The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-05
PUNCHED BY PRESIDENT.
Ohiciai Party is the Guest of Mir. Roose
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 Oyster Bay. Sept. 4.--An official party which was entertained at luncheon to- day by the President and Mrs. Roose- welt included Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou, Senator A. K. Bev- eridge of Indiana. Judge W. L. Penfeld, Solicitor for the State Department, and Civil Service Commissioner Alfred w. Cooly Postmaster General Cortelyou, who is sotourning at Hampstead, l.. l., was here to talk with the President on some matters which he has been in 7 vestigating for Mir. Roosevelt. Sengss tor Beveridge has been in the MsS> woods for several weeks and on IS way to Indianapolis stopped hes sF to visit the President and to congy < Hate him on his success in bringr about peace between Russian and Jap4n.
 Judge Penfeld's mission was person. al and Commissioner Cooly came to Oyster Bay to consider with the Pres ident some phases of the civil service regulations as applied to employees on the Panama Canal Friction has devel- oped between the Isthmian Canal Com mission and the Civil Service Commis- sion regarding the employment of per sons for canal work and 1t is the ef- fort of the President to reconcile the differences that have arisen. As they are largely matters of detail and con struction of the law and regulation no diff1culty Is anticipated in adjusting them.
 Commissioner Cooley said that great difficulty had been experienced by. the Isthmian Canal Commission and by the civil service commission In procuring the right kind of skilled labor for work on the canal
 Tt was proposed at first" he said. that canal employees be excepted from the civil service. but Chairman shonts did not approve of that idea because he desired that some authorized body outside of the Canal Commission should pass upon the qualifications of appli- cants. I went over the whole matter with the President. It has been decid- ed now that Chairman Shonts will ap- point an employment agent in each of the cities of New York. Chicago and New Orleans and the Civil Service Commission will make those agents members of our local civil service board in those cities. Applicants for positions on the canal work will be re- quired' to comply with stipulated regu- Iations which will not be made. very rigid. This will enable the Canal Commission to get the kind of labor 1t wants with a minimum of difficulty"
 In response to an inquiry, as to whether he had discussed the govern ment printing office complication with the President, Commissioner Cooley said: 'Yes we did discuss 1t inciden- tally, but don't know that I am at liberty to say what the President pro- poses to do about 1t, Our committee received from Oscar J. Ricketts. fore man of printing in the office, a civil service empIoye, a complaint of the &C., ton of Public Printer Palmer in try ing to remove him. was not familiar with the situation and talked to the President about it to learn what he knew of 1t. found him perfectly cog nizant of all the details. As matter of faot inc whole affair hassDeen turned over by the President to the Keep com mission, which investigated the type setting machine contract and tnciden- tally the entire business condition of the government printing office That committee will handle for the present the trouble which has arisen between Printer Palmer and Foreman Ricketts and MT Hay"