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sentatives of the Civil Service Commission; and the rating of 

 any employee shall be given him on request." 



15. METHOD OF APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS 



Section 9, entitled "Promotion Appointments," describes an 

 elaborate method of filling vacancies or new positions and of 

 making promotions from one class to another. It is provided 

 that upon request from the head of a department the Commis- 

 sion shall certify : 



(i) The names of employees available for transfer from some other 

 department, "one of whom shall be appointed unless the Commission 

 approves the appointing officer's written objections to such appointment." 



(2) In that case the names of persons available for reinstatement are 

 certified, and must be investigated and one appointed, or all rejected 

 with reasons in writing. 



(3) Then, if no appointment is made, a competitive examination shall 

 be held for the given position, open to anybody in the government service 

 qualified to compete. 



(4) Finally, if none of these methods provides a satisfactory ap- 

 pointee, names may be certified from an eligible list established by 

 examination of applicants not in the government service. 



This complicated and time-consuming process gives prefer- 

 ence to persons seeking a transfer or reinstatement over those in 

 the same bureau and in line for promotion. It violates one of 

 the most important principles of good administration, namely, 

 that when a man deserves promotion to a higher position in the 

 same line of work and for which he has been preparing, he should 

 receive it rather than a stranger who is brought in and put over 

 him. If the method were carried out as described, it would not 

 only be cumbersome and time-consuming, but would destroy the 

 morale of the service. It seems far better to continue to do as 

 heretofore, namely, to promote within the Bureau if there are 

 men who are competent and deserve promotion; if not, to apply 

 to the Civil Service Commission for eligibles, and these may in 

 the discretion of the Commission include the names of persons 

 eligible for reinstatement or transfer. Such a method, if intel- 

 ligently and conscientiously administered (as it is fair to assume 

 it would be under the improved conditions expected under the 

 reorganized service), would afford competitive promotion based 

 on efficiency, without the formality and delay incident to special 



