¹ Discontinued at the time of writing (April, 1934).

² See Amidon, Beulah, “The Route Back to Work”, Survey Graphic, Vol. 23, p. 101 (March, 1934)Google Scholar. Under the Wagner bill there is a federal appropriation to be matched by the states, under the administrative supervision of the United States Employment Service, which is authorized to make such rules and regulations as it deems desirable. Among the rules which have been established is the requirement that the standards of employment for manager, assistant manager, interviewers, and assistant interviewers in the state employment offices shall be those established by the national government. Very careful class specifications have been devised in consultation with the Civil Service Commission for these positions. Mr. Oliver Short, employment commissioner of the state of Maryland, has been appointed agent of the United States Employment Service and temporary examiner in the Civil Service Commission in order to act as the field agent in supervising the choice of personnel for the state and local employment agencies. In those states where there is a civil service commission, there will be competitive examinations for these positions. In those states where there is no such commission, Mr. Short has designated a suitable person, usually a member of the state university faculty, to act as the local examining agency. All applications in these states are submitted for inspection, and only those approved by the representative of the United States Employment Service are certified to the governor or other appointing officer. In this way, a high national standard is being set up all over the country, and it is fair to believe that the employment services will be greatly improved.

³ Establishment of National Economic Council. Hearings Before a Sub-Committee of the Committee on Manufactures. U. S. Senate, 72nd Cong., 1st Sess., S. 6215. Government Printing Office, 1932.

⁴ “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”, reprinted in The Frontier in American History, by Turner, Frederick J.Google Scholar.

⁵ See The A. B. C. of the N. R. A., issued by The Brookings Institution, and the descriptive articles by Wallace, Schuyler in Today, Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, 1934Google Scholar.

⁶ State provisions are conveniently summarized in Bownes' Wine and Spirits, March 15, 1934. It is understood that the Bureau of Social Hygiene has in preparation for publication later in 1934 a descriptive study of the legislation and administration resulting from prohibition repeal.

⁷ Mr. Reifler is also economic advisor to the Executive Council, thus relating the collection and interpretation of current statistical data to the policy-forming authority.

⁸ See Schmeckebier, L. F. et al. , “Organization of the Executive Branch of the National Government of the United States”, in this Review, Vol. 27, p. 942 (Dec, 1933)Google Scholar.

⁹ April 2, 1934.

¹⁰ See Political Quarterly, Vol. 5, pp. 114 ff. (January–March, 1934)Google Scholar.

¹¹ The election, in the 1932 landslide, of many new members of limited experience, representing a party out of power for twelve years, creates a problem of education in principles of administration. On the whole, party policy and leadership in all parties on these matters throughout the country is far behind the development of urgent problems. The same may be said of the press.

¹³ Standards of accounting, personnel, reporting, and of the amount of relief to be granted have been fixed for the local administration which receives financial grants.

¹⁴ Massachusetts Special Commission on the Stabilization of Employment, Preliminary Report, December, 1931; Final Report, December, 1932.

¹⁵ Note the use of codes under the N.I.R.A. by the Alcohol Control Administration for controlling additions to existing plant facilities.

¹⁶ Experiment in the administration of the control of alcoholic liquors distribution, noted above, might be cited as an exception to this statement.

¹⁷ See pp. 481–485 below.

¹⁸ See, for example, Harding, T. S., T.N.T. (New York, 1934)Google Scholar.