Show ISO Attorney General Genera Knox Says Federal Office Holders HoId Must Not Take Part Partin in Political Conventions or Mix Up in t Local Politics in Any Way S Mo Xe x O Nov N ov 29 The KANSAS js K United States s marshal mershal and tile dl attorney one today t day dt received copies of a circular from Attorney Gen General General eral oral Knox with orders to poet in their offices and call to the th attention of all aU employees The hit circular says ys To all officers and Del nd employees of the department of ot Justice Your Tour attention is directed to a circular of this depart department mont ment issued Aug Au 30 p 1900 in which see sec section tion lion 2 of the service ervle act of Jan IS 16 1883 forbidding any ariY ai executive officer or employee among others otherE to solicit or orr raise r political contributions for any of officer fleer or employee of the United States was wu quoted anti and all an persons serving Ing under this department were ere required to observe strictly the prohibitions of this law JW and were recommended to refrain from service on political committees with the Ute collection and dis b of campaign funds lunds I now repeat the injunctions of that circular and add the following further dire directions on the subject Rule No o 2 Z of or the civil service rules provides that no person parson in the executive executive tive civil service shall use Ms 1118 lii official authority or official Influence for lor the purpose of interfering with wit an election or controlling the result thereof The spirit of the civil service laws Od id rules renders it highly undesirable for tor red fed federal eral officers and employees to take ke an active part in political conventions or orin orin orIn in the direction of other parts p of t IK o machinery Persons Persona in the tile gov government service under this department should not act as chairmen of political organizations nor make themselves un nfl unduly unduly duly prominent in local political mat matters tore It rt Is ix expected and requested that all officers and employees of tide titis de department department department shall act in entire conformity with the views herein set forth |