New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1927, Page 8

19,000 Candidates Seek 2,500 Jobs . To Dry UpU.S. A. And Keep It Dry New: Army of Prohibition Enforcement Attracts Many Aspiring Recruits BY GEORGE H. MANNING {Washington Bureauof the N. B. Herald) ‘Washington, D. C., July 14—Ex- cessive country-wide enthusiasm for a chance™to help track down boot- leggers, moonshiners, ‘and rum smugglers is likely to prove a seri- cus handicap in getting the enforce- mant work of the reorganized fed- eral Hry forces under way. With more than 19,000 people seeking the 2,500 civil service posi- | tions in the bureau of prohibition, created by the last congress to take the place of the old prohibition unit, the small staft of the United States Civil Service commission docs and certification of applicants by October 1, the deadline set by con- gress. Some four and a quarter mil- lion dollars in salaries will be paid every year to these prohibition of- ficials and agents. . In the meantime, of course, the staff which has been working at prohibjtion enforcement all is continuing under temporary ap- pointments until the new prohibtion staff can be created under the civil service in accordance with the new law—a law long advocated by dry organizations. But uncertainty exists among those officlals and agents, as they do not know wheth- er or not they will be certified as eligible to keep their present jobs when the evaminations are complet- ed. So, the bureau of prohibition is marking time until its staff can be appointed. The commissioner of prohibition is the only official who does not have to pass an examination. Dr. James M. Doran, formerly chiet chemist of the Prohibition Unit, is already on th> job in this post. Here are the jobs that must be filted: One assistant prohibition com- missioner, at $6,000 a year, for which_there are 115 applicants. One chiet of the field division, at $6,000 a year, for which there are 67 applicants. Five prohibition zone supervisors, at $5,200 a year, for which there are 145 applicants. 24 prohibtion administrators, at $4,000 to $6,000 a year, for which there are 216 applicants. 24 assistant prohibtion adminis- trators in enforcement work, at $8,300 to $5,200 a year, for which there are 114 applicants. 24 assistant prohibtion adminis- trators to handle the granting of liquor permits, at $3,300 to $5,200 a vear, for which there are 607 ap- Plicants. Like a spear HUDSON SUPER-SIX Standard Models Coach - - - - - - §1285 Sedan - - - - - - 1385 Custom busit Models Roadster - - = = Phacton - = = Brougham- - - S-Passenger Sedan 7-Passenger Sedan = All prices f. 0. b. Detro plus war excise tax. to Check Nation’s Thirst. |- not expect to finish the examination | ¢1d in along | | heen a 50 deputy prohibtion adminis- trators, at $3,000 to $4,600 a year. Two field office inspectors at $3,800 to $3,900 a year. Four assoclate field office inspec- tors, at $3,000 to $3,600 ‘a year. 18 scuior prohibition investigators at $3,800 a year. 109 prohibition $3,000 a year. 53 junior prohibition Investigators, at $2,400 a year. 228 prohibtion agents, at $2,400 a year. 1,260 junior prohibtion agents, at $1,860 a year. 102 warehouse $1,140 to $1,800 a year. 72 attorneys, at $1,860 to $5,200 | a year. Besides these, there are about 1,- 200 clerical empolyes all over the country who are already under civil investigators at | watchmen, at Jxaminations for prohibition agents, warehouse watchmen, and | all investigators below the senior | grade will bs written, and will be | 600 cities throughout 2 will be a search- | ing oral test and a thorough and | rigid investigation of the character and past sife of each applicant for | any position in prohibition enforce- | ment. Finger prints of all who pass | the first tests will be taken, and | used to check up on the applicant’s | answer as to whether or not he has ed, indicted, or convicted for a crime or a misdemeanor. country. But ther Here is one of the problems pro- hibition agents may be asked to | solve in their examinations: ‘“‘Assume that you are a prohibi- tlon agent, ‘and that while driving alone on a public highway, at §/ o'clock at night, about 20 miles | from the nearest town, you discover | a disabled and appgrently abandon- ed truck loaded with barrels, Upon | closer mspection, you are convinced | that these barrels contain intoxicat- ing lquor. “What action would you take?” But it is the examinations for prohibition “officials,” as distin- quished from “agents” that are really calculated to scare off any- body who has not a perfect and an imperturbable composu The salari>s for these positions | range from $3,000 to $6,000 a vear. Besides all the investigations of the | character, experience, and fitness of the applicant for the job, the ap- plicants who pass the first hurdle, —the complete report on their rast lite and work,—must then submit to the most searching and chara ter-revealing oral examination ps chologists can devise. For example, fn the case of a prospective admin- istrator, zone supervisor, or as tant cdmmissicner, twelve examiners will in turn _guestion the applicant for the posiNon, shooting at him | all sorts of questions designed to| reveal his “persenal characteristics and address, adaptability, keenness and quick: of understanding, ol servation, judgment and discretion. the | § “What would you do if your best stenographer should be found inno- céntly giving information of secret activities?” “What would you do if you were in charge of the Blank District, and your appropriation was suddenly cut in half?” These are two typical questions designed to show what the applicant would do in embarrassing circum- stances. . The three applicants making the highest rating for’ each position will be certified as eligible, and then the official in charge—Secre- tary of the Treasury Mellon, Pro- hibition Commissioner Doran, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury ymour Lowman,—will determinc which of the three is to be appoint- ed for the position. And then the first six months of service constitute another examina- tion, for each official or agent is on probation for that period, before the appointment is complete. (Copyright 1927, Central Press Association) NEGRO RESCUED FROM MOB Leesburg, Fla., July 14 (P—Fol- lowing his rescue from a mob that captured him near Lady Lake late an unidentified negro is in the Lake county jail at Tavares, 12 miles north of here in connection with an attack on 4 13-year-old girl and an assault on her uncle when he attempted to in- terfere here.last Sunday night. The negro, surrounded in a wood- land was taken by the mob and was held until officers arrived. 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