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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1939
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f^ering a theme strikingly in igreenitei^t with vital social topics hat p.ffetet the future growth of kmerica, thq first general assembly |>f the 11th a&nt^al Institute of Government will be\fwung into action 5y Chairman DeaJfi Emery Olson, iireetor of the i»$titute, at 11 I'clock this morning i'i» Bovard auditorium.
The theme of lectunu for the coming assembly will bh “Highlights of Modern Living,” st panor-imic study of social studies by men )f outstanding prominence in their professional fields.
hl'THOR DT PLANNING According to Dean Olson, head-lg the list of lecturers for today R’ill be Sencr Carlos Contreras, architect for the federal district of lexico. Senor Contreras is an outstanding author in planning, and ms had the honor of representing [he republic of Mexico and National focietv of Architects to the inter-itional housing and planning con-resse.; for a number of years.
Senor Contreras will present “The ftelation of Planning to the Modem jiving.”
Coleman Woodbury, a leader of Outstanding ability in the field of lousing will present viewpoints of Mat pha.se housing enters into piodern living. He is executive director of the National Association of Housing Officials, author, for-ler professor at Northwestern university, and recently consultant to Irarious federal units, including pousing division of the works pro-ress administration, the national irees committee, and federal lcusrng administration.
IOEHLLR TO TALK This morning's assembly will be lcluded by Fred K. Hoehler, di-|-ector of American Public Welfare ;iation, Chicago. Mr. Hoehler also a member of the legal ?id iety, and past director of the »erican Association of Social /orkers. His will be an interesting seniaiion of the place of social fare in relation to modem liv-
iTomorrow Chairman Olson will ^sent Richard Neustadt, director le social security board, region Mr Neustadt will speak on |Tew Concepts of Governmental esponsibillty.”
‘Financial Problems in Govem-|ent ' will be the theme of the for the afternoon assemblies, irman of this afternoon’s meet-will be Miner Phillips, compiler of Pasadena. The guest
Fred K. behler, director of the Amerisn Public Welfare associate, Chicago, who will addre this morning's assembly.
Expsrt Talks On Personnel
The pulic personnel administration secbn of the 11th annual Institute o Government is fortunate in havini as its guest speaker such an outstnding figure as Samuel H.
Ordway fr„ former United States civil sence commissioner.
Mr. Oriway is one of the best qualified lersons in the country to lead the liscussions on public personnel prblems. From 1934 to 1936 Mr. Ordvay was a member of the New Yor City civil service commission. He has served as chair-..	...	, man of te execute committee of ln 19,3J' th' ^“‘on. part.cp.t-the Now -ork Civil Sorvice Reform lnf„ lhrouf * bibliographio oom-
mittee under the chairmanship of
Librarians Compile Lists for Students In Each Section
Said the ancient Roman, Quintilian, “We excuse our sloth under pretext of difficulty.’* But no such defense may be offered by government employees assembling today on the campus to demonstrate their desire for continued education in their professional fields by participation in this 11th annual session of the Institute of Government.
Continued education to a great extent must be obtained through self-education and self-initiative. Opportunities for government employees to find in print further experiences and practices under discussion in each of the 34 sections of the institute program have been provided by means of timely reading li?ts.
These selective reading lists carry descriptive notes of the books and I other references cited and show at least one library in the southern California region where each item j may be found. Arrangements have been made to have the reading lists available for purchase at eech session of all sections of the institute. Prices will range from 5 to 25 cents which cover cost of production only.
One of the cnlef agencies for making continued education easily and conveniently available is the library. In harmony with the cooperative idea of the annual Institute of Government this bibliographic work, first initiated for the institute of 1938, as a project of the California Library association, southern district, is again being carried on by that body.’
In place of offering a specific institute section on library administration and techniques, as was done
Alumni Plan Annual Dinner
Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, president of the university, who will open the geneial assembly today with his official greeting.
Dr. Emery Olson, dean of the School of Government, who has directed the organization of the I Ith annual institute.
George Hjelte, general chairman of this year's institute, who has headed the excutive committees.
Training Men For In-Service Section Topic
associatio: and a member of the executive council of the national civil servie reform league.
Woven hroughout the lectures and panel discussions of the public personnel ection during the week will be the heme “In-Service Activities of Pullic Personnel Agencies,” according t> the section chairman, John Stever.
Some of he in-service activities to be coverec are oral examinations, transfers, aid promotions, service ratings, and employee participation in personnel idministration.
Today the piblic personnel section will open with an address by Mr. Ordway on the subject “Improved Oral Examinatbn Techniques.” This afternoon there will be a panel discussion on the subject “Can a Subjective Oral Interview Be Defended?”
Heading the panel will be Louis
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Finance Leaders Head Assemblies
T’./b national figures in governmental financial administration will take a leading part in the meetings of the financial administration section and the afternoon general as-semeblies.
