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and Skilled Workers
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-Exam for Sanitation Men
Rejected Candidates Can’t Take Re-Medical
Unless They Make List
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Drastic Clianges for U. S. Workers
More Jobs—Salaries Up—Census Workers
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F ace T w o
Tuesday, O ctober
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER
6 0 0
N e w
J o b s
in
Y o r k e rs to
8
,
O n l y 9 3 F lu n k M e d i c a l
A u to E n g in e m a n T e st
G e t
D ra ft P r o g r a m
O f t h e 1,000 m e n w h o h a v e t a k e n t h e m e d i c a l e x a m i n a t i o n l o r
M ore than 600 p eo p le in N e w York State w ill get jobs in th e n e x t 10 days in th e selec­ A u t o m o b i l e E n g i n e m a n , o n l y 91 h a v e b e e n r e j e c t e d . T h e s e w e r e t h e
tiv e service program , a su rvey by T h e L e a d e r revealed last w eek .
ol& cial f i g u r e s r e l e a s e d t o T h e L eader t h i s w e e k b y t h e C iv il S e rv ic e
A ll t h e j o b s a r e c l e r i c a l p o s l tio n s a n d o n ly a s m a ll p e r c e n t ­
a g e w ill b e fille d f r o m C iv il S e r ­
v ic e l i s t s a c c o r d i n g t o p r e s e n t
p o lic y . E a c h l o c a l d r a f t b o a r d —
t h e r e a r e 5 0 0-odd in N ew Y o rk
S t a t e — w ill b e a u t h o r i z e d t o e m p lo y a p a i d c l e r k a t a s a l a r y o f
$150 to $200. I n a d d i t i o n , e a c h
o f t h e 25 B o a r d s o f A p p e a l w ill
h a v e a t l e a s t o n e c le r k , a n d p o s ­
s ib ly tw o ,
A p p rn x im a te ly 100 clerical w o rk e rs
w ill be em ployed in the c e n tra l of­
fices of the selective serv ice a d m in ­
istration in New Y o rk City and A l­
bany. T hese will all be d ra w n from
re g u la r federal Civil S ervice lists.
T he positions involved a re S e n io r
C I V I L
^
and J u n io r S te n o g ra p h e r an d T ypist,
T ele p h o n e O p e rato r, M essenger, and
J u n i o r Clerk.
A pplicatio ns for clerk jobs in the
: local d r a f t b o a rd s m u st be m ad e d i­
' r e ct to m em b e rs of the boards. It
is e x pected th ey will have the rig h t
i to .select th e ir o w n clerks a fte r a
| m a jo rity of the th re e m em b e rs of
' each b o a rd a g ree on a choice. The
' a p p o in tm en ts will be non-political.
RequirementB
T he re q u ir e m e n ts for clerical jobs
was outlin e d last w e e k by r e g u la ­
tions of the selective service a d m in i.stration. A pplicants m u st h a v e a
“high school educatio n and th r e e
y e a rs fu ll-tim e clerical em p lo y m en t
w ith in th e last 10 years. T hey should
preparation
FIREMAN— PATROLMAN
CluhHrH nrr now iiiretlnir for MIJK.MAN-J’ATHOI.MAX. The examination for
I'IreinHn hIiouIcI be lifid In tlie NprliiK of DMI. us the Jllit expire* Oerember 15
of tliiit yrar. Th« tent for Piilrolninii hlioiiUl be hcM late In 1941, as the
present llht nIioiiMI ho exhuuhted by that time,
Heriiuse of keen eonipetition and (he t.vpe of examination, proNpeetlve enndldates hIiouIiI be>tin preparation NOW! filVSICAI. AND MKNTAL 01-ASiHES
meet dii>',> nt lioiirH to snH the eonveiiienee of the student. Enrollment !■
preceded by n J HKK MKIHCAL KXA.MINATION.
AUTO ENGINEMAN PHYSICAL INSTRUCTION
riiyMlea.I and roordinaHon liiNlriielioii for thoNe who have yassep the mental
examination for AL’l'O KN(iilNK.MAN—('InxtieN day and evenlngr. Fee reahonable.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REFEREE
NKW fOI HSK I ’OBMINtJ. <lasM-« mee» on MONDAY
8:Q0 n.m. »«<«
WKDNIONDAV nt (>:1(V and K:H(I p.m. in Manhatton and on
at
M p.m. at UO-1‘1 Siitphln ftouievard, .lamaiea,
New Jobs Opening
On 6th Ave. Subway
Grading Begins On
College Clerk Test
G ra d in g will soon begin on th e
e x a m in a tio n
p a p ers
fo r
College
Clerk,
C o u rt
S te n o g r a p h e r
and
S te n o g r a p h e r (law ), G rade, a cc o rd ­
ing to th e M u nicip al Civil S ervice
Com mission. T he k e y a n sw e rs to
th ese tests h a v e b een a p p ro v ed and
the w a y is c lear to r a te th e papers.
PROBATION O m C E R
T u es. and Thur«., 6:45
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CARD-PUNCH OPERATORS
Tuea., 6:30
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE EXAMINER: t ' — »«w
ASSISTANT MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR: m j r
PROBATION OFFICER ^ TueN A’ Thiirs. at 8:30 p. m,
chlnen avnllable.
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COURT ATTENDANT
Tue«., 8:30
-f-f
POSTAL CLERK
o n d CARRIER
* m . ** . ,3 0 p.».
SANITATION MAN ( C o o r d i n a t i o n ) :
ifea!
T ues., 6:30
Day and evenintr.
City Electrician, S t a t e Court A tte n d a n t, Senior
License Investigator^ P ost Office ClerkCarrier, R ailway Po s ta l Clerk
O ff i c e H o u r s i
D a i l y , 9 A . M . to 10 P . M . — S a t u r d a y , B A . M . to B P . M .
RAND
E d u ca tio n a l In s titu te
7 E. 16 St., AL. 4-3094
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on reeent lit*f Jiixt estiibllMhed for I’AKK KOKKMAN FROMOTlOiN, MundellIralned KliideiitN paKHed Snd nn<l :<rd on liNt . . . and on ■ame lift appears
llie names of -Id additional IMondell NtiidentN out of 48 who took exHnilnutlon.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REFEREE
TiieH. TIiiirH., «:lft r.M — CoiirKe ln< Indes T,e< ture«i, Study Mnterlal, eont4tdIntr of S(l() (aseH and De<'tNlonK of (’ourfH. ItefereeN. Appml Bds.. 804 (\><llfled
I'rlnelpleH,
Case ( llatlonH, IteKulationN of Indimtrlal OommlHRloner. Text
of (lie Kaw—Fee
until (ho e\am.
PIINf!HIWf5
CARD
I'l-epare for Ciovernment and Private FonKlons.
.
r Ui ^l Lr nmU
(-„„rHe approved and (fndor*e4 h f Kemlu«lonItantl. AH Knidimt<^ reirlNtered wi(h It.-R. for coirinierolal poHitloni)
JR. ENGINEER Meehanh'al, (irade
PROBATION OFFICER l.eetnres
NASSAU COUNTY EXAMSA8ST. ENGR. DESIGNER, B.W.8.
JR. ENGINEER, FEDERAL
SAFETY INSP. ef CONSTRUCTION
BUILDINGS MANAGER
JR. ENGR., SIGNALS
CITY ELECTRICIAN
PROF, ENGR.'S LICENSE
STATIONARY ENGR.’S LIC.
MASTER PLUMBER’S LIC.
jo bs a n d th e n u m b e r of v a c a n c ie i in
each title, follows:
A ssistant T r a in D isp a tc h e r (11);
A ssistant S ta tio n S u p e r v is o r (4);
C a r M ain ta in er, G ro u p A (5); Cftv
M a in ta iner, G ro u p F (6); C o ndu ctor
(364); M a in ta in e r’s H e lp er. G rou p
A (20); M a in ta in e r ’s H e l p e r ,
I G ro u p B (27); M a in ta in e r ’s H elper,
G ro u p C (3); M a in ta in e r ’s H elper,
G ro u p D (10); M o to rm a n -C o n d u c to r
(170); P o r t e r (83); R o ad C a r In sp e c ­
t o r (31); Sp ecial P a t r o lm a n (IS);
S ignal M a in ta in er, G ro u p B (12) (
S tation A g e nt (86); T o w e r m a n (11);
T r a c k m a n (20) a n d T ra in D ispatcher
(7).
The L eader w ill k e e p Us readers
The Openings
f u ll y i n fo r m e d o f all d e v e lo p m e n ts
A tab u la tio n of the m ost im p o rta n t on th ese co m ing jobs.
A n e x a m in a tio n fo r C o n d u c to r
w as re c e n tly o r d e re d b y th e C o m ­
mission, th e n c ancelled w ith the
sta te m e n t th a t the n e w S a n ita tio n
eligible list' w o u ld be u se d to fill
vacancies. A t th e sam e tim e, som e
C ond uctor app o in tm en t* in o th e r
sub w ay lines h a v e b een m a d e fro m
th e F ire eligible list. A p ro m o tio n
list for C o n d u c to r is in e x istan ce
a n d 45 na m e s r e m a i n on it. A ll of
these a re c erta in of a p p o in tm en ts.
A n o th e r p ro m o tio n e x a m fo r C on­
d u c to r w ill be giv en on N o v e m b e r
SO.
REFEREE
BeKin prei>araHon for next exiim and many openln*r« In commerelal fteld.
STATIONARY ENGINEER’S LICENSE:
MASTER PL U M B ER ’S LICENSE: wed.
C om m issio n .
Those r e je c te d u n c o n d itio n a lly w ill b# g iv en s n o t h e r e x a m in a tio n on
O c to ber 21. T hose r e je c te d c o n ditio nally w ill ta k e th e ir re - m e d ic a l alter
th e list fo r A u to E n g in e m a n is established.
T h e 1,400 m en w h o h a v e n o t y e t b e e n called w ill tak e t h e i r medical*
be fo re O c to b er 25,
D ate for the c o m p e titiv e ph y sic al e x a m in a tio n h a s n o t y e t b e en *ei.
T he C om m ission is looking for a p lace to h o ld it. C ro m w e ll C e n te r in
S ta te n Island, w h e r e th e r e c e n t S a n ita tio n M a n e x a m w as held, w ill not
be available.
N e w jobs in a w id e range of titles w ill be created w ith the open in g o f th e Sixth
A v e n u e S u b w a y line, a su rv ey last w e e k r e v e a le d . S e v e r a l w e e k s ago, T h e L e a d e r pre>
sen ted an e x c lu siv e sum m ary of the n e w p o sitio n s th at w o u ld d evelop w ith the Six th
A v e n u e lin e ’s opening. T he latest su r v e y in d ica tes th at there w ill b e a p p ro x im a tely 850
openings, including 364 for Conductor, 170 fo r M otorm an-C onductor, and 83 for porter.
T h e M unicipal C ivil S ervice C om m ission m u st h old a nu m ber of n e w e x a m s to prepare
eligib le lists for som e of the n e w jobs. O ther lists are n o w in preparation or h a v e already
b een established.
A tte n d th e sc h o o l w ith a
b a c k g r o u n d o f o v e r 3 5 0 ,0 0 0
s a tis f ie d s t u d e n t s o v e r a
p e rio d o f 2 5 y e a r s .
S E R V I C E
—
be a ble to h a n d le re co rd s a nd p a p e r
w o r k Involved in classification, all
of w h ic h m u s t be k e p t w ith g r e a t
c are a n d a ccuracy. They should be
typists.
“T h ey should be loyal, of good
c h a ra c te r an d habits, a n d h a v e good
re co rd s In p re v io u s e m p lo y m en t.”
3—Free leotara T han., Oll8 P.M.
Tnen.-Thlirt., Tl46 P.M.
('laImN InveHtlvatpr, Index and
l.leenNe t'lerk, Auditor, Analytieal
t'liemlht.
INSP. HULLS. BOILERf
JR. ADMIN. AS8Y.
STATISTICAL DRAFT8MAN
ASPHALT WORKER
POSTAL CLERK-CARRIER
SUBWAY EXAMS
JR. ASSESSOR, ENGR,
FLYING. ENGINEER CADET
Q n /diiiu dsL
M ost S u b w a y W orkers
H ave B een F in g e r p r in te d
T h e w o r k o f t h e M u n i c i p a l C iv il S e r v i c e C o m m i s s i o n i n i n v e s t i ­
g a t i n g a n d f i n g e r p r i n t i n g e m p l o y e e s o f t h e B M T a n d I R T Is n e a r ­
in g c o m p le tio n , a n in q \iiry th is w e e k re v e a le d . A t p r e s e n t, som e
11,500 B M T a n d 10,400 I R T e m p l o y e e s h a v e b e e n i n t e r v i e w e d I n t h e
■---------------------------------—-------------------- '-4-f i e l d a n d f i n g e r p r i n t e d .
A t th e sam e tim e th e first groups
B uy T he L E A D E R e v e ry T uesday of em p loy ees h a v e b e en tr a n s f e r r e d
fro m th e n o n -c o m p e titiv e to th e com ­
pe titiv e class. A total of 518 S tation
A gents h a v e b e e n given a c om peti­
tiv e Civil S erv ice title of R ailroad
Clerk.
A ddition al reclassifications, a cc o rd ­
ing to th e Com mission, h a v e been
d e la y e d because th e B o a rd of T r a n s ­
po rta tio n has n o t y e t a g ree d on plans
for re classifying P la tf o r m m e n , T r a i n ­
AUTO ENGINEMEN
m en, Conductors, a n d M otorm en.
N E W S
C O I A I M B I A I N S T I T U T E ’S C o o r d i n a ­
t i o n M a c h i n e la e x a c t l y t l j e s a m e a s
t h e o n e u s e d In t h e a c t u a l e x a m i n a ­
tion.
C o m e in a n d lo o k It over.
Notice
to Prospective
Fire m e n a n d Policemen
SANITATION MAN—
COORDINATION
W e a r e p leaso d to a n n o u n c e t h a t w e
now
have
three
100%
m en
In C o ­
ordination.
Our
m odern
tra in in g
m ethods
are
continually
show ing
s u c h re m a r k a b le resu lts.
W i i l t e r A. C iuU lell, B .S.,
Is In
lU r e c t c h iirtfe o ( t h i s cu uriie.
l i e is
an
acknow leilR ed
expert,
especially
in V olice W o r k .
H e h as been euIn
police
In stru c liu n
lo ng^er
t h a n a n y o th e r Individual.
F orm erly
a m e m b e r of th e P o lice D e p a r tm e p t,
h e w a s aa.signed b y t h e P o lic e C o m n iis slo n e r to t n k e c h a r g e o f t h e liCgal
B u r e a u . H e h a s e n g a g e d in t h e p r a c ­
t i c e o f l a w f o r t h e p a s t 12 y e a r s a n d
befo re t h a t w a s A sso cia te w ith th e
( 'o u r ta in t h e A p p e l a t e D iv isio n , 2nd
D ept.
M r . C a d d e l l Is J u s t o n e o f t h e
reaso n s
why
C O I.U M B IA
IN ST I­
T U T E ’S
students
becom e
top-rated
m en.
*
FIRE LIEUTENANTS
T o u o w e I t t o y o u r s e l f t o c o m e I ji a n d
t a l k t o HB b e f o r e e n r o l l i n g e l s e w h e r e .
O u r sp eclu lista a r e a t y o u r service.
CONVENIENT PAYMENTS
O u r low fees e n a b le e v e ry o n e to ta k e
a d v a n tu K e of th e tr a io ln g w h ic h speolflcally m e e t s C ivil S e r v ic e r e q u i r e ­
m ents.
CONSCRlPnONl
COME BACK TO A CIVIL
SERVICE JOB
I f conH crlptiid, y o u m a y c o n tin u e y o u r
H tudles b y o u r H peclal o o rre sp o n d e iic e
u r n i U K e m e n t n o m a t t e r w h e r e y o u ar«
H tutloncd.
I'rovlH ionii f o r
th e
o x u m in u tio n w ill bo a r r a n g e d by th e
C iv il S e rv ic e C oninilsN iun.
REGISTER NOW
r o r all C I V I L S E R V IC E ! p re p a ra tio n .
Y ou m a y ca ll fo r a c o m p le te list of
th e testa, a t t h e
convenient d o w n ­
t o w n office, f r o m 9 a . m . u n t i l 10 p .m .
on Saturdays.
Mathumiitlci—Draftlna; Aero., Mech., Ship, Plplnn, Struitural, T#p*
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Tel.
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D I r tc t o r * : W »It e r A. C a dde ll, B.S., LI B
SC H O O L)
ALRonquin
J . m e t P. C i.s fy. A.B., M,A, LI.B,
Appeals Board
The M u nicip al Civil S e rv ic e C o m ­
m ission re c e n tly set up m a c h in ery
for an ap peals b o a rd th r o u g h w hich
e m ployees can a p p ea l th e jo b titQe
assigned to th em by the Commission.
L ast w e e k m e m b e rs of t h e board
w e re anno unced . T h ey are: F re d
H edin and M ilton Musicus, of the
Commission; W. S. W. H a r t m a n of the
B oard of T r a n s p o rta tio n ; a n d J a m e i
J. Fitzsim on, of the T r a n s p o r t W o rk ­
ers Union.
P h y s ic a l T e st F o r
M a i n t a i n e r ’s H e l p e r
T he
p hy sical e x a m in a tio n
for
M a in ta in e r’s H e lp e r w ill be held in
N o v e m b er o r D ecem ber, T h e L e a d e r
le a r n e d th is week. G r a d in g of the
w ritte n t e s t b e g an last week.
T he p hy sical exam , w hic h counts
for 20 p e r cent of th e final m ark,
will be given to all m en w ho pass
the w ritte n test. It will consist of a
w eight lift, p e c to ra l squeeze, a b ­
do m inal m uscle lift a n d a lad d e r
climb.
A n y th in g you w a n t to k n o w about
Civil Serv ice? Come in a n d inq uire
of the L e a d e r Bookshop.
•faesday, O ctober
8
CIVIL SERVICE
, 1940
C ity T o P a y S a l a r i e s
Of G u a r d s m e n O n D u t y
Joseph D. M cG oldrick, N e w Y o rk C ity Com ptroller, last
^eek issu ed a m em o ran d u m to c ity d epartm ents, c larifyin g
th« p olicy
p a y m e n t o f salaries for em p lo y e e s “on ordered
military or n a v a l d u ty .” T h e m em o ra n d u m covers N ation al
Guardsmen, m em b ers o f th e N a v a l R eserve, and other regerva groups, w h o are c a lle d to activ e service.
M cO o ld rick d e c la r e d t h a t c l t y t
-m p lo y e e s “ w h o a r e m e m b e r s o f his r a n k o r r a te o f p a y . P h o to sta tic
the N a t i o n a l G u a r d o r n a v a l ' copies of th e m ilita r y o rd e r s v e r if y ­
m ilitia , o r a r e m e m b e r s o f t h e ing r a n k a n d p a y w ill b e fo r w a r d e d
r eserve c o r p s o r f o r c e i n t h e to th e C e n tra l P a y r o l l Division of the
f e d e r a l, m i l i t a r y , n a v a l o r m a r i n e C o m p tro lle r ’s Office.
service, w h o a r e o r d e r e d o n m i l i ­
E ac h
e m p lo y e e
w ill
ex ec u te
ta ry o r n a v a l d u t y ” c a n l e a v e
t h r e e copies of p o w e r of a tto rn e y ;
th e ir r e g u l a r j o b s . N o l e a v e s o f
one copy w ill b e filed w ith th e P a y
a b se n c e a r e n e c e s s a r y o r w i l l b e
D ivision
of th e
D e p a r tm e n t of
g r a n te d , h e a d d e d , s i n c e s u c h
F in a n ce , one w ith th e h e a d of th e
e m p lo y e e s a r e f u l l y p r o t e c t e d b y
d e p a r tm e n t an d one w ith th e p e rso n
se c tio n 245 o f t h e S t a t e M i l i t a r y
w h o is to re ce iv e th e sa la r y check.
law.
F o r m s f o r p o w e r of a tto r n e y c an be
Other Provisiona
o b ta in e d a t th e office of th e P a y
For th e first 30 days, a n e m p lo y e e D ivision
of th e
D e p a rtm e n t of
receives his full sa lary , less a m o u n ts F in a nce , R oom 22, M un ic ipa l B u ild ­
already p a id fo r an y a c tiv e se rv ice ing, M a n h a tta n .
already p u t in this y e a r . A f t e r th e
E m p lo y e es w ho rece iv e a differe n ­
first 30 day s h e re ce iv e s t h e d iffer­ tia l in sa la r y w h ic h is less t h a n t h e ir
ence in his city sa la ry a n d his m ili­ r e g u la r p e n sio n p a y m e n ts, o r those
tary pay . Allovirances fo r su bsiste n c e w h o r e ce iv e no d ifference in salary ,
and resid en ce q u a r te r s a re n o t con- w ill ha v e to m a k e a r ra n g e m e n ts fo r
gidered p a r t of th e m ilita ry c o m ­ t h e ir re ti r e m e n t p a y m e n ts b e fo re
pensation.
th e y lea v e f o r m ilita r y d uty.
M c G o ldrick p o in te d o u t t h a t a t
An e m p lo y e e is re q u ir e d to n o tify
th0 h e a d of his d e p a r t m e n t c o n c e r n ­ p re s e n t t h e r e a r e no law s w h ic h
ing his m ilita ry o r n a v a l ra n k , r a t e co v er th e p a y m e n t of salarie s to
of com pensation, w h e r e h e is a s ­ G u a rd sm e n a n d o th e r r e se rv is ts w h o
signed, etc. H e m u s t also in f o r m his v o lu n te e r f o r serv ice w ith o u t b e in g
de partm ent h ead of a n y c hange s in o r d e r e d to r e p o r t fo r duty.
DRAFT
U p s ta te
W
o r k
P aGI THREf
LEADER
S o c ia l
E x a m
s
One th o u sa n d th r e e h u n d r e d ten
c a n d id a te s w e r e a d m itte d to socialw o rk e x a m s fo r w e lfa re jobs in 44
coun ties th ro u g h o u t th e S tate, held
S a tu r d a y b y th e S ta te Civil S ervice
Com m ission. T h e y follow ed tests for
a n e q u al n u m b e r of ste n o g rap h ic and
clerical titles he ld the w e e k before,
w ith 2,787 c a n d id a te s filing.
O n th e basis of these exam s, 1,058
jo bs in th e s e counties w ill m ov e into
th e c o m p e titiv e Civil Se rv ice class.
T his is in acc o rd an c e w ith th e dic ­
ta te s of th e Social S e c u rity Board,
w hich t h r e a t e n e d to w i th d r a w $25,000,000 f r o m S ta te aid unless th e
e x a m s w e r e held. No Civil S ervice
exists to d ay in th ese 44 counties.
T he n u m b e r s w ho filed fo r each
of th e 10 titles follows:
In v estiga tor,
D e p a r tm e n t
of
P ublic W e lfa re ( ty p e A )
312
In v estiga tor,
D e p a r tm e n t
of
P ublic W e lfa re ( ty p e B )
409
Investig ato r, B o a rd o f C hild
W e lfa re ......................................... 121
S e n io r In v estig a to r, D e p a rtm e n t
of P u blic W e lf a r e ..................... I l l
S e n io r In v estig ato r, B o ard o f
C h ild W e lf a r e ..............................
41
Case S u p e rv is o r, D e p a r tm e n t of
P u blic W e l f a r e ............................ 166
T o w n W e lfa re C o nsu lta n t, D e ­
14
m e n t o f P ub lic W e l f a r e ...........
122
S to re s C l e r k ................................
M edical W o rk e r, D e p a rtm e n t o f
9
Pu b lic W e lfa re ..........................
S e t t l e m e n t In v estiga tor, D e ­
p a r t m e n t of P u b lic W e l f a r e ..
T o ta l
T e le p h o n e E lig ib le s
T h re a te n To S ue
1,310
'
T h r e a t e n in g legal ac tion ag ain st t h e city i f t h e i r list is n ot used
f o r switchboard o pe rato r ap p o in tm e n ts in th e Police D e p a r t m e n t ,
eligibles on th e new list f o r M a l e Telephone O pe ra to r last xoeek
told Commissioner Lewis J. V a le n t in e to change his m in d , or else— .
I n a le tte r addressed to V ale ntin e, copies of w h ic h were sent to
M a y o r L a G u a r d i a a n d P au l J. K e r n , th e eligibles declared t h a t
V a l e n t i n e ’s re fu sal to use the list was " i n violation of Section 14
of the Civil Service L a w and ad jud ica ted cases th ere un d er, as well
as othe r sections of t h e Civil Service L a w a n d also regulations of
the Civil Service Commission.”
“ We are askin g your fi n a l viewpoin t on th e m a t t e r , ” th e l e t t e r
stated, “ an d tru s t you w ill reply to our request t h a t you accept
th e certific ation f r o m our list.”
Reply by Tuesday
A reply by Tuesday, October 8, was requested. T h e eligibles w ill
hold a general m eeting at 7:30 p.zn. Tuesday to discuss V a l e n t i n e ’s
ansioer. Should he refuse to g r a n t the request, the eligibles w ill
resort to the courts, according to Salvatore Ferro, president of th e
eligibles association. F erro signed th e le tter sent to V ale ntin e.
T he Tuesday m e eting loill be at P. S. 27, east of T h i r d Avenue
on 42nd Street.
T he association m a y decide to back a court test bro ught this
week by Sey mour F rie n d , an ind ep en d en t eligible. F r i e n d ’s a t t o r ­
ney is Sam uel A. Spiegel.
A t present m e n on the P a t r o l m a n eligibles list are being used
f o r the Police D e p a r t m e n t switchboard jobs. V a le n tin e loants to
establish a p e r m a n e n t policy of h avin g these jobs filled by th e
P a t r o l m a n eligibles, instead of persons f r o m a civilian list.
Post Office Facts
Q u e s tio n s
A n s w e r e d
T he ansioers to t h e questions below, w hile based on t h e best
available sources, are unofficial, -f--------------------------------------------------------I am em p lo y e d in t h e B M T su b w a y
lystem. I h a v e n o t y e t b e e n g iv en a
Competitive C ivil S e rv ice classifica­
tion, th o u g h I a m in th e n o n - c o m ­
petitive g ro u p . U n d e r th e d r a f t p ro ;ram w ill I be given th e sa m e b e n e ilts a n d p ro tec tio n s t h a t r e g u la r Civil
lervice em ployees get?
A. Yes.
H ave
a p p o in tm e n ts
from
th e
Patrolm an, P.D. S p e c ia l L is t ( th ir d
list) been blocked b e ca u se of th e
coming d ra ft?
A. No. They have not been made
for other reasonjs—budgetary restric­
tions, lack of vacancies, etc.
I h a v e a C om m ission in t h e N a ­
tional G u a rd . My A r m y p a y w ill be
niore t h a n m y C ivil S e rv ice salary .
Will I h a v e to p a y c o nti'ibutions to
the r e tir e m e n t fund. If so, w h e n a n d
how w ill I p a y th e m ?
A. You w ill have to make an ar­
rangement to pay your pension con­
tributions before you leave for active
service.
How w ill th e clex'ical a n d o th e r
positions n e ce ssary to a d m in is te r th e
draft be filled?
A. Entirely from Federal Civil
Service eligible registers.
I am a city em ployee, 27 a n d u n niarried. H ow ev er, I c o n tr ib u te $5
Wis Suggest
-
-
a w e e k to m y m o th e r ’s su p p o rt. My
tw o b ro th e r s aLso co n trib u te. C a n I
cla im e x e m p tio n o r d e fe r m e n t on
the g ro u n d t h a t I h a v e a d e p en d e n t?
A. To claim deferm ent because
you have a dependent, you m ust be
the sole m eans of support of that
dependent.
I w o r k f o r th e fe d e ra l g o v e rn m e n t
as a sk ille d lab o re r. W hile m y jo b
is n o t con n ec ted w ith n a tio n a l d e ­
fense, the g o v e r n m e n t is h a v in g d if­
ficulty in ge ttin g e n o u g h m e n in m y
p a r ti c u la r trad e . W ill I b e d e f e r r e d
in the d r a f t b e cause of this?
A. While w e cannot s a iy definitely
that you are entitled to deferment
it is very likely that the local boards
w ill not call you for service because
of the shortage of men in your trade.
T h e L e a d e r staff w ill a n s w e r q u e s ­
tions o f C ivil S e rv ic e e m p lo ye es, a p ­
plicants a n d eligibles on th e possible
effects of conscription on th em . T h e
o n ly e xistin g laws w h ic h p ro te c t e m ­
p lo ye e s and eligibles are those w h ic h
a p p ly to m e m b e r s o f the N ational
Guard, N a v a l M ilitia, o r o th e r r e ­
se rv e groups. H o w e v e r , i t i t e x ­
p e c te d th a t legislation Uftn be e n ­
acted to p ro te c t all e m p lo y e e s and
eligibles w h o are drafted. T h e a bove
questions are a n sw e re d o n th e as­
s u m p tio n th a t su c h legislation w ill
be passed.
