JANUARY 16th' MARKED THE 79TH ANNIV
ERSARY OF THE CIVIL SERVICE ACT
On January 16, 1962, seventy-nine
years have passed since President Art
hur signed the Civil Service Act into
law in 1883# As the anniversary passes
we can well take stock — Federal emp
loyees and private citizens alike — of
what the merit system means in terms of
its' contribution to our Nation,
In those 79 years we have grown from
a nation of 54 million people to one of
180 million.
From tha relatively simple tasks per
formed by Government serving a small,in
the main agricultural, economy, Govern
ment has moved to large & complex oper
ations that call for the productive work
of specialists in hundreds of different
occupations. Government programs, and
thus’ Gdvernment employment j have grown
too, to meet the demands far service
from the people as expressed through
their elected representatives*
Government work being done today
could not have been done under the spoils
system that existed prior to 1883# Only
a highly competent scientist could des*
'ign a rocket for the space program.Only
a top-notch trained accountant could
operate a social security accounting
system. These examples could be multi
plied a thousandfold#
The Federal employee can take satis
faction in knowing that he is one of a
corps that have been picked for their
competence, that continue in employment
because they continue to demonstrate
that competence in their work. He can
also take satisfaction in the fact that
"the Government has developed an up-to
date' personnel system, complete with
employee benefits and privileges, that
compares favorably with the' practices
of progressive private industry. And
he can take pride im serving a govern
ment that is the leader of the Free
World#
The private citizen too, can look
with satisfaction at the civil service
and its operations with the knowledge
that the men and women who comprise it
are working for him with their hands & *
minds, s/john W. Macy, Jr.
Frederick J. Lawton
Robert E. Hampton
TWO KEY -PERSONNEL OF SUPPLY DEPT;
.• • REENLIST
The two billets of Chief in Charge
of the Storage Branch and Chief i n
Charge of Birchwood Galley are import
ant billets of the Supply Department &
filling these billets isnft as easy as
it has been while two Naval Station
CPO*s have been aboard.
James M. EVERETT, SKCM, USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Everett of Nod
oway, Iowa reenlisted on 12 January *62
for six years. Chief Everett is the
Chief in Charge of the Storage Branch
of the Supply Department.
Another Iowan, Robert B. HOLMES,
CSCA, son of Mr. and -Mrs. Lyle B. Holmo^
of West -Liberty, Iowa, reenlisted on 1^|
January 1962 for six years. Chief Holmes
is currently the CPO in Charge of the
Birchwood Galley and has orders to rep
ort to the Administrative Command,USNTC
Great Lakes for shore duty.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR REENLISTMENT
Chiefs EVERETT and HOLMES*U
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