The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
SCANDAL AGAIN
SHOWS HEAD AT
STATE CAPITAL
e. S. G. Fires Sec. Le-
Uir7: He Threatens
Grand Expose.

Springfield, Ill, Sept 15-Onit-
ed Press. .)-State administration
circles were rocked by another
scandal today.
The state civil service commits
sion filed charges and summarily
discharged its secretary, 1. Levin
Levin came right back at the
commission, Governor Len Small
and other state officials and prom
ises to fight his case through the
supreme court. He says he will ex-
! pose irregularities that will startle
the taxpayers of the state.
Charges Are Weird.
| Levin is charged by the commits
sion with neglect of duty. an un-
I governable temper and conduct un-
! becoming a state officer.
Affidavits were secured by the
| commission in an attempt to show
he whipped his 10-year-old girl be-
| cause she read the bible.
Levin in a statement. charges
State Senator John A Wheeler
with being responsible for his dis
missal. He says Wheeler swore to
get him" when he fought the
! Wheeler %anti-civil service bill be-
fore the last session of the legisla-
ture.
Attacks Gov. Small.
1.-THE reQuisition for the 1920 re-
4 ports has been in the hands of Cap
tain Inglesh, the governors SON
in-law, for about six months but
he refuses to release it for print
ing. The reason is this: Under
the Lowden civil service commits
sion 296 examinations were held
A in 1920. Under the Small commits
! sion in 1921 the total will not reach
120. The Small commission is re-
quiring oral interviews l say en-
phatically the Small commission is
conducting oral examinations for
the sole purpose of passing hench-
men of Small and failing the 9TH
ers," the statement says.
i Relatives on Payroll.
THE governor has about eight or
nine of his relatives on the pay
roll. l saw a warrant made out to
Susanna Small. | do not know
who she is. The farm, garden and
dairy consultant was forced to re-
sign under pressure and the gov
ernor gave the job to his son-in-
law, Samuel Mckinstrey, whose
salary was raised to $4,000 and on
top of that was given a home in
kankakee with all expenses OF
room, board and laundry and up
! keep paid by the state. This house
was badly needed by the physi-
clans at kankakee state hospital"
Levin announceo he would de-
mand public hearing before the
commission.
The civil service commission
through its chairman issued the
following statement:
"Isidore Levin was today re-
. moved as chief examiner and sec
, retary of the state civil service
commission, for:
Charge Cruelty to Child.
"Inefdciency caused by the timt
and energy devoted to his priVat,
: affairs, to the detriment of the pub
lie service; uncomfortable temper
making it difficult for the commits
!; sion to work in harmony with tn
l other departments of the state;
recent public demonstration of hi
temper cazsiGg his neighbors an
others to make charges. supporte
: by aff1davits, that he had treate
his child in a cruel manner an
that the police were called to in
tercede in her behalf.
This action of the state civ
service commission has been take
after a most thorough investiga
ton.
Affidavits Offered.
} "It has examined with care nu
merous affidavits attesting to Nj
/ Levin's treatment of his CaUghte
: which are now matter Of record i
: this office.