Evening star., 1918-07-17
MAY HIRE WOMEN
ASLETTER CARRIERS
City Post Office to Try limo
walton Again Unless Men Re-
/. port by August is.
ONLY SINGLE ARE ELIGIBLE

Woman letter carriers on the streets
Of Warrington by August Is unless
men como to the rescue Of the city
post ofice was tho prospect held out
by City Postmaster Chance today.
Tho Civil Service Commission has
announced q clerk-carrier examination
to be held August for clerks and
carriers for the local post Office. "Fe-
males will be examined for carrier po-
sitions only" says the announcement.
I'VE are down to rock bottom"
Postmaster Chance said today. We
can't get tho mon. and II we can't get
them we will have to take women;
that's ALL"
Entrance salaries Of clerks and car
riers were raised to $1,000 per annum
July 1, and women who pass the ex-
animation and qualify physically will
be given the same salaries as man
letter carriers. The positions carry
automatic increases of 800 a year
for fve years.
I'VE prefer men. but We certainly
are going to take women If we can't
get men," Postmaster Chance said. 1t
will be recalled that the city post
office put two woman letter carriers
to work several months ago, and that
after working couple of weeks they
here attracted nationwide attention.
$50 Carriers Now at Work.
sru.%h 49, x,.-~.,~a .o1,r,x scala
now in effect" Mr.. Chance continued.
''the carrier positions offer good op-
portunity to those who want outside
work. steady Jobs and automatic in
creases- We are hoping to get men,
but the positions will be given to tn
women If the men do not come for
ward for the service"
The city post Office now has $50 car
riers at work. The men are carrying
a great deal more mail each trip
than ever before in the history of the
post Office. Some relief is needed. and
at once. it is stated.
The civil service examination was
set originally for August Is. but at
the instance of Postmaster Chance
was advanced to August 3, so that
cured at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
Women to Go on Regular Force.
Mrs. Permelia Campbell. one of the
two first woman letter carriers" Is
at present employed as a clerk in the
city post ONCE. having passed a civil
withdrawal of herself and companion
as letter carriers.
Women who may pass the August
examination. however. will be ap-
pointed to the regular carrier force.
and will be put to work at once.
Every effort will be made to make
the work for the women as easy as
possible. although carrier jobs are
not the easiest woman's work i'm
aginable at the best. Twenty-Five
nine miles of walking every day. in
cold and hot weather. do net make
women. . S
TO Be Given Residential Routes.
Women who may be selected will
be given routes in the residence sec
tions of the city, 1t was learned to-
day. Work in the business section is
too arduous. Routes will be short
ened up" throughout the force. and
thus man carriers, already over-bur-
dened, will be helped and the new
woman carriers will be given as easy
work as possible.
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and caps at first, and there is a pos
sibility that they may be uniformed
later.
Woman applicants for the letter
carrier positions must be between the
ages of eighteen and forty-five years.
and must be single. The civil serv-
ice regulations announcing the exam
ination declare that married women
will not be admitted to this examina-
tion regardless of whether or not
they are separated from their hus-
bands and are supporting them
selves"
Owing to war conditions 1t 10 be-
lieved that the civil service will be
forced to change this ruling soon,
and II is understood that steps have
been taken by tho Post Of1ce Depart
mont looking toward. an amendment,
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