Mr. HUBERT. Now, that examination and that promotion was civil service? Mr. CURRY. That's right. Mr. HUBERT. Under the laws of Texas? Mr. CURRY. That's right. Mr. HUBERT. And perhaps it would be better if you would just continue testifying--to tell us the various stages. Mr. CURRY. I was assigned to the various training schools, had charge of the police training, and also personnel investigation. I was then appointed assistant chief of police in charge, which assignment is actually the second in command of the police department--that was in October of 1953. Mr. HUBERT. Now, that is a non-civil-service position? Mr. CURRY. That's an appointive job. Mr. HUBERT. Who appointed you to that job? Mr. CURRY. Well, the chief appointed me, I'm sure, on the approval of the city manager. Mr. HUBERT. Who was the chief at that time? Mr. CURRY. Carl F. Hansson [spelling], H-a-n-s-s-o-n. Mr. HUBERT. All right; go on. Mr. CURRY. I served in that capacity until Chief Hansson resigned, and at that time I was appointed chief of police. I was appointed acting chief of police in December and when his name was removed from the rolls in January 1960, I was appointed chief of police. Mr. HUBERT. He resigned voluntarily? Mr. CURRY. Yes; he did. Mr. HUBERT. Was it because of old age? Mr. CURRY. I don't know exactly why he resigned. He left us to go as executive secretary of the Citizens Traffic Commission here in Dallas, and he served in that capacity for some year or so and resigned from that capacity, and then he went as chief of the Mesquite Police Department and remained there a year or two and at the present time is in an advisory capacity at Richardson, Tex. Mr. HUBERT. Well, you were second in command at the time you were appointed chief of police? Mr. CURRY. That's true. Mr. HUBERT. And you had been actually for some time? Mr. CURRY. About 7 years. Mr. HUBERT. Who was the city manager who appointed you? Mr. CURRY. Elgin Crull, I believe he was at the time I was appointed. He was when I was appointed chief of police, because I recall--I don't recall exactly who was city manager at the time I was appointed assistant chief. I believe Chuck Ford, I believe, was. Mr. HUBERT. Of course, as you said, the assistant chief of police and the chief of police, are non-civil service? Mr. CURRY. Yes. Mr. HUBERT. Do you still maintain civil service status in the event of a reduction? Mr. CURRY. In a reduction? Mr. HUBERT. Yes. Mr. CURRY. In rank; you are supposed to return to the rank where you were when appointed. Mr. HUBERT. Now, you, of course, as chief of police, have under you a number of assistant and deputy chiefs of police and then captains of the various divisions and so forth. Who made those appointments? Mr. CURRY. They are under civil service except for the assistant chief and the deputy chiefs and I make those appointments. Mr. HUBERT. You made those appointments?