Mr. Rankin. Maybe I can help, Chief. Schedule A is an exemption from the regular civil service roster, is it not?
Mr. Rowley. That is correct.
Mr. Rankin. And the register is a list of employees from which you have to otherwise select Government employees if they are not exempt by reason of their positions, is that correct?
Mr. Rowley. That is right.
Representative Ford. In other words, Civil Service Commission has set up for the White House detail all inclusive——
Mr. Rowley. Not necessarily for the White House detail, Mr. Ford. For the Secret Service—to allow us to get the type of individuals that we want for both criminal investigation and protective work. Because if you say exclusively for the White House detail, the fellow might not be equipped for the White House detail.
Representative Ford. In other words, every person recruited by Secret Service for any capacity is recruited in the first instance under schedule A.
Mr. Rowley. Yes; if he hasn't—if he is not on the register for civil service. We first go to the Civil Service, when we want to select somebody, to see if there is anyone on there that meets our qualifications. And then, if not, then we hire them under schedule A, which is sort of a blanket exemption.
Representative Ford. But I gather from what you have said, or I think you are intimating that most of your recruiting actually is from colleges, and they are under schedule A.
Mr. Rowley. That is right; yes, sir. Most of them from your State, sir—Michigan State University.