No. Mr. President. it would not be necessary because. under the terms of the bill. and under the practices of the Civil Service Commission. first of all. we would set up a standard form of examination for the employees in a given agency. and if the Civil Service Commission found. as I stated yesterday. that 15 or 20 or 25 percent25 percent at the mostfailed in the examination they would fill the places of those who were separated from the service from the available lists which are now to be found in the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service Commission holds hundreds of examinations every year. available to every applicant in the United States. and. in view of that fact. if we covered these agencies within the civil service. we would be giving every available qualified applicant in the United States an equity in perhaps 25 percent of the jobsan equity they do not now haveand in filling the 25 percent of these jobs. no doubt. the quota law would be followed. so that those jobs would go to the States which are not now enjoying their full quota of jobs. If. for example. the quota of the State of Maine. we will saya State which is so ably represented by its junior Senator . who is now present in the Senate Chamberwere found to be 25 percent below what it should be. and if the quota of my State were 25 percent in excess of what it should be. the State of Maine would have a more favorable opportunity. under the system set forth in the bill. of securing an equitable distribution or share of civilservice positions.
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