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The Recent Movement for Better Government Personnel1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Luther Gulick
Luther Gulick
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Institute of Public Administration
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Calling for the final abolition of the spoils system through the substitution of career service, Franklin D. Roosevelt has come forward with the boldest, the most courageous, and the most constructive step in his career. This program is part of his plan for the reorganization of the administrative structure and the fiscal controls of the government. There may be minor debatable issues. However, the comprehensive program is a weaving together of the best constructive thought of the past generation with regard to American government.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 1937 , pp. 292 - 301
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1937

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2 Miles, Arnold, “In-Service Training by State Leagues of Municipalities,” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, January, 1937Google Scholar.

3 For a full statement of this training, see Devine's, John E.Post-Entry Training in the Federal Service. (Public Administration Fund, August, 1935, 75 pp.Google Scholar, mimeographed.)

4 Dr.Reeves, has described this program in “TVA Training,” Journal of Adult Education, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 48–53Google Scholar.

5 In addition to the publications of the Commission of Inquiry on Public Service Personnel, I would list as the most important:

American Academy of Political and Social Science, Improved Personnel in Government Service. (Annals, Philadelphia, January, 1937, pp. 268.Google Scholar)

Brinser, Ayres, Our Government—For Spoils or Service? (Washington, Public Affairs Committee, 1936, pp. 31. Public Affairs Pamphlets, No. 3.Google Scholar)

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6 Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado, and California. Kansas has a law, but it has been inoperative since 1919, three years after its adoption.

7 Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.

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