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PAGE TWO MERIT SYSTEM IS IN GREAT DANGER Government Jobs Being Placed More and More on Pure Politics. By CHARLES P. STEWART Washington, Doc. 9. —Representa- tive Wesley E. Disney of Oklahoma ■proposes the establishment of a Na tional Academy of Public Affairs, com parable to West Point or Annapolis, to train young folk for civil service careers in the federal government. Veterans in this field of Uncle Sam’s employment say the Oklahoma tin's idea would be pretty good if there could be any guarantee that the merit system will survive much longer in the selection and promotion of workers on the United States payroll, but they are skeptical that it will last for many more years at the present rate of its disintegration. In pre-New Deal days Uncle Sam’s permanent staff, not counting the mail service, was approximately 560,- 000. Not all were chosen by competi tive examination, hut something like 75 per cent weip. The remainder had political pull to thank for their posi tions, and advancement in them. Some folk argued that even this much pat ronage was evil. Nearly 20 years ago the then Senator Jonarhan Bourne, of Oregon referred to it as “in effect, bribery.” He advocated the election of “United States district attorneys, mar shals, tax collectors and postmasters. MERIT SYSTEM IN DANGER However, at that time the merit system was gaining in popularity; anyway, it wasn’t threatened. Today, according to President faither C. Steward of the National Federation of Federal Employes, it is in the gravest danger. Under emer gency administrations of various .al phabetical sorts approximately 160,- 000 Workers have been added to the carilir 560,000- and, of the newer per sona),- nearly all hold office on a po litical basis. Whether or not they are competent doesn’t signify. The ques tion is, "Is the candidate politically properly sponsored?” Merit cannot be diluted by politics so such an extent without the utmost peril to the former, warns President Steward. Steward mentions New Deal admin istrations, manned by political ap pointees, in which the monthly turn over of workers has approximated 30 per cent. Wife Preservers The.' ordinary potato rice*- may be used for many things besides rlclng the potatoes. If you are making apple sauce, cook the fruit with the skins on until soft., then put through the ricer, which re jects the skin and core and let* the pulp through. RADIOS Battery and Electric Three Nationally Known Makes Stewart-Warner Sentinel Zenith Wiv char nor T. P. Stewart, Jr. Vance Rnrlicr Simp C V V MT C 2 A MT THEATRE «J»EU▼£| JW S? 1 f '-JI M Henderson “a" ENT OF YOUTH” TODAY - TOMORROW Sylvia Sidney— Herbert Marshall Matinee and Night Mr,, Richard Turner-Mra. Harry Baker. Stevenson —Thursday, Friday and Saturday Charles Irwin, Pat Flaherty Franchot Tone in “Mutiny on the Bounty” FAVOR U. S. ENTRY IN OLYMPIAD As the fight over U. S. participation in the Olympic games in Berlin in 1936 threatened to cause an open rift in the Amateur Athletic Union at its 47th annual convention in New York, Avery Brundage, president of the American Olympic committee, firmly stood by his “regardless of what action the A. A. U. takes, we are going to send a team abroad.” Meanwhile, Jeremiah T. Mahoney, A. A. U. presi dent and opposition leader, said “there is a preponderance of senti ment in favor of a boycott of the games.” Members of the Olympic ■ommittee are shown above. Seated left to right are Brundage and Dr Jo- ph R. Rayeroft of Princeton university, committee vice l”' '' -tundinf, left to right, are Frc-d W. Rubien, committee secretary, and Gustavus T. Kirby, treasurer jmrnsEf \H" THc, T£lt.WOM£, 'BooK \H "fi-tE. QooK, So HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, MONDAY, DECEMBER, 9, 1935. - "■ "■ OH 'SO'V / \ . 7- 'TkpsT 'TevsT’e.D ) 0000, J OIL, N to Soon At Least 150 of 200 New Chassis to be Delivered by December 15 Dally DisiH'Dl. Rursiau in (lit* Sir Walter HV <• B ASK Bit Y 1 l'l J . Raleigh, Dec. 9. At least 150 of the 200 new school truck chassis will be delivered here by December 15, when they will be sent at once to the body factories, where the new bodies have been completed and are awaiting in stallation, Claude F. Gaddy, assistant secretary of the State School Com mission in charge of transportation, and today. Due to a change in models and to labor trouble, the other 50 trucks will not to delivered until about January 15, he said. But it will he possible to get the 150 buses dis tributed to the counties to which they are to be sent before the scheols open again after the Christmas holidays. “We have been criticised a good deal lately for not buying these trucks earlier and for the delay in getting delivery on them,” Gaddy said. “But the contracts for these buses were not let until October 24, and these contracts did not call for delivery un til December 15 —and we are now as sured that 150 trucks will be delivered on that date. “There are two reasons for the de lay. One is that we waited as long as possible in the hope of getting some PWA aid from Washington so we could buy more than 200 buses. But as soon as we learned there was no chance of getting this aid, we went ahead and bought all the trucks we could with the money availble, after having bought 200 new buses last sum mer, which were delieverd this past fall and are now in use. “The seeond reason for the delay was that this contract was let just as the various automobile manufac turers were changing their models, so that it was not possible to get im mediate delivery and get