Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-21
POSTMASTERS
HOLD SESSION
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES IN
CONVENTION
PLEASURE TRIP is TAKEN TO
LONG BEACH
Federal Employees Go to the Seaside
as Guests of Los Angeles
Chamber of COM
nerce

More than hundred members of the
California Presidential Postmasters' as
| sociatlon gathered yesterday at McKin-
ley hall, Walker Theater building, at
o'clock in the afternoon for the opening
of the second annual convention of the
organization. After a session of only
three quarters of an hour the meeting
adjourned to accept an invitation 10
visit Long Beach as the guests of the
Los Angeles chamber of comerce. The
second session of the convention will
be opened at o'clock this morning in
Mckinley hall.
NJ. II. Flint delivered the address of
welcome to the visitors. who heartily
applauded the expressions of hospital
ity and good cheer from the genial Los
Angeles postmaster.
Arthur G.. Fisk, postmaster of San
Francisco and president of the associa-
tion, spoke briefly on growth of the
postoffice department in the past year,
reading statistics of the extension of
the service.
There are at present in the United
States, he declared, 1926 postoffices.
Capt. II. u. Osborne, speaking for the
committee from the chamber of COM
merce, after a word of welcome to the
assembled postmasters, rendered the in
vitation for the Long Beach trip, which
was unanimously accepted and was fol-
lowed by immediate adjournment.
Heart-to-Heart Talks Today
At the sessions of the convention to-
day and tomorrow there will be many
addresses by members of the aSsocia-
tion, dealing with various phases and
afi
by general discussion of the various
ways and means adopted by the post
masters in different places to meet the
difficulties which arise. Many interest
ing details of the service, some humor-
Gus and others of serious moment, will
be brought out in these little heart to
heart talks, while postmaster confides
his troubles to postmaster, receiving
consolation and advice.
At this mornings session different
contrivances, in the way of typewriters
adding machines and other things iii
use in presidential offices, will be tested
and their varying merits discussed
The experience of each postmaster viii
become the property of ALL for the wei
fare of the service.
A banquet will be given the visiting
postmasters tomorrow evening at 1890
o'clock at the Alexandria hotel.
The postoffice department is repre-
sented in the convention by Joseph p.
Johnson, inspector i'm chief of the Cali
fornia mail service, representing the
chief postoffice Inspector; A. II.
Stephens, superintendent of railway
mail service, representing the second
assistant postmaster general, and II. X.
Hall, representing the first assistant
postmaster general.
Subjects Scheduled
convention the following subjects will
be treated: "Postmasters' Responsible
ity i'm Loss of Registered Mail" Flint
of Los Angeles; Management of the
General Delivery Window" Olmstead of
Pasadena Private Letter Boxes for
Residences TO be Required by Law"
Bartholomew of San Diego; "Syste-
matte Method of Keeping Forwarding
Orders" Lamberson of Nisalia; New
Efficiency Records" Harrison of Los
Angeles: Identification of Payees of
Money Orders" Yerxa of Sierra Madre;
"The Rural Carrier and the Patron, -
Clark of Lodi: "How to Economize
Cost of Giving Regular Carriers Vaca-
tion on Pay" Fisk of San Francisco;
THE Postmaster and the Public" Sal
wage of Eureka; parcels Post on Rural
Routes" Ratliff of Tulare; "Ofice
Hours for Clerks in Offices of the Third
Class" Isaacs Of Etna Mills; Should
Screen Wagon Service be Under Con-
troll of Postmasters? Wood of Pasa-
dena; "The Address on Second Glass
Matter and It's Relation to the Expc-
ditious Handling of Such Matter" Nor
ris of Modesto; Consequences of Not
Backstamping," Hawley of San Jose;
Postal Savings Banks" Schafer of
Oakland
In the general discussion of these sub
jects and matters suggested by the
main addresses all the assembled men,
bers of the association will take part.