The financial administration section will hold daily meetings in the afternoon only, from 1:40 to 3:40 p.m. “State Control of Local Government Finances" is the topic for discussion by John N. Edy at the initial meeting. Mr. Edy brings to the section a wealth of governmental experience from many angles. As Toledo’s city manager and former manager of Flint, Mich., Dallas,
Texas, and Berkeley, Mr. Edy has of employment,
B. Travers, assistant superintendent er today will be E. L. Kohler, °f Schools, Los Angeles board of
troller for the Tennessee val- education. Members of the after- 1 a wide knowledge of local govem-thority. noon panel are Arthur St. Clair, j ment problems. Prior to going to . Ko iler is an authority in the personnel officer. California state Toledo, he served as assistant direc-cf accounting, and one of department of employment; Theo- i tor of the bureau of the budget at Utanding utility accountants dore L- Sharp, secretary and chief Washington. Trained in engineer -ield. Formerly a professor examiner. Glendale civil service ing, he served both local and state ting at Northwestern uni- Continued on page three Continued on page three he is a well-known author i ------ *--
| Opening the session with an address by Lyman S. Moore on “The Purpose and Scope of In-Service Training,” the in-service training section will be particularly concerned with the practical problems involved in training employees.
During months of planning, the program committee has been impressed by the growing interest in in-service training among the agencies of the Pacific southwest. The fact that training programs are new to many jurisdictions has created a need for informal exchange of information and experience and for obtaining expert advice from specialists in the field.
Thus the program will present opportunities for discussion of the techniques of setting up, operating and evaluating a program of training employees.
CONSULTANT
Lyman S. Moore, who will address the group several times, is particularly well qualified to discuss these matters. At present holding the position of consultant in public service occupations for the United States office of education Mr. Moore was formerly a staff member of the International City Managers’ association, where he acted as director of the institute for training in municipal administration.
He served as assistant editor of Public Management and of the Mu nicipal Year Book from 1934 to 1938. He is at present a member of the committee on in-service training in the public service of the civil service assembly of the United States and Canada.
MOSER IS CHAIRMAN
Under the chairmanship of George V. Moser, personnel training officer of the California state department a representative
Chairman, School Head Welcome Enrollees
planning committee has obtained the services of Robert P. Farrington, assistant supervisor and instructor in public service training of the bureau of trade and industrial education of the state department of education.
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Citizens:
le to the 11th Institute iment. Nothing is more in these days of conies in organized human as the evident deter-on the part of officers in rice to understand more basic principles of the oi government and the application of those jles in the life of city, coun-Lte, and nation. Your assem-I thii week will be in the na-of a great round table con-in which judgment will judgment and conclusion challenge conclusion. It all well for the understanding public life and for the stability le institutions of our demo-
>u are very welcome, indeed.
|gladly place all of the facil-of the University of South-[Cftlifomia at. your aisposal. mine satisfaction attend Iterprise.
Rufus B. von RleinSmid
Adequate Shelter for Low-lncome Class Will Be Considered in Housing Section
Housing enthusiats predict a new .-— —---Z—77.-
high in attendance with the separ- the cooperative action of citizen ation of the housing-planning sec- SrouPs' s^ni-public ““J1 f,g^cles' tion of last year. A well-rounded. and Pnvate mdustry wiU a11 * re‘ practical program of lectures and qui![ed’
round-table conferences on housing The housm* fcll0n am has has now been added to the curri- : ^ arranged appeal to a11 of culum of the 11th annual session of the Institute of Government.
Dr. Wendy Stewart, the program chairman, with the help of her committee has worked out a course that orill De of wide interest, not oniy to housing officials but to other officials, social workers, and citizens who touch through their activities the housing problem. All “fforts so far made are out beginning steps to arrive at a final solution. for the field of activity has hardly been surveyed.
The phase of the problem now to the fore is the furnishing of decent, safe, and sanitary shelter to those families of the lowest income group in the community for whom private enterprise has been unable to provide. The present effort to aid these families does not pre-suppose that the activity of governmental agencies, federal, state, county, and city, is alone going to be sufficient;
these groups, to throw light upon the various developments in the field of housing and to enable all interested individuals to see that their particular problem is but one phase of a much wider and greater problem.
Coleman Woodbury, director of the National Association of Housing Officials, comes direct from Chicago and Washington to lead the section. As director of the NAHO, as the association is known, Mr. Woodbury is an advisor not only to the various federal agencies active in housing but to many of the local authorities established or being established in municipalities of the 38 states which now have enacted the necessary housing legislation.
Mr. Woodbury will be here during the first part of the. course and then leave Wednesday evening in order to attend the 17th annual international housing and town planning congress in Stockholm, Sweden.
