Evening star., 1907-10-23
Third Assistants Department.

A. L. Lawshe. third assistant post
| master general. then addressed the con-
vention on the work of his division, which
has to do with stamps and money. He
bewailed the fact that he had patronage
over only one office, that of his private
secretary, and that his associates gave
away all the plums. while he distributed
the lemons. He said he was reading
his speech from manuscript, for then ne
would know when he was done. Mr.. Nc
Cleary rose to- make a laughing protest,
and wanted to know whether the shot
was aimed at him. Mr.. Lawshe was nom
committal, but Mr.. McCleary pleaded in
his defense that he did not say all he
wanted to.
II knew it," responded Mr.. Lawshe.
1.-The so-called ancient methods of the
department. continued Mr. Lawshe, "are
the result of legislation. We, as much as
anybody, want them removed or reformed,
and we hope that Congress will free our
hands. We have before US constantly the
problem Of how to meet the great eXpan-
sion OF our business. We wish to simplify
our methods, and that Is Mr.. Meyers pol
ley. wish to insttl in you the conviction
of the necessity OF promptness and polite
ness. Remember that this is the peoples
department. Eliminate techntcalities and
use plenty of good horse sense and try oil
instead OF sand for lubricating purposes.
I'VE hope to do a great deal with Mr.
Meyers proposed system Of postal notes,
II 1t is adopted. The plan Is to have notes
made in fxed denominations-10, Is, 20
cents. and 30 on up to $1-and then $50
81 and $3.50 The charge will be one cent
up to 81 and from 81 to $3.50. inclusive. 2
cents. Notes from one cent to nine will
be supplied free to make up other
amounts, while by combination of one
two or three notes any small sum can be
made at small expense and with absolute
ly no trouble Postmasters will receive
this postal currency and be responsible for
1t in the same way as they now handle
stampf."
Mr.. Lawshe closed with an appeal for
the postmasters to help the department all
journed. This afternoon the postmasters
will visit the department Tomorrow
morning elections of officers will be held
and Postmaster General Meyer will ad-
dress the Joint session of the two associa-
tons. In the afternoon the delegates win
be received by the President
Resolutions Adopted.
Yesterday afternoon the committee on
resolutions of the second and third class
postmasters submitted the following reso-
lutions. which were unanimously adopted:
Resolved. By the National Association
Of Second and Third Glass Postmasters,
in convention ssembled. That the par
cells must be further extended by tncreas-
ihB tic WcAkul HILL IOT lOuTlH-CAdSS Ailsil-
ter from four to eleven pounds, and re-
ducing the rate from 16 to IL cents per
pound; and to enable our people to obtain
every benefit OF rural delivery we strong
ly advocate the adoption also of parcels
post confined to rural delivery routes, at
8 cents for the first pound and 2 cents
for each additional pound, up to eleven
pounds. as recommended by our Postmas-
ter General. Be it further
Resolved, That 1t is the sense Of the
National Association of Second and Third
Glass Postmasters. in convention assem-
bled, that postal savings banks should
be established in the United States in
order to encourage thrift and economy.
and to assist our people in outstanding
their resources as recommended by our
Postmaster General
The committee consists Of John w.
Cass, chairman. Woonsocket, r. l.; D. NJ.
Turner. Tonawanda, Pa; w. E. Holt,
Bellevue, Mich: ]. A. Smell, Fonda, N. Y;
NJ. ]. Sloane, Texas, and Edward Grim.
Illinois.