Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-15 | Page 12 | U. S. Warns Against New Racket of 'Coaching' for Civil Service Jobs

U. U iL S. S Warns Against New Racket of Coaching for Civil Service Jobs WASHINGTON June 15 VP A P-A A Anew new racket one designed to squeeze a afew afew afew few dollars from the slender funds of the he jobless today drew the fire of the I United States civil service commission commission commission commis- commis commis commis- sion in a warning n against schools sell sell- ing ng courses of coaching for civil service service service ser ser- vice examinations The commission said schools which sell ell coaching courses were accepting money under false pr pretenses tenses and that one such purveyor had been indicted in n Iowa and other indictments were expected Money paid for civil service courses at this time might almost as aswell aswell well veil be thrown to the four winds the commission said in explaining that in inmost inmost inmost most cases where vacancies vacancies occur I there is already a long list of eligible candidates for the job or it is filled by transfer or reinstatement of those Iwho who have hil b been en in the service Examinations Exam Exam- it said are rarely held Officials of the commission said that tha 1 since January 1 only seven new appointments for railway mail clerks had been made and there arc are thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of on the thc civil service I rolls waiting for appointment The They purveyors of coaching courses 1 oW dais said advertised extensively the I II attractiveness of government jobs and I thus persuaded the uninformed to lo in in- in I vest their funds in courses when there I was no chance of getting an appointment appoint appoint- ment The commission has written advertising advertising adver adver- managers ers of all publications in m inthe inthe the United States asking them to re refuse refuse re- re fuse ruse to lo accept such advertisements and has asked radio stations to broadcast broadcast broadcast broad broad- cast a warning against investing money in the useless courses