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That U.S. voters have no voice in the selection of such prompters and choremen-who may exercise far-reaching power-is a fact that concerns practical as well as academic politicians. But there is nothing that can be done about it: the executive branch has grown too large for close and effective democratic control. The nation can only pray that its White House gangs are men of competence and high principle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The Regular Guys | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

...most popular position was that of clerk, 68 being thus employed. Thirty-four worked as tutors, 28 as choremen, 23 as salesmen, 22 each as ushers and waiters, 17 as agents, 12 each as gardeners and guides, and 11 as musicians. The list of various kinds of positions was not limited to these lines of work, however, but included 39 separate sorts of jobs: accountants, agents, attendants, boys' club workers, care-takers, chauffeurs, choremen, clerks, coaches, companions, computers, correctors, draughtsmen, errand boys, farmers, gardeners, guides, hat checkers, hotel clerks, librarians, monitors, musicians, note takers, proctors, proof readers, readers, research workers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $19,000 EARNED THROUGH BUREAU DURING 1917-18 | 9/25/1919 | See Source »

Wood-chopping during Christmas vacation attracted the largest number of students, 148, while there were 134 clerks, 124 monitors, 52 typists, 52 choremen, 47 waiters, 42 tutors, 24 salesmen, 20 gardeners, 14 workers for the Fuel Administration, 14 secretaries, 14 stenographers, 12 guides, 10 agents, 10 musicians, 9 chaffers, 9 who rented their rooms for services, 8 ushers, 7 readers, 6 translators, 5 tutor companions, 5 errandmen, 4 attendants, 4 companions, 4 draftsmen, 4 investigators, 4 librarians, 4 proofreaders, 3 in charge of boys' clubs, 3 note-takers, 3 proctors, 3 ticket-takers, 2 caretakers, 2 coaches, 2 dancing teachers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY MEN'S EARNINGS, IN 1917-18 TOTAL $70,030 | 6/13/1919 | See Source »

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