Arranging entrances for 1927 by States in excess and "all others' we have: Of the 1,836 appointments (most conveniently studied in Table 8) the proportion of applicants is so large from the District and States in excess for certain classes of positions as to raise the question whether such positions should be excluded from the apportionment by Executive order, as the civil service act permits. These appointments from the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Vermont, and Delaware were made only in the absence of eligibles from other States who would accept. Among them are the following: If the above classes had been excepted from the apportionment, that number of appointments made in excess in 1927 would be diminished by 314, or from 661 to 347. Of the 104 junior patent examiners, 35, or one-third, were from the District, Maryland, and Virginia. As the supply barely meets the demand the apportionment can not operate effectively upon this register. Of the 399 junior stenographers appointed, 105, or over one-fourth, were from the District and States in excess, and 83 of them, or 21 per cent, were from the District. Examinations were publicly announced and held in all parts of the country, but the District, with less than one two-hundredth of the total population, furnished over one-fifth of the junior stenographers. The salaries offered by the Government do not seem to attract stenographers away from their homes and home employments in sufficient numbers to make the apportionment operative, but young people with homes in the District and near-by suburbs of Maryland and Virginia are more responsive. The statement regarding stenographers is also true of the 51 typists of various grades appointed in excess, and of the 27 operators of various office devices. Of the 661 appointments in excess during 1927, deducting 314 already considered in tabular form just above, 35 junior patent examiners, 105 junior stenographers, 51 typists, and 27 operators of office devices, these classes having been already considered, there remain 129 appointments in excess in numbers and designations as follows: assist 135 1 Engineer, assistant (dust explo- 3 5 Engineer, cartographer, junior---- 1 Engineer, mechanical, assistant__ 12112BB25 2 Library assistant, junior___. Engineer, steam, electric_. Examiner, associate__ Examiner, civil service, junior_-_ 3 3 Indexer, head_. Librarian, junior___ 2 Library assistant, under_. 1 Lithographer, mechanical, senior_ 2 Lithographer, artistic, junior_ 1 Marketing specialist_. 1 Many of the 83 remaining positions were those of a highly technical character, for which eligibles were insufficient or entirely lacking from States in arrears, and it was necessary to fill the vacancies through appointment from States in' excess. Among such positions were: Aid, division of reptiles, 1 eligible; 1 appointment. Minor exhibits preparer, 3 eligibles; 1 appointment. Junior astronomer, 1 eligible; 1 appointment. Head indexer, 3 eligibles available, all from States in excess; 1 appointment. Senior mechanical lithographer, 2 eligibles; 2 appointments. Total, 8 appointments. For the position of junior photographer there were barely sufficient eligibles for the three appointments made one of them from a State in excess; 1 appointment. The two senior stenographer appointments resulted from a dearth of eligibles, the lowest ratings being reached from States in excess; 2 appointments Total, 3 appointments. With respect to the next group of positions discussed, certification by sex, as provided by the civil-service rules, affected the apportionment somewhat. There were insufficient eligibles of the sex requested by departments, from States in arrears: Editor, chief of press relations-female eligibles requested (in addition to the 2 male eligibles mentioned in the first series), 2 available, both from States in excess; 1 appointment. Exhibits assistant-3 eligibles, 1 male. Male eligibles requested in certification; 1 appointment. Assistant accountant livestock supervisor-3 female eligibles available, all from States in excess. Females requested in certification; 1 appointment. Junior nematologist-female eligibles requested; all from States in excess; 1 appointment. Under scientific helper (requiring special knowledge of elementary biology and laboratory technique)-female eligibles requested; 3 available; 2 appointments. Total, 6 appointments. In addition, for a number of positions of the technical character, the registers were divided according to the specialties of the different kinds. Among them were: Organic chemist, optional subject of wood technology-only 1 available eligible-from a State in excess; 1 appointment. Principal scientific aid, optional subject of color technology, only 1 eligiblefrom a State in excess; 1 appointment. Assistant editorial clerk, knowledge of French required for Department of State; all eligibles reached for certification; 1 appointment. Instrument repairman, for which certification was made according to the kind of instrument in which experience was gained; only 1 eligible available, from a State in excess; 1 appointment. Marketing specialist, optional subject, poultry products--2 eligibles available; 1 appointment. Junior physicist, optional subject of electricity-eligibles lacking from States in arrears; 1 appointment. Associate and assistant physicist, optional subject of optics and colorimetryno eligibles from States in arrears; 2 appointments. Land law clerk-railroad accounts; only 1 eligible; 1 appointment. For certain other positions of a scientific or technical nature the registers have been very active, all eligibles who were available having been certified. Numerous declinations to accept appointment have been especially noticeable in connection with the registers for the following positions, resulting in so many appointments from States in excess: Senior engineering field aid, 1 appointment. Associate, assistant, and junior scientific aid, 4 appointments. 39513-29-23 Assistant and associate architect (in addition to the preference eligible already mentioned), 2 appointments. Principal accounting and auditing assistant, 2 appointments. Junior and assistant statistical clerk (the need principally for female eligibles), 3 appointments. Engineering draftsman, positions of different grades, 3 appointments. Senior and principal architectural draftsman, 2 appointments. Junior cartographic engineer (in addition to the preference eligible mentioned), 1 appointment. Electrical engineer, 1 appointment. Librarian and assistant librarian positions of the different grades (excluding veterans), 5 appointments. Junior biological aid, 1 appointment. Junior civil-service examiner, 3 appointments. Minor scientific helper, 3 appointments. Assistant entomologist, 1 appointment. Telegraph operator (in addition to 1 veteran), 1 appointment. Total, 40 appointments. There were, in addition, appointments by promotion of persons already in the apportioned service brought in originally under Executive order, as follows: Assistant messengers to junior and underfile clerk positions, 5 appointments. Assistant messengers to under clerk positions, 2 appointments. There were also three appointments from reemployment registers, from which certification is made, under presidential order, without regard to the apportionment, as follows: File clerk, one appointment. Clerk, one appointment. Assistant photographer, one appointment. The apportionment was waived in one instance to permit the appointment of the sixth clerk, in view of her extraordinarily high rating (95.3 out of a possible 100) and the relatively low salary of the position, one appointment. The two additional charges of clerks to the apportionment of States in excess were merely corrected charges previously made to the apportionment of States in arrears. Both persons had been in the service for a number of years, two appointments. The trained nurse appointed was among the highest not already on certification for the field service outside of Washington, for which the register is nearly always, and very actively, used, one appointment. Total of these miscellaneous appointments, 14 appointments. REINSTATEMENTS IN 1927 Rule IX of rules issued by the President under the act of January 16, 1883, provides for reinstatements of former employees. The wisdom of the provision has never been questioned. Experience and training are acquired at considerable expense to the Government and are essential to the efficient performance of its work. Legal residence is not and has not been any obstacle to reinstatements and it was not until July 1, 1897, that they were charged. There were 1,355 reinstatements in 1927. The number from the District of Columbia and four States in excess was 748, as against 661 appointments from the registers of the District and four States in excess. It seems sufficient to study reinstatements from the District of Columbia and four States in excess because every reinstatement from a State in arrears tends to bring up its quota and equalize the apportionment. 1 The senior laborers included in this report were erroneously counted in the number of apportioned employees; as unclassified employees they are not subject to the apportionment. The totals in all tables in which they appear should, therefore, be reduced by 2. |