BIG BARGAINS CIVIL SERVICE DAY Higher Wages Seen for Subway
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Q i / o i t S-e/tulca. N e w E x a m s f o r Vol. I No. 39 New York, June 11, 1940 Price Five Cents TRANSLATORS BIG BARGAINS F r e n c h — S p a n i s h — G erm an --Italian at World’s Fair» June 15 PLUMBERS CIVIL SERVICE DAY PIPE FITTERS — Story on Pogo .11 ELECTRICIANS Higher Wages Seen ARCHITECTS MARINE ENGINEERS for Subway Workers FACTORY — Story on Page 3 INSPECTORS SOCIAL WORKERS Final Week to Apply for PHYSICIANS Hospital Attendant CHEMISTS MACHINISTS and Subway Jobs Requirements Begin on Page 7 — See Poge 3 I Study M aterial on Page 9'i THOUSANDS OF LAWYERS MAY TAKE REFEREE TESTS — Turn to Page 3 S anitation P hysical E xam -- W h a t I t s L i k e - H o w t o R aise Y o u r S core — Detoils on Poge 3 Page Two CIVIL SERVICB LEADER Tuesday, June 11. U . S . S p eed s U p F ittin g The IVew Police O i F ed era t Jo h s; C atts Pension System The pension rates which new members of the Police Departmpni. will have to pay were revealed last week. George B. Buck, actunv F o r S t i i t t e d l ^ a r t i e r s of the New York City Employees and Teachers’ Retirement System submitted three different tables showing the monthly contributirm’ for different ages at the time of entrance and different optional re CLERICAL VACANCIES TO BE FILLED FROM STANDING LISTS tirement ages. As predicted in a Leader “Don’t Repeat This” item last week, the U. S. In a report submitted to the Board of Trustees of the Police Pen Sion Fund, which was adopted at a meeting last week. Buck explains Civil Service Commission has geared its official machinery to the demands of how payments would be made: any national emergency that may arise. One of the dormant lists that has “The rate which a member is called upon to pay to the Annuity Savings Fund depends first on the retirement age selected by iiif; come to life in this program is the Customs Inspector List which will be used at entrance into membership, and second, on his age, nearest yea? to take on between 400 and 500 additional Immigration Patrol Inspectors re at that time. If for example, a man chooses retirement after 2^ quired by the expanded defense situation. years of service, and is age 26 at entrance, his rate will be found in (i>— the table under the heading, ‘Rate Payable on Retirement Basis All War and Navy Depart Years Service’ and opposite ‘age’ 26 where the rate is shown tn more than 6,000 stenographers on tant, $2,000, 682 passed and 262 8.25%. ment requests received by the its departmental eligible registers, failed; Junior Entomology Field “This rate is payable until he completes 25 years of service at Commission! are completed on available for appointment, and Assistant, $1,440, 618 passed and the same day whenever pos which time the savings in his account are expected to be sufficient more than 16,000 typists. A recent 187 failed, and Under Entomology to provide him an annuity, if he should retire, of 45% of one-fiftieth sible. A nation-wide recruit exam for male stenographer and Field Aid, $1,020, 347 passed and of his final compensation multiplied by the number of years of hjo ing campaign has been started typist is expected to produced sev 85 failed. A higher percentage of service. If he does not retire, he may continue his contributions or to aid employment in the navy eral thousand additional eligibles. participants passed these three he may discontinue further contributions, if he so elects. The annuity yards. tests than any given by the com he receives when he retires will actually depend on the amount of the savings in his savings account, so that if he continues to con- It is emphasized that there is mission in years. U. s. Exam Results Medical Technical Assistant, tribute he will have more savings when he retires and consequently no need whatsoever at present for U. s. Civil Service Commission more annuity. If the member does not retire, he may withdraw all unskilled labor. In the navy yards, $2,000, 67 passed and 38 failed, his contributions, with interest of 4% compounded annually, should during the past few weeks has an and Medical Guard Attendant, $1,- he quit service at any time by resignation or dismissal, or if he dies there is a demand for shipwrights, nounced results of several exam shipf itters, coppersmiths, a n d 620, 201 passed and 91 failed. the savings with interest are payable to his beneficiary in addition inations given in a period extend Thirteen qualified in the Prin to any other death benefit.” loftsmen—all positions requii’ing ing over the past year. The ex experience. cipal Transportation Economist The rates follow: amination, salaries and