The Glenwood post., 1922-04-27
Uncle Ted's Bed Time Stories
Current Events For tho Childrsu
and Grown-ups, Too
PRESIDENTS ACTION
FOR GOOD OF NATION

FOR GOOD OF NATION
1t was plain to be seen by those
who had watched Uncle Ted for the
past few days that he was as lost az
if he were in the middle of the Sahara
desert This time the tables were
turned and Uncle Ted was left all
alone. Jack and Ruth had gone away
with their mother on visit and the
result was that Uncle Ted discovered
that he missed telling the stories to
his little friends as much as they
seemed to miss him when he was
forced to be away.
'I can't get used to those kiddies
being away" said Uncle Ted to one
of the neighbors. "They've only
been gone a few days and it seems
like years. I promised them story
just the same so I guess you'll have
to excuse me while go in and write
to them"
Uncle Ted soon had his typewriter
and paper ready and sailed forth into
the land of bedtime stories.
"My dearest kiddies:" he began.
stI cannot begin to tell you how lone
some it is around this house without
you. If you miss your Uncle Ted this
much when he is away, then l am 60
ing to try to stay home all the time
and never go away except when 1 ab-
solutely have to. I promised you a
story and SO here it goes.
''There are two things that interest
us all right now. One of them I told
you about last week, but I have found
so many people still talking about it
that I feel sure something more will
not be amiss. There seems to be a
feeling that the dismissal of the bu-
reau of engraving and printing en-
ployees was due to charges of dishon-
esty. President Harding, from the
start, made it plain that they were
discharged for the good of the SER
vice. with no intimation of dishon-
esty. The enemies of the administra-
ton want to make it appear that the
president is disregarding the civil ser
vice law. He is doing no such thing.
In recent letter President Harding
said:
''I shall maintain every re-
gard for the civil service law. but
if responsible executive head
tthe president, he means) may not
take such action as is deemed nee
essary for the good of the public
service, then such an inhibition
on the powers of the executive
ought to be made very clear by
congress, to government employees
and to the American public to
which we are all answerable. Then
the responsibility may no longer
be lodged with the executive
''It is'just as the president says, he,
as well as all other servants of the
public, employees of the government
high and low, is answerable to the
American public If the president
chooses to make certain changes among
those doing the work of Uncle Sam
that is and should be his right, if he
knows that those changes are to better
the service. If certain charges were
true and were the cause of such dis
missals, even then the president would
not be bound to make public the ma
ture of the charges if he thought it
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to remain silent. But in this case he
says there were no such conditions and
as the executive head of our govern
ment we must believe him and have
faith
'tIn writing the letter from which
I quoted above, the president was an
swering one from the president of the
Federation of Federal Employees. At
the beginning the president said that
he desired to make n courteous ac-
acknowledgement, but l must suggest
at the same time that courtesy shall
not be confused with apology
81 will quote further from that let
ter, because you will better under
stand the matter coming direct from
the president:
The changes made at the
bureau were ordered after extend
ed deliberation and were inspired