Evening star., 1922-04-28

rostrum and shook Mr.. Foulke Dy the
hand, amid the. applause Of the audi
| ence. But the course of the meeting
was not entirely as amicable. At one
time in his address Mr.. Bartlett "called
down" woman in the audience for
'sneerfng at him. as he said.
/ Where Civil Service Should Stop.
| Mr.. Bartlett. gave his idea OF civil
| service as follows: 1T Is exceedingly
| difficult to draw the line where civil
| service should stop in its attempt to
| reach the higher officials, but 1t would
| seem to be reasonably sound doctrine
| that in a government by the people
| when a new administration comes IN
| with a fresh mandate from the peopie
| to carry out certain policies, 1t shouio
| have the privilege, in fact pertectiy
| free hand, to select all those hlgne.,
| officials to whom must be intrusteo
| administrative policies and executive
! discretion. If it cannot have this
power. the will of the people Will be
defeated"
| If the power Of the administration
is limited you to that extent limiI
the power OF popular government.
Mr.. Bartlett continued. Those who
civil service to take in the poicy
determining positions are the ones
who are endangering civil service.
l OVVVMCutB OOiu8 AOV
They've gone too far, and the re-
action against civil service is coming
about because you are going too far
robbing the executive. taking away
/ the power Of the people"
/ The speaker declared he never said
any one now under civil service
| status should lose such status. put
! merely that some ;rearrangemenl
should be made whereby the Presi,
dent and members of the cabinet and
| their immediate assistants might sur,
round themselves with men ana
women whom they could trust to
carry out the policies of the new aa-
ministration. 1t was in this connec-
| tfon that he mentioned his own bu-
reau.
"The minute you say a man has
got to stay in office for life to that
| extent you are helping to make
monarchy" Mr.. Bartlett continued.
lUpholding the recent action OF the
President In dismissing. many or
ffcials at tho bureau OF engraving
and printing, Mr.; Bartlett said tne ;e
| President then acted well. within ms
| rights, under the fundamental civil
| service law. declaring that he was
| mot bound to give notice ike
others"
| He branded the present agitation
as cruel. damnabls thing to sa the
boys and girls under the postal serV-
| Ice. when they are made to think
| their jobs are in peril. when they
are not. Every postal employe, ne
| continued, is secure in his job SO
long as he does that job right
Foulke stirs Bartlett's Ire.
Mr.. Foulke declared that he had
asked Mr.. Bartlett for the names OF
positions which might be taken out
of civil service" but had received
no reply.
There is not one place in civil serv-
ice today that ought to be taken out OF
lit" Mr. Foulke declared. Mr.. Bart
lett seems to think that civil service
is a good thing for the lower classes
but not for those holding the highei
positions"
ut would seem that I am on trial.
Mr.. Bartlett declared from his chair
Mrs. Van Wrinkle isn't in it with me-
Edward c. Henning. assistant sscre'
tary Of labor. spoke in defense OF the
Davis is as true friend Of civil serv-
ice as any one, and that a recent state.
tment that there should be less OF
4 civil service" could not be taken with.
out the proper context Morefield
storey Of Boston and H. W. Marsh
secretary of the league. were on the
platform.
Vote Conddence i'm President.
Following the addresses, the meeting
Normally adopted resolutions prevt-
ohssy adopted at the meeting held in
the afternoon under auspices of the
National Civil Service Reform League
declaring that this conference of rep.
,resentatives Of organizations and in
Idividuals interested in the preserva-
Ition and extension of the merit system
in federal civil service look with ap.
iprehension on any movement intended
to weaken it."
The resolutions stated that I'VE eN'