Evening star., 1925-05-06
FIGHT CONTINUED
FOR PR|NTERY Jobs
Veterans Committee Would
ReinState Ex-ServiCe Men
Despite Sargent.

Despite the ruling by Attorney Cen
eral Sargent that Public Printer
George H. Carter acted legally in dis
charging more than 20 employees, the
fight to have the ex-service men who
were discharged reinstated will be con-
tinued by the veterans joint commit
tee, it was decided last night at Il
meeting of representatives of all the
member bodies of the committee
The representatives of the various
veterans organizations, in voting TO
continue their efforts in behalf of the
discharged printers. said they believed
that all the facts were not before the
Attorney General when his decision
was reached
No member of the veterans Joint
committee, nor any of the veterans af-
fected by the dismissals, so far as
could be aScertained, had been inter
viewed in the matter, comitteemen
declared. A thorough investigation,
they said, would reveal that there was
no justification for the dismissals.
ChaNe Rolls Increased.
The committeeman charge the rolls
of the men employed at the Govern
ment Printing Office were unwar-
rantably increased for the purpose of
ultimately discharging those not in
the public printers favor, under the
guise of economy.
Members of the committee are
Briscoe Goodhart and E. d. Godfrey,
representing the Grand Army of the
Republic; Albert Michaud and James
A. Burns, the United Spanish War
Veterans: Chauncey o. Howard and
&C. L. Fox, the Army and Navy Union:
Robert r. PARROT and Fred B. Lucas.
the Veterans of Foreign Wars; Frank
l.. Peckham and Francis r. Miller,
the American Legion, and Daniel j..
Hussey and George r. Martin, the
Disabled American Veterans.
Mr.. Carter is upheld in an official
opinion given to President Coolidge
by Attorney General Sargent.
According to the Attorney General,
after a careful examination of the
facts in the case, Public Printer Car
ter did not act arbitrarily or Illegally
in any respect and that the dismissals.
which called for protests from several
quarters, were made with discretion.
Closed Incident at White House.
SO far as the White House is con-
cerned the protests against Public
Printer Carter are now a closed Incl
dent.
The opinion submitted to the Presi-
dent by the Attorney General is con-
tained in the following statement
made public at the White House:
The Attorney General, after care.
full examination of the report and all
circumstances surrounding the dis
missals, now advises the President
that Mr.. Carter has not acted arbi-
trarily or illegally in any respect; that
1t became necessary because of q
shortage of funds to reduce the force
at the Government Printing Office:
that Mr.. Carter used his discretion
in discharging those who could best
be spared from the service, and that
in no instance was the statute giving
preference to ex-service men violated,
as it appears from Mr.. Carter's state
ment of facts that the ex-service men
discharged were either temporary or
probationary employees, or that their
efficiency rating was not good The
Attorney General adds: Tt is my
opinion from all the facts submitted
that Mr.. Carter's action in dispensing
with the services Of certain employees
at the Government Printing Office in
the interest of economy and to bring
the force within the appropriation for
the Government Printing Office should
be sustained