-
I n this new d e p a rtm e n t. T h e L eader w ill each week include
suggestions w hich are i m p o r t a n t to Civil Service employees, eli^
gibles, a n d those seeking to e n te r th e gov ernment. Readers w it h
suggestions of th e i r own are in v it e d to submit t h e m to the editors.
T H A T A LL E M P L O Y E E O R G A N IZ A T IO N S a p ­
p o in t sp e c ia l c o m m itte e s to b e g in w o rk o n le g is­
l a t i o n t o p r o t e c t d r a f t e d e m p l o y e e s , e li g i b le s a n d
c a n d id a te s.
T H A T M E N w h o h a v e t a k e n t h e C ity S a n i t a t i o n
e x a m , o r t h e fo r m e r F ire m a n , P a tr o lm a n , o r L ife ­
g u a r d e x a m , g iv e a t t e n t i o n t o t h ^ U . S . B o r d e r
P a t r o l e x a m j u s t o p e n e d (see p a g « ' 1 4 ).
T H A T Y O U N Q E N G IN E E R S c o n sid er e n te rin g
t h e g o v e r n m e n t se rv ice . I t 's e a s ie r n o w t h a n e v e r
b e fo re , w ith e x c e lle n t o p e n in g s a v a ila b le in ev ery
b r a n c h o f e n g in e e rin g .
T H A T A LL C IV IL S E R V IC E E M P L O Y E E S AN D
E L IG IB L E S k e e p w a tc h o n th e e co n o m y -m o n g e rs
w h o a r e q u i e t l y p l a n n i n g t o l o p off Jo b s.
T H A T P E R S O N S w h o w is h to ta k e fe d e ra l
e x a m s , b u t f e a r t h e y w i l l b® d r a f t e d , g o a h e a d
a n d file . Y o u c a n t a k e a U . S . e x a m I n a n y o n e o f
h u n d r e d s of c itie s t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n try .
HE'S RESPONSIBLE
FOR ONE o r
T H E G O V E R N M E N T 'S B I G G E S T JO B S
R e je c te d S a n ita tio n M en
C a n 't T a lc e R e - M e d ic a l
U n le s s T h e y M ak e L ist
M a y b e y o u d i d n ’t k n o w , b u t th e
N e w Y o r k Post Office: —
Has 73 classified stations and 90
c ontract stations.
E m p lo y s 21,078 people.
R eceives, d e liv ers and despa tches
15.500.000 pieces o f o rd in a ry m a il
daily.
R eceives, de liv ers and desp a tch es
125.000 pieces of reg istered m a il
daily.
R e c e iv e s an d despatches 72,000
in sure d and C. O. D. p a rc e l-p o st
p ackages daily.
W e igh s an d d espatches 250,000
p o u n d s o f n e w sp a p e rs and p e ­
riodicals d ailly at p o u n d rates.
Finds $53.00 in m o n e y da ily e n ­
closed in dead letters.
R ec eiv es
$10,311.00
a n n u a lly
f r o m sale by auction o f u n d e l i v ­
erable parcels.
R ec e iv e s 4,500re m o v a l notices
daily.
H an d les 115,000 pieces o f m i s ­
d irected m a il daily.
F inds o w n e rs o f 225 u n a d d re ss ed
p arcels daily.
R ec eiv es 70,000 pieces o f m a il
daily w i th o u t stre e t address.
S u p p lie s 30,000 pieces of m a il
d aily w i th correct address f r o m
c ity d irectory.
Collects $237,000 in postage daily.
Issues m o n e y orders fo r $73,272,032.12 a nnually.
P ays m o n e y orders f o r $141,175,373.41 a nn u ally.
Has on deposit in postal sa v in gs
$61,463,848.
Has 168.763 p osta l-sa vin g s d e ­
positors.
^
Sold, du rin g one year. U n ited
S ta te s S a v in g s B onds, m a t u r i t y
value, $47,771,000.
N u m b e r of purchasers. 73,329.
Postal receipts fo r y ea r e n d ed
J u n e 30, 1939, $71,633,847.74.
Mail Deliveries
M a n h a tta n B o r o u g h
3 to 4
B r o n x B o r o u g h ....................... 2 to 3
S u b u r b a n .................................. 2 to 3
Mail Collections
M a n h a tta n B o r o u g h
10 to 26
B r o n x B o r o u g h ................... 7 to 11
S u b u r b a n ............
4 to 8
P riso n
G u ard
N ew s
W ith e x a m in a tio n p a p e rs s p r e a d
as fa r w est as W isconsin an d as f a r
so uth as S o uth C arolina, close to
6,000 c andidates took th e S ta te
P riso n G u a rd e x a m S a tu rd a y . P r o ­
visions w e re m ad e to allow c a n d i­
dates a lre ad y in m ilita r y cam p s to
p a rtic ip a te.
S e v e ra l t h o u s a n d m e n w h o w e re re je c te d c o n d itio n a lly in th e
Of th e 5,893 w ho filed for th e test,
S a n i t a t i o n M a n m e d i c a l e x a m i n a t i o n w ill n o t t a k e a s e c o n d m e d i c a l n e arly half cam e fro m N ow Y o rk
City. N ine te e n h u n d r e d w e re se n t
e x a m u n l e s s t h e y a r e p l a c e d o n t h e e li g i b le l i s t o f 7,500 n a m e s .
This a n n o u n c e m e n t b y th e Civil ♦ ---------- ----------------------------------------------- to the High School of C om m erce,
and 864 to S e w a rd P a rk .
Se rv ice Com m ission w ill p u t at re st
U sual p r o c e d u re is to p e rm it the
th e fe a r s of m e n w ho ha v e n o t been m en on a n eligible list to tak e the
c alled b a c k fo r a re -m e d ic a l test.
re -m e d ic a l a n y tim e d u rin g th e life
Most of th e m en in th is category
I\ex l W e e k —
of th e list. H o w ev e r, the C om m is­
a re those re je c te d for bad teeth,
sion m a y r e q u ir e th a t th e tim e lim it
varicose veins a n d o th e r defects
An important story for
be re d u c e d to a c e rta in p e rio d —p e r ­
w hich a re cu rable.
haps six m onths. T he list will be
all
men who inten<l to take
W h en th e list of 7,500 n a m e s a p ­
r e a d y a ro u n d D e c e m b e r 1.
pears, all th ese con ditio nal m en will
T h e L ea d er w ill k e e p all S a n ita ­
the coininii; Fireman e.xam.
be r e q u ir e d to pass th e m ed ic al b e ­ tion candidates in fo r m e d of d e v e lo p ­
fo re be in g appo in ted .
m e n ts.
P age F o u r
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER
Tueflday, O ctober
J o b s fo r L ib ra ria n s
(E xc lu sive )
'
’
F ilin g
D e a d lin e
U n e m
p lo y m
I s
C lo s e
e n t R e f e r e e
8 , 194^
f o r
T e s t
E x am s for th ree librarian titles in four cities o f N e w Y ork State, w h ic h are open
to residents of the en tire State, w e r e ann ounced this w e e k b y the S ta te C ivil S erv ice AND HERE IS SOME G O O D STUDY MATERIAL
C om m ission. F ilin g en d s October 26, and thfe tests th e m s e lv e s are sch ed u led for Saturday
F riday, O ctober H , is th e filing dea d lin e for th e Unem<
m orning, Novenriber 16. The titles are Junior A ssista n t Librarian ($1,200-$1,500); Senior
A ssistant L ibrarian ($1,500-$1,800); S enior L ibrarian ($2,100 and o v e r ) . F u ll req u irem en ts p lo y m e n t Insurance R efe r e e test, op en to all la w y e r s with
«■------------------------— —------------------------------------------------ five y ears practice. B lan k s are still ava ila b le at th e State
appear on page 11.
f ---------- —
T h e c itie s c o o p e r a tin g a r e N ew (
Office B u ild in g , 80 C entre S treet, N e w Y ork City, and by
R o c h e lle , N ia g a r a F a lls , S y ra c u se
m ail at th e E x am in ation s D ivision, S ta te D ep a rtm en t of Civil
a n d Y o n k ers, A p p lic a tio n b la n k s
S erv ice, A lb an y. F u ll req u irem en ts appear on page 11.
5 Civil Service Bodies
For New York City?
a r e a v a i l a b l e a t t h e l o c a l C iv il
S e rv ice c o m m issio n in a n y of
t h e s e c it i e s , o r a t t h e E x a m i n a ­
tio n s D iv isio n , S t a t e D e p a r t m e n t
o f C iv il S e r v i c e , A l b a n y . C a n d i ­
O n e o f t h e p o s s ib l e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w h i c h t h e F i t e C o m m i s s i o n
d a te s w is h in g to g e t b la n k s by w ill m a k e to t h e S t a t e L e g is la tu r e in J a n u a r y o n t h e w a y s a n d
m a i l a r e a s k e d t o e n c l o s e s ix m e a n s t o e x t e n d C iv il S e r v i c e t h r o u g h o u t t h e S t a t e i s t h e e s t a b l i s h ­
c e n t s a n d a s e l f - a d d r e s s e d e n ­ m e n t o f C iv il S e r v i c e c o m m i s s i o n s i n e a c h c o u n t y . N e w Y o r k C i t y
v e lo p e w i t h t h e i r r e q u e s t .
is n o t d i r e c t l y i n v o l v e d i n t h e w o r k i n g o f t h e F i t e C o m m i s s i o n , a s
i t a l r e a d y e n j o y s C iv il S e r v i c e . B u t o n e q u i r k d o e s e x i s t : N e w Y o r k
O th e r O p p o rlu n ilie s
A n n o u n c e m e n t of th ese exam s fol­ C i t y ’s c o m m i s s i o n t a k e s i n fiv e c o u n t i e s ; s h o u l d c o u n t y c o m m i s s i o n s
low s m on th s of con versatio n s b e ­ b e s e t u p , w h a t w ill h a p p e n t o t h e N e w Y o r k c o m m i s s i o n ?
T his p ro b lem will be b e fo re th e'^’------------------- — -----------------------------tw een S ta te a n d local Civil Service
*
officials. If th e p la n w o rk s out su c ­ member.s of th e F ite Com m ission _
cessfully, it is lik ely th a t o th e r local W ednesday, w h e n it holds a pu b lic S t a t e E m p l o y e e s E x p l a i n
comm issions will ta k e a d v a n ta g e of h e a rin g be g in n in g at 10 a.m. in the C r e d i t A i d P l a n
t h e e x am in atio n fa cilities of th e Stpte Office Building, 80 C e n tr e
A “200” Club is th e la te st p la n of
S ta te Com mission, th u s p ro v id in g Stre et.
Thi.s h e a rin g im m e d ia te ly
even g re a te r o p p o rtu n itie s for N ew follows a m ee ting th e day be fo re In th e N e w Y o rk S ta te E m ployees
F e d e ra l C re d it p n i o n to a id its
E lm ira.
Y o rk S ta te ’.s lib ra rian s .
m e m b e rs In t h e ir t h r i f t pro blem s.
B oth local an d S ta te -w id e lists are
Kern lo Appear
U n d e r th is plan a m e m b e r m a y p u r ­
to be m ade up in each title. A l­
Sch e d u le d to a p p e a r a t th e N ew chase a sta te d n u m b e r of sh a re s a t
th o u g h th e tests a re open to qualified
Y ork City h e a rin g is P a u l J. K e rn , r e g u la r in te r v a ls u n til h e ow ns th e
p e rso n s th ro u g h o u t th e State, p r e f ­
p r e sid e n t of th e M u nicipal C o m m is­ a llow ed m a x im u m of 200 shares.
eren c e in a p p o in tm e n t will go to
sion. T estim ony on v a rio u s p r o b ­
T he N e w Y ork S ta te E m p loy ees
re sid e n ts of th e city w h e re the v a ­
lem s b o th e rin g th e Fite Com m ission F e d e r a l C re d it U n ion is a c o -o p e ra ­
cancy exists. W hen a list of legal
is also e x p ec ted fro m Civil Se rv ice tiv e o rganizatio n of sta te em ployees,
re sid en ts of th e city inv olved is e x ­
officials in n e ig h b o rin g cities an d h a v in g its offices in Room 900, 80
hausted, a p p o in tm e n ts will th e n be
N e w Jersey, a n d from local e m p lo y e e C e n tre Stre et, N e w Y o rk City. T he
m a d e from th e S ta te -w id e lists.
groups.
o rg a n iz atio n h a s a c u r r e n t in v e s t­
Requirements
P re sid e n t K e r n ’s na m e e n te re d into m e n t b y m e m b e rs of $90,000. T his
T hese re sid en c e re stric tio n s hold: the re c o rd of th e F ite Commi.ssion co n tra sts w i t h th e initial in v e s tm e n t
1) a can d id a te m u st be a re s id e n t of a t last T u e s d a y ’s h e a rin g in BulTalo. of $900 m a d e b y th e o riginal m e m ­
K e w Y ork S ta te for a y e a r p r io r to In discussing th e m a tte r of coveVing b e rs w hen th e org a n iz atio n w a s b e ­
t h e da te of th e test to be eligible in 150,000 pre.sent incu m ben ts, B a r t g u n in 1935.
Ja m e s G. C arlin, d ire c to r a n d
fo r th e S ta te -w id e list; a n d 2) he A. Oddo, of th e Buffalo C ouncil of
m u s t be a r e sid e n t of his city fo r a th e Civil S ervice A ssociation (u p ­ c h a irm a n of th e E d u ca tio n C om ­
y e a r p r io r to th e d a te of th e test sta te c o u n te r p a r t of the a n ti- K e r n m ittee, e x p la in ed th e p u rp o se of th e
C re d it Union to be th e e n c o u ra g e ­
Civil Service F o r u m ), lash ed out:
to be eligible for th e city list.
“We fa v o r c overing in tho se e m ­ m ent^ of t h r ift in sta te Civil S erv ice
T h ere is one e xce ptio n to th is in
t h e c u r r e n t series: th e e x a m fo r S e ­ ployees w ho h a v e b een w o rk in g a t em ployees a n d th e e sta b lish m e n t of
n io r L ib r a r ia n is open to n o n - re s i­ least one y ear. A n d we d o n ’t w a n t a so urce of c r e d it fo r th e m w h e n
this la w d isto rte d in th e w a y th e su c h c re d it w as n e ed e d fo r p r o v i­
d e n ts of the S ta te as well.
As exclu sively re v e a le d last m o n th Wicks L a w is being d isto rte d in N e w d e n t a n d p r o d u c ^ v e reasons. As
proof of th e Credilt U nion’s success,
In a "D o n ’t R e p e a t T h is” item , th e Y o rk City b y P a u l K e rn .”
O ddo w as r e f e r rin g to th e fa ct t h a t M r. C a rlin p o inte d to th e tw e n ty m a t t e r of fees w as th e m ost ticklish
five p e r c e n t r e d u c tio n in th e r a te of
In th e p r e lim in a r y discussions. T he P re sid e n t K ern , in reclassify in g 25,in te re s t w h ic h is c h arg e d on loans
follow ing c om prom ise h a s been e f ­ 000 su b w ay w o rk e rs into Civil S e r v ­
m a d e to C re d it U nion m em b e rs,
fected: 1) a c an d id a te in te r e s te d only ice u n d e r tra n s it unification, has d e ­
w h ic h re d u c tio n w as effected a f te r
In th e city elig ible list pa y s his fee volved a fo rm u la to e x p la in th e “onet h e C re d it U nion h a d b een in o p e r a ­
to the local com m ission; 2) a c an ­ y e a r p rio r se r v ic e ” r e q u ir e m e n t of tio n less th a n five years.
d id a te in te re ste d only In th e S ta te ­ the W icks L aw . This fo rm u la , h o ld ­
w id e list pa y s his fee to t h e State ing th a t an e m ployee m e e ts th e r e ­
Com mission; 3) a c an d id a te i n te r ­ q u ire m e n t if h e w o rk e d six m o n th s
e sted in both li.sts m u s t pa y tw o fees. w ith in th e y e a r p rio r to J u l y 1, 1940,
nin e m o nths w ith in th e tw o years,
a n d 12 m on th s w ith in th e th r e e years,
set off a v e r b a l flurry tw o w e e k s ago
t a h e a rin g of th e S ta le C ivil S e r v ­
T y p i s t s , S t e n o s aice
Commission, b e tw e e n K e r n a n d A n U n u s u a l O f f e r T o
L eo pold V. Rossi, F o r u m se c re ta ry .
C h a n g e
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F ilin g h a s th u s f a r n o t b e e n a s h e a v y a s o rig in a lly e x p e c te d , in ­
c r e a s i n g t h e o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r t h o s e t a k i n g t h e N o v e m b e r 10 e x a m .
I n a d d i t i o n , s i n c e m a n y o f t h e c a n d i d a t e s a r e w i t h i n t h e 21-38
d r a f t a g e , t h e l i s t w ill b e a n a c t i v e o n e f o r b o t h t e m p o r a r y a n d
p e rm a n e n t a p p o in tm e n t.
—
31 p rov isionals a re n o w w o rk in g as w e ll as th e re as o n a b le money
as R eferees. T h e sa la r y of th e jo b v a lu e of m eals, lodging, o r rent
is liste d a t $3,500-$4,37S.
w hic h y o u p ro v id e. T his includes
tips giv en b y a t h ir d person.
A s fu r t h e r s t u d y m a te ria l f o r this
D isplay P o s te r —Y ou M U ST dLs.
test. T h e L ea d er p resen ts po rtio ns o f play th e poster, w ith th e re g is tra ­
a p a m p h l e t o f in fo r m a tio n f o r e m ­ tion n u m b e r p r o p e rly filled in, to
ployers, r e c e n tly p re p a re d b y th e in fo rm y o u r e m p lo y e e s t h a t y ou are
I n fo r m a tio n B u re a u o f th e D ivisio n c o n tr ib u tin g to th e U nem ploy m ent
o f P la c e m e n t a n d U n e m p lo y m e n t I n s u ra n c e F u n d .
Insurance:
F u r t h e r s t u d y m a te ria l w ill appear
in f u t u r e issues o f T h e Leader.
Who Is Subject
I f you em p loy fo u r or m o re perso ns
w ith in 15 or m o re days in a c a le n d a r
y ear, n o n e of w h ic h n e e d be in su c ­
cession, yo u a re su b je ct to th e L aw .
Your First Obligation—You m u st
su b m it in fo rm a tio n to th e Division
on th e fo rm , “ In itia l S ta te m e n t of
C o n trib u tin g E m p lo y e r,” a fte r w h ich
yo u w ill receiv e a r e g is tra tio n n u m ­
ber, a po ster, a n d nece ssary form s.
Contributions—You a r e liab le for
q u a r te r l y con trib u tio n s of 2.7 p e r
c ent of th e e arn in g s of eac h e m ­
ployee in c ov ered e m ploym en t, up
to a n d in cluding a n n u a l e a rn in g s of
$3,000—a m o u n ts In excess of th e first
$3,000 a re n ot tax a b le.
Records—You will be re q u ir e d to
k e ep a c c u rate re cords of all e m ­
ployees’ wages an d m a in ta in th ese
re c o rd s open a n d re a d y fo r Inspec­
tion. Copies of re p o rts m u st b e p r e ­
served.
R e p o rts—Y ou w ill be r e q u ir e d to
su b m it q u a rte rly , by th e 15th day
follow ing th e en d of th e q u a r te r , a
d e ta ile d r e p o r t sho w in g th e n a m e s
a n d Social S e c u rity A c c o u n t n u m ­
bers of y o u r em p lo y e es a n d th e to ta l
wages p aid each in th e q u a r te r .
W ages u n d e r th e L aw —You a re
r e q u ire d to p a y con trib u tio n s fo r a
c ov ered em plo yee on all wages, in ­
clu din g m o n ey wages, bonuses, co m ­
m issions a n d g ra tu itie s o f a n y kind.
A ll
E m p lo y e e s
o f
F u t u r e S ta te T e s ts
T h e S ta te law says th a t titles of
o p e n c o m p e titiv e lists re qu e sted
b y d e p a r tm e n ts an d in stitu tio ns
m u s t be p u b lic ly a n n o u n c e d f o r 13
d ays b efo re t h e S ta te Commissioii
ta ke s action. T h e fo llo w in g lists
are n o w being a d v er tise d (the
date de n o te s w h e n th e 15 days are
up):
O c to b e r 13—C h e m u n g C o u n ty —
S u p e r i n te n d e n t o f H ig hw ays.
O c to b e r 17 — C o rre c tio n —P a in te rG u a rd .
O c to b e r 17 — C o rre ctio n — Ju n io r
Psychologist.
O c to b e r 17—L a b o r a to rie s an d Re­
s e a rc h —S e n io r M edical Biochemist.
ABC Situation
A lth o u g h o n ly one ap p o in tm en t
has th u s f a r b e e n m a d e fr o m the
1,888-name list f o r In ve stig a tor, A l­
coholic B e v e ra g e C ontrol Board,
f u r t h e r certification s w e r e m ad e la.vt
w e e k to th e local b o a rd s in Nassau
a nd E rie Counties.
T h r e e c ertifications to th e Nassau
b o a r d w e n t d o w n to n u m b e r 301,
w h ile th e 10 certifications in Erie
C o u n ty d ip p e d d o w n to n u m b e r 1044.
F u r t h e r progress on this list wiJl
a p p e a r r e g u la rly in T h e L eader,
th e
S ta te
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N e w
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Latest Appointments
On ]r. Examiner List
T en p e r cent of t h e eligibles on th e
top of p o p u la r S ta te clerical, typist,
a n d steno lists p ro b a b ly c hange th e ir
m in d s a fte r tw o y e a rs a b o u t th e jobs
th e y will accept. T his is the first
e.stimate m ade as a r e su lt of th e re canvass of th ese lists, re ce n tly
la u n c h e d by th e S ta te Civil Service
Com mission.
It Is based on th e r e tu r n s from a
m ass certification of 2,400 un a p iointed eligibles on th e J u n i o r C lerk
ist for p e r m a n e n t a p p o in tm e n t at
$900 in th e A lb a n y office of th e T a x
D e p a rtm e n t: 250 of this n u m b e r
gignified w illingness to a ccept such a
Job, even tho u g h th e y m a y have
t u r n e d d o w n sim ila r offers p r e v i ­
ously.
Also b e in g re c a n v asse d are the
lists for A ssistan t Clerk, J u n io r
S te n o g rap h e r, A s sistan t F ile Clerk,
a n d J u n io r Tj'pist.
L ast w e e k . T h e L ead er p u blish ed
latest certifications ayid appointv ie n ts in A lb a n y a n d N e w Y o r k City
f ro m the J u n io r S te n o g r a p h e r and
J u n io r T y p is t lists in the “W h e re Do
I S ta n d ? ’’ colum n. O th e r lists w ill be
Inclu ded as soon as the Sta te C o m viission prepares th em .
N u m b e rs 32 and 33 on th e J u n i o r
E x a m in e r of S ta te E x p e n d itu r e s list
w e r e a ppo in ted to th e D e p a rtm e n t
of A u d it an d C on tro l as of O c to b er
1. T his b rings to 24 th e a p p o in t­
m en ts m ad e since th e list w a s e s ta b ­
lished tw o m o n th s ago. D e p a rtm e t
officials say th a t all of th e r e m a i n ­
ing provisionals w ill be r e p la c e d by
eligibles b y N o v e m b e r 1.
M eanw hile, F r e d e r ic k H ollow ell,
S e c re ta ry to C o m p tro lle r M o rris S.’
T rem a in e , h a d th is to sa y on an
a no nym ous le tte r c o m p la in in g a b o u t
th e p re v a le n c e of provisionals, t h a t
was se n t to th e d e p a r tm e n t an d to
th e Civil S ervice Leaders
“I feel su re th a t C o m p tro lle r T r e ­
m aine w ould consider it u n w ise an d
u n neccessary to e n te r Into a n y con­
tro v e rs y w ith a n o n y m o u s persons.
“If any o n e h a s an y le g itim a te c o m ­
p lain t a n d has c ourag e e n o u g h to
re v ea l his Identity, such c o m p la in t
would, of course, be given e v e r y con­
sideration, b u t to pay a n y a tte n tio n
to ano nym ou s com m u n ica tio n s of this
n a tu r e w o uld a p p e a r to be m e re ly
useless shadow -bo xin g.”
T itle E xam iner List
Stores Clerk £li|j;ibles
Certified to Jobs
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W ith th e city T itle E x a m in e r list
a lre a d y established, th e Stale Civil
S e rv ice C om m ission is no w h a rd at
w o r k on th e second p a r t of this
«xam . T h e T itle E x a m in e r test was
t h e first e v e r to be given jo in tly by
t h e city an d S ta te com m issions; all
c a n d id a te s took th e first p a rt, w hile
c a n d id a te s for th e S ta te job pai'ticip a le d in th e .second section.
T he p a p e rs of p a r t tw o a re a lre ad y
ra te d .
E x p e rie n c e Is n o w being
w eigh ed . D a te of e stab lish m en t of
t h e list d e p en d s on w h e t h e r o r n ot
• x p e r ie n c e In te rv ie w s a re to be held.
Dozens of eligibles on th e list for
A ssistant M echanical S to re s C lerk
w e re certified last w e e k f o r p e r ­
m a n e n t $1,200 a p p o in tm e n ts to th e
P u b lic W orks D e p a rtm e n t offices In
A lb any , R ochester, a n d Sy racuse.
H ow ever, no a p p o in tm e n ts h a v e y e t
b een m ade, an d t h e r e h a s b e e n no
action a t all on th e Senior list.
L ow est certifications are:
Rochester, 517; S yracuse, 637. ’JTie
S ta te -w id e list la used fo r A lb a n y
a p po in tm ents, a n d It h a s b e e n o«rtlfled d o w n to n u m b e r 40.
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Changes Face U.S. Workers
B f CHARLES SULLIVAN
O v e r t i m e
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F e d e r a l E m p l o y e e s
C ongress is s lo w ly recogn izin g th e p rin cip le of o vertim e p a y for F ed eral em p lo y ees,
but it is goin g at it in a haphazard m anner.
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Sin ce C ongress co n v en ed last January, m ore than a score of b ills h av e b een m troduced
that w o u ld a llo w fed era l w ork ers tim e and a h a lf for m pre than 40 hours a we^k.
T h r e e b i ll s l a s t w e e k , f o r i n - " ^
s t a n c e , w e r e a c t e d o n b y C o n ­ be p a id o v e rtim a b y th is b ill w h ic h
gress. T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t o f th e P r e s id e n t is e x p e c te d to sign.
these w a s p a s s e d b y t h e S e n a t e .
It w o u ld g iv e o v e r t i m e p a y t o a l l
field e m p l o y e e s o f t h e N a v y D e ­
p a rtm e n t a n d C o a s t G u a rd , n o
Iriatter w h e t h e r t h e y b e m e c h a n ­
ics o r m e s s e n g e r s . T h o u s a n d s o f
e m p lo y e e s i n t h e N e w Y o r k a r e a
would b e b e n e f i t e d b y t h i s b ill,
w hich w a s g u i d e d t h r o u g h t h e
S e n a te b y C h a i r m a n W a l s h o f
the S e n a t e N a v a l A f f a i r s C o m ­
m ittee .
Congress p a ssed a n d se n t to th e
White H ouse fo r th e P r e s i d e n t ’s sig­
nature a bill w h ic h w o u ld p ro v id e
overtime p a y fo r d isp a tc h e rs a nd
m echanics-in-charge in th e m o to rvehicle service of th e P o s ta l Service.
Several h u n d r e d N e w Y o rk e rs w o u ld
benefit fr o m th e p rov isions of th is
bill. N e a rly all o th e rs in th e m o to r
vehicle service a re n o w p a id o v e r ­
time.
And C ongress a p p ro v e d a n o th e r
bill w hich w o u ld p e r m it a r e la x in g
of the 40-hou r w eek, b u t tim e ' artd a
half o v e rtim e w o u ld b e prov ided.
Thi:5 bill cov ers p e rso n s w o rk in g on
Maritime Com m ission c ontracts. H u n ­
dreds of o th e r N e w Y o rk e rs s ta n d to
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F re e P la c e m e n t S e rvice
Navy Yard Raises
C ongress a lr e a d y h a s a u th o riz e d
m o re th a n 40 h o u r s a t o v e rtim e pay
in N a v y Y a rd s a n d A r m y arsenals.
B u t th e m ost i m p o r ta n t bill is th e
W alsh m ea sure , b e cause it m a r k s one
of th e fe w tim e s c le rica l h e lp was
covered b y o v e rtim e provisions.
“T he c o m m itte e is of th e opin io n,”
C h a irm a n W alsh stated, “t h a t w e
c an n o t d isc rim in ate b e tw e e n tw o
perso ns w o rk in g side b y side, an d
say to one, ‘B ecause y o u a re a s te ­
n o g ra p h er, y ou c a n n o t re ce iv e o v e r­
tim e pay ,' a n d say to a n o th e r, ‘B e ­
cause you a r e a mefchanic y o u can
receive o v e rtim e pay!’ ”
I n those few w o rd s th e c h a ir m a n
has sta te d th e m ain g rie v a n c e of socalled w hite collar w o rk e rs. I t ’s
time^ m an y d e p a r tm e n t h e a d s feel
including N a v y S e c r e ta ry F r a n k
K nox, t h a t all em ployees s h o u ld b e
tre a te d alike an d if one is giv en o v e r ­
time, all sho uld get it.
