New York City last week took steps to replenish its staff of street cleaners. The city estimated it would need about 1,600 in the next four years. So its Civil Service Commission arranged an examination, invited able-bodied men of 20 to 40 to take tests for the position of "Sanitation Man, Class A" (laborer). Salary: $35 a week. The response was terrific.
From early morning until late afternoon, a horde of men trooped into 23 schoolhouses to struggle with the Commission's first test (mental). Long lines of candidates shivered in the March wind. By...
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