The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-11

efits to the service far outwsszhfnx the expense Of such pensions woBf1 undoubtedly result.
 Salaries of Supervisory OnIc>rs
 In partial fu1fnIment Of a recom~ mendation in the last annual report of the Department the approDriatsons granted by Congress for the curTsne fiscal year provided promotions for 1,016 supervisory officers in pres identia1 post offices. This is the first salary increase of any e6nse~ quence authorized for such os- hcers in eight years, although tds clerks and carriers under them have been receiving regular advances rn some cases the salaries Of the suoo-~ dinate employees had been increased compensation of the men superv1sSnx their work. The duties. and resDo1sf- bilitfes of the supervisory officers are such as to warrant much better pay than they have been receiving, an@ the Department is accordingly s8zs@ hitting estimated this year for rnsFg similar promotions not granted ii tne current appropriations.
 Classification Of Assistant Poefrasf~rz
 In accordance with the plan sn< nounced in the last annual re1ort ss1 sistant postmasters have been recor7- mended to the Civil Service Conn5fs1 sion for classification as rapidly as fS was possible to ascertain by earef1T investigation their qualifieatfons for efficient service. The effect Of cIss- sification has been to stimulate fnes~ officers, in the performances Of thefw duties, and their greater efficiency las had a marked effect on. the eon6ocS of the postal service. The fact taae classified employees in the lower xrsFe are now eligible for promotion fo ne position of assistant postmaster has rendered their employment more af< tractive, the result being a h5zhet class of competitors in the ezanfns- tions for post office clerks and 1efeeF Classification of Presidential Poet
 masters
 The consideration that led fo fne classification Of the position of assist postmaster in presidential Sosk offices apply with equal force e. tns postmastershfp itself A f9H raess0rs of efficiency in the conduct of tfe postal service can not be exDsefsf % long as the postmastsrs are so65ecz to political control The success fdaT has attended the policy Of rsspoofneS ing competent postrnasters shows f1e advantage of retaining the manage ment of the service in experiences hands. Tn keeping with this policy the Department last year recSr1- meuded the classification Of Dresf5sz- tiaI postmasters and that rscoarnsn~ dation is now earnestly repeated CfuSade 1<1KatuSt FYau0ufent Gse e
 the Mails
 The Departments crusade szasnss the fraudulent use Of the mails. bes tinued. Last year the inspectors ss@ signed to this work investigates e great variety of cases ranging fr0F4 petty schemes for the coFnnitr1snt 1s fraud on a small scale Co zlgantse projects involving the ss1s of 1o5S>5- less stock in ina gfnarv mining s1r1~ panies and other fictitious eo0esTDs. There were altogether s23 f16etnos1sss and In these cases 1S4, convictions have been already secured, wIgr Dve 12 acqufttals, Most Of the rentsaz cases will come to trial during sfe thus indicted had frag6o1ensf1 sa- tained from fbe public many naf1lso1s of -dolIarss Reports from fr4 fa~xs cities indicate that numerous c5nz cerrfs utilizing the mails fD a 40esz tionable rranneT have gone oft 0T ment's vigorous crusade. The pus5< licity given the prosecHt5ons throUz1s the daily press all over the eo9nfTy has been of great value fn prs-enflnx innocent persons from befBg 6efrsS6~ ed. 55eH- as
 Many, inspectors have been er1D5oy- ed solely fff the irvesefzasfo of cassa involving the frauduIent use q fa< mails and thus their attention nse been diverted from fne inBpoTtsne work of. scratinizing the roUtfne op- eratfons of the postal service. 1s e believed that the handling of s such fraud. cases should be assisne9 to the agents of the Department q Justice, thus relieving the post offjes inspectors of a responsibility the 6is< charge of which seriously fnteTSeTee with their usual duties.