Evening star., 1925-03-10

a number of employees at the Govern
ment Printing ONCE have recently
without notice and that many veter-
ans are included in the number.
The Executive order of March g.
1922, gave certain preference to
veterans. 1t is indeed regretted that
the instructions set forth therein are
not being complied with by the va
rious Government departments. My
attention has been invited to this
fact on more than one casion, and
personal investigation has proven
these allega tions.
Your interest in behalf of the vet
eran is unquestioned and l know that
you stand four square behind them
to see that equity is administered.
May l not at this time formally pro-
test against the discharge of these
veterans. which has been more or
less promiscuously accomplished, and
not only against the discharge of
veterans, but of those who have faith
fully served in the Government Print
ing Office for number of years.
Calls for Equity.
1T is earnestly requested that the
necessary steps be taken to assure
strict compliance with the instruc-
tionS set forth in the abovemen-
toned executive order, and this in
justice TO the men who have served
their country faithfully under duress
of war. Their sacrifices and deeds Of
valor should not be forgotten so soon,
and the Nation as a whole is obligated
to them. They should at least be
dealt with eQuitably"
A notice of the veterans meeting
tonight contained the following Ian
guage:
The public printer has just dis
charged quite a number of employees
from the Government Printing Office,
among whom are quite a few vet
Grams. 1t is evident that the instruc-
tions of Executive order March 8,
1922, are being ignored by the va
rious bureaus, and 1t behooyes us as
comrades to present a solid front
against this. l have this date made
a formal protest to the President of
the United States. This is not suffi-
cient-we as one unit should protest
and stand shoulder to shoulder for
our comrades.
We must not delay; we must
strike while the iron is hot. We
must present the same spirit of CO.
operation and team work as we did
over there on the skirmish lines"
Union Alleges Irregularities.
Continuing today their preparation
of a protest to the White House
against the dismissals, officials of the
Columbia Typographical Union, No.
101, made public additional instances
of alleged illegal phases of Public
Printer Carters action.
Secretary Seibold of the Typo
graphical Union announced the names
of five additional ex-se rvfce men who.
he contends, were dropped from the
rolls in violation of the Executive
order requiring heads of departments
TO retain war veterans in preference
to all other employees when a reduc-
ton of force is in contemplation,
provided the veterans have efficiency
ratings of good" or higher
The men whom the public printer
is alleged to have discharged sum-
marily in violation of this order are
Fred w. Cawthra of Shelton, Conn,
former Army aviator, who saw a
poster advertising the need for men
at the Government Printing Office in
the post office at Shelton and was en-
plOyed in February, in response to
his application; Luciano Rodriguez
overseas for three years in France
and Germany, who saw a similar post
er in the customhouse at New York,
and was given probationary job
five months ago; Martin NJ. O'Brien.
employed at the printing office since
1919, and receiving the highest. rate
of pay afforded by the efficiency
standard, and William H. Ulrich, Span
ish-American War veteran, As years
old, who has no retirement status.
Two Are Reinstated.
Two ex-service men enormously in
cluded in the list of those discharged
were reinstated by Mr. Carter yes
terday. They are Paul y. Manning and
Alfredo Guaragna.
Representative Arthur NJ Free
of California vigorously protested
against the wholesale dismissals
without advance notice in speech
last night before the civil service re-
tiren1ent conference at the Hotel Con-
tinental.
1T isn't square nor fair Repre-
sentative Free declared "It wouldn't
be permitted in private business and
1t isn't right for the Government to
do it, The United States Is too big an
institution to allow this sort of thing
to go on. Dismissing men without
giving them advance warning and en-
abling them to make plans for re-
employment breeds unrest. Congress
doesn't approve of these methods. 1t
wants the Federal employees to be
treated fairly. If they are treated
right, they will do right by the Gov
ernment.
Employees should have at least Is
or 80 days notice of an impending
dismissal. / am ready to support leg
isIatfon making it compulsory for de-
partment heads to give that much
notice"