The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-07
MAKINe POSITIONS our or sons.

frhe Oklahoma branch OF the postmastcr's
unbn ,lfet In Oklahoma City a few days ago
pnF adopted resolutions demanding an Increase
In pay Whether they viii 40 out strike In
the event their demand In refused remains TO
~ seen.
few years ago a postoffice appointment
was the chief aim OF an American citizen. or
So 1t seemed at times. The fellow that had
such appointment, whether II paid $500 or
$4,000 year ciung to It FOR dear life, while a
score OF fellow townsnen fought like thieves to
dislodge him
The great change that has taken place In
vited attention. One can agree that tho salary
OF postmaster is ridiculousiy small in proportion
to tho labor and responsibility involved with
out even agreeing that II should be increased.
The fact remains that there are any number OF
gentlemen. or ladies', ready to accept" appoint
ment postmaster In any town village you
might name, without demanding that the sal
nry OF the post be raised.
The Oklahoma patriots who met and re-
solved that their salary should be raised might
with much greater propriety have rendered their
resignation and gone into a line OF human en-
doavcr where the emoluments are greater. A
successor could have and would have been ap-
pointed, and two beneficial results would have
been observable; Some deserving patriot would
have realized hts or her ambition 10 get on the
public pay roll; the ranks OF the producers
would have been swelled by one.
That doctrine. too. applies with equal force
TO all lines of human endeavor. Once again let
Us observe, with additional emphasis IL It be
possible. life Is individual, We came as an in
dividual. battle through life individual. go
to the tomb as an individual and must face the
final accounting aa an individual. Therefore
when the nmouments of the work we are on.
gagged in are insufficient TO meet our approval.
the sane. sensible and logical thing is TO seek
another line where the emoluments are more
satisfactory.
In other words take the next rung of the
ladder, Someone below viii climb to the posi-
ton you have Just left vacant
There Is entirely too much Of n disposition
to make position out OF a mere Job. too gem
eral an inclination TO consider the thing we are
doing an end in itself rather than a means to an
end Inevitably that results in class conscious
ness II means the end OF growth
The postmasters, by their unonizing are be-
coming a nuisance that will not be tolerated
Tho necessity Of postmasters organizing at all is
not apparent. Their first and only duty is to
the head OF the system. They cannot properly
have any interest other than the efficiency OF
the service. And we are quite prepared to learn
that the lamentable deterioration In the postal
service Is due in no small part to the orBaniza-
tion activities OF the postmasters' union--or
whatever the name Of the organization is
II eivil-service control OF the postal depart
ment means present inetficiency and demands
for increased pay, then the public will hail with
10Y a return TO the old system under which the
appointments were used rewards for partisan
services rendered and thorough efficiency wal
required by vgilant influential party workers