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Show A fair idea of the i.Wntlo which Ihe holdingofoHUe in the government departments de-partments at Wuchinglou has been made a family uiiup is given by 01.0 of tho reports mado hy thu joint Cougrcs-sloiuil Cougrcs-sloiuil committco which Is engaged in Investigating tho workings of tho departmental de-partmental servicer Tho figures in (his lepoit aro decidedly Interesting. Thoy bIiow that very ucarly-oncifourtl. of the 17,500 United Btntesemplojca at Washington Wash-ington have ono or moro relatives In I ofBce, and that a considerable proportion of them have from two toeevou 1 datives liiolllce whilo two individuals huve nlnu lelatlvescach uon Uuclo Sam's pay rolls. This allowing id mado up from statements mado by the olIlce-hutdeiH aud does not include distant relatives. |