H ow ever, th e jo k e r in th e W alsh
bill is the f a c t th a t it in itself sp re a d s
disc rim in atio n as d e p a r tm e n ta l e m ­
ployees in W ash in g to n w o uld b e d e ­
nied ove rtim e p a y w h ile e v e r y o t h e r
N a vy e m ployee in th e c o u n try w o u ld
get it.
Should G-Men, U. S. Lawyers
Be Placed in Civil Service?
A ll b u t d e a d a n d b u r i e d is t h e p r o p o s a l o f S e n a t o r J a m e s M e a d
o f N e w Y o r k t o g iv e t h e 9,000 t e m p o r a r y C e n s u s e m p l o y e e s in W a s h ­
i n g t o n a f ul l C iv il S e r v i c e s t a t u s t h a t w o u l d p e r m i t t h e m t o t r a n s f e r
t o o t h e r F e d e r a l jo b s .
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o u t o f t h e R a m s p e c k b ill b y c laim ed p h o to g ra p h s re su lte d
H o u s e a n d S e n a t e c o n f e r e e s , a n d d isc rim in atio n . T h e b ln will becom e
efTective on passage.
little c h a n c e e x is ts t h a t th e p r o ­
W h at m ig h t p ro v e to be th e r e a l
v i s i o n w ill b e p l a c e d b a c k i n t h e s tu m b lin g block in th e H ouse is th e
b ill b y e i t h e r H o u s e .
S e n a t o r K e lle r-N ic h o ls a m e n d m e n t w h ich the
M e a d f o u g h t f o r h i s p r o p o s a l i n S e n a te k n o c k e d o u t w ith H ouse c on ­
c o n f e r e n c e , b u t w h e n o t h e r c o n ­ fe ree s in accord. T h a t a m e n d m e n t
f e r e e s l e a r n e d t h a t n e a r l y 1,900 w o u ld h a v e effect of freezing N ew
o f t h e t e m p o r a r y e m p l o y e e s w e r e Y o rk e rs in t h e ir p re s e n t jobs u n til
N e w Y o r k e r s , h e w a s v o t e d d o w n all th e sta te s in a r r e a r of t h e i r
i n a r u s h . T h i s , o f c o u r s e , m e a n s q u o tas of Civil Se rv ice jo bs in W ash ­
t h a t c a r d p u n c h e r s w h o h a d ing ton a re b r o u g h t up to th e ir full
quotas. N e w Y o rk is one of th e
h o p e d fo r p e r m a n e n t c e n su s jo b s
dozen sta te s in excess of its quota.
a r e d o o m e d to d is a p p o in tm e n t.
T h e Leader l o i l l k e e p F e d e r a l e m ­
Also im p o rta n t to New Y o rk e rs is p l o y e e s f u l l y i n f o r m e d o f t h e i r s l a t u t
the fact t h a t th e conferees voted to u n d e r t h e R a m s p e c k A c t .
e x e m p t assistant district a tto rn e y s
from th e bill, b u t a m e n de d th e
m e a su re so th a t d e p u ty collectors of
I n te rn a l R e v en u e and d e p u ty m a r ­
shals w ou ld be b ro u g h t u n d e r Civil
Service. T his w ould e lim in a te th e
p re se n t system w hich allows the I n ­
te r n a l R e v en u e C ollector to hire
a n y b o d y he wishes.
T he U. S. G o v e r n m e n t this w eek
issued an u r g e n t call for Toolmaker.^
Internal Revenue
A n d th e re again a N e w Y o rk e r w ith fo u r y e a r s ’ tra in in g or e x p e r i ­
p lay e d a p r o m in e n t p a rt. C ollector ence. T he jobs, w hich are vital to
of th e N ew Y o rk D istrict is Mr. the n a tio n ’s defense p ro g ra m , p a y
Hoey, an d w h e n he h e a r d th a t from $6.24 p e r day to $1.18 p e r hour.
d e p u ty collectors w e re to re m a in in H ig h e r ra te s are paid for o v e rtim e
th e po litical class, he w e n t to w ork. w ork.
In P h i l a d e lp h ia ’s F r a n k f o r d A r ­
Mr. H oey cam e dow n to W ash in gto n
an d show ed m em b e rs of Congress senal alo ne 600 a p p o in tm e n ts will be
th a t collection of F e d e ra l tax e s in m a d e if qualified m en a re available.
th e N ew Y o rk a re a decreased by the T he age lim its a re 20 to 62. A rigid
m illions w h e n a change o f a d m in is­ physical e x a m will be given. A p p li­
tratio n s took p lace an d d e p u ty col­ can ts m u st be a ble to re a d b lu e p rin ts
lectors are re p la c e d by n e w political a n d m u st be e x p erie n c e d in th e use
appo intees w ho d id n ’t k n o w w h a t of precision gages, m ea su rin g in stru the c om plicated F e d e ra l tax law s a re inents, etc. A p plications a re available
a t th e F e d e ra l building, 641 W ash in g ­
all about.
T r e a s u r y D e p a rtm e n t has so ught ton stre et, or from any first or second
Civil S ervice for its th o u sa n d s of class post office.
d e p u ty collectors an d th e Ju stic e D e ­
p a r tm e n t has u r g e d C ongress to
place d e p u ty m arsh als u n d e r m erit.
T h e bill, as it no w stands, also p r o ­
vides fo r th e e x em p tio n of p r e s id e n ­
tial a p p o in te es r e q u irin g S e n a te con­
firm ation, 25,000 W PA su p e rv iso ry
em p loy ees and ro u g h ly 14,000 TVA
em ployees.
W h e th e r or n o t G -M en a n d G o v e rn m e n t a tto rn e y s sh o u ld be
b r o u g h t u n d e r C iv il S e r v i c e h a s t h e R e e d C o m m i t t e e s t u m p e d .
T h is c o m m itte e , h e a d e d by S u p re m e C o u rt J u s tic e S ta n le y R eed ,
is s o o n t o r e p o r t t o t h e P r e s i d e n t o n C iv il S e r v i c e i m p r o v e m e n t s .
T h e c o m m itte e m e t l a s t w e e k a n d o r d e r e d its a id e s to o b t a i n a d d i ­
t i o n a l d a t a b e f o r e a f i n a l d e c i s i o n is m a d e o n t h e G - M e n a n d
a tt o r n e y q u e stio n .
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M eantim e, the c o m m itte e is u n d e r ­
T he c om m ittee is e x p e c te d to r e c ­
stood to h a v e a g re e d to re c o m m e n d o m m end t h a t h ig h e r sa la rie d e m ­
to th e P r e s id e n t t h a t h e b r in g u n ­ ployees be re tir e d a t a p a y m o r e in
d e r Civil S erv ice th e i o b i of sc ien ­ line w ith th e ir salaries.
tists, engin eers, a d m in is tra to rs and
P r e s id e n t Roosevelt aoDointed th e
o th e r p ro fe ssio n a l a n d tec h n ic a l e m ­ c o m m ittee m o re t h a n 18 m o n th s ago
w h e n th e Civil S erv ice Com m ission
ployes.
No r e p o r t
th e P r e s i d e n t is e x ­ a n d th e d e p a r tm e n ts c o u ld n ’t a g ree
pected b e fo re Nov. 1, e ven if one Is on w h a t jo b h o ld e rs be e x e m p te d
r e a d y b e fo re t h a t tim e. T h e c om ­ f ro m Civil Service. A p p ro x im a te ly
m ittee m u st w a it u n til a fte r C ongress 45,000 em ployes a re e x e m p te d u n d e r
disposes of th e R a m s p e c k bill as th a t the com m ission’s S c hedules A and" B.
bill w ill m a k e it e a sie r f o r th e
In short, th e com m ission w a n te d to
P re s id e n t to c a r r y ou t c o m m ittee r e c ­ b rin g m ost of th e m u n d e r m erit,
o m m endations.
w hile d e p a r tm e n t h e a d s fo u g h t th e
idea, so th e P re s id e n t c om p rom ise d
Tliree Agencies Under Merit by
ap p o in tin g th e c o m m itte e to d e ­
F o r ex am p le, th e P r e s id e n t to d ay
h a s th e p o w e r to b r i n g u n d e r Civil cide.
Besides Justice Reed, o th e r m e m ­
S erv ice th e jobs of T r e a s u r y a tt o r ­
b e rs a re Ju stic es F r a n k M u r o h v and
neys. B u t th e la w speclflcallv e x ­
e m p ts R.F.C. law y ers. T he R am speck F e lix F r a n k f u r t e r , A tto rn e y G e n e ra l
R o b e rt Jackson, Dr. L e o n a r d W hite,
b ill w o u ld re m o v e th e R. F. C. e x ­
fo rm e r Civil S erv ice C om m issioner;
em p tio n an d th e co m m itte e hopes to
b rin g all la w y e rs u n d e r a t one tim e. W illiam H. M cReynolds, th e P r e s i ­
d e n t’s a d m in istra tiv e a ssista n t on
I t w o u ld b e c h e a p e r a n d e a sie r fo r
p erso nnel; G ano Dunn, e n g in e e rin g
th e Civil Se rv ice Com mission.
e x p e rt w ho is w ith th e D efense C o m ­
A tto rn e y s in only t h r e e agencies—
m ission, and Gen. R o b e rt Wood,
V e te ra n s A d m in is tra tio n . I.C.C. an d
S e a rs-R o e buck head.
F.C.C.— a r e u n d e r Civil Service.
G -M an C hief J. E d g a r H oo ver is
dead se t a g ain st h a v in g his m en
S te n o E x a m D a te
b r o u g h t u n d e r C ivil Service, b u t
e qu ally successful Investig ato rs such
T he U. S. Civil Se rv ice C o m m is­
as E lm e r Irey, chief of I n te r n a l R e v ­ sion last w eek c h ang ed th e da te l o r
e n u e ’s Intellige n c e U nit, be lie v e th a t the S te n o g ra p h e r an d T y p ist e x a m
all F e d e r a l in v estig a to rs sh ould be from S a tu rd ay , O ctob er 12 to F r id a y ,
O ctober 11. T h e sw itc h in dates w as
u n d e r Civil Service.
Incid entally, b o th H o o v e r and m ad e to accom m odate o b se rv e rs of
Ire y v w ere a p p o in te d fro m Civil S e r ­ Y um K ip p u r, a Je w ish holiday.
vice rolls to m in o r F e d e ra l jobs an d O ctober 12 also is C olu m b u s Day,
T he e xam is one of a series in th e
w o rk e d th em se lv es u p to t h e i r p r e s ­
n a tio n w id e test w h ic h is b e in g h e ld
e n t p o w e rfu l positions.
fdr local c and idates at« th e F e d e r a l
May Ignore Preference
Building, 641 W ashing ton S tre et.
I t a p p e a rs likely n o w t h a t th e c o m ­
P e rso n s who filed f o r t h e S te n o g ­
m ittee w ill ig nore th e v e te ra n s p r e f ­ r a p h e r a nd T y p ist m ale e x a m (for
e ren c e issue. A t o n e tim e it w as N ew Y ork S ta te a p p o in tm e n t only)
w id e ly p re d ic te d t h a t it w o u ld r e c ­ h a v e not yet b e en called fo r e x a m ­
o m m e n d abolitio n of th e p re fere n ce , ination.
b u t a t a tim e lik e th is w h e n th e G o v ­
e rn m e n t is seeking y o u n g m e n for
its m ilita ry forces, su ch a sugges­
tion p ro b a b ly w o u ld be ta k e n w ith a
g ra in of salt.
T he list for ra ilro a d r a te c le rk e x ­
a m in a tions has no t b e e n a n n o u n c e d
Civil Service
by th e U. S. Civil S e rv ice C o m m is­
sion, b u t c andidates sh o u ld be n o ti­
D I C T A T I O N
fied of t h e ir ra tin g s in N o v e m b e r or
$1 W e > k (Daily).
D ecem ber. T h e re w ill b e no w r itte n
T y p i n g $1 W a e k
test. Positions inclu de F re ig h t R a te
Clerk, P a ssen g e r R ate. C lerk , E x ­
p ress R ate C le rk a n d P u llm a n R a te
2 2 8 W. 42nd St.
C lerk. T h ey pay fro m $1,800 to $2,B R y a n t 9-90 9 2
300. F iling closed S e p te m b e r 16.
R ailroad R ate
Clerk List
BOWERS
U.S. Calls For
Toolmakers
RATE CLERK
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T h e use of p h o to g rap h s on Civil
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by th e conferees and th e com m ission
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t o t a k e C iv il S e r v i c e e x a m s .
N ew Y o rk S ta te , fo r e x a m p le , h a s m a d e a r r a n g e ­
m e n t s f o r o n e y o l in g m a n n o w i n m i l i t a r y t r a i n i n g i n
Illin o is to ta k e t h e P ris o n G u a r d e x a m . H e m ig h t
h a v e p re c ise ly t h e q u a lific a tio n s t h a t m a k e a good
P riso n G u a rd .
T h e S t a t e C iv il S e r v i c e C o m m i s s i o n
d o e s n ’t s e e w h y i t s h o u l d t a k e t h e c h a n c e o f l o s i n g a
g o o d p u b lic s e r v a n t.
T h e L eader a p p l a u d s t h i s a t t i t u d e .
I n o u r o p in io n , e v e ry y o u n g m a n w h o g o es a w a y fo r
a y e a r of m ilita ry tr a in in g sh o u ld h a v e th e sa m e
p riv ile g e .
T o C iv il S e r v i c e o ffic ia ls e v e r y w h e r e , t o l e g i s l a t o r s ,
to m ilita ry a u h to ritie s, we say. . .
D o n ’t d e p r i v e t h e c o m m u n i t y o f a n y p o s s ib l e t a l e n t
t h a t m a y b e i n h e r e n t i n A m e r i c a ’s c o n s c r i p t s . . . a n d
d o n ’t d e n y t o t h e y o u n g m e n a w a y f o r a y e a r ’s t r a i n i n g
th e h o p e of r e tu r n in g to a g o v e rn m e n t jo b w h ic h th e y
m a y b e w e ll q u a l i f i e d t o h a n d l e .
T o p ro sp e c tiv e c o n sc rip ts, w e say. . .
T h e o p p o r tu n itie s In g o v e r n m e n t se rv ice a r e c o n ­
s t a n t l y e n l a r g i n g . A s k y o u r g o v e r n m e n t o ffic ia ls t o
p r o t e c t y o u r r i g h t t o t a k e C iv il S e r v i c e e x a m i n a t i o n s .
R e m e m b e r , y o u ’r e i n t h e a r m y f o r a y e a r . . M a k e t h e
m o s t o f y o u r t i m e t o s t u d y , so y o u d o n ’t h a v e t o g o
b a c k t o a c h e a p l i t t l e j o b o r n o j o b a t a ll.
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C lif f o r d Y o u n g , a s s i s t a n t d i r e c t o r
o f s e l e c t iv e s e r v i c e f o r N e w Y o r k
C ity . Y o u n g is a l o n g - t i m e C iv il
S e rv ic e e m p lo y e e w h o e n te r e d
t h e c i t y s e r v i c e I n 1922 a n d is
n o w c h ie f of th e b u r e a u of m u ­
n ic ip a l in v e s tig a tio n a n d s ta tis ­
t i c s o f t h e C o m p t r o l l e r ’s O ffice.
F o r th e la s t few w eek s Y o u n g
h a s b e e n a s s is tin g C o lo n el A r­
t h u r V. M c D e r m o t t , d i r e c t o r o f
s e le c tiv e se rv ic e f o r N ew Y o rk
C i ty . O n c e t h e p r e l i m i n a r y w o r k
Is f i n i s h e d , h e w ill a s s u m e r e g u ­
l a r d u tie s.
“Im m e d ia te ly a f te r
R e g i s t r a t i o n D a y , I w ill b e i n
c h a rg e of in sp e c tio n a n d in v e s ti­
g a t i o n o f c o m p l a i n t s . I w ill a ls o
h a v e c h a r g e o f e f f ic ie n c y s t u d i e s
a n d su rv e y s.” T o a s s is t h im in
c h e c k in g t h e In e v ita b le c o m ­
p l a i n t s t h a t w ill f o llo w r e g i s t r a ­
tio n a n d l a t e r s e le c tio n of m e n
f o r m i l i t a r y s e r v i c e , Y o u n g w ill
h a v e a s ta f f o f v o lu n te e r la w y e rs .
“ A ll p a i d e m p l o y e e s f o r t h i s w o r k
w ill c o m e f r o m
f e d e r a l C iv il
S e rv ice lis ts ,” h e e x p la in s.
War Vet
Y o u n g is a W o r l d W a r v e t e r a n
w ho se rv ed a s a sig n a l q u a r te r ­
m a s t e r o n t h e U .S .S . S e a t t l e o n
c o n v o y d u ty to E u ro p e . H e e n lis t­
ed th r e e w eeks a f te r th is c o u n try
e n te re d th e w a r a n d w a s n o t d is­
c h a r g e d u n t i l S e p t e m b e r , 1919.
S in c e t h e n h e h a s b e e n e x tr e m e ­
ly a c t i v e i n A m e r i c a n L e g i o n a f ­
f a i r s . I n *933 h e w a s V ic e C o m ­
m a n d e r of th e N ew Y o rk S ta te
A m e ric a n L eg io n . A s a p r o m i­
n e n t L e g i o n o ffic ia l h e h a s r e ­
p e a te d ly u rg e d t h a t th is c o u n try
b u ild u p a d e q u a te d e fe n s e s .
“ I ’m a g r e a t b e l i e v e r i n s e -
se c tiv e se rv ic e ,” h e sa y s.
“I t
m a k e s a m a n w h o h a s n ’t t h o u g h t
h e b e lo n g e d , b e c o m e a p a r t o f
th is g r e a t c o u n try .
I h av e a l­
w ay s sa id t h a t we ow e a g r e a t
d u ty to t h e c o u n tr y i n tim e s lik e
th e s e .”
M a n y a y o u n g m a n t o d a y Is
p e rp le x e d over th e d r a f t a n d its
e f f e c ts o n h i m . Y o u n g , h o w e v e r .
Is r e a s s u r i n g o n t h i s p o i n t . H e
d o e s n ’t b e li e v e t h e d r a f t b o a r d s
w ill s e l e c t m e n t o w h o m m i l i t a r y
se rv ic e w o u ld m e a n a s e rio u s d is ­
r u p t i o n o f t h e i r o r d i n a r y l if e .
“ D u e t o t h e f a c t t h a t t h i s Is f o r
tra in in g ra th e r th a n a c tu a l w a r­
f a r e , t h e d r a f t b o a r d s w ill u n ­
d o u b te d ly be lib e ra l.”
School in Detroit
Y o u n g w e n t to sch o o l in D e­
tr o it a n d h e ld h is f irs t jo b s th e re .
O ne of th ese w as w ith th e F o rd
M o t o r C o m p a n y a s a f o r e m a n ’s
c le r k .
As so o n a s th e U n ite d
S ta te s e n te re d th e w a r h e e n ­
lis te d .
A fte r th e w a r h e h e ld
a n u m b e r 61 j o b s I n N e w Y o r k
a n d t h e M id d le W e s t i n c lu d in g
a n a c c o u n tin g p o s itio n w ith a
la rg e
m a n u fa c tu rin g
co n cern .
Y o u n g ’s f i r s t C iv il S e r v i c e j o b
w a s B o o k k e e p e r , G r a d e 3. L a t e r
h e to o k p ro m o tio n e x a m s fo r th e
tw o h ig h e r g ra d e s a n d p la c e d
N o. 1 o n b o t h e li g i b le l is ts . I n
1930 h e w a s p r o m o t e d t o c h i e f o f
th e B u re a u of R e al E s ta te in th e
C o m p t r o l l e r ’s
office
and
had
c h a r g e o f b u y in g a n d se llin g m il ­
lio n s o f d o lla rs w o r t h o f p r o p e r ty
f o r t h e c ity .
Y o u n g m a n a g e s to fin d tim e
fo r m a n y e x tra -p ro fessio n a l a c ­
t iv i t i e s . B e s i d e s h i s a c t i v i t i e s i n
t h e A m e r i c a n L e g i o n , h e is a l s o
p r o m i n e n t In p o l i t i c a l c ir c l e s .
Y o u n g l ik e s b a s e b a l l , b a s k e t ­
b a ll , s w i m m i n g a n d g o lf.
H e ’s
tre a su re r
of
th e
H u n tin g to n
C r e s c e n t C lu b , w h e r e h e f r e ­
q u e n t l y p l a y s a r o u n d o f g o lf .
Y o u n g is m a r r i e d , h a s a s o n 17
w h o ’s p r e p a r i n g f o r P r i n c e t o n
L a w S c h o o l.
R E D E R I C K O S B O R N ^ , who
h e a d s t h e P r e s i d e n t ’s Se,
l e c t i v e S e r v i c e Advisory
C o m m i t t e e , is a m a n t o l o o k u p ati
h e ’s 6 f o o t 6, a n d h a s t o s to o p to
e n t e r h i s office . . . P o u g h k e e p s i e ’s
e m p l o y e e s g o o u t a f t e r t w o years
— C iv il S e r v i c e o r n o C iv il Service
. . . H . E l i o t K a p l a n f r e q u e n tly
t a k e s p e t c a r r i e r p i g e o n s with
h i m o n h i s t r a v e l s . . . Election
b u t t o n s o n s a l e a t G r a n d C entral
r e a c h a n e w h i g h i n lo w t a s t e . . ,
S t a t e ' W e l f a r e C o m m is sio n e r
D a v e A d ie , a c k n o w l e d g e d tha
b e s t - r e a d m a n i n s o c i a l w o r k in
t h e c o u n t r y , n e v e r e v e n w e n t to
h i g h s c h o o l . . . 1,300 o f D P U I’s
4,000 e m p l o y e e s a r e s u b j e c t to
th e d ra ft.
F
TREND OF THE TIME
I n 1800, a t o ta l of 54 employeei
wor ke d f o r th e Fed era l Govern­
m ent.
W h e n th e capital wot
moved f r o m
P h ila de lp h ia to
W ashington, 12 b o x e s were
enough to tra n s p o rt all necessary
books a n d papers . . . Planning
Commissioner Re x Tugwell will
. r e t u r n to W ashingto n as V. S,
Forest Service head on January
1, i f F D R carries on . . . Buffalo
nursed two presidents: Grover
Clev elan d a n d M i ll a r d Fillmore
NOT QUITE
Court of Appeals Justice Irvlnf
Lehman didn’t notice the constitu*
tional provision that requires Civil
Service for all public jobs in tli«
State until five m inutes before tht
Palm er case argum ents were to end.
Another few minutes, and ther«
would have been no Fite Commission
. . . The State Attorney General’i
office Is y e t to have Its appeal
printed in the Hilsenrad case i
Commissioner Morton spends kU
spare evenings at the bedside of «ll<
i n f Dr. Wright, noted surgeon . . •
N ew York’s Post Office finds |63 a
day in dead letters. The m oney goei
Into the U. S. Treasury, helps reduce
taxes . . . Commissioner Howard
Jones Is exhibiting a scraped nose.
He w as thrown for a loss in a Full*
man sleeper.
A m e r i c a s C iv il S e r v i c e w o r k e r s is t h e s a m e m a n w h o
h a s a lr e a d y c u r ta ile d t h e i r lib e r tie s a s c itiz e n s.
H e is
S e n a t o r C a r l A. H a t c h , f a t h e r o f t h e b i ll t h a t s a y s (1)
g o v e r n m e n t e m p lo y e es m u s t k e e p t h e i r m o u th s s h u t
le tte rs
a b o u t I s s u e s t h a t a f f e c t t h e m v i t a l l y ; (2) i f t h e y d o n ’t
l i k e It, t h e y c a n g e t t h e h e l l o u t o f t h e s e r v i c e .
P o lic e A p p o in tm e n ts
e w Y O R K C I T Y w ill I n d e e d s u f f e r If i t d e c i d e s t o
m a k e n o m o re P o lice a p p o in t m e n t s f o r a y e a r.
T h a t w a s t h e Im p lic a tio n In a s t a t e m e n t tw o
w eek s ago by C o m m issio n er V a le n tin e . H e sa id th e r e
w o u l d n ’t b e a n y a p p o i n t m e n t s f o r “ o b v i o u s r e a s o n s , ”
m e a n i n g t h a t t h e c ity m ig h t h a v e to m a k e u p th e
d iffe re n c e in s a la ry fo r a n y ro o k ie w h o w a s c o n e crip ted .
N
T h e n e e d f o r a n a d e q u a t e , w e l l - t r a i n e d p o lic e f o r c e
I n t h e w o r l d ’s l a r g e s t c it y is a p p a r e n t . T o d a y , t h e f o r c e
Is 400 s h o r t o f t h e a l l o w a b l e q u o t a . T h e s e v a c a n c i e s
s h o u l d b e fille d i m m e d i a t e l y . N o a p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e
m a d e t o t h e D e p a r t m e n t f r o m J u l y , 1939, t o J u l y , 1940.
M e a n tim e , d e a th s , r e tir e m e n ts , d ism is sa ls a n d r e s ig n a ­
t i o n s b u i l t u p a l a r g e n u m b e r o f v a c a n c i e s . T h e 300
a p p o i n t m e n t s l a s t s u m m e r d i d n o t f ill a l l o f t h e m .
A n o th e r e x tr e m e ly b a d f e a t u r e o f f u r t h e r d e la y s in
a p p o i n t m e n t s is t h e e f f e c t i t h a s o n t h e p o l ic e e lig ib le s .
T h e y to o k a se v e re e x a m n e a r ly tw o y e a rs ago. T h e y
s u r v i v e d o u t o f a f ie ld o f 32,000. N o w t h e y d o n o t k n o w
w h e n t h e y w ill g e t Jo b s a n d m a n y a r e b e g i n n i n g t o
f e e l t h e y w ill n e v e r b e a p p o i n t e d .
W e u r g e th e M a y o r a n d t h e P o lic e C b m m ls s lo n e r to
a d o p t a m o r e l ib e r a l p o lic y , t o g o a h e a d w i t h t h e a p ­
p o in tm e n ts sc h e d u le d fo r th e firs t w eek in N o v em b er.
Cops W a n t 11-S quad C h art
Sirs: A n u m b e r of m e n in m y
P r e c in c t h a v e b e en follow ing th e
artic le s y o u h a v e r u n on the 11i q u a d c h art.
We a r e all v e ry
m u ch in te re ste d In this, an d a p ­
p re c ia te th e su p p o rt y o u a re giving
t h e plan.
I t ’s p r e tty to u g h on m e n w ho
h a v e to w o rk day in and day o ut
w ith n e v e r a n a ctu a l da y off. You
can re a d ily see t h a t this iiJ bo. A
m a n who gets off a t 8 a.m. one day,
comes b a ck to w o r k a t 4 p.m. the
n e x t day. He gets 36 h o u r s off, all
right, b u t h e w o rk s e v e ry day.
Y ou k n o w t h a t in an y so rt of
w o rk a m an need s a da y off n o w
an d th en to r e f re s h him self, an d to
allow th e str a in to go aw ay.
I believe th e ado ption of th e 11squ ad c h a r t w ou ld cost th e city
n othing and w ould, in fact, g re atly
in crease th e efficiency of the
Police D e p a rtm en t.
All th e m e m b e r 3 of th e force
should get beh in d t h e 11-squad
c h a r t a n d re ally p u sh it.
F. G. T.
Selective Certs
For Tyro Cops
Sirs: T h e M un ic ipa l Civil S e r v ­
ice C om m ission’s r e c e n tly a n ­
nounced
Selective
Certification
p la n seem s e m in e n tly su itab le fo r
a pp licatio n to th e P a tro lm a n P.D.
S pecial (3d) List. A c c ordin g to
t h e o rig in a l a n n o u n c e m e n t of th e
e x a m t h e r e w e re p ro sp e c ts in th e
P o lice D e p a rtm e n t fo r college
m e n tr a in e d
in th e p h y sic al
sciences, languages, m ath e m a tic s,
law . Of th e 30,000 c om petitors,
2,600 passed. A t lea st 700 on th e
S pecial L ist a r e t r a in e d in one of
t h e e n u m e ra te d sub;|ects a n d a r e
a w a itin g the call f o r ^ q ualifying
exam ination.
W hy c an ’t th e Com m ission n o w
go a h ea d w ith th e o rig in a l p lan for
th e S pecial L ist b y giving th e
q ualifying e x a m in a tio n a n d th e n
- c ertify in g selectiv ely do w n th e lin e
to fill positions r e q u irin g m e n w ith
p a r tic u la r tr a in in g a n d qualifica­
tions? T h e re a re o ften op enings
fo r w hich th e Com m ission certifies
a p p ro p r ia te lists. T h e Special List,
w ith all its la te n t tale n t, offers a
fe r tile field fo r a p p r o p r ia te ap­
p o in tm e n ts, n o t only in t h e Polio*
D e p a rtm e n t, b u t fo r the-v.maiiy
o th e r d e p a rtm e n ts a n d b u r e a u s of
t h e city service.
