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qualified employee is appointed to the position, the salary should
be advanced to the standard range as determined by the new
classification and the salary schedules of the Classification Act
of 1923.
Every possible consideration, consistent with efficient service, should be shown those present. employees who cannot at once qualify under the new standards. In many instances they can be transferred to other positions for which they are qualified. In some instances they can be given leave of absence so that they can make up their deficiencies. If it seems probable that they can make up these deficiencies in a reasonable time, they might well be regarded as probationary employees whose permanent retention depends on meeting the requirements within such reasonable time. Due consideration should be given to the value of practical training and experience, but the ultimate test must be their ability efficiently to perform the full duties of the position. The necessary reorganization of personnel would be greatly facilitated, if the retirement law could be so amended that present employees of sixty years of age or over could be immediately retired if they are not qualified for the positions as reclassified.
- Take up with the United States Civil Service Commission the
matter of securing promptly an adequate supply of properly qualified employees for the positions as reclassified with the new salaries.
Eligible registers of persons possessed of the new entrance requirements should be established for: (a) Doctors, (b) dentists,
(c) public health nurses, (d) graduate general nurses, (e) dental
hygienists, (f) agricultural demonstration workers, (g) employment agents, (h) home demonstration workers, (i) social case
workers, (j) recreation workers, (k) school teachers, (1) school
supervisors, (m) industrial teachers of various types, (n) director
of boys’ activities in boarding schools, and (0) director of girls’
activities in boarding schools.
Insofar as it proves necessary to fill positions in the Division of Planning and Development by appointments from outside the federal service, the Civil Service Commission should be urged to give the widest possible publicity to the announcement for the examination so that the competition may be general.
This immediate program will give the Indian Service the much needed planning and directing force and will enable it to make