American Boys' Life of Theodore RooseveltLothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1906 - 336 pages |
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Page vii
... Commission . He served on this commission with marked ability for six years , when he resigned to be- come police commissioner of New York City . Theodore Roosevelt's work as a police com- missioner will not be readily forgotten . The ...
... Commission . He served on this commission with marked ability for six years , when he resigned to be- come police commissioner of New York City . Theodore Roosevelt's work as a police com- missioner will not be readily forgotten . The ...
Page xii
... Commission CHAPTER IX A Trip to the Shoshone Mountains - Caught in a Driving Snowstorm - Back to Work - Resig- nation as Civil Service Commissioner CHAPTER X Appointed Police Commissioner of New York City Corruptness of the Department ...
... Commission CHAPTER IX A Trip to the Shoshone Mountains - Caught in a Driving Snowstorm - Back to Work - Resig- nation as Civil Service Commissioner CHAPTER X Appointed Police Commissioner of New York City Corruptness of the Department ...
Page 81
... Commission , but all worked together in harmony , al- though in many moves taken Mr. Roosevelt was the leader . About this work he has written a notable essay called " Six Years of Civil Service Reform , " in which he re- views much of ...
... Commission , but all worked together in harmony , al- though in many moves taken Mr. Roosevelt was the leader . About this work he has written a notable essay called " Six Years of Civil Service Reform , " in which he re- views much of ...
Page 82
... Commission was to prosecute the head of any bureau or de- partment where an employee had been dis- charged or had suffered without just cause . Such cases came up in large numbers and were prosecuted with all the vigor of which the ...
... Commission was to prosecute the head of any bureau or de- partment where an employee had been dis- charged or had suffered without just cause . Such cases came up in large numbers and were prosecuted with all the vigor of which the ...
Page 83
... Commission was to place the colored em- ployees of the government on an equal foot- ing with the white employees . In the past the colored employees had occupied their places merely through the whim or good- will of those THEODORE ...
... Commission was to place the colored em- ployees of the government on an equal foot- ing with the white employees . In the past the colored employees had occupied their places merely through the whim or good- will of those THEODORE ...
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