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Revelation of Downgradings in N.Y. State
Service Poses Serious Questions of Policy;
Courts V/ill Determine If Action M/as Proper
By M A X W E L L
A t a recent meeting of the Central Conference, C S E A . Left to right, seated: Robert M.
Patchen, Rome State School, toastmaser at the dinner; Mrs. Irma M. German, president.
Fort Stanwyx chapter, C S E A ; John F. Power, C S E A president. Standing: Charlotte M. Clapper, secretary, C S E A ;
Vernon A. Tapper, C S E A 4th vice president;^ Charles D.
Methe, president, Central Conference; and Dr. James P. Kelleher, senior director, Rome
State School.
CSEA President Reports
On Year's Achievements
Followins is the aniiual report
of Julia F. Powers, president of
the Civil Service Employees Association. to the 44th annual meeting of delPKates, in Albany.
T h e year just ended has been
marked by continued and successful ett'orts by the Association to
direct public attention to the civil
service employee on all levels of
government and to win for him
the respect and reward due to
those who serve well their government. T o o long the government
worker has been maligned and denied his rightful place by those
Who through mlsinfoi'mation or
wilful ignorance label him as i-eiiponsible for every political and
economic ill that besets them. T o o
long the government worker has
waited upon others to make clear
the facts of government employment, T o o long he has witnessed
without vigorous protest the neglect of the merit system upon
which our democratic government
depends for the maintenance and
efliclency of the many and varied
services that the people expect of
their government.
I'lihlio Relations
T o d a y in the areas where intelligence
and
industry
prevail
tliroughout the world the full and
quick communication of mutually
helpful knowledge is the miracle
that sparks progress. In our particular area of action, within State
and local government units and
within the units of our own organization, we are seeking to develop the means and the highways
that will enable us to tell all of
the people all of the truths about
the art of government.
T h e knowledge of the day to
day services of government touching upon the lives of citizens in
tlieir homes, schools, courts, la-
boratories, and in each ^nd every
busine.ss and social interest of
each community, and the intimate
part which the civil servant has
in interpreting and applying these
services, must be infused into the
current of information common
to our times—the press, tlie public
forum, the television, the radio,
the exhibit—so that the story of
government f.nd of the civil servant is among the clearest concepts of each citizen in each community.
W o have sought to develop this
work throughout the year through
our program in the person of
each of our staff in their daily
contacts with officials of government and with the public, and
especially ihrough our public relations director. W e have a long
way to go in developing this vital
arm of the A-ssociation.
Legislation
W e must never lose sight of the
fact that the work contract of
the civil .servant is only as sound
and as fruitful as the provisions
of the statute that contains it.
True It is that now and then the
citizen and the statesman pause
to consider the plight of the public worker, but rarely is it a pause
that satisfies in essentials. T h e
respect which is constant, springs
principally from the Constitutional mandate that appointments
and promotions in the civil service nuist follow a pattern insuring merit and fitness in the
individual worker. T h e principles
responsible for the degree of success we have attained in recruitment tests, fair promotions, freedom from unjust dismissals, classification of position.s, salaries, retirement, leaves and every other
substantial employment practice,
are written into the laws of the
State or rules which have the
effect of law. T h e civil servant
who must qualify in definitely desirable ways for public service is
entitled to the protection of sound
employment practices.
Such protection is not as complete as we want it to be. W e
have made proposals to the Legislature and will continue these
proposals to insure managementemployee relations that reflect humane
considerations
consonant
with the dignity of the work and
the worker. As reported to you
from time to time, we have cooperated with the State Commission studying revision of the Civil
Service Law by making many concrete suggestions based upon the
experience of countless workers.
W e have a grave duty during the
coming session of the Legislature
and thereafter to scrutinize all
the proposals affecting govern
ment employment on State and
local levels to protect and advance
the welfare of the civil servant as
vital to desirable functioning of
government.
W e do not have satisfactory
law in the matter of settlement
of grievances relating to public
employment. W e must seek resolution of the underlying problem of
establishing sound relationship between management and employees, and insist that rules and
regulations having to do with
employment are worked out in
joint constructive councils from
day to day.
The report of the legislative
committee that is before you tells
of activity on many measures propo.sed during the past year.
Salary frobkem
T h e efforts of the Association
during the war and post-war
(Continued on Page Ifi, Col. 1)
LEHMAN
A volcanic issue is grinding and
rumbling within the crater of the
new State classification and pay
plan. An eruption is imminent, as
affected employees burn with resentment over treatment that is
being described in adjectives varying frdm " u n f a i r " to "outrageous."
T h e issue emerges over jobs that
were "earmarked" for downgrading in previous studies by the
State Division of Classification
and Compensation. In some reported cases, payroll had been
made out for upward allocation
of the "earmarked" positions, and
the result of the reversal has thus
become harder for the employees
to bear. In one case, an employee
had actually received his check,
containing a sum for the increase,
had cashed their check, and then
been compelled to return the increase to the State. In the Public
Works Department, seven persons
received checks on October 1 containing increa.ses, then had those
increases deducted from the next
pay check.
T h e total of persons affected by
downward reclas.sification of "earmarked" positions is approximately 300. One ol the departments
which appears especially hard hit
is Agriculture and Markets.
A Sample Case
T h e case of Senior Boys Supervisors at the New York State
Training School for Boys demonstrates graphically what happens.
The background is this;
During the war years, when it
was difficult to get staff, a number
of positions were classified Senior Boys Supervisors. Over the
years, attempts were made to
downgrade these titles. Finally an
agreement was reached to have
the positions remain in the higher
classification; they were to be lost
to the school only as the incumbents left State service, retired,
or died. T h e vacant positions
would then be filled on the Boy
Supervisor level.
T h e men holding the titles of
Senior Boys Supervisor therefore
did nothing, feeling they were secure in their titles and all their
job-protections so long as they remained in State service.
Nine of the Senior Boys Supervisor posts v/ere, however, "earmarked" for downgrading by the
State Division of Classification
and Compensation in a study some
two years ago. And when the J954
reclassification was in progress.
State authorities felt it was time
to "clear up" the situation and
classify downward.
Up, Then Down
Now the curious thing is this:
When the new grades appeared,
the title of Senior Boys Supervisor
was upgraded, from G - 8 ($3,092$3,892)
to
10
($3,360-$4,280).
Naturally, the men were elated,
for this would mean an increase
of $338.08 at maximum. In addition, the position of Senior Boys
Supervisor carries a 20 per cent
overtime
pay provision
which
would bring the actual annual
increase to $465.70.
I n mid-August, the institution
received a payroll prepared by
central office of the Social Welfare
Department,
indicating
salary
figures due to all employees for
the period April 1, 1954 to September 30, 1954, ba.sed on the
new classifications. Individual employees were informed what tliey
could expect. In the case of the
Senior Boys Supervisors, the amount for six months was $213,
with various deductions.
T h e Morale Factor
T h e men had every reason to
anticipate their increase on October 1.
Then came the shock.
On September 29, nine of the
Senior
Boys
Supervisors
were
called to the office of Superintendent -Mfred Cohen and told that
Albany had instructed the insti-
tution to withhold Issuance of
their
checks.
Superintendent
Cohen has told T h e L E A D E R ;
The L E A D E R :
" T h i s was a tough blow to thesa
nine men who have been in service for 8 to 14 years. T h e y are
our most experienced people who
plan to make State service a cctreer. I certainly don't think i f s
fair or just. I t not only has a f fected their morale but has had
its affect on the morale of all of
our staff."
In attempting to learn why nine
of the men lost their Increaseg
while five received them, the e m ployees could only discover that
five of the men v/ere in a supervisory capacity when the job
survey was made in the institution
two years ago. Of interest, too. is
the fact that seniority was not
taken into account, nor was v e t eran status.
This is an example of jobs " e a r marked" for downgrading.
Although the employees were lulled
with the belief that they would
personally not be affected by any
such action—only their successors
would be—they are faced with the
concrete fact that the downgrading has hit not only the jobs, but
them personally.
Tpst Case
T h e courts will now be asked
to decide whether such a downgrading is permissible. T h e Civil
Service Employees Association Is
planning to institute a test case,
taking for the plaintiffs employees
of several departments who have
been affected.
I n this test case, the courts will
iTile on three items.
1. T h e validity of downward reclassifications retroactive to April
2. T h e validity of downgrading
"earmarked" jobs when the incumbents
were
Informed
it
wouldn't happen.
3. T h e discriminatory policy of
downgrading where it appeared
the State would not be hampered
by the seniority rules.
HeadsofCSEA
Committees
Announced
A L B A N Y , Nov. 1—Chairmen f o r
1954-55 standing committees of
the Civil Service Employees Association were announced by Joha
P. Powers, president.
T h e roster follows:
Auditing—George Syrett, W o r k men's Compensation, Albany
Education—Raymond G. Castle,
Commerce, Syracuse
Grievance—Emil M. R. Bollman,
Rockland State Hospital, Orangeburg
Membership (State>—Al Greenberg, State Insurance Fund, N Y C
Membership
(County)—Norma
Scott, Onondaga County, Syracuse
Pension and Insurance—Charles
Dubuar, Insurance Department.
Albany
Public Relations—Foster Potter,
Agriculture and Markets, Albany
Resolutlon.s—James V. K a v a n augh, L. I. Inter-County State
Park Commission, Babylon
Social—Virginia Leatham, Civil
Service, Albany
Salary—Davis L. ShuUes, I n surance Dept., Albany
Legislative—Jessie B. M c F a r land. Social Welfare. Albany
Revision of Constitution and
By-laws—Albert C. Klllian, V e t eran Affairs. Buffalo.
For an analysis of civil service
problems in (he forefront of the
news, read II. J. Bernard's weekly
column, "Looking Inside^*
CSEA Names SCENARIO WRITERS,
Directors
CAMERA MEN AND
Committee
CASTING AIDES NEEDED
Looking Inside
By H. J. BERNARD
CSEA Resolutions Point Way
To More Modern Pension System
I G H E R retirement allowances should be the determined goal of
H
every public employee. T h e whole trend Is toward higher pensions. Present levels prove generally Insufficient.
T h e pension benefits of Social Security go up, on the basis of
contributions up to a higher salary level starting on January 1. I t will
take a year and a half for the rise to be e f f e c t i v e ; instead of present
$1,182 maximum f o r an individual. It will be $1,302, an increase of
a little more than 10 percent. Social Security pensions are small,
public employee pensions medium. Both should come closer to satisfying modest needs.
I t Is unrealistic to consider only the maximum, especially in
regard to public employee pensioners. T h e average retirement allowance for an average length of service affords a much more appropriate basis of comparison and the figure is too low. T h e n there are the
pittance pensions, which have prompted public employee retirement
systems to grant supplementary pensions, though the added amounts
have also fallen below need.
T h e Civil Service Employees Association, at its recent annual
meeting in Albany, took a f o r w a r d step in passing a resolution in
f a v o r of optional State retirement at age 50 after 25 years' service,
at a minimum of one-half the average of the best consecutive five
years of pay.
Optional retirement at age 50 would be nothing new in public
employee systems. Veterans may retire at age 50 in N Y C . T h e Association's plan would not i-educe the compulsory retirement age below
the present 70, so an employee could remain 20 years beyond the
optional retirement date. T h e plan would provide a liberalized basis
f o r pensions, and aid one who has personal reasons f o r retirement
at age 50.
Stale Petisitni Study Favored
'
Ordinarily employees would continue in their job f o r m a n y more
years. T h e y should be able to look f o r w a r d to retirement on an allowance that will support them. I n making contributions to their annuity
account they sacrifice many a present e n j o y m e n t f o r their families
and themselves, f o r the sake of future protection. T h a t future should
be made as bright as economic factors render possible. Better and
broader protection will accomplish It. B o t h the larger pension and
the addition of survivor benefits could be best accomplished by adding
(Continued on P a g e 6)
Public Pension
Checks
No Bar to Benefits
From Social Security
Although
6,000 recipients
of
Social Security pensions who are
employees of the State or one of
its localities will lose those benefits beginning January 1, because
they earn more than $1,200 a year,
pensioners already retired under
a public employee system, and
prospective such pensioners, liave
nothing to worry about. T h e y will
be able to retire on a Social Security pension, if entitled to it,
no matter how much their retirement allowance is under the public employee pension system. T h e
same holds true of pensioners of
any other system. Pension receipts
do not count against the $1,200.
Thus pensioners would be able to
collect both pensions and, in addition, if they wanted to work in
another job. could earn up to
$1,200 a year more.
years or over and fully insured.
T h e Social Security benefits are
100 per cent free of U. S. and State
income taxes. Also, increased tax
concessions on public employee
pensions take effect, retroactive to
January 1 last. T h e benefits are of
two kinds, not easy to distinguish,
hence regulations of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, expected to be
issued next month, are eagerly
awaited. Under one section of the
new law annuities benefit, under
another retirement receipts and
are freed of considerable tax, but
in either instance the limit is
$1,200. Probably the regulations
will state thac any one qualified
should try the one method, and
then the other, and select the one
that imposes the lower tax.
Significant Change
T h e change in the law that
takes e f f e c t January 1 eliminates
Uie allowable maximum of $75 a
month earnmgs in employment
covered by Social Security, and
substitutes the rule that $1,200 a
year shall be the limit. T h e Social
Security
pension
is
suspended
then, whether the income was derived f r o m employment covered or
not covered by Social Security.
T h a t makes the big difference.
Now employees in
non-covered
jobs, like those in government, can
earn without limit, and still be
ciigible f o r Social Security, the
privilege that ends January 1.
KcKulalions Awaited
T o be able tv- receive a Social
Security pension one must be 05
State Armory
Aides Discuss
Pay Plan
A L B A N Y , Nov. 1—Delegates of
seven chapters representing A r mory employees at the C S E A annual meeting met in the library
of the D e W i t t Clinton Hotel on
October 13, in the semi-annual
meeting of the A r m o r y Employees
Conference of the State of N e w
York.
Milton
E. Klein,
Conference
president, called the meeting to
order. Officers and delegates attending were: V. Bentley^ Western
New Y o r k ; R. Vaughn. H. W i t n e y
and J. Brown, Capital District; F.
Farmer, Syracuse and vicinity;
M. Murtha, Genesee Valley; J.
McCullough, Hudson Valley; P.
Christman, Midstate; G. Fisher,
P. W a l l a c e and J. DeLisi, M e t r o politan Area.
Mrs. Helen Dalton and H o w a r d
VanVoorhees
of
the
Adjutant
General's Office answered questions concerning the new pay setup f o r A r m o r y employees.
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Dr. W i l l i a m A. Horwitz of the
State Psychiatric Institute will
speak on " A n Evaluation of Drug
T h e r a p y in Psychiatry," at the
second meeting of Brooklyn State
Hospital's Psychiatric Forum. T h e
meeting will take place Thursday,
November 4 at 8:30 P.M., in the
auditorium at Brooklyn State, 681
Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn.
Admission is free. All interested
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vehicle inspection, at an annual
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R. Macduff of the Bureau of M o t o r
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M r . Christie, f o r 15 years a
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takes over his new duties i m m e d i ately as administrator of the department which will handle the
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October 28. T h e Directors C o m mittee acts in the event of emergency f o r the entire Board, or if
necessary when the entire Board
is not in ses.slon.
T w o county and six State representatives were named. T h e y are:
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uXtmmnt
Education Report Contains
Ideas for Development of
Public Employee Projects
4. Leader.ship. A p r i l 15, 1954.
round table
discussion,
chapter
public afT.iirs committee.
A f t e r each discussion, written
comments f r o m the audience were
valuable clues to the e f f e c t on the
group. Results were highly f a v o r able. Syracuse chapter has requested a second series f o r 1955,
indicating
that, other
chapters
might be able to add interest and
T h e f o u r - f o l d function of tlie purpose to their meetings with a
group consists o f :
planned-ln-advance, factual
yet
1. Study and review of all edu- interesting project of a similar
cational
activities, private
and type.
public, of interest to members of
Group Discussion P r o j e c t s
the Association;
In considering this project, the
2. P r o m o t e participation in edu- committee discus.sed at length the
cational courses at all levels;
possibilities for developing group
3. M a i n t a i n contact with I n - discussions f o r Association, c h a p Service T r a i n i n g Bureau of State ter and other meetings. T h e chief
Civil
Service
Department
a n d ) obstacle is that full schedules do
recommend as to needs and uses not allow sufficient time f o r t h o r of this agency;
ough discussion periods. I t was
4. Develop plans for educational planned to try a discu.ssion session
activities to be carried on directly at the Central Conference meetby the Association and report on ing in Syracuse on February 6,
recommendations.
1954. T h e program was set up,
W h e n the education committee procedural data distributed and
was first oreanized about
five discussion topics selected. Again,
years ago, Its chief project was to however, the time element did not
give active support to the I n - S e r - allow sufficient time as a schedule
v i c e T r a i n i n g P r o g r a m of the D e - had to be met. Each
chapter
p a r t m e n t of Civil Service. W h e n it president, nevertheless, was given
became apparent that this pro- full instructions on holding an
g r a m was becoming universally I d e a - E x c h a n g e W o r k s h o p in his
accepted throughout State service, own
chapter. Suggested
topics
t h e commlttce continued its sup- were on chapter and Conference
port, and also started to examine problems, such as good public reother facets of educational activ- lations f o r the chapter;
better
ity. During this entire period the committee operation; reaching the
committee functioned largely In a non-member;
interesting
prof a c t - f i n d i n g capacity. During the grams at chapter meetings; betpast two years the group began ter chapter-Conference communit o give consideration to matters cation. etc.
requiring
more positive
action.
Chapter Officer T r a i n i n g
The
1953 education
committee
T h e education committee d e plan'ned much of its activity on
this line of thinking as Is evident cided that future programs of a
f r o m its report
to the annual discussion or round-table nature
must be held at a time that would
n e e t i n g in October, 1953.
T h e 1954 committee immediate- not conflict with the usual full
ly turned its attention to two schedule of a Conference meeting.
recommendations in that annual Details were arranged with offireport. T h e first was a pilot-edu- cers of the Central N e w Y o r k Concation project with Syracu.se chap- ference f o r a morning session with
chapter presidents at the fall
ter.
meeting of the Central C o n f e r Educational Pilot P r o j e c t
ence in R o m e on September 25.
Se.ssions were scheduled to cover, 1954. E v e r y chapter in the Conamong other things, history and ference area was represented as
background of the Association; the special session started at 10
techniques of organization; legis- A.M. Purpose of the meeting was
lative rights and privileges; and to provide a forum for chapter
community
consciousne.ss
and presidents
to
con.sider
mutual
leadership. I t was hoped to estab- problems, exchange ideas on suclish a pattern that could be wide- cessful chapter operation and unly used across the State to com- cover basic elements of strength
bine basic employee interest and and weakness of chapter operaeducation, and leadership training. tion in relation to members, the
T h e sessions were held as follows: Conference and the State Asso1. History and background of ciation.
the A.ssociatlon. January 18. 1954.
T h e ensuing program was lively,
W i l l i a m McDonough.
i n f o r m a t i v e and stimulating. I n
2. Techniques of organization. brief, those present were so enFebruary 15, 1954, Emil Bie, Supt.. thusiastic that
a similar
type
C.N.Y. District. State Department meeting with a planned agenda
of Labor.
and selected discu.ssion topics is
3. T h e employees responsibility being considered for the winter
In community aftairs. M a r c h 15
(Continued on P a g e 14)
1954. Philip K e r k e r .
A L B A N Y , Nov. 1 — R a y m o n d
G . Castle, chairman of the education committee, Civil
Service
Employees Association, and committee members submitted the f o l lowing; report on educational activities of interest to State and
local employees. T h e report was
m a d e at the 44th annual C S C A
meeting.
Public Works Aides Ask
Increase in Subsistence,
Uniform $1.50 Hourly Rate
A L B A N Y , Nov. 1 — A t the meet
Ing of the Public W o r k s D e p a r t ment delegates presided over by
Charles J. Hall, Public
Works
Representative,
two
re.solutions
t.cre
passed which would a f f e c t
thousands of employees.
Resolution Number 1:
"Because of the high cost of
meals
and
lodgings,
especially
when on construction in vacation
regions, the engineers employed
on these projects many times long
distances f r o m their homes, find
it a hardship to live on the present meager amount of $3.75 per
d a y subsistence. T h e y request the
Civil Service Employees Association to use every e f f o r t to obtain
a daily rate of $8 per day in
order to relieve this hardship i m posed on them. Also $6 per day
f o r maintenance men who have
to stay away f r o m home overnight."
Resolution No. 2:
" T h e per diem employees of the
Department of Public Works request the Civil Service Employees
A.ssociation to use every e f f o r t to
obtain a decent living wage. T h e
present rates d i f f e r in the various
counties and range f r o m $1.23 per
hour to $1.49 per hour. T h e various employees wish to have a uri.f o r m rate for all employees of
$l.5P per hovir. T h j s rsite would
als^o apply tp tlje; .St, La,wi^ncq
Powei- A^tUovity eiiu)Joyees.''
T h e Public W o r k s group met
during the annual meeting of the
As.sociation on October 13.
Ronan, G r a d y Speak
Joseph R o n a n , Executive A.ssistant to Superintendent B. D. T a l lamy of the Department of Public
Works, and Joseph G r a d y , Assistant to M r . R o n a n , represented
the Department at the Delegates'
meeting. M r . R o n a n agreed that
these requests were f a i r and just
and that the department would
back the Association in any e f f o r t
to obtain these benefits to the e m ployees, T h e department has been
working on these problems f o r
some time.
T h e varying rates of pay for per
diem employees can be traced
back to the horse and buggy days
when it was harder to recruit
labor in a county having an industrial center, and in the county
bordering It the employees received a lower rate, it was pointed
out.
W i f l i the present facilities of
traveling, this idea has been out
moded since private Industry em
ploys labor traveling daily f r o m
distances as f a r as 60 to 75 miles
f r o m their homes.
