Evening star., 1919-09-02
Representation in Congress.

1t was stated by several OF the out
of-town delegates that there was like
lihood of the convention placing it.
self on record at this convention in
favor of national representation for
the District.
Senator Poindexter. William Brown
Association and John l.. Manning of
the American Federation Of Labor
were others who addressed the postal
clerks convention today.
coming when right will prevail and
when Postmaster General Burleson
statement received vocierous cheers
The day has gone by" Mr.. Ryan
continued. when any official can
dictate to any great mass Of govern
ment employees. The most outstand-
ing of all silly conditions that exist
here today is that such man as
remain in Office"
Mr. Ryan declared that he was
about ready" to criticise President
Wilson for permitting Mr.. Burleson
ito do things that l know Of" He
declared that in his opinion the Pres
ident was responsible. for his atten-
tion had been called to conditions.
Treatment of postal employees, in
many instances, Mr.. Ryan declared.
had been brutal" and he could find no
other word than brutal to fit the
cases.
Senator Poindexter expressed the
hope that sooner or later there may
be real merit system Qf employ .
ment and promotion" in the postal
service.
dexter said, L would provide that
every position from the assistant
postmaster general down. including
post Offices and postmasterships'
should be filled as reward for faith
full service"
senator Poindexter also advocated
civil service retirement for postal
employees.
Three-Cent Postage His Solution.
Mr.. Brown declared that postal
workers will never get what they are
entitled to until a three-cent first
class postage rate, such as existed
during the war emergency, shall be
made permanent institution
The convention today considered
steps leading to the amalgamation OF
all postal organizations. with cen
trail organization to be located in this
city. No action was taken by the
body.
tional Federation of Postal Employees
met in separate session at the New
Ebbitt Hotel today. Reports were
heard from the national officers. Mrs.
Mary V. HoIas of Chicago. president
and Mrs. c. Alberts of Memphis,
Tenn. secretary.
Delegates to the eleventh conven-
tion Of the National Federation of
Postal Employees, after a brief busi-
ness session this afternoon. made a
pilgrimage to Mt. Vernon. where they
placed wreath on the tomb of Wash
ington.
Tonight the delegates will visit the
pan American building and the bu
reau of engraving and printing. Busi-
ness sessions will be held tomorrow
and Thursday.
Drastic changes in the civil service
system to benefit federal civilian en-
joint congressional commission on re-
classification of salaries. Edward
Keating, secretary of the comm ssion,
told the convention yesterday.
Women who do the same work as
men should receive the same pay as
men," Mr.. keating said. We believe
in a system of promotion which will
lead from the lowest end of the lad
der to the highest. ! also am con-
vinced that civil service employees
should not be placed at the mercy of
any bureaucratic tyrant, no matter
what his position might be. The ci-
william employe is entitled to a fair
hearing before an impartial court If
he has grievance"
Representative O'Connor of Loui =
lana warned the postal employees
against radicalism and declared that
the way to win recognition is by the
power of the federation at the polls.