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public servants to the public itself and tioning of the Government, a strike of
to the Government.
public employees manifests nothing
All government employees should less than an intent on their part to
realize that the process of collective prevent or obstruct the operations of
bargaining, as usually understood, can Government until their demands are
not be transplanted into the public satisfied. Such action, looking toward
service. It has its distinct and insur the paralysis of Government by those
mountable limitations when applied to who have sworn to support it, is un
public personnel management. The thinkable and intolerable. It is there
very nature and purposes of Govern fore, with a feeling of gratification,
ment make it impossible for adminis that I have noted in the constitution
trative officials to represent fully or to of the National Federation of Federal
bind the employer in mutual discus Employees the provision that "under
sions with Government employee or no circumstances shall this Federation
ganizations. The employer is the whole engage in or support strikes against
people, who speak by means of laws the United States Government.”
enacted by their representatives in Con
Mr. White’s conclusions follow:
gress. Accordingly, administrative of
Concern for an intelligent and re
ficials and employees alike are gov
erned and guided, and in many in sponsible public service was logically
stances restricted, by laws which estab inherent in Franklin Roosevelt’s whole
lish policies, procedures, or rules in concept of the role of government in
society. He rejected the theory of the
personnel matters.
automatically beneficial consequences
Particularly, I want to emphasize my of the completely free play of economic
conviction that militant tactics have and social forces. He believed that in
no place in the functions of any or telligence could be usefully applied to
ganization of Government employees. ward creating a better society by con
Upon employees in the Federal service scious will and purpose. He was ready
rests the obligation to serve the whole to ask government to intervene where
people, whose interests and welfare re nonintervention meant obvious social
quire orderliness and continuity in the distress and human loss. He was willing
conduct of Government activities. This to have government undertake more
obligation is paramount. Since their for the common good than any of his
own services have to do with the func- predecessors.
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