A
u n i f o r m rate
would
also
create better feeling among the
employees which in turn would
s!k)w up in moi-e satisfactory
work,, ,the department, oflicei;^, were
VVfl'/nSd,......
. .:
Virginia Leatham, chairman of the Civil
smiles as she contemplates the successful
C S E A headquarters staff, carried through
meeting. With her are Horry Fox,
Service Employees Association social commttee,
ma nner in which she, her committee aides, and
the manifold social details of the recent annual
treasurer, and John Powers, president.
Revisions in Civil Service
Legislative
Leaders Mull Law Urged to Uphold Merit
Raise Denial System, Worker Privileges
G E N E S E O , Nov. 1—State Senator Ausin Erwin has told T h e
L E A D E R there will definitely be
a meeting of legislative leaders
on the Issue of salary increases
f o r Employees of the Judiciary
and Legislative brajiches. The.se
employees were denied wage adjustments when employees of the
executive branch received their
new pay schedules.
Mr.
Erwin
said
that
four
leaders—he.
Senator
Mahoney,
Assembly Speaker Oswald Heck,
and A.ssemblyman W i l l i a m H. M c K e n z i e would meet in A l b a n y on
November 10—and that the matter
of pay adjustments f o r e m p l o y ees of
the two
governmental
branches is on the agenda. W h i l e
not committing him.self on the
ultimate action, he said: " W e ' l l
consider everything, and we'll be
fair."
Legislative and Judiciary e m ployees feel particularly "put o u t "
because the Legislature had voted
the sum of $150,000 to make the
adjustments and, at best, individual pay increases would be
small.
W i l l i a m Sullivan, repre.senting
the Judiciary employees on the
Board of the Civil Service E m Dloyees
A.ssociation,
has
been
fighting hard to o V i - n an equitable readjustment of pay in this
situation.
Mileage
Allowance
Rise Seen
A L B A N Y , Nov. 1 — T h e threeman special committee on subsistence and mileage rates. Civil Ser
vice Employees Association, has
reported the possibility " i n the
not-too-didtant f u t u r e " of an in
crea.se in expense and car mileage
money f o r employees on official
business f o r the State.
Recent
increases in
ga.soline
prices, and insurance find repair
costs, will be the basis of negotiation with the State Comptroller,
the committee said.
Its report, made to the recent
C S E A annual meeting, cited success in securing f r e e toll for e m ployees using the State T h r u w a y
on official business.
R o y H. M a c K a y heads the committee, which includes R o b e r t J.
Merklinger and Morris O. O.sborne.
CSEA Committee
Members Elected
ALBANY,
Nov.
1—The
new
Board of Directors of the Civil
Service
Employees
Association,
meeting at Its first session on
Thursday, October 28, named the
following committees:
CHARTER COMMITTEE
Eve
Armstrong, Joseph
McKenzie, Chester Nodine ,Charles
Hall, Solomon Bendet, and Peter
Hilton.
BLDGET COMMITTEE
Don Bdick, Ben Roberts, W i l liam P. Kuehn, Francis C. Maher,
Charles Methe.
COMMITTEE
ON
REASONA B L E C O S T OF INSllKANC'ii
George Syrctt, Will|nm Siegol,
J^ijsie B. MfFar|a'nd, Jqseph P.
Redllng, Solomon B6ndet.
the eligible list as a whole is a p propriate. W e feel that this is
not competitive, can result in
abuses, and greatly increase the
number of specialized titles with
resulting inefficiency and loss of
econonry.
5. W e recommend that the Civil "
Service L a w be amended, in accordance with the provisions of
the State rales, that a certification shall not be made f r o m any
eligible list to fill a position at a
salary in excess of that specified in
the announcement of the e x a m i nation, except where the salary
of the position involved has been
increased as a result of a general
Increase in rates of compensation
for positions in the jurisdiction
involved.
Uphold 'One in T h r e e '
6. W e recommend that the Civil
Service L a w be amended, in conf o r m i t y with the State rule, that
appointing ofhcers m a y select any
one of the three highest eligibles
willing to accept
appointment,
and urge that the Civil Service
Law expressly prohibit a practice,
authorized under some Civil S e r vice Commission rules, that an
eligible who has been passed over
f o r appointment in a single a g e n cy or department three times need
not have his name certified to
such department or agency thereafter. T h e latter provision is subject to con:iiderable abuse, and
has been eliminated f r o m the
State rules and rules of most local
Civil Service Commissions
presumably f o r that reason.
7. W e recommend that the Civil
Service L a w be amended, in conf o r m i t y with State rules, to provide that an eligible may decline
permanent appointments f o r r e a son of salary, location, or t e m poraiy inability, and that those
Oppose Jurisdiction Change
whose names are stricken f r o m
1. W e support the provisions of the list for declining appointment
the bill which provide that an f o r some other reason be given
employee whose exempt or non- a reasonable opportunity for recompetitive class position is re- storation to the list on request.
classified to the competitive class,
3 M o n t h Probation
or whose competitive class posi8. W e recommend that the Ci'vll
tion is reclassified to the exempt Service L a w be amended to specifor non-competitive class, retains ically provide that there shall be
the rights he had when originally a probationary
term of
three
appointed to the position. A c c o r d - months f o r appointees in the e x ingly, a competitive class employee empt, non-competitive and labor
cannot lose his competitive class classes. A t present the law prostatus by reclassification, nor can vides for Civil Service Commisan exempt
or
non-competitive sion:, to set probationary terms in
class employee acquire competi- these classes by rule. As a result.
tive class status by reclassification. Civil Service Commissions genW e feel that this is in the Interest erally have not fixed any probaof the merit system.
tionary terms f o r these classes.
2. W e are opposed to the pro- Our recommendation would make
visions of the bill that provide for the probationary terms m a n d a the transfer of Civil Service ad- tory.
ministration over school districts
9. W e
are opposed to
any
(other than city school districts) amendment to the Civil Service
f r o m State Civil Service Commis- L a w which would provide that a
sion jurisdiction to local Civil probationary appointee shall not
Service administration. A t pres- acquire permanent status unless
ent, the State Civil Service C o m - a written certificate of the a p mission has jurisdiction over who pointing officer attesting to the
conducts
examinations
at
one satisfactory completion of his protime f o r similar jobs in all non- bationary term is filed. W e feel
city school districts with the re- that the dropping of a probasulting economy and quality.
tioner rather than his retention
3. W e recommend that the Civil should be an affirmative act, and
Service L a w be amended to pro- that failure to drop a probationer
vide that the minimum term of is a sufficient indication that he
an eligible list shall be two years has satisfactorily completed hla
in locality, rather than the year probationary term,
provision now in force.
10. W e recommend that the
Civil Service L a w be amended to
Abolisii Selective Ccrtilicatioa
require the restoration to the
4. W e are opposed to selective eligible list of an Individual who.se
certification under which indi- services are terminated at the end
viduals on an eligible list having of hi.s probationary period where
particularly desirable backgrounds it is found that his services were
would be cevtiflud f o r a different not termiijated for Incompetency
'posjt|on than tlie one f o r which
(Continued on Page 1<I),
A L B A N Y , Nov. 1 — Following
i.s the report of the C S E A special
committee on revision of the Civil
Service Law, presented to the 44th
annual meeting of the Civil Service Employees Association. Stepiien C. Davis is chairman of the
committee, which consists of W i l liam E. Tinney, A l f o n s o Bivona Jr.,
A l f r e d A. Castellano, W i l l i a m Connally, W i l l i a m B. Gundlach. M a r y
O'Connor. Norma Scott and H a r ry Spadok.
Since the annual report rendered by this committee last year,
many meetings of the committee
have been held to discu.ss legislation to be proposed to the Preller
Commission ( t h e State legislative
T e m p o r a r y Commission on R e v i s ions of the Civil Service L a w ) . T h e
C S E A has been represented at all
open meetings of the Preller C o m mission to present the views of the
Association with respect to proposals of the Commission and proposals of the Association.
The
Preller
Commission
has
been furnished with the position
of the Association in response to
its questionnaires Nos. 7 through
13 during the past year. I t is -expected that the final questionnaire having to do with classification and personnel
relations
will be f o r w a r d e d to the Preller
Commission as soon as the substance of the committee r e c o m mendations has been approved by
the board of directors.
M a n y , many recommendations
have been approved by the board
of directors.and made to the P r e l ler Commission, most of which are
too deeply detailed to here report
in full. A m o n g the more i m p o r t ant recommendations made by the
Association to the Preller Commission are the following:
U.S. Merit System Jobs
Are Made Political
W A S H I N G T O N , Nov. 1 — The
•White House has issued instructions to Federal departments and
agencies to clear through the Republican. National Committee candidates for exempt and competitive jobs
The plan, approved by President
Eisenhower and his Cabinet, is an
elaborate one, worked out on the
scientific basis of methods and
procedure-s common in big bu.siness, with eight forms and a
chart, the forms including weekly
and monthly progress reports to
be made by departments to the
political committee on how many
politically-backed candidates were
appointed, and to what jobs and
at what pay.
System of Recommendation
T h e Republican National Committee has three forms, PM-2, for
Republican Senator or Senators
I r o m the State in which the job
is located; PM-4, for Republican
Congressman in whose district
the Job is located, and PM-5, for
a Republican official of the State
in which the job is located, if
there is no Republican Congressman in the district in which the
job exists. If a Republican Senator makes no recommendation, a
Republican Congressman gets the
opportunity, but otherwi.se the
Congressman is not asked for
recommendations T h e State official is not con.sulted unless the
others pass up the opportunity.
T h e enclosing four-page letter
to Republican legislators and officials, outlining the A - B - C of operation, was written by Charles P.
Willis Jr., assistant to Sherman
Adams, who in turn is Assistant
to the President I t went out on
.White House stationery.
What Willis Wrote
" A s a means of broadening the
personal procurement base," wrote
Mr. Willis, "with respect to handling Federal job opportunities, in
the future the Republican N a tional Committee
will distribute
personnel
recruitment
forms."
Thus has the committee taken
over functions now performed by
the U. S. Civil Service Commission.
The organization chart of the
job drive shows the White House
at the top, as exercising authority
over the agency on the lower lefthand, the political committee on
right, as if to emphasize which of
the two occupies the
preferred
position, though the letter states
the agency does not have to abide
by a political recommendation but
has the exclusive authority to select the appointee
DiiTerence in Filling Jobs
While the competitive jobs are
Included, in the Federal service
the lower ones are filled through
competitive examination, a legal
reciuirement, but promotions to
higher competitive jobs are made
by the agencies themselves.
ered as a channel for
getting
them. He added that sponsors of
applicants would be jointly responsible for any difficulties into
which resultant appointees or promotees get.
Asked if only through the R e publican
National
Committee
could the Government expect to
get the best qualified candidates,
he answered with an emphatic negative, adding
that others no
doubt would make recommendations, too.
Watson Opposes Plan
James R. Watson, executive director, National
Civil
Sei-vice
League, called the new arrangement a political move made f o r
the express purpose of stirring
party workers out of their lethargy just before election, with the
implied promise of jobs in abundance. Actually, said Mr. Watson,
there are not many jobs to be
filled politically, and he felt that
in due course Mr. Young's sounder
approach to civil service recruitment would prevail over the politicians who had sold the President a bill of goods.
"Senators
and
Congressmen
tried to get their choices appointed to four vacant Civil Service
Regional Director jobs but the
jobs were filled by the Commission
itself, and with highly capable
men from competitive service,"
said Mr. Watson, " H a d political
appointments been made, and the
political clearance plan inaugurated, the merit system would have
had to fight for its life T h e present move was unwise but I feel it
will have no lasting effect."
Adams Missed a Trick
Bad as the situation was seen
to be by all familiar with civil
service. It appeared even wor.se to
the public at large, for with competitive jobs included for political
clearance, it looked as if all competitive jobs were meant.
Mr.
Adams, who carried the ball,
though his aide .signed the letter,
mis.sed a point in not emphasizing
the di.stinction. T h e -statement that
•jobs would be filled according to
law was not clear to those who
do not know what the law is, and
who do not realize that political
leeway in competitive jobs is possibly lawful only as to promotion
ones, which carry higher pay.
T h e letter did point out that
Schedules A and C jobs, and competitive jobs at GS-14 ($9,600) or
higher would be affected, but did
not specifically state lower competitive jobs would not be.
While politics could be used, in
filling the promotion competitive
jobs from among competitive employees of lower rank, it is rvot
certain that the operation could
be i)erformed with complete legal
safety. T h e U. S Civil Service
Commission does not like the idea,
and at least originally considered
it illegal, but the President is f o l lowing other counsel on this.
Early this year the White House
tried to impose political clearance
for all appointments to GS-14 and
higher jobs, and was warned by
the Commission such action would
violate civil service and other
laws. T h e President actually issued a directive, on the advice'of the
same sources wlio influence him
now, but withdrew the directive.
However, the present situation is
somewhat different, in that appointments for entering the Federal service, to competitive jobs,
appear to be excluded from the
political job roundup program.
What Employee Leaders Say
Luther C. Steward, president of
the independent National Federation of Federal Employees, said:
" T h e National Federation of
Federal
Employees
view
with
grave concern repeated and unmistakable evidences of efforts to
undermine the merit system in
HOW IT WORKS...
Political Job
Eisenhower's
Filling Alarms
Barring of
Politics Recalled CSEA Board
W A S H I N G T O N , Nov. 1—President Eisenhower's new political
clearance order for filling jobs,
including higher-paying political
ones, is being compared with his
statement of September 23 last.
T h e statement:
" I t is the policy of the administration that the career service
will be protected and strengthened against political pressures.
Any action on the part of any
person which is contrary to this
policy is a potential embarrassment to the President and opens
him personally to the criticism
that he is playing politics with the
civil service."
the Federal service.
" W h i l e it is true that spoils
practices have not gained ascendancy on a wholesale scale, there
is constant sniping against the
career service and the odor of
political manipi -tion grows increasingly strong.
" T h e latest reports of the setting up of an elaborate system of
political clearance should not be
surprising, for th^ N F F B has repeatedly called attention to the
existence of this situation and to
the dangers it holds f o r the cause
of good government and sound
public administration.
All the W a y Down
"Political
clearance
requirements are not limited to top policy-making
positions
but
are
known to have extended down to
the position of laborer. Unfortunately, spoils-minded persons and
groups, both within and without
the Federal service, in various
cases have been aided by .some
supine individuals engaged in government personnel work.
"Pious expies.sions of .stalwart,
unwavering .support for the merit
sy.stem constantly emanate from
official sources while at the same
time actions .show that ground is
Real estate
buys. See P. 11.
ALBANY,
Nov.
1—John
P.
Powtrs, president of the Civil
Service
Employees
Association,
this week stated that any Federal
action which retards the merit
system at the Federal level of government retards it at other levels
as well. T h e CSEA, representing
more than 60,000 State and local
emplo.vces, is therefore deeply disturbed by the revelation that the
Republican National Committee
is to serve as an agent for the
funnelinp of civil service job applies tions.
" W e can only view this as evidence that the merit .system is in
danger." Mr. Powers said. " W e
appeal to President Eisenhower
to act personally in removing any
impetus to the filling of competitive civil service jobs in any m a n ner other than by merit and fitness, as lietermined by objective,
non-politfcal standards. Otherwi.se
we deeply fear the po^.sible' r e emergenre. in virulent form, of a
spoils sj-sfpin not only in Federal,
but in Stnte and local governments
wen."
Exerufive Board Concerned
A meefin?? of the CSEA execuboard in Alabny last Thur.sday
revealed that members of the or?anizat)on look upon the i.ssue as
one of tl-i" utmost gravity. T h e
Board authorized President P o w ers to t.-ike whatever action he
f'cemed nprpssary in lisht of the
fact?.
being yielded to spoil.'^men
" T h e pi:b!ic has a deep and direct inieiest in maintenance of
the Federal career system, built
up painvtakingly under all administraiions, without regard to
political party, over the past 79
years.
" A n y return to spoils practices,
however plausible the gui.se, is
contrary to the public interest and
a blow to the cause of good government."
T h e low-paying po.sltions filled
(Continued on Page 12)
Laws Will Be Obeyed
T h e White House notification to
Senators and Congressmen stated
that all positions would be filled
" i n accordance
with
applicable
laws and regulations
governing
the appointment o£ applicants recruited directly by the agency."
However, the leeway allowed in
promotions, and promotion transfers, enables one to advance
through political influence in competitive service positions, which
leaders of employee groups denounced as a blow to the merit
system.
T h e new tack by President
Kisenhower is at variance with
policies the U S. Civil Service
Commission had been pursuing
under Chairman
Philip
Young,
and was found difficult by employee leaders to reconcile with
the President's own recent assurance no politics would be tolerated in filling jobs that are under
civil service. Schedule A and C
Jobs are exempt, and overseas
Jobs also outside of civil service.
What Eisenhower Said
President Eisenhower stated at
his news conference, when rerorters questioned him on whether
jiolitics was going to undermine
the merit system, that his standJr.s orders against political f a . voritism in civil service recruiting
Btill stood. He added that officials
had been told that party affiliation would nuike no difference,
and afford no preference, in lining such jobs. He called the new
system an effort to get the best
kind of people to apply for govu n m e n t Jobs
and to free the
W W t o House f r o m being consid-
C h a r t of how the new politics-in-civll-serv!ee plan works in
the Federal government. All exempt jobs, and even the higher-paying competitive jobs, are affected. The chart, prepared
by the White House, shows hovf t | t National Republican Coir.<
mittee becomes the job opportunity repository, and how the
U. S. Civil Service Commission is left out of the picture en>
tirely. The political committee takes over where the Com*
f i s s i o n is forced to leove ofF^ «
Major Staie-County Issue
Seen If State Appeals
Nassau Cop Test Decision
M I N E O L A , Nov. 1—Seven N a s sau County patrolmen are awaiting the next step in a situation
that has made tliem the pawns
in a jurisdictional battle between
the State and the County civil
service commissions.
T h e men took a civil scrvice
examination for promotion to sergeant.
T h e y were all close to pa<;sing,
and challenged several of
the
questions on the exam. T h e m a t ter went to court, and Supreme
Court Justice Huntington ruled
in their favor, issuing at the same
time a scathing denunciation of
the quc.stions.
County Needs Seraeanls
T h e County needs serecants,
and wants to promote liio men.
T h e Police Department has places
f o r them on the force.
But the State Civil
Service
Commission, which prepared the
e x a m , has filed notice Miat it
wants to appeal Judge Huntington's decision.
Second Exam Held
Meanwhile, the County has held
another promotion exam to sergeant. T h e eligible list r<!sulting
f r o m this second test is .';oon to
be issued.
Wliat
about the seven
men
whose grades on the fir-i lest are
now the sub.iect of dispuie?
Places Held
H a r o l d Herzstein, their attorney, has obtained .stipulaii<ins reserving enough places lor tiiese
men If the result of the court
battle ultimately goes their way.
M r . Herzstein could have legally
held up promulgation of the second hst; but his aim is accom-
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plished, he says, by providing
places f o r the men who are contesting f o r higher marks on the
first test.
Resentment Continues
Meanwhile,
resentment
in
County circles against the propo.sed appeal! by the State Civil
Service
Commission
has
not
abated. T h e r e are open expressions of hope that the State body
will not go through with the appeal. Oflisials of three County
agencie.s—County Attorney's O f fice, County Civil Service C o m mission, and County Police D e p a r l m e n t — w o u l d like to see the
seven contestants promoted. T h e
Police
Department
needs
sergeants. T h e County Civil Service
Commission ieels that the State
is attemptins: to take away some
of its prerogatives. And the County Attorney's OfBce feels that the
State has little to gain by an appeal, except to prevent the promotion of the seven men.
K M P L O Y K K S
A
'ItiSTIMONIAl,
DI.WER,
honoring Commissioner J. M i l l o r d
Kirkup's twentieth anniversary in
the W e l f a r e Department, was held
at the W y a n d o t t e Hotel, Bcliport,
by the Sufl'oik County Home. F a r m
and W e l f a r e Units. M r . K i r k u p w a s
presented with a plaque and gold
watch by Deputy Commissioner
Sergei A. Bessaraboff. H e was also
given a camera set.
Entertainment was provided by
a group f r o m the W e l l a r e Unit
and Country H o m e who put on a
skit depicting scenes f r o m a " t y p i cal" day in Commissioner Kirkup's
busy schedule. T h e cast included
A r t h u r Boskin, Ethel Burton, Nick
Demi-ay,
Mildred
Fitzpatrick,
Camilla Hildreth, R o b e r t Larsen,
M a r y Jane M a n n i n g , Edna Mills,
Edward Reulo and R i t a Wanich.
Music for the event was provided
by the L e n n y Stuart Orchestra. .
A m o n g tlie guests were Mrs.
KIrkup, the Commissioner's wife,
M r . and Mrs. J. Mitl'ord K i r k u p
Sr., his parents; and Dr. and Mrs.
Edward Antos, sister and tirotherin-law.
I N
S T A T K
ter City M a n a g e r and Council f o r
consideration and approval; and
(2) that the chapter disapprove
proposed salary budget for City
employees, and urge further consideration before its adoption in
November.
President Hud.son reminds all
members that the
membership
campaign can reach 100 per cent
by recruiting at least one new
member; and he has no objection
to raising the percentage. G e t behind him and the membership
committee, and sell Monroe. T h e
opportunity has never been better
than right now.
Tompkins
ALLEN
BLANFORD
of
the
Board of Education is on vacation.
A t Tompkins County Memorial
Hospital: 'Vera L a m a n of
the
nursing staff has returned f r o m
vacation. Otis Root and Wesley
I n m a n of maintenance are spending a f e w vacation days hunting
pheasant. Stella De M a n n o of the
dietary department is a patient in
the hospital. Frances Townsend
and Mable Broadhead of
the
nursing staff have returned a f t e r
A B O U T 100 members of M o n - spending a f e w days in Boston
roe chanter, CSBA, enjoyed a with a former chapter member,
clambake at Rochester Turners Blanca Farhi.
