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Critics Call for Full Inquiry into Chicago Civil Service
A Chicago newspaper column denounces the Civil Service Commission as a costly misfit, urging a clean sweep of nonresident appointees and calling out mismanagement in salaries and efficiency efforts. It cites recent salary audits, failed local hiring, and political meddling behind Civil Service reforms while urging mayoral action to reset policy and staffing.
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Civil Service Department
Chicago
Examiner
Chicago Treasury
Bureau of Public Efficiency
Civil Service Administration
Police Department
Fire Department
House Drain Department
Tom Cat
Civil Service Branch
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
Harrison
Civil Service Commissioners
Wichita
Kan
Columbus
Ohio
Public Library
Civil Service
Madison
Wis
Civil Service Board
Philadelphia
Efficiency Bureau of the
City Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Gang
City of
Major Funkhouser
Trust