are assigned based upon an evaluation of this information. In both cases civil service registers are established and selections are made from the three highest eligibles. I shall request the Subcommittee on Civil Service to examine this situation thoroughly and determine among other things, the relationship between the total number of appointments made in the Federal service and the number of appointments made from Civil Service registers. Thank you for bringing this matter to my attention. TOM MURRAY, Chairman. U.S. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Hon. LINDLEY BECKWORTH, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. BECKWORTH: Your communication of May 9, 1961, is returned herewith. During the calendar year 1960 a total of 465,217 accessions to Federal positions in the United States were reported by Federal agencies. Of these accessions, 43,102 were persons reappointed after having left the service at some earlier date, 21,968 were transfers from one agency to another without a break in service, and 23,596 were restored or returned to duty after suspension, reduction in force, furlough, or extended leave without pay. hired without regard to previous Federal service. How many of these may have The remaining 376,551 persons were had some previous Federal employment we do not know but their employment in 1960 was not based on prior service. Sincerely yours, DAVID F. WILLIAMS, Director, Bureau of Management Services. U.S. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Hon. LINDLEY BECKWORTH, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. BECKWORTH: This refers to your communication dated January 31, 1961, and our letter dated January 27, 1961, which is returned herewith. During the fiscal year 1960 a total of 191,674 persons were appointed to Federal positions excepted from competitive civil service examination and appointment procedures. Of this total, 50,713 were to positions outside the United States and 140,961 were to positions in the 50 States and the District of Columbia. We have compiled no information on the age of employees at the time of appointment. Sincerely yours, Hon. LINDLEY BECKWORTH, DAVID F. WILLIAMS, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, BUREAU OF RECRUITING AND EXAMINING, DEAR MR. BECKWORTH: This is in further reply to your communication received on May 18, 1961, requesting the number of examinations given annually for postmaster and other positions for which investigations are made. A copy of your letter was also received from the Post Office Department and our Dallas regional office. When the qualifications of competitors in postmaster examinations for post offices in postal field service levels 13 and above are the subject of an investigation, the investigation is made by a representative of the Commission in the community and is known as a "field" investigation. For postmaster examinations in post offices at postal field service levels 12 and below, the investigation is made by mailing questionnaires to members of the community relative to the competitors' qualifications. This type of investigation is known as a "correspondence or voucher inquiry." The enclosed form E-9 explains in detail the basis for rating postmaster examinations. The number of examinations for postmaster and rural carriers in the State of Texas each year varies. The number of examinations announced depends upon the rate at which vacancies in these positions occur. In 1960, we announced 60 examinations for the position of postmaster in post offices in Texas. Of these, 11 were for offices of the first class. The number of examinations for such post offices for rural carrier positions in 1960 was 20. Examinations for other positions in the Federal service, which are handled under procedures similar to postmaster examinations, include examinations such as those for Federal administrative and management positions, personnel positions, employee development officer, accountant and auditor, and guard. Sincerely yours, DONALD R. HARVEY, Director. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, Hon. LINDLEY BECKWORTH, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. BECKWORTH: Your letter of May 10, 1961, to the regional director of the post office regional office in Dallas has been referred to this Office for the purpose of furnishing you information as to the number of civil service examinations announced annually in Texas. During fiscal year 1960, approximately 490 examinations were announced for various Federal positions by this regional office and the boards of civil service examiners in Texas. These did not include examinations for postmasterships or rural mail carrier which, as you know, are announced by our central office. attached file indicates our central office has already been contacted for information about postmaster examinations. The In case you do not have it, a copy of an informational pamphlet about postmaster positions, including information about the types of examinations given for the various classes and grade levels of postmaster positions, is enclosed. Sincerely yours, SAMUEL M. RAY, Acting Regional Director. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, May 22, 1961. Congressman LINDLEY BECKWORTH, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. DEAR CONGRESSMAN BECK WORTH: This is in response to your letter of April 28, 1961, to the Secretary of Labor requesting assistance in obtaining statistics relating to the employment of older persons in Government agencies. We have asked the Civil Service Commission, as the central personnel agency of the Federal Government, to look into this matter. Copies of pertinent correspondence to Mr. John Macy, Chairman of the Civil Service Commission and to Congressman John Fogarty are enclosed. Upon receipt of information from the Commission, we shall notify you and Congressman Fogarty. Sincerely yours, W. WILLARD WIRTZ, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, April 9, 1961. Mr. JOHN MACY, Chairman, U.S. Civil Service Commission, DEAR MR. MACY: We have received a request from Congressman John Fogarty to contact the various agencies of the Government to determine the extent to which they are following a policy of nondiscrimination in employment with respect to age. It is my understanding that this matter has been discussed at various times by staff members of the Commission with the personnel officers of a number of Government agencies. Mr. Lindley Beckworth, a Congressman from Texas, whom Mr. Fogarty mentions in his letter, has made similar inquiries repeatedly, not only here, but in other Government agencies. While all of the Federal agencies contacted recognized the value of statistical information of the kind requested, most agencies did not maintain these statistics and indicated that it would involve considerable staff time to obtain this information. In most instances they were unable to comply with this request because of the lack of staff. In exploring the possible ways of getting the information in which Mr. Fogarty and Mr. Beckworth are interested, we learned that the Commission, in consultation with Federal personnel officials in the various Departments, recognize the need for systematically accumulating data on employment practices, including that relating to age, which would be useful for management planning and control purposes. It is my understanding that this need has been expressed in your current request for appropriations on which hearings have already been held. I want to assure you that this Department, because of its interest generally in promoting the welfare of workers and as an employer itself, wholly subscribes to the adoption of any controls which will insure that the Federal Government's policy of nondiscrimination, for whatever reason, is being carried out in practice. At the same time I should like to ask what the prospects are for obtaining information of the kind which Mr. Fogarty requested. Sincerely yours, Mr. ANTHONY FANTACI, Director, Branch for Older Workers, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. W. WILLARD WIRTZ, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DEAR MR. FANTACI: Please note the enclosure. It seems to me the officials of the division of the Labor Department which is trying to help the aged in their efforts to obtain work should be interested in getting in touch with the Defense Department and ascertaining from the Defense Department the extent to which this Department follows its policy of hiring older people. I request you to do this. Mr. Beckworth and I would like to get the actual figures. With kindest regards. JOHN E. FOGARTY, Member of Congress. P.S.-It seems to me also you should get in touch with the other departments of our Government including the Civil Service Commission and ask for this information. We want the actual figures for each department. Hon. LINDLEY BECKWORTH, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., August 29, 1961. DEAR MR. BECKWORTH: Mr. Charles Johnson, staff director, House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, has forwarded to me for reply your letter of August 10, 1961, regarding temporary summer jobs. My response in this letter also applies to the copy of your same inquiry sent directly to our chairman's office. In an attempt to collect this information, we have checked with the departments who employ most of the temporary summer people. Each of these departments informs us that it would be necessary to check with each of their numerous field installations to obtain this information, and that this would be a costly and time-consuming endeavor. Each department has also informed us that it has received a separate inquiry from you asking for this same information. In these circumstances, there is no additional Government-wide information that we are in a position to develop which would be of assistance to you. The Commission itself does not maintain any records which would give us even a basis of estimation with response to the situation as it relates to all agencies in Government. In our own organization, each regional office handles its own summer employment matters. We have no reason to believe that anyone was so employed in a regional office who had legal residence in the Metropolitan Washington area (Maryland, District of Columbia, or Virginia) and feel that it would be most unusual for a resident of this area to seek summer employment outside of the area. Federal activities in the field would be unable to determine from their employment records where summer employees have legal residence, as these records reflect only the employee's home address for the summer. The material accompanying your letter to Mr. Johnson is returned as requested. Very truly yours, O. GLENN STAHL, Director, Bureau of Programs and Standards. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION BUREAU OF RECRUITING AND EXAMINING Washington 25, D.C. