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Show MUST "OBEY THE LAW President Issues Order on Political Contributions. FEDERAL OFFICIALS WARNED Executive Order Is Based on Opinion of tho Attorney-General, Submitted to the Chief Magistrate at tho Request Re-quest of the Civil Service Commission Commis-sion Officer May Conlrlbuto or Not, Just ns lie Pleases, Providing He Obejs Section of Civil Service Act. Washington, Oct IS rresllent Roosevelt tola Issued the follow Ins I.xecutlve ouler On remiest nf the Civil f-ervlec com-inlslon, com-inlslon, the Atlnrnej-tienernl has submitted sub-mitted to me the follow Inn opinion "lour pile of the Kill Instant re. quests me tn ndvlso lelatlve to the u!i Jett of political contrll utlons us shown b tin rest eill e corresi no lenip will It nu Indigo bdween the ( Ivll hervl e commission nnd nlllcers of the Hepubll tan State commutes of I'ennsylinnla and Ohio " In tho I'ennsjlvanla case. It ap peniH Hint reientlv a ilmilnr lelt.i was Issued by the Itepublluiii Stito lommlttee. nlciiol AI Qua chnlr mun, stilting that llinnclnl assist line Is needed In tho uimlnK Coiiki.shIoiiiiI and tnte elei tlons nnd thin Hie mm inltKo will lo iiieatl, obllgod If the addressee will aid in the .xtent (f hl nblllti and Inclination This inciiiii letter bore In Its caption as well the name nf Sonaloi IJuaj ns chnlimnn mil of W It Andrews irleik to the reniitc Comnilllei on lnimlBr itlon) as seuctao and was 1 1 lit by null to various redcnl olllcers nnd tbeli em-plnvees em-plnvees nt thill homo inllieBsos "L'lim ndvleo fiom the commission thnt because of their ollldnl lelallnns nelthir Senatoi Ou i inn Mr Andrews mill I irorcily seive upon n lomnilttie iomeined In solUitliig nnd niiivliis I nlltltnl contilbutloiiK from 1 edetul of llccrs or piimlt tlmlr names tn be hel 1 forth In letters nnkliiR such sollclta lions, the cltciiliu letlci so fir ns n.l-ilnnsed n.l-ilnnsed to Tedciul ollliets was wllh-dtawn. wllh-dtawn. Immediately thereaftei , 1111-othei 1111-othei circular lett.r was Issued In Iden-tleall Iden-tleall tho Mint form exieit tluit It boio tho slgnaluic of the treiisuier of tho committee who Is not a I e.Ieial olllier Ihe cnmmlsslnn polntt 1 nut the llleBillty of tho cliculur beciuse It entiled on Its liendins the mines of Senator Quay and Mt Andrews an 1 rtliected ! I1,1"" Bnl' thlB rullnK l" noV contested b Mr Andtews "III the Ohio ense n circular was Issue I by tho Republican Stnte execu lve committee bmrlnB the li imes of Cliorles Pick (ineniher of ConBress and of vailous federal olllclu s ad sliitlni; that aw usslstaicc which tho in dressco cnn Kive as ono of tlioo ill ei ly interested In part, success In Ohio will be (.rulifullj ncknowlelued It seems thnt the iltculur w is sent to cettaln redcral olll lal. that the coin-mission coin-mission .leman.l.d Its with Irawsl nnd hat the executive ...in n It ee I. lie. or nealeits lu accede In this .1 iiiiiihi "The -uestlnn pttse.ited Is coi.il hy section 11 of the dill aeivlce uct. which Pi ovhlci 'That no renatoi or rt?presentatlve or lerrltoi.al JeleRato "f Uio CouRicss. or benator. l"cn: tat le or Del.saf '1 e or any olll er or emploeo of elthir nf sail holies and nn executive Ju llclal military m naval olllcer or tin Unllul Mules an 1 nn clerk er cmplnjee of any dcpail. tnent. Iirnnch or bureau of the etecii-tlve etecii-tlve Judicial mllltarj or tnvnl servli e of tho tfnllel States, shall directly or Inllrectlj solicit or rwelvc or be In nn inannei loncerned In soliciting or recelvliiB any assessment subscrlp Hon or contribution fnr nnj rmllllcnl purpnso vhateer from nn tiller clerk or empl ijee of the I'nlted States or unv depirtmctit briiiuh or bureau theitnf or finm nnj person reielvlmc a sal try nr coinjensatlnn finm moueH ilcilvnl frun the tieasuiynf tho United St His ' Nhnteier the particular form nf wnrds adopted In such cliiulars In order or-der tn show n reipiest rather than I iltmand and tn give to tesponscs li eiinsl voluntary cbaiacter the oxpllrlt and cnnnielirn"ive words nf the statute stat-ute forblldlnu tbofe bailed by tbeli 1 ul lie telatlons to solicit finm r.il ral olllilals illnctlj or linlliectl) or tn ' be In nny manner concerned In so lb Hint: or receiving any assessment imhwrlptlnn or contrll utlon for nny pollllcst purpose whatever" iniqiies-tlnnablv iniqiies-tlnnablv enndem nil mill clriiilns They shoul I not bear the n imes of the public orllcers mil eini Injees drsln-nitel drsln-nitel 111 the act In .1 Op .00, Attor-ne Attor-ne Oenernl Harmon sxld "All win nie In the f.overnment teivlce me thus protected nfnillist the I osHlbillt of nctual coercion mid finm that of the locrcinn linplied In tho id i-tlon i-tlon nt Ihe perron soIIcIIIiik or icielv-Iiik icielv-Iiik to tb" i.ovrriinient m Implied In holldiiillon nr receipt In n publli ollUe but (niiii'ss dldn t nttempt tn pmhl Lit fnllcltiitlnti b ul paj tnent to er-sons er-sons not in the Oiivciiiment Hcrvho ntbirwlse Ihsn 111 Ooveiniiiinf nlllies ' It Is aim lertlnent li notice yr tlnn II nf the lift W 'Thnt no olllr. deili or olhrr rson In Ihe smlie of the 1 nlted Slates shall dim lly nr In-dlrei In-dlrei ll) irlve or hand over lo an) other nllliir deik or luson In tin s ivhe of the United States or tn nny Senator or member nf the limine nf Ite iihciHh-tliesnr iihciHh-tliesnr ferrllnilul delcEate, an) mom y or ntlur valuable Hilnir nn ncmuit nf or In be ill i lied tn tin promotion of any political object whatevei Jnur lower tn dliect by nrprn-prlite nrprn-prlite nidu unler the mimlnlis nf these sertlnns nil lersnus In thi exti-utile exti-utile scivlce of tho United Mules tn char" I hereb) call the nttentlon nf nil officers of-ficers tin I employes In the r.derul seivlee tn th" fmcKOlUK oi liilon nnd warn them that Ihe prnvlslnus of the law as hetelti construed me to be by them obeved nnd enforced An) nflldal In tin r.ilernl reivlce may without Jeopuuly tn bis nllkliil standlnB cnntilbuto or not exuctl) as lie i leases jtovlUcd he obe)s the fec-tlons fec-tlons of tho civil service net above ie-f ie-f erred to Turonoisi; noosnvin.T, White House, October 18, 1J0: |
