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we can not wander far from the ever-present personnel question 

 in forest work. It is an open question whether the American 

 federal forester has availed himself of what scientific management 

 and its allied study of the human machine can give towards 

 increased efficiency in federal forest officers. To review in 

 extenso the many good things in this volimie is tempting. Suffice it 

 to merely mention some of the outstanding contributions: The 

 Employment Manager, by Ernest F. Nichols, President of Dart- 

 mouth College; The Employment Problem in Industry, by W. C. 

 Redfield, Secretary of Commerce; Personal Relationship as a 

 Basis of Scientific Management ; Hiring and Firing ; Written Speci- 

 fications for Hiring ; Problems Arising and Methods Used in Inter- 

 viewing and Selecting Employees; The Instruction of New Em- 

 ployees in Methods of Service ; Records and Reports of Work ; The 

 Relation of Home Conditions to Industrial Efficiency ; The Three 

 Position Plan of Promotion. 



J. D. G. 



