POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 1135

AND RELATED HOUSE BILLS

(H. R. 2420, H. R. 2748, H. R. 3311, H. R. 3687)

A BILL TO PROVIDE A RECRUITMENT PROCEDURE FOR
THE COMPETITIVE CIVIL SERVICE IN ORDER TO INSURE
SELECTION OF PERSONNEL ON THE BASIS OF OPEN
COMPETITION AND MERIT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MARCH 25, 26, APRIL 1, 3, 8, 24, 29, MAY 13, AND 15, 1952

Printed for the use of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

M. G. (BURNIE) BURNSIDE, West Virginia USHER L. BURDICK, North Dakota

Statement of-

Campbell, James, president, American Federation of Government

Employees...

Fitzgerald, Gerald, legislative director, Government and Civil Em-
ployees Organizing Committee, CIO.

Flemming, Dr. Arthur S., president of Ohio Wesleyan University,

Delaware, Ohio.......

Foster, Charles E., assistant legislative director, and Kenneth Bradley,
director of employment, Disabled American Veterans_-

Hallbeck, E. C., legislative representative, National Federation of

Post Office Clerks.

Hard, James H., Director of Personnel, Department of the Treasury..

Horton, Jesse V., legislative representative, National Association of

Postal Supervisors__

Jacobi, Herbert J., member, national veterans' preference committee,

the American Legion...

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Klein, Samuel E., president, United National Association of Post Office

Clerks

Lavers, Ralph, director, economic commission, the American Legion.
MacElroy, George L., national civil-service officer, Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States.

McAvoy, Harold, national president, National Association of Post Office
and P. T. S. Mail Handlers, Watchmen, and Messengers of AFL..

Messer, Ross, legislative representative, National Association of Post

Office and General Services Maintenance Employees

Mitchell, James P., vice president, Bloomingdale Bros., Inc., New York
City, in charge of personnel and industrial relations and chairman of
special committee on Federal personnel policy, an affiliate of the
Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report.

Pace, Charlie L., legislative representative, War Veterans in Federal

Employment, Inc....

Paul, Lt. Gen. Willard S., formerly Director of Personnel and Admin-
istration, Army General Staff, member of the Special Committee on
Federal Personnel Policy.

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Pockrass, Jack H., Air Force Office of the Directorate of Civilian Per-
sonnel....

Ramspeck, Hon. Robert, Chairman, Civil Service Commission, ac-
companied by Joseph E. Winslow, Assistant Executive Director.
Reeves, Charles W., national commander, Federal Employee Veterans
Association, accompanied by Herbert Fuller, national vice com-
mander of California; Kenneth T. Lyons, past national commander
of Boston, Mass.; and Kenneth Warner, national adjustant of
Philadelphia, Pa...

Riley, George D., member, national legislative committee, American

Federation of Labor

Ryan, William H., assistant legislative representative, International

Association of Machinists___.

Short, Dr. Oliver C., Director of Personnel, Department of Commerce_

Slayman, Charles H., Jr., director of research and legislation, The

American Veterans Committee.

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Steward, Luther, president, National Federation of Federal Employees
Taylor, Gen. John Thomas, consultant, The American Legion...
Thomas, W. M., president, National Postal Transport Association..
Walters, Thomas G., operations director, Government Employees
Council, American Federation of Labor......