The Washington times., 1925-03-09
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the Senate strengthens this pre-

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the Senate strengthens this pre-
sumption.
"The fact that Mr.. Carter was
clerk of the joint committee on
printing for a number OF years en-
abled the Senate to have unusual
means of knowing his qualifications
at the time the matter Of his con-
firmation as Public Printer was
before the Senate.
II am OF the opinion that the
President could reasonably have
concluded that the present incum-
bent was qualified as q practical
printer and versed in the art Of
bookbinding.
''The power of appointment rests,
alone with the President. 1t was
for him to determine whether the
particular person appointed pos.
sessed the necessary skill to dis
charge the duties attaching to the
position. (S3 OBJ. 534) No facts
have been submitted to impair the
presumption Of fitness of the pub
lie printer under the law providing
for appointment to that office.
. Despite Mr.. Seymour's opinion.
officials of the printers union feel
that with a new President and
new Attorney General there Is the
possibility at this time of reopening
the matter and having another
man appointed as Public Printer.
Concerted action by officials OF
the Columbia Typographical Union
and veterans organizations relative
to the summary dismissal Will be
taken today.
Declaring the dismissals to Re
an absolute injustice" and an
effort to replace union advocates
with others, Eugene F. Smith,
president Of the Columbia Typo
graphical Union, stated that efforts
would be made to see President
Coolidge and formally protest the
alleged irregularities. Charges or
gross maladndnistration, unfair dis
elimination, and violation OF the
civil service rules regulating the
employment Of former service men
are made against the Public
Printer by President Smith.
No Notice Given.
Smith charges that no attention
was paid to the records Of the men
discharged and that new employees
whose efficiency is questionable are
being retained.
Nearly 200 employees were dis
charged peremptorily Saturday and
several hundred others given six
day furloughs without pay. Notice
of the discharges and suspensions
was made within a half hour OF
quitting time and we're effective at
the close of the day.
In discussing the dismtssals, smith
said:
Brought Flood of Printers.
I'VE are not questioning the
right of the public printer to dis
charge employees whom he believes
undesirable, but we want to point
out the type of men whom he has
let go and the unfeeling suddenness
of his decision. Men who have un-
questionable ratings. and who have
been working faithfully for the
Government Printing Office for as
long as thirty years were dis
charged with but a few-minutes
notice"
For the past several months,
union officials say, the Government
Printing Office has been soliciting
employees throughout the country
which flooded Washington with
hundreds of printers, many of
whom moved their families here
when their applications were ac-
cepted.
Veterans to Take Action.
William Homer Carroll, depart
ment commander of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, announced that
he will call a meeting Of the com
mittee on veterans affairs to look
into the dismissal Of veterans. The
executive order of March 3, 1922,