THE CIVIL SERVICE
«. PATRONAGE RAMPANT. SOCIAL INFLUENCE PARAMOUNT. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 2. The evidence given before the' .Local Commission on the' Civil Service shows that the whole of the higher positions on the staff of the Education Department have been filled by the exercise of patronage. The same applies to the staffing of the labor where special qualifications are requiied. The latter all fell before personal influence. the abuse of patronage has been exercised socially rather than politically. Lord Macdonald, chairman of the committee, reports that unquestionably preference has been given to Oxford and Cambridge men.
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Evening Star, Issue 15074, 4 January 1913, Page 5
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98THE CIVIL SERVICE Evening Star, Issue 15074, 4 January 1913, Page 5
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