| Show U 11 of a lit Letter on un I Item i Ill Ih O Ool Ott t SI 21 n In III n cool coni U addressed cd to lu IM N V J K g r It I I P com I general n of or tl de le department of commerce und and labor say II a aSo SO Bo far tar as IB the burrau of ot Immigration tion Is U concerned tho the right Is III reserved to select any candidate whoso whose name ia JI s certified to 10 fill 1111 a II vacancy and tho the claim to pr preference In tho matter of certification does docs not apply to tho question of or selection rhe The otter Letter w IS aa s in answer to ton toun un In n Inquiry by Mr Humphrey concern im the tho attitude altitude of or the tho bureau of or Im Immigration Immigration migration In the making of ot appoint appointments ments to 10 positions In III the tho civil It having bent been brought to the attention of ot Mr Humphrey that section 1751 of or orthe the revised d statutes which provides that preference shall be he gU glen fellen n to 10 sol soldiers diers and whenever their names are properly certified to the tho depart departments ments old and bureaus of the government was WOR being Ignored tailored Un Under er the th IU ruling II 1 I Ib b by Mi section 1734 1731 Is II In effect nullified ro To an A Press correspondent Mr t Ir r today nude the tile follow Collow Ini In statement I am nm now thoroughly satisfied that the In securing u I tt In the tho civil 11 service for far our soldiers and sailors Is la not the tho fault Cault of or the lute civil commission In hl this particular instance but bill lieu Iles wholly with the thc bu bureau bureau reau of or Immigration and that Mr Sergeant arbitrarily disregarded d tip law In III making hit his appointments In hl his letter loiter Mr Ir Sargeant says In III effect that he proposes 1 to 10 make his appointments regardless of or tho thu alit utes utIS which says preference shall be beRIen RIen to tn th the veterans |
