Evening star., 1925-03-16
CARIER'S DEFENSE
BEFORE COOLIDGE
Publicity for Denial of Unfair
Dismissal of Printers Is
Withheld for Present.

President Coolidge had before him
today the reply of Public Printer
George II. Carter to protests filed at
the White House last week by union
and veterans organizations in con-
nection with the recent snissai OF
us employees Of the Government
Printing ONCE.
II was indicated at the White
House that Mr.. Carter's statement
would not be made public there, and
the public printer himself refused TO
divulge its contents.
One protest was made by Wi liam
Homer Carroll department com
mander of the Veterans of Fore sn
Wars. on behalf of that organization;
the United Spanish War Veterans
and the Disa ahled American Veterans
of the World War, and the other by
Eugene f. Smith. president of Co
lumbia Typographical Union. No. l0l.
Declare Order Violated.
The veterans declared that Public
Printer Carter disreGarded an eXecu-
tive order in allegedly dropping from
the rolls a number of ex-service men
with efficient ratings. Protest also
was made against the summary dis
missal of other employees.
The union protest attacked the qualf-
fiCatiOas OF Carter to hold the Office
of public printer and denounced his
action in dismissing A large number
Of men without advance notice. after
previously advertising for additional
employees.
support Of the International Typo
graphical Union in efforts OF the To-
cal union to oust Mr. Carter because of
his arbitrary, unjust and tyrannicai
methods was formally requested by Co.
lumbia Union. in resolutions adopted at
meeting yesterday in Typographical
Temple. 42S G street
The resolutions were proposed and
passed after President Smith of the
union had fayed the public printer for
his recent action in summarily dismiss
ing about 115 employees Of the printing
office.
The step taken by the officers Of
the union in filing with President
Coolidge a formal protest against the
dismissals was Endorsed by the mem
bers of the union.
Objections Arc Outlined.
President Smith in outlining in
tolerable conditions" at the Govern
ment Printing Office. said:
In our opinion. Columbia Typo
graphical Union and its members
have temporized in this matter of
Carter's mismanagement of the Gov
ernment Printing Office long enough.
We have been patient and forbearing
in the face of sinto tolera BILE conditions
and have endured indignities that no
red -blooded. right-thinking American
citizen should be expected to long
countenance
our members have suffered them
selves TO be imposed upon by this
self-created taskmaster: have seen
their industrial liberty curtailed and
even their political and social rights
restricted and questioned, until there
is scarcely man or woman in that
great institution who dares cali his
or her soul their own. and the union
has silently acquiesced in its mem
bers forbearance, always hoping that
the situation would in some way
right itself. 1t has long been eVl-
dent. however-and this latest out
break, this outrage upon the lustiee
and equity that we have been tsught
to believe is the heritage Of all
Americans, but confirms the fact
that we can get relief in no other
manner than by fighting for it.
Charges Rights Are Isarafred. r.,
The fundamental law of our land
tells US that these facts are seIf-evi-
dent, that All men are entitled to life
liberty and the pursuit OF happiness
1t is my solemn belief, borne out.
contend. by the facts, that every
right guaranteed us by the Constitu-
ton has been violated by George H.
Carter, who at this time holds the
office of public printer, despite the
law rather than by its sanction. And
1t is time that we go before the
American public and tell them of the
wrongs that have been and are being
done to us.
To that end, L recommend that.your
officers be directed to lay our griev-
ances before the proper officers of the
Government, has been done and
the public generally; that the officers
of the International Typographical
Union and the American Federation of
Labor be informed officially of this
action, and their advice and assist
ance, and that of every other agency
believing that an injury to one is the
concern of ALL be sought in an effort
to renfove from office George II. Car
ter. TO the end that the an-consum-
ing fires OF bigotry and hate shall he
ouenched and the incaIculable waste
Of incompetence shall be forever BAN
ished, and that right, justice and hon.
esty shall be again enthroned in the
Government Printing Office and the
conduct of its affairs"
0meerS Are Supported.
The resolution set forth that CO.
lumbia Typographical Union "ap-
proves the report ~of. its president,
particularly the protest made by the
officers TO the President of the United
States against the policy of the pub
lic printer in suriinarily disnliss in q
scores of employees without mo-
ment's notice. while a the same
time advertising throughout the
country for printers under the prom
ise of permanent employment.
That it's officers are authorized to
request such assistance from the In
ternational Typographical Union as
may in their judgment be beneficial
iZed condition of the thousand print
Printing Office, which in our opin-
ion, can only be accomplished. by the
appointment of public printer who
first can legally qualify for the of
fee, and. second. who will conduct
the office with some semblance of
humanitarian as well as ordinary
business rules.
THAT the officers of -CoIumb a
Union be requested to prepare a
sta stement of the conditions surround
ing the Government Printing Office
for the next issue of the Fypograph
ical Journal. to the end that our
members throughout the country may
be made acquainted with the arbi-
trarS, unjust and tryannical meth cd $
pursued by Public Printer Carter"
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