INFLUENCE BEFORE MERIT.
THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE. EVIDENCE BEFORE THE ROYAL COMMISSION. [UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION COPYBIGHT] (Received Jan. 3, 10.35 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 3. The evidence given before the Royal Commission on the Civil Service shows that the whole of the upper staff of the Education Department' was recruited by patronage, and conditions affected similarly the staffing of Labor Exchanges. Where special qualifications were required to fill a position before personal influence, abuse and patronage were exercised more socially than politically. Lord MacDonald (chairman of the Commission) said that unquestionably there was preference shown for Oxford and Cambridge men.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3720, 4 January 1913, Page 7
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99INFLUENCE BEFORE MERIT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3720, 4 January 1913, Page 7
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