ABSTRACT
The public outcry is likely to have immediate and decisive political effect. The Internal Revenue Service and Reconstruction Finance Corporation scandals, the mink coats, deep freezes, and five percenters, set off a chain reaction which according to George H. Gallup conclusively determined the 1952 elections. The federal provision and its counterparts in other levels of government and for other public executives have lost a good part of their original meaning. For most public administrators the emphasis has become "expert management" or "competent management." An initial attack on the problem of corruption might well begin with the resurrection of the old principle that public officials have the duty to make sure their employees are honest as well as efficient and competent. Public administrators have provided regularized means for moving from patronage systems to professional personnel administration and for making budgetary and purchasing operations positive benefits rather than dictatorial techniques.
