Retirement (Continued from last week)

On January 1, 1940, another option was permitted to post office em
ployees who retire. The official name is Joint Survivorship Annul
‘This option is again divided in two parts. One is called Joint and Sur
vivorship wherein the retired employee accepts a reduced annuity and
upon his death his survivor receives a similar amount for the remainder
of her life, The second is called a Modified Joint Survivorship wher!"
the retired employee receives a greater amount than above and his 50!
vivor receives 50 percent of his annuity,

If an employee retires and accepts the joint survivorship and ¢!
survivor dies, he cannot name a new survivor and upon the reti!
ployee's death the remainder of his money remains in the retirement {unt
‘The act presupposes that the survivor will outlive the retired emp!0/™
The amount of annuity is based on the age of the survivor and "0! !
the age of retired employee. The amount of annuities received DY \
retired employee and the survivor cannot be published because it is bi",
entirely on the amount the employee has had deducted from his **!*
all the years-he was in the service plus the age of the survivor. 4,

There are so many angles to retirement that it would be impossitl¢,
this space to review them, ‘The article begun last week and conc!’

hen his
ed ems
t funds

above, however, covers the main features, We will be glad to answer #7
question on this subject, b

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‘CIVIL SERVICE LEADER

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pli
R er ore schools will be placed on
six m- basis under the Emergency
ie raining Program in the
peter ure. So far, 25,000 men heve
ger W'jined in the classes under
m vjediction of George F. Pigott,

u-ho

the JY Cidentally, Pigott reveals that,
Jer yearance of the men in the
the apr’ 4 pam. determined and

 Jearn, has had an excellent
, the regular students... |
ppreciate their opportunities |
yy trade. ..Governor Lehman
ev tne Coudert bill, returning to |
joard of Education the right to

teachers for physical ex-|
jons..-He vetoed the Phelps |
iting honorably discharged
ns to summon teachers for
} examinations,..The Board
ted defeated a resolution, in-
by Commissioner William
ey, to require teachers and,
ool employees to state, un- |

oie cn, whether they have ever
(ey members of Communist, Nazi,
‘Fascist organizetions. .. Teachers

or Fixe for the Teacher-member of

ment Board September 8.
villian C, Hatch, the incumbent, |
nposed by Samuel C, Greenfield |
“Is of Ebbetts Field have re- |
authorities to inform male
jo school students between the |
¢ 13 and 15 that only Brooklyn
ligible for membership in
Brooklyn Knot Hole Club...
ations for which you cen ap
w: School Psychiatrist, Substt-
eacher of Home Economics, |
‘and household care) in junior |
schools, Art Metal Work, Day |
Schools. Applications can be
nd filed with the Board of |
110 Livingston Street, |
.Full requirements were
in past issues of the

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‘ew of the Week |

Leaper...Two books written by Dr.
Otto Kloischwitz, former Hunter Col-
lege teacher, were stricken from the
approved list. The books ere
and Purifex” and “Reise in Die
Literature"...The books were re-
moved at the request of the author's
publisher, J. B. Lippincott Company.
The reason: The author is now in
Germany broadcasting Nazi Propa-
ganda for U. S, consumption. ..Mayor
LeGuardia, Helen Hayes, Judy Gar-
land, Gertrude Lawrence, Ezra Stone,
and the Yale Glee Club will appear
on Sunday’s WOR 11:30 a.m. program
sponsored by the Young America
Wants to Help Group of the British
War Relief Society...Feature of the
program will be the symphony or-
chestra of the School of Music and
Art consisting of 100 boys and girls
between 13 end 17,

Have You a Little

Genius in the Family?

Ts little Willie a potential genius?
Do you think he'll make the Quiz
Kids when he reaches thé ripe old
age of nine? Hunter College Ele-
mentary School has vacancies in its
Kindergarten for qualified students.

Before you submit little Willie's
name for admission, Hunter College
Elementary School requires that he
must be given a psychological test at
Teachers College Guidance Labora-
tory or a similar testing bureau. If
he passes this examination success-

fully, and is admitted, little Willie ;

willbe enrolled in “an experimental
program in the education of children
of superior intelligence and commen-
surate physical, emotional and social
development,”

You may apply for little Willie by
writing to Hunter College Elemen-
tary School, 695 Park Ave.

Education Exam

An exam for Senior Administra
tive Assistant, both competitive and
promotion, in the Department of
Education, was ordered this week by
the Municipal Civil Service Com-
mission. At the same time it can-
celled a test for Administrator, Bu-
reatt of Plant Operation, in the same
department,

A request that the list for Admin-
istrative Assistant (City Planning) be
used for the jobs as Junior Admin-
istrative Assistant in the Board of
Education was denied a second time
this week by the Municipal Civil
Service Commission,

Health Teachers Meet

The next general meeting of the
New York City Health and Physical
Education Teachers Association will
be held at the Hotel Pennsylvania,
Thursday, May 1, 1941, at 8 p.m.
Speakers from the New York office
of the Selective Service Administra-
tion will discuss the results of the
physical examinations of draftees.
Conclusion will be drawn by the se-
lective service authorities and the
health education teachers. All mem-
bers of the association are urged to
attend the meeting.

The regularly-scheduled annual
meeting of the association will be
held at Roosevelt Hall in the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History,
Thursday, May 15, at 8 p.m, At this
meeting officers for the coming year
will be elected.

All the news... all the exams...
accurate... unbiased . . . in THE
LEADER,

. Promotion to Gardener |

‘The following is a continuation of
bibliogrephy from previous |
Public libraries generally |
vailable books, periodicals and
etins on various phrases of gar-

Practical Landscape Gardening, by
R. B, Cridland,

Aristocrats of the Garden, by E. H.
ie

ok of Annuals, by Alfred C,

Bulbs for Amertcan Gardens, by
John C. Wister,

jarden Guide—A, T. De LaMare,
editor
ventures in My Garden and
Rock Garden, by Louise Beebe Wil-

bow Fragments, by J. Marion

Study Series No. 21 |
Salpiglosis is (a) painted
(b) zinnia (e) cockcomb (d)
alyssum,

The one of the following
is spring blooming is (a)
galanthus (c) gladiolus

. Chionodoxa is (2) narcissus
rops (c) acilia (d) glory-
now.

irape hyacinth is (a) mus-
») oxalis (c) shell flower (a)

canna,
43,
tween

(a) Explain the difference be-
jieen a cold frame and a hot bed.
5) Enumerate the various uses of
“ld fremes, (¢) Briefly explain the
‘eheral management of a cold frame
Propagating plants from

Wed for
Cuttings

244,

ph

‘a) What is the approximate
% date for setting out tulip
(b) Briefly explain why gar-
ire advised not to plent tu-

ulbs mulched

are tulip
‘winter? (4) When should mulch

be applied? Removed?
© some common mulch ma-
sed, (f) Ts It a good prac-
» remove bulbs immediately
rien OWerlng? Discuss, (g) State
but.) the storing methods of tulip

ver summer,

Which one of the following
** (a) “breeking” in tulips Is
malin 42%. & virus disease (b) for-
link 8 sed to disinfect ‘soils (ec)
i, Our Is delphinium (d) whetstone

4 tool sharpening agent.

Saige

Enumerate the advantages

Park Topics

By B, R, MEEHAN

arising from well sharpened tools.

247, Of the following, the one not
valid with reference to sod is (a)
that it is one of the quickest ways
of establishing a lawn (b) that an
objection to its use is the expense
involved (c) that for convenience of
laying it should be cut one-inch
thick (d) sloping areas dry out
sldwly.

248. Bent turf is brushed daily
with a long flexible. bambo pole.
Explain in 150 words the purpose of
this process.

249, On the line on the answer
sheet place the word “Acid” or “At-
kaline” according to soil preference
of the following plants:

1, Sand Myrtle,

Pieris.
Sweet Alyssum.
Leucothoe,
‘Trailing Arbutis,
Nasturtium.
Mountain Laurel,
Sweet Pea,
Leather-Leaf. :
Rhododendron,

Answers

The following are answers to
Study Series No. 20, which appeared
in last week's Leaver:

231. (b), 233. (c), 235. (a), 236, (a),
237. (Brooklyn, 1-2-7-11-13, Manhat~
tan, 6-9-16-19, Bronx, 8-10-14, Queens,
3-4-17-20, Richmond, 5-12-15-18),

A new set of questions and answers
to above questions will appear in
next week's edition of The Leaner,

Park Employees Discuss
Reports on Budget

The Manhattan Council, Greater
New York Park Employees’ Associa-
tion, Ine,, will hold its next regular
meeting on Thursday, May 8, at 8
pm, at the Harlem Court House,
121st Street between Third Avenue
and Sylvan Place, New York,

Committee reports on the budget
hearing and Central Council will be
heard and discussed, All members
are requested to attend.

Sponsors Scholarship

A free four-year scholarship for
children of Catholic park employees
is to be sponsored by the Catholic

Sefrsasen

Guild of Park Department Em-
ployees,
Examination of eligibles, high

school graduates, will take place at
St. Johns University, 75 Lewis Ave-

nue, Brooklyn, on Saturday, June 14,
at 9 am,

Candidates will be examined in
English, American History, and High
School Mathematics.

Further information can be ob-
tained from Rev. Anthony Kieffer,
Dean, St. Johns University, 75 Lewis
Avenue, Brooklyn, or from James V.
Mulholland, President, Catholic Guild
of Park Department Employees,

150 Climber-Pruner
Appointments

The eligible list for climber and
pruner has been declared appropri-
ate for temporary or seasonal jobs
in the Department of Parks under
the title of assistant gardener.

It is expected that there will be at
least 150 temporary and seasonal
appointments made from the climber
and pruner list,

The present assistant gardener
list, containing some 600 names, has
been exhausted for this type of ap-
pointment,

Changes in Names

Catherine Harris to Catherine
Harris Reynolds; Sylvia Himmel to
Sylvia Wexler; Herbert Kronengold
to Herbert Cronen.

Enginemen Will Take

Surface Heater Jobs y

A request from the Office of the
President, Borough of Manhattan,
thet a competitive exam for surface
heater operator be ordered by the
Municipal Civil Service Commis-
sion, was denied this week, The
Commission pointed out that the new
auto engineman list is going to be
used for this position and a recent
questionnaire sent to eligibles re-
vealed that a large number intended
taking the practical test for the jobs.

Questionnaire Being
Sent to Clerk List

The new questionnaire form for
eligibles, recently made up by the
State Civil Service Commission, !s

now being sent to those on the Junior
Clerk list, It was first used for Junior |
Steno eligibles. The mein change in
the form is that eligibles may change |
their minds about location and salary |
that they will accept only four times |
a year,

You
and [

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 Leadem

HE excess teacher regulations of the Board of Education have been
the cause of much controversy for the past year.

‘The problem is serious and must be dealt with, but claims and
counter claims of unfairness and favoritism have been made by both
principals and teachers,

‘The present regulations state: “No deductions are to be made for leaves
of absence or periods of resignation."
This particular regulation has been the basis of most complaints,

Years of Service Not Indicated

Teachers claim that the original date of appointment does not indicate
years of service which many feel should be considered, Cases have been
brought to our attention which show the original dates of appointment:
1900, 1904, 1910, ete, Actually, though, the teacher has served much fewer
years because of a previous resignation and rein: ement,

I think that years of service in the system is fairer to all concerned.
Salaries and pensions are based on actual years of service, not on original
date of appointment, Excess regulations should therefore follow the
established system.

It probably would be a little more complicated to compute but it cer
tainly would remove the intense opposition which now exists,

Board to Get Report

The Joint Committee of Teachers Organizations has studied the present
regulation and has proposed some changes. The constituent organizations
are now considering the changes and when all returns are in the Joint
Committee will present the report to the Board of Education for con-
sideration,

The matter of original date of appointment vs. years of service was not
decided by the Joint Committee, That change is to be decided by a vote of
the affiliated organizations.

Some changes suggested are:

I, Teachers on leave of absence are to be considered as part of the or«
ganization of a school and subject to the regulations on excess teachers,
‘The previous regulation making a teacher on leave of absence without
pay the first teacher in excess is hereby abrogated.

II, Teachers with 30 years of service or more are exempt from the excess
regulations except where the school is being discontinued.

III, Whenever an exemption is made of a teacher in any group, the
next teacher to be declared in excess shall come from that group in which
the exemption was declared,

TV. Whenever a vacancy occurs in either group, iteshall take the place
of the excess, If two excesses are declared, the vacancy shall take the
place of the teacher with the shortest service in Group A.

