Show I J. J I The Business of Government I I V dIN I LEAVING the postoffice department to become be be- come head of the he department of interior Dr Hubert Work expressed the belief that this department der dei de de- de- de i r p should cease to be a political football and t 4 that postmasters should come up from the ranks 1 f j What Wat Dr Work says of the postoffice department depart- depart 1 kment ment n nt could also be applied with profit in nearly Z tall ll ii governmental activities Strict application of ol t e merit system to all of the affairs of government government govern govern- ment however would spell the doom of modern I politics and so we are re not to expect its I l mation tion I 1 r L The government spends millions of the peo- peo s ples money in the training of and nd about labout t the e time tirrie they have completed their training I a Ja a change of administration insist on a change o of j f As a result the training has to start all an ano I o j. j over ver ver and the money devoted to part training i is ismore c imore more more or less wasted because the trained men ar are retired ii retired from the the service There is of course p more more or less public objection to men holding j public office year after year a certain element I insi insisting that the plums be passed around k For this reason there is little or no future in L American public life It has no permanence and I 1 men men who spend the best part of their lives in L J learning the public business may suddenly find I i that they have no place wherein to apply that thai I f n knowledge In p private vate business endeavor service counts for something but not in public employ employ- ment Civil service Is intended to render some f security to to those under it but so many means nay have been found to defeat Its provisions that thai L odious comparisons are established A man mar mania I ia trained ed In the postal business business may find hi himself self F serving a chief who knows nothing of the business Of course the chief will learn but it costs cost I Uhe the public a pretty penny to provide this At the same time it recognizes a system 1 which h does not seek the best men for the public Sei service i c A government established by the people i. i r l I Isho sho should ld be conducted as efficiently as possible It s should ld be lie efficient as as a private institution The fact that it is not be attributed may to the fact f that the best jobs go to those who know the least about them There can cn be no particular k- k tt change h. h in the present system until the government govern- govern m ment nt invites young men into its service and nd pron pro pro- n t tet them after it gets them there rt ir |