The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-02
MEDDLER'S ROLE
 PLAYED BY CLOE l. OLIVER CHARGES
Former Head Of Federal Employment Bureau
 Charges Politics

H. E.. 01fyer, senior examiner in charge of the federal employment bureau. fired a broadside at Police Conn missioner W.sB. Cloe Friday as he closed the office, preliminary to the merger of the federal, and municipal :. bureaus, He terniAd the commissioner q '''meddler" and ac lsed him of playing politics and attempting to obstruct the work of the employment service.
 Oliver retired from the employment service simultaneously with the clos ing of the federal branch here. He is to be succeeded by L.tE. Daniels, a re- publican, who will have charge of the combined municipal federal service. The ] fusion was to have been effected Fri day, but was delayed for a few days.
 Oliver said former Commissioner John Taylor established the first city employment bureau in the spring of :. 1918. The system was devised by, Oliver and worked satisfactorily, the statement asserted.
 Relations Strained
 In July, .1920," the statement con- tinued, Commissioner Taylor effected arrangements whereby the United States employ yment service joined with the city bureau. This arrangement con tinued until August 1922, or about nine months after the present board of city Veommissioners took office. Several months prior to August, 1922, the pres- ent commissioner of public safety as- sumed the role of meddler and dicta- tor to the extent that no self-respecting business man could continue to be heckled in the operation of the depart ment for which, he was solely respon- sible without asserting his rights"
 Oliver said these strained relations" caused Cloe to write to Washington anu request an investigation. An inquiry followed, resulting in Oliver's complete 4exoneration and the removal. of the fed seral bureau from the city hall to the Real Estate building. <
 Previous to tbis," the statement wone on, .sNIr. Cloe had discharged two of the employees in the. department with only a few days noGce to them, which was in keeping with his record of dis charging policemen by wholesale. .,
 Introduced Bill
 .'In the summer and fall of 1923, a bill was written by the writer and inE troduced in the legislature to secure state aid to match the federal in order to enlarge and improve the employment service in Birmingham and over the state. This was done at the personal . expense: of the writer, which ran into sseselal hundreds of dollars. Unfor- tunatelyy this bill died in the senate committee after receiving vote of 59 to eight in the house. While this act was before the legislature, am reliably informed that the present commissioners of public safety, W. B. Cloe, was bring ing pressure to bear te insure its defeat, with the brutal statement that if it was Impossible to defeat it, to see that it was so w6rded that he Commissioner w B. Cloe) could be benefited by it ,(meaning the city employment bureau). The writer subntitted "a written proposition to the city commission last November, whereby Ahe two bureaus could rejoini and prevent duplication of effort and alsd save fIie 1city. about a thonsand dollars per aanue1 " hen. this proposition was reatl nm reliably in. f6rnseds C0nanaissi on si0e flew into a rage and refused to ex consider it be- cause itswould bring the- writer to the city hall. 3s s.y,ss VI ! Welcomed Federal Service = However, nine. mouths later, which brings us to the present time, swe find that Commissioner Cloe is eager towel come sEhe IeQefati employment SefVlce back toa the city hall, when he learns that the writer will be eliminated from the. personnel of the United States sem- ployment service. 3f5 V
 During my six years in the employ ment service, it is a. great source of pleasure to know that approximately fifty thousand people have been placed in gainful employment and thousands of families have been benefited thereby, as well as employers"
 Commissioner Cloe said Friday night he would ignore Mir. O1iver's accusa- tions.
 This statement does not amount to enough to require reply from me. Mir. Daniels will be in charge of the combined bureau and we hope to give the public q jauisup service"
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