There are several other changes offered but I will not enumerate them
until the returns are in,

‘The two groups A and B remain as in the original plan of the Board of
Education but shall be amended as of April 15 and November 15,

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MAIN OFFICE:
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BRANCH OFFICES

Third Avenue at 137th Street East Tremont Ave. at Eastern Blvd,
Third Avenue at Boston Road White Plains Avenue at 233rd Street
Fordham Road at Jerome Avenue East Tremont Ave. at Boston Road
Ogden Avenue at University Aven Eleven Hugh J. Grant Circle

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|

Complete Listing of This Week’s Eligibles

Assistant Accountant

Public Service
(Promotion)

ivan John J 0

» Vallone
Larson Ernest
athomaxon Fred
Drow stewart
kernan th
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1) Waleh War tl S188 9
104
1

iy ny Hivos, a Williams Harold @ mi.30
84 MeGr “ath ETT AO Waters Jon 'T 79.07 Sledenburg H 83.48 Reilly Wm M 17.50
8 hn Cone Dias Huntaingor PT, 8 Kindergarten Teacher
WT fassey Hugene falliday’ Cham
a Scherer Fran 19 78.09 Reardon Jon 83.00 EBligibles

Milk Accounts Examiner,
Department of Agriculture

olde 18
Lemmon Robt J
§ Wright Arthur 82.91
Milk.

Department of Agriculture

(Open Competitive)

else) Lain A. 885

H Cooper Abraham 88.48

7 route 8.2

4 Lovin. Mac

Klein
hor Leonard 87.87

and Markets
(Promotion)
88.

Accounts Examiner, mu

and Markets 4

iD iTO8
Abratam 87,00

York

id
TP 81.97 28
105

1 Sudack Of 77.31
2 Ntoller Hurold A 77.08 38
§ Jordan Wm V 8)
54 Hlots en} 7340 40
Supervising Janitor Fireman, {1
Department of Education 43,
(Open Competitive) a
1 Potter Harold (DV) 86.29 4
F] y Kean H w0.22
3 Rowley Irving b, 8042
Smith Mark 88,36
Demling Henry. 11 80.12
Michel Hobt © 84.06

17 Vorbeck J 85.07,
ker Kermit
19 Gowing Georg

Pa
27 Woulte Jon 89.72
Lear Raymond W_ 89.01

Kennedy Maurice,

70.21

Gloonan P 8:

Menteor Hurry.
Ericson © 82.07

Bird Wm Ft 82,00
49 Shepherd R 81.79

Melvin Wm A 81.
Buckley Wm N 81
Butero § 81.96

Stippa Oswald ©

MeGrory © 80,50

W 84,50
84.

Woolley L 77.

DeJonge rik $2.60

Leger David 82.15

Lauer Andrew 81.
Hayes Ralph G 81.50

Bowman Wm F 80,
Gorham John 80,50
Safman Ruby 80,50

‘Terrell Ralph L. 80.00

‘Tweedale Arthur
Dingfelder arl A 78,00

Only 82 candidates were

pe 05,
Snyder Harold $3.67 garten teacher.

: 17 Philtbosian, re:
18 Keufeld, Rita ¥, 2
10 Hesin i tuna’ J.

Flam,
21 Axel

tion for license as kinder-
A ‘total of
691 women applied for the

2.88
22 Sohweld, Batty, 12.12

uth
85 Botwinicl, Miriam, fot

na
3 Cohn, Maxine Heid,
ances, i.)

license, At present there are rude “e,
87 vacancies in this title, The Msi
complete list issued by the ober, ti}
fe Board of Examiners follows: 8 3 Hari olen aes, OOS
4 Rothman, Huth Py 18.0 ‘7 Singer, Louise 0, 47
2 Coen, Edith H, 78.79 45 tetler, tees oy C7
8 Carey, Edith, 78.16 9
2 4 O'Connor, Catherine ‘T, 17.02
5 Bake Ruth J, 77.68 oh Ws Tet,
urman, ‘
08 38 Tolle, tea
H8 Gerstiin, Mularéa i, og
55 Slevert,’ Adele P, of.y°!9
36 Cohn, staan H,' 67,00
7 Edge Hotia, 6,90
cu )
0.79 50 Pott ne
05 60 8! 0
18 Singer, wihel, 1 OL m, Fay L, hi,
16 Brethouwer, bilan Ap a 73.36 62 Brussolt, Pans i 64 -
{ig siiverman, Min

Bellows, Hlone. i, 73
Marlowb, on 2

TL Rosonzwei
72 Brodwin, Beatrice. si.
13 Laderhandler, Selina, y
4 Druoker, Martha W.
rman. Belle W, bx
Mondahela, Florerioe, (99
Tt Cohen: Ruth r°7S%s
78 Fol

ri dente Tho RUN Es aM Voley tan’ 1 82-72 successful in the examina~ 39 Drolee, ivi, 0b
) @
e .
U. &. Tests How to Apply for a Test
For City Jobs: Obtain gpplications at 9€ Duane Street, New York
Junior Stenographer, fyping until told dean, Keep on | city, (9 am, to 4 p.m.), or write to the Application Bureau of the

$1,440

Junior Typist, $1,260
File by Wednesday, April 30. Ap-
otiads “will be accepted oniy
rom residents of New York City
comprising the boroughs of Bronx,

Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and
Richmond; and from’ the residents
of the county of Westchester in

New York State, Place of employ-

ment; in various federal agencies in

the State of New York, Place of

examination: New York City, Where

to obtain applications: the _ se

tary, dof U. M% Civil Service

examiners at any Trst or second

clus post office in the County of

Westchester, and the following ‘post
New York City—Brook-
r Rockaway,

Jamaica, Long Island

Staten island: or the

Si a

Street, n
plications: th
Commission,

t

je" U.
fal Washin

Candidates will be rated as fol-
Jows: (1). copying from plain copy
(typewriting), 50 percent

perce te die

stenography, 50
rate of 96 words

tation will be at the
a minute

Any system of making notes, in-
cluding the use of shorthand-writ=
ing machines, is acceptable, pro-
vided that the notes are given to

the examiner after being tran=
scribed, ‘The use of typewriters for
making notes is not permitted,
however, owing to the fact that the
noise Would interfere with the dic~
tation. Applicants are responsible
for providing typewriters in good
working or Any style of type-
writer ie, may be used,
Reexamination will not anted
be. of faulty. typewriter

‘Time required for the test: about

hour and 45 minutes,
AND SAMP!

10)
RAND JUNIOR
EXAMINATIONS

(Competitors must furnish type-
writing machines for use in the
examination)

Copying n Plain Copy

The sample below is similar to
the actual exercise in. everything
except size of type. It is printed
here in order to give you an op-

portunity to practice typing it re-
peatedis, line for line, for exactly
0, mintite:

‘The directions for the Plain Copy
‘Test are as follow:
rypewrite the following exer-
else on the accompanying Sheet 1
(continued), SPACE RA-
GRAPH, SPELL, C
APITALIZE and BEGIN AND
ND EACH LINE precisely as in the
exercise, You will have 10 min=
utes in’ which to make repeated
copies of this exercise, keeping in
mind that your rating will depend
Upon accuracy as well as speed.
‘Use both sides of Sheet 1 (con-
tinued), Each time you complete
the exercise, simply double space

“Make no erasures, insertions, or
other corrections in this Plain Copy
‘Test. Errors are penalized whether
oF not they are erased or otherwise
‘corrected.’

The following is a sample of
Copying from Plain Copy, WHICH
MUST BE TYPED LINE FOR
LINE:

“The two largest forest belts still
remaining in this country are in the
South and in the Pacific Northwest.
In a comparatively short time, how-
ever, the South must cease exporta-
tion if it is to continue to supply
adequately its own needs, Pro-
vided that it is not visited by any
destructive fires, the northwestern
timber supply ‘will probably last
somewhat longer. Estimates as to
the exact time diffe
forests in most othi
country have been ruthlessly cut
great forests will like-
r under the treatment
to which they are subjected
‘There is no other country from
vhich we might import a sufficient
quantity of lumber when our pres-
ent supply is gone, It has long been
recognized that the problem with
which we are confronted 4s one of
conservation and scientific forestry,
if we are not to destroy entiyely our
diminishing supply of timber, Re=
placement of our forests ‘could
eventually be accomplished, if care~
ful consideration were given to
their requirements, Primarily,
however, it must be recognized that
since reforestation is a slow process
it will not be long before our tim=

ber supply will be entirely ex-
hausted, unless we change our
wasteful and extravagant methods

of lumbering.”
Stenography (Dictation and
‘Transeription)

A practice dictation and two ex~
ercises of 240 words will be dictated
for junior stenographers. Only one
will’ be transcribed, Competitors
will be allowed 10 minutes to study
their notes on the two exercises and
transcribe the

20 minutes to one
chosen,

The dictation is given at the rate
of 96 words per minute,

‘The following is a sample passage
as prepared for the use of an ex~
aminer in dictating at the rate of
96 words per minute. Practice tak~
ing notes on this exercise, the dic~
tation of each three lines to take 10
seconds,

‘The practice of paying workers by
checks instead of in cash reduces
the danger of Iosses.

Another advantage which is im-
portant to large firms employing
many people is that by this

method their bank balances are
kept at a higher figure, This is due
to the fact that checks

often pass through many hands and
are frequently delayed in arriving
at the bank, In these days

when business methods are tested
by careful accounting, the system
of paying by check instead of in
cash has demonstrated its value.
Most large companies which have
adopted the system have found
that using checks reduces the
time and labor ‘required to pay the
workers. s The use of checks

also reduces the number of mistakes

Municipal Civil Service Commission at 96 Duane Street and enclose
a self-addressed 9-inch stamped envelope (4 cents for Manhattan and

Bronx, 6 cents elsewhere).
For Sta

Jobs: Obtain applications at 80 Centre Street, New York

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, All

bany. Enclose 6 cents,

For Federal Jobs: Obtain applications from U. 8, 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. §, citizens only may file for e:
applications are being received,

xams and only during period whem

Fees are charged for city and State exams, not for federal.
Applicants for most city jobs must haye 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
relative value of each part of the

titles on these pages refer to 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,

which are made a payne workers,
and offers a metho

of discovering the few errors that
do occur, Usually, local banks have
been found quite

willing to assist employers in mak-
ing this system operate smoothly,
To meet the objections

to cashing checks made out to per-
sons not known by the bankers,
many companies provide special
cards for workmen to present at the
bank, ‘The use of checks instead
of currency is not always

Uked by workmen, but after a trial
of the new system their opposition
disappears,

‘The system has proved of value to
both banks and workmen, since it
brings the workmen into

contact with the banks and shows
them the practical advantages of
having a bank account,

Any system or method of making
notes, including the use of short-
hand-writing machines, is accept-
able, provided that the notes are
given to the examiner after being
transcribed, The use of typewriters
for making notes is not permitted,
however, owing to the fact that the
noise of the machines would inter-
fere with the dictation,

‘The use of an eraser is permitted
in this test.

Millman

Salary: $8 to $8,06 a day. File by
May 21," Place’ of employment:
Brookign ‘Navy’ Yard, Age traits

10 48,

Duties
To convert timber of any size to
lumber of apy desired dimensions;
to operate and care for all the
machines in a complete first class
saw mill, shipwright shop, boat shop
joiner shop; to operate a timber
Band ‘saw. debion fe im-inent to
operate a ‘dimension planes; 10 pan
le large timber: to operate and set
up a four-sided planer; to handle
timber from 6-inch square to 16-
inch by 16-inch square; to set up
and. operate inside and outside
moulding machines}; and to, operate, |

double spindel and variety ma-
chines,
Requirements

Applicants must have completed a
four-year apprenticeship as Millman
or have had four years of practical
experience in the trad

2 Basis of Ratings

Applicants will be rated on their
experience and fitness on a scale of

0.

