Milford chronicle., 1920-11-05
The POSTAL SERVICE
TO BE REORGANIZED

Washington, Oct. 31-(Special Cor
/ respondence) Let the people rejoice
The Joint Congressional Commission
on Postal Service is taking the pre-
liminary steps toward giving us a
brand new postal service. Alibi AL
Burleson having practically wrecked
the institution which was built up in
the period from the Civil War to 1912,
something must be done to give us
another, aud this one is to be the
last word IN stream-line, highpOwer-
ed, st-niles-per-hour. silent twin
six. non-vibration machine. If Al has
left any parts which may be salvaged
they Will be used. but it looks doubt
ful. As a Wrecker he has out-partied
his party
In the words of the chairman of the
Commission. Senator Townsend, of
Michigan: Every cog in the mail
moving machine from the rickety ru-
raj delivery wagon on the stump clut-
tered county line to the roaring air
planes that carry letters between the
bigger cities, viii be put under the
critical eye Of the efficiency engineer" ="
The agency APPOINTED to supervise
the job is the Willis B. Richards &
Co. engineering firm, and it is esti-
mated that the work will require
about three years to accomplish. In
short, it will require three years to
build up what Burleson took eight
years to knock down, which speaks
pretty well for Republican construc-
tion.
The work will commence in the lar
ger cities and will be extended rapid
ly through the small towns and viii
lagos and down TO the rural routes
Pneumatic tubes. tunnels. branch sta
tiOns, facilities FOR moving mails be-
tween post offices and trains every
method of mail delivery-is to be care
fully studied and reported upon, and
the most practical plans will be adopt
ed and Incorporated into the new sys-
TEN. The construction of post Offices
as workshops instead of monuments"
will be considered; the advisability
of a Separate handling of the parcels
post will be studied: and the civil
service, by which many of the postal
employees are hired, fired, or promo
ted will be investigated from the
standpoint of efficiency. And, since
efficiency is TO be the watchword of
the proposed reform, the question of
a more equitable adjustment of pay
and working hours will come up for
solution with q View to insuring a
more efficient, postal corps. While
the survey will be made in harmony
with a desire I'd effect economies in
cost and expedition in the handling
of mail" this id@a will not be carried
out to the extent of cramping the
service for the IlurbOse of showing
fat, even if imag nl4ed, postal surplus
at the end of the year, such as has
Mrl Burleson's policy.
In the long run Is cheaper to give
excellent service lRy using all of what
should be a very generous appropri-
alton for delivering the mails. The
people OF this country do not ask for
postal parsimony at the expense of
good service.
Claim has bee6 made" says the
commission, THAI because of the
handling of parcel post mail with the
regular mail delay has been caused
% the important first class mail. It
las been suggested that the separate
handling of this parcel post mail in
)ulk with a distribution at terminals
night very well be made Parcel post
nail is at a very ic3eap rate. while
he first class maiNiM al a rate that
fields the Governm EhtNits highest rev.
nue." Branch stateSqk "are now leas-
I'd at an abnormal rental and might
)e Government owned" This of
course, would effect a large saving.
n fact, it is generally believed that
he saving through dficient operation
with the iRurleson regime
will produce an amount large enough
o meet the added infprovements with
ut necessltatlng any very large in
rease in appropriations for the Post
)ffice Department
The reform of the lpo4tal service is
ne of the great constructive pro-
lens TO be met byl It'd Z Republican
arty and the commission is To he |
for its lenterprise and |
)rethOught.