Calvin Coolidge: “NO, that is for every department to work out itself.”

Examination papers shall be rated on a scale of 100, and the subjects therein shall be given such relative weights as the commission may prescribe.

Miss Virginia Ladd may be appointed to an appropriate clerical position in the classified service without regard to the provisions of the civil service rules.

No employee entitled to military preference in appointment shall be discharged or dropped or reduced in rank or salary if his record is good.

The names of disabled veterans, their wives, and the widows of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines shall be placed above all others.