The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-05-16
ASK REINSTATEMENT
OF RURAL CARRIER
PATRONS OF ROUTE 2, MOSCOW,
PETITION TO HAVE "UNCLE"
JOHN REINSTATED.

Recognizing the injustice that was
done to "Uncle John" Dunbar by the
arbitrary order Of removal because of
him having reached the age limit at
which the law provides a post office
employe may" retire on pension,
patrons of route No. 2, which was
served so long and faithfully by Mr..
Dunbar, are circulating petition
asking his reinstatement as carrier
on the route he served for quarter
of a century.
Saturday evening Mrs. ]. E. An
derton, wife of we'll known pioneer
on that route, visited this office and
said that she would be glad to cir
culae such petition among the pa
irons of the route and believed that
every one of them will sign it. She
asked the editor to draft such petit
ton and said she would send for it
and would take it among the patrons
of the route and get their signatures:
the following petition was drafted
and Mrs Anderton will circulate it:
Petition For Reinstatement
To the Hon. w. R. Hays,
Postmaster General
We, the following named patrons
of Rural Free Delivery Route No. 2,
Moscow, Idaho, do earnestly petition
you to reinstate John Dunbar as car
rier from the Moscow post office on
this route Believing that an injustice
was done Mr.. Dunbar by the arbi-
trary ruling of your predecessor, Mr..
Burleson, in ordering Mr.. Dunbar's
removal because of the "age limit"
and being thoroughly satisfied with
the service he gave us for many
years, we urge that you order his re-
instatement as carrier on this rural
route.
Names: Box Number.
An effort will be made to secure
the signatures of every patron of the
route. Mrs. Anderton said: "We
were well pleased with the service
Mr.. Dunbar gave and would like to
have him reinstated. We feel that an
injustice was done to him and when
talking with some of our neighbors
recently they said that if no one else
would take it up they would have a
petition drawn and circulate it. This
is busy season and the men are
busy. My husband is busy with his
spring work and cannot get away to
circulate the petition but if any one
will draw it up for me I will cir
culate it myself"
Another petition has been drawn
for Moscow people and will be kept
at the office of the The Moscow Pub
fishing Company, publishers of The
Star Mirror and the Idaho Post, and
it is hoped that hundreds of citizens
of Moscow who believe in fair play
and just treatment of government
employees who have "nade good' will
call at this office and sign the petit
tion which will be forwarded to MIR.
Hays with request that he right the
wrong done to Mr.. Dunbar by his
predecessor.
Has Never Received Pension
Investigation of the case since the
editorial urging that this wrong be
righted appeared in this paper dis
closes the fact that Mr.. Dunbar has
been more unjustly treated than at
first appeared. The law under which
he was retired provides that an en-
ploye reaching that age may" retire
and receive pension based upon the
length of service rendered In the
case of Mr.. Dunbar the pension would
be 81 per day, or $50 per month. Mr..
Burleson ruled that all employees hav-
ing reached that age must be re-
tired and ignored the protests OF
Postmaster Morgareidge, tfe pe.ifion
and personal efforts of Congressman
French and others, and ordered Mr..
Dunbar retired That was last August
and up to this time, the middle of
May, Mr.. Dunbar has not received one
cent of pension but has been depend
ant for living on what he could earn
as janitor. A more glaring injustice
has seldom been reported in official
life.
Moscow citizens, both men and
women, are requested to call at the
office and sign the petition register
ing their protest against this injustice
and demand for fair treatment for an
honest, efficient employe OF the gov
ernment.