Coleman Woodbury’s three addresses, ‘‘Current Issues in Low-] Rent Housing” on Monday morning; “Staffing and Organizing a Continued on page to or
The 11th annual Institute of Government represents the accumulation of better than a decade of experience on the part of the officials and employees of the various governmental units throughout southern California in the creation of an educational enterprise.
In no other place in the United States have public servants been so successful in an In-Service training program.
It is indeed a pleasure to welcome these men and women to the 11th annual institute. Through them the public service is being raised to a higher level than has ever before been possible. We see in this group the leaders of a vast army of public employees whose purpose it is to develop a real career service in state, local, and national government to the end that democratic government may be an efficient organization as well as a desirable philosophy of life.
DR. EMERY E. OLSON.
Dean, School of Government
From present indications it appears that over 3000 public officials, public employees, and private citizens interested in the conduct of government will be enrolled in the 11th annual Institute of Government.
Their attendance will be in itself conclusive evidence of their interest in the program of instruction for whatever advantage • it may have for ?ach one, but more particularly it will be an impressive demonstration of their desire and the desire of the Uni versity of Southern California and the various agencies of govern ment to improve and to raise to t. standard not heretofore realized ! the quality of public service through government in this region.
As chairman oi the institute,
I join with others in expressing a warm and cordial welcome to the instructors, many of whom have come far. and to the many who are enrolled.
GEORGE HJELTE.
Institute Chairman
Supervision Course Is Outlined
Toledo City Manager, Hospital Director Will Speak Today
Formulated to present to executive and supervisory officers solutions to significant problems, the section on supervision, methods and techniques, develops a well-rounded program covering the more important phases of this subject.
The section program is arranged to include two sessions daily, 9 to 9:50 a.m. and i0 to 10:50 a.m. This schedule permits participation in section meetings of some of the outstanding speakers who also are addressing other sections. The schedule also permits those attending this section to attend ail section meetings and to have the opportunity in the afternoons to attend other sec-i tions.
S.C. President Will Speak TuesdayNighl
Corporations Of Government To Be Discussed
Because of widespread interest in the new and growing field of government corporations, the Institute of Government is offering a section in this subject for the first time in its history. The program will consist of a series of five lectures by Dr. John McDiarmid, assistant professor of public administration at the University of Southern California. and author of the recently published book, “Government Corporations and Federal Funds.”
'A striking feature of the expansion of governmental services in recent years,” writes Dr. McDiarmid, “has been the increasing use of the government corporation as an administrative agency. Particularly has the corporate device been util-
Administration Of Sociology Is Display Theme
Problems of administration in sociology will be the theme of a book display to be on exhibit in the University book store during institute week. June 12-16, according to Dan McNamara, head of the Student book store.
For those interested in the study of cultural patterns, the recent work “American Minority Peoples” by Donald Young is an excellent summary and interpretation of the outstanding facts in history and the present condition of the many minority peoples which comprise the population of the United States. This study makes possible a real understanding and sociological analysis of the complex social phenomena involved, which are essentially similar for the different races
ENTHUSIASM HIGH
Pre-institute inquiries regarding the program assure more enthusiastic participation in the program this week than last year when attendance averaged 86 per session and a total of 859 class hours was recorded.
John N. Edy, city manager of Toledo, Ohio, addresses the section at 9 a.m. today on “The Importance of Good Supervision in Public Agen cies.” Highly trained academically, Mr. Edy has had unique experience as a city manager, being the first city manager of Berkeley, Calif., and since that has worked in Flint, Mich., and Dallas. Texas. As a member of the editorial council of public management magazine, Mr. Edy has augmented his wide range of professional experience, which assures an outstanding section meeting at 9 a.m. today.
CUNNINGHAM SPEAKS
J. Lyle Cunningham, senior administrative analyst, office of In-| dian affairs. Albuquerque, is chairman of this session. Mr. Cunningham, formerly employed by the Los Angeles county department of budget and research, is chairman of the program committee for this section.	'
At 10 a.m. today Everett J. Gray, executive superintendent, Los Angeles county general hospital, speaks on “Typical Tasks of the Governmental Office Supervisor.” Ernest Simmons, controller. Southern California Gas company, will follow Mr. Gray by discussing, “Typical Tasks
The third annual dinner of the Alumni association of the School of Government will be held tomorrow evening in Town and Gown hall at 6:30 p.m. President Rufus B. von KleinSmid will be the guest of honor and will give some of his impressions of the value of tra> ’-ing for the public service and the opportunities in that field.
Samuel P. Ordway, Jr., of the United States civil service commission, and Edward P. Warner of the Civil Aeronautics Authority will also i address the group upon topics of current interest.
