On the first day of this war, I listened to the conversation of a colonel and a member of the Indian Civil Service. Both were retired men whose whole lives had been spent in unselfish service to others, who had brought particularly able minds to each problem that had occurred in their work. The colonel had started as a youngster in the South African War and his life work had been governed by hi...

Maxwell Lehman, for nearly sixteen years editor of the Civil Service LEADER, has taken a leave of absence in order to assume a new role. He was named this week Deputy City Administrator for the City of New York. The appointment was announced by Dr. Luther GuUck, City Administrator, who described his new deputy as "a recognized expert in government admini.stration, known for his integrity and no...