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16 The National Civil Service Reform League Report-1943 Annual Report The civil service merit system has met the pressure of war emergency reason ably well and, as was to be expected, has made a valuable contribution to the war effort. The war has brought to the federal service many persons of unusual talent and training who in ordinary times probably would have shunned it. To encourage them to continue to serve the government in time of peace, it more attractive in salary, in opportuni ties to advance, and in reward for un usual capacity and accomplishment. As a consequence of the discredited spoils sytem, many still think of the public employee as a "tax-eater” , a "payroller” , an inefficient and perhaps corrupt, as an overpaid and under worked parasite. That this generally false picture still finds acceptance is due to the type of employee which the SPECIAL MEETING OF spoils system produced. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Through the merit system, we have (Continued from preceding page) gained the services of a body of men and 1. Bond for Executive Secretary. 2. Industrial Accident Insurance cov women the vast majority of whom are working loyally, efficiently, and often erage. at great personal sacrifice, to give us the 3. Income Tax Information Return. essential services which we take for 4. Contingent Liability Insurance. 5. Travel Expense for the Executive granted, but which are indispensable Secretary. Reimbursement for actual ex to the safety and comfort of life today. pense incurred, subject to the same lim Among these anonymous workers, its as all State Departments, as estab moreover, who perform the year-to- year, unglamorous but necessary tasks lished by the Board of Control. The Chairman of the Membership . of government, are many engineers, scientists, and administrators, who as Committee gave a brief report. Mr. Clymer reported he was appoint individuals are almost equally anony ing a Committee on Education; also mous, but whose achievements are of that no action had been taken relative great benefit to the world. to Credit Union activities. Veterans Preference Mr. J. G. Smith reported that at the Most forms of preference work out Convention of the League of Oregon highly inequitably as among veterans Cities, held in Portland, Oregon, on May themselves. Generally the preferences 25, 1944, Mr. Herman Kerhli, Executive do not distinguish between veterans Secretary of the League, spoke at con whom the war has handicapped and who siderable length on a retirement pro need special aid to fit them for govern gram for State and Municipal officials. ment employment, and those who suffer He indicated that the League was mak merely from ordinary minor infirmities ing a study of such a program and there incurred during the war, but not re was every indication that they would sulting from actual combat or exposure sponsor and support legislation at the due to war. The recruit discharged for 1945 Legislature to carry this program psychiatric defects after the briefest into effect. service in training will receive, in many There being no further business, the instances, the same consideration as the meeting adjourned. veteran seriously disabled overseas, but will be necessary to make the service (Continued on next page)