Principal Training Special-

ist,
Also Senior? $4,600; ‘Training Spe-
clalist, and Associate, $3,200,
Fite by May be. Age limit: $3,

gee
Wader general supervision, | to
lan, organize, and direct training
programs for a variety of technical
and professional personnel In a ma~
jor department of the fovernment;
to adapt and devise training meth:
ods and materials; to act as con
sultant to operating departments in
matters of training policy and pro-
cedures; to assemble data concern-
ing training programs,
Requirements

Applicants must have had from
three to seven years, according, to
the grade of f position, of responsible
experience in organizing, develop-
ing, and administering programs for
training employees in industry, busi-
hess, or government. ‘This experl-
ence must have involved success-
ful contacts with operating officials,
and the supervision of subordinates
engaged in training activities,

Basis of Ratings

Applicants will be rated on their
gxperience anq fitness on a scale of

Machinist (Electrical)

Salary: $1,000. File by May 16.
Age limit: 62, Requirements: com-
pletion of a four-year apprentice-
ship as machinist, or four years of
Begetont experience in the trade.
‘his must have included one
of experience, in the

test, repair, and maintenance of
motors, generators, switchboards,

Regional Agent, Trade and
Industrial Education
Salary: $4,000; also special ayent,

Office of Education, Fede:
curity Agency. File until
notice, Age limit: 60. Require.
ments: Applicants must have’ t.j
six years of experience fo, 55
onal Agent, and five years for
opie Agent, in work as director

@ program of trade and |» -
trial education in a State depart-
ment of education, or a schoo!
tem, as a teacher of shop su
or in-service teacher trainer
ee of trade and industria)

on,

1 Seo
arther

Senior Architect, $4,600
Also architect, 800; associ:
$5200; assistant, $2,600; junior

Optional subjects: 1) design: 2)
specifications; 3) estimating. File
by May 7, ‘Requirements: a;
cants must have had from
two years of appropriate ex
ence, depending on the grade of
sitfon applied for.

a)

Social Worker, $2,000 a year. Re-
quirements: Completion of a four-

specialized. study with a min
of 300 hours supervised field
in ‘an accredited school of
work, Openings as Psycl
cial Worker in the Veteran:
ministration and as Social
Worker in the Bureau of Pr
Maximum age, 53. File by May 14
Full details in’ The Leader.

April 15.

social
Ad-
Case

Inspector of Coal, Ree
quirements: 10 years extensiy
mercial experience handling
75,000 tons annually, Maxi re
File by December 31

$3,800

Regional Agent, ae and indus

trial Education, Special
Agent, $3,800, Requirements: Ke-
gional Agent, six  yei Special
Agent, five years directing 9 px"

gram of trade and industrial educa-
tion in a State department of edu-
cation, or school system as a teactier
of shop subjects or in-service
teacher Reainer im the field of irade

industrial education. Maxl-
60, File until further

Senlor, Archrect $4,000 Arehle

tect, $3,800; Associate, of As
sistant, ‘$2,600; Junior,” $2.00 Op-
tional ’ subjects: design, ’ specifica
tions, estimating, Requirements:
two ‘to six years’ appropriate 6%
perience depending on the Kride
File by May 7.

Commodity Exchange specialist:
ea Schick st carnal
exchange, specials ase :

38
3
=
z

Expeditor (Marine Propellll
Rquipment), $3200. eat ane
Four years experience in the ‘1!

facture of pumps, boilers, De

Feclprocating engines. eee

age, 65. Fi

192 to $8.89

20 ve Real tee

tice i “4
in

S:
timat
our years of appre

Machint
day,
toate

or four years of experience {i
trade. Ne until further notic’
Re
Instri Maker, $1: f
quirements: Completion. of, 4,
ren yen
experience as Mastroment MaKe!)

igh-grade instrument oF

1 AGeasinaeg op, FRESH)

CIVIL SERVICE LEADER

Pace Evevew

eg

State

Tests Closing This Week

ry SOP.
ory Sieher notice, .

—~ engineer, $2,000. Require-
Pnevetion of @ four year
urriculum leading to
coin engineering, Senior
jneering may also
bere age, 39. File un-
Senior Inspec-
$2,600;

‘dina-
-caeution tnapection, Coordina

tot SN nal 2)
yest) ie limits: 65,

ch

east
bject.

(Tax-
Require-

pper age limit: 53.

et
oe opie further notice.

——a rch Chemist (Any Special-
fesetieinch). Prinelpal, $5,600;
ae Htesearch Chemist, §3,-

6003
iate, $3,200; and Assistant,
until December 31, 1941.
n: 55. Requirements: Col-
jduation, and from seven to
rs of professional experi-
the field, depending on the
position applied for.

ie
two Ye
ence in the
fale of the

ferintendent of’ Construc-
ii) a year; Associate Super-
of Construction, $3, a
Requirements: Seven to eleven
of experience in the field of
yastruction, of which a

ofa must have been as general
perratendent on large construc-
fim projects involving excavation,
jeinforeed concrete, steel, wood and
non. Senior ’ Superintendent:

or technical college
ro be substituted, year for
sat four years of the gen-
Yal'experience. Maximum age, 58.

File by Dec. 31, 1941,

as

instructor, Mobile Laundry, $2,000.
ments: At least three years
egerience in laundry operations,
{i upkeep and operation of mod=
tm washing and drying machinery,
aration and use of laundry

‘Also, at least two years

aad pre}
wlutions.

experience as” foreman, assistant
fiperintendent or superintendent of
fnnge modern laundry, or two years
instructor of organized classes in
laundry operations or two.years ex-
re the installatifi and in-
ruction in the operation of ma-

thinery and solutions or any equiva-
nt combination of (a), (b), or (c),
age, 53, File until further

Assistant Communications Opera~

Dr.D.G- POLLOCK

Surgeon Dentist
Brooklyn Paramount ‘Theatre Bldg.
One Flight Up
5-8620

Brooklyn,

AMT. DeKalb Av, Subway Station
LK T. Neving St, Subway Station

Hours: Dally 9-D; Sunday 10-1

Y., TRiang!

°
Page 10) tor (Air Navigation), $1,620, Ability
ntinued from to transmit and redbive by radio
(cot Maximum age, 62, | telegraph (International Morse

Code) “at ‘a sustained speed of 30
words. per minute copying on a
typewriter, Maximum age, 50. File
Until further notice. Full details in
Feb. 25 issue of The Leaver,

3taf Dietitian, $1,800 a year. Re-
quirements: A.B. degree, with ma~
jor study in dietetics, including at
least, 18 semester hours in a com-
bination of the following: food prep-
aration, nutrition, and institutional
management, Applicants will be ac-
cepted from students now serving
in an approved graduate training
course. File until further notice.

Attendant, Neuro-Psychiatric Hos-
ei equtirements:

pital, $1,020
Applicants mu:
least 6 months
course in nursing; or 6 months o:
active service in the hospital corps.
‘Three months of experience as At-
tendant performing ward duty in an
institution for the treatment of men-
tal or nervous diseases is acceptable.
Age limits, 21 to 48 year:

Hons maybe filed until

ORs. as

. Applic
further no-

Principal Tool and
signer, $2,300 ay
Tool

a year:
Signer, $1,800 a year. Requirements:
Applicants must have had satisfac-
tory designing training, or mechani-
cal drafting and machine shop ex-
perience. The length and speciali-
zation of experience vary according
to the grade of the position, Age
Hmits, 18 to 62 years. Applications
may be filed until further notice.

Senior

Engineering Draftsman, $1,800 a
year; Chief Engineering Draftsman,
$2,600 a year; Principal Engineering
Draftsman, $2,300 a year; Senior En-
gineering Draftsman, $2,000 a year;
Assistant Engineering | Draftsman,
$1,620 a year. Maximum age,
years. File until December 31, i941.

Inspector Engineering Materials,
Mechanical (Optical Instruments),
$2,000 a year. Requirements: Appli-
cants must have had at least 4 years
of experience in the inspection and
testing of opi'cal instruments.’ Col-
legiate training in physics or optics;
or related training may be substi-
tuted for experience, Age limits, 21
to 53 years. Applications may be
filed until further notice.

Junior Communications Operator
(Air Navigation), $1,440 a year. Re~
quirements: Applicants mist have a

rst-class radic telegraph operator's
license or similar license issued by
the Federal Communications Com-
mission, Age limits, 18 to 50 years.
Applications may be filed until fur-
ther notice.

Junior Communteations Operator
(High Speed Radio Equipment), $1,-
620 a year. Requirements; Appli-
cants must have had 1 year of ex-
perience as Radio Operator in com-
munications work, at least 3 months
of which included’ operation of high
spéed radio communication equip-
ment, Maximum age, 48 years, Ap-
Plications may be filed until further
notice.

Machinist, $6.72 to $8.888 a day.
Requirements: Applicants must have
completed a 4-year apprenticeship
or must have had at least 4 years of
practical experience in the trade,
Applications from those with only
2 years of experience will be ac-
cepted and may be certified for ap-
pointment as the needs of the serv-
ice require. Age limits, 18 to 62
years. Applications may be filed
Until further notice.

REMOVE MOLES
WARTS 1 VISIT

MY. Gea
M48 726 St. at 34th Ave. Jackton Helghts

Flat Feet—Fallen Arches

ne aanaatipni =

guarantee, —

Men, Children),
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ITE FIT ARCH CO.

MH Bay, (suite 507) 42nd

me vith Pa aly

CHRONIC DISEASES

"BLOOD, NERVES AND SKIN

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Gioia Maver und Kidney ‘Troubles.
MEN", Ailments of MEN and WO-

“ited by modérn methods,

EXAMINATION 82.

Principal Inspector (Subsistence
Supplies), $2,600 a year; Senior In-
spector (Subsistence Supplies),
$2,300va year; Inspector (Subsistence
Supplies), $2,000 a year; Assistant
Inspector’ (Subsistence ' Supplies),
$1,800 a year; Junior Inspector (Sub-
sistence Supplies), $1,620 a yer. Re-
quirements: Satisfactory" inspec-
tonal experienze is necessary. The
lengths of experience vary accord-
elie the grade of the position.
Laboratory experience or college
training may be substituted for part
of the required inspectional experi-
ence, Maximum age, 53 years. Ap-
plications may be filéd until further
otice,

Senior Inspector, Ordnance Ma-
terial, $2,600 a year; Inspector,
Ordnance Material, $2,300 a year;
Associate Inspector, Ordnance’ Ma-
terial, $2,000 a year; Assistant In-

Spector, Ordnance Material, $1,800 a
year; Junior Inspector, Ordnance
Material, $1,620 a year, Require-

ments: Applicants must have had
satisfactory experience in the inspec-
tion and testing of raw or ordnance
materials. Collegiate training in
mechanical or cfvil engineering or
metallurgy may be substituted for
experience. The degree of difficulty
of work performed and length and
specialization of experience vary ac-
cording to the grade of the position,
Maximum age, 55 years. Applica-
tions may filed until further
notice.

Toolmaker, $7.20 to $9.36 a day.
Requirements: Applicants must have
completed a 4-year apprenticeship
or must have had at least 4 years of
Practical experience in the trade.
Applications from those with only 2
years of experience will be accepted
and may be certified for appoint-
ment as the needs of the service re
quire. Age limits, 18, to 62, yea

pplications may be filed until fu
ther notice,

Public Health Nursc, $2,000 a year.
Requirements: Four-year high school
course or*14 units of high school
study; completion of a course in
school of nursing; registered; com~
pletion of special course in ‘public
health nursing: one year or more of
successful public health! nursing 'ex=

&

in private industry.

Employment Service,
MUrray Hill 3-9000,

tools.

castings, Regular, 40 hours,

iron or brass castings.

hours.

educational requirements,
istry experience preferred.

experience will be considered.

not acceptable.
American citizen.

training. Two yea
vertical milling machines.

Must be American citizens.

engineers or plumbing contractors.
necessary,
the trade not acceptable.

years.

struction superintendent.
firm. Must be American citizen,

experience required,

shop.

Defense Jobs —

As a special service to readers, The CIVIL SERVICE
LEADER will carry, beginning with this issue, a list-
ing of defense openings for skilled and technical men
For further information about
these jobs, get in touch with the New York State
Clearance

AUTOMATIC SCREW MACHINE SET-UP MEN.—To make own forming
Recent experience required. Must be American citizen.

BENCH MOLDERS (foundry).—Must be experienced in production work
in jobbing foundry, green sand molds for brass, bronze and aluminum

COREMAKER (foundry).—Must be experienced on large cores for grey
Jobbing foundry work, Union scale.

ELECTRICAL DRAFTSMEN AND DESIGNERS.
do layout, design and drafting on light and power circuits,
Minimum of three years electrical drafting ex-

rience with consulting engineers or electrical contractors.
at Public utility,

Radio or electrical apparatus experience
Must have checkable reference from first class firm,

GRINDERS, SURFACE OR CYLINDER.—Able to do own set-up, work
to plus or minus two ten-thousandths.
citizenship and recent experience in this kind of work.

MECHANICAL DRAFTSMEN.—Under 35 years,
irs experience in precision drafting.

MILLING MACHINE HANDS.—Only first-class workmen with minimum
of four years recent experience need

Use dividing head and able to do own set-up.

PLUMBING DRAFTSMEN AND DESIGNERS.—Under 55 years.
layout and design of plumbing systems and detailin;
No. specific education requirements,
Minimum of three years experience in last eight years with consulting

Air-conditioning experience or experience as journeyman 1
Must be American citizen.

