The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-28
W. 5. LIEB IS REMOVED
ASSISTANT TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES.
PhiiadeIphia Man Charged by the Pres- ident With Constant and Per-
 sistent Violation of Civil Service Law.

Washington, Nov. 27.-President Roosevelt today removed from office William s. Lieb. Assistant United States Treasurer at Philadelphia for constant and persistent violation of the civil ser vice law while in office"
 In a formal statement issued at the White House today by President Roose- welt, Mir. Lieb's removal Is announced. The President gave MT. Lieb hearing last Friday at the request of Senators Penrose and Knox, of Pennsylvania. MT. Lieb submitted long statement in an- swer to the charges made against him and was supported in his defense by Representative Patterson of Pennsyl- vania.
 After careful consideration of all the facts developed by the inquiry. the Pres ident decided to remove MT. Lieb from office, 1t being shown according to the statement that there was constant and consistent effort on your (Mr. Liebs) part to evade the provisions of the civil service law; to hamper it's working as far as possible, and to obstruct in every way the action of the commission ' The President declared that the evil dence 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"
 RooseveIt's Letteer.
 President Roosevelt's statement, which is in the form of letter to MT. Lieb, is as follows:
 White Hou&,
 Washington, Nov. 27, 1905.
 "Sir-I have carefully considered the papers Tn your case, and the statements made by you in your own behalf and by Mir Cooley on behalf of the Civil Service Commission. It appears to me very clear that there has been A con- stant efort on your part to evade the provisions of the civil service law; to hamper its workings so far as possible and to obstruct in every way the action or the commission. I expect on the one hand that the commission shall en- deavor not to hamper but to aid the other public servants of the Govern ment in doing their work successfully. and on the other hand I 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.
 Tn your case it seems to me clearly established that you have sought con tlnuaily to take advantage of every Kind or technicality in order to avoid carrying out ithe law in good faith. By taking advantage of these technicalities you have kept upon the roll in almost continuous positions certain of your own relatives and at least one person whose apointment was evidently press ed merely for political reasons, instead or making all proper effort to carry out the law as 1t applies to appointments within the classified seervice.
 It clearly apears that in one exam ination held upon information furnish- ed by your office there was such clear evidence of fraud that 1t had to be can ceiled The evidence as to the fraud uient character of the examination inn plicated your sister, two persons from your own town, and one person who was at one time serving in your office under temporary appointment and who was subsequently, dismissed, from the office> for swearing falsely. At inc time or the cancelling of this examinn- tion you were addressed by the Secre. taary of the Treasury in a letter run ming as follows:
 Shaw's Charges.
 Slr:-The- department has given ,aretul consideration to your letter of