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providiI1g fon an investigation of the administration and operation of the civil service laws. In proposing the resolution, tbe senator bas no doubt been actua 'ted by a sincene desire to further tbe mnint system in tbe government. We do. not want 'to be- lieve otberwise. Webave no reason.. to believe otherwise. The, stated purpose of the proposed Investigation is not to attack and p ublicly discredit the civil service sys- temfi as such but rather to find ways and means by which it can be l- proved. It is designed to expose.to tbe ligbt of public opinion tbe."bureau- cratic cofitrol". over positions in the government wbereby tbe 'spirit, if not the, letter of our civil service laws are violated. If anything, tbe pro- posed investigation represents a much needed attack upon "bureaucracy." "Bureaucratic Czart", According tothe committee report on -the Ellender ýresolution, "there have grown up within thecivil service a clique of 'bureaucratic czars' who, while abhiorring 'party politics,' have worked out a systeni of 'personal politics' wbereby personal promotions and, salary increases are traded back and forth and tbeir friends. and rela- tives are appoDinted, transferred andt promoted in complete defiance of the civil-service laws." Tbe report goesl on1 to state that "the worst enemy of' effective government,,and a real merit system is a secret group of this kind responsible. to no one and cbiefly in- terested only ini personal advance- *ment." We will agree with the seflator that discriminations and favoritisms vio-! late the purpose and intent of t -hei civil-service laws. We will agree that they constitute an .enemy of effectivel governiment and a real merit system.1 Sucb practices of "personal politics" i enable unqualified people to occupy responsible positioils and destroy the morale of the civil service employees Who conscientiously seek tbrough merit a career in the Federal govern- ment. t is, an evil wbicb should be exposed and promptly corrected. But "bureaucratic czars" and "per- sonal politics" are not the onlv Cites An Example Editor's note: Let us take for an example the So- marks the 4th ai cial Seç;urity law which' established a day" on which oi new ageýncy in the governinent. The' hospital authonitii law provided in effect that positions raise $3O,OM» by with the. Social Security board are a sum necessary to be filled from the Civil Service required to conduc registers establisbed in, accordanc spread charit sei with the ratings received in the- ex- rent yeaLr. But, and this is the joker, the same provision of the law. provides for "4exceptions," those instances wben tbe selections 'need flot be taken from the Civil Service registers. Among the exceptions named, one- will. find the 'expertsg." *Ask yourself- this question: What is an expert? What. is necessary to qualify as an expert? An Administra- tion politician can supply the answer. It can be seen, therefore, that, by lwrit- ig"exemptions" into the civil serv- ice provision of thé Iaw the spoils system «is continued.while at the same time' the spoilsman expresses bis. in- terest ini the menit system. Senator Ellend.er's resolution, pro- 0 poses an investigation of one en emy to a real menit system. There are other enemies who should also be ex- posed. Club Leader Praises 'Home y'Atmosj>here' at the &'anston H ospjital BY KATHERINE 0. (MRS. FRANK R.) .ADAMS President, Wo.man's Club of WUrnette The Evanston hospital, whjch we of the north shore are most fortunate to have at our. door, is ably staffed by (With uni 2TrOU r> 4t OnJooPie We seldom use comparative prices, but when we do it's witb the honesty of Abraham Lincoln. the fuind il's wide- the leur- T n n viu HENRV CLYTTON &S-ONS MEN'S SHOP ... Orrissgton and Chuarci... EVANSTON OP«8 Tue$., l'hor. .d Sat. REP#iuge,