Show FRANCHISE MUST BE FREE judge caldwell makes some pertinent remarks if any ne needier celter general nerol or other employee or a corporation aver ver wilt it lie ban control at lemala to coerce any other rill km aloyce lidwill tie will Di e the cot cruder omaha oct 10 20 A local paper recently queried judge 11 II C caldwell of the united states circuit court regarding alleged coercion of employees of under federal court re celver ships as follows would you or der investigation made oi of complaint that a discharge had been made for political lotical reasons judge Cal caldwellsr Caldwell dwells 8 answer was received today boday and is as follows it will III not be for employees of corporations under tinder federal receiver ships over which I 1 have control to vote tor for or bryan or any ott er candidate for a political office in order to hold their places I 1 would order art an investigation of a complaint that an employee of the court had been discharged for political re asins rea sans and it if the complaint upon investigation appeared to be well founded I 1 would at once order the dismissal of any receiver get gereral eral manager or other officer or employee of the court having anything to do with discharging or threatening to discharge employees for political reasons and it would be sufficient ground for removing receiver or general manager inthey if they had reason to believe that such u unlawful coercion was wag being practiced or threatened by any of their subordinate officers or employees and took no steps to in vesti gate and suppress it the foundation stone of the republic is the free suffrage of its citizens it Is the constitutional right of every legal voter to vote as he chooses any in ter ference with this fundamental right of the citizen by a court would be a high crime deserving impeachment a and I 1 id any employee of the court who attempts to coeta other employees of the court to vote otherwise than according to their own judgment and free choice by threats of discharging them from the service of the court or by the use of any other illegal means would merit and would receive instant dismissal front from the service of the court and without regard to ilia his rank or position air HENRY alty C CALDWELL united states judge eighth judicial district |