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Show CRITICISMS BY PROCTOR Finds Violation of Civil Service in Washincton Postofflce. WASHINGTON, June 13. Chairman Procter of the Civil Service commission today submitted to Postmaster-General Payne the report made by the commission commis-sion at the request of the Postmaster-General Postmaster-General with reference to the charge of violation of the civil service regulations in the Washington postofflce. In addition to the report proper and a transcript of the testimony taken, Mr. Procter presented a summary of the findings. The summary In part Is as follows: fol-lows: "A departure from the observance of the civil service rules appears in the promotions pro-motions of certain employees in the Washington postofflce, which have been directed by the department, although reports of efficiency are neither requested request-ed or received by the department. "The information disclosed by the investigation in-vestigation seems to warrant the statement state-ment that appointments to classified positions po-sitions in the Washington postofflce without examination, by the devious method of appointment in small unclassified unclas-sified offices, or In offices about to be consolidated, and subsequent transfer, and the appointment of those laborers who were appointed and separated during dur-ing the administration of the present postmaster, . show a wide divergence in policy from a strict regard for the pub-He pub-He Interest, and afford Indications that the department used the Washington postofflce for political and purposes to an extent which left the authority of the postmaster In transfers and appointments appoint-ments of this sort but little more than nominal and placed the office. In many respects, in the relation of a bureau to the department." |