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large a loyal army of postal employees appointed under civil-service regulations after civil-service examinations. Under the Hatch Act they are not engaged in any politics whatsoever and may not engage in politics under penalty of violation of the law. -
I was very much surprised the other day to read a statement by our distinguished majority leader made in the atmosphere of the chicken dinner at a local arena on Lincoln’s birthday. He is quoted in the Washington Star as saying: .
Representative Halleck said he personally would like to remove civ^service protection from all postmasters so that those appointed during Democratic administrations could be replaced by Republicans. He said present civil-service protection was phony. ‘ Mr. Brownson. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. Harrison of Virginia. I yield to the gentleman from Indiana.
Mr. Brownson. In my area it is rather the opposite. Every fourthclass post office that has been consolidated has placed one of the few Republican postmasters on the unemployed list. Would it be possible that it might be because any consolidation in the gentleman’s district would naturally place Democratic postmasters on the unemployed list? ,
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