The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-12-05
WANTS TO SEPARATE
DELIVERY WINDOWS
Local Congressman Makes Sug-
gestIon To Postmaster Gen.
eraI As To White and
Black Mail Delivery.

Biloxi, Miss, Nov. 26.-Accord
ing to dispatch from Washington
Representative "Pat" Harrison
who returned to the capital a few
days ago, made his first officia
action a visit to Postmaster Genera
Burleson and suggested to the heat
Of the Postofice Department tina
two delivery windows be provided
in each Southern postoffice--one fol
white people and the other fol
negroes.
The Postmaster General did not
commit himself to the proposition,
but seemed impressed with it, and
Representative Harrison believes
there is a good opportunity that
white women in the South will be
relieved of the embarrassment of
having to crowd up to delivery
windows with negroes.
The Postmaster General is a
Texan and is no ardent lover of the
black brother. One evidence of his
belief that the races should be seq
regated is his recent Encouragement
in the department at Washington so
that many white women who form
erIy were desk mates with negro
men no longer are made to work in
that position, but have been trans
ferred to some other division or else
the negroes have been transferred.
For this reason it is believed the
Postmaster General will be disposed
to do anything toward race segre-
CATION that is not in conflict with
existing laws and that does not
incur too much expense on the de-
partment.
Representative Harrison made it
pain to the postoffice chief that his
idea contemplates no additional ex-
pense on the government. The
same clerk could still serve both
windows. and the two windows
might be placed conveniently close
to each other. But even if in some
instances additional expense were
incurred, Representative Harrison
believes it an expense that would
be well worth while and that would
meet with the general approval of
people all over the South.
A special commission is now in
vestigatng the practicability Of rear
ranging all the postoffices in the
country with view to making them
all as nearly similar in arrangement
and system as is possible.
If this commission will approve
the idea of having two delivery win
dows it can be done without act of
Congress. 1t is certain the matter
has a much better chance of becom-
ing effected through the Postofice |
Department, now presided over by
a Southener of the old school, than
it has by act Of Congress.
Representative Harrison also talked
with the Postmaster General about
placing back in their former posi-
'tions in the building list a great
many buildings on which appropria-
tons had been increased and which
had lost their position by reason of
The increase. Laurel. Miss, is one
of these cities. Laurel was granted
an appropriation of $4,000. This
appropriation subsequently was in
creased to $50, 900, but when the
increase was made Laurel was
Dropped so far down in the building
schedule as to delay construction
for more than year. Scores Of
other cities suffered a like fate.
The Postmaster General author !,
lied Representative Harrison to
state that he is unquaIifedly in
favor Of placing these cities in the
same positions on the building list
that they held before the appropria-
tons were increased. The change
Of position was caused by mere
technicality and the Postmaster
General shares with Mr.. Harrison
and others the opinion that these
Cities no longer should be deprived