Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-06
HAYS PLEADS FOR
PUBLIC COOPERATION
In Christmas Message Shows
How People Can Aid Post
office Department.

WIN n. ihVs, Postmaster General.
IN a th,irtms~ message To the people
Vf the nation, calls attention To- the
enormous difficulties the people IN his
department of the government are
confronted with III this particular sea
son vt the year and makes an earnest
rlun tor their cosopcraiion To the end
that the malls may be ,>pcdtiously
handled and tha, all materials may be
delivered ON time. lie Insists that
thristma~ packages should be mailed
early, ,hla week u possible.
In hts mose,gs Mr., Hays says; .
Christmas IL almos, here.
Your great Post bfiicc Department
hss bis sob ahead and needs your
help
THINK what Il means 60 hc Santa
Claus Go our 100000 people and 20
deliver Christmas parcels 90 every
family IN thls great country within the
shor, space ~ few days and without
disappointment,
u can hc done. nnd we're going To do
n n wc may have your help. / want
a. enlist the active aasis,anco of every
boy aud girl ln the oachoOls 0f our
country IN getting parcels mailed Thi,
eek 10 relieve the rush that comes
directly huiofV Christmas.
VIII you so home today and take
this M ssagc to your parents and
friends
'our postmaster has asked us 20
mail our Christmas parcels This Week.
Zoe, unl.es We DO. Uncle Sans load
may b. so heavy the last few days
before Christmas that he won't be able
a. t.lIN4p al az. u,,..,ts 10 tD,t.iet
mas eve"
The parcels must be well wrapped
and tied and addressed plainly ia or
drr that they may arrive In good
condition with their Christmas app
r.aNnco unspollcd You can put on
pour packages, "no not open until
Christmas"
And. there must be number on
your HOUSE and q mail receptacle, too
fur, n there @n't. santa Claus mes
rcnscr, your letter carrier, may no,
he able 20 nnd the house WHERE IN,
present belongs.
There are some other things, too
N which you can all assis, In improv.
ing the mail service anA N saving oui
Srat Government millions of dollar,
year that IN now wasted because OF
thl NAl'lfNHNf%t-N yours Aht nlnfs
Every day that YOU drop letter n
thp mail box 10000. 600 other letter,
az nlNedy pushing and jammin.
through the postal machinery. one let
ter a day for each family of Eve per
sona In the United states liz given Z,
Uncle Sam % deliver.
Whfn you scnd a parcel to tho pos
orlvo fnr mailing any day there ar
about s,ooo,ooo other parcels ahead O
yours passing through the postal hop
pcr. This is IN ordinary days; a
Christmas time u is multiplied man
timcf
onc family IN about ten puts badl
addressed letter In the mail every da,
This mixes mp over 1000 600 half al
dressed letters with the 30 600 600 fun
addfc~scd letters. That means that IN
fully addroe~d 4 letters must wOlt q
the slow moving addressed letters ius
like the larger boys and girls are dc
lsyed by bunch 90 had Kids" taggin
Aiung.
You boys and sirls can help IN
Postal Service and save your fatho
some money. because he has to hel
pay the cost oi searching addrcsss
en- letters sand parcels sent out h
,hi~ ono careless and thoughtlcss fam
ily IN every ten,
First ind out if your family Is IN
careless one. then bear In mind tina