The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-13

| they have operated to interfere TO 9
considerable extent with the efficient
conduct" of the service, adding that
'much of the so.called 'demoralized
postal service and dissatisfaction ex
lists only in the minds and magma
tions of paid agitators of these or
CARNATIONS who install and hammer
these doctrines INTO the minds of the
employees through the medium of theil
publications"
THE avowed purpose of these organ,
izations," continues Mr.. Burleson, lis
not solely to advance the social and
economic welfare of their members
but to exercise coercive, influence up
| on the department to compel submis-
sion to their demands"
The postal service head declares the
use of the strike against the govern
ment by an outside" organization is a
menace to the welfare of the republic
as it not only results in a divided ale
glance, but engenders dissatisfaction
discomfort and unrest and in the lower
ing of efficiency.
Postal employees have become beld
because Of this utilization and have
within recent years threatened to
strike" Mr. Burleson adds. 'ln one
ease, they actually did so by tender
ing designations and leaving in body.
In this case, they were promptly in
dicted and prosecuted in the federal
courts.
while strikes in the postal service
may be averted for the time being, yet
nd no
then be brought face TO face with a
most serious situation-one which will
be n menace to our government
Mr.. Burleson also recOunts in his re-
port the development of the foreign
mails service of which feature is the
trans Pacific, South American and
Mexican services He says that in the
past fiscal year the number of coln-
tries and colonies reached by American
service was increased from As TO 260
and that more rapid transportation
was given because of a rehabilitated
merchant marine service.
With respect to South America, the
postmaster general says there is still
room for improvement through the me
diums of faster sea transportation,
especially to Argentina, Brazil and
Paraguay. Similarly, he says, mails to
the west coast of South America are
moving better than hitherto as they
now are transported without trans
shipment, but the complaint of slow
sea service again is used.
Mail facilities to Mexico continued
to improve during the year so that
mail service Eat 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 of Department Fell Of.
Turning from the general admins
tratiye work to detailed matters, the
head Of the department says that the
receipts from postage on mail aggre-
gated 1891 ,552 POS. a decrease Of l,76
per cent from last year. OF the total
amount, $3s,060,795 was derived from
mailings on which the postage was
paid in money He points out that the
total postage bill was equivalent 10
$36 per capital for the nations popu
lation
Parcel post revenues, Mr.. BTleson
estimates, aggregate approximately
Sl50O00 900 or $4,000, 900 more than
in the previous year Postage on sec
ond class mailings produced S525, 100.
S4l, an increase Of more than $4,000,
600 over 1919
There has been an immense in
crease" in the amount of mail handled
free by the postal service, Mr.. Burle- |
son declares adding that the free
mailings OF members of Congress and |
the various establishments of the gov
under the Thanking privileges,
cost in handling and transportation ap !
s9,4O0,0O0
The volume OF mail of all kinds like !
wise has increased, the report shows,
and Mr.. Burleson urgently recommends
the establishment of greater plants,
especially in New York and Chicago. |
where the situations are represented a.
acute One-fifth of all the /
second class mail matter handled origi I
mates in New York City and Mr.. Burle
son recommends the construction there /
Of three great buildings, costing in the
aggregate about 100000. 900 together
with a tunnel connect ion between them
TO expedite the handling of mails He
also recommends the construction of
one large building in Chicago.