A . U m ano v .
Appliance Eligibles Ask
Telephone Jobs
Sirs: I n a l e t t e r to th e Munici­
p a l C ivil S ervice Commission, the
Office
Appliance
O perator
E ligibles A ssociation has requested
th e Com m ission th e Office Appli­
ance O p e ra to r list a p p r o p ria te for
T ele p h o n e O p e r a to r (F e m ale ). Tli0
A ssociation b eliev es t h a t th e tele­
p h o n e sw itc h b o a rd can be included
in th e c ate g o ry of office appliances.
I n its letter, th e A ssociation
p o in te d o u t th a t th e r e a r e many
p eop le o n th e Office A ppliance
list qualified fo r th e position of
T ele p h o n e O p e rato r. I t ha s asked
th e C om m ission to include a qual'
ifying e x a m in a tio n fo r T eleph on e
O p e ra to r w ith t h e p ra c tic a ls now
be in g giv en f r o m the Office Ap­
pliance O p e r a to r list.
V e ry tr u ly yours.
O ffice A pp l u n c e O perator
E ligibles A ssociation .
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8
a V IL
, 1940
Q u e s tio n ,
b y
H .
E L IO T
SERVICE LEADER
This D e p a rtm e n t o f Information i s conducted a s a f r e #
LEADER service for Civil Service employees, for eligibles, fo r
all who desire to en te r the Service.
Address your qu estions
to Question, P lease?, The Civil Service Leader, 97 Duane
S treet, New York City.
If space does not allow printing your
answ er, you will receive a reply by mail.
Therefore, s t a t e
your n am e and ad dress.
Questions for this column receive
thorough analysis by^ a well-known Civil Service authority.
P l e a s e ?
K A P L A N
CONTRIBUTIN® EDITOR
l(4iohanical Apprentice
j^ppointiiient Chances
R. P .— T h e c h a n c e s f o r a p ­
p o in tm e n t f r o m t h e lis t f o r
A p p r e n tic e , M e c h a n i c a l T r a d e s ,
are v e r y p o o r a t t h i s t i m e f o r
p e rso n s w h o m a d e l e s s t h a n
100 p e r c e n t . T h e r e a r e s t i l l
n e a r ly 200 p e r s o n s w h o s c o r e d
100 a n d h a v e n o t y e t b e e n a p ­
p o in te d .
Post Of fire Exam?
I. A.— T h e p r e s e n t P o s t O f flce l i s t s a r e n o t d u e t o e x p i r e
un til M a r c h , 1941. I t is u p t o
th e U. S. C iv il S e r v i c e C Jo m m isslon to d e c i d e w h e t h e r t o h o l d
new e x a m i n a t i o n s o r t o e x t e n d
th e p r e s e n t l i s t s a n o t h e r y e a r .
T he L e a d e r w ill c a r r y s u b s e ­
quent n ew s c o n c e rn in g th e s e
e x am s.
Slu<ly Material For
Information Service
G. V.— T h e r e h a v e b e e n n o
books p u b l i s h e d w h i c h w ill g iv e
a peciflc i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e
c o m in g c i t y e x a m f o r A s s i s t a n t
D ir e c to r , N . Y . C . I n f o r m a t i o n
S e rv ice . T h e M u n i c i p a l R e f e r ­
ence L i b r a r y i n t h e M u n i c i p a l
B u ild in g is c o m p i l i n g s o m e »
s tu d y m a t e r i a l w h i c h m a y b e
of h e l p t o y o u . H o w e v e r , s i n c e
no p r e v i o u s e x a m f o r t h i s p o s i ­
tio n h a s b e e n g i v e n b y t h e C iv il
S e rv ic e C o m m i s s i o n , I c a n n o t
tell y o u t h e n a t u r e o f t h e q u e s ­
tio n s.
for Telephone
Operator Positions
F ilin ;;
H. K .— A ll f e m a l e s o n t h e
C lerk , G r a d e 2, o p e n c o m p e t i ­
tive l i s t w h o w a n t t o file f o r
T ele p h o n e O p e r a to r p o s itio n s
m u s t d o s o b e f o r e N o v e m b e r 15.
See t h e e x a m r e q u i r e m e n t s e c ­
tio n o f t h i s i s s u e . I t is i m p o s ­
sible t o s a y w h e t h e r y o u w o u l d
b« c e r t i f i e d f o r t h i s p o s i t i o n ,
b ecause t h e r e is n o w a y o f
k n o w in g h o w m a n y p e r s o n s o n
Do they FIGHT
over you?
t h e l i s t will q u a l i f y . T h e C o m ­
m is sio n h a s n o t a n n o u n c e d
w h a t it c o n sid e rs th e n e c e s s a ry
l e n g th of tim e a p e rs o n m u s t
t r a i n to c o m p e te In t h e q u a li­
fy in g te s t.
No Bookkeeper
Exam Yet
R . B .— T h e M u n i c i p a l C iv il
S e rv ic e C o m m is sio n h a s n o t
yet an n o u n ce d th e B ookkeeper
exam .
H o w ev er, sin c e th is
B o o k k e e p e r lis t h a s e x p ire d , it
is e x p e c t e d t h a t s u c h a n e x a m
w ill b e o r d e r e d t h i s f a l l o r w i n ­
t e r . T h e L e a d e r w ill c a r r y f u l l
d e ta ils .
HIGH SCHOOL COURSES
L.T.— I c an n o t give a c ate g o ric al
a n sw e r to y o u r q u e stio n w h e th e r
high school courses in b o o k k e e p ­
ing o r a ccoun ting a re a c c ep ta b le
w h e n com pletion of su c h a course
is r e q u ir e d for e n te rin g a Civil
S erv ice e x a m in a tio n . It de p en d s
on th e p a r tic u la r e x a m in a tio n in
each case. T he a p p ro p r ia te Civil
S erv ice Com m ission is th e only
safe so u rc e of in fo rm a tio n . I a m
so rry t h a t In this colum n w e c a n ­
not a n s w e r que stio n s a b o u t duties,
ed u ca tio n a l re q u ire m e n ts , etc., of
v a rio u s positions. I su gge st y ou
go to th e M u nicip al R e fe re n c e
L ib r a r y in the M u n ic ip a l B u ild in g
an d consult t h e a n n o u n c e m e n ts of
the exam inatlonjs w h ic h h a v e b e e n
h e ld in th e p a st fo r th e s e p o si­
tions.
P a g e S eveic
7 3% Not Sufficient
To Pass Sanitation Test
E . J . W .— A g r a d e o f 73 p e r ­
c e n t w ill n o t p l a c e y o u o n t h e
S a n i t a t i o n lis t. T h e C iv il S e r v ­
ic e C o m m i s s i o n h a s a n n o u n c e d
t h a t 83 p e r c e n t w ill b e t h e l o w ­
e s t m a r k t o b e a m o n g t h e 7,500
n a m e s o n t h e lis t.
AGE CORRECTION
W o rrie d — Since a p p a re n tly you
a d d ed only a y e a r or tw o to y o u r
re al age w he n you e n te r e d the f e d ­
e ra l service 15 y e a rs ago, and the
m istak e has n e v e r been q u e s ­
tio ned in all th a t tim e, it is likely
it n e v e r will be. If y ou w e re e n ­
te rin g th e service now, I would
advise you to w rite to the Civil
S ervice Com m ission an d ask them
to m a k ^ t h e c orroction as to y o u r
age in th e ir records. I c ann ot tell
ju st w h a t the p e n alty would be if
you did decide to notify th e C o m ­
m ission of th e e rro r, b u t I doubt
w h e th e r it w ould be re m ov a l a fte r
su c h ^ long lapse of time. P o s ­
sibly y ou w o uld be su sp en d e d w ith ­
out p a y fo r a certain period.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
M.L. an d J.A.—P r o b a b ly th e
f e d e ra l Civil Se rv ice offers m o re
o p p o rtu n itie s to persons who lack
high school educa tio n or business
e x perien ce, o r both, th a n do th e
sta te a n d city Civil Service. G e n ­
era lly t h e fe d e ra l re q u ir e m e n ts
fo r clerical an d ste nog rap hic p o ­
sitions a re less stiff t h a n th e sta te
Fog Remains Dense
For Cop Eligibles
T h e r e w e re fe w n e w d e v e lo p m e n ts la s t w e e k in th e s itu a tio n r e ­
g a r d in g a p p o in t m e n t of n e w r e c r u its to t h e P o lice D e p a rtm e n t. No
c i t y o ffic ia l m a d e a n y s t a t e m e n t t h a t w o u l d c l a r i f y t h e f o g t h a t h a s
s u r r o u n d e d th e s t a te m e n t tw o w e e k s a g o b y C o m m is sio n e r V a le n ­
tin e t h a t t h e r e w o u ld b e n o n e w a p p o in t m e n t s “ f o r o b v io u s
r e a s o n s ” a s l o n g a s t h e d r a f t is i n e f f e c t.
H ow ever, qualified o b se rv e rs do't----------------------------------------------- — ------n o t believe t h a t a sto p p a g e in P olice
Significantly,
th e
P a t r o lm e n ’s
a p p o in tm e n ts w ill be p e r m a n e n t.
T hey th in k a p p o in tm e n ts w ill b e r e ­ B e n ev o le n t Association ha s re m a in e d
su m e d as soon as a definite policy is silent on th e m a t t e r of P olice a p ­
obtained fro m t h e A r m y o r fro m po intm ents, d espite th e fa c t t h a t at
o th e r
governm ent
officials
on th e re c e n t c o nvention of th e group,
w h e th e r m e m b e rs of t h e Police D e ­ officials d e m a n d e d a n Im m ediate
p a r tm e n t w ill be d e f e r r e d in t h e filling of all existin g vacancies. It is
draft. T h e g e n e ra l feeling is t h a t b elieved th a t th e y do n o t v ie w s e ri­
th ey w ill b e p a ssed o v e r, e x c e p t In ously th e te m p o r a r y stoppage of a p ­
case of a c tu a l w a r; a n d M a y o r L a p o in tm e n ts a n d th in k t h a t th ey will
G u a rd ia h a s said t h a t he w o u ld ask p roceed on schedule w ith in a m o n th
t h e ir d e fe rrm e n t.
o r so.
or city re q u ir e m e n ts . Since e n ­
tr a n c e r e q u ir e m e n ts v a r y so g r e a t ­
ly, th e o nly wi.<!e th in g to do is
to w a tch for th e m an d re ad each
a n n o u n c e m e n t carefu lly. G e n e r a l ­
ly speaking, positions for which a
p e rso n who has not a high school
diplom a o r no t m uch business e x ­
p e rie n c e can q u alify are: T ypist,
s te n o g ra p h e r, clerk, business m a ­
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sons:
In m ak in g c ertification to
positions in W ashington. D. C.,
the a p p o r tio n m e n t r u le is o b ­
served, w h e reb y each sta te is as•si!jned a certain q u o ta of fe d e ra l
positions in a c c o rd an c e w ith its
po pulation.
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to resid en ts of the sta te or d is ­
tric t w h e re the position is located.
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Sex Raises
Discriminating Head
Sirs: I t seem s to m e a flag ran t
d isc rim in atio n
a g ain st
wom en
w h e n som e city d e p a r tm e n ts a re
p e rm itte d to choose m ale clerks
exclusiv ely especially w h e n th e
the M ay or has a lw ay s assure d
eligibles t h a t t h e r e is no d isc rim ­
inatio n in Civil S e rv ice as to sex.
I w o u ld lik e to suggest to the
Com m ission t h a t it canvass th e
C lerk G r. 2 lists for b o o k k e ep e rs
r a th e r th a n hold a special e x am
fo r this position, I woi^ld also like
to suggest t h a t th e public lib ra rie s
of th is city choose t h e i r e m ployees
from Civil Se rv ice lists r a th e r th an
a t random .
A nna
n o t one a p p o in m e n t h a s b e en m ad e
to th e positions o rig in a lly c o n ­
te m p la te d a n d no sta te m e n t o r a n ­
n o u n c e m e n t m ad e one w a y o r th e
o th e r to th e 1,900 w ho paid $2 a nd
to th e p e rso n s passing—d eserves
e d ito rial com m ent?
R eader.
Y e s, w e do! W e t h in k that the
m e n w h o h ave ta ke n the City
M arshal test h a ve been treated
m o s t u n f a ir ly .—E d ito r.
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the s u ^ e s t i o n th a t th e C ity M a r ­
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U n io n a n d H o d s o n
C o n fe r o n V a rie ty o f P ro b le m s
A t a c o n fe re n c e h e ld by C o m m issio n e r H o d s o n a n d o th e r m e m ­
b e r s o f t h e e x e c u t i v e s t a f f , w i t h r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f L o c a l 1, S C M W A ,
t h e f o l lo w in g m a t t e r s w e r e c o n s i d e r e d :
1. Elections to Personnel Ratinf"^"
Board. C om m issio ner Hodson a n ­ a d ju s tm e n ts to eq ualize th e w o rk
nounced th a t staff elections to the load of th e staff u n d e r his ju r is d ic ­
D e p a rtm e n t’s
P e rso n n e l
R ating tion. In conn ection w ith th e propo sed
B oard will be held on N o v e m b er 15, study, re p r e s e n ta tiv e s of Local 1,
1940.
SCMWA, offered t h e ir cooperation.
2. Military Duty. T he Union was
inform ed th a t the m a tte r of pay,
s ta tu s and rig h ts of em ployees who
a rc called into m ilita ry service, or A w a r d s
w ho v o lu n te e r, is now bciny con­
W h e n it com es to a w ard s for
sidered by a c o m m ittee of the B o ard
m eritoriou s services or m o s t- lik e ly of E stim ate.
to-succeed qualities, or j u s t ' ^ r i g h t .1. Hcfirgs-Rrennan Case. T he De­ ness, the kid s in the D e p a rtm e n t of
p a r tm e n t is a w a re of th e p ro blem s W elfare are lik e ly to be on top—
invf)lved in this case. H ow ever, it and in great n u m b e rs. So w e are
w as pointed o ut th a t action can only no t surprised to learn th at W elfare
be taken on th e basis of the p a rtic u ­ again is rep resented in the scholar­
la r decision re n d e r e d by th e C o u rt
ship a w a rd s granted by the Mayor's
on the facts in th e case. T he D e p a rt­
Council on Public S e rv ic e in coop­
m en t h ead s said th e y would m ove
eration w i th the D ivision o f G eneral
p ro m p tly to p ro te c t th e in te re sts of
E ducation of N e w Y o r k U n iversity.
the stafT and the D e p a rtm e n t as a
w hole as soon as th e decision is W e lfa re w in n e r s are:
A b r a h a m B erm a n , C lerk, Grade 2,
available.
D ivision of Statistics; M arie M onita
4. F ive-D ay Week. T he C om m is­ di Moglio, C lerk, Grade 1, D. O. 67;
sioner in form ed Local 1 th a t no f u r ­ S e y m o u r L. Goldstein, C lerk, Grade
t h e r con sid era tio n will be given to 2, D. O. 00; Florence A . H erzberg,
this re q u e s t in th e D e p a rtm e n t of
B o o kk ee p e r, D ivision of B uild ing
W elfare d u rin g th e pre.sent bud get
M an a g e m en t & P ro cu rem en t; M ollie
year.
M eiberger, B o o kk ee p e r, D ivision of
5. Typist’s Line Count.
It is the B u ildin g M a n a g e m en t & P ro c u re ­
opinion of th e D e p a rtm e n t th a t w ith m en t; H elen E. D e rm o d y , I n v e s ti ­
t h e pu blication of th e Civil S e rvice gator, D. O. 17; Alice M. H uchtausen,
R ating n o rm for tra n s c r ib in g typists, Investigator, M a nh a tta n O A A ; A r t h u r
in the p r e p a ra tio n of which Local 1 R. Nason, T y p e -C o p yist, D e p e n d e n t
p a rtic ip a ted , the p ro b lem of the line
C h ild r e n ’s Division; E th e l G u te rw ill,
count was satisfacto rily adjusted. No
S te n o g r a p h e r & Typist, D. O. 58.
c o nsideratio n will be given a t the
p re se n t tim e to any chang e of the
p ro d u c tio n norm .
Serious consid­
e ratio n is bein g given to th e p ro b lem S u r p l u s B o y s
of re p etitio u s and ir re le v a n t dic­
tation. E v e ry effort is bein g m ade
A r tie M c G u ire ’s surplu s c o m m o d i­
to secure th e filling of vacancies for ty boys h ave b een bagging and dis­
t ra n s c rib in g ty p ists w ith in th e quota trib u tin g eggs, potatoes, lard, cheese
a p p ro v ed for th e D e p a rtm en t.
and fre sh vegetables, all w e e k . E x ­
6. Additional Stiiff. T he C o m m is­ cellent additions to the relief f a m i ­
sion er sta te d th a t w h e r e v e r staff is ly ’s table— and a generous 15 p o u n d s’
need ed to fill a c tu a l vacancies, an w o rth , too.
effort is bein g m a d e to secure the
filling of such vacancies. Vacancies
w ill be filled, how e v e r, on the basis
of staff n eed s to c are fo r th e e xisting E x h i b i t
caseload, and no t on th e basis of
q uotas o rigina lly * ;ta b lish ed w hen
The Department not only has a
th e caseload w as hig her.
number of fine representatives par­
7. Work Load. C om m issioner H od­ ticipating in the institutes and ses­
son a n n o u n ce d the fo rm atio n of two sions of the N ew York State Confer­
c om m ittees w hic h w ill be organized ence of Social Work, but a threefor th e p u r p o se of study ing th e c le ri­ panel exhibit as well. It’s a g;ood
cal w o r k p e rfo rm e d by th e social one. Polly Carter Field, Assistant
s erv ice staff as w ell as o th e r clerical Director of Public Information, and
m eth o d s an d p ro c ed u re s. Staff o r ­ Sue Sadow, home economics chief,
gan ization s h a v e b e en in vited to sug­ w ill attend It—and guard the sw ell
gest p e rso n n e l for the.se com m ittees, lay-out of surplus goods w hich is
m e m b e rs of w hic h will be ap p o in te d part of the exhibit.
b y the C om m issioner. In th e m e a n ­
tim e, a p ro g ra m is u n d e r stud y w hich
w ou ld p ro v id e for a m o re flexible
p ro c e d u re in th e assigning and sh ift­
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possible e lim in a tio n of u n n ecessary
c lerical p ro c ed u re s. It is inten ded to
give local A d m in is tra to rs w id e r dis­
c re tio n a ry p o w e rs In m a k in g local
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C u s to m s
R e s u lts
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In v e s tig a to r
D u e
in
M o n th
I t w ill b e a t l e a s t a n o t h e r m o n t h b e f o r e c a n d i d a t e s f o r t h e G e n ­
e ra l I n v e s tig a to r e x a m in a tio n a r e n o tifie d of t h e i r g ra d e s , T h e
L eader l e a r n e d t h i s w e e k .
^ --------------------------------------------------------T he 200,000 m en w ho took th e n a ­ be re a d y in N ovem ber, b u t c a n d i­
tio n -w id e e x am a y e a r and a half dates sh ould n o t re g a r d th is as a c e r ­
ago will h a v e to w a it u n til th e p r e s ­ tainty.
su re of n a tio n a l defense business lets
u p enough to p e r m it th e U. S. Civil
S ervice Com m ission to com pile the
v a rio u s o ptional registers, including C a r d - P u n c h E x a m
C ustom s Inspector.
It w as le a rn e d th a t the registers V o v . 1 ( M a y b e )
fo r th r e e options a re complete. These
C andidates for th e A lp h a b etic and
a re for A cco untan t, L aw and Im m i­
g ra tio n P a tro l Inspector. H ow ever, U n d e r C a rd P u n c h e x am in atio n s will
no one on these lists will be notified be notified n e x t w eek w h e n to tak e
th e test. T he L eader l e a rn e d Monday.
u n til all o p tions a r e ready.
T he d a te p ro b a b ly will be a ro u n d
F a iliir e H G t*l N o t ic e
N o v e m b er 1.
Most perso ns w ho failed in the e x ­
B ecause of difficulty in deciding
a m in a tio n h a v e a lre a d y been n o ti­ w h a t constitutes ‘‘th r e e w eeks in te n ­
fied. Those not notified can be fairly sive train in g ,” th e Com m ission w as
c erta in they passed.
forced to hold up th e e x a m
T he
T he n a tio n a l defense p rogram , o riginal a d v e rtise m e n t of th e e xam
w hic h has forced th e C om m ission to did not define th e p h rase.
give m any n ew exam s, has been r e ­
As soon as th e e x a m is given a n d
sponsible for th e delay, ofticials th e »re gis te rs established, a p p o in t­
p o in te d out. T he p re se n t schedule m e n ts w ill be m ad e to th e C ensus
calls fo r the In v e stig a to r registei’s to B u r e a u in W ashington, D. C.
Pages Eight and Nine
T H E
C I V I L
B a c k g ro u n d
O f T h e W e e k ’s N ew s
S tr ik e - O ff
L a w
A m e n d e d b y B o a r d
To c o rre c t w h a t it considers abuses
of its “s trike-off” by-law , th e B oard
of E d ucation last w e e k ado p te d a
n e w l u le w hich p ro v id es t h a t eligibles on lists aw a itin g a p p o in tm en t
as te a c h ers m u s t accept any job t h a t
is offered or be strik e n from th e list.
U n d e r th e B o a rd ’s f o rm e r policy,
a fte r a second declin ation of an a p ­
p o in tm e n t, an eligible w as t a k e n off
the list. H o w ev er, eligibles w e re a l­
low ed to ind icate th e ir p re fe re n c e
fo r a p p o in tm e n t in c erta in boroughs
of the city. A nd re fusal to ta k e an
a p p o in tm e n t in a b o rou gh w hic h h ad
n o t been in dicated as th e p r e f e rr e d
one did n ot c a rry a penalty.
T h is fact, th e B oard believes, was
a loophole w hich d efea te d to a large
e x te n t th e p u rpo se of th e “strike-o ff”
ru le. In th e fu tu re , th e B oa rd will
h a v e a s tric t “e ith e r o r ” policy. The
B o ard
will
c o ntinu e
to assign
tea c h e rs to locations w hich a re con­
v e n ie n t to th e m as f a r as possible.
A t p re se n t, if a te a c h e r is offered
S E R V I C E
service. H ow ev er, in h is order, v
d ire c te d th e B o a rd of E ducation t*
a p p ea l fro m his e a r l i e r decision j!
th e N o v e m b e r t e r m of th e Appeiigu
D ivision; o th e rw is e last w e e k ’s stav
w o u ld be vacated.
an a p p o in tm e n t a n d doe sn ’t r e p o r t R e l i g i o u s S c h o o l
a f te r 15 days, it is c on sid ered th a t
th e te a c h e r has d eclin ed th e job. L a w
Q u e stio n e d
A n o th e r position h e n c e f o r th w ill n ot
In
a
le
tte r to P r e s id e n t Jampj
be offered for a fu ll y e ar, in stea d of
M a rsh a ll o f th e B o a rd of Education^
in six m o nths as h ith e rto .
th e T e a c h e rs G u ild an d th e Teach,
e r s G uild Associates h a v e asked that
a pu blic h e a rin g be h e ld on the ap.
D u a l J o b s S a v e d
plicab ility of th e M c L augh lin law
th e city schools. T h e law permiu
F o r T im e B e in g
th e re le ase of c h ild re n fro m schoci
One h u n d r e d a n d tw o even ing
fo r one h o u r a w e e k fo r religiouj
school tea c h e rs w hose d u a l job status
instru ction .
w as re ce n tly a tta c k e d in a suit
“It is p r e tt y w e ll k n o w n b y those
b ro u g h t by th e E v en ing School A s­
w h o follow ed th e p ro c ee d in g s of the
sociation, last w e e k w e re given p r o ­
1940 L e g isla tu re t h a t no debate
tection u n til J a n u a r y 31, 1941. S u ­ w h a te v e r a tte n d e d th e passing of the
p re m e C o u rt J u s tic e M ay issued a M cL au g h lin bill; n o r w e r e any pub.
stay again st his ow n decision d e ­ lie h e arin g s h e ld e ith e r a t Albany
liv e re d som e tim e ago, in w h ic h he o r in N e w Y o rk C ity,” th e Guild de.
ru le d t h a t th e B o a rd of E ducatio n d a r e d .
ha d m ad e a m ista k e in in te r p r e tin g
“T he T e a c h e rs G u ild th e re fo re ap.
th e dual job la w ’s e x e m p tio n a t 1,000 pe als to th e B o a rd of E ducation to
tea c h in g ho u rs r a th e r t h a n a school a r r a n g e fo r a pu b lic h e a r in g on the
year.
qu e stio n of th e scope, m eaning, and
Jus tic e M a y ’s o r d e r w as issued in ap plication of th e M cL aug hlin law
the in te re sts a n d efficiency of the as it re la te s to th e re ligious instruc*
school system, he said, because he tion of school c h ild re n in N ew York,
did not w a n t to d is r u p t th e re g u la r T h e T ea ch e rs G uild Associates also
i
Walsh, ad vocate; R ic h a rd W eisenereider, outside g u a rd ; T h o m a s P.
McGuinness, inside g u a rd ; Ja m es
G uinn, J o h n G ilm a rtin , a n d W illiam
J. Collins, directors.
M em bers of th e C lub m ad e final
a rra n g e m e n ts fo r a bu s tr ip on S a t u r ­
day, O ctober 12 to th e S u p re m e A n ­
chor Club C o n v e n tio n at B rid g ep o rt,
Conn.
F IR E B ELLS
L E A D E R '^
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L ie u t.
"
Y o rk C oun ty S u p re m e C ou rt. The
action has b een b ro u g h t in th e names
of M a rtin M. C on nors a n d William
H elgerger. T h ey a re re p re s e n te d by
Schaltz, H olober and P hillips, atto rn ey s of 2 L afa y e tte St.
L e g io n
D a n ce
M em bers of t h e F ire Department
P o st 930, A m e ric a n Legion, w ill hold
a d in n e r dance a t M a n h a tta n Centre
on N o v e m b er 7.
E x a m in a tio n
W iv e s
Half of the e x a m in a tio n p a p e rs for F i r e m e n ^ s
the F ire L ie u t e n a n t ’s test h a v e been
graded, a sta te m e n t fro m the M u ­ P l a n P a r t y
nicip al Civil S e rv ice Com m ission r e ­
A n c h o r C lu b
T he a n n u a l c ard p a r ty a n d dance
vealed this week.
It is e x pected
th a t the n e w eligible list will be of th e F ire m e n ’s W ives a n d Widows
E le c ts O ffic e r s
Social a n d B e n ev o le n t Association
m ade pub lic w ith in t h r e e m onths.
of G r e a te r N e w Y o rk w ill be held
A n election of officers w as h e ld on
on F r id a y evening, N o v e m b e r 15 at
W ednesday, O ctober 2, by m e m b e rs
th e C apitol Hotel, 50th St. and
of the A n c h o r Club of th e F ir e D e ­ S u e f o r P a y
E ig h th Ave.
p a r tm e n t.
Lt. C h a rle s E. McK eo gh
w as
re elec ted
presid en t.
A rg u m e n ts on an actio n b r o u g h t
O th e r officials of the Club are; by 400 F ir e m e n to re c o v e r $400 each
Jo sep h Rousseau, first vice-president; w hich they say is du e th e m because C o l u m b i a D a n c e
J o h n M cGuire, second vice-president;^ they w e re p a id a t th e r a te of $1,200
T h e a n n u a l e n te r ta in m e n t and
T ere n ce Dolan, financial secretary; a y e a r in stea d of $2,000 d u rin g t h e i r dance of th e C o lum bia Association of
Ja m e s P. Donoghue, re co rd in g se c re ­ six -m o n th p ro b a tio n in th e s u m m e r th e F ire D e p a rtm e n t w ill b e held on
tary; J o h n Swenson, t re a s u r e r ; M a r ­ of 1939, w e re h e a r d M onday, O ctober S a tu rd ay , O cto ber 12, a t Manhattan
tin Clune, s e r g e a n t-a t-a rm s ; P e t e r 7, in th e S pecial T erm , P a r t 1, N ew C entre, W est 34th St.
By JAMES DENNIS
Hill Hospital.
T h re e tim es reco gnized fo r meri­
to rious service d u rin g his care er in
th e d e p a rtm e n t, S e r g e a n t M iller was
h e ad of th e H on or L egio n fo r four
B y BURNETT MURPHEY
years. He w as also vice pre sid en t of
th e S e rg e an ts B e n ev o le n t Associa­
tion.
