Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-01

yenienccs. The repeal OF the law com
, plain, of is urged.
The maintenance of a sui able pos
tai service in New York CITY, 1t Is
stated, becomes more difficult each
wear and requires increased ,Xpendi-
lures in order 10 rcdi'c &c SO far as pos
siblr the heavy congestion Of mail
matter there. The Postmaster Gener-
al speaks Of what has been done to
ward rrm"dying this condition, and
says that a night delivery In the resi-
dental section has gone far in that d.
r, Ct!0n
Leave Of Absence.
Recommendation is again made that
the leave OF absence with pay allowed
by law 70 employees Of the postal a'r'
vice be Increased from fifteen to thirty
DAYS whenever the postal revenues
warrant It.
While favoring m increase in pay Of
the supervisory employees in post o.
fees, the Postmaster General says he
has not estimate! for additional pro
motions for the coming year because
OF tht, great increase in the deficit.
In regard 20 pneumatic tube service,
I
pointed under the Act of Congress OF
May ~. 1908, to inquire into the feast
bility OF the gOvernnE mt acquiring and
operating the pneumatic tube service.
has completed its work and that the
report will be submitted to Congress
| soon after it COnMnes. No hint Is
given regarding the commissiOns re-
/, Commelidat ions
| Cheaper International Postage.
The recent establshn, mt Of the
| ccnt'anouncc rate of letter postage be-
tween the UnitNI States and shc
Unit ed Kingdom Of Great Britain and
, Ireland will, it Is stated. have the ef-
feet of bringing about greater postal
| reuGiptsl "A lower postage rate Will
prove another bond toward closer
social and commercial rciatinOs be
tween the two great English-speaking
countries" 1t is stated, and it will du
! much TO enable our manufacturers 10
better advertise their goods and thus
increase their sales in those coun-
tries" Modern progress, it is added
in annihilat ing distance. and revolu
| tionizcd methods in shipbuilding have
made the English markets but a few
! DAYS from American ports. 1t IS urged
. that cheaper and direct mail scrvi",
as Il stimulus to business and friendly
intercourse OF nations, should be ex
tended wherever practicable.
| Figures relating to the railway mai
service show a decrease Of Is in the
number OF railway postal clerks killed
and OF II injured as compared with
the fiscal year 1907. I'm 1908 there
wcr> clerks and > substitutes killed.
and 1914 seriously and $50 slightly in
jurpl RECOMMENDATION rs made tina,
railway postal clerks be given annual
! leave Of absence with pay for thirty
days and that when so seriously dis
! abled as not 10 be able to r. sumo duty
a.. the expiration of twelve months
! they may be granted disability leave
, with pay a. fifty per cent or their
! regular compensation during such dis
ability for not exceeding twelve ad
ditional months.
The regulation covering Sample
copies, are treated at length in the re
| port. the Postmaster General conclud
| ing with the statement that the pub
fishers. with rare exceptions. have en-
dorsed the position Of the department
and commended 1t for the course il
! pursued
| Thu attention Of Congress is invited
to the previous Recommendation for
a reduction in the rate and an in
J crease in the weight limit for fourth
/ class matter lin order to remove an
unjust discrimination TO our own pee
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