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PLACING RIFLE through "peephole" window, San Francisco
Police Inspsctor Al Nelder (seated) demonstrates for District
Attorney Thomas Lynch how Allen Friedman was killed during Al
bert Belote's trial for slaying of wealthy love rival. (Internationali
Nearly 2,000,000 Persons
Sought U.S. Jobs Last Year
Washington (U.R) About 2,-
000,000 persons, ranging from
typists to funeral directors,
asked for jobs with Uncle Sam
last year. They applied through
the U.S. Civil Service Commis
sion The commission is the world's
largest employment agency the
hiring hall for the federal gov
ernment. It is a gigantic job be
cause the government employs
more than 2,500,000 people in
civil service, including almost
every type of workers used by
private industry.
In 1951 the commission gave
more than 25,000 examinations
for hundreds of types of federal
positions and placed 578,539
workers who qualified the
largest number since World War
II. Not all of them were new
employees Some were long-time
government workers who got
promotions or transfers.
Compete For Jobs
Responsible since 1883 for put
ting the best workers available
into government jobs, the com
mission today selects 93 per cent
of the employees hired by the ex
ecutive branch of the govern
ment through competitive exam
inations or for "merit and high
qualifications." The commission
is plugging to get postmasters
and internal revenue collectors
under its jurisdiction.
Government employees are re
cruited and employed through
out the country. There are more
federal workers in California
10.1 per cent of the total than
there are in Washington, D. C,
where 10 per cent are located.
When government personnel
is needed announcements of ex
aminations are sent to all first
and second class post offices to
be posted on bulletin boards.
The names of applicants who
rate 70 or above in an examina
tion are filed in order of their
scores in a CSC "eligible regis
ter." When an agency needs a
new worker the commission
sends the names of the three top
scorers listed in the register and
the agency chooses one.
May Hire Directly
When workers are hard to find
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and the registers' are empty, the
CSC gives government agencies
special permission to ; hire ' di
rectly. Since outbreak of the Korean
War, the commission has had a
shortage of typists, scientists and
skilled technicians.
The commission gives spe
cial examination once a year to
"select the cream of - the crop
from among young men and
women . . . "who aim for top
administrative positions in the
federal civilian service. College
training or the equivalent is
needed to qualify for the exam
ination. Those who survive the written
quiz are re-examined at a per
sonal interview. Less than one
out of seven of the 14,000 who
took the test passed even the
written part in 1950 and not one
in 20 made the grade in 1949.
Contrary to popular belief, the
government fires unsatisfactory
workers. More than 15,000 ex
cluding loyalty cases were
asked to leave during a recent
year. The commission urges the
agencies to make better use of
their rights to discharge poor
workers without hearings or ap
peal during their first year with
the government.
Civil service employees are
fired for inefficiency, crime, or
fraud, false statements in their
applications, misconduct, and in
subordination. Blackout Spells Blamed
For Too Many Wives
Gaffney, S. C. (U.R) A
youthful Fort Jackson soldier
accused of having two wives
too many attributed them to
"blackout spells."
Charles Mathis, 22, claimed he
didn't remember marrying wives
No. 2 and 3 when the women
confronted him at a preliminary
hearing on bigamy charges.
"Must have married them
during a couple of my blackout
spells," Mathis explained. He
was bound over to the next term
of general sessions court.
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Philippines Government
Said Insufficient, Corrupt
Manila, P. I. UJ?) The politi-1 American teachers who went
cally-mature Philippine govern-
ment forged by early American
administrators has become inef
ficient, expensive and corrupt
since this country became sover
eign, a noted island jurist
charged here.
Judge Guillermo Guevara,
Drominent Manila lawyer, said
in an address to student confer
ence delegates at Baguio that the
generation of Filipinos during
the preautonomous era seemed
to have shown "more maturity
than the subsequent generation'
despite complete self-government
and independence.
Guevara particularly took the
civil service to task for being
honey-combed with "political in
terference and nepotism."
He scorned alleged practices of
public sen ants for enacting cof
fee money," "pabagsak loans,"
or plain "bribe money" for per
forming services for the people
that would ordinarly be their
duty.
"Be it known to the glory and
honor of the American pioneers
who trained us in the essentials
of self-government and to the
credit of the Filipinos of that
generation that the shameful
practice of receiving or demand
ing gifts in the performance of
official duties was absolutely un
known," he said.
