Show A Shifting Army F youve you've been wondering just how much the I IF activities of government have expanded in recent years consider the fact that one job jobin in every ten is a government position In no other industry has there thele been such activity says the Civil Service Reform league From Frem the lowest units of government upward the trend in the last decade or so definitely has been toward more and more public adminis adminis- But the trend is significant too for its shiftIng shifting shift shift- Ing character and immense turnover For politics politics poli poll tics makes and unmakes most of these jobs There still is a a large mass of government em em- who labor under the s shadow adow of t the e spoils system with the result that efficiency and economy economy economy econ econ- omy are thrown out the window It is not the fault of any particular administration administration administration adminis adminis- but a common weakness of of all ali It is time that the electorate became becane smart and plugged harder for wholesale adoption of the merit system |