National civil service league

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The National Civil Service League was a United States government reform non-profit organization founded by patrician reformers in the 19th century.[1] It became an advocate for civil rights in the 1960s, promoting "good government" which it defined as merit-based hiring and promotion of government employees at the municipal, state and federal level.[2]

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  1. ^ "Replies to Mr. Grosvenor.; The National Civil Service League Resents the Congressman's Attack on the Law." New York Times, December 16, 1897,
  2. ^ Couturier, Jean J., "Civil Service Systems and Job Discrimination" p 68-72, Integrated Education, 13, 3, May-Jun 75