The U.S. Civil Service Commission is making special provision for Orthodox Jewish applicants to take examinations for Federal summer jobs on a day other than Saturday, Civil Service Commissioner John W. Macy said today.
Mr. Macy, in a letter to Sen. Hugh Scott, Pennsylvania Republican, responded to the Senator’s complaint that some applicants could not take tests on the Jewish Sabbath. The Commissioner said such applicants will be permitted to fill out Form 127 which provides special examinations for applicants who observe the Sabbath on Saturday.
The regular examination will be held in various places throughout the nation on a Saturday in January or February. The tests will be for 1966 summer jobs in the executive branch of the Federal Government for positions as clerks, stenographers, typists, office machine operators and some scientific assistants.
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