The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-03
afternoon statement of allowances for separating ofY1ces H. C. Payne,

afternoon statement of, allowances for separating offices. H. C. Payne,
 ftr ,.s .Postmaster- General.
 /" This telegram does not appear in the printed report of the committee.
 Later in the day I enclosed the list with the names eliminated. together with the following letter to the chairman Of the committed: &sN es43 so e
 The List Transmitted, t-s
 ""wasliington, Jan: 2e. Hon. Jesse Overstreet, Chairman:
 'Sir-Repiy1ng to your comfnittee conn munication of the 2Srd, beg to enclose herewith statement showing the reduction In allowances for clerk hire in postoffices of the third and fourth classes, since April. 1, 1903. This shows the former al- lowances amounted to 2,s96 The pres. ent allowances amount to $63.0oe S't
 .Respectfully yours 7
 H C. Payne. Postmaster-G General
 P. S.-If 1t Is desired we will as- certain and advise you of the salary or compensation of the postmasters of the offices in question. HI. c. P! Y
 This letter does not appear in the printed report nor is there any mention in the report of the receipt of such list. though it has since developed that the list was duly received by the committees
 Soon after sending the list to the com mittee with the names omitted theret from, received word from the commits tes that the list was unsatisfactory as sent This information I conveyed to the First Assistant Postmaster General and dir ected him to prepare the list accords ingly. As l did not esteeri 1t to be right or just 10 submit list of these officers as shown in this schedule with nothing but the names of members of Congress and others appended. I had an interview with Mir. Overstreet. at which 1t was agreed that the circumstances surround ing each case as 1t appeared on the files of the Department should be briefly set forth in the communication.
 Committee in Hurry.
 Tn view of the fact that the commit tee was in very great hurry for. this i1- ans in order to expedite mat ters. I made an appointment with the chairman of the committee to lay before him Sunday, January 21, a, copy of so much of the information as was ready on that date, the chairman calling at my residence on the day mentioned. About s0 per cent. of the matter desired had then been prepared and we went over it carefully. The chairman express si himself as entirely satisfied with its form and substance. es., s This list l personally returned to the Department the next morning. and it. is proper for me to say that at that time did not nor did any one, else to my submit these lists nor any other matter called for and now being into by your committee to any person outside the Department, except To MT. Overstreet, except on the occa- sion mentioned The complete list, as ,alied for by the committees. was trans nitted under date of February 5. to- yether with letter to the chairman, as, ,53445f <, The testimony in the case will dis dose the fact that the Department wass ,c,ng urged to furnish information at. he earliest possible moment and an ,ex- ra force of men were employed who worked nights and Sundays in it's prep lration. The information was completed ,y the most expert men in the Depart nent cognizant with the various sub ects referred to.
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