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... field of activity and responsibility ; that , to my mind , is the essential consideration , not any consideration of reward for a deserving man . If the interests of the public service are taken care of , there will be plenty of reward ...
... field of activity and responsibility ; that , to my mind , is the essential consideration , not any consideration of reward for a deserving man . If the interests of the public service are taken care of , there will be plenty of reward ...
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... field . The CHAIRMAN . We will meet to - morrow morning at 10 o'clock . Mr. ROGERS of Massachusetts . I desire , with the permission of the committee , to print a letter which the Secretary of State wrote to Presi- dent Harding ...
... field . The CHAIRMAN . We will meet to - morrow morning at 10 o'clock . Mr. ROGERS of Massachusetts . I desire , with the permission of the committee , to print a letter which the Secretary of State wrote to Presi- dent Harding ...
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... field of selection by eliminating the necessity for private incomes and permitting the relative merits of candidates to be adjudged on the basis of ability alone . Furthermore , if young men of the greatest ability and intellectual ...
... field of selection by eliminating the necessity for private incomes and permitting the relative merits of candidates to be adjudged on the basis of ability alone . Furthermore , if young men of the greatest ability and intellectual ...
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... field , and promotion is won after a thorough grounding has been acquired . The substitution for this system of a selected corps of foreign - service pupils might have the effect of limiting the scope of selection to young men whose ...
... field , and promotion is won after a thorough grounding has been acquired . The substitution for this system of a selected corps of foreign - service pupils might have the effect of limiting the scope of selection to young men whose ...
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... field must broaden the scope and intensify the nature of their work in order that the Department of State may have at its disposal knowl- edge of the actual facts of every development or turn of events . Any degree of conjecture is ...
... field must broaden the scope and intensify the nature of their work in order that the Department of State may have at its disposal knowl- edge of the actual facts of every development or turn of events . Any degree of conjecture is ...
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Page 101 - This Commission to continue in force during the pleasure of the President of the United States, for the time being.
Page 49 - That the expenses of transportation and subsistence of such officers and their immediate families, in traveling from their posts to their homes in the United States and return, shall be paid under the same rules and regulations applicable in the case of officers going to and returning from their posts...
Page 36 - Federal farm-loan bonds, such portions of the "civil-service retirement and disability fund " as in his judgment may not be immediately required for the payment of annuities, refunds, and allowances as...
Page 219 - The Secretary of State is charged, under the direction of the President, with the duties appertaining to correspondence with the public ministers and the consuls of the United States, and with the representatives of foreign powers accredited to the United States; and to negotiations of whatever character relating to the foreign affairs of the United States.
Page 8 - An Act for the retirement of employees in the classified civil service, and for other purposes," approved May 22, 1920, and Acts amendatory thereof (38 U.
Page 37 - ... (k) The President is authorized from time to time to establish, by Executive order, a list of places which by reason of climatic or other extreme conditions are to be classed as unhealthful posts...
Page 192 - January 1, 1900, at such posts inclusive of regular leaves of absence, of officers already retired or hereafter retired, shall be counted as one year and a half, and so on in like proportion in reckoning the length of service for the purpose of retirement, fractional months being...
Page 220 - ... proclamations, to various commissions, and to warrants for the extradition of fugitives from justice. He is regarded as the first in rank among the members of the Cabinet. He is also the custodian of the treaties made with foreign States, and of the laws of the United States.
Page 5 - ... not due to vicious habits, intemperance, or willful misconduct...
Page 36 - Act takes effect to cause such deductions to be made and the sums transferred on the books of the Treasury Department to the credit of the Foreign Service retirement and disability fund...