Show I II I Cummins Cumm ns Seeks Rigid Merit System I HF Ho HoNuM NuM I A j GUESS CuISS 1 ILL I'LL HAVE TO WAKE UP ua AND AHO BUSY BUSY WASHINGTON senator Senator Senator Cummins of ot Iowa as chairman ol of the committee com pa civil service and retrenchment retrenchment retrench retrench- ment proposes to push the consideration tion of ot a comprehensive civil service measure one measure one that will provide for forthe forthe forthe the designation by law of all places under civil service classification Instead instead In in- stead them to executive order order or or- der and which will regulate promotions promotions promotions promo promo- and retirements As a member of tho the committee on interstate commerce he already has done some work on a bill to anize an- an Ize the interstate commission increasing increasing in in in- creasing its membership and 4 dividing int It Into five parts these parts to have Jurisdiction respectively over sections of the country corresponding to the I traffic divisions as designated by the railroads It Is not certain that the scheme f for r reorganization of the interstate commerce commission will be advanced advanced ad ad- beyond the preliminary stage at this extra session With respect to the subject first mentioned however it is the Intention intention tion to introduce a bill within a short time timo and to do as much work on it as possible In committee o during the summer Hearings may be held and as an Indication indication In in- of Senator Cummins Cummins' intention Intention I tion to keep his committee busy the I first thing he did after reaching Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington the other day was to move his quarters In the senate office building from the northwest corner to the southeast corner immediately adjoining adjoining adjoining adjoin adjoin- ing the room allotted to the committee commit commit- tee on civil service and retrenchment For years until Mr Cummins became became became be be- came chairman this his committee had been one one ne of the nothing do committe committees committees commit commit- te tees s of the senate In the last congress congress congress con con- gress It held hearings on the primp V tion to provide for the retirement and pensioning of superannuated employees employees em em- of the various government de de- It now Is proposed to embrace tho the civil service classification and the promotion and retirement features In one comprehensive measure There is no intention intention- It is understood understood under under- stood of assailing the executive branch of the government through the proposition to designate by law the positions that shall be filled under the civil service rules It is designed however to make ke the rules more rigid and to prevent in the future tho the excepting of certain places from the application of the rules by executive order |