the num itest that will pay $5,600; 12 for Rates of Contribution, Expressed as Percentages of Salaries, Recjuired No exams are at present con ber passing each are as follows: the $4,600 Senior Transportation templated for clerical employees. Horizontal Sorting Machine Op of Members of the Police Pension Fund of the City of New York Economist; 16 for Transportation to Provide for Regular Benefits on Savings Bank Basis There are plenty of eligibles avail erator, $1,260, 302 passed and 439 Economist at $3,800; 27 for Asso able to fill any clerical vacancies. failed. Rate Payable on Retirement Basis ciate Transportation Economist at Age The Federal Commission now has Senior Entomology Field Assis- 20 Yrs. Service 25 Yrs. Service Age 55 $3,200, and 46 for Assistant Trans 2 1 ......................... 9.50 5.55 portation Economist at $2,600. 2 2 ........................... 9.25 5.65 Thirty-three qualified for the 2 3 ......................... 9.00 5.70 SPECIAL NOTICE: 2 4 ........................... Senior Medical Office test at $4.- 8.75 5.75 2 5 ........................... 8.50 Appointment of 300 patrolmen to the Police Department will 600; 793 for Medical Officer at 5.80 be made this week. 26 ........................... 8.25 5.85 94% of our men who took the physical for this test passed $3,800, and 562 for Associate Med 2 7 ........................... 8.05 5.95 and over 49% of them attained a rating between 90% and ical Officer at $3,200. 28 ........................... 7.80 6.00 100%. Compare our record in these tests with that of any 29 ........................... 7.60 6.05 other school. FREE Information Bureau 3 0 ........................... 7.35 6.15 PATROLMAN and FIREMAN: New classes are now forming. It'* at 97 Duane Street, jutf off 31 ........................... 7.15 6.20 Personal instruction by specialists with unequaled success in Broadway, New York City. 3 2 ......................... 6.95 6.30 new type test. (Small fee—installments). 3 3 ......................... 6.70 6.40 3 4 ......................... 6.50 6.45 SANITATION MAN: Only $5 for physical for those taking 3 5 ......................... medical. 6.30 6.55 JR. ENGINEER 3 6 ......................... 6.10 6.65 (Sisn-ils—Grade 3) Fee $15 to Exam. SCHWARTZ-CADDELL SCHOOL Lectures Mon., Wed., 7:45 P.M. 3 7 ......................... 5.90 6.70 147 Fourth Avenue, N. Y. C. Phone ALgonquin 4-6169 38 ......................... 5.65 6.80 Directors: Walter A. Caddell and James P. Casey MAINTAINER'S 3 9 ......................... ................. 8.70 5.75 6.90 4 0 ......................... ................. 8.45 5.85 7.00 HELPER Fee $15 to Exam. Lectu>s Tues., Wed., Fri., 7:30 P. M. Buck’s explanation of the new rates continues; PAYROLL EXAMINER “The city’s rate of contribution depends on the choice of the Div. Placement & Vnem. Insurance member and on his age at entrance. However, the city’s rate is on Lectures Wed., Fri., 8 P.M.. S15 to exam. a different basis. Its rate is calculated to be continued as long as the member remains in service, so that while the member may cease JR. PSYCHOLOGIST contributing, the city’s rate goes on. Furthermore, when a member Lectures Wed., Fri., 7 P.M. $15 to exam. ATTEND ONE ABOVE LECTURE FREE quits the service, the city does not withdraw its previous contributions, but leaves them in the fund where they are used to provide benefits MIDTOWN SCHOOL for those who remain. 276 W. 43d St. ( 8 th Ave.) WIs. 7-0366 (Continued on Page 5) Preparation for Civil Service Examinations LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY Unemployment Insurance Referee announces a Opportunity for Attorneys who Have Had Five Yean Practice. 30 hour, 2 college credit course in Class forms WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 at 8:30 P. M. EMPLOYMENT COUNSELLING CONDUCTOR? *’• **• S PLACEMENT PROCEDURE • P^QJQI^Y INSPECTOR: * Thursday at 8:30 P. M. EYES Mondays through ThursdaySi June 17th to July 11th, at 6:15 JUNIOR INSPECTOR: M o n d a y & Thursday at 8:30 P. M. P.M. Write or ^ 1 Admissions Secreury (Room 611) for fur TESTED FIREMAN, PATROLMAN, MAINTAINER'S HELPER, ther information. SANITATION MAN, HOSPITAL ATTENDANT, STATE 300 Pearl Street, Brooklyn vrilhout COURT ATTENDANT, BOILER INSPECTOR, STATE TRiangle 5-6211 2 5 * D O W N PRISON GUARD, POST OFFICE CLERK-CARRIER, RAIL obligation W AY POSTAL CLERK, FIRST GRADE CLERK, TELE 2 5 < A W E E K PHONE OPERATOR (Femole) STENOGRAPHER, TYPIST, For full information regarding these examinations, the days and hours which We know Iho Civil Service requirements in classes meet, inquire at the school that has a bacltground of Junior Inspector 350,000 SATISFIED STUDENTS yoor phyiical test for eyesight.