Reminiscences of Roger Warren Jones : oral history, 1967.

Hopper, Paula D.

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United States Civil Service Commission

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The United States Civil Service Commission was established by the Civil Service Act of 1883. The Commission replaced the “spoils system” and democratized the process of hiring for federal jobs; first, because it required that these positions be filled through competitive examinations which were open to all citizens; second, because it required selection of the best-qualified applicants without regard to political considerations. During World War II, the need for federal ...

Jones, Roger W. (Roger Warren), 1908-

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Roger W. Jones (1908-1993) was born in New Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated from Cornell University and received a master’s degree from Columbia University. In 1933 he moved to Washington, DC, and went to work for the Bureau of the Budget. During the Eisenhower administration Jones served as Assistant Director for Legislative Reference and as Deputy Director of the Bureau. President Eisenhower appointed him chairman of the Civil Service Commission in 1959 where he served until the start of th...

United States. Bureau of the Budget

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The records were created and accumulated in 1941 by Eric H. Biddle on behalf of his mission, sponsored by the American Public Welfare Association, to study public welfare conditions and activities in Great Britain under the heavy aerial bombardment of that country. During the mission Mr. Biddle was appointed as Foreign Observer for the Bureau of the Budget, attached to the United States Embassy in London. In this capacity he brought the records of his mission to the Bureau, where they were offic...