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issued, some fool friend of his. from
whom he should pray to be delivered,
predicting that similar action would
be taken in many other directions,
said that the purpose is 10 Harding
ize" the executive departments of the
government, just as some one else has
said that there is a purpose to New
berryize' the Legislative department
of the government. If such pro-
gram should ever be fully consum-
mated, this will cease to be a gov
ernment Of law. and will become a
government Of men. of the most un-
worthy men, guided wholly by their
selfish and predatory instincts. There
will be a weakening of the founda-
tion on which rests liberty regulated
by law. The golden age of the re-
public will have passed. and the
golden opportunity Of the agitator,
the communist and the bolshevik
will have come. Mr.. Moore read to
the House the report of the special
Treasury committee which heard the
case of protesting employees dismissed
in July by former Director Wilmeth.
July Discharges Figure.
Discharge last July of several hum
dred employees III the process of cut
ting down the bureau from war
those discharged, has been brought
into the discussion of the dismissal
of former Director Wilmeth and his
associates. with division of opinion as
to whether the July affair was con-
nected with the Wilmeth dismissal.
At the Treasury today official opin-
ion in several circles said there was
no connection between the two, in
timating that the July affair had been
closed, and at the same time the Ma
tional Federation Of Federal Employees
made public a letter from the special
protests of the employees discharged
in July, recomme nding that the pro-
tests be disallowed.
Davis Issues Statement.
Henry e. Davis, lawyer. who repre-
sented the discharged employees, to-
day issued a statement concerning
his connection with the matter. de-
c.aring: Il have advanced it as my
assumption that this was the begin
ming of an investigation into the af-
fairs of the bureau which eliminated
Beyond this ! have not gone. and. of
course, / do not know how well
founded my assumption is"
Headed by CrissinEer.
The special Treasury committee in
vestigating protests of employees dis
charged last fall which recommended
that the protests be disallowed. was
headed by D. r Crissinger. controller
Of the currency. The report. accord
ing to the letter given out today, was
approved by Secretary Mellon of the
Treasury Department. Besides Mr.
Crissinger, 1t was signed by William
T. Abbott, assistant director of the
budget: w. G. Platt, chief clerk of the
Treasury Department: S. r. Jacobs OF
Treasury Department; Cha arles Steven
son, assistant chief of the customs
division and ]. E. Harper. chief of the
appointment division, Treasury De-
partment.
The committee recommended that
the applications of the protesters for
immediate Reinstatement at that time
should not receive favorable consid-
Grafton" The letter. dated Septem-
Der Z, 1921. and addressed to the
Secretary of the Treasury. follows:
1.-The undersigned, constituting the
committee named by you on July 20.
1921, for the purpose Of considering
the bureau Of engraving and printing
against their release from employ
ment in that bureau respectfully report
as follows:
1.-The committee has carefully in
vestigated these protests to the full
requisite to carry out your instruc-
tions, and finds as follows:
Urgent Need to Reduce.
81. That rnere was rot only legiti-
mate reason, but an urgent necessity,
for a reduction in the force of this
bureau to the extent to which it was
actually reduced.
SAP. That before any employees were
discharged the director OF the bureau
put into effect the following rules
to be observed in determining what
employees should be dismissed:
"G) Drop employees regardless OF
term Of service whose records are
poor, involving inefficiency, inatten-
zion to duty, tariiness excessive loss
Of time, agitators and trouble makers.
"(2) Drop, without prejudice, mar
ried women whose husbands are en-
ployed in the bureau of engraving
and printing or in other branches Of
the government service at a good
salary
employees recently appointed.
"(D Fur1ough Indefinitely, but sub
iect to recall to duty within the
period of a year, employees whose
services are not now needed but
whose efficiency and attention to duty
nave OGSn SuCll EAS " lhdhC lifCii CSh
vices desirable. This will enable the
bureau to draw recruits from a
trained and experienced force.
"3 That making reasonable allow
ance for the human element in the
relations between the employees anu
their next Immediate superiors, these
rules were apparently SO observed is
to produce as little individual in
Justice as could be expected in deal
ing with SO many cases.
Reductiea Was Real.
81. That the reduction was a real
one and not a pretended one for the
purpose of putting other more favor
ed employees in the places of those
released.
"The committee, therefore, recon-
mends that said protests, and all of
them, be disallowed, and that the ap-
plication of the protesters. or any of
them, for immediate reinstatement
II Cons,