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Show BE ENFORCED TO LETTER, SO. DECLARES ROOSEVELT - - . . . - - ' i ' . ' " : : Dismisses Office-Holder at Philadelphia for Persistent Violations; Calls Him Down Hard in Letter Which Points Moral to Other Officials. . , WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. President Roosevelt today removed from office. William S. Lieb, Assistant United States Treasurer at Philadelphia, for "constant and persistent violation' of the civil service ser-vice law while in office." WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. In a formal for-mal statement Issued at the White House today by President Roosevelt, Mr. Lelb's removal is announced. The President gave Mr. Lelb a hearing last Friday, at the request of Senators Penrose Pen-rose and Knox of Pennsylvania. Mr. Lelb submitted a long statement In answer an-swer to the charges made against him and was supported in his defense by Representative Patterson of Pennsylvania. Pennsyl-vania. President Roosevelt's statement, which is in the form of a letter to Mr. Lelb. is In part us follows: President's Letter. "I have carefully considered the papers pa-pers in your case and the statements made by you In your own behalf and by Mr. Cooley on behalf of the Civil Ser-1 vice commission. It appears to me very I clear that there has been a constant 1 and consistent effort on your part to i evade the provisions of the civil aer- i vice law, to hamper its workings as fur as possible and to obstruct in every way the action of the commission. I expect on the oie hand that the com- mission shall endeavor not to hamper but to aid the other public servants of : the Government In doing their work I successfully and on the other hand I ex- ' pect in return that the other public servants shall co-operate with the commission and aid them in their efforts ef-forts to carry out the civil service law. His Faith Questioned. ' "In your case It seems to me clearly established that you have nought con- . tlnually to take advantage of every kind of technicality in order to avoid -carrying out the law in good faith. By taking advantage of these technicall- ' ties you have kept on the roll in almost continuous positions certain of your own relatives and at least on person whose appointment was evidently pressecLrnerjjvfor pi:tUval rmr fn- x l ' stead- of ffiITn tin "I'rwft' UlCTiT: toT carry out the law as it applies to ap- ' pointpsents within the classified service. Dismissed From Office. "Under these circumstances of persistence per-sistence in wrong doing on your part it seems to me that there is no alternative but to remove you from office. You are " accordingly hereby removed from the position of Assistant Treasurer of the United States." |