The Alaska daily empire., 1920-12-17

ration Of the postal service, the Postmaster General says:
 The Air Mail Service, which has been operated successfully since it's inauguration, May IS, 1918, has been extended across the continent md collaterally and further exten- ion by contract service inalgur- ted
 The Parcel Post Service, both 'omostic and international, has been sre;tly extended and facilities for iandling parcels improved, 260 for ign countries and colonies now being reached by this service.
 City Delivery Service has been extended, the established service in Fl the larger cities materially inn ,roved, and the Government owned notor-yehicle service, inaugurated T 1914, has been established in 163 ;ities, M
 Service Improved.
 The Railway Mail Service has ,een operated with increased eff .iency under the space system, fla ;ilities for the handling of mail improved, and the service firmly es- tablished upon scientific basis.
 War conditions have been over come in the Foreign Mail Service, which has been brought back to normal and is rapidly improving.
 The Money Order Service and he Postal Savings System have rapidly recovered from war con- litions and are in most satisfactory operation.
 The Rural Mail Service was ey- tended during the fiscal year to more than 600,0O0 additional per ions and the facilities of the serv- ice systcmatiZed and improved
 There has been still further i'm provement in the registery and in sured parcel post systems and the methods Of handling dead letters.
 "A large number of important Improvements have been made. in the mail- equipment shop, facilitat- ing the work, adding to the com pensation and the comforts of the employees, and at the same time lowering, by efficient methods, the unit cost of production.
 Salaries of employees in all grades have been increased and working conditions and conveniences improved wherever possible"
 Organization Scored.
 Attention is again directed by the Postmaster General to the growth of organizations among the postal employees and Le urges that steps be taken to ''curb the malic- ious and pernicious influence" of these organizations upon the postal personel. He says they have oper- ated to interfere to sa considerable extent with the efficient conduct" of the so-called 'demoralized postal service and dissatisfaction exists only in the minds and imaginations of paid agitators of these organiZa- tions who instill and hammer these doctrines into the minds of the em- ployees through the medium of their publications.
 The avowed purpose of these or ganizations, continues MT. Burle- son, lis not solely to advance the members, but to exercise a coercise influence upon the department to compel submission to their de- mands''
 The postal service head declares the use of the strike against the government by an outside" organi- zation is menace to the welfare of the Republic as it not only re- suits in a divided allegiance, but engenders dissatisfaction, discom- fort, discontent and unrest and in the lowering of efficiency.
 Postal employees have become bold because of this utilization and have within recent years threatened to strike" MT. Burleson adds. Tn one case, they actually did so by rendering their resignations and leaving in a body. In this acse, they were promptly indicted and prosecuted in the Federal courts"
 While strikes in the postal serv- ice may be averted for the time being, yet they will come, and the public will then be brought face to face with most serious situa- tion-one which will be a menace to our government"