Hall, under the careful planning
Alan Marshall, Harriett C h a f of A l m a Muhs and Helen Simon,
co-chairmen of the social com- fee and Ben Roberts attended the
mittee. T h e tables were decorated C S E A annua! meeting in Albany.
T h e l m a Finch, Agnes Nolan and
in harvest and Hallowe'en style,
a n d M a r l o w e and S c h a f l e r C a t e r - T h e l m a Cornelius are on vacation
ers served a delicious bake. T h e f r o m T o m p k i n s County M e m o r i a l
committee is to be commended Hospital.
f o r its
succrssful
first venttire.
Chapter members are looking f o r ,ward to fut>ue social events.
STEUBEN
County
chapter,
A f t e r a short intermission to CSEA, opened its f a l l activities
settle stomachs and get acquaint- with a dinner meeting at Stanton
ed, the first fall meeting got under Hotel, Corning. Principal speaker
way, with President W i l l i a m H. was K e n n e t h Erwin, president of
Hudson presiding. Reports were Steuben County Historical Society.
given by officers and committees. Also heard on the program were
O f special interest was the m e m - Helen B. Musto of Ithaca, secrebership report. Renewals are com- tary of the Central Conference;
ing in. and new names are being Mrs. Lula M. Williams, Broome
added. M a r y Grilly, treasurer, and County chapter president;
and
Jean Lip.seit and Eleanor Jones, Ernest L. Conlon, C S E A field repmembersliip chairmen, are tabu- resentative.
Florence
Johnson,
lating applications, and will re- Steuben chapter president, preport later in the campaign.
sided.
Guests and speakers were V e r A moment of silence was held
non A. T a p p e r , CSEA 4th vice
president, and Laurence J. Hollis- in memory of Harold Richardson,
ter, of T e r Bush and Powell. Vern who was assistant to Judge George
discussed County chapter prob- V. P r a t t of Steuben County Surlems, and L a r r y spoke on health rogate's Court.
Sympa'thy was also extended to
and accident insurance.
R a y Goodridge, delegate to the Harold M c G u i r e of the County
C S E A annual meeting, reiJorted on Clerk's Office on the death of his
highlights of the meeting, County brother.
discussions and resolutions,
M o n r o e chapter members unBnimously approved two resoluFor an auulysls of civil service
tions; ( 1 ) that the chapter spon- column, " L o o k i n g
Inside."
See
sor T e r Bush and Powell's health news, read H. J. Bertiard's weekly
and accident insurance p i o g r a m . problems i n , thp f o r e f r o n t of the
ftnd present same to the Roches- P a g e 8.
'
Monroe
Metropolitan Conference
To Meet in Armory Nov. 13
T h e Metropolitan Conference,
Civil Service Employees A.s.sociation, will meet at 1:30 P.M. on
Saturday, November 13. at the
71st R e g i m e n t A r m o r y , P a r k A v e nue and 33rd Street. N Y C .
Place of the meeting, originally
scheduled f o r Willowbrook State
School, was changed because of a
conflict of afi'airs at the Statcn
Island school. T h e Conference has
taken a rain check on the invitation extended by Dr. Harold B e r man, senior director at W i l l o w brook, and will meet there at a
future date.
Guest speakers at the A r m o r y
will be Lawrence Cloonan, assistant director of the State Insurance Fund, who will discuss i n juries to State employees incurred
on the job, and E. K e n n e t h Stahl
of the State Employees R e t i r e -
ment System, who will review tha
retirement law.
Chapter Heads to Convene
Chapter
presidents
will meet
with Conference officers prior to
the regular meeting, to discuss
ways and means of
improving
chapter activities and the officer
training program.
Arrangements f o r the meeting
are being made by Frank G o n s a l ves of the 71.st A r m o r y , a member
of Metropolitan Armories chapter,
CSEA.
Chapter piesidents are asked to
n o t i f y Conference secretary Editli
Fruchthendler as soon as possible
who their delegates will be, so
that reservations m a y be made.
Address her care of Public Service
Commission, 233 Broadway, N e w
Y o r k 7, N. Y .
Henry
Shemin,
Conference
chairman, will preside at
the
repre.sentative on the C S E A board meeting.
of directors, presided Formerly at
the A n n e x of the T r a i n i n g School
f o r Boys, at New H a m p t o n , he is
now working at W a r w i c k .
Social Welfare Chapters
Prepare Plan to End
Supervisors Split Shift
A L B A N Y , Nov. 2 — H a v i n g been
invited by the Social W e l f a r e D e partment to submit a plan f o r
eliminating split shifts f o r supervisors, the departmental chapters
of the Civil Service Employees A s sociation are preparing
recommendations. T h e employees sought
the elimination. On behalf of the
department, W i i l a r d F. Johnson,
principal w e l f a r e consultant in the
institution section, i n f o r m e d
a
meeting of C S E A delegates of departmental willingness to weigh
any suggestions.
Visual Training
O F C A N D I D A T E S For
HOW M A N Y SOUGHT
N Y C JOBS L A S T M O N T H .
During its regular October filing
period, the City Civil Service C o m mission received 305 applications
f o r telephone operator, grade 1;
FOR THE EYESIGHT TESTS OF
177 f o r laboratory assistant (bacteriology) ; 150, laboratory assisCIVIL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
tant
(chemistry);
138, elevator
DR. JOHN T. FLYNN
mechanic's
helper;
182,
promotion
A delegate asked, on behalf of
OptometrUt • Orthopfist
to
signal
maintainer.
T
r
a
n
s
i
t
A
u
a member, whether a leave of ab300 West 23rd St., N. Y. C .
sence would be granted to an thority: 150, power maintainer,
n y A p p t . Only
W . \ , 0-.%910
employee who had tuberculosis. group C, Transit Authority.
T h e employee has an accumulation of sick leave, but wants to
know if additional time o f l were
obtainable.
The
departmental
All Day Tuesday. Nov 2nd — E L E C T I O N DAY
policy is to grant leaves, if the
individual circumstances warrant
it. L e n g t h of service, consciencious
performance of duties, and similar
factors are considered. T h e r e is
no rule that leaves are denied e x APPOINTMENTS FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN
cept in maternity cases. T h e e m In Magistrate!, Municipal, City, Special Sessieiit
ployee was seeking i n f o r m a t i o n
and Domestic Relations Courts
only, and has not asked the deSTARTING SALARY AT LEAST
partment for leave. A n article in
last week's L E A D E R stated the
employee had been denied leave.
Excellent Opportunity tor Promotion to
COURT CLERK at Salaries « High at $7,715
T h e institution employees ,unN o Educational or Experience Requirements
der an agreement that re.solved
.
Inquire About Our Special Course of Preparation
pa.st dissatisfaction, are paid on
the 5th and 20th of the month.
ENROLL N O W ! Classes Starting In Preparation for
Sometimes the checks arrive a.t
Y. City Exam ter Permanent Civil Service Positions •*
the institution earlier. Although
payments are m a d e punctually,
some employees inquired whether
checks could not be handed out
S a l a r y $5,265 a Y e a r
earlier than the 5th or the 20th,
•aied on prevailing scale and guarantee ot 250 days a year.
if arriving at the institutions in
Our Course Prepares For the Official Written Exam
time to make this practical.
OPENING CLASS TUESDAY, NOV. »th at 7:30 P.M.
Charles H. Davis, departmental
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2,
(lie
Civil
1951
Is If Done
Wifh Mirrors?
H E
U . S. Civil Service C o m m i s s i o n does not malce life
T
easy f o r itself.
to
discover
In h o l d i n g an e x a m
qualities
that
many
it o f t e n
another
attempts
would
be
hard
pre.ssed to a p p r a i s e throut?h a wi-itten test o r t w o , a n
oral
i n t e r v i e w , a n d p e r s o n a l r e f e r e n c e s . A n e x a m p l e is t h e c u r r e n t test f o r f i l l i n g j u n i o r m a n a g e m e n t
The
ing
candidates,
signed
in
assistant
jobs.
C o m m i . s s i o n . in its o f f i c i a l a n n o u n c e m e n t
to
bravely
determine
outstanding
states:
whether
degree
qualities which
"This
or
not
(emphasis
solicit-
examination
is
de-
candidates
possess
original),
certain
in
are considered necessary for future
exec-
utives. T h e s e qualities include integrity, emotional
stabil-
ity a n d s o c i a l a d j u s t m e n t , l e a d e r s h i p , s u c h m e n t a l
quali-
ties
as
analytical
judgment
written
and
ability,
common
presentations,
understanding,
sense,
ability
ability
to
bearing
management
and
We
secret
and
public
proper
manner,
how
such
scarcely
be
and
determinations
self-revealing,
preparation
are
We
know
the
even
Commission
We
for
to
to r e v e a l
reached.
for instance,
an
does
the
Social
expert
an
can
examiner.
of a
candidate's
must be one of the h i g h e r s u b j e c t i v e
conducting exams.
to
good
affairs."
to m e a s u r e t h e q u a n t i t y o r q u a l i t y
imagination
and
and
motivation,
r e s p e c t f u l l y invite the C o m m i s s i o n
of
oral
contacts
a d j u s t m e n t a n d qualities of l e a d e r s h i p ,
How
make
make
negotiate, initiative, vitality a n d
appearance,
to
imagination,
arts.
job
in
d o not d o u b t its a b i l i t y to l i v e
excellent
up
to t h e s e l f - i m p o s e d e x p e c t a t i o n s . W e a r e n o t c o m p l a i n i n g ;
all
we
want
without
to
know
is h o w
it's
done,
and
if
with
or
mirrors.
Why No Pension Coverage
At All for These Workers?
T
I
IS S H O C K I N G
that
any
public
employee
should
e x c l u d e d n o t o n l y f r o m w h a t s h o u l d b e his o w n
ment
.system,
happen
but
from
Social
here, you think?
Security
WeM,
as
well.
it d o e s h a p p e n ,
o n h a p p e n i n g , a n d t h e w o n d e r is t h a t n o t h i n g
It
it
be
retirecan't
keeps
is d o n e
to
r e m e d y it.
The
"indefinite"
appointees
in
the
Post
Office
De-
PRISON GUARDS THANK
L A W MAKERS, DEPT. HEADS
Editor, T h e L E A D E R :
I would appreciate it very much
if you would carry this letter in
the next issue of T h e L E A D E R to
express the deep appreciation of
the
Correction
Conference
to
those who went out of tiieir way
to assist the prison guards in their
fight to obtain allocation to grade
H in the new salary plan, rather
than grade 10.
I wish to express the thanks
of the prison guards, in particular to Assemblymen Charles A.
Cusick. James A. FitzPatrick, H y man E. Mintz and K e n n e t h L.
Wilson. Each of these busy legislators, in addition to his efforts
over the years in behalf of the
guards, was good enough to give
up more than a day of his time
to come to Albany to attend a
conference urging the allocation
of guards to grade 11. W e deeply
appreciate their interest and e f forts, and wish to publicly acknowledge our thanks.
W e also appreciate the invaluable assistance of the administration of our department in assisting us in the battle, and are cognizant of the efforts in particular
made by Acting
Commissioner
W i l l i a m E. Leonard and Deputy
Commissioner Paul D. McGuinnis
in our behalf.
T h e r e are many other members
of the Legislature in addition to
those named above who also assisted us and to whom we owe
our thanks. T h e y are too numerous. however, to attempt to single
out an> few names f o r f e a r that
we might overlook others who
have been equally intere.sted in
our behalf.
JOHN MULLANEY
President, New Y o r k State
Correction Dept. Conference.
Auburn, N. Y .
NEWSLETTER
I N A L B A N Y , the initials S.O.B.
may be used for other things, but
it stands f o r State Office Buliding.
(Contlnurcl f r o m P a g e - 2)
Federal Social Security benefits, as recommended In another re.«!olu«
tion adopted by the Association.
T h e candidates f o r Governor agree that the State retirement system should bo studied anew. I t is doubly important that such be
done, as any State liberalization would be an incentive pattern to
other public employee retirement sy.stems. Local systems must also
be re-studied.
Employees''
Welfare
Proftlvms
to
Be
Solved
T h e need of extra benefits is obvious, but the solution is full o l
problems. T h e r e are diverse public employee retirement plans, in
Federal, State and local governments. T h e r e is a need to attain a
Social Security benefit status called " f u l l y insiu'ed" that will necessitate a three-year waiting period f o r some. T h e lower independent
annuity a f t e r age 65 might not be compensated without the employee
being entitled to full Social Security pension benefits. But all p r o b lems can be solved, the K a p l a n committee has pointed the way in the
Federal instance, and the same Mr. K a p l a n is counsel to the N e w
Y o r k State Pension Commission, and a member of the committee
that is to report to the Legislature. So there is hope.
Question, Please
W E N O T E that a State emA S A U. S. E M P L O Y E E , instead
ployee received a certificate of
merit because he had developed a of using taxicabs, as I am allowed
helpful idea in directing visitors to do on Federal business, X use
to 'the Relic R o o m of the State my own car. M a y my reimbursement include the cost of parking
Capitol. N o wisecracks, please!
lot fees? P. L.
Answer—No. The
Comptroller
General has ruled that employees
who use their privately owned
automobiles for the performance
D E N V E R , Col., Nov. 1—A career of official business within their
civil service system will be in- posts of duty, in lieu of using taxiaugurated in Denver, effective De- cabs the cost ol which is reimcember 1. A t present policemen bursable under present adminisand firemen are imder civil ser- trative procedure, may not be revice. About 4,500 employees will imbursed co.st of parking on pricome under it additionally.
vately owned parking lots on an
Present employees will be cov- actual expense basis even though
ered into the competitive class. the cost to the G o v e r n m e n t would
Future hirings will be f r o m lists be less than the cost of taxicab
of eligibles who passed competi- fare.
tive tests.
W H A T I S the average pay of
A f o u r - m a n unpaid board will U. S. employees? C. M . N .
administer civil servcie.
A n s w e r — I t varies a little, deAbout 400 cities in the U. S. of pending on the group considered.
more than 10,000 population now T h e average on June 30, 1953 was
$3,680 a year. Half of all employadminister civil service.
Denver to Become
Civil Service City
Considered
W h a t moves public officials seeking legislation to permit Social
Security co-ordination is concern f o r the welfare of the employees and
survivors under retirement plans T h e President or M a y o r or G o v e r n o r
who supports combining benefits knows it will cost the employer more.
These officials want public employee benefits to come clo.se to those
enjoyed by workers in private industry. T h e y know the cost of i n t r o ducing survivor benefits ( f o r minor children, for instance) into their
own retirement system would be prohibitive.
A n example of possible benefit in U. S. Civil Service: an e m ployee whose final average is $4,200 now retires a f t e r 30 years' service
at $168 a month. T h e amount would become $185 a month under
the combined plan. Not only that, but when his w i f e reaches age 65,
she receives a pension in addition, somewhat less than hi.s. T h e same
would be true of a husband, if the w i f e were the insured employee.
If an employee dies, leaving minor children, there would be some
income f o r their upkeep until they attain age 18. Social Security
provides it. I n the case of two children, ages 14 and 8, it would be
$1,108 for four years (until the elder child becomes 18) and $831 f o r
the next six years, besides pension benefits. The.se survivor benefits
apply regardless of whether the member dies before or during r e t i r e ment.
ees earned that rate or less, half
that rate or more. Almost o n e fourth of all employees earned between $3,000 and $3,500 a year.
M o r e than three-fourths earned
less than $4,500 a year. A m o n g
the 2.344,383 l u l l - t i m e employees
f o r whom pay rates were reported,
43 percent were paid at rates of
the Cla.ssification Act of 1949, 34
percent rates determined by wage
boards at local prevailing levels;
19 percent were postal employees
who.se rates are set by the Postal
P a y A c t ; and the remaining 4 percent were paid at rates determined
in other ways.
M O T O R VEHICLE LICENSE
E X A M I N E R 1,1ST O U T S O O N
A L B A N Y , Nov. 1 — R a t i n g of
the written test papers and other
factors in the State motor vehicle
license examiner test is scheduled
to be completed in December, t h e
Examinations Division of the S t a t e
Civil Service Department reports.
p a r t m e n t get all benefits, f r i n g e a n d o t h e r w i s e , e x c e p t retirement benefits. A s " i n d e f i n i t e s , " they are e x c l u d e d f r o m
t h e U . S. r e t i r e m e n t s y s t e m m e m b e r s h i p , w h i c h
is s t a n d a r d
to
"indefinites"
in
the
other
W h y the discrimination?
the
exclusion
in F e d e r a l s e r v i c e , b u t S o c i a l S e c u r i t y is o p e n
Why
departments
a pension
and
agencies.
orphanage?
T h e 81th C o n g r e s s w i l l c o n s i d e r b r o a d a m e n d m e n t
of
U.
It
S.
pension
systems,
including
Social
Security.
m u s t not o v e r l o o k the necessity of p r o v i d i n g pension
tem membership
of o n e k i n d
or the other f o r the
sys-
postal
victims.
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N Y C S a n i t a t i o n C o m m i s s i o n e r A n d r e w W . M u l r a i n s w o r e in
18 p r o m o t e e s .
They were Leonard La Padula, Robert J.
J a g e r , F r a n c i s J. A r c i e l l o , A r t h u r J . De Senso, Louis A . De
Stefano. Rocco A. Leo, Anthony J. Colacino, E d w a r d
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C p r r y , P h i l i p L. C o n n e l l , Jame!> J . L a r k i n , F r a n k J . M c F a d d e n ,
J o h n A . S p i e i i o , J a m e s D. B r o w n e , R i n a l d o A . O r i o , J o s e p h
N- P o t o n i a , J o h n E. B u r k e , G e r a l d F . D y e r a n d J o h n G o r i n g e r
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T h r e e f o r m e r C S E A presidents s e a t e d around a table, with friends, a t the 44th annual meeti n g S t a r t i n g a t l o w e r r i g h t a n d g o i n g c l o c k w i s e : M r s . J a m e s V . K a v a n a u g h ; J a m e s B.
K a v a n a u g h , c h a i r m a n o f C S E A r e s o l u t i o n s c o m m i t t e e ; F r a n c e s K a v a n a u g h ; J e s s e B. M c «
F a r l a n d , f o r m e r p r e s i d e n t ; J o h n A . C r o m i e , f o r m e r p r e s i d e n t ; J a n e t M a c f a r l a n e , of the
S t a t e P e r s o n n e l R e l a t i o n s B o a r d ; W i l l i a m F. M c D o n o u g h , f o r m e r p r e s i d e n t a n d n o w execu«
tive assistant to the C S E A president.
To help win Friends
and build
€ir€ulafion,.,.
The Civil Service
Leader,
by arrangement
with a
manufacturer
of dolls
brings
you your choice
of:
famous
TWO PHENOMENAL GIFT VALUES
made to sell for $12.95
Yours for only $4.43 plus 22c for Kandling and mailing,
wifh fwo coupons from the Civil Service Leader or your
mailing label if you are a
subscriber.
ALICE
ANNE
Alice is the latest in beautiful
dolls, with rooted hair you
can comb and set. She's a big
doll too — 19 inches in her
stockinged feet, almost two
feet tall if you count the brim
of her pretty picture hat. Her
head is made of lifelike vinyl
plastic, with cute blue eyes
that close when she's asleep.
And she cries "Mama" when
you squeeze her.
She's wearing a stunning faille
dress trimmed with lace, and
knit panties.
Perfectly molded of latex, she
can take a bath any time her
little momie wonts her to. And
there are two curlers to help
set her hair.
Anne is a pert little baby
you'll love to cuddle. Dressed
in a wooly snow suit, she's
just big enough to wear Size
1 regular clothes. All of 24
inches tall, with adorable lifelike vinyl plastic head, she
has eyes that open and closc,
cries "mama" when you spank
her. Of course, Anne is made
of latex throughout so that
you can bathe her again and
ogain, dress her and undress
her just like a real baby.
Anne is looking for a little
girl to love her and give her
a home.
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How To Order Your Doll
Reserve Alice or Anne, or both, for Christmas
giving to your favorite young lady. Send $1
in part payment and fill in the coupon below.
We will put the dolls of your choice away for
you as soon as they are ready.
To get Alice or Anne immediately, send $4.43
plus 22c for mailing and handling charges.
(In N.Y.C. please add 12c for city sales tax).
If you prefer, you may visit The Leader office
after November 1 and carry off the doll of
your choice.
Box 700 — CivH Service Leader
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• ALICE
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ALICE
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ACTIVITIES OF EMPLOVKES THWOIJGHOUT N E W
C.iiployment, Albany
THE F I F r i l annual clam steam
of Division of Employment chapter, CSEA, was its usual success.
The folks attending reported plenty of everything—good food, fun
» n d malt beverages. A doff of the
y s ^ m
I
b r o i d e r y ^
battered skimmer to Dick Childs
and his trio for the very tlanceable
tunes, and a special posle to Dick
himself for real gone work on
" T r a m " in those all too few dixieland numbers.
Grace Dyer, typi.st, OSRO, surprised everybody by announcing
her October 16 marriage to George
S. Stratton of Plattsburg. The
couple spent their honemoon in
Montreal, Quebec.
^ P I N K I N G
AHHortnii nt
oE
GREETING
::
IJcimUful
CARDS
f o r all ofMsion^
at •rhol'^salc pr^.-os
32 for $1.00
If
O N L Y $1.95 postpaid. Chramium
plated, preci.sion made. Manufacturer's
Christmas
overstock.
Guaranteed $7.95 value or money
refunded. Order by mail Lincoln
Surplus Sales, Dept. 26, 1704 W
Farwell Avenue. Chicago 2, 111.
not (l»||j?htHl. ri'dirii in 5 clays foirf fuml.