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITIONS OF First-, Second-, and Third-Class Postmaster 1. EXPERIENCE AND FITNESS REQUIREMENTS A. FOR FIRST-CLASS OFFICE, POSTAL FIELD SERVICE LEVELS 10 THROUGH 19 Applicants must show (a) That they have been engaged for a period of at least 4 years for offices at Postal Field Service levels 10 through 12, 5 years for offices at levels 13 through 17, or 6 years for offices at levels 18 and 19, in occupations which by their nature, extent, and progressive importance have demonstrated the applicants' ability to conduct and manage the entire postal business for the community which involves handling numerous cash transactions, the accounting for large sums of money, and the receipt and prompt dispatch and delivery of numerous items of mail matter. Applicants must clearly demonstrate by their experience that they have the required ability to organize, plan, and schedule the work of a large business organization in order to operate efficiently within a fixed budget, to assure prompt and accurate service, to apportion employees to handle the workload, and to develop plans for effectively adapting the organization to handle the unusual loads and variations in the nature of the mails caused by seasonal activity of the community, special holiday mail, etc. Since the postmaster must do all this through employees and their supervisors, applicants must show leadership qualities and ability to direct and manage relatively large groups of people through intermediate supervisors; and (b) That they can meet and deal with the public agreeably and effectively so that the patrons are satisfied with the service and can negotiate with large mailers, institutions, and businessmen whose use of the mail presents special problems, such as weekly, monthly, or seasonal peakloads; and (c) That they have good reputations as to character, habits, morals, honesty, reliability, and trustworthiness. Substitution of Education for Experience Study successfully completed in a resident school above high school level may be substituted for part of the required experience for offices at levels 10 through 17 as follows: One academic year of study may be substituted for each 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 4 years of education for 2 years of experience. No substitution of education may be made for the experience required for offices at levels 18 and 19. In evaluating an applicant's qualifications, the following factors will be considered: 1. Quality, extent of responsibility, and diversity of experience in relation to qualifications requirements. 2. Demonstrated ability to successfully manage and direct the affairs of a business comparable in size and complexity to the post office (including ability to effectively supervise employees). 3. Ability to deal effectively with associates and the general public. 4. General reputation as to character, morals, habits, honesty, reliability, trustworthiness. and B. FOR FIRST- AND SECOND-CLASS OFFICES, POSTAL FIELD SERVICE LEVELS 8 AND 9 Applicants must show (a) That they have been engaged for a period of at least 3 years in progressively responsible occupations which by their nature, extent, and importance have demonstrated the applicants' ability to conduct and manage the entire postal business for the community which involves handling numerous cash transactions, the accounting for large sums of money, and the receipt and prompt shipment and delivery of numerous letters and packages; and (b) That they can meet and deal with customers and employees agreeably and effectively so that customers are satisfied with the service and employees are properly supervised; and (c) That they have good reputations as to character, habits, morals, honesty, reliability, and trustworthiness. Substitution of Education for Experience Study successfully completed in a resident school above high school level may be substituted for part of the required experience at the rate of 1 academic year of study for each 9 months of experience up to a maximum of 2 years of education for 11⁄2 years of experience. C. FOR SECOND- AND THIRD-CLASS OFFICES, POSTAL FIELD SERVICE LEVEL 7 Applicants must show (a) That they have been engaged for a period of at least 11⁄2 years in responsible occupations which by their nature, extent, and importance have demonstrated the applicants' ability to conduct and manage the entire postal business for the community which involves accounting for receipt and disbursement of funds, preparation of required reports, and the receipt and prompt shipment and delivery of numerous letters and packages; and (b) That they can meet and deal with customers and employees agreeably and effectively so that customers are satisfied with the service and employees are properly supervised; and (c) That they have good reputations as to character, habits, morals, honesty, reliability, and trustworthiness. Substitution of Education for Experience Study successfully completed in a resident school above high school level may be substituted for part of the required experience on a month-for-month basis up to a maximum of 1 academic year of study for 9 months of experience. D. FOR THIRD-CLASS OFFICES, POSTAL FIELD SERVICE LEVELS 5 AND 6 Applicants must show (a) That they have been engaged for a period of at least 1 year in occupations in which they have demonstrated the ability to maintain simple records of accounts (or records of comparable difficulty), or in which they have gained a knowledge of postal procedures; and (b) That they can meet and deal with customers and employees agreeably and effectively so that customers are satisfied with the service and employees are properly supervised; and (c) That they have good reputations as to character, habits, morals, honesty, reliability, and trustworthiness. 74906-61- 3 |