PRECISION LATHE HANDS (bench or engine).—Must do own s\
‘Work to plus or minus two ten-thousandths. Recent experience in this kind
of work essential, Able to do all operations.

STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGNERS AND DRAFTSMEN.—Under 55
‘To do structural steel designing, detailing and drafting.
of two years experience within last five.
ing experience preferred. Experience on bridge, residential or commer-
cial steel frame construction will be considered,’ Will not accept experi-
ence on ornamental iron (fire escapes, grills, etc.) or as expediting or con-
Must have ‘checkable references from first class
Regular, 40 hours.

TURRET LATHE OPERATORS.—Able to do own set-up. Some recent
‘To operate Warner-Swazey, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Jones and Lamson or Gisholt machine.

WOOD OR METAL PATTERN MAKERS.—Thoroughly experienced mak-
ing wood or metal patterns and core boxes. To work in jobbing pattern
Mostly patterns for machine castings.

Office, telephone

Regular, 40

Under 55 years. To
No_ specific

Heavy in-
commercial or residential

Must produce proof of American

‘Two years professional

apply, To operate horizontal or

To do
of specific sections.

Engineering degree not required.

This specific experience absolutely

‘Must be citizen,

Minimum
Heavy industrial type of build~

American’ citizen,

‘Regular, 40 hours,

perience. Additional credit for
Special experience. Maximum age:
40, File until further notice.

Junior Stenographer, $1,440 a year,
Open only to men. Requirements:
‘The only requirements are that the
applicants must meet the age limits
and be U. S. citizens. ‘There will
be an examination, as follows: Copy-
ing from plain (typewriting), count-
ing 25%; general test, counting 25%;
stenography, 50%. Dictation is at

the rate of 96 words a minute. Any
system of making notes, including
the use of shorthand-writing ma-
chines, is acceptable, provided the
notes ‘are given tothe examiner
after being transcribed. The use of
typewriter for making notes is not
permitted. Applicants must supply
their own typewriters and_ tables
for the test. Any style of type-
writer, except electric, is permitted
Maximum age, 63. File until further
notice.

State Tests

STATE SERIES STILL OPEN

Persons who wish to take the following state tests can still file applications

until Friday, May 2; Assistant

Examiner of

Methods and Procedures,

Assistant Principal, School of Nursing, Assistant in Test Development, Canal

Section Superintendent,
Teacher

Compensation Examining Physician,
(Trade Drawing), Institutional Vocational Instructor

Institutional
(Electric and

Oxy-Acetylene Welding), Institutional Vocational Instructor (Machine Shop
Practice), Junior Administrative Aide, Junior Personnel, Technician, Labor

Mediator, Pharmacist,

Senior Personnel Administrator, Senior Examiner of

Methods and Procedures, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, Social
Hygiene Medical Consultant, Supervising Nurse, Supervising Tax Examiner,
and until May 23 for Superintendent, Department of Correction, Institutional
Vocational Instructor, Assistant Foreman, Knitting Department, Public Health

Nurse,

Residents of the following counties may file for the tests specified. Bronx:

Bookbinder; Broom

Court Attendant, Probation Officer; Cattaraugus: Asst.

Commissioner, Department of Health; Columbia: Junior Laboratory Technician;

Erie: Chief Nurse; Probation ©
Worker; Franklin: Probation Office
Physician,
Machine ‘Operator;

Ts

Onei
Visitor; Rensselaer: Children’s
‘Suffolk: Public Health Nurs

Steward, Supervising Medical Sociat
ida: Investigator, Librarian: Monroe:
Agent, Investigator; Onondaga:
Westchester: Assistant

Dietitian, Dietitian, Intermediate Account Clerk and Stenographer, Resident
Physician (T.B.), Supervising Operator. Residents of the City of Newburgh may
file for positions of Clerk and Chief Clerk.

Il_requirements for the

State-wide examinations appeared in THE

Fi
LEADER, April 1, for the county tests, April 15.

Nassau County
junior Epidemiologist
Rare ‘of. Health. (Usual
salary range $4,000-$5,000; appoint-
ment expected at minimum but may
be made at less). File by May 16
at Mineola. Fee, $3, Exam will be
held May 24,

Dutle:

Under direction of the Commis-
sioner of Health, carry on specific
phases of public health work
throughout the county; related
work, Employees are not allowed
to conduct a private practice but
are required to work full time for
the county.

Requirements

Candidates must be residents of
New York State, but preference in
certification will be given to those
who have been residents for one
ear of Nassau County. They must
Be graduates of a medical school

driver's license and be prepared to
furnish transportation on a mileage

basi

Basis of Ratings

Written, 3; training, experience,
and ‘general qualifieations,'7, |) \ +

Buffalo

Fee Collector (C and D)

C Grade: Salary _ $1,300-$1,500;
three appointments expected.” D
Grade: Salary $1,600-$1,800; one ap-
pointment expected. For men only,
File by May 13 at room 1001, City
Hall, Fee, $1, Exam will be held
May 24,

Duties

Collect coins from city-owned
parking meters; supervise and par-
Ucipate in counting and recording
of collections,

Requirements

Candidates must be residents of
Buffalo for thes past two years.

Graduation from eighth - grade
school, Some experience in a
bonded position of trust or in a

position in which ‘an essential duty
was the responsible handling of
cash, Measure not less than 5 foot
6 nor more than 6 foot 4, and weigh
in proportion,
Basis of Ratings

Written, 7; medical-phystcal, 2:
training, experience, and general
qualifications, 1,

All the exams—New York City,
New York State, and United
States—open at this time are
listed on the exam pages. For
complete examination news, fol-
low The LE&ADER'’s exam pages
regularly, 1

pende

and to 'M:
the

widow of Wasi
it living,
administ

sons Interested as creditors,
or otherwise In the estat

to show causa
Court of New Yorke County
Hall of Records, in the
Yori, on the 3rd

Aildressea are tinknown and. ¢
diligent is :

asvertained by
being the persons interested as creditors
next of Icin or otherwise in the extate of
Verona

time of her death C
218 Rast 70th Street, New York City

‘The Public Administrator 0
of New York, is fri

and credits of sald

the seal of the Surrorate’s
nal County of New York to
aftives

signed to sell beer, wine
retall under the Alsoholle Heverage Cone
trol Law

and County of b
Consumption! Miyako,'Ine\ 20 AV. 50th St

LEGAL NOTICES

HANN JAK OB | OBERHOLZBR

iN
KNOWN AS

AKOR OBER.
ZER—CITATION—The People of
16 of New York, by Grace of

known

Muller,

the §
persons interested
kin or otherwise,
HANN JAKOB
known ax JAKOB
ceased, who at the
was a’ resident of 2

New York City.

Send Greeting: Upon the petition of
the Public Administrator of the County
of New York, having his office at Hall

of Records, Room 408, Borough of Man«

hattan, City and County of New
administrator, the

Yorle,
goods,

halt ‘past ten o'clock i

that day, why the ny

Ings of the Public Administrator of the
County of New York. ax administrator,
Gta, of the goods, chattels and credits
of id deceaned, should not he judicially

uwed

of, We have
: ate’

the
New York to
fixed, W
James A
of our
York,

{Seal. 2st day
roof our Tord one
nine ‘hundred and

forty-one.
VEORGE
Clerk of the

LORSCIt
urrogate’s C

urt,
ALSO KNOW

WASIL SARKO’
SARKOWISH

Vir
c

Sta
ministration,

Sarkovieh,

der 14 yenra of age

infant inder 14 years af axe
Sarkovich, infant under 14 years of axes
Pawel Czajeaye, Zosla C. Kozicka. Jan
Danielkowicz, "Michael Danielkowlozy
Anna Dantelkowlez, Helena Danielkowlez

name "Ma
i

or It

Whose names and Post Office

dresses’ are unknown and cannot after
diligent Inquiry be ascertained by. the
Petitioner herein: and the next of kin
of Wasil Sarkovich also known as Sar
Kowish deceased, whose namics ara Post
Office addresses are unknown and cane
not after diligent Inquiry. be ined
by the petitioner herein; heing the per=

nh also Known ns de=
ceased, who at the timi death
was a resident of 187 East 102nd Street,
New Yorle City.

Send Greeting: Upon the petition of

The Public Administrator of the County
of New

of Records, Room 408, Thor
hattan,
ax administrator of the goods,
and credits of aald deceased

Tork, having his afficn at. Hail
neh of Man=
of New Yorls,

chattels

City and County

You and each of you are hereby ef
before th

day of Sune,

1941, at

half-nast ten o'clock In the forenoon of
that day. why the account of proceed=
Ines of The Publle Administrator of the
County of New York, as administrator of
the goods, chattels and credits of sald
Aereased, should not he jwilcinlly settled,

In Tesftmony Whereot, We have caused

the seal of

the
of the sald ¢

[Seal.]

York, the 16th day of April in
the year of our Lord. one thou-
sand nine hund) nd forty=
one,

GEORGE LoRscH,
Clerk of the Surrogates Court,

by the Grace of God, Fr Thace
Pendent, ‘tothe Attorney, Genome of ae
Riate of New For. Gabriel Menten cone
Ral General’ of Hannay Rothe
Fenilde and to wsonne Maries te Retts
“ohn "helng. fetitioun, the hist ee

id. If living

dena. to. the” executors, ‘administrator
find next of kin of ald “one Moiese
econned, whose namen and Pont Offs

n
Inquiry be
petitioner hereing

cannot after diligent

the

Moritz, deceased,

wana

who at the

resident 0
Send Greeting:

Upon the petition of

C
New Yorke,
he! goon. chattels
You nnd each ‘of you nrm hereby cited

to how cause, before the “Surrogate
Court nf New York County, held nt the
Hall of Pecordn, In the crnty of New
Yor 'on the 2tth day of Maw. 184 ne

half-past ten o'clock in the forenoon o'
that dav, why Meas

the accou
Public Admini

t of proceed-
‘ator of the

County of New York, a administrator o
the Ronda i
evened should not be fuliclally settled,

chattely and credits of sald

Th Tentimony Whereof, We have enuaed
art of the
hereunto

Tn Testimony Whereot, We have caused
the seal of ‘the Surrogates
Court of the sald County of New

Tork to. he” hoveuntn” ative,
Vitness, Honorahie. stamer
Seal.) four eal
ny ot Now
of April Im
the year of or Tard one thous
mand nine hundred ant. fortye
one
GronGr tonscr
Perk nt the Surrogates
LIQUOR LICENSES
Sotiee- Ta hereby given’ that Ticen
RUtt20. han been femued th the

er
and liquor at

20 West 56th Street, Clty

nt w York, for on-premises

Pace TwELve

CIVIL SERVICE LEADER

Study Aids for Coming U. S. Typist-Steno Ex

AN you type 64 words a
C minute? Can you take dicta-

tion perfectly at the rate of 96
words a minute? If you can, you'll
probably get 100 per cent on the
examination for Junior Stenog-
rapher, Juntor Typist, for which the
U, S. Civil Service Commission is
receiving applications until 4 p.m,
Wednesday, April 30, Full require~
ments for this test, open to both
men and women residents of New
York City and Westchester, appear
on page 10.

Applicants for this exam will be
don their ability to type and
stenography only, There will
no general test. You need not

vies, 0)
should
up on their typing and stenog-
only, In order to help stenog.
raphers and typists prepare for t
examination, The Leaver has com-
piled the following study suggestions
and study mater

Typists should remember that ac-
curacy is all-important,

until the date of the e:

for about five minutes da

the simple finger exercises which
you learned in your first lessons on
the typewriter. ‘This will help you
perfect your rhythm, which is
essential to precise, firm, accurate
strokes, Forget about speed, and you
will be surprised how fast speed
comes to you.

On the examination, typists will be
given. approximately 200 words of
straight material on a general sub-
ject. They will be required to type
this material for ten minutes. Candi-
dates should remember to keep
typing until they are told to stop.
After completing the exercise, they
should double space and begin all
over again, In order to receive a
perfect score on speed, the material
should be typed three and one-fifth
times, or about 64 words per minute.
No more than eight mistakes should
be made. Typists should take care

space, paragraph, spell, punctuate,

italize each line exactly as it
in the exercise.

Practice typing the following exer-
cise for ten minutes. Take your time
and continue practicing daily until
you are able to do each exercise
errorlessly three and one-fifth time:
in the ten minute period.

Exercise One

the advances

generation in the

mechanical arts pertaining to
housing, a shockingly large pro-
portion of our population is com-
pelled by economic necessity to
live in’ sub-standard quarters.

