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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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