The Washington times., 1925-03-25
URGE
SARGENT
7OPlJSH
CASE
Criminal Violation OF Law to
Be Charged in Appeal to
Attorney General

The aid Of United States At
torney General John Garibaldi
Sargent and District Attorney
Peyton Gordon will be sought by
the committee of veterans or
ganizations in court action against
Public Printer George n. Carter
and his subsequent removal from
office it was announced today by
William Homer Carroll, depart
mental commander Of the Vet
Grams Of Foreign Wars and chair
man Of the committee Of allied
veteran organizations.
Evidence tending to prove that
Carter has violated m at least
eight cases the act which provides
that no veteran shall be dis
charged from the Government
service who has a good rating is
now in the hands of the veterans
committee and will be used as a
basis for court action.
Plans Nearly Complete.
Plans for the procedure will be
practically completed by the COM
mittee tonight, Carroll stated, and
the contemplated legal step will oe
discussed at a mass meeting of
veterans in the District building
Saturday night
1--WE are in this thing for a
finish fight on behalf of veterans
dismissed from the Government
Printing Office and other Federal
departments Mr.. Carroll said to-
day. I'VE are going to see 1t
through and make a test case Of
1t.
when the fight between the
printers and Carter started. we
believed he was fair to the vet
Grams and that the injustices were
wrought by subordinates, but we
are now thoroughly convinced that
the Public Printer Is to blame.
HE told U.s." Mr.. Carroll said,
that our dealings must be made
through the White House, and from
now on that is what we are going
to do. President Coolidge will be
shown the injustices of many of
the dismissals.
Garter has proved himself to he
inefficient, discriminative and COM
pletely unfit for the position he
holds, and he alone is entirely re-
sponsible for the low morale now
existing at the Government Print
ing Office" Carroll asserted.
The act upon which the veterans
hope to prosecute Carter reads:
"In the event of reductions being
made in the force of any of the
executive departments, no honor
ably discharged soldier, sailor or
marine, whose record in the de-
partment is rated as good. shall be
discharged, dropped, or reduced in
rank or salary"
Carries Jail Penalty
The act provides that any per
son violating the above act shall
be summariIy removed from of
flee, and may also. upon conviC'
ton, be fined not more than $1,000
or imprisoned for not more than
one year.
More than sixty retired employees
of the Government Printing Office
sent q letter to President Coolidge
yesterday, alleging that conditions
there under Carter are the worst
in our whole experience as print
ers" both as to the mental state
of the workers and rs to their
general efficiency.
The letter was written as a re
suit Of a meeting held Monday III
the Grand Army Hall. called 'in pro
test of the action of Mr.. Carter IN
Diminishing a large number OF EN-
ployes who had given the best years
of their lives to the Government
service. only to be thrown on the
scrap heap.
I'VE have read the charges" the
letter states, against the Public
Printer and know that they nave
strong foundation, particularly the
charge that great demoralizat;on
unrest and lack OF morale prevails
among the printers.