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Show r POCOCDOOM TEST RUN, Dugway, Utah, Fri, March 1, 1S68 The Chaplains Corner liquid (SILDDJ0 YGML Po3 CH (MAJ) William J. Bolt "No Greater Love SHAEIP WMtam Famil- y- No. MCans Halvos or Slkos Medium "A" Grad EXTRA RICH officers. REG. 1.09 VALUE .. Living conditions for the prisoners who were pushed into the hold were abominable. What little food there was offered was Only Luncheon Meat IULj Can.. 12-Oun- ce ' Macaroni & Cheese or ) Mild American Spaghetti 3Hft ag. H Pfl8-- U 2.oiug0c .....8 (l T WORTH OP . Roll-O- n - R CHOICE or Spray Reg. 1.09 Value Only fc.Qa REGISTER OM MON MY. OAyorWEONeSM WILLBEON GG pdcSotdgko iiaiwii COOTT pddo. 9TO" J LAST WEEKS Cttiace.. MART HERVAT 0, 030006X500 0 0 0 o 0 GOLD o UEDAL President Johnson has ordered the Civil Service Commission to Vietnam veterans with employment under transitional 1 in grades appointments coma without 5 taking through petidve examination. Under an executive order sign- ed Feb. 9, qualified Vietnam veterans who have completed less than one year of education beyond high school, meet all other civil service requirements and served on active duty in the armed forces on or after Aug. 5, 1964, will be to enter federal employ- ment provided they agree to e or part-tim- e pursue a program under the when positions are available and when eligible are available to meet the Uve can-provi- nrr - study is currendy being to determine die num- ber of armed services personnel who will be eligible under the program and to attempt to establish some time frame within which sAhrinnel eligibility will occur for those persons leaving the armed forces. Once completed, die results le f the study will be made to a number of federal depattmants because in the final it is neither the .niyi ment of Defense nor the Civil Cl Bill. Service Commission which can THE NEW program will not by themselves effect this kind of affect the budget and staff reduc-- employment, tions I have ordered for federal THE EMPLOYMENT takes agencies. Vacancies in a wide pU-- . tt die installation level, range of drills and grades exist Therefore, this information must because of personnel turnover, be made available to the Trea-An- d many of these skills are in B1Ty Department, the Interior short supply. Department, the Agriculture Do- Tor those with the necessary pertinent and others who have initiative and ability, this new bid activities all over the country with the Cl where it is possible to work. prognun-togetha chance for both gecond study,1 to be con- further education and better by another DOD depart- jobs, die President said. ment, will soon begin to identify According to the executive (be number and kinds of positions order, those who apply for an which are now or will become e appointment and are hired will available within the defense tablishment. subject to: (1) THE satisfactory perfor- According to Mr. Clewlow, mance of assigned duties; the turnover rate is such that we (2) The satisfactory completion, can expect between 14 and 20 within a reasonable time set by per cent of the militarys civil the Civil Service Commission, lervice personnel in those grades of not less than one year of a to leave each year. Thus, if a e approved educational person leaves his position, it or training program, the equiva- - creates a vacancy and the valent thereof, or two years of cancy creates a possibility for a. e approved education or returning Vietnam veteran. training when an employee has not completed high school or its equivalent Personnel eligible for appointment must be hired within one year after separation from the armed .forces, a year following release from hospitalization or treatment immediately following separation from the armed forces, or a year after the effective date of the executive order, whichever is later. 5 OFF All-Gre- en, (SEuvs Tender Spears I.,. oj(3 FAMILY SIZE REG. OR MINT 0 -- 223 if H8UZZ SfeauiedL SA1Y FOODS PADOCJOPG Add wwH freiH vaMyliMdi u1iimiimA '70 ' mi ...... i.H laaWfiasp ,79 full-tim- SecASSISTANT DEPUTY Defense of for Civilian retary ReflZBy, preHtywA-frMfc- - Mfr.::.:.67c XATT Depart-education- al es-b- full-tim- APPLGO avail-eligib- er ' . Vietnam Vets Eligible For Civil Service Appointments Bill-offe- rs FLOUR Flavoiful, Young, rancid; water was scarce, the air was fetid. The young Japeneee navel officer, when none of his superiors were looking, kicked the closed hatch ajar to allow some fresh air to enter the hold. This one daring act of kindness kept the prisoners alive. He had told Christianto Shintoism from converted was he of die captives that the Navy ity by a missionary before the war. He was fighting in simply because his country was at war. One day on die long and weary journey an American submarine found its target, the transports hull. The captain ordered Abandon Ship. Disregarding die screams of the entrapped the ship. prisoners, the crew filled the lifeboats and began leaving The Jpmm officer who had already shown many kindnesses, oblivious to his own safety, tore open the cover of the hatch to release die prisoners. While die escapees began rudiing up out of die hold, their benefactor foil to the deck of die drip. He was killed by bullets fired at him by his Commanding Officer. Wouldnt this world be quite a different place to live in if more of us were willing to take pain and suffering to help aD men enjoy the peace and freedom which God has intended for all men? Greater love than this no one has, that one lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13) full-tim- si. Ugjlk f After the fall of Bataan, early in 1942, a Japanese transport waters ship filled with the surviving Americans was traveling in the of the Philippine Islands. There occurred during the trip a real. Christian act of heroism, performed by one of this Japanese naval roozcN Personnel Policy Carl Clewlow said the program's advantages really come when the man completes his specified requirement for education and has performed effectively on the jab. Under these circumstances, a person may be converted to career conditional or career employment when he has furnished his employing agency some proof of the satisfactory completion of the required education or training and when he has in feet performed effectively on the job over a specified period of time. This would bring him into either the career conditional which is a stepping stone to into the competitive service-o- r full competitive career service which would give him die opportunity for continuing employment.' This turn implies that he has established a capability or increased his capacity to perform which could lead to promotion within the grade or advancement in the civil service scale. The Department of Defense has been working with the Civil Service Com mission, the Veterans Administration, the Justice Department and other departments and agencies in the federal government to insure the provisions set forth in the executive order can and will be applied. MR. CLEWLOWS office is charged with die primary responsibility of insuring that DOD's existing regulations and policies enable departments, agencies or activities within the defense establishment to offer employment under the provisions of thfixecu- - . |
