Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-27
PRESIDENTS LETTER.

President Roosevelts statement
which is in the form OF letter to MI
Leib, is as follows:
White House Washington. Nov. o.
1905
"sir: have carefully considered the
papers In your case and the statements
made by you IN your own behalf and
by Mr., Cooley on behalf of the civil
service commission, 1t appears TO me
very clear that there has been a con-
slant and persistent effort on your part
TO evade the provisions of the civil SER
Vice law, TO hamper its workings as
far as possible, and 70 obstruot in every
way the action OF the commission.
expect on the one hand that the COM
mission shall endeayor not to hamper
but TO aid the other public servants OF
the government IN doing their work
successfully. and on the other hand
expect IN return that the other public
servants shall cooperate with the COM
mission and aid them in their efforts to
carry out the civil service law.
TOOK EVERY ADVANTAGE.
In your case It seems to me clearly
established that YOU have sought con-
tlnually to take advantage of every
kind of technically I'm order 10 avoid
carrying out the law in good faith by
taking advantage of these teChniCali-
ties you have Kept on the roll i'm al
most continuous positions certain of
your own relatives and al least one
person whose appointment was evil
IDENTIFY pressed merely for political
reasons, instead Of making all proper
effort TO carry out the law as Il an
plies to appointments within the class-
fled service. II clearly appears that IN
one examination held upon information
furnished by your Office there was such
clear evidence Of fraud that 1t had TO
be cancelled The evidence as 20 the
fraudulent character OF the examina-
ton implicated your sister. two per-
sons from your own town. and one
person who was at that time serving
In your office under temporary ap-
pointment and who was subsequently
dismissed from the service for swear
Ing falsely"
SECY, SHAW QUOTED.
The president here quoted a letter
sent by Secy. Shaw TO Mr.. Leib cals
ing attention TO Irregularities and then
concludes his own letter as follows:
III the case had at that time when
Shaw's letter was sent, been called 70
NY dlNtlllpN INV DtAcl u lldl i Nbulu
then have requested your resignation.
Most certainly after receiving such a
letter. TO which YOU failed IN any way
10 make any answer clearing yourself
or traverslng the facts alleged by the
secretary, II was your duty so to con-
duct your office that no possible criti-
cism could come upon you. Instead
II so conducting It, you have continued
exactly the methods that previously
obtained; your sister. for Instance,
having been again temporarily APP
pointed last August as money counter,
and notwithstanding the fact that this
Is a permanent position and that there
were two eliglbles on the register
when you were notified that the APP
polntment must be made from these
flgibles you In some manner secured
their declarations and thercupou. on
Sept q. again temporarily appointed
your sister: and she is in office at this
time. so far as the records OF the civil
service commission shows,
Under these circumstances or per-
Fstence In wrong doing on your part
Il seems TO me that there Is no alter
native but TO remove YOU from office.
You are accordingly hereby removed
from the position Of assistant treasurer
Of the United States,
Very truly yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Hon. VIM s. Leib, sub-treasury,
Philadelphia. Pa