Show I I I Who Vho PaS Pa s The Job JobHolders By RAYMOND PITCAIRN Chairman Sentinels of the o the e If It a business man or a farmer hires a worn worl wor er en he likes to feel that the new Dew hand Is 15 capable of the lob lie He realizes that no worth worth-v worth while worth hUe hUeI en enterprise can be well conducted un unless less It is competently manned lint Hut In the Important business of f manning his government the Uie a aver- aver average v er erase r- r rI rage age ase citizen clUzen shows show less I Ie concern That at any rate Is I Indicated by recently published figures which reveal cal that of the many thousand persons added to the Federal payroll since 1933 fewer than one out of were ap- ap appointed appointed ap appointed pointed under the Civil Service or merit system It v wasn't always that way Here s a show how figures present the picture of the past twenty 1 enty years During the Wilson Administration 2 per cent of in the EA- EA Ex Ea Executive Department of the Federal government were under the merit system m By the Coolidge Administration Adminis Adminis- Administration Administration the proportion had risen meritI to I 74 14 a 8 per cent and four years vears ears later to 80 8 per cent Then came tIe the swift inflation of the public payroll during the past three years and with it a retreat from Civil Service rules Today less than 58 6 per cent of Job Job- Jobholders jobholders job jobholder holders holder In the Executive Department of our Federal government remain under the merit system s stem and In some instances new appointees e et ex experienced c- c Workers who v won on their places under Civil Service methods Probably these figures exp an why so many groups and individuals I who ho realize what Inflated payrolls cost the workers corkers and ind earners or of America are prot stint against the spoils system in the appointment of job-holders job They explain why hy those taxpayers taxpayers taxpayers ers demand a return to the me-it me mc system under which a man is ap- ap appointed appointed ap appointed pointed because he demonstrates that he can do the or worn or rather than because he can show that he knows knOllS the right politicians Public Office still stUl remains a Pub Pub- Public rub rub-He tie lic Trust The citizens who ho pay pty his salary have a right to demand that their trustee no matter what his office demonstrate his billy t to flU fiU the job lol Under the merit system they have that assurance Under the spoils system m they lack Jack it Which method would the success success- successful successful successful ful merchant or farmer follow if he wanted his affairs efficiently conducted con con- conducted con conducted ducted The answer er Is obvious should demand the same I evidence of competence In the men and women appointed d to govern govern- govern govern- government ment I Ii scent ment Jobs Remember no n matter who ho bene benefits II I fits Ills br by p putting potting them on the public j payroll we we the people pe foot toot the bill II gin sin river and the new formed 1 Mead lake will be a feature of the th I outing again this sear ear earI I |