M ilita ry S u rv e y
S e c u rity A m e n d m e n t
W hile in his H o n o r L eg ion Post,
Jo sep h B u rk a rd , p r e sid e n t o f th e he w as respo nsible fo r sta rtin g the
T h re e h u n d r e d an d fifty-five m en
in th e Police D e p a rtm e n t a re te c h ­ P a t r o lm e n ’s B e n e v o le n t A ssociation; a n n u a l c h ild re n 's C h ristm a s parties
J a m e s H. T ully, counsel fo r the a t th e H ippodrom e.
nically liable to m ilita ry d u ty u n d e r group, an d o th e r officials a tte n d e d
prov ision s of th e Selective Service a second co n fere n ce last w e e k in
Act, a su rv e y b y Police C o m m is­ W ash in gto n to discuss a m e n d m en ts PBA Adopts Optical Plan
T h e P a t r o lm a n ’s B e n ev o le n t As­
sioner L ew is J. V a lentine re v ea le d to a bill w h ic h w o u ld b rin g Civil sociation last w e e k jo in e d the in­
Service em plo y e es u n d e r th e Social
last w eek.
This gro u p includes S e c u rity Act. T h e P B A has asked creasin g g roup of Civil Se rv ice em­
those w ho a re u n m a rrie d , fall w ith in th a t an a m e n d m e n t be a tta c h e d to ployees w ho a re ta k in g a dvantage ot
th e 21 to 36 age lim it, h a v e no d e ­ th e bill as it now sta n d s to pro v id e th e M u tu a l O ptical P lan, a new
m e th o d of ob taining low -cost Optipe n d e n ts and a r e o th erw ise eligible. ex em p tio n s fro m social se c u rity for calization. T he P a t r o lm a n ’s Bene­
state and city e m plo yees w h o h ave
H o w ev er, the s u rv e y lists only those th e ir ow n e stablished pen sion funds. v o len t Association ad o p te d th e pla»
w ho m ig h t be called. It is e x pected B u r k a r d stressed th e fa ct t h a t the on th e re co m m e n d a tio n of its presi­
th a t Police w ill be d e fe rre d o r e x ­ PB A fav ors th e bill as a whole, b u t dent, Jo sep h B u rk a rd ,
W illiam W. M cDonald, directo r of
em p t from th e d r a f t in m ost cases, w a n ts e x em p tio n s fo r tho se w h o a l­ social w e lfare for th e association,
re ad y have w e ll-o rg a n ize d pension
and M ay or L a G u a rd ia has sta te d program s.
se n t th e follow ing l e tte r to Joseph
th a t he w o u ld a sk for t h e ir e x e m p ­
T he bill to e x te n d Social S e c u rity C la rk Baldw in, p re sid e n t of the Mu­
to g o v e rn m e n t em ployees w as in tr o ­ tu a l O ptical Plan.
tion, e x ce p t in case of actual war.
“D e a r Mr. Baldw in:
A b o u t 75 m e n w ill p ro b a b ly be duced b y N ew Y o r k ’s senior S e n a ­
P le ase be advised th a t th e Patrol­
to
r
R
o
b
e
rt
F.
W
agner.
It
is
ex
p
ec
ted
called in v a rio u s re se rv e groups,
m a n ’s B en ev olent A ssociation accepts
th
a
t
he
w
ill
a
g
ree
to
the
pro
posed
such as th e N ational G u ard , N aval
th e plan offered by th e M litual Op­
R eserve, etc. T hese m en will r e ­ a m e n d m e n t a nd sp onsor it in the tical Plan, Inc.
Senate.
ceive leaves of absence w hile they
We h ave c ond ucte d a th o ro u g h in­
a re a w a y an d w ill be given th e dif­
ve stiga tio n and h a v e decided that
fe ren c e in th e ir r e g u la r sa lary and
y o u r serv ice best su its o u r needS'
S g t. C o rn e liu s M ille r
t h a t re ce iv e d fro m th e A rm y . U n ­
T he Police D e p a rtm e n t’s H onor Y o u r plan w ill th e re fo re be made
d e r section 245 of th e S ta te M ilitary
av ailab le to o u r e n tire organization
L aw th ey m u st be re in s ta te d to th e ir Legion pre sid en t. S e r g e a n t C ornelius of 19,300 m e m b e rs.”
jobs a fte r th e y c o m plete th e ir m ili­ T. Miller, died last W ednesd ay a t th e
W IL L IA M F. MCDONALD,
age of 44 a f te r a n o p e ra tio n in L enox
t a r y service.
D ire c to r of Social Service.
POLICE CALLS
* w s w e e k ly
Mental Hygiene Notes
By JOHN F. MONTGOMERY
)r E
n
e w
s p a
p e r
f o r
wishes to register its appeal to this
effect.
“T h e G u ild a n d t h e A ssociates b e ­
lieve t h a t it w o u ld b e a m ista k e to
p e rm it th e c u r r e n t pu blic confusion
abo ut t h e possible a d m in istra tio n of
the M c lia u g h lin m e a su re to develop
into m is u n d e rs ta n d in g b e tw e e n th e
large a n d sm all religio us gro u p s on
the one h a n d and, on th e o ther,
am ong th o se p a r e n ts w ho de sire to
keep re lig io u s d isc rim in atio n o u t of
the schools.”
/.
Q . T e s ts H it
T he I. Q. test d oesn’t d e te rm in e a
child’s p o ten tia litie s a n d isn ’t a fa ir
jud ge of his abilities, according to
Miss Mae C arden, d ire c to r of th e
C a rd en School. She spoke last w eek
on th e
E d u ca tio n
Forum
ov er
WNYC.
Miss C a rd e n a d v o ca ted a n “S. Q.”
test—sta m in a quotient. T his w o u ld
test th e c h ild ’s e m o tio n al a ttitu d e ,
w hich w o u ld com e n e a r e r to e v a l u ­
ating his chances fo r success.
K iip e r
G iv e s
L e c tu r e
o n
L a w
A course d esigned to tell city
tea c h e rs t h e ir legal rig h ts in th e ir
daily contacts w ith s tu d e n ts w as b e ­
gun last w e e k by th e B o a rd of E d u ­
cation, T w o h u n d r e d te a c h e r s a t ­
te n d e d th e first le c tu re by T h eo d o re
F r e d K u p e r, t h e B o a rd ’s law se c re ­
B rin d
S ta te
A g a in
H eads
Tuesday, October 8, 1940
e r s
tary. K uper said that teachers can
b« liabl# for accidents only when
culpable negligence is proved.
A n n o u n cem en t
D r . C e n te r R e s ig n s
In o rd e r to d e v o te full tim e to the
N. Y. U. R e ad in g Clinic, Dr. Stella
S. C e n te r re sig n ed last w e e k her
position as c o -c h a irm a n of th e E n g ­
C a m p b e ll P la n s
lish D e p a rtm e n t of T h eo d o re Roose­
velt H igh School. F o r tw o y e a rs—
M ilita r y P o lic y
f ro m 1935 to 1937—she w as p re sid e n t
H a ro ld G. C am pbell, s u p e r i n te n d ­ of th e N ew Y o rk City A ssociation of
e n t of schools, se n t a m e m o to p r i n ­ T ea ch e rs of E nglish. S he e stab lish e d
cipals, a n d o t h e r school officials last th e clinic in 1936. .
week, in fo rm in g th e m t h a t a definite
policy w ill soon be se t on the p r o ­
tections a n d rig h ts of te a c h e rs who
a re d ra fte d for m ilita r y service. A t F i e l d s T a k e s O v e r
H a ro ld Fields, n e w ly - a p p o in te d
p re se n t, he p o in te d out, m e m b e rs of
th e N a tio n a l G u a r d an d N aval m e m b e r oi th e B o a rd of E x a m in e rs
M ilitia, as w ell as m e m b e rs of o th e r of th e B o a rd of E du cation, w a s o f ­
r e s e rv e groups, a re p ro te c te d by p r o ­ ficially w elcom ed to his n e w post last
visions of th e S ta te M ilita ry Law. T uesday. F o r th e first tim e in six
W hen th e y a re o r d e re d to active y e a rs the B o a rd of E x a m in e rs is
du ty, th e y r e ce iv e t h e i r fu ll salarie s w ith o u t a w o m a n m em b e r.
fo r 30 days, th e n th e difference b e ­
tw e e n t h e i r r e g u la r sa larie s a n d
t h e i r m ilita r y pay. T h ey a re also S a b b a t i c a l
p r o te c te d in a n y e x a m in atio n s th a t
L e a v e s S to p p e d
a r e given d u rin g th e ir absence.
A pp licatio ns fo r sa b b a tic al leaves
Su c h protections, h o w e v e r, a r e n o t
in fo rc e fo r d r a f te d em ployees. B u t w ill n ot be co n sid ere d fo r th e r e st
it is e x p e c te d t h a t legislation w ill oif th e c u r r e n t school te rm , th e B oa rd
be e n ac ted to give sim ila r r ig h ts to of S u p e r in te n d e n ts r u le d last w eek.
d r a f te d em ployees. A c le a r-c u t p o l­ T he n e x t b a tc h of re q u e s ts fo r s a b ­
icy, sa id Cam pbell, w ill be e s t a b ­ b a tic al leav es c an n o t be se n t until
F e b r u a r y , th e B o a rd decided.
lish ed sho rtly.
M
On S e p te m b e r 23, 44 em plo yees a t
Hudson R iv e r S ta te left P o u g h ­
keepsie as m em b e rs of the 156th
F ield A rtille ry , U.“ S. A rm y. M a jo r
C h a rle s E. Niles, S e rg e an t J o h n M c­
Lain, C o rpo rals R o be rt J. Sh eed y
an d G eorge F in n h e ad ed th e c o n­
ting ent.
It took the local c h a p te r of the
Association of E m p loy ees of the
M ental H ygiene D e p a rtm e n t ju st
th re e days to get ou t c irc u la r l e tte r
No. 1 to the 44. In c lu d e d was an
a n n o u n c e m e n t of the officers elected
by the Association for 1940-41 (see
M ental H ygiene Notes, S e p te m b e r
24), a copy of the late st S ta te E m ­
ployee, w ith ballots for A S C SE of­
ficers, an d a little note: “ We t r u s t
th a t you a re e n jo y in g the p a r t you
a re tak in g an d w ish y ou th e b e st o'f
good luck.”
ceded all this by a tte n d in g A lb a n y
H igh School, S ta te College fo r
T eachers, a n d M ildred Elley B usi­
ness School.
A t the sam e tim e, P a tric k J. Mc­
C o rm a c k is r u n n in g for m e m b e r of
the e x ec u tiv e c o m m itte e from th e
d e p a rtm e n t.
U n a n im o u s
Two y e a r s ago, in 1938, the A sso­
ciation fo rm e d a c h a p te r a t Rom e
S ta te School. T oday, 740 of the 748
e m p lo y e es in the in stitu tio n a r e
jn em b e rs.
A d d itio n s
N ew staff m e m b e rs a t H a rle m V al­
ley State; Mrs. M arie Faddis, i,n
B u ild in g 28; Mrs. M ary T erry, in
B u ildin g H.
T a ll
V ic e -P re sid e n t
W hen th e ASCSE ba llots a re
co unted n e x t T uesday night, the
M ental H ygiene D e p a rtm e n t will be
h o n o re d w ith the election of Miss
J a n e t M acfarlan e as se c retary . She
is unopposed for th e office. A S e n io r
A ccou nt Clerk, J a n e t e n te re d S ta te
service via th e E d u ca tio n D e p a r t ­
m ent. A n a tiv e A lbanian, she p r e ­
S to rie s
B a ck h o m e a t W assaic S ta te School
a f te r ro llic k in g days a t the A m e ric a n
L egion c o nvention in Boston a re
H a ro ld V an D yke a n d Ed W il s o n . ..
A r r iv a ls a re G eorge Sm ith, of C r a r y ville; Bill M oher, of P le a s a n t Valley;
Mrs. M arie W ixom , of P o u ghk e e psie;
Mrs. A n n a Langlois, of Cohoes; Mrs.
M a rian Ely, of A l b a n y . . .w h ile E v e r ­
e tt S o w e rs a n d R ay Bc^l h a v e q u i t . . .
U T U A L
O P T I C A L
P L A N
E ^ m p lo y e e s
C h a rle s A. B rind , P rin c ip a l A t t o r ­
ney an d D ire cto r of th e L a w Division
of th e S ta te E d u ca tio n D e p a rtm en t, i
will h e a d th e 34,000 m em b e rs of the
Association of S ta te Civil Service
E m ployees fo r 1940-41, a post h e h ad
held since 1934. He is alone in the
field fo r pre sid en c y of th e A SCSE at
the a n n u a l election, to be h e ld T u e s­
day, O c tober 15, a t th e A lb a n y S tate
Office B uilding.
T he o th e r officers up fo r election
a re also unopposed. T hey a re H a ro ld
J. F isher, F in a n ce Officer in th e
S tate D e p a rtm e n t, vice p re sid en t;
J a n e t M acfarlane, Senior A ccount
C lerk in the M ental H ygiene D e p a r t ­
m ent, se c retary ; E a r l P. P fa n n e b ecker, D e p a rtm e n t of T a x a tio n and
Finance, t re a s u r e r.
P fa n n e b ec k er,
like B rind , is a ho ldo ver.
A n e x ec u tiv e c o m m ittee w ill also
be elected a t th e sam e time. P r e s e n t
m em b e rs a re W illiam F, McDonough,
A g ric u ltu re and M arkets; C. W.
Swim, A u d it and Control; E lizabeth
Staley, B anking ; L in d a J. W harto n,
Civil Service; A r t h u r S. Hopkins,
C onservation; Mrs. M a ry Austin,
Correction; W ay n e W. Soper, E d u c a ­
tion; J o h n T. Higgins, E xecutive.
Also Clifford Shoro, H ealth; Davis
Schultes, In su ra n c e ; J o h n W. H enry,
L abor; F. C. M aher, Law ; P a tr ic k J.
M cCormick, M ental Hygiene; W il­
liam H u nt, P u b lic Service; E d w a rd
J. R am er, P u b lic W orks; W. C.
H inckley, Social W elfare; H arold
Fisher, State; J o h n A. C rom ie, Tax.
Association m e m b e rs a re p e r m itte d
to v ote fo r a ny o th e r e m ployee to
r e p re se n t t h e i r d e p a rtm e n t.
H e a d q u a rte rs of th e Association,
room 156 in th e S ta te Capitol, will
r e m a in open u n til 10 p.m. n e x t T u e s­
day. Ballots a re to be d e liv e red by
then, by m a il or In person.
A t the a n n u a l m eeting, th e Asso­
ciation
w ill
vo te
on
propo sed
a m e n d m en ts
to
its
constitution.
These a m e n d m e n ts are th e re su lt of
t h re e y e a rs stu d y b y a special c om ­
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am ong
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Opening in Finger Printing
(c o m p etitiv e)
T h is is an a m e n d e d notice.
Salary; };(j.72 to .$7.50 a day. The
eligible list will be used for
a p p ro p r ia te positions in lower
grades. A ccording to the Com mi.ssion,
“m any
a p p o in tm e n ts ”
will be m ade d u rin g the life of
th e list. Age limit; 45. File by
O ctob er 15. Fee, $2.
Requirements
One y e a r of e x p erien c e in a s ­
p h a lt w o rk with a recognized
concern engaged in a sp halt p a v ­
ing p rio r to the dale tof th e p r a c ­
tical test w hich will be a d m in is­
te re d not e a r lie r than M arch 15.
Welg:hts
W ritten, 20; practical, 60; p h y si­
cal, 20.
Atisislaiit Director
(Bureau oi' Laboratories)
(c o m p etitiv e)
Salary; $4,500. T he eligible list
m ay be used for a p p r o p ria te posi­
tions in the lo w e r grades. Fee,
$4. F ile by O c to ber 21.
Duties
To assist the d ire c to r in th«
e x ec u tiv e su pervision of one of
th e divisions of the B u re au of
L ab o ra to rie s of the H e a lth D e ­
p a rtm e n t.
Requirements
M.D. d e g ree o r degree in baoteriology; five year.i of satisfac­
tory e x p e rie n c e in bacteriological
lab oratory.
Weights
T echn ical-o ral, 50; train ing , e x ­
p e rie n ce and p e rso n a l qualiflcations, 50.
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T he Municipiil Civil Service Com ­
mission c on tinued last w e e k to d ra w
up a tra n s fe r plan for city e m ­
ployees. Coopcratinj? w ith Sam uel
Gafston. a.ssislant d irec to r of e x ­
am inations, a re W illiam J. M u rry ,
ju n io r a d m in istra tiv e a.ssislant; W il­
liam
Tip,hc, cprtilication b u re a u
chief, and Jo h n J. C a rty , e x am in er.
Buy The
A.sphalt Worker
D (‘iilis t
(P a rt
T im e )
(c o m p etitiv e)
Salary; $5 p e r se.ssion for some
200 days or m ore a y ear. T he
eligible list may be used for a p ­
p ro p ria te positions in th e low er
grade. C andidates a re a ppo in ted
for a five-year period. Fee, $1.
File by O cto ber 21.
Requirements
License to p ra ctice d e n tistry in
the S ta te of New Y o rk a n d at
least tw o year.s’ e x p e rie n c e in th e
p ra ctice of de ntistry .
Director of Public Assistance
( c o m p etitiv e)
S alary: $6,000 an d u p w a rd .
Vacancies; One in the D e p a rtm e n t
of W elfare a t $6,250. Fee, $5.
File by O cto ber 21.
Duties
U n d e r the direction of th e com ­
m issioner or his d e puty, to be r e ­
sponsible fo r the a d m in istratio n
of the B u re a u of P u blic Assist­
ance and th e coo rdination of its
variou s subdivisions, including
the
a d m in istra tiv e
supervision
and tra in in g of an a d m i n i s t r a t i v e
profes.sional and facilitative staff
of 8,000.
Requirements
A b a c h e lo r’s degree, and a
m a s te r ’s deg ree in public a d m in ­
istration or social w o rk or e q u iv a ­
lent trainin g.
In a d dition six
y e a rs of satisfactory paid a d m in ­
istrativ e o r p riv ate or public w el­
fare e x p erien c e of a c h a ra c te r
ten d in g to qualify c a n d id a te for
the p e rfo rm a n c e of tlie duties
sta te d above.
Wcitrhts
W ritten, 30; training, exp erienc#
and personal qualifications, 70.
N . Y. S C H O O L
Junior Engineer
(iMechanical), (iradeS
F IN G E R '
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22-26 E. 8th St., N. Y. C.
T he eligible list will b« used for
M echanical D ra ftsm an , G ra d e 3;
J u n io r
M echanical
D ra ftsm an,
G ra d e 3; M echanical D ra ftsm an
(HeatiAg and V e n t il a ti i ^ ) , G rad e
3; J u n i o r M echanical D ra ftsm an
(H eating and V entilating), G ra de
3; Mecl anical D ra ftsm a n (S a ni­
p r in t s
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Phone, G R am «rcy 7-1268
(coT(ipetitiue)
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ta r y ) , G ra d e 3; J u n i o r M echanical
D ra ftsm an (S a n ita ry ), G ra d e 3.
Salary : $2,160 to $3,120. Fee,
$2. File by N o vem b er 26.
Requirements
An e n gineering degree re ce iv e d
by Ju n e , 1941; or g ra d u a tio n fro m
a four y e a r day high school and
eight y e a r s ’ satisfactory pra ctica l
ex perien c e in m echanical en g i­
neering; or a satisfactory e q u iv a ­
lent. G en eral kn ow ledg e of the
fu n d a m e n tal princip les of m e ­
chanical e ngine e rin g, of physics
and m ath em atics, and of th e o r ­
d in ary sources of m echanical e n ­
gineering inform atio n.
Weights
W ritten, 80; train ing , e x p e r i ­
ence a n d person al qualifications,
20.
Medical Inspector, Grade 1
(Opbtlialmology)
(c o m petitive)
Positions are pa rt-tim e . S alary:
$5 p e r session of th r e e hours.
C and id ates will be a p p o in te d for
a five y e a r term . Fee, $1. F ile
by O ctober 21.
Requirements
An M.D. degree; in te rn sh ip of
not less th a n one y e a r in a g e n ­
eral hospital w ith e x p e rie n c e in
in te rn a l m edicine. O ne y e a r of
special in -p a tie n t w o rk in O p h th e mology as in te rn e o r re s id e n t in
an a cc redited hospital. T w o y e a rs
ex p erience in an a cc re d itc d h o s­
pital eye clinic giving re fra c tiv e
w o rk a’nd e x p e rie n c e w ith eye
pathology.
Weights
W ritten, 50; training, e x p e ri­
ence an d p e rso na l qualifications,
50.
Pathologist
(Orange County)
T he list fro m this e x a m w ill be
used to fill vacancies outside N ew
Y ork City only. T he e x am is
open to an y re sid en t of New Y o rk
State. Salary: $1,800 w ith m a i n ­
tenance. Fee, $1. File by Oc­
to b er 21,
Requirements
G ra d u atio n fro m m edical school
an d one y e a r ’s g eneral in te rn sh ip .
In addition, c andidates m u st h a v e
ha d six m o n th s’ pathological i n ­
tern s h ip an d tw o y e a rs w o rk in a
pathological lab o ra to ry ; or th e
e quivalent. C and id ates m u st h a v e
p e rfo rm e d 50 autopsies.
Weights
W ritten, 30; training, e x p e r i ­
ence and person al qualifications,
30; practical, 40.
Physio-Thcrapy Technician
(Women)
Salary: $1,200 to $1,800. T h e
eligible list m a y be used for a p ­
p ro p ria te positions in th e lo w e r
grades.
Fee, $1. File by O c­
to b er 21.
Requirements
G ra d u a tio n from a n u rsin g
school an d co m pletion of a oney e a r course in P h y s io -th e ra p y
technique or two y e a rs ’ e x p e r i ­
ence as a P h y s io -th e ra p y te c h n i­
cian, one of which m ust ha v e
been in an a p p ro v e d hospital, or
g ra d u a tio n from an acc red ited
school of physical educa tio n and
com pletion of a o n e -y ea r course
for P h y s io -th e ra p y technicians.
Weights
W ritten, 60; exp erien ce, 40.
Senior Statistician
(Social Service)
Senior Statistician
(Vital Statistics)
(c o m petitive)
This is an a m e n d e d notice.
C andidates who filed in S e p te m ­
ber m ay a m e n d th eir p re v io u s
applications. Salary: $3,000 and
over. Fee, $2. File by O cto ber 21.
R e q u ire m en ts
A b a ch e lo r’s degree, a n d five
y e ars of p a id e x p erien c e in w o rk
involving th e application of a
know ledge of statistical th e o ry
and m ethods, or in c o nducting
statistical in quiries an d in v estig a ­
tions of a c h a ra c te r to qualify th e
cand idate for th e duties of th e
osition; or a satisfactory e q u iv a f,ent of educa tio n and e x p erience.
No credit will be given for a c ­
counting, bo okkeeping or t a b u ­
lating w ork. Statistician s in the
city service who h ave service In
th a t title for at least six m o n th s
will be a d m itte d to the ex am ,
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to
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For City Jobs: Obtain applications at 96 Duane Street, N ew York
City, (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.), or write to the Application Bureau of th*
Muniolpal Civil Service Commission at 96 Duane Street and enclose
a self-addressed 9-lnch stamped envelope (4 cents for Manhattan and
Bronx, 6 cents elsew here).
For State Jobs: Obtain applications at 80 Centre Street, N ew York
City, (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), or enclose six cents in a letter to the Exam ina­
tions Division, State Civil Service Department, Albany.
For County Jobs: Obtain applications from Exam inations Division,
State Civil Service Department, Albany. Enclose 6 cents.
For Federal Jobs: Obtain applications from U. S. Civil Service Com­
mission, 641 Washington Street, N ew York City, (9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.),
in person or by mail. Also available from first and second class post
offices. Second District.
U. S. citizens only may file for exam s and only during period when
applications are being received.
Fees are charged for city and State exams, not for federal.
Applicants for most city Jobs must have been residents of N ew York
City for three years im m ediately preceding appointment. Applicants
for State jobs must have been N ew York State residents for one year.
The ’'weights" listed for various titles on these pages refer to the
relative value of each part of the exams. Therefore, If the w eight of
the written part of an exam is 30, this means that the written part
counts for 30 per cent of th« final mark.
e v en if th ey do no t m ee t th e
above re q u ire m en ts.
W eights
W ritten, 60; training, e x perience
a n d p e rso n a l qualifications, 40.
Elevator Operator
(pro m o tion )
Open only to em ployees of the
D e p a rtm e n t of Hospitals. S alary:
$960. File by O cto ber 21. Fee,
$0.50. T he w ritte n te s t w ill be
given on N o ve m ber 16.
Requirements
C an didates m ust h a v e se rv e d as
a H ospital H e lp e r o r H ospital A t ­
te n d a n t for th re e years.
T he w ritte n test will d e te rm in e
intelligence a n d a le rtn ess of m in d .'
Weights
R ecord an d seniority, JOl w r i t ­
ten, 50. As the needs of th e s e r v ­
ice re q u ire , a qualify ing practical
test will be given to test c a n d i­
da te s a bility in e le v a to r o pe ratio n
an d th e ir facility in resp ond ing
to Instructions.
pra ctica l e x am in a tio n . T h e Civil
Service Com m ission w ill then
certify those w ho pass th e e n tire
e x am in atio n fo r license a f te r a
th o ro u g h inv estig a tio n of all the
s ta te m e n ts in th e a pplication. The
D e p a rtm e n t of W ate r S u p p ly will
issue th e licenses. Fee, $5 for
e ac h license. F ile by O c to b er 21,
Master Plumber
(Licensing Test)
A pplication s issued a n d r e ­
ceived a t th e office of th e D e p a r t ­
m e n t of H ealth , 125 W o rth St.
File by O c tober 31. Fee, $10.
License to Install Oil
Burning Equipment
(Licensing Test)
Fee, $5.
File b y O c to b er 8
W ritten e x a m in a tio n will be given
O ctober 19.
Structural Welder
(License)
Fee, $15. Fil« b y O c to b er 11.
(Continued on Page 11)
Housekeeper (Women) .
(p rom o tion)
Salary: $1,200. File by O ctober
21. Fee, |1 . D ate of w ritte n test:
D ecem ber 7.
Requirements
Open to all n u rse s who ha v e
se rv e d fo r th r e e y e a rs in the n o n ­
com petitiv e service of th e D e p a r t ­
m e n t of Hospitals, a n d to all H os­
p ita l A ttenda n t# a n d Hospital
H e lp ers who h a v e se rv e d th re e
y e a rs in the d e p a rtm e n t, one y e ar
of w h ic h m u st h ave b een as a
su p e rv iso r of a H ousekeeping
U n it in oo* of th e va rio us in stitu ­
tions of th e D e p a rtm e n t of HospitaLi.
T he e x a m will test the scope
of the applicants k now led ge of
housek eepin g activities of a h o s ­
pital or o th e r institution. ,
Weights
R ecord a nd sen iority, 50; w rit;en, 90.
Requirements for all iicensing
tests appeared in the October 1
issue of The Leader.
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Fre« I.ecture Wed., 1 P.M.
Junior Administrative
Assistant (City ^ i d e )
(pro m otio n)
T his is a n a m e n d e d notice. S a l­
ary; $3,000 to $4,000. Fee, $ 1 f i l e
by O ctob er 21.
Duties
To a c t as the h e a d of a s u b ­
division of a d e p a rtm e n t, or a i
assistant to the d irec to r of a
b u r e a u o r to fill a pojjition c a r r y ­
ing a co rresp o n d in g degree of r e ­
sponsibility.
Requirements
Open to all p e r m a n e n t e m ­
ployees in th e c om petitive class
who on or before th e da te of th e
w ritte n exam , h a v e b e en e arn in g
no t less t h a n $2,400 p e r y e a r for
six m onths, an d w ho a re o t h e r ­
wise eligible. T h e n a m e of an
e m ployee w ho is o th e rw is e eli 4(ible b u t w ho h a s n ot se rv e d six
m ontha In th e d e p a r tm e n t in
w hich h e is em ployed at th e tim e
of th e e x am in atio n will be p laced
only on the city-w ide list.
Weights
R e co rd an d seniority, 50; w r i t ­
ten, 30; training, e x p e r ie n c e and
pe rso n a l qualifications, 20.
Master and Special
Electrician
(Licensing Tests)
Those who pass th e w r itte n test
f o r these licenses will be giv en a
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NOTICE TO CLERK,
g r a d e 2 ELIGIBLES
(FEMALE)
Selective Certification for
Telephone Operator
Grade 1 (Women)
T his position is to b e filled b y
se lectiv e c ertification fr o m w o m e n
eligibles on th e Clerk, G r a d e 2
lists — b o th th e p ro m o tio n a n d
open c o m p e titiv e in t h a t o rd e r.
Salary, $960-$l,799. V acancies oc­
cur fro m tim e to tim e. 164 a p ­
pointed fro m th e last list. F ile b y
October 21.
Duties
To o p e ra te te le p h o n e s w itc h ­
boards; k e ep re co rd s of te le p h o n e
calls; a n d p e r fo rm o th e r in c id e n ­
tal c le rica l w ork . N ig h t d u ty as
aV IL
w e ll a s d a y d u ty m a y b e re q u ire d .