IDKAL G I F T & N O V K L T Y CO.
0.1'Jn
SI.. Il.-I.vsiilo
N.
Y.
IF YOU ARE
TALL or SHORT
or REGULAR SIZE
W e manufacture hand faitored,
beautli'ully styled ladles' coats
and suits. Featuring Fcrstmans,
Anglos and Cashmere Fabrics.
Offered to you at wholesale
factory prices.
Reliable Juniors
260 W. 39 S». (bet. 7 ft 8 Aves.)
CH. 4-4274 —16»h Floor
Open Men. Hiroiiqh Sat.
COMMON
STOCK
T l i c C o m p a n y will e m p l o y its f u n d s
in diversilied e n t e r t a i n m e n t e n t e r ,
prises connected with television,
m o t i o n pictures and the theatre.
Pries 50^ a
$har«
I HOUYWOOD ANGEIS, INC.
• 29Wett65thSt., N.Y. 23. N. Y.
I TRafaitar 4-1815
1
Dflit. <'S
I Send Free Offering Circular without cost.
New faces In OSRO are clerks
Mary Lavlgne and Marion Halburlan.
Connie Wakesman, steno in
Claims Service, and her husband
are building a new house in Elsmere.
Benefit Payment Section
Co-workers of Mrs. Millie Waldman, O M O in Unit 1, were overwheimeci to learn of the donation
of her eyes, after death, to the
Sight Conservation
Society of
northeastern New York. The gift,
revealed in the Albany Times
Union of October 15, is typical of
Millie, quiet, thoughtful and generous.
Bernedette Deeb, OMO, Unit 1,
is confined to Memorial Hospital,
Albany, with two broken toes. Hey,
Bernie, wott hoppen?
The staflC of Unit 1 extends
sympathy to two staff members:
Mrs, Barbara Fausel on the death
of her father, and to Theresa
Ginder on the death of two sisters. The deaths occurred one day
apart.
A recent addition to Unit 1
staff is Marilyn Stoddard, OMO.
Staffers say she looks like Judy
Garland in her teen.s.
Seen and Heard Department:
Carol and Ernie Rieck are storkexpecting
early
in
December.
Carol is a clerk in Unit 1.
Word received that Jim Bolan,
recently employed in Benefit Payment Section, has been confined
to St. Mary's Hospital, Troy, with
a heart attack. His many friends
join in wishing him a speedy recovery.
Things that make the days
brighter: the good coflee from the
I Namt
[ Addr,tl
Buy Direct From
Manufaeiurcr
-lent-
I Cily
MODERN
LAMPS
At
GINGER
ROGERS m
m avi ft soih SI
eoORS 0KN9.MA M.
cmut 74000
VAN
HEFLIN
ZOrh C'6rifuf-*-Foi«-J
TIERNEY
Black Widow
GENE
GEORGE
RAFT
CINEMASCOP£
C.OI OS Av t ) K L u \ K
L fXTJIAf
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LOW
F a c t o r y PRICES
OVER 200 BEAUTIFUL STYLES IN
DRIFTWOOD, CEBA.vnCS. SUEDE A WOOD. AND ,
NOW, DRIFTWOOD IS AVAILABLE IN MATCHED PAIRS.
Tou U also nnil a wonderful i t l K lion 01 MODERN
BEAUTIFUL
TABLES, a n tha manj values it
our Factor? Showrooms today!
"^MASTIRCRAFT
LAMPS —
1141 I'WAT, ar. IT IT. Of! I - I 2 I I
Onn dally 10-6, Thiin. to t. Sat In t
MO Bowiry, Sun. 1:30-9:31! WA l-IMO
CtntmaScep* Vwtll
UdmlcolM
"CiNiauScoM
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YORK
STATE
of State .service: George Turner^
Mary Haley, Winifred Schultze,
Albert Cassaw, Je.sse Christman,
Carl M. Blue Sr. and Areon Mortimer.
Welcome to these new employees: Paul Adams. Donald R. Ueltcchi, Stella A. Guzlk, Harriet V.
(Continiiecl on Page 12)
air conditioned dining room; Eileen Sehl's new hairdo; those retroactive checks received the other
week; the cheerie "Good Morning"
from' Bill Hoffman, blind newsdealer; tho.se lovely, curvaclous,
•should - be - in - pictures damsels
who breakfast dally in the dining
room.
Wire to Dick Childs, publicity
chairman for the DE chapter:
"Are the gals more lovely today,
or am I getting older and appreciate
them
more?"
Chairman's
note: " B o t h ! "
Exams Now Open
u. s.
393. NtJRSE
ANESTHETIST,
$4,620 and $5,060. Jobs are countrywide and in Alaska and Panama.
380. P H Y S I C A L
THERAPIST,
$3,410 to $5,060. Jobs are with
the Veterans Administration.
169. P H Y S I C A L T H E R A P I S T ,
$3,410 and $4,205.
Marcy State Hospital
A G O I N G A W A Y party was held
by Marcy employees for Frank
Pizer, laundry supervisor ,who has
accepted a position as head launderer at Hudson River State Hospital. Members of the Marcy "A"'
and Four Grill bowling leagues
held a party for him at the Marcy
Tavern, and presented a clock
radio. Committee chairman was
Edward J. Knamm, master of
ceremonies Charles Methe. Mr.
Pizer received a pen and pencil
set and cigarette lighter from
laundry employees. At another
party given by hospital employees,
Mr. Pizer was presented a traveling bag. He was treasurer of the
Marcy Federal Credit Union, and
held offices in Marcy chapter
CSEA.
ELECT
SALVATOREJ.
MILANO
CONGRESSMAN
REGULAR
Salary increases were discussed
at a chapter meeting October 21.
Mr. Methe, chapter president, explained the salary situation. Similar meetings will be held in the
coming months, to detail many of
the problems confronting Mental
Hygiene workers.
A pair of new altar candlesticks
and a missal were dedicated recently in Bdgewood Protestant
Chapel, adjoining the chaplain's
office. They were- donated by staff,
employees and patients, in appreciation of the faithful service
of four chaplains, the Rev. H. N.
Baird, the Rev. B J. Davidson, the
Rev. W. C. Nolte, and the Rev.
Cecil Taylor. Dr. George L Warner .acting director of Marcy, accepted the gift for the institution.
Present at the ceremony were:
Mrs. Alma Squires, chief supervising nurse; Mrs. Marjorle Boxall and Delbert Capes, representing the employees; and William
Bennett, for the patients.
The following employees liave
retired recently, after many years
a u r
m o d e r n
DEMOCRATIC
Candidate
2Sth CONG. DIST.
BRONX
The only candidate for Congress fully endorsed by N. Y.
City C. I. O. Council Central
Trades & Labor Council of the
A F of L totaling over 1000
locals
Civil Service Labor Committee
of the City of N. Y.
FOR A STRONG C O N G R E S
VOTE
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obligation!
G O V E R I V M E N T E M P L O V E E S
^^UUUMCE
statistics p r o v e that C i v i l Service
better than average drivers and
auto insurance rates.
O u r m o d e r n plan qualifies you
your a u t o m o b i l e insurance o f up
OVER
A
QUARTER
MILLION
e m p l o y e e s are
deserve l o w e r
f o r savings o n
to 3 0 % below
manual rates. You deal directly with the Company
and eliminate the added expense of soliciting
agents and brokers.
W h e r e v e r and w h e n e v e r you need service, o v e r
5 50 p r o f e s s i o n a l claims adjusters are ready and
w a i t i n g to help you 24 hours a day. Send f o r rates
o n your car,
POLICYHOLDERS
OVER
$30,000,000
IN
ASSETS
Naw
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Democrats
Lay It
Right On
The Line
HARRIMAN
antl here the
BURKE
an»wern:
Question:
W h a t kind of labor relations machinery do you favor? H o w much should employees participate in the process? Should tSe Condon-Wadlin law be repealed?
Answer:
Averell Harriman says: "Proper channels for the settlement of grievances, negotiating all outstanding issues, can no longer be left to whim, haphazard handling, or
political pull. The existing labor relations machinery under the Dewey administration
is a gross failure. I favor labor relations machinery in which the employees participate as equals with management, and through which every legitimate grievance
may be solved."
FranKlin D. Roosevelt says: " T h e Condon-Wadlin act is one of the dirtiest deals
ever imposed on public employees. It is a whiplash in the form of legislation. It is
supposed to be an anti-strike l a w — b u t it is so worded that it can be used to kill the
public employee's organization. It has caused communities to resort to subterfuge.
It has given public workers the status of second-class citizens."
Question:
A r e you willing to recommend to the Legislature
adequate and equitable pay to State employees?
an appropriation to
assure
Answer;
Averell Harriman says: " Y e s , and w e ' l l never do what the Dewey administration did—hold off payment of a salary increase until just before election time, in
a crude bid for votes. W e Democrats believe in equal pay for equal work, sufficient
money must be appropriated to assure adequate, equitable pay for all public employees—this is an obligation the State can n^t shirk."
Question:
W h a t is your view of fringe benefits?
Answer:
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. says: " W e plan to institute a study of fringe b e n e f i t s
in private industry and in the Federal Government, and to apply that experience to
the needs of State and Local employees.
" T h e 40-hour 5-day week ouirht to cover public workers in all parts of the
State.
"Time and a half pay for overtime work is a 'must' in private industry. The
Democrats will make it a 'must' for public woi-kers, too."
The Democrats platform saj's: " W e intend to explore the possibilities of a prepaid contributory health insurance plan f o r employees."
ft'
From the Republicans they've
gotten doubletalk and gobbledegook.
ROOSEVELT
LEVITT
So here are the qnentions,
Civil Service employees have
asked for straight answers about
their problems — and they have
real problems.
From Averell Harriman, Geo.
B. DeLuca. Arthur Levitt and
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., they
have gotten straight answers.
OcLUCA
Question:
H o w would you strengthen public employee retirement systems? A n d what is
your view concerning integration of social security benefits and the retirement system?
Answer:
Averell Harriman says: " W e have by no means reached the end of the road in
retirement improvement. In certain cases where local employees are not covered by
any retirement system, they should be permitted social security coverage . . . some
combination of social security benclits with those of public retirement systems might
be arranged, without in any way impairing the sti*ength of existing systems, but giving
the employees additional advantages."
Franklin D. Roosevelt says: " W e are going to call in public employee repioeentatives and we are going to .study with an open mind ail the proposals they make
•—for 25 year retirement, for vesting of pensions, for better survivorship arrangements."
( T h e complete statement of Averell H a r r i m a n , in answer to direct questions, appeared in the
Civil Service Leader of October 12. T h e text of Franklin D. Iiooscveit's address l>cfore the Civil
Servicc EniployecH AHSuriuiion was rcprint«Mi !ii llie Leader on Ocfiibcr 19. All public employees —
Federal, State and local — should read both state m e n u in full. I T ' S ON T H E L I M E . )
We think Civil Service employees had a right to ask tough
' questions. We think both parties
have a duty to answer. Only theDemocrats have done so.
W H A T ' S liiOOII F O I t C I V I L
There It Is, On The Line, On The Record.
And That's Where The Democrats Want it.
The nemoerats
respeet the merit sifstem — mvUI extend
opportunities
tor trainintf — irill MUiAiA.Y
reorganise
the State liril Serviee
Commission.
SIvllViri: IS GOOII
W M A T S taiOII FOli T H E PFOPl.F
FOK
Till':
IS OOOII F O R T H F IIF3IOC H A T S
On November 2 Vote Down The Line For a Great Democratic Team
SAFEGUARD YOUR FUTURE WITH
HARRIMAN ^ DeLUCA ^ LEVITT ^ ROOSEVELT ^ BURKE
Tliis aU paid lor by the D e m o t i a u c Campaign C o n i m i u e e .
U. S. Jobs
Applications may be obtained
f r o m the Second U. S. Civil Service
Region.
641
Washington
Street. New Y o r k 14, N. Y . ; f r o m
any post oilice except the New
York, N. Y . post office; or from
the address indicated in each notice. Mention exam number. Last
day to file applications is given at
end.
4-14-8. O C E A N T R A N S P O R T A T I O N S P E C I A L I S T . $4,205 to SIO.800. Requirements: at lea.st four
years" experience involving practical working knowledge of ocean
transportation problems and ac-
Oo Your Xmas Shopping
Early
StflD Nylon Full Slips
S'295 Nylon Full Slip>
S4.9.5 Nylon Gowns
Exceptional Valuer
G.M C. STORES INC.
178 Church St, N Y C
Bet. Reade & Duane 3t>.
T h e setting of a pass mark a f t e r
a test has been held is illegal,
tivitlo.s. A p p l y to Board of U, S. ruled Lewis A. Wilson, State C o m Civil Service Examiners, D e p a r t - missioner of Education. He upment of the N a v y ,
Main N a v y held the appeal of I r v i n g R o s e n Bui.ding, Washington 2, D. C. ( N o blum, assistant principal. Junior
closing d a t e ) .
High School 162, Brooklyn. M r .
42,5-3. S T U D E N T T R A I N E E . $2,- Rosenblum took the supervisor
750 to $3,175. College student work test in 1953. T h e Board of E x a m study program for scientific and iners, Board of Education, set the
teciinical personnel, at Potomac pass mark at 65 per cent, a f t e r
River Naval Command. Students that test had been rated, to pass
may alternate work experience no more than 50 per cent of the
and college study, or attend regu- candidates.
lar college terms and work during
M r . Rosenblum also asked for
summer. Senior high .school stu- a copy of the standard answers.
dents, or freshmen, sophomores Mr. Wilson ruled that the Board
or juniors are eligible, depending of Examiners had discretionary
on .specialty. Apply to Board of authority to is?ue or withhold key
U. S. Civil Service Examiners f o r answers, so denied this request.
Scientific and Technical PersonA. M a r k Levien is Mr. Rosennel, Potomac R i v e r Naval Com- blum's attorney.
mand, Buildmg
37, Naval R e search
Laboratory,
Washington
C A M P A Y IN NEW POST
25, D. C. ( N o closing dateK
Anthony M . Campay of Flushing
R E A D E R S have their say in has been appointed senior small
the Comment column of
T h e business specialist for the First
Army, Governors Island.
LFADER.
snovviins
Italian
French Pure Silk
Formals:
Brocades;
Gold
Lamaus.
Embroidered
TafTetlas;
combined
T a f f e t a and Velvet; irridescents
and many others, (values up to
47.00 yd." Some 50 inch, wide,
F r o m $4.00 to 12.50 yard.
Italian ( M e l f i ) Coating.s, 54 inch.
Two
toned
Zibaleen;
Couerls;
Cashmere; Mohair; Seen in one
Leading Dept. Store, at 32..50 yd.,
while they last $12.50 yd., others
(all Imported) f r o m 2.95 pr. yd.
Dre.s'smakers and Tailors available.
M I L L END I M P O R T S
76 East 11 Street. N Y C
( f e w doors west of B'wayt
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I I A T S . ( O A T S , SI r r s . I)l<l::s-.t>.
Allero.1. Ucol.vlcil al Moili-rnte C ' i t .
Fur ainKii'iiiin'nt call w \ 4
Alli'rallon Criilc r a ; ClirinUiplicr Sf
^ Y
si.i:iciir OF II AMi
Pressman School of M a g i c : Learn
in a matter of weeks. Small d a i s e s ;
per.sonalized teaching. Modeat fee.
For details call in person. Wed,^..
8 to 10 P.M. N o obligation. Pra.ssr.^an Sciiool of Magic. Do M a n e
Studio, 136 W. 44th St.
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Till Ave S. nr lOlll St.. CH 3 745S
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Foam-RUBLMT MaUreflses. Bolsters, Cusliion.*
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PLUS P A R T S
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CIVIL SERVICE W O R K E R S
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TO MIDNIGHT
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fORM.ERl,T Of
S P O T N E W S of civil service
in the Newsletter column. By all
happenings,
with
forecasts
of
what will happen, is found weeUly
means read it.
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Accordion or Guitar
LOANED FREE
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Ad
per uii.
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Wifh
Every
SIDNEY SCHICOFF S
New Vocal Studio. Personal i n struction. Amazing results. F o r
appointment U L 6-0381. 734 E. 49,
Brooklyn.
DOBS t h e M e n t i o n o f t h e W o r d
"Sales" Scare You?
Well il slioiililn'l
Some or our
most
slueeesfiil
sal •siiion
formall.v
drove
trucks,
operated
niacliiiies in
factories
& tlid clerical
work. Toda.v
tlic.v
are
well rewarded for their efforts. No fear
of laAoffH :a lilctime career: an income
thai is not tixcii but eontinnall.v iiicrcasin?
from week to week,
POP-UP
\iiiiiin..
$16.50
lii-B. s;;.it,-i
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88-32 138th St.
Jamaica is now
at
143-01 HILLSIDE AVE.
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I'elevision & Appliuncfs
3.-)2 8th AVE., N. V. 18
bet. 37 & 38 Sis. L O 5-:211U
PART TIME SALESMEN
LEADS FURNISHED
If you are accus to earning appro.\imately $56 a day. New educ
program. C o m m & bonus. Apply
for interview all week between
1-4 P.M. 1 E. F'ordham Rd. BK.
R o o m a.
MUST S E L l !
C O L U M B U S PL.
Nr. Howard
2 story. 8 .rooms,. 2 .baths,
fsteam, oil. all vacant Price
I,$9.2j0. Cash $750
H. ROBINS, Inc.
962 Haisey St.
Brooklyn ^
GL. 5-4600
GOOD
BUYS
BROOKLYN PROPERTY
FINE NEIGHBORHOODS
Seven apts, solid brick one 7
room apt vacant convenient to
shopping and transportation.
Excellent neighborhood. Priced
6,800
for a quick sale — S I
Terms Arranged
2 f a m i l y , brick, 10 rooms-all
vacant, excellent condition —
Cash $2,500
$11,000
3 family, 14 rooms, 3 kitchens,
3 baths, good condition, convenient location — Must see to
appreciate —
0m a r n
$7,850 Cash
>l,ODU
Cash $1,250
JAMAICA
CALL
AX
7-7900
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SCALE
ESTATE
BROOKLYN
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F O R M E R L Y OF
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C Y . 4-0750
-
CBS C O L U M B I A
CLOCK RADIO
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$17.69
GE A C - D C R A D I O
REAL
$50 SALARY r C O M M .
Purchase
ISallerio,
s:i:!,)Mt . . .
E N G I N E E R JOBS I N B U F F A L O
T h e Corps of Engineers, Niagara
at Bridge Streets. Buffalo, will fill
construction engineer jobs, $5,060
to $10,800 a year. Apply in e x a m
No. 2-195 (54) at U. S. Civil S e r vice Commission in Buffalo.
W H Y NOT YOU?
CROSLEV PORTABLE
Willi
lii'c.
Roth
" I ' m extremely g r a t e f u l , " said
M r . R o t h , " t h a t the fundamental
view applied to the classified civil
service and the protection the
classified service affords against
arbitrary removal have been sustained by tlie Supreme Court. I f
through my personal suffering I
have helped v/orthy civil .servants
to continue their careers, perhaps
my struggle has not been f r u i t le.ss."
F U L L and P A R T T I M E
I will select a -I' w men resaidles., of their
past experience II- lli.-.v are of sood eliaraeter, neat in aiuieerance Sc willins" workers
Tli|,,v will be ihorouahl.v trained lo eell
our relisious ediicatioiial featiire.s with low
,'iale3 resistance, \cii will lie tiaid
WE M A K E T O ORDER
Bookcases, Credenzas. H o m e Bars,
Desks, etc. Orig Designs. M U N V E S
M P G C O R P . 722 B'way ( N r W a n amaker's)
A L 4-0370
VNItLlS
M o r t g a s e d His Home
Mr. R o t h is entitled to back pay,
less any money he may have
earned meanwhile. However, t h e
court proceedings have cost him
more than the salary he would
have earned f r o m the government.
H e had to mortgage his home to
pay the litigation expenses.
T h e e f f e c t of the case is f a r reaching. because employees with
competitive status, who are transferred to either Schedule A or C,
the exempt class, carry their c o m petitive
protection
with
them.
Since the case started the C o m mission has amended its rules to
provide otherwise, but a statute is
superior to a rule.
Inslruclion
CARPENTRY
TY 2-0516
Bring
yolre
Phone AM
TV SERVICE TV
liistructiittis
l . K A K N 1 U M KEY ['I'.N'CH. 40 .0 60
liollrs Dorolliy Kane School. 11 W 4'ind
Street, N,Y.C.
C A N A V E R A G E $200.00 W E E K L Y .
SELLING INTANGIBLE ITEM.
T o p Commission W e T r a i n
Call M R , H A R R I S C Y 9-8500
SEavicc
$3 00 Per Call
i'o Lnat'-& voai lactiett 300.00(1 patterob
UiiwsoD
I'anoring 4 Weavins Co..
185
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SALESMEN
JOB OF A LIFETIME
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Maclile-Dale Associafas
r.W F. 51 ST. NV,
Pl.AZA
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Weekila.v.s 'till 7 PM, Satunla.vs 'till 5.
HELP WANTED —
TV MASTER
GR 7-539 ( - A L 4-5039
t'i.xil
PANTS OR SKIRTS
ART
PAINTIN'OS
SEO
T R 3-0110
$22.95
25.95
26.95
TV R e p a i r i a t Low P r i c e s
BRONX — M A N H A T T A N
BROOKLYN — QUEENS
^ H C Q I I IN
9 - 6 7 0 0 ^ M
DON GATTI
ES. 6-1.54ti
STORE
DESIGN YOUR O W N
Brand New Picture Tubes
Instalied-full year warranty
10"
12"
16"
Mr. R o t h lost in the District
Court, I n the next highest court
he won. N o w the highest court
has refused to review that decision. T h e e f f e c t is that of an a f firmance.
