the new standards and qualifications fit the new and broader functions of departmental activities, and secure the highest possible efficiency for every branch of the service. To attain this end the Commission, upon the recommendation of the Advisory Board, has directed that new examinations, eligible lists for which are still in force, be held during 1920. In this and other ways we have tried to infuse a human element into all our activities, to show that this Commission has more than an academic interest in the welfare of those who come within its jurisdiction. By these means we are trying to make civil service popular and attractive. We adhere strictly to the policy, announced at the beginning of this administration, of taking the public into our confidence by calling public forums on all important issues affecting employees and the general public. The Commission takes pleasure in paying unqualified tribute to the unswerving loyalty, ability and efficiency of its own staff. This may be said of every employee from the lowest to the highest in its service. We are alike indebted to the Governor, to the State Civil Service Commission, and to the Mayor of the City, for their kind support and sympathetic cooperation, without which our administration could not have accomplished the result of the past year. Respectfully submitted, MORRIS CUKOR, President; THOMAS R. KILLILEA, WILLIAM DRENNAN, Commissioners Attest: CHARLES I. STENGLE, Secretary. |