From the dingy tenement of the
crowded city to the squatter shack
of the open plain, a wide variety
of improper and inadequate hous-
ing exists. The fact that most of it
fs occupied
proof not of the preference of the
tenant for that kind of shelter, but
rather as evidence of his necessity
for accepting it in the absence of
better facilities at a price that he
can afford to pay.

Housing is a matter of public
concern because of its social impli-

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cations, It has long been noted
that evils such as ill-health and
juvenile delinquency seem to form
an interrelated nexus with bad and
| crowded housing. In the interest
of the people whose lives are thus
affected, governments have found
it necessary to zone and plan
| urban communities, _ restricting
certain areas to residential use,
| others to purposes of recreation,
| and still others to the uses of in-
| dustry and trade, Through build-
ing codes and by specific order,
government has in recent years
done much to protect society from
the most serious hazards of poor
housing.

Exercise Two

‘The size of a community and i
location with relation to natur:
and man-made resources is an
portant part of the background of
any study, An industrial city of
the Middle West, an important
seaport on the Pacific Coast, a
resort town on the Atlantic s
board, a trading city which is a
gate-way for migratory labor in
the Northwest, an oil city in the
Southwest, would each have dif-
ferent problems to view. A state
capital may have more resources
but less political and financial

GOVERNMENT TRAINING COURSE

In-service training has become important to the work of
all Civil Service employees—city, state and federal.
illustration above shows a typical class learning new
techniques for improving their work.

“Merit System Advancing.”

The

It's from the film,

power than its rival, a large in-
dustrial city. A county seat in a
flourishing agricultural region is
an entirely different sort of a place
from one in a depressed mining
area,

‘The subsidiary units of govern-
ment themselves mean very dif-
ferent things—the state of Con-
necticut, for instance, where the
county is of no political signifi-
cance whatever, has been described
as a “federation of independent
townships,” while farther west, the
township may be scarcely more
than a surveyor’s unit on a map,
and the county by far the more
important unit of the local gov-
ernment. The city may be co-
terminous with the county, or it
may enjoy independent status
within the county, The mu-
nicipality may carry out some
governmental functions, and the
county others, within the same
area,

The position of Junior Stenog-
rapher pays $1,440 a year. The test
for Junior Stenographer will be
fifty percent stenography, fifty
percent typing. Although dictation
will only be given at the rate of
96 words a minute, applicants
should remember that this is the
part of the examination flunked

by the majority of candidates on
past tests, Therefore, stenogra-
phers shoul be sure that they
avoid minute, trivial mistakes.
They should come to the examina-
tion room fully prepared, with
proper notebooks and writing
equipment. A fine-pointed stenog-
rapher's fountain pen or a hand-
tul of good, well-sharpened pencils
is absolutely essential.

The test for Junior Stenogra-
pher will consist of a practice dic-
tation and two exercises of 240
words each. Only one of these
exercises will be transcribed. Can-

didates will be atlow
utes to study their,
then they will be giy.'®S
minutes to transerjo°"
terial on the typewrites

be best for Stenograrine
dates to have someone 4,.°
following passages to: ¢,{'!
person dictating shou
exercise @ few times to
until he is. thorouy
with the material, He
each set of lines in abo,

ed ten

2 th

subject matter,

Exercise One
Work in interpretation in the primary grades may well },
a normal problem of reading and writing period The m
difficulties

e treated
com

a
Mo

st

in learning to read and write ate interpretative difficulties purjog
child at this stage in his life is laboring with what we misty 1) ™
‘The key concepts which govern everybody's use of lanyy
These key concepts are, separable and limited in number
presented to the

 periy
and can ty

child and exercised one by one period They are int ta
the process of learning to read and write, and they should be

encountered, or at least led up to, in the earliest stages of the ;
course period The only way the child can grasp these

concepts, which are mere abstractions for him, is by analogy, or par,
lels period’ The child may best become aware of them by beng on

to a number of good examples in practical applications pe
child naturally is not told that these concepts are being pres

him period If they were named or any sign given that they
considered as separate units or processes, the child’s mind might ther

be closed against the growth and expansion of these concepts y
should be encouraged in him in later stages of his education

Reading and writing may most economically be learned
nation of the sentence and the phonetic methods period

Exercise Two
In perhaps a majority of the cases the question of
statute is thus going to turn on matters of fact period At
it may be possible for us to be more specific, after studies o
ous financial and organizational set-ups of local, State and

allotting agencies are completed period At the present
going analysis may assist you in determining whether an:

incumbents of positions listed in the second category of your
come within the terms of the law period

On the basis of the facts supplied, it is believed that em
fourth and fifth categories are subject to the statute pe

nection with the persons listed in the fourth category, de
erally as construction employees, it may be noted that the (

sion’s ruling turns on the financing of the activity involved rat
the division and specific allocation of the federal and State
the jointly financed activity period

In the third category, maintenance employees, it appears tha

jucted en
jeved tha

the strictly local activity is contemplated, planned, and cor
tirely independent of Federal participation period It is be

on the basis of the statements in your letter, these maintenance em
ployees would not be subject to the Hatch law period

U.S. R

By Lewis H. Fisher
Chief, Retirement Division, U.S.
Civil Service Commission

One of the advantages of
working for Uncle Sam is the
| liberal retirement system pro-
vided for federal workers. There
is a pension for all retired em-
ployees to guarantee security in

abled, he receives an annuity
during the period he is inca-
pacitated,

The development of the fed-
eral retirement program is the
outgrowth of a mutual desire of
| both employer and employee to
| protect the latter in old age.
| The legislation which paved the
way for this system was enacted
just about 21 years ago,
the retirement program now
embraces the majority of U. S.
workers,

Who Is Covered?

There are some 630,000 employe
subject to the provisions of the Civi
Service Retirement Act.

| the government, onl,

[employees in cli

Originally

retirement system; now, however,

extended its provisions

old age. If an employee is dis- |

and

tive) positions were members of the | est,

amendments to the original law have | employees with 30 years
to many have received as much as $1,600 for

etirement

| groups of unclassified workers. Two
years ago the President appointed a
committee to study still further ex-
tensions of the retirement program,
|but this group suspended its work
| pending enactment of the Ramspeck

Bill to extend the classified Civil
Service. Now that this bill has
| passed, thousands of additional fed-
eral workers will be brought under
a classified status and will be entitled
to participate in the retirement sys-
tem.

‘There is considerable pressure at
|the present time to the extension of
| the Civil Service Retirement Act to
| cover all employees in the govern-
| ment, including appointive officers,
| without regard to their Civil Service
classification, Such a move would
|bring under the provisions of the
Act more than 1,000,000 men and
women,

Annuity Benefits

Age and Disability Annuity: There
are two factors which are used in
computing the amount of the annu-
ity; first, that amount payable by the
government, equaling $30 a year for
leach year of service up to 30 years
(this may not exceed three-fourths
jof the highest salary received for
five consecutive years, nor may it be
1} less than the employee's purchasable

These are | annuity); and, secondly, that amount

distributed through the executive,|of annuity purchases with the em-
legislative and judicial branches of| ployee's contributions of 344 percent

| to which the government adds 4 per-

ified (or competi-| cent with compounded annual inter-

| An additional proviso guaran-

,| tees a minimum annuity of $1,200 to
service who

System Explained

any five consecutive years of service.
The average annuily paid during
1940 was $965; the highest rate was
$1,900 and the lowest $54.

Anni Upon Involuntary Loss
of Job: In addition to’ age and dis-
ability annuities, provisions are
made for annuities for employees in-
voluntarily separated from the serv-
ice before they become eligible for
regular retirement, If the employee
is over 55 and has been in the serv-
ice for 15 years, and if his separa-
tion is not caused 'by delinquency or
misconduct, he may receive an an-
nuity based, of course, on how long
he has worked and the amount of
his contributions, He may either
have an immediate annuity or elect
to have payments begin at the age
he would normally retire,

Joint and Survivorship Annuity:
An employee eligible for retirement
may elect to receive a reduced an-
nuity during his lifetime, and after
his death to his beneficiary. The
amount the latter receives can be
equal to or 50 percent of the re-
duced annuity of the retired worker.
In any case, however, the two pen-
sions must have a combined actu-
arial value on the date of retire-
ment equal to the actuarial value
of the single life annuity with for-
feiture,

Additional Voluntary Deposits

Any employee may make addi-
tional voluntary deposits, in multi-
ples of $25, but not to exceed 10
percent of the basic salary received
since August 1, 1920. ‘These are
used to purehase, on the retirement)

date, annuity in additic
the basic computatioz
cial deposits earn 3 perce!
compounded annually,

4 percent allowed on com
ductions,

Basis for Financing Fund

Each member of the 0 f
pays 3% percent of |
retirement his contribut'
interest (less $1.00 a
month of service since /
are used to purchase @n 4
which the government «
contributions.

The Retirement Act does
a definite percentage ©
payable by the governme”
appropriations follow
mendations of the Board 0f ’
aries as to the amount '
current expenses for amo?
accrued liabilities.

Savings Features 7

For those employees Who ©
attain eligibility for ®
fits, a secondary benelit
Both mandatory and vol"
tributions establish comp!
ings accounts with
pounded annually. The
funded in the ae of t
employees while in Activ’,
ren Mien separation from
ice.

tization

(To Be Continued)
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every

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qur Chances for Appointment

t certifications of the Municipal Civil Service Commission are
as asterisk (*) with the “latest number” certified indicates
ion has been made during the past week, The letters P, T,
“probably permanent,” “temporary,” and “indefinite.”
ates 5 can determine the approximate date for a new examination
ert the expiration date of the list, in the last column below. In
eonseuance however, a list is exhausted before its expiration date or
stancvice Commission decides to abolish a list or not to hold a
Givi ination for ® position.
er m8 irs should remember that certification does not necessarily mean
neal’, Usually more names are certified than there are vacancies.
Infor-
New

A tes

belo
fica
ni fo et

jnimeith a question on a certification should call or write to tl
with ‘i. Munfetpal Clvil Service Commission, 299 Broadwa

Cortlandt 71-8880,

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COMPETITIVE

Administrative Assistant (Wel-
fare): Rating of Administrative Pro-
cedure specialty will be completed
in a week,

Asphalt Worker: The rating of the
written completed.

Assessor (Railroad); Rating of
written test completed, The experi-
ence oral will be administered as
soon as possible,

Assessor (Utility Buildings):
Same as above.

Assistant Director (N.¥.C. Infor-
mation Center): Report on final key
submitted for Commission approval.

Assistant Engineer (Designer)
Grade 4, Board of Water Supply:
Rating of Part If completed. The
orals will be held very soon,

Baker: Rating of written test com-
pleted, The physical and medical
will probably be held within the
next two weeks,

Bridge Painter: 392 candidates
filed. The written will be held as
soon as practicable,

Buildings Manager (Housing Au-
thority): Written test is about 75
percent rated,

Clerk, Grade 2 (Bd, of Higher
Ed.): Oral tests will begin on May 2.

Cook: Practical tests will be given
soon,

Court Stenographer: Rating held
up pending clarification of court ac-
tion.

Car Maintainer, Group F (N.¥.C.
‘Transit System): Open competitive
will be held soon, Promotion test
is now being rated.

Dentist (Part Time): Appeals being
considered.

Dietitian: Rating of qualifying ex-
perience completed. Written te:
will be held in May.

Gasoline Roller Engineer and As-
phalt Roller Engineer: Rating of
written test completed.

Ir, Administrative Assistant (Hous-
ing): Rating of Part II of three spe-
cialties in progress with the excep-
tion of the re-housing and mainte-
nance specialties which have been
completed.

Jr. Administrative Assistant (Wel-
fare): See Administrative Assistant
(Welfare),

Junior Engineer (Mechanical)
Grade 3: Rating of entire written
test completed.

Junior Engineer (Signals) Grade
: Rating of written test completed
Junior Psychologist: Rating of
written test completed, The orals are
now in progress,

fying practical tests continue.

Playground Director (Female)
Permanent Service: List will be pub-
lished soon,

Power Distribution
(N.Y.C. Transit System):
ten test was held April 18.

Stenographer (Law): The rating
of written test has been completed

Stenotypist, Grade 2: Practical test
is being rated,

Supervising Tabulating Machine
Operator (1.B.M, Equipment), Grade
: Written test being rated.

Telephone Maintainer (N.Y. C.
Transit System): Written test being
rated.

Turnstile Maintainer (N.¥.C, Tran-
sit System): Written test will be held
May 2,

X-Ray Technician: Rating of writ-
ten test nearly completed,

PROMOTION

Assistant Station Supervisor: Writ-
ten test rated, The practical oral
tests are in progress,

Assistant Supervisor, Grade 2 (So-
cial Service): Examination will be
held May 24, 2,643 candidates filed,

Bookkeeper, Grade 1: 1,923 candi-
dates filed,

Captain (Fire Department): Wri
ten test rated. Service records being
computed,

Conductor: Written test completed.

