Show special committee files report of its findings after investigation of newspaper charges charges are ned fn part a notable except on be ng the AI legations that roosevelt coerced off ce holders into sup port of taft new york the report of the cial committee appointed tor the na dional civil service reform league to investigate the political activity on the part ot office holders v as made public sunday april 4 the alons of the committee briefly stated are that charges made b certain newspapers to a great extent are sus talked A notable exception is re ported in the allegations that mr roosevelt coerper bertail federal of fice holders into the support ol 01 mr taft tor the republican nom nation the committee finds that evidence to sustain the charges made Is ly lacking on tae contrary poosevelt Is credited with advancing civil service reform so amending the civil service rules as to prohibit employed emp loyes in the competitive service from taking part in political cam on the broad question of office hold ers pernicious ac ivirty in politics bo vever the comm atee finds that a most undesirable situation exists of the more than general office holders one third are not amenable to vil service classification these of ten exercise a lower tui influence in politics and constitute in the opinion of the committee a menace to tree institutions the lemady Is to be found the corn cittee believes in extending the class fled competitive service and clearer definition of the executive or der governing political activity in the unclassified service |