Evening star., 1916-07-18
Announcement of Committees.

Postmaster ]. W. Kelly. Long Island
City. N. Y, and these assistants: Post
masters j. W. Stambaugh, Darlington,
N. D.; Charles Cooke, Austin, Mimi; ].
E. Barnett, East Hampton, Mass; E. NJ
Horsh. Tamaqua. Pa; Eugene Blake
Ames, Iowa; William H. zoin. West
Palms. Mo-; M. w. Judge, Webster, S.
D.; L. A. Schwartz, Evansville. Mimi;
Robert E. Speer, Forth Worth, Tex. and
George B. Snyder. Youngstown. Ohio.
! Jackson. Mexico. Mo. chairman; w. e.
McEwens. Duluth, Mimi; Thomas ].
Costello. Springfield. Mass; Claude
Weaver. Oklahoma City, Okla. and A.
]. Kennedy, Flushing, N. Y.
Committee on by laws-Forest L.
May. Dayton, Ohio, chairman; Percy
Edsell. Greenville, Mich; w. D. Nc
Ginnis. Connellsville, Pa; J. H. Robb,
Greenville, Miss, and w. C. Mclean,
Orlando, Fla.
Committee on exhibits and postal
equipment, to make recommendations
to standardize the postal equipment
M. o. Chance, Washington, d. c., chair
Charles J. Millikin, Champaign, Ill:
Sherlock Swami. Baltimore, Md, and
Frank D. Haimbaugh, Muncie, Ind.
Committee on time and place
Charles p. Lown, Saginaw, Mich, chair
man; ]. r. Brown, Cleveland, Tenn; W.
p. Merry. Perry, Okla; T. ]. Sullivan,
South Charleston, Ohio, and William A.
Kessler, Homestead, Pa.
Committee to escort Postmaster Gen
eral A. S. Burleson to the convention
Detroit, Mich, chairman; c. \. Gesell
Tomahawk, Wis; B. H. Rucker, Ralla
Mo-; J. W. Singleton. Waxahachie, Tex,
and J. H. Muliigan. Kewanee. Ill.
committee on credentials-John F.
Quinn, Joliet, ILL.,. chairman; C. H
Fortman. Helena. Mont; E. F. Allen,
Ashland City. Tenn; Joel C. Clore,
Cincinnati. Ohio. and Edgar Battle,
Auditing committee-samuei A Kin
near, Columbus. Ohio, chairman;
Charles E. Lown, Saginaw, Mich !;
George =. Huffman. Des Moines. Iowa;
A: Bert. Weyl. Franklin, Ind. Charles
w. Metcalf. Memphis. Tenn.
Committee on nomination of officers
w. ]. Murphy, Cleveland, Ohio, chair
man; Baylis Steele. Kansas City. Mo. ;
Y. Q; Caldwell. Paris. Tenn; NJ. NJ
ODonnell. Holyoke. Mass.
Ofhcers to be nominated consist of
president, seven vice presidents, treas
urer and secretary.
Committee on information-Willfam
A. Walsh, w. ]. Erskine George ].
Schoeneman, Jesse Harris and Eugene
Coulon.
Tomorrow's Program.
The meeting tomorrow morning is at
10 o'clock in the auditorium of the New
National Museum and the program is as
follows:
Address by A. S. Burleson, Postmas-
ter General; address by w. E. McEwen,
postmaster. Duluth, Mimi. 'The Ideal
address by Fred LIE Roy, postmaster,
Streator. Ill: ''Postmasters' Don'ts"; ;
general discussion of Government
Ownership of Automobile Equipment;
addresses also will be made by Post
masters Claude Weaver of Oklahoma
City, Okla; D. e. Davenport. Americus,
Ga: c. H. Fortman, Helena, Mont; W.
2. Merry, Perry, Okla. Emmett H
Howard, Porter Okla: A. Ross Read,
Pittsburgh. 8. A. Kinnear of Columbus,
Ohio, and several others; reception by
Postmaster NJ o. Chance, Washington
city post ONCE.
Subjects before the convention in
cluded betterment of the railway mail
service to insure prompter rural de-
liveries, benefits of government owner
ship of automobile equipment and in
stallation of more efficient newspaper
carrying railroad plan.
White House Lawn Party.
A garden party. in honor of the post
masters. on the White House lawn.
where the members Of the association
will be welcomed by President and
Mrs. Wilson. Postmaster General and
Mrs. Burleson and other members of
the cabinet and their wives is the
principal event on the entertainment
program. This comes Friday afternoon
at $50 o'clock, when admission will
be by the official badge of the asso-
ciation.
Thursday the annual convention ban
quet is to be held. at which it is ex-
pected that the President, all members
OF the cabinet and prominent members
of both houses of Congress will be in
attendance. This is in the ballroom of
the Raleigh Hotel.
Friday morning the convention is to
make a river trip to Mount Vernon
as guests of the trade organizations
OF Washington.
Ofhcers of the association are: Presi-
dent. Colin NJ Selph. st. Louis, Mo- i;
vice presidents. w. e. Merry, Perry.
Mass: Boiling Fl. Jones, Atlanta. Ga. !:
Charles f. Lown, Saginaw Mich. and
W. w. stockwell Anoka, MINI; secre
tary. Eugene S. Shannon, Nashville,
Tenn, and treasurer. Frank C. Sites,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Mr.. Roper's Address.
-''' ''oPoi J." MS duufess sdAN IN part:
Il feel that conventions of post
masters should not be monopolized by
the department. You are not here to
be told, at great length. the views and
opinions Of the officers of the depart
ment. This you have through CORE
'spondence. 1t is my idea that you have
met here to exchange your own opin-
ions and ideas regarding the princi-
pies OF postal service and the practical
operation of post Offices. with the de-
partment as an advisory parliament
The department gladly comes to this
convention to learn from the men who
are on the firing line the things that
We az the department do not know