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The Cincinnati Daily Star
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
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Committee of Investigation recommends discharging 265 employees from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to maintain efficiency and reduce costs, as detailed in a letter to Treasury Secretary John Sherman on April 28, 1877. Retention prioritized those with military service and dependents.
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The following is an extract from a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Committee of Investigation in explanation of the report recommending certain discharges in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Whole number of discharges, two hundred and sixty-five.
"TREASURY DEP'T, April 28, 1877.
"SIR--The painful duty imposed upon us of selecting the persons to be discharged has been performed with the utmost consistency and care.
"The discharge of so large a number of poorly paid and necessitous persons must necessarily produce much distress, but we are satisfied that the adoption of our recommendations will produce least hardships consistent with the observance of our instructions and the preservation of the efficiency of the Bureau.
"A careful computation shows that of 187 persons recommended for situations in Bureaus and rooms 172, or more than 94 per cent., were commended by services in the army rendered by themselves or their immediate relatives, while of the 230 now recommended for discharge only 28 are so commended. Of the latter it may be said generally that either the services rendered were remote or the efficiency of the employe is low, or the number of those to be discharged from the particular branches of the service is so great that all of those having such claims to consideration, should not be retained. The 387 persons recommended for retention have 1,228 other persons wholly dependent on them for support--an average of 3 2-10 dependent on each. The 230 recommended for discharge have only 22 persons so dependent. In conclusion, we beg to say that the number of persons recommended for retention are, in the opinion not only of the Committee, but of the officers of the Bureau, ample for the performance of the work under the existing system.
"The retention of any greater number would, as a matter of course, add proportion only to the cost of printing the public securities.
We have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servants,
"E. A. GRAVES
"EDWARD WALCOTT,
"Committee.
To Hon. John Sherman,
Secretary of the Treasury."
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April 28, 1877
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265 discharges recommended from bureau of engraving and printing; 387 retained with 1,228 dependents; 230 discharged with 22 dependents; prioritizes military service and efficiency to minimize costs.
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Committee of Investigation explains selection of discharges in letter to Treasury Secretary, emphasizing care to reduce hardships while preserving Bureau efficiency; 94% of retained had army service commendations vs. low in discharged.