Show I fEDERAL FEDERAL OffiCERS MENACE TO fREEDOM NEW YORK April 5 The 5 The report of the special committee appointed for tho the National Civil Service Reform Ila to in esti investigate atc tho tiro political activity ac ac- ac tivit on the part of o officeholders was made p public to today a Tho The conclusions of the committee briefly stated arc that char charges es made by br c certain newspapers to toa a great extent arc ure sustained A nota lo cx exception is reported in the alle allegations that Mr Roosevelt coerced certain federa federal fed era eral officeholders into the tho support of Mr Ir Taft for tho the Republican nomination nomina nomina- nomina tion K to On the broad que question Uon of oft officeholders ers rs pernicious a tt Hl uj in poW polities politics ies h hv over ever the committee finds that thai a 1 most I undesirable situation exists Of or the tIle themore more than thau general I third one are arc not amenable to civil c service service ser cr vice ice classification These often exercise exer I cillo cise n. n powerful influence in politics and constitute in the opinion of the t h I committee a menace to free The remedy is us s to be found tho the committee com corn I believes belie in extending the c r- r i- i fled fied competitive c service and a 1 c clearer r r rd d definition of the executive order governing governing gov gov- o p political activity activity- in iu the ull unclassified aS tied fled service ser |