Evening star., 1933-06-21
F FARLEY PREPARES
TO FILL Jobs WHEN
PRESIDENT ARRIVES
Recovery Legislation to Re-
suit in rs, 1000 New Places,
He Believes.
DEMOCRATS SEEK POSTS
IN CONGRESS LIBRARY
Bold Move Made to Replace 500
Employees, Disrupting Per-
sonnel.

The patronage dam will break when
President Roosevelt returns from his
vacation.
This assurance was given today bv
Postmaster General Farley dispenser
OF patronage for the administration.
Asked if the number of appoint
ments to be made would reach "sev-
eral thousand" the Postmaster Cen
eral, without committing himself to
definite figures, conceded that a sub
stantial number of places would be
handed out.
He said collectors Of internal revenue
would be named in all cases where
these appointments have not been
made and that there are a number
OF district attorneys, marshals and
customs collectors also to be appointed
There also are some new postmasters
to be named, but Farley repeated the
statement made some time ago that
no postmasters would be removed prior
to the four years statutory time where
service Is satisfactory He added in
this connection that complaints against
the postmasters are being received
daily and that these are investigated
and, where conditions warrant, resig-
nations are being asked.
Although unable to give any exact
figures, Farley. estimated that between
$4,000 and $4,000 new jobs would be
opened up under the new emergency
legislation, including the industrial
relief act and others.
Seek Library Posts.
A bold move to disrupt the personnel
Of the Library Of Congress was dis
closed today in the announcement of
plans of special committee of job
hungry Democrats in the House to fill
800 positions there with Democrats.
Representative McClintic, Democrat.
Of Oklahoma, heads the special COM
mittee which was created by members
Of the House, dissatisfied with the way
Postmaster General Farley Is passing
out patronage, to flnd jobs for Demo-
Gratis now being held by Republicans.
McClintic said the committee first
turned its attention 70 the Library Of
Congress because there are 800 en-
ployes there not protected BY civil serv-
ice. The pay roll, he explained,
amounts to SITE, 800 year and salaries
run from $1,000 to $1,000.
Mostly Republicans
OF the 800 employees, McClintic de-
clared, only 40 or so are Democrats,
and most Of the others are Republicans.
Nearly all Of them, he added. were ap-
pointed IN the last II years, and about
administration.
The special committee was created
by the Democratic National Congress
slonal Committee. McClintic said mem
bers OF the House were so haraSsed BY
job seekers, that, having failed to get
the administration to take on Demo-
Gratis, they had tried to find some Jobs
for their constituents.
The first step taken by the commit
tee was to procure a list Of the 800
library employees, copies of which were
sent to Democratic members Of the
house With the suggestion that they
ndorse their constituents for the va
rious jobs.
We have tried to find out about these
people holding these good jobs. but they
won't give up all the information we
want" McClintic declared "A check
up showed most Of them came from
illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Virginia, and that about so were
foreigners"
Letter to Colleagues.
In letter to his Democratic COL
leagues, McClintic said:
The special committee appointed BY
the Congressional Committee to make
a study for the purpose of bringing
about more efficiency has endeavored
to secure all the information available
concerning employees in the Congress
slonal Library who are employed from
your State.
1T has been difficult to obtain de-
tailed information concerning the
identity Of each person and we are
going to suggest that you call your
delegation together and submit this list
for Identification.
After you have done so, If you are
desirous OF supplementing any of the
persons listed, 1t IS our suggestion that
you have the delegation present in
dorsements favorable to the persons
you would like to have appointed and
Farley, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, with the request
that such persons as you have in mind
be named to fill such vacancies
THE committee also suggests that
1t would be advisable to contact the
Democratic Senators from your State
for the purpose of finding out whether
any of those on this list have the kind
of status that will entitle them to re-
tain their present position"
The committee suggested that men,
bers recommend only such persons
who are well qualified from an educa-
tional standpoint" for the positions.
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