Court Clerk, Grade 3 (Magistrates’

Maintainer
The writ-

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Court Stenographer: Rati

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Elevator Operator (Dept. of Hos- |

i tesi held up pending litigation,
| pitals): List published,
practical tests are being held.
| Gardener (Parks): 576 candidates
fled, Written test will be held May
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(City-Wide): Key has been approved
Written is being rated.
| Senior Dietitian: Rating of writter
test in progress.
| Senior Psychologist: Test held ur
pending final reclassification deter
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Senior Supervisor, Grade 4 (Social

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Assistant |

Sergeant (Police Department): Test
will be held on June 14.
Towerman: Written test rated.

Train Dispatcher: Written test
| rated.
Yardmaster: Written test rated.
LICENSING

Master Plumber: Written test be«
ing prepared,

Master and Special
Part I and Part II rated.

Electricians

Motion Picture Operator: 220 can-
Service): Written test will be held| didates fled,
June 28, Oil Burner Installer: Written test

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MOLY NAME SOCIETY,
DEPT, OF PUBLIC WORKS

The Department of Public Works
Holy Name Society will hold its
Third Annual Communion Break-
fast at the Hotel Edison, 47th Street,
west of Broadway, New York City,
on Sunday, May 4, 1941, at 10 a.m,
The men will receive Holy Com-
munion at the 9 o'clock Mass at St.

Patrick's Cathedral and will then
march in a body, behind the St.
John's Home Band, to the hotel.
The final selection of speakers has
not been made but the following
have accepted invitations to address
the gathering: James F. Twohy, a
prominent Brooklyn attorney and
outstanding Cetholie layman; George
J. Lent, a prominent educator from
Queens County, and Irving V, A.
Huie, Commissioner of Public Works.
‘The breakfast will be broadcast over
Station WNYC from 11:30 am,

to 12:30 p.m.

Joseph F. Maher, tenor, will be the
soloist and the Department of Pub-
lic Works Glee Club will entertain
with a selection of songs during the
breakfast.

pencer, cheirman, Edwin
and Edward P, Green, vice-
chairmen of the breakfast committee,
being assisted by the following
committee members: Francis X, Fo-

ley, Michael S, Haley, Patrick Hur-
Jey, William M. Kelleher, John P.
Reardon and Arthur J, Scanlon, Vic-

tor Degilio is in cherge of tickets;
Joseph M. Giblin is in charge of pub-
licity and James Pigot is in charge
of the program, Francis J, Laverty
will be the toastmaster,

The officers of the society are Law-
rence J. O'Connor, president; Andrew
Brice, vice-president; Joseph M. Gib-
lin, executive member; Edward P.
Green, secretary; Joseph Walker,
treasurer; Peul Corbett, financial
ary; and Philip Murphy, mar-
The Rey. Joseph F. Flannelly,
administrator of St. Patrick's Cathe-
dral, is moderator of the society,

LONG ISLAND ASCSE

Three new members were ad-
mitted into the Long Island Inter-
County State Park Chapter of the
Association of State Civil Service
Employees at the regular bi-monthly
meeting last Wednesday at the Wan-
tagh House. Motion pictures
were shown by the chairman of the
educational committee, Fred Dolton.

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The Generel Investigator Eligibles
Association, formerly known as the
Customs and Immigration Eligibles
Association, will meet at 8 p.m, sharp,
Wednesday, April 30, at the Hudson

Park Public Library, 10 Seventh
Avenue South, Manhattan. Reports
will cover developments affecting
Junior Investigator Customs and
Immigration and istant and
Associate Investigator lists for Law

Accounting, Pharmacy and General
groups,

There 1s no charge for this service.

HEALTH TEACHERS
A general meeting of the N. Y.

Health Physical Education| and
canoes’ Astowetion will be held ;confronting the Department in this

Thursday, May 1, at the Hotel Penn. | ™¢sard?

‘Teachers’

lvania at 8 p.m. The meeting will
be devoted to discussions of the re-
sults and conclusions drawn from
examinations of draftees under the
selective service program,

| ‘The annual meeting of the group
will be held Thursday, May 16, at the
Roosevelt Hell, American Museum
of Natural History. The meeting is
scheduled for 8 p.m, and will be
featured by an election of officers.

FEDERATION OF ARCHITECTS,
ENGINEERS, TECHNICIANS

The Civil Service Chapter of the)

Federation of Architects, Engineers,

| Chemists and Technicians, has an-
nounced that it will give a series of
| lecture-forums on the general aspect
| of City Planning. ‘The first to be
held on ‘Tuesday, April 28, at 8
pm, in Room 600 at 3 Beekman
Street, will be an introduction to the
Phases and Scope of City Planning.
Professor Carl Feiss of Columbia
University will lead the discussion,
An additional feature of the evening
will be a screening of the sound film
“The City,”

VETERAN FIREMEN’S
ASSOCIATION

‘The Veteran Firemen’s Association
of Twenty Years Active Service in
the Fire Department of New York
will conduct its annual memorial ser-
vices at the Volunteer Firemen’s
Room, Borough Hall, Brooklyn, at 8
p.m, Monday, May ‘5,

Hon, Francis X, Giaccone, city
magistrate and former deputy fire
commissioner, will render the me-
morial address, Fire Department
chaplains will participate in the ser-
vices,

Albert A, Faubel 1s chairman of
the memorial service committee,

ATTENDANT MESSENGER
ELIGIBLES ASSOCIATION

‘The next meeting of the Attendant
Messenger Eligibles Association will
be held at the Hudson Park Library,
10 Seventh Ave., South, on Friday,
May 23, at 8 p, m, The library is
close to the Houston St. station on the
7th Avenue Subway and the West
4th St, Station on the 8th Avenue
line,

At the association's most recent
meeting, Irving Adler was unani-
mously elected president and Sol
Cohen was elected temporary secre-
tary-treasurer,

PARK EMPLOYEES

The Manhattan Council of the
Greater New York Park Employees
Association will hold its next regu-
lar meeting at the Herlem Court-
house, 121st St., between Third Ave.
and Sylvan Place, Manhattan, on
Thursday, May 8, at 8 p.m,

Committee reports on the budget
hearing, the meeting of the Central
Council and other important busi-
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Study Material for Coming Police Test: Part 18

Question 18

Although the Police Depertment
has done considerable to reduce the
number of traffic accidents, the an-

automobiles in this city still com-
mands serious attention, What steps
are taken by the Department to re-

c,| duce these accidents to a minimum

what are the chief difficulties

| Answer to

| ;
Question 18

‘A, Steps taken by the Department.

1, Although safety activities in
regard to vehicular accidents were
always considered important, it was
due to the Inter-Precinct’ Safety
Competition which started in 1934
that sufficient impetus was given to
these activities to make all members
of the Department as well as the
public conscious of their importance.

2, As a result of this safety cam-
|paign, in a Nationel Safety Contest
|eonducted throughout the United
| States in 1936, New York City gained
|first place among cities of over 500,-
|000 population and was awarded
Grand Prize of all cities, Since then
this city has compared very favor-
ebly with other large cities in the
matter of safety,

3, The nucleus around which the
Department Safety Campaign re-
volves is the Safety Bureau which is
under the direct supervision of the
Chief Inspector.

4, In this Bureau as well as In
Patrol Precincts and Traffic Dis-
tricts, accident location meps are
maintained, These maps show at a
glance. locations of high accident
frequency and serve as a basis for

TELEPHONE OPERATOR
(MALE) ELIGIBLES

A report on the recent favorable
decision trom the Court of Appeals
will be the topic of the next meeting
of the Telephone Operator (Grade
1), Male Eligibles’ Association, set
for Wednesday night, April 30, at
7:30 o'clock, at Great Centre] Palace,
90 Clinton Street, near Delancey
Street, New York City,

CENTRAL SAVINGS BANK
HOLDS ANNUAL DINNER

The Central Savings Bank's An-
nual Dinner Dance was held last Sat-
urday in the Colonnades at Essex
House on Central Park South. Offi-
cers and steff of the bank's two
branches and their guests gathered
first at a reception at 8:00 p.m., then
dined, More than four. hundred at-
tended the affair.

COMMUNION MASS
OF 68TH REGIMENT

Fifth annual communion mass of
the 68th Regiment, New York Guard,
will take place Sunday, May 4, at
St. Veronice’s R. C, Church, 149
Christopher Street, Manhattan. Mass
is to be celebrated at 9 a.m, to be
followed by breakfast at the Hotel
Pennsylvania.

Former Mayor John P, ° O'Brien
and Col, William Donovan are
emong the scheduled speakers. This
year’s mass commemorates the death
of the late Father Duffy, wartime
chaplain of the “Fighting 69th.”

SAFETY SERVICE
INSPECTOR ELIGIBLES

Progress on various plens to ex-
tend the use of the Safety Service In-
spector list will be made Wednesday
night, April 30, at a meeting of the
eligibles in room 411, Pulitzer Build-
ing, 63 Park Row, New York City.
The meeting is called for 7:30
o'clock,

EX-MOUNTED MEN’S GARRISON,
ARMY AND NAVY UNION.

The next meeting of the Ex-
Mounted Men's Garrison of the
Army and Nevy Union will be held
Tuesday, April 29, at 8:30 p.m. The
meeting will be held at the Central
Queens YMCA, 89-25 Parsons Bou-
levard, Jamaica, L, 1,

AUTO ENGINEMAN
ELIGIBLES ASSOCIATION
The first meeting of the Auto

| Engineman Eligibles Association will

be held at the Rand House, 17 East
15th Street, New York, Tuesday,
April 29, at 8 p.m, All the eligibles

| on the Auto Engineman list are urged

to attend the meeting, Questions con-
cerning the status of the list, the
nature of the practical tests and the
possibilities of appointment will be
answered,

study and recommendations to re-
move contributing causes,

5. To eech patrol precinct is as-
signed a safety patrolman whose
principal duty it is to investigate ac-
cidents within his precinct, to make
necessary reports and recommenda-
tions and to perform all other duties
in regard to safety, as directed by
the Commanding Officer of the Pre-
cinct.

6. The Inter-Precinct Sefety Com-
petition in patrol precincts is based
upon accident reduction, law enforce-
ment, public education and accident
reporting,

(a) Accident Reduction is judged
on a basis of comparison with the
precinct's previous accident record,
The Commanding Officer of each
precinct takes the necessary steps
and mekes the necessary recommen-
dations to eliminate conditions which
cause accidents in his precinct. The
Engineering Bureau is constantly
working on devices to aid in the re-
duction of accidents.

(b) Law Enforcement, There {s
no intent on the part of the De-
partment to indiscriminately issue
summonses for traffic infractions. In
minor cases where a werning will
suffice, such action is taken, In-more
serious cases, especially violations
which are considered to be the
causes of the majority of the acci-
dents, summonses are served or ar-
rests made, The most flagrant of
these are:

1. Driving while intoxicated.

2. Defective brakes.

3, Eight foot law.

4. Failed to stop on signal.

5. Failed to signal.

6, Failed to give right of way.

7. Not keeping to the right,

8 Reckless driving,

9, Improper turn.

10, Speeding.

In regard to law enforcement, the
Motorcycle Squads and Traffic

Precincts play a leading role, in ad-
dition to Petrol precincts,

(c) Public Education—The De-
partment is cognizant of the fact that
this is the most important phase of
the accident prevention campaign
and as a result, a tremendous
amount of time and effort is devoted
to it, The following means ere used
by the Department to encourage the
public to cooperate:

1, Lectures—To school teachers
and other groups at the Police Acad-
emy; to school children, public
gatherings, theatre audiences, clubs,
ete,

2. Radio Broadcasts Station
WNYC and other local stations,

3. Sefety posters and signs placed
In store windows and in strategic lo-
cations.

4. Distribution of safety litera-
ture, traffic regulations, etc.

5. Press releases, comparative ac-
cident data periodically,

6, Cooperation of fleet owners to
conduct safety competition among
their drivers,

7, Safety parades,

8. Display of traffic equipment to
the public,

(a) Accident Renorting—This con-
cerns principally the patrolman on
post who is the member of the Force
actually at the scene of the acci-
dent and who is in a position to de-
termine either from evidence or
witnesses or statements of those in-
volved, the actual’ causes of acci-
dents, Considerable time {s spent
in instructing members of the Force
coming into the Department in the
proper technique in obtaining in-
formation and reporting accidents,
Desk Officers and Commanding Of-
ficers of Precincts carefully ex-
amine reports of patrolmen to see
that sufficient information is fur-
nished to show the contributing fac-
tors to each accident.

