The Romance of the Merit System: Forty-five Years' Reminiscenses of the Civil ServicePress of Judd & Detweiler, Incorporated, 1929 - 326 pages |
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I A Revolutionary Act January 16 1883 | 1 |
The Merit System Versus the Spoils System | 10 |
Early Days of the Civil Service | 24 |
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