Requirements
I n a cc o rdanc e w ith its a n ­
n o u n c e m e n t on selective certifica­
tion, th e Com m ission, on N o v e m ­
b e r 15, 1940, w ill p r e p a r e a list of
those eligibles w h o s u b m it e v i­
den ce b efo re th a t da te of h a v in g
co m p le te d a n o p e ra to rs tra in in g
co urse given b y th e N e w Y o rk
T ele p h o n e C o m p an y or th e A rherican T ele p h o n e a nd T e le g ra p h
C o m p a n y o r w ho su b m it ev iden ce
of e q u iv a le n t e x p e rie n c e o r t r a i n ­
ing an d w h o pass a q ualifyin g
n o n -c o m p e titiv e p ra c tic a l test in
P.B.X . o p eration. T he selective
list w ill be re v ie w e d as fr e q u e n tly
as nece ssary to s u p p ly a n a d e ­
q u a te n u m b e r of w o m e n te le ­
p h o n e o pe rato rs.
A ll qualified
w ill be certified in th e o r d e r of
original sta nd in g on th e Clerk,
G r a d e 2, lists.
Division of P la c e m e n t a n d U n ­
e m p lo y m en t In su ra n ce , D e p a r t ­
m ent of L abo r.
(U sual s a la ry
range
$3,500-$4,375;
a p p o in t­
m ents
ex p ec ted
a t m in im u m
but m a y be m a d e a t less). Fee,
$3. F ile b y O c to b er 11. T es t to
be h e ld N o v e m b e r 16.
Requirem ents
C a n d id a tes m u s t m e e t th e r e quirem erfts of one of th e fo llo w ­
ing groups: e ith e r (a ) six y e a r s
of satisfactory fu ll-tim e e m p lo y ­
m en t e ith e r (1) in positions p r o ­
viding p la c e m e n t o r p e rso n n e l
e x perien ce in a n o rg a n iz ed e m ­
ploym ent or p e rso n n e l office of a
business o r la b o r o rg a n iz atio n or
an e m p lo y m en t agency, c o m m e r­
cial o r oth erw ise, h a n d lin g a con­
siderable v o lu m e of diversified
types of e m p lo y m en t, o r (2) in
positions inv olvin g m a n a g e m e n t
or d irec tio n of a • la rg e staff of
pe rson ne l in diversified ty p e s of
e m p lo y m en t p r o v id in g k n o w le d g e
of m o d e rn p e rso n n e l p ro c e d u re ,
or (3) In Dositions w ith a p u blic
agency respo nsible fo r t h e a d ­
m in istra tio n of w o r k m e n ’s c om ­
pensation laws, o r (4) w ith a p u b ­
lic o r p r iv a te o rg a n iz atio n d e a l­
ing w ith com pliance w ith th e L a ­
bor L a w s o r lab o r a g r e e m e n ts r e ­
lating to wages, h o u rs a n d w o r k ­
ing conditions, o r th e s e ttle m e n t
of in su ra n c e claims, tw o y e a rs of
which e x p e rie n c e u n d e r (1), (2),
(3), an d (4) m u s t h a v e b e e n in a
satisfactory
a d m in istra tiv e
or
su p e rv iso ry capacity, a n d g r a d u ­
ation fro m a s ta n d a r d se n io r h ig h
school; o r (b ) fo u r y e a r s of sa t­
isfactory full-tim e p a id e m p lo y ­
m ent as described u n d e r (a), one
y e a r of w h ic h m u s t h a v e b e e n in
a satisfacto ry a d m in is tr a tiv e or
su p e rv iso ry capacity, a n d g r a d u ­
ation fro m a reco gnized college or
un iv ersity fro m a cou rse for
which a de g ree is g ra n te d ; o r (c)
adm ission to t h e B a r of N e w Y o rk
State follow ed b y five y e a r s of
full-tim e satisfacto ry p r a c tic e of
the law ; o r (d ) a satisfac to ry
e qu iv a len t c o m b in a tio n of th e
foregoing tr a in in g a n d e x p e r i ­
ence.
C a n d id a tes m u s t h a v e a
th o ro u g h k n o w le d g e of t h e N e w
York S ta te U n e m p lo y m e n t I n s u r ­
ance L aw ; u n d e r s ta n d in g an d
ap prec ia tio n of its social a n d eco­
nom ic im plication s a n d its p u r ­
poses in p ro tec tin g th e w e lf a re of
the p eople of th e State; a b ility to
deal w ith p eop le fa irly a n d Im­
p artially; firmness; r e s o u r c e fu l­
ness; tact; good ju d g m e n t: good
address; good p e rso n a lity . College
tra n s c rip t re q u ire d .
W eights
W ritte n e x a m in a tio n o n t h e
duties of th e position, 8; t r a i n ­
ing an d exo erience. 5.
JUNIOR LIBRARY ASST.
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N iagara Falls, one in N e w R o ­
chelle. F u t u r e a p p o in tm e n ts w ill
be m ad e in Syracuse, N e w R o ­
chelle, a n d N ia g a ra Falls. (S a l­
ary, $1,200-$1,500; a p p o in tm e n t
may b e m ad e a t less t h a n m in i ­
m um .) Fee, $1. F ile b y O c to b er
26. E x a m N o v e m b e r 16. College
tran s c rip t re q u ire d .
Duties
Assist atv th e c irc u latio n desk
or act as g e n e ra l a ssista n t in a
b ra n ch lib r a r y ; u n d e r su pervisio n,
do ro u tin e l ib r a r y w o r k in v o lv ­
ing th e a p p lic atio n of p re sc rib e d
proc edure s b ased on m o d e r n li­
b ra ry m eth o d s an d techniques,
such as to assist in re f e r e n c e an d
biblio graph ical w o rk ; to assist in
classifying a n d cataloging books,
periodicals, m aps, p rin ts, d o c u ­
ments, a n d o th e r lib r a r y m a te ria l;
to assist ip th e o rg a n iz atio n an d
direction of lo an w o rk ; to b e r e ­
sponsible fo r th e p r o p e r c are a n d
re p a ir of books an d th e specifica­
tions fo r th e ir b in d in g a n d r e ­
binding; to assist in book selec­
tion a n d book buy in g ; re la te d
work.
Requirements
E ith e r a ) g r a d u a tio n fro m col­
lege, in cluding o r su p p le m e n te d
by a course in l ib r a r y science of
one y e a r; o r b ) a satisfac to ry
equivalent. C a n d id a tes m u s t ha v e
a k now led ge of lib r a r y science
and m o d e rn lib r a r y m eth o d s and
procedures.
C a n d id a tes
m ust
nave obtained , or be eligible to
P age E L i v i i f
r o u t in e l ib r a r y tasks; do r o u tin e
l ib r a r y w o r k in v o lv in g th e a p p li­
catio n of p re s c rib e d p ro c e d u re s
ba se d on m o d e r n lib r a r y m eth o d s
a n d te c h n iq u es; assu m e re sp o n si­
b ility fo r t h e m o re difficult and
tec h n ica l l ib r a r y processes such as
cataloging, classification, book se­
lection, a n d se rv ice to re a d e rs; r e ­
late d w o rk .
Requirem ents
E ith e r a ) tw o y e a rs professional
l ib r a r y e x p e r ie n c e an d g ra d u a tio n
fro m college, in clud ing o r s u p p le ­
m e n te d by on e y e a r tr a in in g in a
lib ra r y school; o r b ) a satisfactory
e q u iv a len t. C a n d id a tes m u st h ave
a k n o w le d g e of lib r a r y science and
m o d e rn l ib r a r y m eth o d s an d p r o ­
cedures.
C a n d id a tes m u st h a v e
o btaine d, o r be eligible to o b ­
tain, a N e w Y o rk S ta te P e rso n n e l
G ra d e II L ib r a r y certificate or
h igh er.
Weights
W ritte n , 4; e ducation, lib ra ry
tra in in g , an d exp erien c e , 6.
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C a n d i­
dates m u st h a v e a th o ro u g h
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F ile b y O c to b er 26. E x a m N o­
v e m b e r 16. College tr a n s c rip t r e ­
quired.
Duties
A ssu m e re sp o n sib ility fo r th e
su p e rv isio n of w o r k p e r ta in in g to
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Inspector, Engineering
Materials (Aeronautical)
($l,800-$2,600)
J u n io r , $1,800; Inspector, $2,000;
Senior, $2,600. N a v y Dept, for
d u ty w h e r e v e r assigned. F ile u n ­
til f u r t h e r notice. A ge lim it: 53.
A p p lica n ts m u st ha v e h a d tw o
to six y e a r s ’ e x p e rie n c e in th e in ­
spection a n d testin g of a e r o n a u ­
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A p p lica n ts m u s t h a v e a n a ir ­
c r a f t m e c h a n ic s’ certificate of
c o m p e ten c y a n d (1) tw o -y e a r
su p e rv iso ry e x p e rie n c e in the
m e c h a n ic a l field of m o d e rn civil
a ir c r a f t m a n u f a c t u r e o r re p a ir, or
(2) t h r e e y e a r s ’ e x p e rie n c e in
th e sam e field, w h ic h includes
com po nen ts, sub-assem blies, in ­
s tru m e n ts, a n d accessories, or
final assem bly inspection.
Associate, $3,500, a n d Assistant,
$3,200; Civil A e ro n a u tic s A u t h o r ­
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u n til f u r t h e r notice. Age; 24-40
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in Y on kers.
(S a la ry $2,100 and
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26. E x a m N o v e m b e r 16.
Duties
U n d e r d ire c tio n h a v e ch arg e of
t h e m a n a g e m e n t of a lib ra ry and
its c o rre la te d activities; o r a ct as
a ssista nt lib r a r i a n in a la rg e m u ­
n icip a l lib ra r y ; o r h a v e re sp o n si­
b ility fo r th e a d m in istra tio n of a
la rg e b r a n c h lib r a r y o r of a b u r e a u
in a la rg e lib r a ry ; or a ct as sp e ­
cialist irt” a difficult field of b ib li­
og ra p h y , re fere n ce , or o th e r s p e ­
cialized d e p a r tm e n t; re la te d w ork.
Requirements
E ith e r a ) fo u r y e a r s l ib r a r y exerience. one y e a r of w h ic h should
ave in c lu d e d s u p e rv iso ry e x p e rir
ence of fr o m t h r e e to five assist-
obtain, a N e w Y o rk S ta te P e r ­
sonnel G ra d e I L ib r a r y certificate
or hig h er.
Weights
W ritten , 5; education, l ib r a r y
tra in in g , an d e xperien c e , 6.
C ivil
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d id ate s i^ u st h a v e ob tain e d , o f U
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certificate o r hig her.
Weights
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tra in in g , a n d e x p erien c e , 7.
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W a r Dept., C h a n u te Field, R a n toul, 111.; Scott Field, Bellevill*.
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A p plicants m u st h a v e h ie h
school d iplom a o r a c e rta in su bstilu tio n; fo u r y e ars' e x p e rie n c e
as in stru c to r in shop subje cts o r
shop supervisor, w hich includ ed
six m o nths in th e o ptional b ra n c h
f o r which applicatio n is m ade.
C ortain college c red its m ay be
sub.stituted for exp erience. T h e re
a r e a dd itional re q u ire m e n ts for
g ra d es above J im io r In stru c to r.
Knginreriiij? Draftsman
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Assistant, $1,020; E ng in e e rin g
Dr:illsm:in, $1,H00; Senior, $2,000;
Principal, $2,300; Chief, $2,600.
Navy and W ar Depts. File until
J u n e 30. 1941. A«e limit: 53.
A pplicants m ust be hi^h school
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m u st be in e le m e n ta ry d r a ftin g
train in g or e x p erien c e and the
re st in o rd n a n ce draftin g.
o th e r e n g in e e rin g activities, p a r tly
in th e field of a ero n a u tic al e n ­
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ized college c re d it hour* o r on#
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Aeronautical Engineer
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A.ssistant, $1,620; E ng in eerin g
D ra ftsm an, $1,800; Senior. $2,000;
Prin c ip a l, $2,300; Chief, $2,600.
File until f u r t h e r notice. These
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A ge limits: 45 (A ssistant), 60
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Assistant,
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A e ro n au tica l
E n gineer,
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A pp lican ts m u st h a v e a com ­
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a ir c r a f t w e ight an d e ngine classi­
fications; 1,000 to 2,000 h o u rs of
solo flying, w hic h in cluded 300
h o u rs of in stru ctio n in two classes
of airc raft.
Engineer
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m echanical, m ining, radio, s t r u c ­
tu ral, telegraph, tele ph one and
welding. F ile by J u n e 30, 1941.
Age limit: 55.
A pp lican ts m u st h a v e a b a c h e l­
o r ’s d e g ree in engineering, but
c e rta in substitutio ns for education
a re allowed. Two to four y e a r s ’
e x p e rie n c e is re q u ire d in th e o p ­
tional b ra n c h applied for. G r a d ­
uate study in eng in e e rin g m ay be
sub.stituted for p a rt of e x p e r i­
ence.
(i$!,r) 2 0 -$2 , 6 0 0 )
Inspector, Signal Corps
Equipment
($2,000-$3,200)
Assistant, $1,G20; E n g in e e rin g
D ra ftsm an, $1,800; Senior, $2,000;
P rincipal, $2,300; Chief, $2,600.
F ile by J u n e 30, 1941. Age limit:
53.
A p plicants m ust h a v e tw o to six
yoar.s’ d ra ftin g experien ce, a c ­
cording to the grade. O ne y e a r
m ust be e le m en ta ry tra in in g or
e x perien ce and the re st in a e r o ­
nau tical draftin g. C e rta in su b s ti­
tu tio n s for college edu cation a re
allow ed for p a rt of ex p erien c e .
Ju n io r, $2,000; Inspector, $2,600;
Senior, .$3,000. Signal Corps, W ar
Dept., for d u ty in th e field. File
un til f u r t h e r notice. Age limit:
55.
A pp lican ts m u st hav e had col­
lege stud y in electrical or ra dio
eng ineering . In addition, e x c e p t
for the ju n io r grade, they m a s t
h a v e had e x p erien c e in in sp e ct­
ing or testin g of parts, assemblies,
or com pleted un its of signal corps
eq uip m e n t.
I'higiiiecriiif; Aid
( Acronauliral)
(.Sl,620-$2,600)
Inspec'lor, Powder and
Explosives
($l,620-$2,300)
Assistant, $1,620; E n g in e e rin g
Aid. $1,800; Senior, $2,000; P r i n ­
cipal, $2,300; Chief, $2,600. A rm y
A ir Corps, W ar Dept. F ile u n til
J u n e 30, 1941. Age lim it: 55.
A p plicants m ust h ave h a d eng in e e iin g e x p erien c e in testing,
rese arc h, design, co nstructio n, or
Ju n io r, $1,620; Assistant, $1,800;
Associate, $2,000; Inspector, $2,300;
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$2,600;
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C ad astral, co nstructio n, soil m e ­
chanics, safety, sa n ita ry , gen eral.
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J u n e 30. 1941. Age lim it: 55.
A pp lica n ts mu.st h a v e c om p leted
a f o u r-y e a r college e n g in e e rin g
cour.se an d m u st h a v e h a d p ro fe.ssional civil e n g in e e rin g e x ­
p erien ce, p a r tly in one of th e o p ­
tional b ran ch es.
Engineering Aid
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($ 2 ,0 0 0 )
U. s. Geological S urve y, Dept,
of Interio r. A ge limit: 53. File
by D ec em b er 31.
A pplicants m u st b e h igh school
g r a d u a te s a nd h a v e fo u r y e a rs of
civil
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a n d e x p m ie n c e 'T e q u ir e m e n ts a re
allow ed.
lu v S p e c to r o f Hulls,
Asiiistant ($3,200)
Inspector of Boilers,
Assistant ($3,200)
B u re a u of M arine Inspection
a nd N avigation, Dept, of Com ­
m erce. F ile by O c to ber 3. Age
liiriit: 48.
Inspector, Ship
Construction
($2,000-$2,600)
Inspectori, Engineering
Materials ($l,620-$2,600)
Ship C onstruction: In sp e c to r
(optional b ra n c h e s—hulls, m e ­
chanical, e le c trica l), $2,000; S e n ­
ior, $2,600.
E n g in e e rin g M aterials; Ju n io r,
$1,620;
In sp e c to r
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ra d io ),
$2,000;
Senior,
$2,()00.
Plavy Dept., fo r d uty in th e
field. F ile u ntil fu r t h e r notice.
Age limit: 55. A p p lica n ts m ust
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Inspector,
Ordnance Material
($l,620-$2,600)
J u n io r, $1,620; A ssistant, $1,800;
A.ssociate, $2,000; Inspector, $2,300;
Senior, $2,600. O rd n a n c e Dept.,
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A pp lican ts m u st be h ig h school
g ra d u a te s or ha v e 14 u n its of
high school w ork; one to six y e a r s ’
e x p erien c e inspecting an d t e s t­
ing of o rd n a n c e m ate ria ls as
a rm a m e n t, a rm o rp la te , d em olition
bom bbodies, etc., o r of r a w m a ­
terials, including m etal shapes
fo rm ed w ith dies, sheets, a nd b a rs
and m ac h in ed parts. C e rta in col­
lege courses m ay be su b stitu ted
for p a rt of e x p erien c e in th re e
higiiest grades.
Marine Engineer
( $ i,60045,600)
Senior, $4,600; Princ ipa l, $5,600.
O ptional b ra n c h e s for Senior:
lower plant lay-out and piping,
urbines, boiler*, Diesel eninDeft,
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machinery, and general. Fll*
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A pp lican ts m u st h a v « a colleg*
d e g re e in e n g in e e rin g or n a v a l
a rch ite c tu re , or e x p e rie n c e In th«
field to su b s titu te y e a r f o r y e a r.
A lso six to seven y e a r s ’ e x p e r i ­
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G ra d u a te study m ay be s u b s titu ­
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Assistant,
$2,600;
Associate,
$3,200; N aval A rc hite ct, $3,800;
Senior, $4,600; P rin c ip a l, $5,600.
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by J u n e 30, 1941. Age lim its;
fo r Se n io r and P rin c ip a l, 70; fo r
o th e r grades, 60.
A p p lica n ts m u st h a v e e x p e r ience as a N a v a l a rc h ite c t u p to
seven years, acc o rd in g to th e
grade.
College and g ra d u a te
study m ay be su b s titu te d fo r p a r t
of experience.
Marine Engineer
($2,600-$3,800)
Assistant,
$2,600;
Associate,
$3,200; M arine E ng in eer, $3,800.
V arious optional branches. U. S.
Maritim.e Com mission. F ile u n til
J u n e 30, 1941. Age lim its: A sso­
ciate an d A ssistant, 60; M a rin e
E ngineer, 70.
A b a ch e lo r’s d egree in e n g in e e r ­
ing or n aval a rc h ite c tu r e is r e ­
qu ired . Sub stitu tio n s of e x p e r i ­
ence for ed ucation is allo w e d in
p a rt. Two to five y e a r s ’ e x p e r i ­
ence, w hich includes p a r tia l e x ­
perience in m a rin e e n gineering ,
is re q u ir e d a ccord in g to the grade.
P o s tg ra d u a te study m ay b e s u b ­
stitu te d for p a rt of the e x p e r i ­
ence re q u ire m e n t.
Marine Surveyor ($3,200)
U. S. M a ritim e Com m ission.
File by J u n e 30, 1941. A ge lim it:
60.
A pp lican ts m ust hold a U. S.
license i.ssued by th e Dept, of
Com m erce, e ith e r as chief e n g i­
n e e r or as m aster, of ocean v e s ­
sels of any gro.ss tonnage, a n d
m u st have had c erta in a p p r o p r i ­
ate experience.
Junior Graduate Nurse
($1,620)
dent option applicants must hav*
completed or be serving in a ro.
tating interneship of at least on«
year.
M edical O fficer
($ 3 ,20 0-3 4,60 0)
Associate, $3,200; M edical Of.
fleer, $3,800; Senior, $4,800. Op.
tio n a l bra n ch e s: a v ia tio n m edi.
cine;
cardiology;
derm atology;
eye, ear, nose a n d th r o a t (singly
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in d u stria l m edicin e (a. gas analysis or toxic dust, b. general);
I n te rn a l m ed icine an d diagnosis;
m ed ic al p harm a co lo g y ; neuropsy^
c h ia try ; pathology, bacteriology
a n d roentgen olo gy (singly o r comb in e d ); public h e a lth (a. general,
b. v e n e re a l) : su rg e ry (a. general,
b. ■ orthopedic, c. c h est); t u b e r ­
culosis; urology.
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a n s’ A d m in istra tio n , Civil A e ro ­
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F ile u ntil f u r t h e r notice.
Age
lim it: associate, 40; o th e r grades
53.
A pp lican ts m u st be medical
school gra d u ates.
F o r th e two
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tr a in in g is re q u ir e d in th e op­
tion a p p lie d for. F o r th e associ­
a te grade, one y e a r interneship,
g e n era l ro ta tin g o r in a special
b ra n ch , is re q u ire d . C e rta in s u b ­
stitu tio ns fo r these e x p e rie n c e r e ­
q u ire m e n ts is allowed.
Senior Radiosonde
Technician ($2,000)
F ile u n til f u r t h e r notice. Age
lim it: S.").
A pp lican ts m u st h a v e four
y e a r s ’ e x p e rie n c e in th e in stalla ­
tion, m ain te n a n c e a n d r e p a ir of
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A pplicants m u s t h a v e h a d tec h _iL-ai e x p e rie n c e in th e In stallalion, inspection, testing , o r o p e r a ILn w ith m a in te n a n c e re sp o n si­
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O rd n a n c e Service, W ar Dept.,
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C ivil Se rv ice E x am in ers, W a te r­
vlie t A rsenal. Age lim its; 18-62.
Rehabilitation Specialist
($2 ,6 0 0 -8 3 ,8 0 0 )
Shipwright
(«7.49-$8.45 per day)
Specialist fo r th e D e a f a n d
Hird of H ea rin g , $3,800; S pecial­
ist for th e T ub erc u lo u s, $3,800;
A'i'^istant S pecialist fo r th e Vis­
ually H a n d ica p p ed , $2,600; S p e ­
cialist f o r t h e V isually H a n d i­
capped, $3,800. Office of E d u ca ­
tion, F e d e r a l S e c u rity Agency,
file by O c to b e r 24. A ge lim it: 53.
Applicants m u s t h a v e h a d col­
lege e d u ca tio n a n d e x p e rie n c e in
vocational guid an ce, p la c e m e n t o r
rehabilitation. P a r t of th e e x ­
perience m u s t h a v e b e e n in sp e ­
c i a l i z e d re h a b ilita tio n w o r k for
the v isually h a n d ic a p p ed , h a r d - o fiiearing, o r tu b erc u lo u s.
N o rfo lk N a v y Y ard, P o rts m o u th ,
V irginia. F ile u n til f u r t h e r n o ­
tice. A ge lim its: 20-5.5.
Eronomist ($ 2 ,6 0 0 -$ 5 ,6 0 0 )
V e te ra n s ’ A d m in is tra tio n F a c ili­
ties, C a n an d a ig u a a n d N o rth p o rt,
N. Y. F ile u n til f u r t h e r notice.
A ge lim its: 21-48.
A p p lica n ts m u s t h a v e h a d six
m o n th s ’ re s id e n t
tra i n i n g
In
n u rsin g , o r six m o n th s ’ se rv ice
In a U. S. h ospital corps, o r t h r e e
m o n th s ’ e x p e rie n c e as A tt e n d a n t
do ing w a rd d u ty fo r t r e a t m e n t of
m e n ta l or n e rv o u s diseases.
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O p e rato r,
E le c tric al
C ra n e
T ra v e lin g
B ridge,
$6.24 - $7.20;
C ra n e O p e ra to r, S te am L o co m o ­
tive, $7.87-$8.83. B ro o k ly n N a v y
Y ard. F ile u n til f u r t h e r notice.
Age lim its; 20-48.
A p p lica n ts
m ust
have
six
m o n th s ’ e x p e rie n c e in o p e ra tin g
e le c trica l t r a v e lin g b rid g e cranes;
o r six m o n th s ’ e x p e rie n c e o p e r ­
a tin g a ste am lo com otive crane,
ste am shovel o r o th e r p o rta b le
ste am h o ist m a c h in ery .
—
Toolmaker
F o r t M onm o uth , N. J., $2,000$3,000; P ic a tin n y A rsenal, IDover,
N. J., $7.20-$9.28 p e r day; R a r ita n
A rsen al, M etuchen, N. J., $7.20$8.40 p e r day; B ro o k ly n N a vy
Yard, $8.35-$9.31. F ile u n til f u r ­
t h e r notice. A ge lim its: 18-62.
A p p lica n ts m u s t h a v e c o n v
p le te d a fo u r - y e a r a p p ren tice sh ip
o r h a v e h a d f o u r y e a rs of p r a c ti­
cal e x perien ce.
Precision Lens, Prism and
Test Plate Maker
($7.87-$8.83 per day)
s.
U.
N a v y Y ard, W ashington,
D. C. F ile u n til f u r t h e r notice.
Age lim its: 20-48.
Attendant, NeuroPsychiatric Hospital
(151,020)
Assistant,
$2,600;
Associate,
13.200; E conom ist, $3,800; Senior,
$4,G00; P rin c ip a l, $5,600. O p tio n al
lubjects; 1) A n a lysis of G e n e ra l
jconom ic a n d B usiness C o ndi­
tions; 2) C o n su m e r P ro b le m s ; 3)
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Regulation of Business; 5) H o usng (includ ing U r b a n L a n d E co­
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Analysis) 7) I n d u s tr y Studies; 8)
International T ra d e a n d F in a n ce ;
9 ) L abo r Econom ics: 10) M a r k e t­
ing; 11) M oney, B a n k in g and I n ­
vestment F in a n c e ; 12) P o p u la tio n
problems; 13) P r ic e T h e o ry a n d
Analysis; 14) P u b lic F in a n c e ; 15)
Public U tilities a n d C o m m u n ic a ­
tions; 16) Social In su ra n c e ; 17)
Transportation. F ile by O c to ber
17. Age lim it: 53.
Applicants m u s t h a v e a b a c h e l­
or’s de g ree in econom ics a n d fro m
two to se v e n y e a r s ’ e x p e rie n c e
In econom ic re se a rc h , a cco rding
to the g ra d e of th e position, w ith
part of th e tim e in th e optional
subject. College te a c h in g in eco­
nomics Is a cc ep te d as e xperien c e .
$9.51; Die S in k e r, $8.83 to $9.79;
D iver, $17.58 to $18.24; D rille r,
P n e u m a tic , $6.37 to $7.30; F la n g e
T u rn e r , $8.06 to $9.02; F o rg e r,
D rop, $7.77 to $8.73; F o rg e r,
H eavy, $12.09 to $13.95; F o rg e r,
L ight, $9.50 to $10.46; F r a m e
B en der, $8.06 to $9.02; Gas C u t ­
t e r or B u r n e r , $6.62 to $7.58.
H elper, B lacksm ith, O th e r Fires,
$4.89 to $5.85; H e lp e r B o ile r ­
m a k e r, $4.89 to $5.85; H e lp er
C o p p e rsm ith ,
$4.89
to
$5.85;
H e lp e r F la n g e tu r n e r , $5.18 to
$6.14; H e lp e r
F o rg e r,
H eavy,
$5.18 to $6.14; H e lp e r M older,
$5.08 to $6.04; H e lp e r Rigger,
$4.89 to $5.85; H e lp e r S h e e t M etal
W ork er, $4.89 to $5.85; H e lp e r
S hipfitter. $4.89 to $5.85; H o ld e rOn, $5.38 to $6.34; I n s tr u m e n t
M aker, $8.16 to $9.12.
L oftsm an , $8.26 to $9.22; M older,
$8.99 to $9.89; P ip e c o v e r an d I n ­
su lator, $7.78 to $8.74; P u n c h e r
an d S h e a re r, $6.05 to $7.01; R iv ­
e ter. $7.78 to $8.74; R igger, $7.87
to $8.83; R iv et H e a te r, $4.80 to
$5.76; S a ilm a k e r, $7.68 to $8.64;
S aw F iler, $9.02 to $9.98; S he e t
M e tal W o rker, $8.45 to $9.41;
S hipfitter, $7.78 to $8.74; S h ip ­
w rig h t. $7.97 to $8.93; T oolm ak er,
$8.35 to $9.31; W elder, E lectric
(Specially S k ille d ), $7.78 to $8.74;
W elder, Gas, $7.58 to $8.54.
E n g in e e rin g D ra ftsm an , C hief
(A e ro n a u tic a l), $2,600 p e r y e ar;
E n g in e e rin g D ra ftsm an , P rin c ip a l
(A e ro n a u tic a l), $2,300 p e r y e a r;
E n g in e e rin g D ra ftsm an , S e n io r
( A e ro n a u tic a l) $2,000 p e r year;
E n g in e e rin g D r a f ts m a n
(A e ro ­
n a u tic a l), $1,800 p e r y e ar.
Crane Operator
($6.24-«8.83 per day)
Toolmaker
($7.84-$9.28 per day)
I
P age T h ir t e e n
fo u r - y e a r a p p re n tic e sh ip o r fo u r
y e a r s3 p r a c tic a l e x p e r ie n c e in th e
tra d e .
