8. In a city of 100,000 population what positions would you exempt from civil service rules?
9. Is good government more important than popular government? Can a government be both democratic and efficient? Do you regard appointments by competition as undemocratic? Why or why not?
10. Work out a plan by which promotions in the police department could be made under the merit system (consider the possibility of giving credits for punctuality, acts of courage, number of arrests, etc., and of making deductions for neglect of duty, etc.).
11. What is the strongest argument for direct legislation and what is the weakest? Which argument on the other side impresses you the most and which the least?
12. Is it more dangerous to subject judges to the possibility of recall than other officials?
Topics for Debate
1. A congressman should obey his conscience rather than his constituents when he cannot obey both.
2. Heads of state and city administrative departments should be chosen under civil service rules.
3. The initiative and referendum should be extended to national lawmaking.