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Show I 1 VIEW OF THE EMPLOYEE : I i i wvlous solution of the govern-i govern-i mX emt,,0?ment problem Is the , I'lartlliatlon nnd readjustment of t "1m. To be scientific, such re- Jtmeat must rent upon n cureful , 'wiacatlon of the service. Con-, are very different now, both ( Wrd to the functions of offices He cost of living, from what they hn positions In the govern-t govern-t tiertlce were first classified nnd ( "fHasjIfned to those positions,. i nick me that an Interested party Inquiry Into how the govern-' govern-' j conduct Its business was the iojn hlrcself. He ought to know t ' cttnl dally experience sorae- about tho mechanism of the al business and the relations be- " th working force and employer. clearly Impossible to talk to j ort than 500,000 men nnd women , '." f the government, but I , J L betwecr CO.000 and CO.- nn are banded together In nn rlon called the National Federa-' Federa-' "Federal Kmployees. It Is a "labor union, and Is cfllllWed or i ,Ameri Federation of U Inr'.udes all classes of gov- ?,, vflcr, technical nnd ?. D,en nK we" ns clerks nnd y workers. rt the president of tilts em-I em-I oh"nlon. t.'ither C. Steward. If lr "wochites were authorized I f,i. ."" ltH membership. He ; tha, tliey wcre , "d him to tell me about the i kowiu "sweniinent employment i m Vi.5 ,ullni'" wna curred on. '1 I did, for what he told 'Rtai no.' o,,ly fact8-but n "NMl-iinunmonB-lhe cm- . iW "eceisnrlly must he J li.!ST0.unt '" nny wnsldero. 1 B iL, ene' nml management Kt"" business. Here then Brtlt, '.''"'P'oyew. who speuk ! hi4i nr,, 1,,,vo ,0 s,,y. nd i Btan. f'f'1"' tbey present BoTii . '?l'nt "f 1,c service: B"U tf ., e "" Uh hmon side B'W.n,.800,000 n,en and "Irt nl . tl" "PCftlon of nn H a! ?,ei,-,M machine. I5e- i Buj u "Hty of Us vital Bttb. "' nni1 Mb,,"y the BWfji.0pe?t,vc" ,he machine HmiL n,,t u,e P'irts are m, many f lem nro ,,e. I Bu of IK """f8 nd supcrln. Blfcho MtablUhment. being IHiiml? for I'olltlcul reasons, WR u ."Wrt. nnd the opernt- Wumy and disjointed. Tho employees ure recruited uniier I n law which provides a test of qualifications, and probably nine-tenths of the rank and tile have satisfactorily passed the entrance lest. Hut the better positions, sny from $3,000 up-wurd, up-wurd, are usually occujj'ed by political appointees. Anothe.' considerable group of employees gn their appointments appoint-ments by executive order, waiving clvll-servlce tests of fitness. Tho newcomer' In the service, therefore, there-fore, finds himself up against n minimum mini-mum of opportunity for promotion, with the disheartening knowledge that tho advancement which Is earned by ccnipelcnce Is all too llxely to be given to tho friend or political supporter of some congressman or executive who wIMiex to pay a political debt. And the employee Is subject to dismissal nt the will of the oxecutlve of his department, de-partment, unless he can bring sulllclent political Influence to bear. In other words, the clvll-servlce law Ih not backed up by enforcing power In the Civil Service commission. II merely recruits the applicants for entrance. en-trance. Thereafter the employee' fato Is largely a mutter of his own luck und negative passive merit. There Is no svstcm by which be may ! fitted to tho Job, and no protection against dismissal, unV-ss the employs himself can show that the reason Is political or religious. "For the good of the service." as the law rcjds. covers every other charge which the executive official may bring. There Is no court of appeal. Sucli Is the oppressive. Incentlveless, vitiating atmosphere of the government govern-ment service. It sillies Initiative, frustrates ambitions anil reduces the mass of employees to a more or le,ss , puBslve state, which Is permeated by n sense of fear. In such nn atmosphere, naturally enough, thc physical conditions of em-ployment em-ployment are far from what tney should be, and the government oes efllclency. as does nny other employer where the wage scale Is Inadequate and unstandard!7.ed, where Military conditions are had and hours of worn too long and Irregular. The wage scale Is so low tlmt the Civil Service commission has ilUllcnl J In securing properly qualified nppll. emits, and throughout the service he turnover Is high. Kmployees doing the same kind of work often receive widely different rates of pay; experienced ex-perienced worker often receive , le hnn beginners, nnd ylrtmi Ijr 7 kind of Inequality and Injustice eslati |