Evening star., 1924-04-01
RESTORED BUREAU
! employees FETED
Banquet Given for Workers 0usted
Two Years Ago by Presi-
dent Harding.
CARAWAY RECALLS EVENT
Maj. Kirby Says He Will Stay if
Congress Wishes.

Addresses and songs of praise for
those Instrumental in bringing about
the reinstatement of employees ousted
from the bureau of engraving and
printing, under executive order of
March 81, 1922, featured a dinner and
entertainment given by the admins
trative force of the bureau at the
Franklin Square Hotel last night
second anniversary of the issuance of
the executive order of President
Harding.
Senator T. II. Caraway of Arkansas
in a brief address touched upon the
old situation alternately in a hui
morous and serious vein. He stated
that he believed all of the twenty
eight employees who had been ouSt6d
from the bureau would receive back
pay for the whole time that they
were out. II believe that a bill will
be passed which will give them back
pay" he said.
The passage of this bill" he con-
tinued, will be prompted solely by
simple justice-Coming from the peo-
ple-and no political phase will enter
into it
Address by Kirby.
Maj. w. w. Kirby. who acted tor d
time as director of the bureau and
who was frequently referred to dur
ing the meeting as Golden Rule
Kirby" said that if Congress desired
for him to continue as a. director of
the bureau he would gladly do so.
He said the motive behind eacn en-
pioye'S request for reinstatement at
the bureau was his desire to be COM
pletely VindiCated.
John j. Deviny. superintendent OF
work at the bureau, recalled the feel
ing among the ousted employees on the
night that word was received of the
issuance of the order which ouSted
Them and compared it with the way
man must feel who is charged with
crime and has no chance to defend
himself or explain anything.
Representative w. S. Greene of
Massachusetts delivered a short ad-
dress. in which he told of the events
which led uD to placing Maj. Kirby as
acting head of the bureau and re-
counted other events in the history
Of the ousting and reinstatement.
Praises Family Spirit.
Miss Mary \. Cartner. toaStmistress
for the evening, made a. brief address
in which she praised the family
SPIRIT at the bureau, without which
he said, reinstatement OF the dis
charged employees could never have
oeen effected.
Luther c. Steward president of
the Federation of Federal Employees
stated that his organization had ex-
ercised the function of an alarm
clock, which, he intimated, got pro-
ceedings for an investigation and re-
instatement or the employees under
way.
Others. who spoke were: Paul E.
Twyman, assistant director of the bu-
reau. and Miss Gertrude McNally.
Besides the singing OF numerous
songs OF praise for Senator James w
WadswOrth of New York, Senator
Caraway, Maj. Kirby and numerous
others, by the audience, a program of
music was rendered by Miss Maud T.
Miller, accompanied by Mrs. Mary B.
Bowling, and by George Daw and
Mrs. William T. Reed, accompanied
by Mrs. William c. Stierlin.
Members of the committee in
charge of arrangements for the ban
quet were: Thomas McDonough, Lu-
ther Brown, Miss Mary McCanly, Miss
Maud Miller, Miss May Beckmyer,
Miss Laura Eckles, Miss Lulu Rol-
Inns, Miss Nettie Rau and Miss Emma
Dowden.
Regrets at not being able to attend
the meeting were expressed by Secre-
tary Mellon, Undersecretary of the
Treasury winston, Senator Wads-
worth and others.