Comment B y
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CUSTOM FURNITURE
IIUV l i Y T H E P A R T
Assoinblo I( Ynur.iplr
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f.in be Cut to Size, SK.O.T lo S1.'I.H.5
Also Formif.i. Milk
Marble Tops
S O F A B O T T O M R E P A I K K D . SIO
Chair $5 Cushions, upholstery
work
Slipcovers — Custom Made —
2-Pieces, $55
Shcmpoo—2-pc. set—$13
Reiiphoister — Latest Fabrics —
2-pc. $112.50
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WASHINGTON,
Nov.
1—The
United States Supreme Court has
upheld the decision of the Federal
Court of Appeals ordering the reinstatement of Leo A. R o t h , an
attorney at $10,800 a year in the
U. S. Department of Justice.
Mr. R o t h , a non-veteran, was
discharged in 1953 f o r "lack of
qualifications." H e had been c o v ered into the competitive class
under an executive order of President Roosevelt in 1939, and soon
t h e r e a f t e r attorney jobs were put
in Schedule A, outside of civil
.service. Mr. R o t h maintained t h a t
his competitive status and rights
survived, under the L l o y d - L a F o l lette Act, hence he could not be
removed
excepting
on
specific
charge.s. H e appealed to the U. S.
Civil Service Commission, which
sustained him, but Attorney G e n e ral Herbert Brownell Jr. refused
to reinstate him.
For
niecessitia
r l . K . M T l K K IS! OS
AT I ' l i K K S
\Ol
(AN
AITOItn
I iiniiliirr, iii>|iliun< cs, siTls. riolliins, etc,
lul riul siivioB-ii »Iiiniiit)ul i:niiilii.vrps Serw i f . linoM) l';n. 15 I'lli'k Itow. l O 7 r.IillO
U.S. Supreme Court Holds
President Cannot Fire
Competitive Worker at Will
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AT
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and
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Baby
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for
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MANY
OTHER
GOOD
BUYS
CHAS. H. VAUGHAN
189 Howard
Brooklyn
Avenue
G L 2-7ei0
Kitchens & Bathrooms
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tor
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pciiiiies
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NO DOWN PAYMENTS
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> REAL ESTATE •
HOUSES - HOMES — PROPERTIES
THE BEST GIFT OF ALL — YOUR OWN
LONG
LONG
ISLAND
BAISLEY PK.
S. OZONE PARK $12,990
SACRIFICE
GIVEAWAY
6 room ranch, 5 0 x 100 plot,
oil heat, beautifully landscaped. M a n y extras. G. I .
$1,000.
J A M A I C A PARK
$9,990
Detached
Cape Cod
Bungalow
Detached, on a beautiful
landscaped
oversized
plot.
Oil heat. Screens and storms.
Just 2 blocks to V a n W y c k
and 2 blocks to subway, bus.
I larcF flflecttoD ot other choice hnme>
In »I1 price rancei
OPEN 7 DATS A WEEK
M o i l c a s r * and T r r m i ArranfCd
(Corner 115th D r i v e )
Olympic 9-8561
I
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BRICK BUNGALOW
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Only 2 years young this out- <
standing, detached 5 room ^
house with large expansion 4
attic, ultra modern kitchen, ^
tile bath, full basement with ^
oil heat large plot 50x100, -4
g a r a g e — m a n y extras.
^
Price too low to m e n t i o n !
^
Act now — Call
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t
OL 7-1635
t
BROOKLYN
MUST SELL!
VERNON AVE.
Nr. Nostrand
3 story basement, 13 rooms,
2 baths, oil heat, possession.
All vacant. Cash $1,500. . . .
$8900
No Cash G. I.
6 roomfl. New oil steam heat.
Mottern lulehon ami bath.
Ov^^i-sizrd garape No. 450.
See — Essex
NO CASH Gi
$86 MONTHLY
PAYS ALL EXPENSES
Here is a once in a l i f e - t i m e
opportunity
for
a
wideawake G I to get a 4 bedroom Cape Cod style bungalow without a cash investment. T h e home has a large
living room, modern science
kitchen, f u l l dining room, 4
bedrooms, and a large basement you can do wonders
with. Private driveway and
spacious backyard.
Owner
has just finished redecorating so you won't have a
thing to do but move in See
this Holiday exclu.sive today
GL. 5-4600
147-05 Hillside Ave., Jam.
JA. 6-4034
*************************
BE A PROUD
HOME OWNER
OI'KN 7 DAV8 A WKKK
8tli
Subway " E " Train
T u Suliihin Ulvd. SUIIOD
Norlb Exit
•
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buys.
*
THE BEST—ALL VACANT
*ADELPHI
• UNION
^PARK
ST. 3 f a m i l y
...._
$17,500*
PLACE
$18,000^
3 ! N E W Y O R K A V E , 15 R o o m s . T e r m s ^
Hiarranged.
Tliese
and
more
with
J m o d e s t D o w n Payments. C a "
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PR. 4-6611
*
MacUuncal St.
Uiirn SunUnja
II
Urooklj'B:);
l«
«
SELL!
MACON ST.
$13,990
One family " ' 2 rooms. Stucco detached home Modern
colored tile bath. L a r g e plot.
Nicely landscaped, .(iarage.
Loads of extras. Small cash.
S9,500
2 family, 11 rooms. Semidetached. Good f o r rooming house Small cash
HOLLIS & ST. ALBANS
1 F A M I L Y HOMES
$10,800 U P
FROM
GL. 5-4600
FURNISHED APTS.
See — Essex
M A N If
Ol'likltS
TO
CHUOSK
t'KOM
MALCOLM BROKERAGE
106-57 New Vork Blvd.
Jamaica S. N. ¥ .
RE. 9-0645 — JA. 3-2716
FLORIDA
2 family, brick, slate roof 5
rooms up, 3 down, oil. finished
basement.
with
5 bedrooms,
$12,999
1 family 6 rooms, corner 50 x
100 all modern, oil.
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS
9 rooms.
$13,500
beautiful brick
1 family
.6
rooms, plot 40 x 100, basement
and bar, finished attic.
$12,500 Addisleigh Pork
HOLLIS
7 rooms, brick, basement
bar, oil all modern.
plot 50 x
F.H.A. & G. I. M O R T G A G E S
$10,000
100, frame, oil,
ARRANGED
ARTH'J.^ WATTS, Jr.
112-52 175 PLACE, ST. ALBANS
JA 6-82G9 — 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. — Sun. 11-6 P.M.
— N O W READY!!—
See the new all modern brick, 1 family, 6 room homes,
full basements, ceramic tiled bath, ultra modern kitchen,
formica top cabinets, casement windows, automatic
heat, extra lavatory on main floor, Venetian blinds,
laundry in basement, four burner gas range, landscaped
plot with parking area.
Price $13,060
Veterans—Down P a y m e n t $1,960
M o r t g a g e (at V A % f o r 25 years)
Monthly P a y m e n t of Principal and Interest $61.15
Located at East Side of 171st Street, between Foch Boulevard
and 116th Avenue. St. Albans, New Vork.
Office: HERMAN CAMPBELL
33-21 Junction Boulevard, Jackson Heights 72, New Y o r k
H A v e m e y e r 6-1151 — H i c k o r y 6-3672
Moderate down payment for non-veterans
$10,500
No Cash G. I.
F u l l j dctacheO. shintfled. C V j
rounib, .'i bedrooms, eteani
htat. 30 x 100 plot. Oversized grounds. No. 4 ' 4 .
See — Essex
E-S-S-E-X
143-01 Hillside
Ave.
INVESTIGATE
THESE SOUND BUYS
2 story and basement browuiitone .10 .rooms.. 2 .baths.
Steam heat All vacant. Price
$15,500. Cash $2,500
Brooklyn
Fully «l«tache<l. 6 H roome.
3 br<irooni«». Hot water heat.
OvfTHizeil raiatro. N o . 545.
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PROM
St.
$9900
No Cash G. I.
2 .family, .one .four .room
apartment, and one 3 room
apartment. .Finished .basement with bar. 3 frigidaires.
All .modern .improvements.
Act quickly
2 F A M I L Y HOMES
$12,700 U P
9G2 llalsey
Idlewild
Gardens
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS
$14,900
Nr. Howard Ave.
H. ROBINS, Inc.
See — Essex
AX. 7-7900
JAMAICA
MUST
Fully (Ict.-ifhcil. Sliinslcd. 6
riionip. Btc.iin. " blooUe Bcbool,
•hnppinc, 6\ibway, btJscB.
No. 467.
NO C A S H FOR G. I.
HOLLIS
$11,500 Chapelle Gardens
ST. ALBANS
BRAND NEW HOMES
$9500
J A M A I C A . 1- 1.
C A L L FOIl D l K K C r i O N S
OPEN E V E R Y DAY
$l4.50o|
ST. ( K i n g s t o n )
GET SET FOR WINTER
Jamaica Park
'The Real EstalJ
Super Market!!!'
Brooklyn
Gardens
Parkway
No Cash G. I.
HOLIDAY
H. ROBINS, Inc.
962 Halsey St.
Baisley Park
OIL HEAT
Washing Machine
Included
:
$8700
STOP PAYING RENT!!
See — Essex
2 CAR G A R A G E
Is
L L
S. Ozone Park
No Cash G. I.
BEDROOMS
115-43 Sutphin Blvd.
Fall CLEARAMCE
Drastic
Reductions!
FuHy df'tached. One family
home. 6 roomu. New
oil
etf^am h»'at. Modern kit chin,
parage. No. 10.
4
DIPPEL
LONG ISLAND
L O N G ISLAND
ISLAND
$10,750
HOME
ST. ALBANS
3 Bedrooms - 2 Story
These are brand new homes
with every luxury and every
modern improvements.
$13,060
2 FAMILY
4V2 and 3
Brick shingle. Brand new, with
every luxury.
$17,300 and up
ST. ALBANS
B R I C K — B R I C K — 5 large
modern bungalow type rooms,
detached, oil, garage — latest
in style, construction and design on lovely
neighborhood
and large plot. Asking
$14,500
.4>vvly
Uland lloiiieH At r r i t e v
to iiult In t b « uiubt iletiiruble btK'tiun*
NKW IJSTINGS DAILY
o r Oii« Mud i'wo Kumily lloub«t
LEE ROY SMITH
I U - 0 4 Mtrrick Blvd. Jamaica .L.I.
W h i t e - Colored. 1 and 2 room
FOR KETIREMENT
JAfflaica «-45f2 LAwrelton 7-68S5
apts., beautifully furnished, kitchenettes, bathrooms, elevators. K i s - E v e r y ' g o o d thing found in Florida
met Arms Apartments, 57 Herki- — f r o m Verdant Hills to Deep,
Q U E S T I O N S of general Intermer St., between Bedford and Nos- Blue Sea. W r i t e for proof N O W . est are answered in the interest"
trand. near 8th Ave. and Brighton
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
iiig Question Please column of
lines.
Vrooksvitl»
Florida X.he L E A D E R . Address the editor.
OUTSTANDING VALUES!!
S O U T H O Z O N E P A R K : 4 ' i - R o o m bungalow, all modern improvements, finished basement, steam heat, oil, plot 40 x 100,
1 - car garage. Near all facilities
Price
$9,500
S T . A L B A N S : Legal 2 - family, 3 and 3 ! i - room apartments,
private layout, excellent condition, tiled baths and modern
kitchens, near transportation, shopping and schooh
aaa
Price
$l3f99U
S P R I N G F I E L D G A R D E N S : Gorgeous show-place home in del i g h t f u l residential community, 6 - large beautifully decorated
rooms, modern bath and kitchen, steam heat, oil, plot 40 x 100,
2-car garage, barbecue pit and many extras.
« I #» O B M
All for only
$13,650
— LOW DOWN PAYMcNTS —
MORTGAGES ARRANGED
ALLEN & EDWARDS
UB-18 Liberty Ave.. Jamaica. N. V. OLympia 8-2014—8-2015
SECURITY
OWN YOUR HOME
Can You Raise a Deposit?
I f So Buy and Stop Paying
Rent.
EAST
ELMHURST
Charming 1 - f a m i l y brick bungalow, 7 years old, 5 very modern rooms, completely redecorated in the latest color scheme,
scientific kitchen, colored tiled
tiath, satin-like finished hardwood floors, steam heat ga.s,
"ovely community. Down payment $1,600.
$12,000
JVruiB OI CgiDse
MANV
OOUD
UUVS
Jaiiiaieu bt. Albujis, So. O^oue Park
CALL JA 6-0250
The Goodwill Realty Co.
WM. RICH
U c . Brober Beal Betata
lOK-t;) NI'W Vork Blvil.. Jaiillllcu. N.V.
Own
youjr « w n
home.
SPRINGFIELD
GARDENS
Owner
reduces
price
for
quick sale Excellent buy. 6lovely rooms and
enclosed
porch; modern, in tip top
shape. 40 X 100 plot; choice
section on tree-lined street;
convenient
location
Make
appointment to see.
$11,990
ST. ALBANS
F o r G. L with $1,000 Ca.sh
M o v e right into this beautiful fully detached 6 room
home; modern throughout;
screen
rear
porch.
Well
worth the price at
$9,990
A p a i i m e n t s for Rent.
Several Desirable Unfurnished
Many Other Excellent Values
In 1 and 2 Families
TOWN REALTY
186-11 Merrick Blvd.
Springfield Gardens L. I
Laureltot) 7-2500-2.'i01
Maintenance
Engineers
Potoker Dies
Vote Schedule for United At Age 4 7
Appeal for Higher Pay
A proposed salary schedule for
maintenance worker employees of
the State was adopted at a meetinK of the Association of Chief
Engineers and Assistants Assn.,
held last Thursday at the Henry
Hudson Hotel, N Y C .
T h e association re-elected its
Powers
Asks Unity
ALBANY,
Nov.
1—John
F.
Powers, re-elected president of
the Civil Service Employees Association. has issued the following
statement concerning the recent
election in his organization:
" T h e election was hard-fought,
and I am naturally glad to have
won. T o those who worked f o r me
and supported my candidacy. I
extend thanks. During the campaign, some wounds were opened,
other new ones created. Those
must now be healed, and we must
BO forward to greater achievment
than ever before. Particularly now,
with great and difficult problems
facing us, we need unity and cohe.sion of all our forces.
" I deeply feel that what has
been accomplished in the Association is due largely to the efforts
of all the membrrs working topether. I t will be my aim always
to encourage this fine cooperative
spirit and do everything possible
to carry out the pnllcics and program to which we are all dedicated."
oficers: David L . Alloway of A t tica Pri.son, president; Irving Scott
of Creedmoore State Hospital, vice
president; Harold Dressel, secretary, and Clifford F. Bishop, of
Fredonia State Teachers College,
assistant secretary.
T h e following list gives the title,
present allocation ,and the upward
reallocatio nto be sought through
appeals to the Division of Classification and Compensation:
Power plant helper. R - 4 to B-6.
Steam fireman, R - 7 to R-9.
Stationary engineer, R-11 to
R-12.
Senior
stationary
engineer,
R-13 to R-14.
Principal stationary
engineer,
R-16 to R-20.
Head engineer, R-19. Title to be
delegted • and
title
and pay of
principal stationary engineer ot
prevail.
Chief engineer. R-21 to R-23.
Recommended for inclusion in
R-11 were the titles of plumber
and steamfltter, electrician ,carpenter. painter, machinist, and
general mechanic. As there are
numerous other titles, the subject
was referred to the executive committee for recommendation prior
to fillinB appeal for upward reallocation with the assistance of
headuarters of the Civil Service
Employees A.ssociation.
T h e pay scales of the grades
affected are: R-4. $2,450 to $3,190:
R-6. $2,720 to $3 520: R-7, $2,870
to $3,700; R-9, $3,180 to $4,070;
R-11, .<;3.540 to $4,490: R-13, $3,920 to $4,950: R-14. $4,130 to $5,2000; R-16, $4,580 to $5,730.
Warm Mineral Springs
Offers Home Opportunity
To Civil Service Workers
I n Sarasota County, 12 miles
south of Venice, Pla., the firm of
Warm Salt Springs, Inc., is o f f e r ing individual homesites at an
amazingly low-down-payment figure . . . with easy monthly terms
free of interest or taxes. T h e 720acre development now known as
W a r m Mineral Springs lies along
historic Tamiami Trail
(that's
what Florida citizens call U. S.
41), ad.iacent to the bass-andbream-rich Myakka River, and
surrounding the warm mineral
spring lake now believed to be the
Fountain of Youth Ponce de liCon
was seeking when he was killed
by hostile Indians in 1521.
W i t h its uniform year-round
water temperature of 87°, W a r m
Mineral Springs offers as,surance
ol" endless, barely-tnpped bounty.
Besides the liomesites now being
ottered, a bathhouse community
exists at present for the convenience of visitors . . . and plans are
iiiuier way for the development
of ii complete spa resort.
According
to
Warm
Salt
I.KCAI
NOTICE
Springs, Inc., the people who buy
property include those looking
ahead to their retirement years.
They
consider
the
$7,50-permonth payments for the lots a
virtually painless method of saving and the full purchase price of
just $295 for the lots an investment in the future. Another group
of purchasers are those in average
circumstances, who like the idea
of maintaining a winter home in
a part of the country heretofore
always
considered
the
"Playground of Millionaires."
Accruing to all are benefits of
moderate construction costs in the
Florida-We.st-Coast area, a favorable state tax structure (the allowance of a $5,000 homestead
exemption and the absence of a
state income t a x ) , and the elimination, for all practical purposes,
of expenses like furnace heating
and heavy winter clothes.
A color brochure may be obtained from W a r m Salt Springs,
Inc.. 254 South Tamiami Trail,
Venice, Fla.
LF«AL
NOTICE
At a Speeial T e r m . Part I I ot the City
Court of the City of N e w Y o r k , held in
VIsrllKK, .II'.NNIK—P
7 ? t / r . r ! — r i T A - and f o r the Cminty o t N e w Y o r k , at the
TUlN. — T l l K I'EOrr.F. OF T H E S T A T U Court House thereof .located at r,1 ChamO f NKW Y O R K
ll.v thp Oiat'O of Goil l i e i - Street, Doroufrh of M a n h a l l a n . City
I'l-.',- ;uul IiuliMiclKlont T O : Mimin Suloiilon. and State o t N e w Y o r k , on the 25th d.ay
.'^Oiihii- ^rnyor. Max (!o(-tz. Jeimlo Piiiily, of O. tober, 1051.
01'.;a Paul.v. M;irlli.T Kreud. nborff. Willi.iiii
Present. H O N . J O H N A. B Y R S E f . .TuatJ;iioh CioclK, Eilocn I.. Mc.ins. Helen
l.-p. I n the M . , t l f r o t tho Aiiplieaiion of
lir.iliier, .louii L. I V a r s o n . Sicfftiicd C o o l z
S
A
R A H M A S E R f o r an Order ehanirine:
Williiim ( i o c t z . Jcnnlo GnMz. being Uip
M A S O N , Judex
No.
perstina ititereft(ecl as er.'ilitnrs, ics-atcea, her name to I N A
i
;
i
5
Sl-l<l54.
divijec!).
bniiefielaripii.
distributees,
or
r
p
o
n
readin?
and
filin?
the
p
e
t
l
l
i
o
n
of
o l h i r w i s e , in
llip
piit.ite
ol
JENNIE
]''[•<(• 1110R, deceased, w h o at the timo of S A R A H M A S E K . veritled tlio 2 l s t day of
September,
1051.
prayiupr
f
o
r
leave
to
aali»r (le.Kli
.T rosirtent of N o . 101 West
K l l h Slicct, N e w Y o r k , N e w Yorlt. Send Biime the name of I N A M A S O N , in place
and instead o f her present name, and tho
Gnvlini;:
Court beinir oatistifd tiiereby that tho all lioii ll\e petition o l n F R N . A R n C A U T
leaations contained in said petition arc
I . l l t , resiilin? at N o 5-70 I>ie,.nililly Road
truo and that there arc no reasonable
Oreut Neelt, N e w Y o r k .
oWection to tho name pronoaed,
Von and e.ieh o f you p.i,- hereby cited
N O W . on motion o t G E O R G E P O P K I N .
t o show oan«o befoi'o the Suiroff.nte's Court attorney fur petitioner, it is
of the Connty of N e w Voili. held at U
O R D E U E D that S A R A H M A S E R be and
H.iil of Keeorda, in the County of N e w she h . r e l i y is authorized to assume t h e
Y o i l i en llio I'Mh day of K . i v i m l w r 11)54. name of I N A M A S O N on and a f t e r tho
.nl li.iU past ten oVIo. It in the forenoon o l tth d.iy o t Deeember, 105 4. upon condilluit daj-. w h y tlie thinl n. onnt of pro- tion, h o w e v e r , that she eluill comply with
ec. Hi'irs of D K U N A n i l O V R T L I B , aa Kx- the f u r t h e r i^rovisions of this order, and
r . u l i i r o t the r.,iPt Will and Testuuient it ia f u r t h e r
of
IKIONIE I ' l H C I I K R . dc ivised, f o r the
ORDKRKn,
that
this order and
the
I.eri^.ii from February
1(15.3 to Sep. aforemeulione.1 petition
be entered
and
»«tKher 1,-., 10.54 phouM not bo judicially tiled within ten ( 1 0 ) days f r o m tho date
•iltl.-d
the tonippiiiation of tho Exeeu- hereof, in tho om.'C o t the Clerk of this
t o r i alliirnevs in the an niint of $1,750. Cmirt, and that a copy of this order shall
tiisi ther with Ihi ir 1'••;il di^hnrw m e n t i in within ten
(101
days a f t e r tho entry
Ihe uii.oiiiil of .fliS.-^R Paul, and the E.vecu- hereof
bo puhiishe.l ou.^ in tho Civil
tur
aiill.iiriz. d to
r.'ljiii
ihe sum
ot Service I.eader published in tho City of
!H (KUKIO f o r p o f f i h i , . r .1, ..1 estate tax N e w Y o r k . Coui'ly ot N e w Y'ork. and that
rii'ri,itn.'y
in the e»:latr ot l l n i r y Elidns, witiiln f » r t y ( 1 0 ) days a f t e r the inaUins:
do. a.4<-.l
of tiiis or.ler. p r o o f of such pubiii'ation
111 t i > '
vvhiMcof. we haye caused shall -be entered an.l filed with the Clerk
Ih"
.
ho Snno!T;..ii 3 iv,iirt of the o t this Court: and it is f u r t h e r
•nid ('..ini:
„ ( N, w V m ' ; to he hrn unto
O R D K l i K n that f n l l o w i n ? tho filinir of
m i i . e d . W i l c s s . H"iin,MMv ( l . o r u e irtdnk- this ii lition and oider, as hereinbefore
m i l i a l . p. a SniTcrat.: of our - I'd Oountv, d i n e t e d . an.l the inililieation of said order
* l the Cuiuity of N. w v...It, tho Sllih day and Ihe ( i l i i i j of i>roof of
publi.-ation
of Siptcniber in liie y.-ir o t our f.ord one thereof, an.l on and a f t e r tiie 4th day of
tlinu.-:ind nine hnr.di.M and till:, four.
