The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-28
PRESIDENT CHOPS OFF ANOTHER HEAD Assistant Secretary of Treasury
 is Removed HE VIOLATES THE RULES lieb Has Persistently Evaded the Pro- visions of the Civil Service Com
 mission-Too Many of His
 Relatives In Office.

Washington, November 27.-(Special )-4 President Roosevelt today fell in line be- hind the Pennsylvania reform element and removed from office William s. Lieb, the assistant United States treasurer at Philadelphia, for violation of the civil service laws. To make matters worse for the organization, 1t Is announced that Senator Knox will control the appoint ment of his successor. thereby leaving out of consideration Senator Penrosa who it seems Is to figure very slightly in Pennsylvania patronage, well as in other respects. during the remainder of his term.
 In formal statement issued at the White House today by President Roose- velt MT. Lieb's removal Is announced The President gave MT. Lieb hearing last Friday at the request of Senators Pen rose and Knox of Pennsylvania. MT. Leb submitted a long statement in answer to the charges made against him and was supported In his defense by Representa- tive Patterson of Pennsylvania.
 After careful consideration of all the facts developed by the inquiry, the PresI- dent decided to remove MT Lieb from office, it being shown according to the statement that there was constant and consistent effort on your (Mr. Lleb's) part to evade the provisions of the civil ser vice law; to hamper It's working as far as possible, and to obstruct in every way the action of the commission" The Pres- dent declared that the evidence showed fraud in the civil service examinations, the fraud in one instance duplicating MT. Lieb's sister.
 After reviewing the case pretty fully, the President concludes: Under these circumstances of persistence in wrong doing on your part 1t seems to me that there Is no alternative but to remove you from office. You are accordingly hereby removed from the position of assistant treasurer of the United States
 President Roosevelts statement, which Is in the form of letter to MT. Lleb, Is as follows:
 The Presidents Letter.
 White House, Washington, November 27,
 1905
 "Sir:-"I have carefully considered the papers in your case. and the statements made by you in your own behalf and by MT Cooley on behalf of the civil ser vice commission. It appears to me very clear that there has been a constant and consistent effort on your part to
 
 law; to hamper it's workings as far as possible and to obstruct in every way the action of the commission. l expect on the other hand that the commission shall endeavor not to hamper but to aid the other public servants of the gov ernment in doing their work successfully, and on the other hand l expect in re- turn that the other public servants shall cooperate with the commission and aid them in their efforts to carry out the civil service law. In your case, it seems to me clearly established that you have sought continually to take advantage of every kind of technicality in order to avoid carrying out the law fin good faith. By taking advantage of these teehnicali- ties you have kept upon the roll in almost continuous positions certain of your own relatives, and at least one person whose appointment was evidently pressed merely for political reasons, instead of making all proper effort to carry out the law 1t applies to appointments within the classified service It clearly appears that in one examination held upon informa- ton furnished by your office there was such clear evidence of fraud that it had 10 be cancelled. The evidence as to the fradulent character of the examination implicated your sister, two persons from your own town, and one person who was at the time serving in your office under temporary appointment aHu WHo was sequently dismissed from the service for swearing falsely. At the time of the can ceiling of this examination you were ad- dressed by the Secretary of the Treas ury in letter running follows:
 Shaw Crlticises Lleb.
 'Sr:-The department has given care ful consideration to your letter of the 9th ult.. answering the complaint of the civil service commission of January ,. 1905. relative to alleged irregularities in all examination held for your office on August r. 1904, a. copy of the complaint was sent you from this office on tae 9th ultimo.
 a The civil service commission celled this examination for serious irreg- uarities and this department believes this action to have been fully justified by the facts disclosed In the testimony taken during it's investigation. From this testi- nony and your statement the department has reached the conclusion that your sis ter. Miss Esther Lieb, was not eligible to take the examination, because she had not had the experience in duties similar to those pertaining to the position to be filed under a reasonable construction of the regulations governing examination for the sub- treasury service. From your sisters own statement her claim to have had the experience required cannot be allowed. The department cannot but feel