Blind Alleys of Bureaucracy: Government Employment Scandal Unfolds

In the sweltering summer of 1940, Washington D.C. was abuzz with whispers of a long-overdue shake-up in the Federal service. The Civil Service Commission, once a byword for stagnation and red tape, was finally getting ready to open the books on the inner workings of Government employment. And what they found was a tangled web of inefficiency and waste, where capable workmen were being held back by a lack of records and promotion opportunities.