The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-16
BURLESON DEFENDS
CONDUCT OF OFFICE
a, First Public Uttcrnncc Sincs TAX
Ing Offhcc lie Calls Adminl"'rn-
don Almost Miraculous.
ADMITS PUBLIC DISPLEASED
hn,s Ecp Predecessors Held Ottirc
Very Iong--lLs cunts 0lr"RE'
Hcfurr Hardware AssO'tnii"hu

ArITNTIc CITY oct % N'r''
ou-N turning against his ruNr" .h
the first public aldroHs he h'' de-
IItsrcl anrr entering rhe cabinet
Postmaster General Burlrson today
told the NauuuHl llardWnr" MANI
fsr.urrrf association. ln srs-I u n".''
TINT fh. puHHl administration ".'
"rruarkahIr iu dcN clupmrni. 30
dcrful in orRu 2ptou and lhhl H
. Standard of efficiency borders on '''
miraculous ,,....-
Speaking NJ his policies nnd Difol :
made to obtain "a reversal 'N' pos.
mos cr general lcgued
.Hrrnrd bias been mad" ~ Nual !
stand ror and lhut record i' h1
" going 10 bcrmuE4h
People NgniuHt Him
Drifl.r ui uI~ policies we're dN'"''
by p0aimu-fcr .Gcucrii BurlnHon mo
ryn rlasst4 hos. who were huH"7'
and those who we're q. iHHiul hS "i
trr.or motives 1uc former he al.
uittrl frankly. Included iuo hhlk "i
the people. bc.ausc th'' nave "
understood dEn uliira under "n..H
mo uosul service has worked IH'
l,lfcr were said TO bo lh'H, inlcr' .a
infected NE o"onuIulCs made Ini '"'
I,oeri ,t the people the express
,,t,nar.r, which suffered In the i,.
. yclupmrul OF the parcel p"Hi, ln'
,ni.r, nd. which objected o. spa
pa,mcni for carrying the malls. 'h'
nvncrs OF pneumatic tube systems
which we're abolished and the news
unuerg and magazines which fought
In inrrolsr in the second class pos, ~
rates
I'm his first public account of ms
s.ewnrdship after nearly seven yea
in office sir Hutlrpon snid the aver.
"A ss tenure uf pusiuAHtcrs g"nrr
had been only two years. lie 10
cinred this was easily eNp.ainea uF
the fact that the employees IN me
service come In daily contact WIZ
tho majority OF families In tho hi-
ton, which gave fertile oppoitph-
ity for criticism,
when the entire world was re.
adjusting Itself ~ wnr' ne ask
'when eur splendid rallrohd ryst"hl
broke down completely, is II any
wander that there was some HhRh'
Announcements OF the postal aer'-
Ice Yet there were people who COM
plaIned thoy didn't receive he'r
mail with regularity ami depenla-
~ don't blame them for complain
ins Il is human, but n was unjust.
sAs the only government depart
mint with "A nation wide orBanlEl.
tlon the postal service was called
upon by all other departments 20
aid them In war work DMr. bur rleaon
continued, "and this iu spite OF 'he
fact that tens OF thousands OF trained
-uuEtUt HmUtUyrs NM rTUH CTt1Vu 10
the rnlors or been put In canton
menta TO give soldiers efficient mali
service
idol Of Press"
Much time was devoted 10y MI.
nirleson TO the fight on second class
mall rates which he laughinKly said
had made him the idol OF the neNE-
pAperH and the hero OF the maya
slnea" lie declared II had cost the
government 100000 above the pos:
age TO carry one edition OF VOL
known weekly which aVerag~d
tt 500 900 In advertisements "That
deficit was paid by YOU he told the
business men who were his audi-
tors. until my fight forced chaute
and now I'm before the interstate
commerce commission trying 20 raise
Hull further tho rates congress fixed
which know are too low"
Explaining his oppositlon 20 af-
ftliatlun OF government employees
with the American Federation of
Labor MT Burleaon said he believed
Il was public DANCE. for any fo1-
erai. state or municipal worker to