Deei'uibir. 11151. the petitioner shall be
<J. S 1
I ' l m II" A
IMIKMHIE,
k n o w n by t h « name of I N A M A S O N , and
f i c r i t of II.
., ... - r o u r t .
by no other name
i l K I M D K . U V K U . I i * S Vi.
it i .1M ICR.
E N T B K
All..rniy,j lor
,,i
(It l;fo»dWi»y,
J. A. B.
How Y o r k
Niw
k.
fl. J. 0. C.
Certifications
Per.sons on the following N Y C
eligible lists have been certifled
to personnel ofHccrs of the de
partments mentioned, to be called
for job Interviews. More names
are submitted than there are va
cancles, so all persons certifled
may not be called. The list num
ber of the last eligible certified Is
given.
PROMOTION
Assistant bacteriologist. Health;
25.
Assistant foreman. Sanitation;
362.
Assistant foreman
(structures
B ) , Transit Authority; 25.
Assistant foreman
(structures
C ) , Transit Authority; 38.
Assistant foreman
(structures
E ) , Transit Authority; 10.
Assistant
foreman
(track),
Transit Authority; 92.
Assistant maintenance engineer
(power). Transit Authority; 4,
Assistant
supervisor
(structures), Transit Authority; 9.
Chief marine engineer (diesel),
Sanitation; 4.
Clerk, grade 5: Queens Boro
President, 8; Budget, 7; W e l f a r e ,
15; T a x , 3; City Magistrates, 2.
Court clerk, grade 3, City Court;
Benjamin Potoker, supervising
unemployment Insurance hearing
representative. Division of E m ployment, State Department of
Labor, died on October 28, after
a brief illness. He was 47.
During his 20 years in State
service, he served as assistant to
counsel for the State Insurance
Department, Liquidation Bureau,
and 1 nvarious capacities for the
Division of Employment
was b o r n
in
Brooklyn,
at tended Columbia
University
and
Brooklyn
Law
School. He was
an active member of the New
York City chapter, Civil Service
Employees
Association. He was
president of E x Potokei
celsior
Lodge
1910, B'nai B'rith chapter or State
workers, an dorganized the first
Annual Brotherhood Luncheon of a .
State employees. H e was a past
Deputy olerk of district. Munipresident of the Men's Club of the cipal Court; 15.
Infants Home of Brooklyn.
District superintendent, Sanitation; 28.
Cited by President
First assistant marine engineer
During World W a r I I , he was a
(diesel), Sanitation; 3.
co-chairman of the Albany chapForeman, Sanitation; 152.
ter of the Red Cross and received
Foreman (mechanical power).
a Presidential Citation for his Transit Authority, 37; power diswork. Mr. Potoker was very ac- tribution, subway and elevated,
tibe in the United Jewish Appeal. 26; structures D, 5; turnstiles, 9.
He contributed many articles to
Junior bacteriologist. Hospitals;
leading legal periodicals on the 28,
subject of unemployment insurLight maintainer. Transit Auance.
thority; 55.
Medical social worker, grade 2,
Hospitals; 20.
KMPLOYEK
IVKWS
Power cable maintainer. Transit
Authority; 19.
(Continued f r o m Page 8)
Power maintainer B, Transit
Moorhead. Bernadine J. Gosling,
Ellsworth Pitch, Arlene Kaczeraski Authority, 38; C, 99.
Section stockman. City College;
and Dorothy Lange.
These
employees
have
l e f t 2.
Stenographer, grade 3, HospiMarcy Hospital recently: Edith
M . Murray, Daisy Baker, Harry tals, 5; Excise Taxes, Comptroller,
E. Van Etten, Dora Ingham, Vin- 4.
Telephone maintainer. Transit
cent J. Freschi and Sophie G r e a Authority; 105.
sack.
Train dispatcher. Transit Authority; 105.
Ventilation and drainage mainTHE
ANNUAL
BAZAAR
at
Thomas Indian School under the tainer, Transit Authority; 16.
Assistant foreman (structural,
sponsorship of the CSEA chapter
group B ) , Transit Authority; 15.
was held on October 20 and 21.
Clerk, grade 5, City Cleric and
The
numerous
booths
were
laden with treasures f r o m New City Council; 3.
Senior surface line dispatcher.
Mexico, North Carolina and A r i zona; and f r o m local attics, cel- Transit Authority; 22.
Stationary fireman: Correction,
lars and kitchens.
T h e Indian foods, comprised of 3; Public Works, 21.
Stationary
engineer (general
corn bread, ghost bread and corn
soup were so good that only the promotion list). Correction, Edureal honest-to-goodness
Seneca tion. Hospitals, Public Works, 61.
Supervisor (buses and shops).
Indian could have made them so
tempting. This booth was run by Transit Authority; 11.5.
SPECIAL M I H T A R Y LIST
Leora Eels.
Attendant,
grade
1
(male).
T h e regular refreshment booth
Queens
College,
2,539;
did a land office business on bar- Parks,
messenger
becue sandwiches served by the Hospitals, 2,539 ( f o r
renowned
chef,
Harlan
Gage. and watchman j o b ) .
Bookkeeper, grade 1, Board of
Andy Samuelson was the stand
manager and hot dogs, coffee and Estimate, Finance, Housing Authority, Hospitals, Domestic R e pop were his specialties.
There was a good supply of lations, Transportation; 793.
Cleaner ( m e n ' . Welfare, Public
home made cakes, bread cookies
and candy in the baked goods Works, Community College; 563.
Clerk, grade 5, City Clerk and
booth under Florence Roberts' direction, 'Chester" had a corner City Council.
Typist, grade 2, Housing Auon good-looking ladles for assistants i nhis Indian pewelry booth. thority, Transit Authority. ComJanie Owl had the Indian crafts. merce, City Magistrates, CompT h e novelty booth was run by the troller's Office, Welfare, Hospihospital staff, the store booth Ijy tals, Domestic Relations, EducaElnora Haight. and the white ele- tion; 1,656.
Cleaner ( m e n ) . Queens College;
phant by Gladys Varney.
T h e stage show on Wednesday 292 (list of December, 1950); 568
night was under the direction of (list of July, 1952).
Laborer, Sanitation, ComptrolA l f r e dDouglas. W i t h a beautiful
setting of a huge tepee in the ler, City College. Finance, M a n pines, many ceremonial dances hattan Borough President: 2.976
were given in excellent f o r m by (list of October, 1950); 476 (list
A1 and the boys of the Indian of September, 1953).
Railroad caretaker, Tran.sit AuClub.
On Thursday
afternoon
the thority; 4,340,
L A B O R CLASS
Cattaraugus Indian School held
Cleaner ( m e n ) . Queens College;
a namateur program with prizes
donated by the Association. T h e 925.
Laborer, Manhattan
Borough
children and teachers seemed to
have a good time, eating, drinking President, 1,032; Sanitation, City
and applauding their favorite act. College, 1,041; Markets, Purchase;
Thursday evening the barber- 1,055; Finance, 1,147.
Cleaner ( m e n ) . Welfare, Comshop chorus from Gowanda gave
1,402;
Public
a superb stage show under the munity College,
musical direction of Bob Palclc. Works, 1,724.
Laborer, Water Supply, Gas
T h e master of ceremonies was the
and
Electricity,
1,040;
Public
"natural" Vic Witherell.
T h e boys in the parking lot are Works, 1,051; Police, 1,077.
to be congratulated for their efficiency. Wednesday night " B u n "
A good time was had by all, due,
Marble and Ernie Mohawk direc- we feel, to the excellent cooperated parking, and Thursday night tion of all the employees.
this job was taken over by Les
Bell and Gene Spires.
Tickets et cetera were cared foi
T H I S W E E K promises to be a
by Fred Hebner and Frank Mons,
standout in socia ifunctions at
assisted by Bob Strang,
Last, but by no means least, Creedmore State Hospital, On
was the work done by T e d Sprague November 4 at 8 P.M., in the
and the other men who built and amusement hall, about 60 emthen later removed the booths. ployees will receive 25-year servThe "clean-up" gang is seldom ice pins. Dancing and refresh-1«3j8 ssaiaqi-iaAau inq psuonuaxa ments will follow. Fi-iends and
ly appreciated.
.relativQs o( recipients m'« iavlt«d
Thomas Indian School
Creedmoor
Merit System
Jobs Made
Political
(Continued from Page 4)
politically are usually those f o r
which no register of
ellgible.1
exists. T h a t makes it legal to make
political appointments of temporaries, equivalent to provisionals
in other jurisdictions.
James A. Campbell, president of
the American Federation of G o v ernment
Employees, A F L ,
denounced the program as an a t tempt to fill civil service jobs
through political sources
" I t comes as a shock," he said,
to find the President defending
such a policy while the Civil S e r vice Commission remains silent."
Not the First Attempt
When the facts about the j o b routing system were publicized^
although against W h i t e
House
wishes, they caused the W h i t e
House to reveal previous but less
formalized efforts in the same direction. Newspaper reporters had
heard about the earlier efforts,
but had never been given a copy
of the correspondence, so asked
for the text.
Mr. Willis sent the letters out
months ago on behalf of M r ,
Adams, who handles political personnel matters for the President.
Chairman Young is the President's
personnel liaison officer in other
respects.
Mr. Willis' earlier advice to department heads was in mimeograph form. However, he signed
the covering letter.
Department heads were told
that the voters' mandate
the
Eisenhower ticket received in 1952
required proof the mandate is being carried out. One way would be
to generate "controlled publlcitv'*
on the appointment Qf Republicans to Federal jobs.
Wants Sympathetic mployces
"Personal patronage," Mr. Willis
wrote, "resulting f r o m highly personalized recruiting by certain
uncooperative
personnel
people
who are not in sympathy witii
this administration has resulted
in a terrific loss of opportunity
to qualified loyal Republicans.
"Holdovers on the payroll in key
spots, as of January 19, 1953. i n clude a backlog of key people who
have served only under a Democratic administration. Many are
not in sympathy with the administration's program. Many have
never been tested because they
never were subject to a civil service exam.
In All Fairness
"However, it is only fair to add
that many holdovers are loyal<
hard-working, competent ami cooperative career people. Also there
are many long-time Republicans
in this group.
"Lack of systematic location
and control of key positions at the
agency level has prevented plprement of qualified loyal R e n f ' i l i cans of proven ability In Schedule
C jobs and in key positions, grades
14 to 18."
Positions in Schedules A and C
are in the exempt class, and by
law may be filled as the President
sees fit. Incumbents retain those
jobs at his pleasure. However,
positions In the competitive service are of the career type, under
the law and rules, and employee
groups say political persuasion
must have nothing to do with filling any of these, whether at the
lowest, medium or highest pay
levels. Merit, not salary, must be
the guiding principal, they say,
otherwise the whole merit sy.stem
is undermined, and bad repute
for the merit system in the Federal government could have serious repercussions in State and
local government
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
placed three jobs in Schedule C^
outside the competitive civil service:
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, one secretary to the
national office renrcsentative: Department of the Interio:-. Office of
the Secretary, one private secretary to the Under Secretary; and
U. S. Information Agency, one
staff assistant to the special assistant to the Director, new job.
T h e others are taken f r o m the
competitive civil service.
to attend, as are all hospital employees.
The
following
evening,
the
Creedmore World W a r Vets will
hold their annual fall dance. R e freshments and ice-set-ups will
be on sale. T l i e dances are always
a tremendous success and, If a d «
vance ticket sales are an lndica-<
Uoo. a large crowd wlU attend.
KEY ANSWERS
(Other K e y Answers WUI B e
Found on P a g e 15)
ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR
N V C Department of W e l f a r e
Special Military Promotion Exam
(Held Friday, October 15)
1, T r u e ; 2, False; 3, T r u e ; 4,
False; 5, T r u e ; 6, T r u e ; 7. False;
8, T r u e ; 9, T r u e ; 10, False; 11,
False; 12, T r u e ; 13, False; 14,
False; 15, T r u e ; 16, T r u e ; 17,
T r u e ; 18, False; 19, T r u e ; 20,
True.
21, T r u e ; 22, False; 23, False;
24, T r u e ; 25, False; 26, False; 27,
False; 28, T r u e ; 29, T r u e ; 30,
T r u e ; 31, False; 32, T r u e ; 33,
False; 34. T r u e ; 35, False; 36,
T r u e ; 37, T r u e ; 38, False; 39,
False; 40, False.
F r i d a y , N o v e m b e r 5 is the last
day to file protests, citing authorities, with the N Y C Department of
Personnel, 299 Broadway,
New
Y o r k 7, N. Y .
Jobs and Pay in College Series
Of Tests Slate Will Open on Nov. 8
T h e State exam series f o r college seniors and graduates will
open f o r receipt of applications at
offices of the State Civil Service
Department on M o n d a y , N o v e m ber 8. D o not attempt to apply
before TTovember 8.
Professional and technical assistants, in 14 specialties will be
hired ,also accounting assistants,
and public administration interns,
will be recruited.
Exams f o r employment interviewer and unemployment insurance claims examiner. Division of
Employment, will also be open at
the same time.
Last day to apply will be F r i d a y ,
December 17, with written tests
•scheduled f o r Saturday, January
15.
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Fireman
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• Steno Typist ICAP-1-7) $2.00
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• Steno-Typist (Practical) $1.50
• Stock Assistant
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• Structure Maintainer ....$2.50
• Substitute Postal
Transportation Clerk ....$2.00
• Surface Line Opr. $2.00
• Technical & Professional
Asst. (State)
$2.50
• Telephone Operator
$2.50
n Title Examiner
$2.50
• Trackman
$2.50
• Train Dispatcher
$2.50
• Transit Patrolman
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• Treasury Enforcement
Agent
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pensation investigator and c o m pensation claims investigator, $3,360; .senior law clerk, $3,020; and
indu-strial investigator, $3,540.
(1) L i b r a r y Science: junior l i brarian, $3,360.
( m ) Psychology: junior per.<;onnel technician, $3,360.
Accounting Jobs
Accounting assistants are e l i g ible f o r the f o l l o w i n g jobs, $3,360
to start: junior tax examiner,
junior utility rates analy.st, junior
accountant, junior personnel t e c h nician, junior auditor and junior
payroll examiner.
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( e ) Economics: junior
economist and junior rates examiner
( t r a n s p o r t a t i o n ) , $3,360; and industrial investigator, $3,540.
( f ) Administration:
administrative aide, junior examiner of
methods and procedures, junior
personnel
assistant and
junior
public records analyst, $3,360.
( g ) Geology:
scientific
aide
( g e o l o g y ) . $3,360.
( h ) M a t h e m a t i c s : junior actuary and junior utility rates analyst, $3,360.
( i ) Statistics: junior statistician
and junior utility rates analy.st,
$3,360.
( j ) Journalism: publicity aide,
$3,360.
( k ) L a w : law assistant, c o m -
S A N I T A T I O N ST. G E O R G E
GROUP HONORS THE DEAD
T h e St. George Association of
the N Y C Department of S a n i t a tion honored deceased members at
its fourteenth annual memorial
Following is a summary of legal
service in St. Gabriel's Episcopal
Church, Hollis, Queens. Sanitation matters submitted by Sidney M.
Commissioner Andrew W . M u l - Stern, chairman of the committee
rain represented the department. on laws and rules, to the N Y C
H o w a r d W .Frlck of Brooklyn is Civil Service Commission:
president
of
the
800-member J U D I C I A L D E C I S I O N S .
group. T h e arrangements c o m m i t Special T e r m . Phillips v. B r e n tee consisted of James Higgins,
Edwin Biownell, M a l c o l m M a n - nan. Petitioner sought an order
ning,
John
Brueggemann
and annuling a ruling of Commi.ssion
marking him not qualified f o r a p G e o r g e Meyers.
pointment as patrolman (P. D . )
because of adjudication as w a y F O R T W A D S W O R T H OFFERS
ward minor. Justice
McGivern
R E P A I R and I N S P E C T I O N J O B S held that the action of the C o m T h e Board of U. S. Civil Service mission was not unlawful or u n Examiners,
Headquarters,
F o r t reasonable since it has the right
Wadsworth, Staten Island, N Y C , to di.squalify a person w h o is
has the following openings, a t the found to be of
unsatisfactory
hourly rates mentioned:
character or reputation, and that
Artillery repairer, $1.91, $2,07, it could so treat petitioner herein.
$2.15, $2.22.
( N Y L J 10-7-54).
Artillery inspector, $2.26.
PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED
Fire
control
instrument
reR o w a n v. Commission. Article
pairer, $1.99, $2.15, $2.22. $2.30.
F i r e control instrument inspec- 78. Petitioner was marked not
qualified f o r patrolman ( P . D . )
tor, $2.30, $2.33.
Apply to the Board until further because of history of alcoholism.
H e seeks to have his name placed
notice.
on the list.
H a y d e n et al v. Casey. P e t i t i o n Sadie Brown says:
ers seek certain relief by w a y of
compelling the T r a n s i t Authority
to recognize seniority rights f o r
the position of towerman.
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( a ) Engineering
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Architecture: senior engineering aide, senior draftsman, senior architectural
d r a f t s m a n and senior mechanical
draftsman, $3,730; landscape aide,
$3,540; and junior utility rates
analyst, $3,360.
( b ) B i o l o g y : junior bacteriologist, scientific aide ( b i o l o g y ) and
scientific aide ( b o t a n y ) , $3,360.
( c ) Chemistry: junior a n a l y t i cal chemist, junior
biochemist,
junior sanitary chemist and scientific aide. $3,360.
(d> Physics: scientific aide, $3,360.
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C I V I L
Page Fourteen
Education Seen as
Tool of Civil Service Aides
(Continued f r o m Page 3)
Conference nieetins In Syracuse
on February 5. 1955. T h e State
education committee, upon
request, will be plea.sed to arrange
f o r similar meetings for other
Conferences, if desired.
Civil Servicc Institute
T h e succe-ssful meeting in M a y ,
1953 in commemoration of the
70th birthday of the Civil Service
L a w was reviewed in detail by this
committee. In was the studied opinion of the committee that an
annual
Civil
Service
Institute
seemed to o f l e r a special opportunity of bringing to the attention
of the public the Importance of
government work and of the civil
servant. An intensive e f f o r t was
made to hold a Civil Service I n stitute in Albany in M a y , 1954, dependent on an official proclamation of Civil Service Day by the
Governor. A speaker of statewide
renown was secured months in
advance. However, the combined
eflorts of a small committqe living
in various sections of the State
was insufTicient to cover the multitude of
details and
arrangements needed. These factors combined with a late decision not to
i.s.sue a Civil Service D a y proclamation caused the committee to
cancel th£ 1954 plans.
However, it is the unanimous
opinion of this committee that a
Civil Service Institute or a Conference-wide project of
similar
nature is a vital need. Some such
action must be undertaken by the
C S B A in order to focus attention
In the right way on our entire
civil service structure and its i m portance to every citizen in the
State. I n particular, we must make
a determined e f f o r t to reach those
individuals
and
organizations
which are so important in shaping
public
opinion
throughout
N e w Y o r k . F r o m the experience
of our comm.ittee this year, it
would seem that only a large com
mittee supported by a united ef
f o r t of the CSEA membership and
board of directors can assure the
type of program needed. Once un
dertaken it is Important that this
e f f o r t be a succe.ss. Once under
w a y the project must be done
right and carried to a succe.ssful
conclusion.
S K K V I C K
L K A U K K
Rev. Hyland Dead;
Built Prison Church
T h e Rev, Ambrose Hyland, 54,
who was instrumental in building
— t h e answer, too, must I'est with the first church within prison
him. i V r t h a i reason, we must ask walls in the United States, was
each chapter — each Conference found dead early October 3, in his
— to re-a.ssay its own committee burning automobile near Scroon
structure. Does each of your unit Lake, N, Y .
Father Hyland
was Catholic
groups have a committee on education, or at least a chairman? If chaplain at Clinton Prison and
not, appoint one — see to It that the Dannemora State
Hospital
he or she brings to the State c o m - f r o m 1937 to 1953. During that
mittee
ideas, problems,
needs. time, he supervised the construcOnly in this way can we hope to tion of the Church of the Good
develop an educational plan truly T h i e f . Convicts did all the work
representative of our entire group on the building, which was recogof over 60,000 members.
nized as the first church built
As an A.ssociation, we need also within prison walls in the nation.
to ask ourselves — how do we plan Funds f o r the project were raised
to finance our educational plans? by contributions on a national
Our headquarters staff, notably scale.
