Tag: July 1940

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…