A rsena l, W ate rv liet, N. Y. O p e n
ip N e w Y o rk S ta te re sid en ts,
jrile u n til f u r t h e r no tic e . A ge
lim its: 18-55.
(Continued from Pa«:« 12)
Jiom oterograph) g ro u n d r w e i v fpg and r e c o r d in g e q u ip m e n t.
SERVICE LEADER
Navy Yard Jobs
F o rty - n in e e x am s a r e o pen for
filing a t th e B ro o k ly n N a v y Yard.
A pplication s m a y be
fro m th e N a v y Yard, fro m th e
F e d e ra l Building, o r fro m an y
first-class P o s t Office. No e x a m ­
in atio n s w ill b e giv en b u t e x ­
p e rie n c e is r e q u ire d . T h e jobs
a n d salarie s follow:
A ng lesm ith, H e a v y Fires, $8.54
to $9.50 p e r day; A ng lesm ith,
O th e r Fires," $7.50 to $8.54; B la c k ­
sm ith, H e a v y Fires, $8.54 to $9.50;
B lacksm ith, O th e r Fires, $7.58 to
$8.54; B o a tb u ild er, $7.87 to $8.83;
B o ile rm ak e r,
$7.87
to
$8.83;
C a u lk e r, Wood, $7.58 to $8.54;
C h ip p e r a n d C a ulke r, Iron, $7.58
to $8.54; C o p p e rsm ith , $8.45 to
Machinist ($6.92-$8.82)
D o v e r a n d M etuchen, N. J.,
a n d B roo kly n. F ile u n til f u r t h e r
notice. A g e lim its; 18-55.
A p p lic a n ts m u s t h a v e h a d a
F O R
S A L E
O N
A
Civilian Medical Officer
(Temporary & Part-Time)
F u ll tim e d uty, $3,200 o r h ig h e r;
p a r t-tim e d uty, sa lary is c o m m e n ­
su r a te w ith h o u rs of d uty . F ile
u n til f u r t h e r notice.
A p p o in t­
m e n t w ith U. S. A rm y hospitals,
cam ps, etc.
A p p lica n ts m u s t h a v e an M.D.
L L
N E W
w ith a p p r o p r ia t e e x p e rie n c e .
Agent, Trade and
Industrial ‘Education
($3,800-$4,600)
S pecial Agent, $3,800; R egional
Agent, $4,600. Office of E d u c a ­
tion, F e d e ra l S e c u rity A gency.
F ile by O c to b er 10. Age limit, 5.3.
A b a c h e lo r's d e g ree wi.th c e r ­
ta in ty p es of studly is r e q u ir e d .
E x p e rie n c e in a tr a d e and i n ­
d u stria l e d u ca tio n p ro g ra m an d
in tea c h in g shop or r e la te d s u b ­
jec ts is necessary.
Plant PathoTogist (S3,800)
O ptional branches: (1) tom a to
diseases; (2) hop diseases.
Associate Plant Pathologist
(83,200)
O ptional branches: (1) luheat
diseases; (2) corn diseases; (3)
v eg e ta b le diseases.
Assistant Plant Pathologist
($ 2 ,6 (K ))
O ptional branch: (1) veg eta b le
diseases.
Associate Plant Geneticist
($3,200)
Optional branch: (1) w hea t.
Assistant Plant Geneticist
($2,600)
O ption a l branch: (1) flo r ic u l­
ture.
File by October 24. Bur*?au ol
Plant Industry, D epartm ent of Agri­
culture. Age limit: 53. Separate
eligible lists will be established for
each optional branch in each grade.
Boilermaker ($1,590, less
$330 for maintenance)
Linenman ($1,272, less
$252 for maintenance)
File by Novem ber 6. Place ot
(Continued on Page 14)
S S T A N D
S
AND THE LEADER BOOKSHOP
Machinist
(I6 .9 0 -S 8 .4 0 p e r day)
O rdnance Service, W a r Dept.,
Watervliet A rsena l, W ate rv liet,
N. V. F ile u n til f u r t h e r notice.
Age lim its: 18-6^. F ile w ith Sec­
retary, B o a rd of XL S. Civil S e rv ­
ice E x am in ers, W a te rv lie t A r ­
senal.
Tool a n d Gauge Designer
($ l,8 0 0 -$ 2 ,6 0 0 )
Tool
and
<Jai
$1,800; Senfpr, $2,(
$2,300; Chief, $ 2 ,60 0 .
REAL ^ S T A T t FOR S A L I
NEW tORK SXA-np
modern Home, S rooms, bath, heat,
sarage, cabin, poultry houa^ i
thrP9 hours’ Manhattan; >3,7 50. T
(1,000. Balance, r^nt-llke. ART]
19 Foxhail, itlNasTON.
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UNEMPL. R E F E R E E ............| 1 - | 2
(Cord, Arco, Meridian, L«ader)
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CIVIL SERVICE BOOK CENTER
507 I’IFTH AVE. (at 48d St.) N.I.C.
^
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RE. 4-7900
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Reoolve dividends plus substant^l
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GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, STUDENTS,
Municipal Employees Service
EHtabllshed 1029
<1 PARK ROW NEW YORK CITY
Phone: COrtlandt 7-5300-5301
T Y P E W R I T E R S
R E N T E D
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Call
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140 W e s t 42nd S tr e e t
(Near Broadway)
rant 9-7785
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EMPLOYERS, WPA WORKERS, UNEMPLOYED,
PROFESSIONAL MEN AND ALL OTHERS
P ag e F o u r t e e n
aV IL
T uesday, O ctober
SERVICE LEADER
Sample General Test for Border Patrolman
(Writ*
Answer!
h ere)
H'ritA ni« NtTMHKR of the BK8T annwert
1.
9.
8.'
4.
6.
6.
FBA.SIHI.l'; mcariR most nearly (1) capable (2) practlcabla (3) Juntlflable (1) benenc-ial
(3) reliable.............................. ......................................................................
“Practlcnble." numbered 2, means most nearly the same ns '‘FBASIBIjK,” «o “2” is written on the line at tiie rii^ht.
I^UCIIATIVE nieanu most nearly (1) atroclouH (2> fraudulent (3) wise (J) profitable (5) abundant........................................................................... ...... .................................
Objeols are viHlble becnuse (1) liKht fallw on them and la refleoted to the eye (2) they
are partiallyInshadow(3)they absorb light from the sun (4 they are
opaque (5» llKht rays penetriile their HurfHces............................................................................................................................................................................................................
All flve Btntenients may be true, but the only one which explains why objects are visible is the statement numbered 1, so "I” is written on the line at the
rlKht.
In Htftrtinn n load, a horso has to pull harder than he does to keep it movingr. berauae (1) the load welshs less when it Is moving (2)there Is no friction after the
load Ih moving (3» the horse becomes HCcuslom»>d to pulling the load (4) the wheels stick to the axles (5) the horse has to overcome the tendency of the wagon to
roinaln at rest...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
The HuylMK, "A man I h his own best servant," means most nearly (1) Service dues not always come at the calling. (2) Necessity is the mother of invention, (3) If
you want h thing d'Jtio, do It yourself. (4) A little help does a great deal, (."i) Where there’s a will, there’s a way.............................................................................
The Htatetnent numbered 8 means most nearly the same as “A man l.i his own liest servant,” so “3” is written on the line at the right.
1
he .‘layinK, "'I’hink of the goinK out before you enter,” means most nearly O) The end is more important than the beginning. (2) Agood beginning
makes a good
•ndirg. (.1) Decide upon a plan i n«l slick to It. (4) Don’t begin a task without considering the outcome. (5) Forethought is half of wisdom.......................................
P R E F E R R E D
HOME
There’s a special sparkle to
life at the St. George where
your reasonable rent includes
absolutely FREE: Use of salt
water pool, gymnasium, steam
rooms,
participation
in
planned social activities. Five
economical restaurants. Alert
service. Unlim ited luxu ry on
a limited budget!
Keiiil earh paragraph and flieii write the answer. From the five siiggreHthvis for an answer, select the one statement whlrh best answers the aiiestlon
and write tiie NT.MllKK of this statement on the line at the fight.
CLUB TOWER ROOMS
From
0. [UeadiiiKl More iiatenls have been Issued for Inventions relating to transportation than for those in any other line of human activity. These inventions have
resulled in a great Unancial saving to the jieopie and have made possible a civilization that could not have existed without them.
The piifiigraph indicates that tran.sportation (1) would be impossible without Inventions (2) Is still to be much improved (3) is more Important than any other
activity (4) /is carried on through tiie I’ateni Office (fl) is an important factor in civilization .......................................................................................................................
The piir.i;^rnph does not state tliat transportation would 1>e impossible without invention, is still to bo muchimproved, is more important than any other
activity, or is carried on through the I’atent Office. It does state that It is an Important factor In civilization.Therefore "6” should bewritten on the line at
the right.
10. [Headlngl One of the prim.ary steps in the development of manag:emei.t in any enterpri.se Is proper organization. After the business has been conceived and the
broad polkle.s which are to be pursued have been established, and before any operating methods may be devised, at least a skeleton organization must be
developed,
AVhat doe.s the quotation .say Is impos.sible In industry, -without a systematic plan of working
(1) Conceiving of business (2) establishment of policies (3)
Invominonl of ciipital (4) establlahriicnL of routine of work (B) selection ot manager .................................................................................... ............................; ...............
0 .5 0
HOTEXi
ST.GE B E
10.
Cily IMainier ($3,ftOO)
File by October 24. Age limit; 53.
Duties
To make studies, analyses, and re­
ports, and prepare plans and recom­
mendations, with assistance of other
employees, relating to tralTie and
transportation; highways; parks;
■chooi and library sites; play­
grounds; drainage, sewage, and
Vvater supply, etc.
Junior Engineer ($2,000)
All b ra n c h e s of e n g in e e rin g e x ­
cept A e ron autica l, N aval A r c h i­
te c tu re an d M arin e E n gineering.
O th e r
e x a m in atio n s
in
these
branche.s a re now open. F ile by
O c to b e r 24. A ge liniit; 35. Sena ra te eligible lists will be e s ta b ­
lished in all recognized b ra n ch e s
of eng in e e rin g .
USED
CAR
B A R G A IN S
6 O u tstan d in g V a lu e s!
KK( ONDITIONKD & «IIAR.VNTKKI>
Il>»8 DOlXiK, 1 - «loor trunk « 4 2 t t
s e d u i i . nullo, slip covers -----I0»« VOlin <10 tudor trunk COCC
seiinn, heater, slip eovers...
1939 rONTIAC fonior tniivk
H6<lua, low lulleugo.................
1838 C’llKVKOI.ET tmlor
sedan; radU» ...........................
ID.ST 1M)NTI,\C, 0-eyl. 4-door
trunk sedan ...........................
ll>3» FOlin 1). I.. 4-dr. sedan I
radio; very low iiilience........
n OTHEKH, $«3ft AM> MOKK
G o o d w i n
P o n t i a c
RHlahllshed
lOlB .\Tr.\NTlC .WE.. BUt)OKl.YN
Open Ki'es. and Sun. HTerlliiB 3-5400
-SALE^
40 Reconditioned Used Cars
fro m
$ 7 5
up.
Many with ItADlOS and HK.\TKKS
,\s low as #10 down;
Mos. to yaj.
Trades .\eci>(>ted as Oowii I’aj inent
AI-SO 11)10 rONTIAC I.Kl'-’l'-OVEK
< AKS AH I.OW AS
DOWN
TRIBORO PONTIAC CORP.
HOT SOI TIIKKN lU.Vl)., IIKONX
OAylon 3-5100
Open Evenings
L in c o ln - Z e p h y r , $ 2 9 5
Thii
wlitts
tras.
gray.
IfiUI, 4'dMr Sodan. «qui|iP«(i witti
aidg tiiiK. hootitr and ot*i«r ex­
It flnitlind in a <m*rt gun mttal
A Rig Vaiua
thii iow price.
Dugal G. Campbell, Inc.
Brooiilyn Aullioriiiid Ford Dealer
Wli.LOUQHBY AND JAY STj.
FLATBU8H KXT. NR. MYRTLE AVI.
OPEN EVe«.
TR. a-3Ai>U
Salary: $2,000. Border Patrol, De­
partm ent of Justice. File by Oc­
tober 21. Ellglbles who are selected
for appointment will be required
to report, at their own expense, to
their first duty station which la
usually the border patrol training
school at El Paso, Tex. The course
of training, which will last for one
month to three months, is an ex­
tremely intensive one, and while in
attendance at the training school
the student will be required to d e ­
vote all of his time to his studies.
Failure to pasa the training coursa
will cause dismissal.
Age limits: 21 to 35. Applicants
must be in sound physical condi­
tion.
Duties
The United States Immigration
Border Patrol is a uniformed police
organization, and its priiTiary func­
tion is to detect and prevent th«
smuggllng^ and the Illegal en try of
aliens into the United States. Th«
work involves patrolln;? along and
In the vicinity of the international
land boundaries by automobile, or
on horseback, or afoot. In search of
aliens who have entered, or who
aro attempting to enter, the United
States unlawfully. Patrol activities
include the stopping for inspection
purposes of various kinds of vehlATTENTION BORDER
PATROL APPLICANTS
The Leader Is now preparing a
Hpecial booklet of study material
for all tliose who plan to take the
Border Patrolman examination.
Only a limited number of these
study booklets w ill ba available.
If you^ want one, send 91 to B ox
ZZ i, Civil Service Leader, 97 Duane
St., N ew York City.
clej In which there Is reason to be­
lieve allciis are being brought Into
the United States; boarding and
searching freight and passenger
trains, regularly at night, and freouontly while the trains are in mo­
tion; watching from concealment
crossing places on tlia International
boundaries suspected of being used
by persona engaged in illegal ac*
tivlties; making extended camping
details in desprt or woods, during
which the oft’icers must rely e n ­
tirely upon their own ability and
resourcefulness for sustenance and
shelter; making patrols of up to 80
miles on snowshoes; observing the
border froiti 85 of 100-foot observatioit towers; and. In general. Investi­
gating violatioits of the immigration
laws. Border patrolmen must make
numerous arrests, sometimes a r ­
rests of dangerous criminals. Shoot­
ing affrays are not infrequent.
Requirements
Applicants must show that, within
three years immediately preceding
the closing date for receipt of ap­
plications, they were for at least
one year actively and regularly en ­
gaged in outdoor activities requir­
ing endurance, agility, vitality,
alertness, and practical judgment.
Acceptable experience Includes ex­
perience such as active members
and directors of athletic organiza­
tions sponsoring a systematic pro­
gram of physical training; park
ranger, forest ranger, city and state
law enforcement lOfflcors and fire­
men ^>elonglng to organizations hav­
ing training programs; members of
the Civilian Conservation Corps,
employed on a full time basis; and
members of mllllat'y or r)aval organlzatlo03 who show that they
hav® actually engaged In a sya-
tematio program of outdoor ac­
tivity. Applicants must have had
at least one y e ar’s experience in
driving a motor vehicle.
Weights
Candidates will be initially rated
on the subject of a general test, on
a scale of 100. The test will consist
of written questions designed to
measure the applicant’s aptitude for
learning and adjusting to the duties
of the service. (A sample test for
Border Patrolm an Is published in
this issue of The Leader on this
page.
Senior Steward
$2,900 to $3,500. File by October
21. Place of employment: U. S.
Military Academy, West Point, New
York. Age limit: 25-55.
Duties
To b« responsible for the direc­
tion of a large force of employees
consisting of cooks, bakers, meat
cutters, mess attendants, and others
engaged in the preparation and
service of dally meals In the cadet
mess, U. S. Military Academy; to be
responsible for tlie requisitioning
of supplies and provisions, prepara­
tion of menus, maintenance of rec­
ords. preparation of correspondence,
etc.
Requirements
Five years of experience, two of
which must have been in the last
flve years, as hotel manager, stew­
ard, or in some other responsible
position involving supervision over
chefs, m eat cutters, bakers, and
others in a club, hotel, resident
school, asylum or hospital, or com­
parable institution in which It was
0
GREATER NEW YORK'S lAROEST HOTEl
BING t BING INC. MANAGEMENT
Safely Instructor, $1,800
LOAN SERVICE
Assistant Safety Instructor,
$1,620
_^File by November 4. Age limit:
35. Bureau of Mines, Department
of Interior. Applicants must not be
over 74 inches in height and must
be well proportioned as to height
and weight. The duties of this po­
sition are arduous and applicants
must be of an active type with good
muscular development. In good
health and In sound physical con­
dition and able to perform stren­
uous work for at least two hours
while wearing m outh-breathing ap­
paratus.
Duties
To instruct and examine, or asslst in the instruction and examination of the following classes: firstaid to the injured, use and care of
oxygen-breathing apparatus, m eth­
ods and procedure of rescue and
recovery work, accident-preventlon.
To assist with rescue and recovery
w ork at mine fires and explosions;
to assist with investigations follow­
ing mine fires and explosions, when
appointees must enter gas-filled
rooms with oxygen headgear, climb
ladder, and perform other duties of
an unusually arduous and strenuous
nature.
Requirements
Completion of 14 units o£ high
school study, or passage of a quali­
fying, non-competitive mental test.
In addition, applicants for the po­
sition of Safety Instructor must
have had two years, and applicants
foi* Assistant Safety Instructor must
have had one year of experience
as a mine operating official or safety
(Continued on Page 15)
L
h e
COMPLETE
ACCURATE
IMPARTIAL
FIRST
6
A lv a n E. K a llm a n , M g r .
CLA RK STREET, B R O O K LYN
C l a i k St. 7th Avo. I.R.T. Sta. in Hotel
4 minutes from W a l l St.
necessary to provide food for at
least 2,000 meals daily.
Weights
No w ritten test will be given. Ap­
plicants will be rated on their ex­
perience and fitness on a scale of
100.
/ o II o w - T
Weekly
S ingle a n d D oub le R o o m s
w ith B a th a t E q u a lly
R e a s o n a b le R e n ta l s
Below are flie answers to these sample question)!. Compare yoiir answers witli these to be sure that you understand how to answer the Questions.
Borilier Patrolman
o f
CIVIL SERVICE
MEN & WOMEN
FO(JD is to HUN(jKK (is SfI.IilOP is to (1) niKht (2) dream (3) wearine.ss (4) health (.'i) rest.............................................................................................
Food relieves hunger and sleep relieves weariness. Therefore “3.” the number before "weariness,” should be written on the line at the right.
SH:W i.'i to .SK.\M US l’r>0\V is to (1) ground (2) crop (3) horse (4) farm (5) furrow.................................................................................................................
T h is W e e k ’s
F e d e ra l Exam s
, l 94o
For the First N ew s—
Of all City, State and Federal
exam inations, read The Leader
Full official requirem ents, filing
dates, and other Important it,,
formation appear
iBrst In The
Leader.
Ill each of (lie following iiuestlons the first two words In rapltal letters g o together in some way. J'lncl how they are related. Then write a NUMJIKR to show »vhl<h of the last live words goes with the third word In Ciipltn l leMers in the same way that the second word In rnpital letters goes with
llie (Irsf.
(C on tinued from Page 13)
employment: Army Transport Ser­
vice*, War Department, Brooklyn.
For duly on transports plying be­
tween Brooklyn, New York, Pana­
ma, Puerto Rico, San Francisco.
California and Hawaii. Age limit:
50.
8
AT
BRONX COUNTY
TRUST COMPANY
• PROMPT
A p p lic a tio n s
are
a cted
upon
w i t h o u t dela y .
• REASONABLE
T h e d i s c o u n t r a t e Is 4 '/ a %
per annu m .
L i f e In s u r a n c e
c o s ts o n l y 50 c e n t s p e r $100.
• CONVENIENT
■ No
c o -m ak e rs
are
req u ire d
f r o m C iv il S e rv ice e m p lo y e e i.
Loans of from $60 to $3500
For Periods of 19 Months or linger
MAIN OFFICE
Third Avenue at 148th Street
Member Federal Deposit Ins. C^rp.
a „ _ _ F e d e r a l Reserve Systein^^^_^
ea d er
W ith A l l th e
C iv il S e rvic e
N e w s --------F e d e ra l,
a n d
S ta te
C ity
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER
91 Duane Street
N ew York C ltf
Gentlemen:
P lease Send Me the CIVIL
every w eek for the Nextj
P Year, I enclose
□ 6 Months, I enclose |1 .
SERVICE LEADER
Name ...................................................................
A oaress
.............................................................
City .....................................................................
10-8
a m
r„ee<*«y» October 8, 1940
SERVICE LEADER
P ag e F if t e b it
Y o u r C h a n c e s f o r A p p o in tm e n t
A n d
B y JAMBS CLANCY MUNROE
FUN
AND
fT U F F
Instead of th« u«ual fa n fa r# of
Iptiblicity, • rm i n e oo«U, *nd c ele ­
brated face* w h ic h n o r m a lly accom jny * p re m ie re , A le x a n d e r K o r d a ’s
Ifhe Thief of B a g d a d ” w ill op en a t
l^Varm Springs, G eorg ia w ith o nly
^.fjppled kid s for a n audience, S abu
■pf “E le p h a n t B oy” fa m e w ill m a k e
personal a p p e a ra n c e . T he p ic tu r e
have its p r e m i e r e u n d e r th e
juppices of th e P r e s i d e n t of th e
[jnited States, long m a y h e re m a in
hihat m an in th e w h ite h o u s e ” (adv)
F.
D. R. J u n i o r w as in So u th
Rend. In d ia n a T h u rs d a y fo r th e p r e tiiere of " K n u te R oc k ne-A ll A m e rilan;” he re a d a special m essage
from his f a th e r to Mrs. R o ckn e a t
banquet held in h e r h o n o r , , .
Jimmy R oosevelt is th e p r o d u c e r of
most p o w e rf u l a n ti-N a zi film y e t
jjiiacie w h ic h is n o w ahow ing on
la W ayne and Carm en M orale*
iBroadway.. .E le a n o r R oosevelt inJpi
Long y < ^ a f«
TtrocUices th e f i l m . . . P o o r W endell,
fte's hopelessly o u tn u m b e re d .
S tra n d . Thia ig one story, of po or
The Lonff Voyage H o m e w ith J o h n y o u n g folk# tr y in g to fU h t t h e i r w a y
hVayne an d C a rm e n M orales follow s to th e top in the big city w h ic h does
[foreign C o r re s p o n d e n t” a t th e R iv- n o t end w ith eork s p o p p in g in a
c l i. , .C harles L a u g h to n an d C arole p en th ouse. S u c h a u th e n tic ity jh o u ld
b,ombard com e to t h e M usic H a ll on p lease th e re a lists am o n g us. j i m m y
h'hursday in “T h ey K n e w W h a t T h ey C agney h a s n e v e r b e e n b e t t e r ha
hvanted.”
the t r u c k d r i v e r w h o fights hig w a y
City for C o nqu e st ( W a rn e r ) a t the to w ith in a n ace of th e big m on ey
and ends u p a b lin d n e w sd e ale r.
A n n S h e rid a n Is th e girl. D espite
its tra g ic e n d in g th e p ic tu re is well
h a n d le d a n d told w i t h o n ly occa­ . A i M ' o i i n t u n l , < i r . 2 ( f o r lii<l<-lliii((<
in p iil)n u i i i l i c r H p p o i n t e d , 125.
sional la c h ry m o sity (te a r s a n d such). Alil** K4><II<
><1S4>iiniiiii (for n|i|)ro|iritit<> hPIN iiiit m c i i l )
n u m b e r fp rtif ic il, Hti.
T im e in th e S un (5th Ave. P l a y ­
.
2
(for
house ). S e rg e i E isenstein, th e g re at A dtdfri oi iHp Ku rOi Ki r r. vi i p liii p p oOi ipi tcini xi lMo ir l, ) — <l, iraf<t
n u iiih fir e r t i l l e d . ,7)(.
R u ssian d irec to r, sh ot 200,000 feet of
.4II(>iilht. O r . 4
o f Iln s p i l H l s , j:!.nnn,
film in M exico an d th e n w a s forced
p r o b n b l y i i f n i i f i n « ‘n l . I. h .« 1 m u i i b i r c e r l l fip.l , i;i.
to r e t u r n to R ussia w ith o u t a c h ie v ­
.Af i H l K t a i i t ( ' h * ‘ i i i i s (
Q u c e i i . x CollPKt*.
ing his a m b itio n of c re a tin g a p ic ­
probnbly
p e r n iiiiu 'til.
l.iiMt
i> u i i i b i- r
c e r t i f i p d , ■Jli.
to ria l h isto ry of Mexico. M a rie Seton,
Ad!<tN(iin( K i i i ^ l i i e c r , f J r . 4
Iii'p t. at l'\ib lic
an E nglish w r ite r , has e d ited it and
WorlvN,
Jii.lL'O,
jinilinbly
p rrm niiciit.
th e r e s u lt is a fr a g m e n t of g re a t
l.i iK t n u m b e r c-erlilii>U, 7.
a rtistry . T he t r ic k a n g le sho ts an d ANN lHtiin( K f i K i i i c o r , <i r . I — C i l y w i t i p
m otioM ).
F o r n p p ro p rliite H p p o in tin en t.
scenic com position a r e m a rv e lo u s a l ­
T. i i s t n u m b e r c e r t i l l e i l . 51,’.
th o u g h th e film lacks any cohesion, . ' V s s ih lii ii l ( i i i r d e i i o r ( f o r p o r i i i i i n f i i t i i | ) p o in tn ic n t) — l.a st
n u m b e r ji p p d i i i l e i l ,
E isen stein p r o b a b ly ' h a v in g been
forced to q u it b e fo re th e scenes of A s H o t ' i a t e , A H N l ^ l i i n t C i i r p o r n t i o n C o u n s e l ,
Or. 4
( A p p . f o r ( i r . :<)
Ijn v
liepi-.
th e I n d ia n re v o lt h a d b e en com ­
$1!,400. t e m p o r a r y .
I.a st iiim ib er c c rtlpleted.
S tro n g ly r e c o m m e n d e d to
Il o d , 1’:!.
tho se w h o like b e a u tifu l p h o to g ­ ANN iN tai if S u p e r v i s o r . O r . 2 — T i p p t . t)f W e l ­
f a r e . $1,800, t e m p o r a r y .
I.aPt n u m b e r
ra p h y . If y o u ’r e a ho rse o p e ra fan
c e r t i f i e d , 633.
this is n o t fo r you.
.\ t te i ii l a i i t - . V t < - H ( i e ii K P r , < i r , I — ( A p p r o p r i a t e
f u r .S peeinl P r o c e s s .S e rv e r). L a w D e lit.
I W a n t A Divorce (I*dram ount).
$l..Sri p e r H u m m o n s ' . p r o b . T b l y p e r m a ­
nent.
N o t t o e x c e e d |1,7:*9 i n a n y o n e
We d o n ’t like D ick P o w e ll o r Jo a n
year.
Blondell, b u t th e film is fa ir and A t i t o T r u c k D r i v e r — A p p r o p r i a t e f o r
t h e r e ’s a f u n n y g u y n a m e d F r a n k
I.ab o ro r ( F ir e m a n )
D e p t, o f W clf.-iie,
I I ,2 0 0 , p ro b a b ly p e r m a n e n t.
I.n.'<t n u m ­
F a y y o u ’ll like.
b e r c e r t i l i o d , 2fi.B 46.
M ozart. A t th e L ittle C arnegie. B a c t e r l o I o K ' l e a l I j i l i . .VH si Ki aii t — D e p t , o f
(C orrection, $ I , 2 0 0 , jiro b a b iy p i r n i a n e n t .
T his co stu m e piec e is, alas, even
L.TFt n i i m b e r c e r t i f i e d , 1 2 .
d u lle r t h a n thing s of th is k in d B o o k k e e p e r , O r . 1— I . a s t n u m b e r c e r t i f i e d ,
1.
usu a lly are. T he d ialogu e is stilted, C e67
m en t M n « o n --L n st n u m b e r ap pointed,
th e acting stiff, e v en th e b e au tifu l
.S.
C l e r U , G r . %— ( 1 ) A p p r o p r i a t e f o r O r . 1,
m usic is b a d ly reco rd e d .
U .
Is
Y o u r
E x a m
H e r e
?
s .
T e sts
official su ch as slilft boss, m ine
fo re m a n , section fo re m a n , fire boss,
o r safety inspector.
W eights
A p p lican ts will be r a te d on th e ir
ex p e rie n c e an d g e n e ra l fitness on a
scale of 100.
\kno7Dn.
R a tin g of P a r t II is n o w in p ro gress.
J r . E n g in e e r (Civil) (H ousing ConAccompanist: P a r t A of th e w ritte n
[test has b e en c o m pletely ra te d . T he struoU on), G ra d e S: T h e o ra l i n te r ­
vie w fo r those c a n d id a te s success­
(rBting of P a r t B h a s b e en begun.
fu l in th e w r i t te n test has b e e n c o m ­
Architectural A ssistant, G ra d e
U1 parts of th is e x a m in a tio n h a v e pleted.
been com pleted.
M ana«:em ent A ssistant (Housings)
Adm inistrative
A ssistant
(Wel- G ra d e i: R a tin g of w r i t te n te s t has
|fare)i R ating of P a r t IB is n e a r com- b een com pleted.