In all serious and fatal accidents,
the Motor Vehicle Homicide Squad
conducts a thorough investigation,
tests vehicles and endeavors to de-

‘Tuesday, April 29, 194

gence on the part of th

or a defect in the vehi, °Petate
in the accident, If a des’, ¥9ive
in the vehicle, a summons; {und
is usually the procedure {)\),,@"¢st

B. Chief Difficuitic,
the Department,
1, Lack of sufficient por,
properly cover all impor!
crossings, to engage in ..
or assign to motorcycle 4,
2 Pedestrian traffic
control the pedestrian,
the United States 40 p
persons killed by autos
trians,
3, Accidents to children
a marked improvement \
in reducing these acide:
tivities of children can
trolled to the extent of
them as a factor in ye)
dents.
4, Reluctance of witn
operate—Causes of acciia
often could be easily «
eyewitnesses would con
and cooperate with the «
5, Defective vehicl
fact that no periodic
of vehicles are conducte
are only brought to livht ';
accident, when it is too 1
6, Human failure—T),
human failure in the ope:
automobiles is beyond the cw
the Police, Physical ex;
of drivers should be give,
ically. .
7. Parking and Traffic (
—There are more vehi

* Conteontgg

ie)
mt teat

—Di

streets than can be accomm.jan’

adequately, sa
Although all accidents cannot »

prevented it is the aim of the Policy

Department to reduce acvide
their absolute minimum,

Question 19

How is the Police
concerned in Parole
partmental procedure j.
regard to parolees?
Work out the answer to thi
question, then compare it with the
answer which will appear here nex
week,

State Promotion
The State Civil Ser:
sion opened filing this
following promotion tests
Junior Civil Engineer (Bridy
Grade Separation), Group 7,
2, Transit Commission,
ary range $2,400-$3,000; «
may be made at less than m
Fee, $2, File by
Supervising Co:
aminer, Corporation
Department of
nance. (Usual salary range
$3,870.) Fee, $3, File by
Principal Purchase C!
Office, Insurance Departmen’
salary range $2,200-$2,700,
ment may be made at le.
mum.) Fee, $2. File
Assistant Stenographer, Albany
Buffalo Offices, Departmen
(Usual salary’ range $
appointment expected in ¢
Division at minimum but 5
made at less.) Fee, $1
May 14,
Juntor Statistician, Depar
Social Welfare.
$2,100-$2,600;
made at less than minimum.)
$2, File by May 14.

Associate Income Tax
Income Tax Bureau, Dep.
‘Taxation and Finance. (
ary range, $3,120-$3,870)
File by May 6.

nior Commodities

iner, Commodities Tax Bure
partment of Taxation F
(Usual salary rang

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Tax

af
than

Fee,

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Public Welfare
(Usual salary

of Public Welfare, 0}
County, (Usual salary $1.40"
$1. File by May 14.

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rele April. 29, 1941

“Transfer Journal’”’

pepartments Aren't Using It

here have been no requests
epartment heads so far to
- the new Transfer Journal
ust “round three weeks ago by
gat 2 jcipal Clvil Service Com-
the on, This journal contains
issf'nes of some 200-odd city
1 yoyees who, for one reason or
Per, desire to transfer their
“to other departments or
jocations.
«commission has asked all de-
Me ints to use this list whenever
; in filling vacancies rather
> request certifications from

ent
an

The initiation of the transfer pro-
gram is frankly an experiment with
the Commission, and it is designed to
meet the problem caused by the dif-
ficulty of employees in effecting
transfers.

The Commission expects that an-
other two or three weeks must elapse
before an idea can be gained of the
effectiveness of the new approach to
the problem,

It it is successful, other lists will
be published at three-month inter-
vals. Meantime, employees seeking
transfer can send in their requests
to the Commission, and they will be
sneluded on the next Transfer Jour-
nal,

over 1,100,000 in U. S. Service!

»yment in all parts of the
e branch of the federal
rent reached 1,119,641 on

Em
execut

gember 31,1940, a Survey re-
jeased this week discloses.’ How-
ever, figures for employment since
that time are not available, and

the total has swelled greatly in
ne months, In the New

the fou

e tavulation published last week
US, Civil Service Commission
it of the 1,119,641 federal
over 80 percent are in the
(or competitive) service.
ne number of employees added
two-thirds were men, but
increase among women at
time was greater than

among men. The rate of increase
among women was 27 percent, com-
pared with 10 percent for men,

In June, 1916, the year before the
U, S. entered the war, the number of
federal employees stood at 480,327.
One year later the figure had’ in-
creased to 517,805,

On Armistice Day, 1918, there were
917,760 U. S. employees—a record
which stood unbroken until June,
1939.

Officials predict that within the
next 12 months at least 200,000 and
possibly 300,000 more workers will
be added for the national defense
program, and even at the beginning
of 1942 the nation’s rearming will not
have reached a peak effort, so that
employment figures are going to set
records for months and even years to
come.

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|Future State Tests

| The State law says that titles of
| open competitive lists required by
| departments and institutions must be
publicly announced for 15 days be-
fore the State Civil Service Commis-
sion takes action, During this period
| employees who believe there is a field
for promotion to the title are urged
| to communicate with’ the, State Com-
j mission, The following titles are
| now being advertised (the date de-
notes when the 15 days are up):
| April 30—Onondaga County—Fire-
| man,
| May 1—St. Lawrence County—
| Assistant Probation Officer,
May 8—Westfeld State Farm—
| Assistant Electrician.

Civil Service
Amateur Night

Monday, May 5, is the date, The
stage of the Fox-Fabian Theatre in
Brooklyn is the place, and it's still
| not too late to enter the Civil Serv-
jice Amateur Night. If you sing,
|dance, play any musical instrument
|—or if you can entertain with some-

thing out of the ordinary, don’t fail
to get your application in for the
amateur night, which is being spon-
sored jointly by the Civil Service
Leaver, and Michaels Brothers furni-
ture stores. Proceedings, direct
from the stage, will be aired over
| radio station WMCA,

Everyone competing will receive

|a swell prize—with the added

chance of winning one of the two
grand prizes, These will be awarded
on the basis of votes cast by the
theatre and radio audiences.

Anyone connected with Civil Serv-
ice—eligible or employee—may com-
pete without any obligation on his
part. Just drop a postal card or the
coupon below to Box A.N., The
LEADER, 97 Duane Street, New York
City, And if you're not competing,
don’t forget to attend or to listen in
on the fun as your companions in
Civil Service strut their stuff.

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ON THE STAGE
Saroyan's in Again

Second thoughts about first nights:
“The Beautiful People” at the Ly-
ceum Theatre was not only written,
produced and directed by William
Saroyan, but is about William Saro-
yan, To this playgoer, at least, the|
startling Saroyan’s new effort is the|
autobiography of his mind, speaking
mostly through his fifteen-year-old!
whimsical hero of the strange Web-
ster household....a hero who doesn’t |
believe in verbs and writes the most
intriguing one-word books, no more
vague than a Saroyan play. |

Fascinating are these “beautiful
people,” although they as well as
their audience know how unreal they
are....the kind and loving Agnes,
“St. Agnes of the Mice” her friends |
call her; and Jonah Webster, the |
head of the household, who likes to
speak to people on street corners—
any people; the quaintly named Har-)
mony Blueblossom; William Prim, a
vice president who lives in the happy
memory of one jaunt to Mexico; and
all the others—perhaps even the
audience which pretends to find
meaning in Saroyan,

Despite the lack of plot and dra-
matic incident, there is a certain
compelling charm and whimsy which |
in themselves are sufficient to sus-|
tain the playgoers’ absorbed interest
through the entire action—or rather, |
inaction, For instance, such delight
ful moments as the discovery by "St,
‘Agness” of her-name spelled out in
flowers by “her” mice are the kind
of theatre that made a few critics
swoon and vote for this as the “best
play of the season.”

The casting of “The Beautiful
People” is particularly noteworthy.
For his two important young people,
Saroyan chose not experienced ju-
veniles but a pair of dancers who
never spoke a stage line on Broad-
way before, Eugene Loring and
Betsy Blair. The latter only lately
was a chorus girl in “Panama
Hattie.” The rest of an excellent cast
includes Curtis Cooksey, E. J. Bal-
lantine, Fredrica Slemons, Farrell
Pelly, Edward Nannary, Don Free-
man and Peter Xantho,

The Critics Choose

Fortunately for the Critics Circle's
collective face, there have been
several plays in the season now end-
ing ony one of which could be passed
off as the “season's best.” “Watch on
the Rhine” was finally chosen for
this honor, after several of the crit-

ics had shaken off the influence of}

the previous night's Saroyan open-
ing. But it just wasn't fair that
‘Native Son” should have been con-
sidered at all in the voting, for it
was a foregone conclusion that at
least two papers’ representatives
would get their stage and screen a
bit mixed up and vote against Orson

Erratum

We should have known better
but last week Spring was in the
air and we were a little woozy.
In a sketch on Joseph Patterson,
new assistant budget director, we
inadvertently wrote that Lester
Stone had returned to the Mayor's
office as “press and public rela-
tions secretary.” Actually his job
is that of Executive Secretary to
the Mayor, in charge of all ad-
ministrative duties, He was press
and public relations secretary six
years ago before going to the
Budget Director's Office.

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Welles' “Citizen Kane” rather than|
for Orson Welles’ “Native Son.”
Last Week of Circus
‘The Big Show—Ringling Br
Barnum & Bailey Circus—wi
part from Madison Square Garden
after next Sunday night's perform-
ance, marking the end of one of i
most successful New York engage-
ments, And no wonder the crowds|
have been so big! Besides the usual
animals and daredevil acts, the cir-
cus this year has added spectacle and
color as it never boasted before, The|
lavishness of the King Cole pageant
and the “Evening in Central Park”
number will be talked about long|
after the troupe has given way again
to the Garden's boxers, bike riders,
ete,

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ON THE SCREEN |

This week's important picture
event, of course, is the opening of
Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane” at the
Palace Theatre on Thursday. Pub-
licized no little by the controversy

| raging ‘round the youthful producer-

director-writer-actor and preceded|
by reports of its excellence as mo-|
tion picture entertainment, “Citizen
Kane” must live up to great expec-
tations. Thursday night will tell. |

In the meantime, here are brief re-
ports of some of the new movie

“The Flame of New Orleans”

The makings of good entertain-|
ment are in the Rivoli Theatre's!
new fare, “The Flame of New Or-
leans.” Marlene Dietrich is its star,
Rene Clair is credited with its di-
rection. And Norman Krasna is its
author. The light touch of M. Clair,
who directed “The Ghost Goes
West,” is again in evidence. Mar-
lene, is, as ever, glamorous in a role
which shows her off to her best ad-
vantage. The cast also includes
Bruce Cabot, Roland Young, Mischa
Auer, Andy Devine, Melville Cooper
and Laura Hope Crews.

“Ziegfeld Girl”

With any such title as “Ziegfeld
Girl,” naturally the first thing you'd
expect is “the glorified American
girl.” And Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
does not disappoint. The pick of
Hollywood's beauties, led by Lana
Turner, adorn the Capitol’s screen.
Although the story is one born in
the minds of Hollywood scenarists
rather than inspired by nostalgic
memories of Ziegfeld Alley, what
matter as long as the “glorified” girls
and the talent of Judy Garland and
the wealth of M-G-M make this as
lavish and bright a musical extrava-
ganza as Ziegfeld himself ever could
have dreamed. Jimmy Stewart and
Hedy Lamarr are the principal

names on a lengthy list handling the
straight story part.
Polisades Park

The sensational California Sk:

ettes, who perform thrilling acro-
batic feats 100 feet above the
ground, open as the free attraction at
Palisades Amusement Park, N. Jo
starting this afternoon, Monday,
April 28th. The Skyettes will pre-

sent two shows daily all this week,
at 5 P.M, and again at 10 P.M,, and
Satur-

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‘The highly popular system of par
mutuel betting, the daily
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the six racing days of :
Next to a sweepstakes, this is the
only way to win a small fortune in
one day at a race-track, Just in case
you're not familiar with the daily
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and hide until the second race is
over. All the dough bet on the daily
double is pooled and split up among
those holding winning tickets, If you
are the only one to pick the right
combination, you get all, less the
track’s ten percent cut. Highest
payoff on a daily double at an Amer-
ican track: $10,772.40. Good luck!

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER

Many U.S.Exams Closing

The U. S. Civil Service Commis-
sion announced this week that the
examinations for 27 skilled trade
jobs, which have been open for near-
ly two y will be closed on May |
1, At the same time new announce-
ments will be issued to cover 13 of
the skilled positions,

The reason for closing out the re-
mainder of the exams is that the|
Commission has enough epplications
on file for the time being. In sey-
eral cases as many as 3,000 men have
applied.

