Show LECTURED THE CLERKS Promoted on Their Records and Advised Ad-vised to Steer Clear of the Statesman Washington Oct OAhoul forty clerks employed In the Pension ofllcc today received promotions and after the announcement was made Commissioner Commis-sioner Ware called them Into his office Ior lecture He told them that they had been promoted on their respective records and upon the recommendation of their Immediate superiors In oftice only Mo artvis ixl 1 the t clerks to seek lh I < commendation of only their chief and added that nny icionimemlatlon for tin advancement of an m tMivployec put In by an outsider nnd with the knowledge of the employee would have the t ellect of debarring the employee from advancement advance-ment lie stated that he had rwenlly bcen oompellcd to tell a cleric that if ho did not top steering statesmen up against him he ould bo compelled to dismiss him J am determined he said that emotions shall be on merit only and not because ibis person may be the brotherinlaw of a Governor or the nephew oC a Senator No man can bo loaded onto the cilice because he cant make a living on the outside |