Speech #840146049

During the period of his service. the daily rate of illegal entrants was reduced from 3.000 per day to 200 per day. Since no legislation had been passed to enable General Howard to accept an appointment to the position. his services as a consultant were terminated after approximately 1 year. Since that time a career civilservice employee in the Immigration and Naturalization Service has performed these duties. However. this is a schedule C position. and in order for a career civilservice employee to receive the appointment. he would be required to surrender his civilservice status. As a consequence. this career employee. who does not want the appointment. has been occupying the position in an acting capacity but with the lesser salary authorized for his civilservice status. The Commissioner of Naturalization stated that he could not now find any civilservice employee who is qualified for this position. nor has he received any application. verbally or otherwise. from any present civilservice employee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service who desires to be considered for this appointment. It is doubtful if any fully qualified civilservice employee in another agency of the Government could be found for this position. and it is fair to assume that if such qualified persons could be found that they would not be willing to surrender their civilservice status in order to be appointed to this schedule C position. It is expected that in the future there will be career civilians in the Department of Justice who will be qualified for this position. and who would be willing to accept it.