The tests closing May 1 are; |

Anglesmith, heavy fires; Angle-
smith, other fires; Blacksmith, heavy
fires; Blacksmith, other fires; Boat-

builder; Boilermaker; Chipper end
Caulker, iron; Coppersmith; Die
Sinker; Driller, pneumatic; Plange
Turner; Frame Bender; Gas Cutter
or Burner; Helper Shipfitter; Hold-
er-on; Loftsman; Molder; Pipecoverer
and Insulator; Punther and Shearer;
Riveter; Rivet Heater; Sailmaker;
Saw Filer; Sheet Metal Worker;
Shipfitter; Welder, Electric (specially
skilled); Welder, Ges.

‘A new accouncement has been is-
sued to cover the following positions:
Anglesmith, heavy fires; Anglesmith,
other fires; Blacksmith, heavy fires;
Chipper and Caulker, iron; Copper-
smith; Die Sinker; Flange Turner;
Frame Bender; Loftsman; Sailmaker;
Shipfitter; Welder, Electric (specially
skilled); Welder, Gas.

Stores Clerk Eligibles

Active on a Variety of Matters

Here's a summary of what eligibles
on the Assistant and Senior Me-
chanical Stores Clerk list have been
doing:

Age Limits
Increased to 65

Age limits for candidates for
skilled trade jobs in the Ordnance
Division of the Army were increased
this w
Civil Service Commission,

It is expected that the higher limit
may soon be applied to jobs in other
branches of the government.

The increasing shortage of skilled

‘a craftsmen has caused the Com:

to relax former require-
™ an effort to recruit suf-
ficient help to man the nation's vast
defense program,

Skilled trade workers, even those
who have not been practicing their
trade recently, are almost certain of
appointment to some defense agency,
according to present policies of the
Commission. |

1, They contacted the U. S, Civil
Service Commission on having their
list used instead of setting up a new
Storekeeper register. The Commis-
sion told tham that the exam was
already scheduled, but that their list
would be considered in the future.
The association urged the eligibles
to file for the federal test, and to
mention in their applications that
they are on the State list,

2, They contacted personnel of-
ficers of all State departments on the
matter of having their lists declared
appropriate for jobs. Several favor-

.| able answers were received,

3. They plan to make personal pro-
tests to their State Civil Service
Commission at its next meeting over
certification of the lists according to
judicial districts, Particularly peeved
are the Senior eligibles, who say
they took a technical five-hour test
without having been told of the ju-
dicial-district restriction,

These and other matters will be
taken up by the eligibles at their
next meeting, scheduled for Thurs-
day night, May 8, at 8 o'clock, at
Washington Irving High School, 16th
street and Irving Place, New York
sity.

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Half-Way Mark
In Sanitation
Course Reached

Harry R. Langdon, Director of the
In-Service ‘Training Courses of the
New York City Department of Sani-
tation, announces that the half-way
mark has been turned in the present
series and that the schedule for the
remaining discourses is as follows:

April 20—Street Cleaning Opera-
tions, Manhattan, ‘The Bronx and
Richmond, Speakers: Borough Supt.
Samuel Edson, Manhattan; Borough
Supt. Philip | Wohlfit, Manhattan;
Asst, Borough Supt, John Donnelly,
‘The Bronx; Borough Supt, Jos. A.
McDonald, Richmond.

May 6—Motor Equipment. Speak-
er; Loron G. Kurtz, Director of Motor
Equipment,

May 14—Street Cleaning, (a)
Medical Division; speaker, Joseph
Weinberg, M.D, Chiet Medical Ex
aminer. (b) Inspection Divisio
speaker, James V. Pettit, Chief of
Division. (c) Sanitary Education;
speaker, Mrs. May M. Gooderson,
Director of Sanitary Education.

May 21—Street Cleaning Opera-
tions, Brooklyn and Queens, Speak-
ers: Boro, Supt. James J. Cunning-
ham, Brooklyn; Boro. Supt. Joseph
P. Lee, Brooklyn; Boro, Supt, An-
drew Mulrain, Queens,

May 27—Maintenance of Staff Mo-
rale; speaker, Matthew J. Diserio
Asst. to Commissioner, Salient Fea-
tures of the Department; speaker,
Matthew Napear, Secretary of the
Department, Finance and Supply;
speaker, Harry R. Langdon, Chief,
Division of Finance and Supply, Su-
pervisor of Training.

‘The attendance so far has exceeded
all expectations, averaging over 2,000
persons at Hunter College of the
City of New York each Tuesday.

‘The models, charts and slides have
proven a great aid in connection
with this in-service training, and the
employees who are taking these dis-
courses feel they will greatly add to
their knowledge in connection with
the coming promotion examination
to Assistant Foreman,

3 Out of 4
Call Tests “Fair”

‘Three out of every four candidates
who take civil service tests held by
the Municipal Civil Service Commis-
sion think their tests are fair. ‘The
Commission found this out by asking
all candidates on four recent tests
a series of questions on the tests.
Was the test too difficult? 37 said
yes, 8 no, 5 couldn't make up their
minds, Was the test calculated to
select the best candidates? 21 said
yes, 11 no, 8 undecided,

Altogether the Commission asked
17 questions as to the fairness, clear-
ness, announcements, scoring meth-
ods of the tests. Candidates were
told theiy answers would not affect
their mark*, A total of 63 percent
of the candidates thought their tests
were fair, 24 percent disagreed, 13
percent didn’t know, Officials of the
Commission point out that among the
63 percent who thought their tests
fair were many who failed,

TrainingProgram
For DPUI

Steps toward a full-grown in-
service training program for em-
ployees of the Division of Placement
and Unemployment Insurance were
taken last week when the Social Se-
curity Board approved a 100 per cent
increase in personnel for the DPUI
Training Unit, The new budget goes
into effect on July 1.

The new professional staff of the
Unit will include Director Harold R.
Enslow, one ‘Training Supervisor,
and six Training Assistants, An open
competitive test for the last-named
post is on the exam agenda of the
DPUI, to be held probably in June.

According to Enslow, the training
activities of the DPUI will include
these points:

1, Induction training for all new
appointees immediately upon joining
the Division.

2, Continuous job training cover-
ing procedures and methods in all
units,

3, Trafhing in the principles of ad-
ministration and management for all
those in supervisory posts,

4, Occasional programs for super-
visory employees on the long-range
objectives and the
problem of the employment security
program,

News About State List;

Three promotion lists will be es-
tablished within the next week or
two by the State Civil Service Com-
mission: Junior Compensation
Claims Auditor; Senior Insurance
Examiner, Insurance Department;
Steward, Westchester County.

Investigations of those who passed
the written and physical parts of the
State Trooper test are now going
on, The list should be out within
the month, ‘The physicals were
completed last week,

The physical exams for the. top
1,000 on the coming Prison Guard

test start this week, with the exam-!

iners in New York c;

6-10, Biigibles who fe" May
May, 10th Court Attendant jo." the
been able to schedule the; Dav
cals on another day, ‘The |

be out until June,

The lists for Toll Collectors ;
New York State Bridge ‘a i
and for Westchester County 2 2*ity
pected within the month, ore
Inspector has been held
won't be out until June,

Sixteen appointments
ready been made from the
Social Worker, Mental Hygiene n°
partment list. No, 29 starts ,°)>°>
at Newark State School on May}

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Old Fines Don’t
Count in
Sanitation Test

In computing record and seniority
for the promotion exam for assistant
foreman, Department of Sanitation,
the Municipal Civil Service Commis-
sion will adopt a policy similar to
that used for police and fire promo-
tion exams.

In the announcement of require-
ments and basis of rating for the
test, the Commission made no men-
tion of how fines and reprimands
would be rated.

Acting Sanitation Commissioner
John B, Morton therefore made a re-
quest that, in computing record and
seniority, fines and reprimands oc-
curring more than four years before
the written test should be disregard-
ed. The Commission agreed to this,
with the statement that it intends,
in so far as possible, to bring the
uniformed force of the Sanitation
Department to the same level of the
other uniformed forces of the city.

DPUI Items

Final briefs “in the Firshein vy.
Reavy case, which seeks to have the
Unemployment Insurance Referee
test cancelled, were submitted to the
courts yesterday. It's now up to the
courts to decide,

It will be a month or more before
the promotion list for Principal Clerk
is established. Rating {s still under
way. Within the next week or two,

cman
the promotion list for La
vestigator is expected,” “'"* Ine-
Several last-minute hitch:
held up the st for Payral eave
iner and promotion to yee
Examiner, enlor Payrol
Experience interviews
ment Counsellor have already sl
under way. ‘The second baten “'e®
terviews in New York City wil) iy
held Wednesday, Thursday ani poe
day of this week.
Although the Condon vit!
ening out the matter of who it
DPUI fees has been signed, thee,
|,no word yet on coming DPUL cxsne

New Labor
Class Proposal

‘The Municipal Civil Service Come
mission, together with the Budget
Director's Office, is now studying
methods by which a new labor re.
classification can be made and labo
ers transferred to a competiti
status. Recently, the Commissio:
proposed resolution on this matter
was returned by Budget Director
Kenneth Dayton, who found it un-
satisfactory on several counts

Attempts are now being made to
overcome these objections

The Commission officials pred!
that from the fruits of these new
labors there may emerge a new p
posal within a month, one that o:
be speedily adopted. However, pub-
lic hearings will have to be held be-
fore any further action can be taken,
The approval of the Mayor and the
State Civil Service Commission is
also necessary before the re
cation can be adopted,

for Employ.

straight.

Study Corner

Delehanty Institute has had to ex-

tend its Airplane Craftsmen Course.
‘The course tries to prepare ell-round
factory workers who can fit into any
phase of production.

“Photographic Occupations” by
Capt, Burr Leyson (Dutton; $2), is
the latest book on choosing a career
in photography. Chapters cover
Press, Advertising, Commercial, Por-
trait, Motion Pictures, Newsreel,
Public Relations, Medical and Surgi-
cal, War, Speed, Color, Police, Aerial,
Micro, Pictorial, Military, and Nature
Study Photography, with a few sec-
tions on the technical professions,
photo finishing, darkroom work, etc.
It 1s written in dramatic style, with
emphasis on the adventure side, and
a good deal on technique. Biggest
problem—selling—is hardly touched.

For those who want to be scientific
about their learning process, “De-
velop Your Reading,” by Pearl E.
Knight and Arthur E, Traller (Little,
Brown & Co,, $1.36), may prove a
valuable book.

Based on the theory that effective
reading can cut learning time, and
result in better grades on intelligence
tests, the book aims to develop rapid
reading and close reading to create
fun in reading, to build yocabulary.

Especially valuable for exam
takers are such sections as; “To Dis-
cover: the Author's Ideas,” “To Re-
trece the Author's Pattern,” “To
Share the Author's Feeling,” etc,

Good pointer: “The more you for-
get your surroundings, the more you
will enjoy the story.”

Basic course in many a defense
training program today is Mechanical
Drawing, For beginners we can rec-
ommend “Elementary Mechanical

Drawing for High Schools” by Wil-
liam W. Klends and Charles J. Hayes
(International Text Book Co., $1,60).

administrative | Designed to develop an understand-

ing of fundamental principles, the
volume aims to increase visualiza-

| tion of problems in three dimensions,
| Complete sets of problems are of-
fered for two-year high school
courses, and briefer sets for ge
high schools,

“I Want a Job in
Floyd K, Smith (Amer
of Research, 35 cents)
an interesting pamphlet
to assist American youth in
career in aviation, The pamphlet
contains a down-to-earth analysis of
opportunities in the industry,
quirements for 50 types of factory
occupations, a list of fields in air
transportation, a discussion of the
civilian pilot training prostam and
opportunities in the army alr corps

“Aeronautics Simplified” by
Ernest G, Vetter, just off the
(Foster and Stewart, $1.50) is @
manual for pilot license eximint
tions which should prove a handy
book for all aeronautics studen's
Written in question and answer £01
it covers airplanes, engines, meteor
ology, navigation, flight test civil nA
regulations, and air traffic rules
172 packed pages.

SANITATION WORKERS

‘The Leader stories about labor
conditions in the Sanitation P®
partment have been tempor
suspended, Official agene!**
investigating the conditions 8°
ready described in these column
and The Leader will not impall
such investigations by “HDPE
off” those involved. The Ver"
promises its readers a full Tee
shortly, -including ase
that may startle the cll)
welcome further inform
from Sanitation employ
in the past, everything
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