REVENUE AGENTS
AMERICA’S INTELLIGENCE TEST
LOW PERCENTAGE OF PASSES
Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright
NEW YORK, January 14. The Prohibition Commissioner. Mr Doran, announced that of 2,000 dry agents only 500 are able to pass the intelligence tests, and the other 1,500 are likely to lose their jobs. Mr Doran appealed to the Civil Service Commissioner for a re-examination of the men. A sample question was; “If you, as a revenue agent, came upon a truckload of barrels of whisky which was deserted on a lonely road many miles from the nearest source of help, what would you do?” A majority of the men failed to answer this.
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Evening Star, Issue 19765, 16 January 1928, Page 5
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107REVENUE AGENTS Evening Star, Issue 19765, 16 January 1928, Page 5
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