Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-20
| recourse to the strike or boycott to
| cnforce. thoir doman6s

II again call the attention of con-
gress to the improperly Of govern
ment owing allegiance to any organi-
zation which might stand between
! them and the government. and to the
actual menace to governmental au-
thority which is involved in such af-
flliation," Mr.. Burleson said
.'The avowcd purpose Of labor or
CARNATIONS is not alone to advance
! the social and economic welfare OF
members Of their order but to exercise
a coercive influence upon the employ
er to compel submission to their de-
mands The strike and the boycott are
weapons designed TO be used in at
, tack or in resistance. The government
of the United States is not to be at
tackled or reeisted by any citi1en of
the land. Surely no such special priv
ilege Is reserved to those who. through
the nature of their employment are
sworn to serve the government itself
and owe to it the special allegiance
Of service duty.
Whatever interest labor may claim
in the products OF its toll. it can not
be claimed for government: employees
that they acquire larger interest or
greater power in the government than
that of other citizens. because Of the
character of their employment
Government employees should be
permitted to organise for their socia,
and general welsare- To se5es- heso-e
committees OF conrV~ and TO fur
nish information concerning the pcs
tai service OF which ,her cay have
knowledge
the enforcement Ct the principle
that government eEPgoyek snoafi Eos
hold an adan..ann snso-9sssase with
their oblisasen to the sshase service
can not be 6Sn1es srsn 3 reAecrscn
upon the enicsenc. anS so1sr OF the
postal enployeS whose devotion to
public duty under the tying test Of
war was conspscacussr demonstrated.
But the principle i. cne which can
not be prudentiy direxa.ded."
Reaffirming after detailed discus
sion his previous stand as to zone
rates on publications. MI. Burleson
said: "The postmaster general has al
ways believed that a low, fat rate Of
postage should apply to reading mat
ter. for the reason that its primary
purpose is the dissemination Of news
and is educational, but he is also flrm
in the belief that this low fiat rate Of
postage should not apply to that por-
vertising or commercial uses The law
which flxes a zone rate for advertis-
ing matter is eminently fair. az the
rate of postage is increased In the
proportion that the publication is
commercialized and according to the
distance it is transported, and the
publisher. therefore. to a certain ex-
tent n4es Tor nimsel1 tne - rate OF post
age on ms puoncdt,on. Inc postmas-
yer. yer sene.a' earneuy ~ recommends
that actlon oe taken Dy congress TO
increase the rate OF postage on the
portaon Oh puolicaIions oevoteo 70 ao.
K.
or Transporting ana nan6ing same :.
WIN re!ereHce 70 lne apPhcAuon OF
clviI service requirements 10 post
| nlaste.s' tne report saio: IN oroer
tnat tne sp'rlt ana letter OF civil serv.
ICE makn1 pe consclent1ously carried
out as 1aI as plactlc1oIe, ana pending
enActmea. oy tne consress OF iessl4.
tion whacn, though repeaieoly urged
oy the postInaSteI senerA' !aieo OF
neen 1ss1eo ,ny tne presioent e1tend-
ing In enect the classined civ1l service
70 postmastetsnlps OF al classes ana
requH,ne that those VINO Wefe oiank-
eteo INTO civil service oy executive
oIuers unoeI previous au.nlntsrlati
wlcnout navlng oeen sun1ec'eo 70 any
,, clvii servlce or merit test Wns1ever
snaA oe iequreo 70 pass a civil serv-
ice e1nat.on' l"Is Is neneveo 20
De long step In the direction OF
Mgner stanoaros IN the government
service ana q more ousinesstike ad-
hlniserdtion OF postal aiIalrs.
Lnm1s Air Service.
Mr.. Burleson aevotes consiaerahre
space to DEVELOPMENT Of the Air man
service. concludinr with this .state-
| ment:
'.Tl1e AIR mail serv4ce NJ tha rrn,+-
ed States is the only practical c0m.
merciaI aeronIane service in the
world. No service in foreien co,1ntri.s
compares with it tn marnitude fn
continuous. denendahilftv ana IN h.ne.
fits to Commerce. It's record of mar,
formance dnrine the n.ca, va.r ~
1919 was 96.54 per cent. ana thi.
record was obtained with noors +han
30 per cent Of the trims made, n ra;n
fog. mia, or nfI,e, cond;tions - noa-
7 yisdhility. the 7nnerafIon AZ ~. 1910. 80.
4 by months fnr the fiscai ve.r 1natrs
June 40 1915 IN S1ven =, 10 s.cnn,s
panyine. table.
The renort Ala, 1,.-,,...,, - ,.,..
the nneration oT +ha te,sarSr .e.s. -
ma,e. rel.s Spn sl,a, sys,ems unoer the depart
.s .eson reaseerting his opinion thai
ha eso so,,an.nt oonunica1lon 1as.naes snould
@ so'eineht oWheo. VI the govern
in n,.;.s s. S:.I pe.1oo ne said: There
a.e = oLetehco DetWeen govern
nene o~nersnip OF tne wfre syefemi
cS y part OIL the 6OQtAl e8t0 6ffSkhH Ami