the new models at the same time. That is why they would not promise delivery until December 15.” While at least 800 to 1,000 new school buses are needed right now, the school commission will already have expended all the money approp riated for new buses when it gets this second 200, Gaddy said. It is being hoped that a Federal grant of some sort can be obtained next year to help buy some additional buses then. Federal Earnings Will be Stressed (Continued from Page One.) critics of the Roosevelt administra tion. Its investments in railroads like wise are heavy. But there the RFC has stepped in when reorganization has become necessary. Yet —adminis- tration men ask —what large creditor would not? Railroad reorganizations in the past have been notorious for their squeeze plays on unsuspecting investors. There has been even a bit of hu mor connected with the RFC money lending. It has taken doubtful se curities as collateral from corpora tions and municipalities, has held them on a rising market at a profit to those who had scorned them! RECOVERABLE? How much of government expendi tures is recoverable? That is a moot question— since the administration speaks of “recoverables.” Investments in slum clearances, model housing, subsistence home steads, roads, sewers, breakwaters, power dams, irrigation ditches, hos pitals, schools, army posts, naval bases electric power lines, municipal buildings, airports, etc., are account ed as increasing the value of national wealth, thus are listed as assets. But actual loans with securities as collateral are the only items actually listed under “recoverables.” The administration will carry into the election campaign the statement that the national wealth, both in Im provements and in earnings, has in creased since 1932 far beyond the ex penditures of the national govern ment. Sold to White Sox? Jj Jimmy Fox* 'A /-i h i/.no-o reports state that Jirm.-.y SS? g sluggW first baseman of the Athletics, has been the Chicago White Sox for onennn The report is unconfirmed £75,00 • known that Connie Mack £ ut lolld Foxx on the auction block. i has placed r /-Central Press) NOTRE DAME CONFERS DEGREE ON PRESIDE < < Notre Dame university confers an honorary degree of doctor of Jaws Monday upon President Roose velt and Carlos P. Romulo, Catholic publisher of Manila, P. 1., with Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago presiding over the convocation in the university’s gymnasium. The convocation commemorates 400 ‘‘Bounty’s” Camera Crew Endangered on Location The thrills were a-plenty in the filming of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s “Mutiny on the Bounty,” M-G-M’s great sea drama playing at the Stev enson Theatre Thursday, Friday and Saturday. One of the biggest thrills was ex perienced by a camera crew while seeking dangerous reefs through which to sail the historic “hell ship.” Accompanying the Crew Accompanying the crew were Com mander A. G. Alexander, British Royal Navy, retired, as technical di rector; James Havens, builder of the “Bounty,” and Cameraman Lester White and James Hackett. In a 60-foot power cruiser, the party headed for the Anacapa, Santa Cruz and San Miguel islands. En route, Havens and Commander Alexander were semi-asphyxiated in the galley when a gas pressure line broke. Semi conscious, the two men were rescued by their companions and revived. A few hours out, the party ran into a terrific storm that raged unabated for twenty-four hours, repeatedly breaking the cruiser from anchorages off each of the islands. When the party successfully land ed on one of the barren islands, hun dreds of seals drove the camera crew back to the boats. , Havens Shoots Eagles Again, on a rocky promontory an eagle swooped down on Cameraman White and was killed by Havens, who is a crack-shot. “Mutiny on the Bounty,” produced by living G. Thhlberg,. presents Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and 16 men from the hell-ship, ; “Bounty,” answer the siren of the islaild^Paradi*^— iHUTINYonTniBOUNTy metV I\franch6t tone \ \ Herbert Mundin Eddie Quillan GOLDWYN-'\\ Dudley Digge* Donald Crisp STRVRM StlM MAYER \\\ A Frank Lloyd PICTURE \\\ | | ' THEATRE—HENDERSON O T\ A \7C THURSDAY—FRIDAY and O UAYa . SATURDAY years of Catholic action in the Philippines, and \- held now because of the establishment of the Phil ippines as a separate commonwealth. Pictures show President Roosevelt, Cardinal Mandeb in, President John F. O’Hara of Notre Dame, and the Notre Dame gymnasium. Franchot Tone at the head of a cast of more than fifty featured players. Sharp Decline in Cotton Production from Page One.) cember 1 were reported by the Census Bureau to have totalled 9,352,243 run ning bales, compared with 9,019.834 to that date last year, and 12.106.373 in 1933. The estimated production this year by states included: North Carolina, 585,000 bales. Ginnings prior to December 1 this year, reported by the Census Bureau, included, North Carolina, 854,127 bales Wife Preservers Lread and rolls, or even pecan cinnamon robs, should be eaten with the fingers, not speared with a fork, as a woman was seen doing in a restaurant. Fingers that grow sticky may be wiped on the nap bin. Break bread in small pieces, butler eacfc piece separately and eat. Moon Theatre TODAY and TOMORROW An all musical Western Thriller, “MOONLIGHT ON Till: PRAIRIE” Added: Comedy Admission II ami hie mm pi The VANCE Theatre '.Will be closed Mon day and Tuesday for installation of a new heating system and insulation of the audi torium.
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