Phil K e r k e r and Bill McDonough,
I t was the accomplishment of
have worked long and arduously. this work which won him national
But if we hop"? to cover the work recognition. H e had collaborated
to be done, bring to our member- with the movie industry in H o l l y ship outstanding speakers, stimu- wood in plans f o r a projected film
lating workshops, we will need to on the Church of the G o o d T h i e f .
be in a position to pay for such H e also published a book, " T h e
services. W e a.sk that you consider Gates of D a n n e m o r a . "
how our C S E A educational proF o r the past year F a t h e r Hyland
gram may best be done; that you
study what other groups are d o - has been pastor of his native paring; and finally that you consider ish of St. Patrick's in Chateauwhat you, yourselves, want in your gay, N. Y .
own area chapter. Truly, " t h e f u Funeral services f o r F a t h e r H y ture belongs to those who plan f o r land were held at St. Patrick's
it."
Church in Chateaugay.
T h e Most Rev. W a l t e r P. K e l l Committee members, in addition to chairman Castle, are: Mel- enberg. Bishop of Ogdensburg. was
celebrant of the solemn pontifical
ba R. Binn. Dr. Frederick B a i r
Dorris- P. Bli'st. Edward Gibbons
Mass of
requiem, assisted by
Irene Kohls. Edward D. M e a c h a m
clergy f r o m throughout the dioElizabeth McSweeney and Sylvia cese, including the Rev. John M c Parker.
N a m a r a who succeeded Father
Special consultants to the com- H y l a n d as chaplain at D a n n e mittee: Dr. Prank'in B. Amos. Dr
mora.
Price ChenauU. Dr. Edward S
T h e Rev. Earl T a y l o r , pastor of
Mooney and A b r a h a m Novick.
St. Edmund's Church, Ellenburg,
gave the sermon.
TOLL SERVICEMAN
A m o n g those present at the
funer-il services were: W i l l i a m E.
LIST NEARLY READY
A L B A N Y . Nov. 1 — T h e
State Leonard, Acting Corr.iiiissioner of
Civil Service Department expects Corroction; W a r a e n J. V. Jack.son
to complete rating of the toll of Clinton Prison and Dr. Francis
serviceman exam in December, it C. Shaw. Director, and Merle
was announced in the progre.ss Cooper, Busin'T<;<- Oflicer, both
f r o m the Dannemora State Hospireport of the department's Exami
tal.
nations Division.
A < ; T I V I T I K S
O F
Rochester
State Hospital
K M P L O Y K K S
S T A T K
another brother, Herbie Moran.
C. Dean L o n g f e l l o w , m a i n t e n ance carpenter, died October 8.
S y m p a t h y to Mrs. L o n g f e l l o w , his
son Jay and daughter M a r y ,
Virginia Bracht, head nurse in
Livingston Building has been ill
at home for several weeks.
W e l c o m e back to duty a f t e r illness to Leverne Fusco, Orleans
Building, Jane Corcoran, M o n r o e
Building, and Frances Lutz, O r leans Building.
Fall Vacationers
John McDonald, hospital supervisor, has returned f r o m a tour
of the mid-west. Elizabeth H e a g ney, Orleans supervisor, and G u y
Nixon, maintenance department,
have also returned to duty a f t e r
vacation.
A m o n g employees e n j o y i n g v a cations are George Stevens, recreation supervisor, and Mrs. S t e v ens, administration building, who
are touring the Southern States.
T h o m a s Baird, maintenance f o r e man, is in Atlantic City. Other
vacationers: Albert T a i t , L i v i n g ston Building, G e o r g e
Russell,
transportation, and Claude and
Lurleen Rowell.
W i l m a Lally, stenographer in
reception office, has moved to
B u f f a l o where she will take up
new duties in Niagara Falls with
the Department of Parks. M a x
DuBols, Livingston Building, has
also resigned.
New appointments as charge
nurses in the Genesee Building
are Jane Donovan on W a r d 21.
and Loretta Kowcheck on W a r d
38.
Tuesday, INovemI>er 2, 195i
Civil Service Law Changes
(Continued f r o m P a g e 3)
or misconduct or for any reason
reflecting upon his fitness for public employment. A t present this
i.s the practice followed by the
State Civil Service Commission,
although not mandated by law.
Promotion
Safeguards
11. In general, we strongly urge
that the present promotion s a f e guards be retained in the interests of a ioutid career system, and
repeat our leconimendafion made
to you on February 15. 1951 and
thereafter
transmitted
to
the
Preller Commission, that interdepartmental promotion e x a m i n a tions, rather than open competitive examinaions, be used to "back
u p " regular promotion e x a m i n a tions. T h i s will give greater promotion opportunities to employees
in dead-end jobs, who might o t h erwise have 10 compete against
outsiders for a higher level j o b
in another department.
12. Inasmuch as an employee
can resign and be reinstated the
next day to a position to which
he was eligiblr- for transfer, we
recommend that the Civil Service
L a w be amended to authorize
transfers witht ut the requirement
of the consent of the appointing
officer of the department or agency f r o m which the transfer is
made. W e al.so urge that the law
provide that ixo transfer be made
without the consent of the employee being transferred.
13. W e recommend that the
Civil Service L a w be amended, in
accordance wit!' State attendance
rules, to require leaves of absence
with pay to employees rendering
jury service or attending cour*^^ f o r
other than personal matter.s.
Reinstatement A f t e r Disability
14. W e strongly urge that the
Civil Service L a w oe amended to
provide that where a person holding a position by permanent a p pointment in the competitive or
non-competitive class is separated
f r o m the service by reason of a
disability res'Uting f r o m occupational I n j u r y or disease, as defined
in the W o r k m e n ' s Compensation
L a w , he shall b"^ reinstated to this
same or similar position or to a
position to which he was eligible
for transfer, and that such reinstatetment take place within one
month a f t e r the employee's recovery, and ;f no such position is
vacant, he shall have his name
entered on a preferred eligible list
f o r any such position.
15. As recommended by our
committee nnd reported to the
board at 'ts meeting of N o v e m ber 21, 1952, we again urge that
the Civil Service L a w be amended
ROCHESTER
State
Hospital
chapter held its first quarterly
meeting in V a n de M a r k Hall,
with Bill Rossiter, new president,
presiding. A report was made by
Charles
G a f f n e y . delegate,
on
resolutions at the M H E A delegates meeting in Albany. Claude
Rowell and Bill Rossiter also attended.
Columbia F a r m Hotel. Nice show
Plans were formulated for the
headed by Dave K a r r , comedian,
coming year and committee apincluded Llbby M a n z o and Irna
pointments announced.
Schmidt ,vocalists, and the " G r e a t
Edna Wilson Honored
M a g e n i s " . Guests included Superintendent F r e d Brummel, AssisSome 150 friends and fellow
tant
Superintendent
William
employees attended a retirement
Cointot,
Assemblyman
Hyman
party honoring Edna Wilson, hosMintz, County Judge Lawrence
pital supervisor. T h e R e v . EuCooke,
Charles
Lamb,
Southern
gene Golding, chaplain, introduced
Conference president; Judge H a P. J. McCormack, senior business
rold Spriggs and Ves Battaglia of
oflicer, and John McDonald, suNapanoch.
pervisor, who praised Mrs. W i l H a r r y Starck. kitchen keeper,
son's years of service. A purse
transferred to Woodbourne f r o m
was presented by Archie G r a h a m ,
Coxsackie, Vinnie Mancusi prochapter vice president, who was
moted to lieutenant at Clinton.
in charge of the party arrangeGoing a w a y party held at H a n o ments.
fee's Hangout with g i f t s p r e Virginia
Scullin, director
of
sented.
occupational therapy, visited the
Chapter dues coming in fine,
O. T . Department f o r several
extra check in October helping.
days. Another visitor was Harold
New chapter officers: Donald
Abel, director of recreation.
Buchanan, president; Frank F a i r Mrs. Laura Stonegraber, superbrother, vice president; R a y J o h n visor of occupational therapy, and
son, treasurer; Casey Latkowskl,
Marion Muntz, O. T . Department,
secretary; David Duncan, delegate.
are in Washington, D. C. attendPresident and delegate attended
ing the National
Occupational
annual Association meeting in A l T h e r a p y Association meeting. Mrs.
bany, October 13-14. Dr. Ernest
Stonegraber also plans to spend
Goldsmith, institution psychiatrist,
some time in the South.
died Saturday, October 23. SinErnestine Fisher, daughter of
cere condolences to his family.
Mrs. Fisher, O. T . Department,
Ray
LaPolt,
guard,
resigned
was guest soloist at church serf r o m the Dept. a f t e r 17 years
Recommendations
service. Best of luck, R a y . . . Sgt.
T h e 1954 education committee vices f o r the patients. Mrs. Fisher
has won a Rochester Institute of
M I D D L E T O W N State Hospital M c K e n z i e in charge of new Edurecommends:
scholarship and a Employees' Association
Installed cation Scholarship P r o g r a m here.
1. T h e further continuation of T e c h n o l o g y
eight new officers at the annual N o school in area is responsible
the pilot education project in the New Y o r k State scholarship.
meeting. More than 175 members for lukewarm attitude of personchapters;
W e d d i n g Bells
2. T h a t study and action be takT h e l m a Palmer, O. T . D e p a r t - balloted to elect officers and a nel.
Recent appeal submitted on been In connection with an annual ment, and Earle Hall, transpor- board of directors of five to serve
half of attendants f o r change of
Civil Service Institute, or some tation. were married October 9 by one-year terms.
Chosen were T h o m a s Veraldl, title and pay grade has been desimilar project that will enhance the R e v . Chaplin. T h e ceremony
the prestige of civil service and took place in employees' sick bay president; L. Carl Berry, 1st vice- nied. Listen to this: T h e Classification Board stated that the apcivil service workers;
so that F r e d M c N a i r , convalescing president; Mrs. Eleanor Swope,
3. T h a t
concerted
action
be f r o m an Illness, and Edna M c - 2nd vice president; Francis K l l n g - peal was justified. T h a t the work
attendants
Mrs. performed by these
started in all Conferences and Nair might serve as attendants. man, 3rd vice president;
G r a c e Bull, secretary; Helen M o - was of a prison guard nature, but
chapters to encourage and develop
W
e
d
d
i
n
g
bells
have
been
r
i
n
g
sher, treasurer; R a y m o n d Swope, that nothing will be done at this
leadership in behalf of civil sei;i n g in the Monroe Building for delegate; and Harold Hervey, ser- time. W h a t kind of double talk
vice everywhere.
T
h
e
l
m
a
Conaway,
who
was
m
a
r
is this? Somewhere have been
geant-at-arms.
Conclusions
Dannan.
The
On the new board of directors heard the words, "Equal pay f o r
Education is a lengthy process. ried to Roland
ceremony
took
place
in
W
i
l
l
i
a
m
s
are Martha Plynn, H o w a r d Shu- equal work." Let's apply this rule
Pi'riiaps we .•<hould be thinking in
terms of S or even 10-year goals. port, Pa., with Mrs. Conaway's make, Frank Smith, John Walker, fairly . . . T h e deer hunters g e t two
oldest
children
as
attendants.
ting rifles ready. Season opens
Sr., and John O'Brien.
I t mu^t be reoopnizort that any
Nov. 15 . . . Benevolent fund e n S y m p a t h y to M a r y Seitler, recplan we may devise, any scluMiie
riched by $600 profits of souvenir
wi^ may i'v.jlv.3, nuust. l)c subject to reation department, and f a m i l y
Local chapter
THE
FIFTH
annual
dinner- program . . . .
tiiul and error, modification or on the passing of her brotl^er,
F r e d Moran. Mrs. Seitler ha-slKiad dance dnd show of Woodbourne CSEA working with Father W i l adjustment. T h e need for educa
Jiaui, WiUyi»si QU "Op(;^^tion Toy^"',
ti^yi* springs f r o m t h e indivlciiml u d«uL>l« •sunuw wttin tha lonk a f i s h a p l e r . wus .hold. OcLober ;i3, Hki
Annual Meetinff Workshop
T h e second recommendation of
the 1953 education committee was
f o r a workshop to be held one
year hence at the annual meeting
In October, 1954. I t was suggested
that a selected group of 30 delegates be invited to participate
T h e 1954 committee viewed the
proposal with favor. Based on the
experience acquired during the
year it was decided to direct the
attention of this meeting to the
general problem of leadership development. Since
the
education
committee
has member.s
from
Rochester, Syracuse. Utica and A l bany. it was decided to build the
meeting around chapter
presidents f r o m those cities where it
would be possible for local committee members to evaluate results. I n the invited group are
pre.sidents of three city chapters,
three t/Iental Hygiene, two Health,
and
one
each
representing a
county chapter. Public Works, Social
Welfare,
Tax,
Commerce,
Ciil Service, and Correction c h a p ters. A total of 19 presidents f r o m
three Conference areas are thus
included,
four
from
Rochester
(Western C o n f e r e n c e ' , four f r o m
Syracuse and three f r o m Utica
(Central Conference^, and four
from
Albany
(Capital
District
Conference).
The
Conference
presidents were invited to be present and participate fully in the
discussions. Results of this meeting will be given in a supplemental report by the education committee.
Middletown State
Hospital
Woodbourne
to require local Civil Sei vice C o m missions to adopt rules covering
sick leaves, vacations, time allowances and other conditions of
employment, just as the S t a t e
Commission has been required to
do.
16. As recommended by our
committee and reported to the
board on February 15, 1951, we
again urge that in line with providing
greater
opportunity
for
fuller use of present employee c a pacities, lists of vacancies in the
service ( f o r which there happen
to be no employees available for
p r o m o t i o n ) , be given wide publicity. so that interested and qualified employees m a y bid for transfer to such jobs.
Disciplinary Action
17. T h e comm.ittee also r e c o m mended that all competitive cla.sa
employees against whom disciplinary
proceedings
are
initiated,
should have the right to a h e a r ing, to be represented by counsel
and to examine and cross-examine
wltnes.ses.
18. W i t h respect to appeals f r o m
disciplinary action taken by the
appointing officer, the committee
recommends that all employees
should have the right to appeal
to the appropriate Civil Service
Commission. A t the present time,
the law provides that county e m ployees may only appeal to the
County Civil Service Commission.
19. T h e committee recommended that disciplinary proceeding-^
against an employee be heard by
a three-man c o m m i t t e e — o n e appointed by the appointing officer,
one by the employee, and the third
by the other two. T h i s would be
in contrast to the present practice whereoy the appointing officer is the person who brings the
charges, and also the judge and
j u r y who decide the charges.
20. T h e committee recommends
the Civil Service Commission be
given the power to reinstate e m ployees whom It m a y find In a p peal to be innocent of the charges
preferred against such employees.
Committee al.^o recommended that
all disciplinary determinations be
made by the full Civil Service
Commi-ssion, and that there be
court review ol the decision of
the Civil Service Commission on
questions of law.
T h e chairman wishes to take
this opportunity to thank the
other members of the committee
ft)r their invaluable counsel in this
matter, and on behalf of the c o m mittee to express the appreciation
of the committee to members of
the Association staff who have
cooperated with us so f u l l y this
past year.
buying paints and picking up
toys which are repaired and
conditioned a i the institution
distributed to needy children
Christmas
old
reand
for
Buffalo
State Hospital
NEW
OFFICERS
of
Buffalo
State Hospital chapter, elected at
the chapter's annual meeting, a r e :
K e n n e t h L. Blanchard, president;
Isadore W e l d m a n , vice president;
Melanya
T i e d way,
secretary;
George Rohan, treasurer;
Fred
Connley
(to fill an
unexpired
t e r m ) , Charles R o a r k e and R o b e r t
Burns
(alternate),
delegates.
Members of the executive council:
Harold Litzenberger, A r t h u r Roets,
Bernard
Thorn,
Nick
Nasseo,
Pauline Ma.sseo, Edward Courtney
and Shirley Buzak.
T h e secretary's report was given
by Bernie T h o r n , the treasurer's
report by George R o h a n , report
on the C S B A annual meeting by
President Blanchard.
T h e president thanked outgoing
officers for their full cooperation
during the year.
Refreshments
were
prepared
and served by T i m M u r p h y and
George Higgins, f o o d service department. Music was furnisehed
f o r dancing.
3 MACHINE OPERATOR
LISTS ISSUED
A L B A N Y , Nov. 1 — T h r e e officemachine tabulating
(tabulatingI B M ) eligible lists were issued recently by the State Civil Service
Commission. A total of 51 persons
pa.ssed the tests—two of
them
promotion, one open-competitive.
Exam Study Books
exeollent $tudy book* by Arco,
la praparoi'/on for eurr»»t
and
coming eiamt for public lobt, are
on tale at The LEADER
Bookstore,
97 Duane Street.
New York 7,
N. r., two blocks north of City
Hall, lust west of Broadway.
See
advertlsemeat,
Page IS.
CSEA Pension, Insurance
Gains, Goal
Report
A C T I V I T I E S
O F
Psychiatric Institute
r i l l M » i J < > l l < I U T
Y O K H
P. Reily Jr., Bernard Dunn. Theodore Klein Jr., Barbara Turano,
Mrs. P. Kamcrer, J.
O'Donncl,
Mrs. J .McGrath, M.^. M. Henschel, Mrs. P. Whitney, Mrs. H.
Minderman, Mrs. E. Mudge, Mrs.
P. Twitchell, Mrs. W. Chapman,
Mrs. J. Phipard, Mrs. E. Thorson,
Mrs. B. Davis, Mrs. B. Brondum,
Mrs. P. Lacoste, Mrs. A. Slavin,
Mrs. A. Scott and Mrs. G. Peasly.
Congratulations
to
Florence
Ball on her permanent appointment as supervising stenographer.
She was guest of honor at a party
given by co-workers at Indian
Head Rest, Smithtown.
Dr. Maynard Priestman, retired clinical pathologist, died October 25.
T h e family of the late Janet V.
Biegen wishes to thank Father
Carney and
the Sisters
of St.
Joseph, Kings Park; the Sisters
and staff of Si. Charles Hospital,
Port Jefferson; employees of Kings
Park and Huntington Hospitals:
CSEA. Nurses Alumni, Knights of
Columbus, fire and police departments, funeral director James N o lan, and friends and neighbors for
the many kindnesses during their
time of sorrow.
T h e air is filled with gun-taik
and woodlore as hospital nimrods
prepare for the hunting season.
Good luck, and a word of advice:
be careful, be a sportsman, and
don't shoot unless you're sure.
Hunting yarns should be told personally. not by a survivor.
S T A T K
Please notify Bertha Miller if
you know of any m'?mber who )3
ill
A hearty welcome to th^ new
chapter members. All members
are urged to attend meetings the
second T\iesday of each month.
P S Y C H I A T R I C Institute chapter delegates, Biagio Romeo and
John Kehlringer, attended
all
A L B A N Y , Nov. 1 — More than or the recommendations which business meetings of the CSEA
33,000 members of the Civil Ser- will be made. However, it does and M H E A in Albany. They feel
vice Employees Association are not require any gazing into a cry- both groups have done a fine job
covered by the CSEA group life stal ball to conclude that the So- in working for various benefits for
Insurance plan, compared with cial Security coverage will not all members. James Shanks of the
attended
the
MHEA
about 14,000 in 1946, it was re- simply be pyramided on our pres- laundry
ported by the Association's pen- ent retirement benefits at possibly meetings as appointed laundry
sion-insurance committee, headed •some slight additional co.st to the representative.
A film on brain operation techby Charles C. Dubuar. Tlie com- employee. Instead, it is much more
A L B A N Y , Nov. 1—The Court
mittee's report, presented to the likely that the pattern adopted niques, taken at tlie Institute's
of Appeals has decided upon the
CSEA's 44th annual meeting in by the three States which have operating room, was seen on
validity of a charter granted by
the Civil Service Employees A.sAlbany recently, also discussed integrated their retirement sys- W R C A - T V on October 31.
T h e drive for members of CSEA
sociation to members of the State
accident-sickness insurance, re- tems with Social Security will be
Employment Ser\ice, N Y C and
tirement, Social Security and Blue followed. However, even if the and M H E A is now in full swing.
employee gains only slightly b y All officers and delegates are coSuburban area. T'ne group had
Cross-Blue Shield coverage.
the combination of benefits. It is operating to .sign up old members
formerly been a part of the N Y C
Committee members, in addi- certain that the benefits to the and recruit new ones.
chapter and broken away. T h e
tion to Mr. Dvmbar, are: Solo- dependent wife or minor children
News of the Institute and its
N Y C chapter thereupon took the
mon Bendet, Sarah Collins. Ann will be extra benefits.
personnel has appeared in T h e
issue to court. In the latest action,
LeVine, John Mullaney. Joseph
L E A D E R from time to time. T h e
the Court of Appeals refu.ced
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Osborne, Kenneth Riexinger, J.
leave to the N Y C chapter to apI am happy to announce that correspondents wish to give coverAllyn Stearns and Gerard A. Vipeal the issue further.
over 40,000 State employees are age to as many per.sons as possible.
cino.
now on a payroll deduction sys- News items .should be given, in
Conclusion of the matter, which
T h e full report follows:
tem for Blue Cross-Blue Shield as writing, to: S. Kogan, IGth fioor;
had pone throvgh the courts for
B. Davin and Catherine Hagesmade
available
by
the
fifteen
Blue
nearly two vpars. was announced
INSURANCE REPORT
Cross-Blue Shield corporations in meier, housekeeping; D. Capers
to CSEA Board of Directors by
Group L i f e Insurance Plan
the State. Our Association head- and C. Kunkel, telephone departJohn Kelly, Jr.. nssistsint counsel.
Our Association's Group L i f e quarters assumed very substantial ment. A. Loverdi, business office;
The charter of the Employment
Insurance Plan has continued to additional volume of work to make B. Feigenson, social service; D.
Service chapter was issued in
grow during the last fiscal year. this possible. As could be expected, Mason, nursing; C. Sheets and J.
April, 1953.
