You would have difficulty getting a commission in the Army with a series of minor offenses. but you can have an arrest record as long as your right arm and still be on an OEO payroll at $15.000 or more. You cannot keep a job with a Govern. ment agency if your debt record is bad. but you can work for the OEO in a position of responsibility if you are a badcheck artist or an advocate of untrammeled illegitimate births by teenagers. You cannot get a pay raise in the civil service unless your record is pristine with innocence and devotion to duty. but you can get on the OEO dole and agitate for higher salaries even if you are a narcotics addict or a refugee from a criminal asylum. The Washington. D.C.. poverty agency.