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Hoover Report on Federal Personnel Policies
Recommendations Applicable to Oregon
.'W e are indebted to the Commission
^n Organization of the Executive
Branch of the "Government, o f which
^c-president Herbert Hoover ist chair-
man, for its study of exilian personnel
policies and practices of the Federal
government. The main study of this
subject was made by a special Per­
sonnel Policy Committëè, of which
John A. Stevenson, president of the
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
is chairman.
As a result of this study, many rec­
ommendations have 'been made with
the purpose of improving the person­
nel policies of the government and
thereby developing a; more economical
and efficient ' system of public service
on the national level.
The report -states that Federal ser­
vice consists of over 60. vast enter­
prises, over 2,000,000 employees and a
labor force requiring 15,000 basic,
skills (almost two-thirds as many as in
all private -enterprise)I It is stated that
in the past 20 years Federal' employ­
ment has multiplied over |g i times and
the Federal payroll six times. A maze
of laws, rules and regulations affect
personnel management, which even
the long-service officials are unable to
fully understand and administer.
As a matter of interest to State em­
ployees and administrators concerned
with the improvement of public ser­
vice, we quote herewith from the sum­
mary of recommendations made by
this committee:
FIRST PROGRAM: To increase the
Speed, Flexibility and Accuracy of
Personnel Procurement.
1. The operating agencies should re­
cruit, examine and select personnel to
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Printers Lead District 2 Bowling
With the first half of the bowling
season drawing to close, enthusiasm
is running high and everyone is put­
ting on the pressure for the top spot.
The Printers are holding a slight lead
with the■ Industrial Accident gang
right, on their heels. There , is talk of
adding two more teams to the league
for the second,half.x)f the-season, one
from the Unemployment Compensa­
tion and the other from . Highway Ma­
terial Laboratory which will make a
12-team league.
It is encouraging to note that the
chapters in the District are interested
in being represented in this competi­
tive league.
Team Standing
Won
Printers—O.S.P.D. No. 27 .................. .... 27
Ind. Accident—SIAC No. 20................ .... 26
Forestry—Forestry No. 25 .......1......... .... 21
Highway—Salem No. 1-A .................. .... 20
Library—Library No.
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Ind. Accident—SIAC No. 20-A.......... .... 19
Secretary of State—Capitol No. 19..... .... 20
Tax Commission—Marion No. 18........ .... 17
Tax Commission—Marion No. 18-A........ 16
Kighway—Salem No. 1 ....................... ....10 1
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