The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-06
One Thousand Kansas Postal
= Employees to Topeka.
CONFER WITH BUSINESS MEN
Problems of the Service VIII Be
Discussed Fully.
State Postmaster Association
VIII Be Recognized.

The three features which Postmas-
ter General Work wants stressed at
the big postal conference in Topeka
next Friday are:
An open forum for an hour to dis
cusa postal problems of every nature.
An hour for the postmaster general
TO meet and greet ali of the postal en-
pioyes in attendance
An hours conference with the big
business men of Topeka and Kansas
TO discuss postal problems.
The program for the day has been
arranged to meet these requirements.
Practically all details for the big
conference have been completed. The
indications are that there will be at
least 1000 postmasters and other pos
1al employees in attendance.
Postmaster General Work and his
party viii arrive from Denver in the
morning. and If his program can be
varied the postmaster general will ad
dress the high school students about
1880. However, this is not certain
and cannot be settled for a couple Of
days yet.
At IL o'clock five group meetings
will open to discuss postal matters
from every angle
~ Reorganize State Body.
The postmasters will reorganize
their state association and will receive
Instructions as to how to make out
quarterly reports under new forms.
Other matters of great Importance to
the service will also be taken up.
The rural carriers expect at least
SOC at their meeting at Representative
Hal. d. B. Lawson, state president,
says several matters of vital import
alce to the rural carriers service viii
be discussed.
Edward ] Gainor of Muncie. Ind,
president of the National City Letter
Carriers association. will be the head
liner for the city carriers meeting
c. E Graham. president of the state
Association of Postoffice Clerks, ex-
poets a large attendance from the
clerical forces of the various offices
The supervisors are arranging a
suitable program for their meeting
Days Big Conference.
The big conference of the day will
start at Memorial hall at o'clock
short addresses of welcome will be de-
iivered by Governor Allen and Mayor
Corwine. w r. Spilman, superinten-
dent of postoffice service at Washing
ton. will be the first speaker. Then
will come the forum for an hour IN
which everybody is invited to take a
hand Following this, Postmaster
General Work will deliver an address
and then meet all of the postal en-
ployes in attendance
Meet Business Men
At O'Clock, promptly, Postmaster
General Work will meet the business
men of Topeka and Kansas in confer
ence at the Chamber of Commerce to
discuss questions of interest to the
service. This conference will last an
hour and will be one of the big things
connected with the postmaster gem
erals visit to Kansas.
TIE dollar dinner will be at the
Masonic, Temple at $50. A program
OF short speeches is being arranged
for the occasion It is expected at the
BANQUET that short talks will be MADE
fvEthes postmaster general and other
members of his party. Sepator Capper.
Governor Allen. some of the congress
men. representatives of the various
branches of the postal service ana
several business men,