Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-25
DEPARTMENT WILLING PRovlp.
ING PUBLIC SENTIMENT "a.
voRs CHANGE.
FIXED FOR APRIL 2 UNLESS
OBJECTIONS ARE NUMEROUS
Patrons Should Register Their Com
plants If They % Not Favor Change
Usual Sunday Business Collection
and General Delivery Window Ser
vice Stana.

Postmaster & II Smith is j. receip.
OF the departments instructions as to
closing the posIonice on Sundays snd
unless there is serious objection fled
put inio efec; one week from next
Sunday, April ., Business men and
patrons should read the followine out
line carefully and register their conn
plants INN lately If they have any.
The DEPARTMENTS Plan.
As Won know" writes the FRS, AS
si>tan7 Postmaster General C;r-anAeld,
The pos tI,lsaster general is o..e.,l! m!
reresred II the welfare Of ,s,stal en-
;'-oyes Believing lli@rali1S with respect
10 co1nIsell 81 ton and other condirio,.s
OF employment 10 be the best policy.
He has recommended repeatedly tina,
law be enacted authorizing him 20
extend the annual leave OF absence
with pay for Ys,sroTice clerks and city
letter carriers from fifteen TO thirty
DAYS Aitso provision to this end was
made in The appropriation act for the
next nsc.al YEAR as passed by the sen
ate. this section Of the bill failed in
d. L,
ever. provides for allowing clerks and
carriers com peilsAtory ti11ae OF for
Sunday work, as foi]owe:
e That hereafter for services reluir-
&c on sundays OF supervisory office.
clerks IL. FRS, and second class post
offices. and city letter carriers. COM
days IT amount equal 10 tina; of the
M q q
der such regulations as the postulas. er
general may prescribe
The postmaster general IS very
anxious to give the employees the ben
eft OF this leg isiation iniIne1ia reiy be-
iev!ng tina. they are entitled to one
days rest IL seven and that their eff
dcieucy viii be Increased thereby. AZ
present. however. nearly one-half OF
the carriers report every Sunday TO
make deliveries thru their windows
their average service tein9 about three
hours altho the amount Of mail deliv-
ered is very small There 10 very
strong sentiment turnout the country
IN favor of closing postonices on Sum
dav. as shown by petitions received
from religious organi cations and COM
neFcial bodies, by numerous letters and
petitions from the general public, and
by comments Of the preea. In a large
number OF offices the department has
authorized the dfsoontiruance Of Sun
day service where the sentiment was
favorable and seemed to Justify such
action. II Is believed, therefore, that
the discontinuance Of de Sunday de-
livery, thru the carriers windows at
least, can be effected without incon-
venience TO the pubic and with great
benefit 10 the officers and employees OF
the postoffices under the following con-
dition.:
Not All Closed.
1.-The general delivery window to be
kept open a sufficient length Of -
to accommodate the travelling 2 -ic
and those patrons of the Office who call
for urgent personal mail. mails TO be
received and dispatched az usual and
distributed to lock boxes enough clerks
being detailed for duty Sunday to carry
this plan into effect: such clerks to be
allowed compensatory time OF during
the week The Sunday collection from
street boxes in business district Will
not be discontinued
The department requests your earn
est cooperation TO bring about this
Sunday closing and suggests that II
you have any doubt as to the at
titude Of the public on the subject you
take the matter up with the press Of
your city. with the ministers and re-
hgious associations. and with CONNER
cial bodies, and tina. you report to the
department the result and whether the
plan outlined in this letter can not be
put into effect imediateiy"