The Washington herald., 1922-06-17

chess, out of which TO pay political
debts and encourage the baser
kinds Of party service"
Any attempts TO oust Treasury
Department employees eecauss OF
their political afflliation will be fu-
tile so long as the present high
standard of efflciency In the DEPART
ment continues, II was said on high
est authority.
Opposes petty Politics.,
Such disnaissals would be inipras-
tical. for ''the affairs of the depart
ment are OF too great Importance
to allow the interference of petty
politics." the Treasury head pointed
out in a statement issued last night.
The statement Is the product OF
few seffshly ambitious employees
and some discredited former em-
ployes." Secretary Mellon continues
in his statement. THE administra-
tion of the Treasury is in the hands
of Republicans and Is g15erned by
Republican policies. The statemeht
is so false and for the most part
so ridiculous that in ordinary ci--
cumstances I should hesitate TO
take notice of II.
The treasury must be conducted
on business principles and kept free
at all time from detrimental infiu-
! ence. The Democrats who hold po.
sitions in the Treasury have been
retained because OF their qualifica-
tions for the offices they hold and
have had no evidence of partisan
activity on their part
Left Posts Months Ago.
Gratis" included in the black list
have no places t. surrender. for
they left the Treasury Department
some months ago. They are F. F
Hareman. Fred r. Angevine. and
Frederick McReynolds. according tc
a Treasury official. c. p. Smith
Republican, assistant commissioner
| of Internal Revenue. was entitled
"an active Democrat"
william T. Sherwood, Republican
Of the administration division. Pn'
reau OF Internal Revenue. wa,
| called Roper Democrat" other,
n that division known to be Repub'
| licans but listed as Democrats n
/ the circu1.r are c. r. Allen. F. II
woodward A. B. Neise. r. 8. Hun
singer. X F. Erickson, W. B. Hin
man. f. c. Wilcox. W. w. Hubert
and J. w Beers,
Carl A. Mapes. solicitor OF tho
Revenue Bureau. who was secretary
to several Republican Congressmer
before President Harding appointed
him to the post he now holds, was
also among the Democrats"
Even KiIey Is .Democrnt.-
The solicitors office is honey
cpmbed with the alleged Democrats
Charles A. Barnard. Chester a
Bennett. Malcolm A. Coles. ]. C
Halls. Mark J. Ryan. ]. X. Smith
| Stanley s. Waite, James c. Rogers
George " Murdock. Russell n. Bur
chard and J. J. CosgrOve being 50
listed. but being lin reality Repub
LEANS.
f. II. Batson. deputy cOmmissione,
Of the income tax unit. and e W
Chatterton, his assistant, both Re
publicans. headed the group o.
Democrats" in that office. F. X
Clute, ]. L. McGrew. W. T. Sher,
wood. w. r. Bird. S. T. De La Mater
II. C. Armstrong and F. Guderiar
were given the same incorrect party
bonds.
Another quintet of alleged Demo
Gratis was A. G. Maddox. of Secre'
tary Melons ONCE; Elmer J.. Trey
chief of the Revenue Bureaus in
telligence unit; n. S. Bliss. c. NJ
Justice and John L. McGrew, all are
known to be Republicans.
Even Secretary Melons private
secretary. John Kiley, is listed as
Democrat in the black list
Kiley has been held over ever since
Secretary Of the Treasury Cortelyou
Rpublican. appointed him fourteen
years ago.