Judge Guevara credited for
mer Governor General William
Howard Taft with starting the
first step toward Philippine po
litical maturity.
Guevara said the public school
system was a huge success dur
ing the American administration
because of the more than 1,000
Changing Times
Eliminate Industry
San Benito, Tex. (U.R)
Changing times have eliminat
ed a depression-born industry
of 15 years ago: Frog hunting.
Woodrow Wilson, owner of a
grocery here, recalls he was one
of the first persons to et into
the frog business. A lot of folks,
unable to find work, took to the
canal banks to club frogs. They
dressed them and bartered the
legs to Wilson for groceries.
Wilson found no local market
but soon developed a fair trade
in San Antonio, where he ship
ped as much as 1,000 pounds
a week. Wilson, for a time, made
more out of the frogs than his
store.
When World War II came
along, however, many of his best
frog hunters were drafted. The
women and youth of the town
fell down somewhat on the frog
front, but kept a fair number of
legs flowing to Wilson. Prices
climbed from 30 cents to $1.10
a pound .
One frog hunter made enough
to buy a sajall farm.
Then things changed. Whole
sale hunting, water poisoning
from aerial crop-dusting and
spraying and the carnivorous
gar fish have made the frogs
less plentiful. Also, people don't
have the time to go frog hunt
ing as they did during the de
pression. Now most of them are
employed and are unable to
stand the fatiguing nocturnal
jaunts along the canals looking
for croakers.
and Save'
into the provinces to teach and
spread the gospel of democracy.
He attributed similar success
by the Americans in the field of
popular suffrage.
"Both the electorate and the
officials elected showed a cred
ible degree of morality, prudence
and patriotism," he said.
First Ytars Good
"If the fitness for politics or
for political maturity is gauged
by the behavior of the electorate
and the public officials elected
in office, then I should say that
the Filipinos demonstrated am
ple political maturity during the
first decade of American occupa
tion." Guevara told the students that
the more the Philippines ad
vanced toward self-government
and independence, the more in
efficient, expensive and corrupt
the country became.
He supported the statement
with a detailed review of the pre
autonomous era.
The prominent judge called on
the students to swear before God
that if they were ever called on
to hold office that they would
consider their position as an
apostleship and not a means for
personal aggrandizement.
Private Building
Up During Month
Washington U.R) Private
builders, taking advantage of
increased materials supplies,
started 74,500 non-farm dwell
ings in February, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported Satur
day. The bureau said nearly 10,000
more units were started in Feb
ruary, than in January, repre
senting a 15 per cent increase.
At the same time, public housing
starts totalled 2,500, bringing the
total to 77,000 for the month.
An even sharper rise was pre
dicted for March. The bureau
said preliminary reports from
both urban and rural areas
showed a 25 per cent increase
in permits to build non-farm
dwellings. Most of these will be
started in March, the bureau
said.
Wall Street
New York U.R) Railroad
shares rose to new high ground
since 1931 on the Stock Ex
change Saturday.
The rise in the carriers, which
was an extension of Friday's
sharp advance, moved prices in
that group to their best levels
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New Russian Jet
Believed Planned
London U.R) Two of Rus
sia's leading aviation engineers
probably have designed an im
proved version of the MIG-15 jet
fighter plane, well informed
sources said Friday.
It was announced in Moscow
thaf a 150,000 ruble nominally
$37,500 "Stalin" prize had been
awarded to Artem Mikoyan, Mik
hail Gurevich and a group of
other designers.
Mikoyan and Gurevich de-
since April 20, 1931. Oil equities
also were strong with a number
of pivotals showing wide gains.
Those companies with holdings
in the WilUston Basin of North
Dakota displayed a considerable
amount of strength.
Saturday's upsurge in prices
marked the fifth consecutive
session that the list has advanced.
Dow Jones closing stock aver
ages: 30 . industrials 264.43, up
0.38; 20 railroads, 90.28, up 0.06:
15 utilities, 49.81, up 0.05; 65
stocks, 100.26, up 0.12.
Sales Saturday totalled 640,000
shares compared with 660,000
traded a week ago.
MEDFORD (OREGOX) MAIL TRXBUWE SEVEN
signed the MIG-15. They already
had been compensated for that
accomplishment in 1947.
Heneit was believed the two
probauiy have developed a new
plane.
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