When the agony ended and everyone had told his story of horror, did anything come out of the tragedy that could be a lesson to others? That is the question being studied by a team of ex-prisoners of war, led by Col. Raymond W. Vissotzky, at the Survival School at Fairchild Air Force Base.
Their answer: Yes. America’s ex-prisoners of Merit Hiring Report Asked The civil service commission has asked commission eirector William G. Kilgore to prepare a report summarizing the effect federal programs are having on the city’s merit hiring system. Kilgore will prepare the report for the commission’s meeting next month. ‘ He said the commission is still trying to find an acceptable compromise between the city’s traditional merit hiring system and requirements of federal programs that give preference on bases other than ability.
