Unemployment in the United States

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Identifikator:: 1828236179

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-226169

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Unemployment in the United States

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: United States, Government Printing Office

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: II, 193 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Statement of Mr. William Green, president of American Federation of Labor

Collection:: Economics Books

38 UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES Mr. Green. That is the director and the employees in the depart- ment. Mr. Bacuamann. Tt is all employees under that bureau, wherever they may be. Mr. GREEN. Yes. Mr. BacamaNN. They are to be selected under the civil service law. Mr. Green. Yes. Mr. Bacumann. I do not know whether you have given any study to that particular feature of it, or not, but it occurs to me the purpose of this bill is to help labor and to help the laboring man and, from my experience in some of these matters, putting these employees under the civil service law has a tendency to restrict the employment of men who really ought to be employed in certain of these positions. [ direct your attention, when they put the prohibition agents under the civil service law, we had men who had served as sheriffs and deputy sheriffs. They did not have an education, but were very well qualified to perform the duties ; but, because some other men had a little better education than they did, they were selected; when, as a matter of fact, from practical experience, they did not know nearly as much about it as the men who served in those offices formerly. Or some of the men may have been just a little over age. Now are not we, by putting in here this direct provision, restricting the very purpose you are trying to accomplish, in a measure, by this legislation? Ought not it to be free and open so that men, regardless of age, who may be well qualified, but who may not have the education that some other men have, would have an advantage? As I under- stand this bill, there would be a lot of employees selected in this bureau. Mr. Green. Congressman, that is an administrative matter which we thought we had met in the most practical and successful way. You must bear in mind that a number of these people employed in these employment agencies must be technical people—men equipped with knowledge of the social and economic problems with which they will be called upon to deal, and then we want to take out of it the political log rolling that might occur if it was left open. We feel it is on about as good a basis as you could put it, because I take it for granted that the civil-service examination will be reasonable—will not exclude and will not be of such a character as to exclude those who are really fitted to serve in these administrative positions. Mr. Bacamann. I am merely directing attention to that matter; because, if this provision contained in this bill is going to restrict in the beginning, it ought to be given some study before 1t is enacted. Mr. MonTacue. Well, the Civil Service Commission is required to give some proportionate value to experience, Mr. GREEN. I think that is the law. Mr. Montague. If not, that ought to be the law. They give value to experience as part of the education. Mr. GREEN. Oh, yes. Mr. Montague. I think my friend misconstrues the word “educa- tion.” A man can be highly educated for certain work and yet have very little book knowledge. Mr. Green. That is the reason I made the observation.

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