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Of course, the Government cannot and does not expect to rely
entirely upon our educational institutions for its administrators. It
must bring into service from business and labor, and the professions, the
best qualified persons to fill posts at all levels.
The Government must take several steps to make its career serv-
ice more attractive or the kind of men and women it needs.
Salary limitations prevent the government, in many instances,
from securing the kind of executives required to manage its vital activi-
ties. Capable administrators are too frequently drawn away from govern-
with.
ment to private positions entying salaries many times what they could
earn in government service. This situation can be remedied only by laws
to bring salaries more nearly into line with the heavy responsibilities
that executives carry at the higher levels in the public service.
The complexities of the tasks now facing our top officials
force them to spend most of their time in studying matters of policy.
These officials should be supported by a career group of administrators
skilled in the various aspects of management. If capable men and women
can look forward to holding such posts as a reward for able service,
they will be more eager to accept government employment.
Because of the difficult tasks of government today, we should
plan a program for the systematic training of civilian employees once
they have entered the public service. It is not generally possible at
the present time for the Federal Government to send its employees to
universities for special short-term training programs. Nor is it
permissible under existing law to spend federal funds for government
schools to develop the knowledge and techniques required by officials
in their work.
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