Over 7.000 new insured members some errors occurred in the in- Fields, operating room; T. Goldwere added during the past fiscal stallation of the Blue Cross-Blue stein and R. Kronhausen, O. T .
W. P. H A R R I N G T O N .
year and the total now covered Shield payroll deductions. These department; J. Matulat and J.
GREEN HAVEN ENGINEER.
exceeds 33,000, compared to about are being corrected as rapidly as Kehlringer ' K e l l y ) , storeroom; S.
H O N O R E D ON R E T I R E M E N T
14,000 in 1946. T h e loss experi- possible, and it is hoped that with- Butero and L. Caliendo, engineerence under the Group L i f e I n - in the next few weeks our head- ing; Clarence Smith and Andrew
G R E E N H A V E N . Nov. 1—Wilsurance Plan continued to be f a - quarters, with the cooperation of Vayda, elevators; G. Georgeson.
liam P. Harrington, engineer at
vorable during the past year and. the Blue Cross-Blue Shield cor- food service; C. Morley. butcher
Green Haven Prison who retired
as a result, the pension-insurance porations. will issue a brochure shop; B. R o n e o . safety: B. Sholik,
October 31, was honored at a bancommittee and the board of di- for distribution to all State em- 10 north; and J. Shanks, laiindry.
quet given by fellow employee.":
rectors secured an agreement f r o m ployees that will furnish all emand friends, and was presented
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clarke
the insurance company to increase ployees with detailed informa- visited the Institute last week. He
E R I E C O U N T Y Home and I n - with a purse. He and Mrs. H a r the free insurance under the plan tion concerning enrollment of new was principal stationary engineer firmary unit installed officers at rington leave November 8 for Fort
f r o m 10 per cent, with minimum and old employees, payment of before his retirement.
the annual banquet in Lancaster Lauderdale, Fla.
of $250, to 15 per cent with mini- premiums d^iring ofl-payroll peMoose Hall. Almost 100 per.sons
mum of $250. T h e other extra riods; changes in contracts, and
attended. John P. Quinn, former C I T Y - W I D E P H O N E O P E R A T O R
benefits already available under the many other que.stions which
2nd vice president, CSEA, was P R O M O T I O N T E S T A S K E D
the plan without any premium arise. Our headquarters stafi perThe Telephone Operators Counguest speaker. He reviewed the
Increase consisting of double In- formed a mammoth task in proprogress of civil service employee cil 361, Civil Service Forum, has
demnity
for
accidental
death, cessing the 40.000 applicatjons and
A G E N E R A L meeting of Reha- organization from a modest start requested that N Y C hold a citywaiver of premium in event of payroll deduction authorizations bilitation Hospital chapter, CSEA,
wide promotion test for telephone
disability, and reduced premiums for Blue Cross-Blue Shield and in was held in the hospital auditor- in 1881 to the largest and strong- operator, grades 2 and 3. The la.st
f o r insured members under age establishing the accounting rec- ium October 21. Mrs. Agnes Finn, est organization of its kind in the promotion exr.ms were held in
40, will be continued.
CSEA State.
ords and arranging for the deduc- delegate to the annual
Officers are: Mrs. Esther Hus- 1947, for only 13 departments.
Accident-Sickness Insurance Plan tions within the time limits im- meeting, reported on problems disCatherine
Scott,
council
son, president; Mrs. Jennie Cugar, Mrs.
cussed
ar.d
re.solutions
passed,
and
pre.siQent, said.
Our
Association's
Accident- posed.
read minutes of the Health De- 1st vice president; Mrs. Linda
Sickness Insurance Plan continues
partment delegates' meeting. An Vroman, 2nd vice president; Mrs.
to develop and operate successinformal discussion was held be- Helen Schindelbeck, recording sec- BELLEVUE G R O U P
fully, both from the standpoint of
tween Mrs. Finn and Miss O'Neill, retary; John Husson, treasurer: H O N O R S T H E D E A D
Increased number of members infinancial
Memorial Mass was offered for
chapter president, who also at- Mrs. Anna Mae Root,,
sured under the plan and the
secretary; Nicholas Giannelli, ora- deceased members of both the
tended the meeting.
prompt payments of benefits to
Mrs. Elizabeth Clark was ap- tor; and Charles St George, ser- Pasteur Guild, BollevHe Hospital
POWER DISTRIBUTION
our unfortunate members who bechapter, and the armed forces.
pointed
grievance
committee geant-at-arms.
MAINTAINER
come disabled through accident or
Mrs Root and Mr. Giannelli atT h e chapter will meet Tuesday,
chairman l,o complete the unexsickness. T h e increased benefits (Prom.), N Y C Transit Authority
pired term of George Stephenson. tended the Legislative Assembly in November 16 at 5:30 P.M.. in
which were added to the plan on
(Held Saturday, October 16)
Room 126, Bc'llevue Hospital.
He is on a year's leave of absence. Albany the week of October 11.
or prior to July 1. 1953, without
1, D ; 2, B; 3, B; 4, A ; 5. C; 6, B ;
The sick committee reports that
Increase in premium cost, will be 7, C; 8, C; 9, D; 10, A ; 11, D; 12,
continued throughout the coming C; 13, A ; 14, A ; 15, B; 16, A ; 17, greeting cards have been sent to
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the birth of a son (Mrs. Coleefits include a 15 per cent increase C; 23, D; 24, B ; 25, C.
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years to bring to civU servants
recompense for their work in line
witli tlie radical changes in economic conditions, forms in retrospect a stirring panorama of i a teiiigcnt devotion to good government and to public employee
welfare. W i t h each group in our
nation striving to aid in the total
defense, the civil servant, by reason of the f a c t that the successful coordination of citizen efforts
rested first uiwn the efficiency of
civil government, became the key
person in the task of national
survival and later in world reliabilitation.
T h e salaries paid civil servants
In no sense matched the worth of
the service rendered during any of
the years since 1940 and they do
not do so today in this State.
Various wi.se persons have deplored the balancing of government budgets at the expense of
the civil servant, and others have
been fair in pointing out that by
reason of the inadequate pay for
his services the civil .service worker was called upon to contribute
a discriminatory tax to the extent represented by salary underpayment.
W e have made strides during
the past year in the attainment of
« comprehensivfc salary plan. W e
liave made secure the emergency
adjustments which re.sted upon
annual budgeting. W e have achieved recognition
of
experience
gained in service by a longevity
Inciement written into law
W e have had much experience
with salary adjustments and we
know that the best and most
scientific salary plan in the world
without adequate and timely appropriations to permit just classification and allocation of positions cannot satisfy the needs of
the Slate or its employees. With
due prai.se of the plan and with
sincere hopes of its future u.sefuln«ss, we well understand the lack
of money to make it truly satisfactory. T h e new plan and the
allocations thereunder actually became operative only within the
past dozen days. W e cannot measure it completely at this time.
W e knew when the Legislature
had apprgved the plan that the
same Legislature had not approved sufficient money to accord to
all employees
adequate salaries.
T h e announcements of classifications and allocations confirm this
knowledge. I t was the Association
that caused to be written into the
law years ago the opportunity for
appeal for correction of errors in
classification and allocation. It is
tlie A.ssociation that today is aiding employees to use this appeal
procedure. And it is the As.sociation that will call upon the next
Legislature to supply the substantial sum.s needed to attract and
retain in government the efficiency that is the citizens' protection against the wanton waste of
» penny-wise pound-foolish policy.
This Association is proud of the
fact that it sets its sights on the
welfare of all public employees
aud that it includes in its membership workers in the Legislature
and
the
Judiciary
and
tiu'oughout all service.s. I t gained
legislative approval of salary adjustment for the employees in
Legls'.atlve and Judicial branches
of government, as well as all other
Slate agencies. It regrets that up
to this time the leaders of the
Legislature and the Judiciary have
not taken steps to adjust the salaries of their employees as approved in measures that are now law.
I t will continue to urge that the
adjustments be made .
Retirement
I f ever there was a call to unity
of all civil service workers in
every division
of
government
within our State, it is present today to aid in the preservation and
extension of tlie means of providing suitable livinp: standards for
the aged or disabled public employee. Prom its inception in 1921,
the Slate Retirement S y s t e m - t o
which the great majority of civil
service employees within the Slate
belong as contributing members,
has been nurtured and strengliiened by tiie vigorous support of
Uie Association T h e system does
not fully meet tiie needs of the
present duy. A State Commission
is studying the question of retirement problems wilh emphasis on
the Federal Social Security plan.
T l i e Association has approved a
re-solution wliich calls for greater
benefits in oiu' State pension plans.
I t wauls no .substitution of something that does not possess all of
tlio permanency of
guarantees
made and
now a
part of the
State's contract wilh its employee.s
under Constitutional provision. It
txiUeves that the State of New
National Confeience of
all operations,
and
to Me.ssrs. to the upbuilding of chapter aoYork is capable In all ways of
Independent Organizations
McDonough, Calpin and K e r k e * tlvity and we welcome suggestion*
liberalizing Its pension systems tp
meet the ends of true retirement
I am happy to have had a part who In their respective fields have to this end.
never lacked in
courteous and
plans. Employees of the State and In the creation of a new organiza
T h e conferences exist in larga
of its civil divisions now members tion devoted to good government efficient service to all members. part to coordinate the activities
tems have need for the wisdom and public employee welfare on Every member of the headquarters of their chapters and to initiate
and the strength and the unity a national scale. Every day the force has done a fine job.
sound development and unity of
which
our
Association
alone need f o r public employees
to
Each year brings increase of chapters, and they are doing mucii
among employee groups can f u r - grasp the hand of their fellows calls upon our legal staff, and to along this line.
nish in presenting and urging to and to
utilize
the experiences Messrs. DeOrafl, Holt-Harris and
T h e reports of our finances disadoption sound retirement meas- gained in other States, and to Kelly, and to our attorneys in close that we are in sound finanures.
strengthen the voice of the public the field, we all accord apprecia- cial condition, while carrying on
T h e Association won the sorely employee in all of the citizen tion f o r high and fruitful ser- ever increasing activities called f o r
in our program. This is heartenneeded relief present in the State's councils of cur nation, becomes vice.
T h e field representatives fill a ing. T h e desirability of engaging
supplemental pension allowance to more apparent. Representatives of
the
States
of
California,
Ohio,
vital
place
in
bringing
the
i^eedin
some projects having real merit
retired employees. I t believes firmly that the present benefit is North Carolina, Maryland, New ed personal contact between con- f r o m the standpoint of improving
grossly insufficient and unworthy Jersey, Massachusetts and New ferences, chapters and headquar- our organization and its capacity
of the State inasmuch as it leaves York have already joined T h e ters. T h e demands for their ser- for additional services, and parmany elderly people who rendered National Conference of Independ- vices is the best proof of success- ticularly for broadening our public relations program to win earlong and faithful service to the ent Public Employee Organiza- ful action.
State at very low wages, often tions in an unselfish association
A reading of the I'eports of the lier public acceptance of the f u n public e m with less than the common neces- for mutual helpfulness. I doubt various committees of the Asso- damental ideals of
not that this organization will ciation is inspiring as well as en- ployees, makes us anxious to i m .sities of life and health.
prove a splendid asset to public lightening. T h e contents of the prove our financial resources and
County Division Matters
employee progress in the years reports do not disclose the major make possible the expenditures
In the field of county, city, ahead.
sacrifices of time and effort ex- required f o r such improvements as
town, village and district worker
pended by the many individual we easily visualize as promising
Association Organization
problems we have moved through
T h e term " T h e
Association" members of the Association serv- good for our Association.
local chapters in 39 counties toing on committees who without
Conclusion
ward the goals of right respect throughout the State and even recompense of any kind have aidNo one who accepts the presiand reward for civil servants that beyond the borders of the State ed In developing policies and prohas
come
to
stand
for
our
Civil
dency of this A.s.soclation with its
members expect from an Associacedures es.sential to our program,
tion which is dedicated "to uphold Service Employees Association. I t and for this I expre.ss sincere ap- magnificent traditions and record
has
also
come
to
stand
for
inteof
contributions to good governand extend the principle of merit
preciation on behalf of
every ment and to employee welfare can
and fitness in public employment, grity of purpose. Within our or- member.
ever be satisfied that he has done
to maintain and promote effi- ganization it has come to mean
W e know that our success as enough, no matter how hard he
ciency in public service and to loyalty and good-will and unity
organization
depends
very tries to live up to his goals. I wish
advance the interests of all civil seldom achieved among so many an
human beings working together. largely upon the success of the heartily that our progress had
service employees."
Our goals have been tremendous. conferences and chapters in f u l - been greater in the various fields
In many units of government W e seldom think of the fact that filling our oblifiations to the mem- of endeavor plotted out by the
salaries
have
been
improved, even with our 60,000 members, to bers. I t is true that the members delegates at our last annual meetleaves have been bettered, and the gain support for our objectives we are primarily responsible for the ing. I am conscious that every one
interest of officials of government have to reach at least 4.000.000 formation
of
conferences
and who
has
contributed
effort
and citizens directed to the value families — inform them, interest chapters, but having formed these throughout the year to attain tiie
of the merit system of appoint- them.
bodies an immediate obligation complete program did the best
ment and promotion in public
I have no hesitancy in declaring comes to the officers of each. It. is he could. I am proud of the subservice.
that the successful operation of an inspiration to observe the co- stantial gains made. I am even
Blue Cross — Blue Shield
the business side of the A.s.socia- ordination and enterprise of many more eager to press on to perfect
Pew years have passed in As.so- tion is due to the efficiency, tre- of the chapters. M y hope is that the gains that are not complete,
ciation history that some worth- mendous indu.stry and complete all chapters may attain to pos- and to reach new heights of serwhile extra service to members loyalty of our headquarters legal session of physical means — local vice to our units of government
has not seen fulfillment. Each of and field staffs. T h e quantity of headquarters
with a
place for everywhere throughout the State
the major advances have called service sought by our conferences, maintenance of the records and and to every man and woman in
for careful planning, solving com- chapters, committees, officers and books and facilities for easy im- the service of the State and its
plex problems, legal
assistance, members, on every phase of public parting of information, advice and civil divisions.
and hard work on the part of employment, throughout the year, service to the members on the
This is the spirit I draw f r o m
officers, committees, and the head- is immense, and the quality of countless matters relating to their the aspirations of every public
quarters staff. This year, after service rendered is unsurpassed in work, status, and Association .ser- worker and I know it is alcin to
intensive efforts, many contacts any busniess or civic organization vices, and with aids to the chap- the spirit of everyone in our Civil
ter
committees
upon
whose Service
and meetings with the interests anywhere. I am happy to pay spe
Employees
As.sociation,
involved, we achieved success in cial tribute to Joe Lochner who shoulders so much constructive and the .spirit that will carry this
gaining
what
the
members with loyalty, zeal and constant work falls.
Association on and on each year
through resolutions long sought, dedication, has cared for the overW e must give first importance to ever higher accomplishment.
convenient payroll deduction by
the State for State employees
wherever located who desire this
A C T I V I T I K S OF KMPLOYKKS THIIOUftllOIJT IVKW Y O I I K STATK
service of Blue Cross and Blue
Shield premiums.
Horseshoe pitching teams are presented by Pilgrim chapter to
Fifteen groups supplying Blue
getting tougher every day, with a student for general efficiency.
Cross and/or Blue Shield are cooperating in this State-As.sociaS I N G S I N G chapter members at more ringers than can be counted.
tion- Blue Cross: Blue Shield en- the CSEA annual meeting were Commuter Magee, Blackie Burterprise making for convenience Prank
Gronowetter,
president; field, Smokey Sopagee and Champ
T H O S E two new faces in the
and often savings for State work- Martin Mulcahy, delegate; Charles Sullivan are to be watched.
Rochester Milk Marketing A i e a
ers .
E. Lamb, membership committee
belong to Lorraine E. Brooks and
and James
Adams,
T h e Association is performing chairman;
Bernard J. Colucci. Welcome!
a vast accounting service in the newly elected departmental repT
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Blood
Senior Milk Accounts Examiner,
operation of the payroll deduc- resentative. T h e Sing Sing group,
resolutions Bank Program has been tremend- Roger Travis, is completing a new
tion plan at its headquarters, all which had all its
in the interest of greater unity passed at the meeting, hopes the ously successf^il. $12,000 worth of home on Edgewood Avenue. N o w
blood was collected. A full report that the roof is on, let's raise it
legislators see it the same way.
and profit for State employees.
on distribution of the blood will again with a good old fashioned
Insurance Services
Principal keeper Kelley is back
be made to all members at every house-warming.
T h e Group L i f e Insurance plan from vacation.
News from Rochester District,
for members of the As.sociation
Rumors are flying high as to meeting on its distribution by
which has been in successful op- who will succeed Captain Vetter, the chairman. Employees and their State Department of Health:
families, including the mothers
Congratulations and best wishes
eration since 1939 has been again who retires soon.
liberalized under contract with the
John Carron still in the hos- and fathers of employees, as well to a bride, Winifi-ed Rumsey R o w Travelers Insurance Company.
pital. T h e boys wish he'd hurry as themselves and their children, ley. Welcome back to a new
T h e Association's Accident and up and get well. They miss his may now receive blood by merely mother, Blanche Greenholtz. A
calling Perry Bendricksen, chair- new addition to the staff is Irene
Sickness Insurance plan in oper- smiling face.
man of the Blood Bank committee. Mahar, the attractive assistant
ation since 1936 with great benedistrict supervising nurse. Rita
fit to the many members who have
T h e CSEA education program Chishoim is missed, but Rensseneeded assistance along the lines
forms are coming in at a slow laer County's gain is Rocliester's
covered. Is now underwritten by
rate and members were urged to loss. Congratulations are in order
the Travelers Insurance Company
A G A L A variety show, spon- look into this matter.
for Melva and Tony deRoos. Their
and here too increased benefits
T h e treasurer's report shows a prize Weimeraner " T i n a " had nine
and .service have been developed. sored by Mrs. Anthony Mele of
the board of visitors, featured the solid balance. New members are beautiful pups.
Membership
All hope that Alice Malcolm will
1 would not be human if I did Ruban Bleu ensemble, who per- joining and old members' dues
soon be back and in good health.
not take pride in the new record formed to a full house of enthu- are coming in at a good rate.
T h e first grievance was settled M. P. Kloser's vacation took him
for membership in the Associa- siastic patients.
tion attained during this year. The
Pat McCarthy, engineering de- amicably in favor of the em- to Minnesota to see his many relatives and to return son, Paul, to
total for the State Division is 49,- partment, attended the all-Ireland ployee.
T h e general disappointment on the University. Beverly Spuck was
199; for the County Division 10,- Finals, Dublin; visited his native
715; and for both and the associ- Sklbbereen and McCarthy Castle, lump sum and salary increases a beautiful bride and is now Mrs.
ate membership a grand total of Killarney, and is reported to have was discussed at a recent meeting Thomas Naylon. living in Arling60,283. I believe that this splendid kissed the Blarney. He is back on of Pilgrim chapter, and the presi- ton, Va. Anne Reiglesperger is the
all time record membership is due the job now.
dent was authorized to seek from newest addition to the stenographic force. It is good to h%ve
to our ideals, and to the accomR a y Hart, business ofiice, re- higher levels, clarification on the Hilda Saunders back as stenoplishments piling up on one an- turned after a month's tour of the methods of compiling
salaries,
grapher for the camp program
other throughout the years. I middle west and deep south, where lump sums and deductions.
know, however, that despite our he attended a family reunion in
Communications
between the this summer, along with Richard
wonderful record as an Associa- Augusta, Ga.
president of the chapter and John Clemens and Bill Barnes as camp
tion, the detailed membership soAssociation
president, inspectors.
Dennis O'Leary, main building, Powers.
licitation must go on throughout vacationed in Detroit and Boston. were read and discussed. Also
the year and that it is the willing,
Get well wishes to Jim McGee, communications between the chap- COMMISSIO.V R A T E S T E S T S ,
generous, hard work of veiy, very Anne Martyn, Mae Donnelly, Jo- ter president, and the editor of M A K E S H A S T E S L O W L Y
many Association members in the sephine Donlon, Patrick Geraghty, the Civil Service L E A D E R , M a x T h e State Civil Service Departconferences, chapters and small Delia Castner and Georgia Baker. well Lehman, received the careful ment may be operating on all
groups here and there not affiliateight cylinders for speedy dispoT h e chapter's blood reserve, for consideration of the members.
ed witli chapters — particularly employees in Mabon Sick bay,
T h e president was authorized sition of most exams, but two
the membersliip committee mem- needs volunteer donors. Those who to discuss at the Albany meeting groups of candidates wonder If
bers who do the leg work and the volunteered in the last drive, but (which he attended with former they aren't back in horse and
paper work and the dues collec- were not called, will be notified
president Perry Bendricksen and buggy days.
tion work — that makes the final when and where to appear.
Exams for senior and principal
treasurer Wesley Redmond) the
total a credit to every member
Elizabeth
McSweeney, Jennie basic question of political action real estate appraiser were fiist
and to the Association as a whole
placed on the calendar of the
fallen Shields and John Wallace by CSEA members.
My thanks go to each and every
represented Manhattan State at
Mrs. Laura Golden has been department's Examinations Divione of the men and women on
the CSEA annual meeting.
so busy getting members that she sion in May, 1952. T h e tests were
the membership committees of the
Mrs. Anne Martyn. nurses hoaie has been added to the member- held in February, 1953. Rating is
Association throughout the State
expected to be completed somewho help yearly to rebuild their dining room, thanks those who ship committee of 100, which is
time this month — a mere 30
sent Mass cards, flowers and get now 101.
Association to usefulness and ac
well cards during her recent illDoris Ouderklrk, of the Nurs- months after the exam procedure
compllshment.
ness.
ing School woa the $25 award first got under way.
Sing Sing
Rochester
Pilgrim State Hospital
Manhattan State
State Hospital