THEME ANNOUNCED
“Career Service in Government’* will be the theme of the meeting and many prominent civic groups will be represented. Reservations have also been made by representative public officials from most of the jurisdictions in this area, and it appears that the hall will be completely filled.
It is intended to use the occasion to formulate plans for cooperative measures to protect and to extend the programs for pre- and postentry training for the public service.
ELECTION PLANNED
The graduates and certificate holders from the School of Government will elect and install theL* officers at the dinner. Announcements are expected for the development of definite plans for the organization of the Alumni association into a force that will be effective in the direction of professionalizing government service.
The proceedings of the dinner will be broadcast over the Columbia network. and it is anticipated that wide citizen interest in the objectives of the Alumni association will be reported as a result of this broadcast.
GRADUATES TO ATTEND
The 134 graduates ana certificate holders of the School of Government are expected to be present at this dinner. These graduates are working in positions that are well distributed over the United States. Emil Sady, who is president of the Alumni association, is returning from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to participate in the institute and to contribute his presence to the Alumni dinner.
Many other graduates now working in the state and federal services have returned to the university for the week and will be present.
In view of the great number of reservations being made by citizen
ized in the public operation of eco- , nomic enterprises, and in most re- *nvo*ved’ is reP°rted-spects the organization, manage- ’ ment, and control of such undertakings are more nearly comparable to a private business than to the departmental form of governmental administra tion. ”
of the Private Corporation Super- groups and pubuc officials, all nem-visor.” John Edy will summarize bers 0f the institute are urged to the discussion.	*	make their reservations immedi-
On Tuesday. Morris S. Vitales, j ately.
professor of psychology. University j -——--
of Pennsylvania, will address the Continued on page four
Of the great corporations, the majority have been created since the inauguration of President Roosevelt in 1933. However, their origin dates back to the World war emergency, and the success with which the war-time corporations cut through red tape and vigorously pursued their objectives undoubtedly paved the way for the later development.
The rise of the corporate form is Continued on page four
Enrollees Given Instructions
(1)	Please fill out your section admission cards accurately.
(2)	A new system of mechanical tabulation makes possible a complete survey of your activities during institute week. Moreover, some jurisdictions expect to check on the attendance of employees. It is therefore essential that your admission cards be turned in to the monitor.
(3)	Please be on time to sections.
Institute's Achievements Revealed in It s History
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series of articles dealing with the origin and history of the Institute of Government By Lawrence Miles Today marks the opening of the 11th annual Institute of Government on the University of Southern California campus. meet in In a little more than a decade, the Institute of Government has established an unparalleled record of growth and achievement as a short in-service training course. Leaders in the
field of Public Administration have expressed their belief that the Institute of Government is the outstanding project of its kind in the country.
The Institute of Government, originally known as the Public Administration short course, was the brain child of four city managers.
In 1926. J. W. Charleville, Otto S.
Roen, Harry F. Scoville. and Arlin E. Stockburger were city managers of Glendale, Upland. Monrovia, and
Reporters Called By Trojan Editor To Meet Today
fessional training course of study. Its specific objective is to furnish research and new information to persons engaged in Public Administration. Its broader objective is to build standards in this fast developing new profession of governmental service/’
Of the four originators of the plan for the institution, only one remains a city manager. Charleville is engaged in private business, Roen
In order to facilitate the publication of the Wednesday and Friday editions of the Institute Daily Trojan, Theodore A. Hill, editor, re-that all section reporters room 322, Student Union, today at 12:15 p.m. for luncheon and instructions.
Similar meetings will be held in the same room at the same time on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Any section chairman who has failed to appoint a reporter is requested to appoint one and ask him to attend this luncheon.
The following persons art expected to attend:
J. W. Williams Jr., H. C. ColHng, Clarence Arrasmuth, W. L. Cozzens, James D. Randles. Catherine Green-
i South Pasadena, respectively. To j is city manager of Upland. Sco- £g> 1H‘ B‘ f:Y'
these career men, representing a ville is director of the department j	M^Higgins Emil Sacu. Char-
inese caicci	r-	- - -	les G. Kahlert, William Rapp, C.
specialized field of government, goes of budget and research of Los An
the credit for developing the idea of a short training course for governmental officials and employees.
The aims of the Institute of Government have been described by Dean Olson as follows: “The purpose of this educational endeavor is to present a one week intensive pro-
geles city and Stockburger is ad- D- Edwards. Robert Houston.
ministrative assistant to Mayor Bowron of Los Angeles.
With the bare outline of an ide
Wesley McQueen, Wanda Nichols, R. F. McMahon, Lester Shephard, Glen Armstrong, Guy Dixon, _aw-
in mind, the four city managers me. i ence Miles, R. H. Cockfield, Bob
with Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, president of the university, and Continued on page four
Webster, Meil C. Brown, Gordon Cummings, Dale Doty, John Don-nei.