Evening star., 1921-09-25
will H. Hays, human dynamo!

rapherS busy taking MS olctatiou'
but most Of his debating is done on
the fly. as he jumps from New York
to Chicago, to Kansas City, here, there
and everywhere as duty calls
Will H. Hays Is today running the
biggest distinct business in the world.
running the largest express company
in the world; the largest savings
bank, In the world in number or de-
positors: he is conducting an Amerl-
caTiization campaign. and to be thor
oughly up to date is installing a
wireless telephone news-broadcasting
service designed to Danish forever
the bugbear Of isolation on the farms.
that he is, has in his character dis
positions, as antithetical as those
which actuated DR.. .Jekyl and Mr.
Hyde. He has the tenderest and most
humane of sympathies: and he is as
snappy, determined and vengeful. We
will convict him by his own words:
Want. 100000 Partners.
One of the first notable achieve
ments Of Mr.. Hays administration as
Postmaster General was to institute
new welfare department for the
feelings. Mr.. Hays said: THE one
most important element in any serv-
ice is the spirit of the men doing 1t:
And we must get away in the post
is commodity. / would reiterate
the suggestion that that idea was
abandoned 1921 years ago last Easter.
II am determined in all seriousness
to go to great lengths to develop the
spirit in the department that we are
10000 partners. The working con-
ditions in many places are unsatls-
factory and great deal must be done
about the quality of our employees.
They have the brains and they have
che hands to do their jobs well, but
some place along the line the heart
has been lost out the works.
''Humanizing business is not origi.
nal. 1t has been the definite trend of
American business for the past gem
Grafton. All things that are done
pioyes in other successful businesses
must be done as far as possible IN
this the greatest of all businesses II
we can improve the spirit and actual
women who do this pob, that in itself
is an accomplishment, and 1t is Just
as certain to bring consequential
Improvement in the service as Is TO-
morrows sum-"
No Mercy fer Robbers.
Then a lever in his brain turned,
and almost in the same breath. dis
'cussing protection of the mails. ne
grew 6loodthirsty: There have been
in the last year thirty-three major
mail robberies, with a known loss OF
s6284,00 and q known recovery OF
s3,030. .0a0.,
I'm the handling Of thousands OF
millions Of pieces OF man annuaiiy
and the duty applies to the smallest
postcard from the humbiest eltizen
lust as much as to the shipment OF
bullion and millions in gold, and no
more so.
I'VE assume the mail is the one
most inviolate thing in the country
and it must be kept Sc. In an enor.
toward this end we have obtained a
from the War Department !e,ooC aue
tomatic revoivers. million ROUNDS OF
ammunition. and several hundred riot
guns, and have armed all the essen
tial postal employees. In addition we
have offered "a, reward tN; OF an s1,goE ~ these @
mail robbers and declared that every
man will be expected to uphold tne
honor of the service. We Simply nave
days and shoot to kill, and we are
going to do it.
Looking for Other Jobs.
Not quite satisfied that his job is
big enough as 1T is. Mr.. Hays has pre-
pared for the organization OF olvl-
sion of communications in MS depart.
ment, to include all the government
used telegraph lines, by which he mas
figured that he can enect an annual am in
saving of $250.000. and 1t will also IN
clude the development of radio com
munication. Anticipating this, ne mas
started a wireless telegraph news
broadcasting service, particularly for
western farmers. which since April
Is has been sending market ana
weathsr Sieh .6om eover an M aggre
gate area equal to more than half OF
the'United States.
THE bigness of his job is one thing
that is appreciated and whicn appeai,s peas
fellow who just itches to DO DIE
things. Here is his own concept OF
it: "The postal service Is generany
taken for granted IKE tne seatenhee seat me
q. s. postal service is the biggest dis
tinct business in the world we nave
400. 900 employees Immediately con
nectsd with the OPERATOR rat annxai w;tn turn urn
over Of the business in the Post ONCE
Department amounts to nearly $3.00o'-
0fi,e 200. with an expenditure OF $780,
900, 900. oo,,-
na,y in the world, handling nearly
three billion packages last year; W.. we
have the largest savings bank IN the
world in number Of depositors, 20 per
cent of whom are forsisn-porn OF VI
"Eyerv hour in the day the Post OF.
flee Department handles an average, ,oa 81
LOO, 900 letters. There were io's1S,t''
pieces Of registered mail last year.
:'The railway mail service mas
mileage OF oPeT Sov'VVo'Sv.
njially (which distribution Is per-
formed. with an additional S0000.0Oo
miles afMually of sixty-foot storage
cars" s.rI
HeIutne ReorEanize Departments.
Nothing daunted by the stupendous
size, of his own job and the reforms
and innovations and new progressive
services which he is instituting, Will
n. HAYS is one of the most active
members of the cabinet in studying
the problem OF reorganization OF the
administrative branch of the govern
ment. In fact. he has done what no
other cabinet member has done He
down to seven definite recommends
tions, as follows.
"First, the change Of the name OF
the Department of the Interior TO
Department Of Public Works. and the
concentration in that department OF
ALI civil public works of the govern
ment. as well as all those services
wbich have to do with the admins
tration and utilization OF the pubic
domain.
SECOND, the establishment Of new
department, the Department OF Public
Welfare. to have charge of all bureaus
ior. the veterans of the war with Ger
many, including the Bureau OF War |
Fisk Insurance, the Federal Bureau |
OF vocational Education, and the hos
ri .alizatien division of the public health |
:-eivIce. In this department would be |
placed also those bureaus which deal
With health questions generally, with
edrcaticA and social welfare.
Third, the stripping of; the Treas