Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-13

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employees, and at the same time
| lowering. by efficient methods tn,
unit cost of the production,
/ salaries Increased.
! Salaries of employees in al
grades have been increased an6
working conditions and eonven-
fences improved wherever posi- |
/ bic"
Attention is again directed V tn |
postmaster TO the growth of org Nj
! cations among the postal cmpIty yes
and he urges that steps be taken to |
CURB the malicious and pcrnlclous
| influence" of these organizations
upon the postal personnel He says
| they have operated to Interfere
to a considerable extent with the |
efficient conduct Of the servic' = |
adding that much of the so-calleu |
demoralzed postal service anc |
| dissatisfaction exists only in the |
minds and imaginatlOnS of pald aS |
! itators OF these organizations VINO |
| instill and hammer these doctrines
into the minds of the employees
through the medium of their pup
| locations"
THE avowed purpose Of these |
organizations" continues Mr.. Bur
| Lesson, lis not solely to advance the
social and economic welfare OF |
! their members, but to exercise a |
coercive influence upon the de
partment to compel submission 10 |
| their demands
The postal service head declares |
the use of the strike against the |
Government by an outside" organ
! ization is a menace to the welfare |
of the republic as it not only re-
suits in a divided allegiance, but
enrenders dissatisfaction, discon-
! tent and unrest and in the lowering
I of efficiency
Postal Employees Arc Bold
POSTAL employees have become
bold because of this affiliation ana
have within recent years threatened
to strike" Mr., Burleson adds. In
one case, they actually did SO by
rendering their designations ana
leaving in a body. In this case,
| they were promptly indicted ami
prosecuted in the federal courts.
while strikes in the postal serN-
! ice may be averted for the time be-
ing. yet they will come, and the
public will then be brought face
to face with a most serious sltua-
tion-one which will be a menace
! to our government
Mr.. Burleson also recounts IN
his report the development of the
| foreign mails service of which a
| feature is the trans-Pacific, South
American and Mexican services. lie
saws that in the past fiscal year tn"
number of countries and colonies
reached by American service was
increased from forty-five to 26o
land that more rapid transportation
was given because of rehabllitat-
cd merchant marine service.
With respect to South America,
the postmaster general says there is
II still room for improvement through
the medium of faster sea transpor-
tation especially to Argentina
Brazil and Paraguay. Similarly:
he saws, mails to the west coast OF
south America are moving better
than hitherto as they now are
transported without trans-ship-
mcnt, but the complaint of SLOW
sea service again is noted.
, Mail facilities to Mexico con-
tinued to improve during the year
3 so that mail service "at present Is
on the whole, better than at any
time since 1914" Mr.. Burleson
: says. The New York-Vera cruz
, service has been operated regularly
, on a bi-weekly basis by way OF
Havana and Progresso.
Receipts From Mail Postage.
Turning from the general adj
ministrative work to detailed mat
tiers, the head of the department
says that the receipts from postage
on mail aggregated 1891, 552,2O5. a
decrease of 1.76 per cent from last
J year. OF the total amount, Sd6,-
O6O,795 was derived from maillnGs
on which the postage was paJd IN
money. lie points out that the
total postage bill was equivalent 70
1855 per capita for the nation .
population.
Parcel post revenues, Mr.. Bur
Lesson estimates, aggregate approXl-
mately $4,000 600. or $1O,O00,OoV
: more than in the previous year
Postage on second class mailings
produced $25,1O7,S41, an increase
of more than 100000 over lsls'
There has been an immense m
crease" in the amount of man
handled free by the postal service
Mr.. Burleson declares, adding that
THE free mailings of members OF
congress and the various establish
ments of the government under the
, franking privileges cost in hand
ling and transportation approx
mately $9.400,0O0.
The volume of mail of all kinds
likewise has increased, the report
shows, and MIR. Burleson urgently
J recommends the establishment OF
greater plants, especially in New
York and Chicago, where the situa-
tons are represented as particu-
larly acute. One-fifth of all of the
second class mail matter handled
originates in New York city and
. Mr., Burleson recommends the con-
:, struction there of three great build
ings. costing in the aggregate about
! $40, 000,0 together with tunnel
q connection between them to en-
y pedite the handling of mails. he
. also recommends the construction
of one large building in Chicago.
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