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ests of the service, as well as of the individual, will be promoted 

 by a transfer. In every case an effort would be made to do 

 justice to the employee without sacrificing the public interest. 

 This will contribute to making the government service more 

 attractive, and in helping to raise the standard of the personnel 

 and to increase its efficiency. 



lO. PERSONNEL COMMITTEES 



Personnel committees should be established in every bureau 

 or administrative unit to assist in the administration of the per- 

 sonnel. The composition and duties of these committees will 

 vary considerably in different cases, but they should consist of 

 administrators or their assistants. If the organization is such 

 that the employees feel the need of a committee of their own, 

 to present their point of view to the administrators, it should be 

 provided. Such representatives should, as a matter of course, be 

 chosen by the employees themselves. Even though the method 

 of handling the personnel is satisfactory to the employees without 

 a special committee of their own, there should be provision for 

 giving them an opportunity to be heard on all matters affecting 

 salary, promotion, character of work, and working conditions 

 generally. Every effort should be made to make the govern- 

 ment service satisfactory to employees and creditable to the 

 government. To remove sources of complaint, to make the work 

 and the working conditions attractive, to interest employees in 

 their work, and to make them feel that they are a part of the 

 government; all this will make it easier to retain the most desir- 

 able employees, and hence will aid in improving the service. 

 The golden rule can be applied in the government service as 

 well as in industry, and with just as good results. 



It is probable, however, that a large majority of complaints 

 of favoritism in promotions are not well founded. Employees 

 sometimes overestimate their own worth or underestimate their 

 fellows. It is only natural that men or women who are not pro- 

 moted because they are not doing as well as the average should 

 feel that their worth is undervalued, or that someone who is 

 given rapid promotion is favored. If provision is made for hear- 



