The Washington times., 1915-11-15
BURKITT,
PRESIDENT ORDERS
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various occasions he has called my at
tention to mistakes that have been
made In the office and accused me OF
being responsible for them. have
always. except in the instances mem
was not who made the mistakes Tho
matter has always dropped there. POST
master kloepfer never showed me these
ys II writing as the civil .sEy
to the law. they cannot be counted as
dement's.
Alterations In Statement.
Postmaster Kioepfer has accredited
many statements regarding the Presi-
dents marriage to me that I never
made. mentioned 1t only once sew
erai weeks ago. At the time there was
one mail carrier in the Office. and 1
did not believe he was within hearing.
A friend was standing outside the win
dow. In the course of a general con-
versation we turned to the Presidents
coming marriage, I said. I think any6ne
shenld @ walt at least a year after his
In line with that thought remarked
that the President should wait longer.
Any other remark concerning the
Presidents marriage which is accred-
tied to mo u untrue"
Burkitt said today no had been asked
20 submit in writing q statement quot
Ing exactly what he had said regard
ing tho Presidents marriage. He said
he did this and received a second let
ter accusing him of making certain
statements In the presence of mail car
riers and postal clerks. Before he had
an opportunity to answer. said Bur-
s;,, KIT, he received the following letter
my letter OF date and return to me tho
ORIGINAL letters as requested"
Burkitt said he had replied that he
had Joined In a general discussion OF the
approaching Wilson-(ialt nuptials, hut
that beyond making a few inconseauep-
tial remarks in this general conversa-
tion he said nothing could be taken as a
rejection on the President.
Call Matter Trivial.
Tho matter was all SO trivial" said
Burkitt that could not for the life
OF me remember what was said. It
was th9 same kind Of talk that could
be heard most any place after the first
announcement OF the wedding became
sns said ts dH NOT %.s in ns e.. dIs
Burkitt entered the postal service
through civil service examination six
years ago. He was appointed to as.
Taft's Administration. He is young
man and Is prominent In Winnetka and
the Congressional district that includes
that rather exclusive suburb. The po-
sition he holds carries a 81 200 salary.
Before he was Informed by the United
Press Of his reinstatement. scores OF
his friends began circulation OF a petit
ton protesting against his discharge.
Postmaster Kloepfer was not at the
Winnetka postoffice this forenoon. It
was announced he had come to Chi
cago. presumably to discuss the Bur-
kit incident with political friends.
The Postoffice Department has not
formally and finally approved the
recommendation OF Postmaster Kloep-
fer for the removal from the service Of
Assistant Postmaster Burkitt. at Win
netka. I'll.
An official statement to this effect
was given out by the Postoffce De-
partment this afternoon after several
hours consideration Of the case. The
statement says:
ant postmaster with reference TO the
Presidents engagement is simply an
incident which alone would not have
been sufficient grounds for his removal
This was one in a series OF admitted
offenses which had been accommodating
tor several months against the record
OF this employe."
A long list of charges made by the
Winnetka postmaster against his as
sistant are presented in the state
ment with the explanation, that
though 1t is the practice to throw
every precaution against publicity in
discipline cases II sometimes becomes
necessary as in this instance when
the employe involved deliberately
gives notoriety to his case and pub
fishes his version of It.