T h e o ral i n te r ­
Ipletion.
view w ill be co n d u cte d as soon as
Automobile E n « in e m an : R a tin g of pra ctica ble .
Ithe w ritten te s t is com plete. M edical
M a n a g e m e n t A ssistan t (Housing)
lexamlnations h a v e begun. P h y s ic a l G ra de 4t R a tin g of P a r t 1 is In p r o g ­
Itests will p r o b a b ly begin in N ovem - ress.
|ber.
M a rin e Sto k e r (F ire D ept.)t T he
Assistant Engrlneer, G ra d e 4: T he list w ill be p u b lis h ed soon.
Iqi&I in te rv iew w ill be definitely h e ld
OCTice A ppliance O p e ra to r: T he
|this month.
p ra ctica l tests w ill be continued.
Baker: A r e p o r t on th e final k e y is
P l a y g r o u n d D ire cto r (M ale): Q ua li­
Ibeing p re p a re d fo r th e a p p ro v a l of fying p ra c tic a l tests a r e b e in g given
|tiie Commission.
as needs re q u ire .
Clerk, G ra d e X (Board of H ig h e r
P la y g ro u n d
D ire cto r
(F e m ale ):
lEducation): T he ra tin g of th e w rit- R a tin g of the w ritte n te s t Is n e a rly
|tfn tost h a s beg un.
complete.
('ook: A r e p o r t on th e final ke y Is
R e se a rc h A ssistant (City P l a n ­
|being p re p a re d .
n in g): T he r a tin g of th e w r i t te n test
Court S te n o g ra p h e r: T he ra tin g of has b een com pleted. R a tin g of e x ­
|the w ritten test has begun.
p e rie n c e has begun.
I^^DKineering A ssistant (Electrical)
S a n ita tio n M an, Class At C o o rd i­
jGrade 2: T he r a tin g of th e e x p eri- n a tio n tests w ill c onclude th is m onth.
|«nte is in progress.
Stenog:rapher (L aw ) G ra d e 2: R a t ­
Klevator Mechaxiic's H elper: All ing o f the w r itte n test is now in
Iparls of th is e x am in atio n h a v e b e en progress.
jcompleted. T he list w ill p ro b a b ly
S tr u c tu re M a in ta ln er: R a tin g of th e
|appear w ith in tw o o r th r e e weeks.
w ritte n te s t has begun.
Jf. A d m in istra tiv e A ssistant (WelT y p e w ritin g Copyist, G ra d e 1:
jfare): Sam e as A d m in is tra tiv e A s­ R atin g of th e w r i t te n e x a m in a tio n is
sistant (W elfare).
still In progress.
Jr. E n g in e e r S a n ita ry G ra d e 3:
M a in ta in e r ’s H elper, G ro u p A: O b ­
Pating of P a r t I h a s b e e n com pleted. jections to th e te n ta tiv e ke y a re b e ­
ing considered.
M a in ta in e r’s H elper, G ro u p B: R e ­
RADIO CITY
p o rt on the final ke y h a s b e en su b ­
m itte d fo r a p p r o v a l to th e C o m ­
setli StrMt a «th Avanu*
mission.
M a in ia ln e r’s H elper, G ro u p Ct O b ­
S t n i 't s T h i i r s d t i y , O c t o b e r 10
“THKY K N EW W HAT
jections to th e te n ta tiv e ke y a re
THEY W A NTED"
be in g considered.
C h ar le i L A U G H T O N
Carol L O M B A R D
U i r e i ' t e d b y G iichoii K a n i n
M a in ta in e r ’s H elper, G ro u p D: R e ­
A n R K O R a.(llo P i c t u r e
p o rt on final ke y h a s b e en su b m itte d
ON G R E A T S T A G E ; B ri l l i a n t spectacle,
melody a n d dan ce In Le o n id e ff' t t p a r k for a p p r o v a l of th e Com mission.
IlnB new revu e.
Sy mp ho ny Or che st ra .
COxMPETITIVE
t:
M U S IC H A L L
Ill M«iz, Stall Rasarvcd •
Orel* 6-4A00
PROM OTION
A ssistan t Engrineer, G ra d e i
Junior P harm acist
S a la ry : $2,000. File b y N o v em b er
4. Age lim it: 35.
D uties
To act as p lfarm ac ist in ch arge
of th e p h a r m a c e u tic a l w o rk in a
h ospital or d isp e n sary or to assist
th e p h a r m a c is t in ch arg e of th is
w o rk ; to c o m p o u n d docto rs' p r e ­
scriptions or o th e r m edicines; to
m a n u f a c tu r e U.S.P. a n d N.F. p r e p ­
aratio n s; to m a in ta in stock s an d
supplies; to keep reco rd s Incident
th ereto ; to p r e p a r e r e p o rts , etc.
R e q u ire m e n ts
C om pletion of a f o u r - y e a r course
leading to a b a c h e lo r ’s d eg re e in a
college of p h a r m a c y o r m edical
sjchool w ith m a jo r s tu d y in p h a r ­
m acy.
L icenses; A p p lican ts w h o a re li­
censed p h a rm a c ists In one of th e
states of t h e U n ited S ta te s m u st
give th e ir re g is tr a tio n n u m b e r a n d
th e d ate th a t th e y w e re e x a m in e d
b efo re t h e S ta te B o a rd of P h a r ­
m acy. A license m a y be r e q u ire d
fo r c e rta in positions w h ic h m a y be
nlled as a r e su lt of th is exam .
W eight*
G e n e ra l test, 30; professio nal q u e s­
tions, 70.
Vets Allege
Discrim ination
Calling for th e p u b lic a tio n of F e d ­
e ra l Civil S e rvice lists a n d th e e lim ­
in atio n of p olitical a p pointm ents,
t h e V e te ra n s Civil S e rv ice L eagu e
last w e e k took t h e ir case to P r e s i­
d e n t Roosevelt. T h e L eague, In a
c o m m u n ica tio n to th e P re sid e n t,
c h arg e d d isc rim in atio n a g ainst v e t ­
erans, especially in e m e rg e n c y b u ­
reaus.
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w ith
m alntcniim c.
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I i c r m a n c n t . I . a s t n u m l i c r . e r l i f i e d . 1480’.
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.\u ih o rily ,
$l.L’<iO,
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I.ast
n u m tie r
certified,
(4)
A pp. for
H o spital
H i ’I p c r , D i ' i ) l . o f H o s p i t i i l s , J I , s o w i t h
m a i n t e n a n c e ; *:iOO p a r t l i m e , p r o b a b l y
Iicfiiian en t.
I . n s t n u m b e r r c i t i f i e d , I 8 ;i 5 .
ti'i)
.\p p .
for
F irem .iii
lO il
Itu rn tr)
N V f c l i o u s i n K A u t h o r i t y . * 1 . 2 0 0 . j u -o f. iiM y p c r m .T n e n t . I . a s t n u m b e r c c r t i n c d ,
isi;,";.
ru h llc
H ealth
N urse,
(ir.
I
T l o a l t h , $ 1 ,.S0 0 . t e m p o r Iiy.
b e r c e r t i f i e d , .1 0 (1,
I.a.'
D ept,
l{e>I<lent
riiy slciiiii
- A |ip r
I M i y s i c t a n . (!i-. 1 , D e p t , o f
$ 1 , 5 0 0 , j i r o b a b l y p e r m . i n(>nt.
b i T c e r t i f i e d . 3 :i.
p ria te
for
I 'o r r c c t ion,
I.a."it n u m -
S o <- ia I
InvcN tiK alor
(fennih-)
D ejd.
of
lI o H p i t a l . H , $ 1 , 5 0 0 , p r o b a b l y p e r m a n e n t .
I . a s t n u m b e r c e r t i f i e < i , (IGfl.
S f e n o f y p i H t , ( ; r . .S
(A jip . fo r O r. 2), Hd.
o f . ' S t a n d a r d s a n d A p p e a l s . $l,;i( lli . p r o b ­
ably p e rm a n e n t.
I.a st n u m b e r certifleil,
24 .
. S t e n o K r a p l i e r a m i T y p e w r i t e r , < i r . “J - d )
Ud. o f E d .,
$JJiO0,
tem porary.
I.n st
num ber
ap p o in ted ,
955.
(2)
Hd
of
T r a n s . , $1,200, t e m p o r a r y ,
I.ast n u m ­
b e r c e r t i f i e d , 1 5 0 4 . (. !) D e p t , o f H e a l t h ,
$ 1, 2 0 0 , t e m p o r a r y ,
i.a st n u m b e r ce rti­
f i e d , 1 50 4 .
T.> p e n r i f i n j f C o p y N t , G r , 2 ( \ p p , f o r G r .
J) — (1) D o p t. o f r^ uiihnst*.
tem por.iry.
(2)
D e p t,
of
Purchase.
$960.
t e m p o r R r y . I . a s t n u m b e r c e rtifie d , 2414.
W a fe lin u tn -.X tf e n d a n f , Or. I
T riboroU K h
nrld R e
A uth o rity ,
$ 1, 2 0 0 ,
p robably
pernm nent.
L a s t n u m b e r c e r t i f i e d , 501,
New Jersey Exaiiiti
t
M otion P ic tu r e O p e ra to r: R ating
of th e w r itte n test h a s b e e n c o m ­
pleted. T h e o ra l-p ra c tic a l w ill b e g in
on or a b o u t O c to b er 19th.
Oil B u r n e r In sta lle r: T he w r itte n
test w ill be co n d u cte d O c to b er 19th.
B uy T h e L E A D E R e v e ry T uesday
of
num-
F ollow ing a r e e x am s open to N ew
J e r s e y residents. Full re q u ir e m e n ts
an d filing details a p p e a re d in the
O c to b er 1 issue of T he L ea d er. Dates
p re c e d e th e e x am titles. A pplicants
m u st file a t least five days before
th a t time.
O c to b er 17 (p ro m o tio n ): Senior
C le rk (Dept, of P u b lic A tlairs, N e w ­
a r k ) , L ib r a r y A ssistant ( th re e grades
m F r e e P u b lic L ib ra ry . N e w a rk ),
H e a rin g S te n o g ra p h e r (Dept, of A l.
coholic B e v e ra g e C o n tro l), Division
F ir e W a rd e n (Dept, of C onse rv a tio n
its.
D e v e lo p m e n t), Senior C lerk C r a n « K n « l...................................................
n c e r ( K l e e . ) — D e p t , o f .‘^ a n l laa n
-d
t i o n , $ 1 0 . 4 0 p e r d a y , p r o b a b i v p e r m a - \ i^ten ograph er
(Dept, of In stitu tio n s
n e n t . I j « s t n u m b e r c e r t i f i e d , 16.
an d A gencies), C lerk (Dept, of M otor
K levntor
O p erato r— Bd.
E d u catio n ,
V
ehicles),
S
e
n
io
r C lerk (U n e m p lo y ­
$ 1, 2 0 0 , p r o b a b l y p e r m a n e n t , I.aH t n u m ­
m e n t C om p en satio n Com inission),
b e r c e r t i f i e d , 267.
L ie u te n a n t (F ire Dept., Irv in g to n ),
F ann
I n n tr u r f o r - D ep t,
of
C orrection,
$1,200 , pro b ab ly p e rm a n e n t.
I.ast n u m ­
S e r g e a n t (Police Dept., M ilb u rn ),
b er certified, 1 1 .
C le a n e r an d H e lp e r (Dept, of P u b lic
F irem an ,
F.
I>.— ( F o r
appro p riate
apW orks, N e w a rk ).
IJO lntm ent).
Lnst
num ber
certified,
O c tober
21; P.sychiatric Clinic
4451,
Social W o r k e r (open to U. S. c iti­
.T u n ifo r. C u o t o d i u n , G r . 8 — ( 1 ) B d . o f E d .,
$4,452, p r o b a b l y p e r m a n e n t . I . a s t n u m ­
zens), H ead Cook (Passaic (bounty
b e r c e r t i f i e d , 14 . ( 2 ) B d . o f E i l . . $ 1 , 9 6 8 ,
r e sid en ts), C o u r t I n t e r p r e te r w ith
p ro b ab ly
perm anent.
I.asl
num ber
k n o w le d g e of Italian (Passaic C oun ty
c e r t i f i e d , 32.
r e sid en ts), S e rg e a n t-a t-A rn is ( P a te r ­
J a n i t o r filn K in ec r— ( 1 ) B d . o f E d . , $4,488,
son re sid e n ts).
p robably
perm anent.
I.n st
num ber
c e r t i f i e d , 8 8 . ( 2 ) B d . o f W e a l t h , $5,196,
O c to b er 24: Fish H a tc h e ry H e lp er
p robably
p erm an en t,
I.,ast
num ber
(N ew J e rs e y resid en ts). Assistant
certified, 1 0 .
T . a b o r H t o r y H e l t f v r — ( 1 ) A p p r o p r i a t e f o r S u p e rv isin g N u rses (Je rse y Citv re si­
d e n ts), F ir e m a n an d H e lp e r (M iddleIjH undry W o r k e r,
D ep t, of H o sp itals,
$780, p r o b a b l y p e r m a n e n t .
L ast num ­
six C o u n ty re sid en ts). C lcrk-B o okb e r c e r t i f i e d , 402. ( 2 ) A p p . f o r H o s p i t a l
k
e ^ e r (M iddlesex C o unty resid en ts),
H e lp e r , D e p t, o f H o u p lta ls , $480 w itli
O c to b e r 28: Id entification C lerk
m a i n t e n a n c e , |S 6 0 p a r t tim e , p r o b a b ly
ancl J a j l G y a r d (M onm o uth C ounty
perm anent.
L a s t n u m b e r c e r t i f i e d , »29.
( ! ) A p p . f o r H o s p i t a l H e l p e r , D e p t , o f re sid e n ts), X - R a y T echnician (M orris
H ospitals,
1720,
pro b ab ly
perm anent.
C o u n ty r e sid en ts).
n u m b e r c e r t i f i e d , S9 2. ( 4 ) A p p . f o r
O c to b er 31: N ig h t A tte n d a n t of
H o s p i t a l H e l p e r ( f e m a l e ) , $720, w i t h
Fiflh H a tc h e r y (N ew J e rs e y resim ain ten an ce, tem p o rary .
Last num ber
d e n ts), A ssistant C le rk of Second
c e r t i f i e d , 40a.
M'«*dlool S o c i a l W o r k e r , C H y n i d e
(pro­
D istrict C o u r t (N e w a rk re sid en ts),
m o t i o n ) — l . . a 8 t B U t n b e r o e r t l f l e d , «.
X -R a y T ec h n ician (N ew J e r s e y re si­
M a c h l n i t t t ^ — D e p t , o f P u b l i c W o r k s , 17 p w
dents), P s y c h ia tric Social W o rk er
day. p robably p erm a n e n t. L a st n u m b e r
(E ssex C o u n ty re sid e n ts), P a tr o lm a n
c e r t i f i e d , 16.
(Millbiu-n re sid en ts), S e n io r A.ssistP lia rm H clst— (fo r
appropriate
am solntm en t).
I ^ n u t n u m b e r a p p o i n t e d , 2 b.
a n t In B ra n c h L i b r a ^ (East O ra n g e
Policewomait —- (App.
for
A ttendant- r e s i d e n t s ), A ssistan t D ire c to r of P e r ­
Female, Gr. 1), 11,400, probably p erm a­
son nel (N e w J e rs e y re sid e n ts), Col­
nent. Last nnmber certified, l i J .
lec to r of D e lin q u e n t A c coun ts (N utP o r te r — (1)
D «pt.
9I
H ospitals,
$780,
probably
p erm an en t.
L ast
num ber
ley re sid e n ts).
W ide): T he o ra l In te rv ie w w ill be
he ld th e l a tte r p a r t of th is m onth.
C lerk G ra d e S: R a tin g of P a r t IB is
in progress.
C lerk G ra d e 4: Sam e as above.
L ie u te n a n t (F ire D ept.): R a tin g of
P a r t 2 is 75% c om pleted.
S te n o g r a p h e r - T y p e w r lte r, G ra d e
(City W ide): R a tin g of th e d icta tio n
te s t has b e en com pleted.
Supe rvisor, G ra d e 3 (Social S e r­
vice) (City W id e ): T his e x am in atio n
if b e in g h e ld In a b ey a n ce p e nd in g
(City th e o utcom e of litigation.
LICENSE TESTS
JO H N
C e r t if ic a t io n s
J840, t e m p o r a r y .
( 2 ) A | t p r o p r i a le f o r
I . . l b r a r y H e l p e r , B r o o k l y n ( ’o l l e K e , $ 5 0
p e r m o n th , pvobH bly p e r in a n e i\t.
I.a.st
n u m b e r c e r t i f i e d . ^.ISO. ( 3 ) A p p r o p r i a t e
f o r G r . ], f e m a l e . D e p t , o f H o.opltal.s,
J840. t e m p o r a r y . I . a s t n u m b e r ce rtifie d ,
11820.
( 4 ) A p p r o p r i a t e f o r f i r . 1, D e p t ,
of
H osi)il«l«, $600 w i t h
m ain ten an ce,
j i r o h a b l y p e r m a n e n t . T.a.st n u m b e r c e r t i ­
fied, 4714.
( R ) A p p i o p r i a l o f o r t i r . 1,
B o a r d oC T r a n s . , $ 8 4 0 . j i r o b a b l y p e r m a ­
nent.
I . a s t n u m b e r c e r l i d e d . 4,215.
(fi)
T rib o ro u g h
H rid c e
A uthority,
$900,
p robably
perm anent.
I.n.st
num ber
certified, 1 2 1 1 .
C o u r t . ^ t t o n < l r t n t —I . a a t n \ i m b e r c e r t i f i e d ,
(C ontinued fro m P a g e 14)
Below is the latest news from the Municipal Civil Service Comb i s s i o n o n the status of exams which attracH d 300 or more oandiIdafes. T h e L e a d e r loill publish changes as soon as they are made
L a te n t
F ollow in g is a ta b u la tio n of c crtiflcations m ad e by the M unicipal Civil
S erv ice Com m ission d u rin g the past week. All lists w h ic h w ere ccrtifled t«
city d e p a r tm e n ts a p p e a r a lp h a b e tic ally .
R e a d e rs should re m e m b e r th a t certification does n o t n ecessarily m r a n
ap p o in tm e n t. Usually m ore nam es a re certified th a n th e re a re vacancies.
Also, it is not n ecessary for th e d e p a r t m e n t m a k in g the a p p o in tm e n t to'
notify all the person s certified to it by the Com m ission.
A nyon e w ho has a question conccrninp: the certification of his list should
call o r w rite th e In fo rm atio n B u re au , M unicipal Civil .Service Com mission,
299 B roa d w a y, New York CMty, C O r tla n d t 7-8880.
50‘
.tre n c h
your
requTre.'
upon
or“^«cripUon.
,el>
a V IL
P ag e S i x t e e n
C om m ission to d e cla r* t h i Oflic*
A ppliance L is t a p p r o p rla t* fo r T e le ­
p h o n e O p e r a to r (fe m a le). Thi« la one
of the m a tte r s w h ic h w ill b e dUcussed a t th e m eeting. .
BULLETIN BOARD
All Civil Service org anizations are^invited to fo rw a rd notices
of meetings a n d events f o r appearance in th e B u lle tin Board.
Please have your notice in by F rid a y of the week preceding date
of the event. T he re is no charge fo r this service.
S a n ita tio n G ro u p A d o p ts
O p tic a l P la n
A n o th e r Civil S ervice organizatio n
subscribed this w e e k to th e M utual
O ptical Plan, a p ro g ra m for lowcost opticalization. T he late st grou p
is th e Association of C om petitive
E m ployees, D e p a rtm e n t of S a n ita ­
tion. M em b ers can secu re d etails of
t h e ir priv ileges u n d e r the p lan fro m
M arie M cShane, Room 707, 125
W o rth S treet.
service in 1896 as an inspecto r in th e
M a n h a tta n Office an d w as t r a n s ­
fe r re d to Q ueens in 1912 an d se rv e d
until his r e tir e m e n t in A u g u st of this
The n e x t m ee ting of the W atc h ­
year.
m en A tte n d a n ts Eligibles, G ra d e 1,
T ickets for th e testim onia l d in n e r
A ssociation will be held F rid a y , Oc­
can be secured from J a m e s P.
to b e r 18, a t 8 p.m., a t G e rm a n ia Hall,
F in n e r tp at S tillw ell '4 -7150.
16th St. an d T h ird Ave.
W alchiiiaii-Allendants
Meet Friday
Don^an Guild to H old
Coiiiiiiiiiiion Mass
The Dongan G u ild of N e w Y o rk
S tate E m ployees h as a n n o u n ce d a
C o rp o ra te C om m union Mass and
B re a k fa st of S ta te e m plo yees on the
F e a st of C h rist th e King, Sunday,
O ctob er 27. T he Mass w ill be held
at S ain t P a t r ic k ’s C ath e d ra l, 5th
Ave. at 50th St. B re a k fa st will be
at th e C om m odo re Hotel, L ex in g to n
Ave., and 42nd St.
Asst. Engineers In
First Fall Confab
Postal Em ployees Meet
Truck Driver Eligibles
Hold Regular Meeting
T he J o in t C onference of A f ­
filiated P ostal E m ployees of G r e a te r
New Y ork w ill m eet at 8 p.m.,
W ednesday, O ctober 9, in th e o f­
fices of the N ew Y ork L e tte r C a r ­
rie rs Association, Hotel Capitol, 51st
St. an d E ighth Ave., it w as an n o u n c e d
by D avid P o pper, secretary .
W illiam F. McHale, c h airm an , will
preside.
T he A uto T ru c k D riv e rs Eligilales
A ssociation will h old a re g u la r
w e e k ly m ee tin g on Frid a y , O ctober
11 a t 8 p.m.- T h e m ee tin g will be
held a t 10 S e v e n th Ave. South, M a n ­
h a tta n . All eligibles h a v e b e e n r e ­
q u e sted to a tte n d.
Laborers’ Union
Plans Meeting
Tuesday, O ctober 8, 1940
SERVICE LEADER
Park Forem an and
Correction Lists
T he P a r k F o re m an , G ra d e 2 p r o ­
T he neitt re g u la r m ee tin g of the
M unicipal L a b o re rs ’ U nion (affiliated m otion list, w ith 298 nam es, w a s e s­
T he first m ee tin g of th e Fall sea­ w ith the F e d e ra tio n of M unicipal tab lish e d last w e e k by th e M unicipal
son has been called by P re s id e n t Spi- E m ployees) w ill be h e ld on Frid a y , Civil S ervice Com mission. H eading
va k of th e Association of A ssistant O ctober 11 a t th e City C o u rt House. th e list was E ugene C. Alt, 286
W yona S treet, Brooklyn. T h e C o m ­
E ngineers, G ra d e 4, of the N e w Y ork
m ission also e stablish e d a 20-nam e
City M unicipal Civil Service. T he
list for P ro m o tio n to C aptain, D e ­
m ee tin g will be h e ld a t the B rook lyn Appliance Operators
p a r tm e n t of C orrection.
E n g in e e rs’ Club, 117 R em sen street,
B ro oklyn on W ednesday, O cto ber 9, To Meet October 15
T he n e x t m ee tin g of th e Office
a t 6:30 p.m.
A n y th in g T o u W a n t to K n o w
A p pliance O p e ra to r Eligibles Associ­
a b o u t Civil Servlee
ation will be h e ld o n ’Tuesday, O cto­
a n d Civil Service e x a m i
Mt. Carmel Church
b e r 15 a t 6:13 a t 3 B e ek m a n St., (Jth
v isit th e
floor. T h e Association re c e n tly r e ­
L E A D E R B O O K ST O R E
Plans Annual Hike
quested the M u nicip al Civil S ervice 91 D u a n e S treet, N e w Y o rk Clijr
T h e c h ild re n of M a ry Sodality o£
F.D.e.
L a u d
a n d
W illk ie
M e r it
S y s te m
T h 9 P resident of the United
States a n d th e Republican
nom inee, W endel W illkie, last
week issued statem en ts to th e
C ivil Service Assembly m eeting
in Cleveland. B o t h m e n i n d i ­
cated t h e i r h ig h intere st in th e
m e r i t system.
Said th e P resid en t: ‘‘I t is be­
coming inc reasingly clear t h a t
th e m a jo r objectives w h ic h we
have set f o r ourselves can best
be realized i f gov ernme nts are
a d m inis tered w it h th e aid of
personnel pro grams t h a t are
squarely based on t h e m e rit
principle.**
M r . Roosevelt^ ind ica te d his
inte re st in th e Ramsp eck bill,
w hich last week came out of
Congress f o r the Pre siden t’s
signature (see story on page
5).
H e pointed out t h a t he
h ad issued executive orders en ­
larg ing th e o rb it of positions
u nder m e r i t w here ver possible,
and he showed his appre cia­
tion of th e task of th e federal
Civil Service Commission in
filling a vast n u m b e r of de­
fense jobs on short order.
W illk ie A sks G oo d M a n a g e ­
m ent
Said the Republican c a n d i­
date f o r th e presidency: " I t is
im p era tive toda y t h a t th e tests
of good m a n a g e m e n t shall be
measured
jus t
as
strictly
against t h e executives of gov­
e r n m e n t as against th e execu­
tives of business a n d industry.
Thus th e n a tio n w ill surm ount
O u r L ad y of Mt. C a rm e l C hurch,
187th St. a n d B e lm o n t Ave., B ronx,
h a v e c o m p le te d p lan s fo r th e ir a n ­
nual hike to S ta te P a r k on O ctober
13.
M em bers a tte n d in g 7 a.m. Mass
will m ee t in fro n t of th e C h u rc h a t
8 a.m.
T he m ain a ttra c tio n w ill be In­
stru c tio n s in cooking fo r the p a r ty
by th e m o d era to r, Rev. F a t h e r
V lta n /a .
C o m m ittees include In c oro n ata M attia, p ro g r a m direc tor,
a n d M ary Boge, pu blicity.
t h e crisis w h ic h i t faces . . .
No f a c t o r is more im p o r t a n t in
t h e ac hievem ent of this objec­
t ive t h a n th e extension of the
m e r i t system to cover t h e ad ­
m in is tra tiv e service of every
level of govern ment."
M r . W illkie called f o r the
widest o pp o rtu n ity f o r p a r t i c i ­
p ati on of a ll interested citizens
in the co mpetition f o r public
positions.
12,000 Federal Employees
May Be Drafted
A p p ro x im a te ly 240,000 F e d e r a l em­
ployees th r o u g h o u t th e c o u n try will
re g is te r O c to b er 16 u n d e r th e Selec­
tive Se rv ice Act, a n d 12,000 a r e e x ­
pected to be called f o r se rv ice the
first y ear.
B ecause of th e m a n y gov e rnm e n t
positions e ssential to n a tio n a l d e ­
fense, it is e x p ec ted th a t a sm aller
p e rc e n ta g e of Civil S e rv ice em ploy­
ees will b e ta k e n th a n in p rivate
business.
W elfare Clerks
Want Better Jobs
Clerk, G ra d e 2, p ro m o tio n eligi­
bles in th e W elfare D e p a r t m e n t la.st
w e e k took to th e c o u rts to secure
appo in tm ents. T h e y filed su it in the
S u p re m e C o u rt asking t h a t C om m is­
sioner W illiam
H odson p rom ote
th e m fro m G ra d e 1 to G ra d e 2 as of
last J u n e 14.
fjc tth
r T H B e a s ie s t
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m
e
k
t
s
k
v
e
w
Attendant Messenjj^ers
To Hear Report
T he A tte n d a n t M essenger Eligibles
Association w ill hold ft g e n era l
m e e t a t 3 B e ek m a n St. on F r i ­
day, Oct. 18, a t 8:30 p.m. Eligibles
w h o h a v e re ce iv e d te m p o ra r y a p ­
p o in tm e n t in the B o a rd of T r a n s p o r ­
tatio n h a v e b e en u rg e d to a tte n d the
session.
A
rep ort
fro m
thes«
eligibles has b een re q u e s te d by
I r v in g A dler, s e c r e ta r y of the asso­
ciation.
Q ueens Group Honors
Long-Service Em ployee
T he Q ueens W a te r R egister Asso­
c iation will t e n d e r a testim o nia l d in ­
n e r to A lb e r t C. T hom pson, 499 M e r ­
ric k Road. L y n b ro o k , L. I., on
W ednesd ay evening, O c tob er J3, a t
S te in w ay Lodge, 18-34 S te in w ay St.,
A storia. T hom pson w ill be hon ored
fo r his 44 y e a rs of service w ith N ew
Y o rk City as a w a t e r inspector.
D e p u ty W a te r C om m issio ner W il­
liam H. C o rre a le w ill be m a s te r of
cerem onies. T. J. D unston, c h a ir ­
m an of th e e n te r t a i n m e n t c o m m it­
tee, p rom ises an e n te r ta in in g p r o ­
gram . A n d re w G. F ish e r and M ichael
J. H anley will be In c h arge of the
re ce p tio n com m ittee.
A lb e rt T h om p son e n te r e d th e city
T h e P a t r o l m a n 's
B e n e v o le n t
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a d o p t e d tlie
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