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# 14-00000employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any such appropriation shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both, and that this penalty shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of law.The affidavit referred to above is one of those to which you are required to swear (or affirm) on the attached page.## V. STRIKING AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTVarious appropriation acts provide that no part of the funds appropriated therein shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any person who engages in a strike against the Government of the United States or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government. Such acts provide further that any person who engages in a strike against the Government, or who is a member of an organization of Government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government, and accepts employment the salary or wages for which are paid from any such appropriation, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both, and that this penalty shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of law.One of the affidavits on the attached page to which you are required to swear (or affirm) pertains to this provision against striking against the Government.## VI. HOLDING STATE OR LOCAL OFFICEFederal employees are prohibited from accepting or holding an office or position under State, territorial, county, or municipal governments. There are certain specific exceptions. They are published in Civil Service Commission Form 1236. Before any person appointed to the Federal service accepts or continues to hold any office or position under a State or local government, the matter should be presented to the appropriate authorities of the agency in which he is employed for a decision as to whether he properly may accept or continue to hold such office or position.## VII. POLITICAL ACTIVITYThe terms of the act of August 2, 1939 ("Hatch Act"), as amended, prohibit officers and employees in the executive branch of the Federal Government from using official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the result thereof. Further, such officers and employees are prohibited from taking any active part in political management or in political campaigns. These prohibitions apply not only to permanent employees, but also to temporary employees, employees on leave of absence with or without compensation, and substitute employees during the period of active employment. Political activity identified with any political party in any election is prohibited.Some of the forms of forbidden political activity are:1.  Serving on or for any political committee, party, or other similar organization.2.  Soliciting or handling political contributions.3.  Serving as officer of a political club, as member or officer of any of its committees, addressing such a club, or being active in organizing it.4.  Serving in connection with preparation for, organizing, or conducting a political meeting or rally, addressing such a meeting, or taking any other active part therein except as a spectator.5.  Engaging in political conferences while on duty, or canvassing a district or soliciting political support for a party, faction, or candidate.6.  Manifesting offensive activity at the polls, at primary or regular elections, soliciting votes, assisting voters to mark ballots, or helping to get out the voters on registration or election days.7.  Acting as recorder, checker, watcher, or challenger of any party or faction.8.  Serving in any position of election officer, in which partisanship or partisan political management may be shown.9.  Publishing or being connected editorially or managerially with any newspaper generally known as partisan from a political standpoint, or writing for publication or publishing any letter or article, signed or unsigned, in favor of or against any political party or candidate. (Ownership entirely disassociated from editorial control and managerial activities limited entirely to business management would not be regarded as being within this provision.)10. Becoming a candidate for nomination or election to office, Federal, State, or local, which is to be filled in an election in which party candidates are involved.11. Distributing campaign literature or material.12. Initiating or circulating political petitions, including nomination petitions.13. Assuming political leadership or becoming prominently identified with any political movement, party, or faction, or with the success or failure of any candidate for election to public office.General statements as to certain activities which are considered as permissible on the part of Federal officers and employees:1.  Voting. The direct language of the law specifically provides that all such persons retain the right to vote as they may choose.2.  Expression of opinions. The right to express political opinions is preserved to all such persons.NOTE: This reservation is subject to the prohibition that such persons may not take any active part in political management or in political campaigns.3.  Contributions. It is lawful for any officer or employee to make a voluntary contribution to a regularly constituted political organization, provided such contributions are not made in a Federal building or to some other officer or employee within the scope of the act referred to above.4.  Political pictures. It is lawful for any officer or employee to display a political picture in his home if he so desires.5.  Badges, buttons, and stickers. While it is not unlawful for an officer or employee to wear a political badge or button or to display a political sticker on his private automobile (except where forbidden by local ordinance), it is felt that it is inappropriate for any public servant to make a partisan display of any kind while on duty, conducting the public business.6.  Penalties. Persons appointed to positions in the Executive branch of the Federal Government are warned that the penalty for an established violation of the above mentioned political activity prohibitions is immediate removal from the service.## VIII. OFFENSES WHICH ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE OR IMPRISONMENTCertain other statutes prohibit Federal officers and employees from engaging in various activities under penalty of fine or imprisonment, or both. The activities prohibited by such statutes relate to such matters as political assessments, political coercion and discrimination, and purchase and sale of office. The text of these statutes is set forth in Civil Service Commission Form 1236.Some of the activities prohibited under penalty of fine or imprisonment, or both, are as follows:1.  Solicitation or receipt of political contributions by one officer or employee from another.2.  The giving or handing over of a political contribution by one employee to another.3.  Solicitation or receipt of political contributions in a Federal building by any person, whether or not an employee of the Government.4.  Solicitation or receipt by any person of political contributions from any person receiving any benefit under any act of Congress appropriating funds for relief.5.  Solicitation of receipt of anything of value, either for personal reward or as a political contribution, in return for the use of, or the promise to use, influence to secure an appointive office under the United States.6.  Payment, or the offer of payment, for the use of influence in securing an appointive office under the United States.7.  Promising employment, compensation, or other benefit made possible by act of Congress as consideration or reward for political activity.8.  Discrimination by an officer or employee in favor of, or against, another officer or employee on account of political contributions.9.  Depriving any person on account of race, creed, or color, or political activity, of compensation or other benefit made possible by any act of Congress appropriating funds for relief.10. Disclosure for political purposes of any list or names of persons receiving benefits under an act of Congress appropriating funds for relief and the receipt of such a list for political purposes.## IX. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATIONAppointing officers are required by the Civil Service Rules to act on all personnel matters "solely on the basis of merit and fitness and without regard to political or religious affiliations, marital status, or race."## X. INSTRUCTION OF APPLICANTSOfficers and employees of the Government are prohibited from instructing or teaching with a view to the special preparation of any person for civil-service examinations.10-33120-1