The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-17
TROUP (Continued from Page One.

Mr. Troup when summoned to Wash ington and asked to resign would do so peacefully But MT. Troup, like his late and fighting father, Is not built that way He wanted to know why and finally was told that there were charges against him. He demanded to see the charges and the sponsors. He was informed that that was against custom and then told the postOhiCc department to go to blazeS or worse, with their request for his to g>t him out while charges were pending they would have to remove him and he would demand an inves- tigation, and see the charges anyhow. That brought the powers that be at Washington to the floor and the charges were produced. Ill affidavits made by Inspector Chester, IrOup was charged with beinG politically active and the charges were laid to Col. Gilman, Mir, Birely and Mir. kcating. MT. Troup after reading them made extracts of the important points and then refused to resign. Later on his return to New Haven he reconSidcred and inasmuch as the term would run out in September and the New Haven Union needed him back at the helm he decided to re- sign and did so.
 tie sent i'll his resignation and 1t was promptly met with request cral (Work) that he reconsider and serve out his full term. MT. Troup declined and will retire as scheduled on March I. His de cision to retire throws the postmast- crship up in the air" inasmrch as Alr. Eircly, slated for the job by Col Gilman and COngrc sSnan IilSon can not HOW take the necessary eXamina- ton and tl>. job will have to go to some other at least temporarily. This vii! probably be Assistant Postmast CT William P. Futile and he may probably get the full term appoint ment
 The skCs were anyhow under Mir. Bircly and his aspirations the an ti-CIIman faction in the local repub- lican party, led by former Governor N oodruf, having registered a big kick against his being appointed. Woodruff went to Washington last week and being now the Big Gun" in Connecticut on the financial end oi the G. Q. P, deiNiency, his pro- tests arc said to have had much
 
 of Mir Tuttle and as under postal regulations. the job can be filled without an examination, only when there is not available within the serv- ice anyone under civil service com petent to take the job Mir. Futile IS the logical candidate. He has been 20 years in the New Haven post office, for the past 20 almost as assist ant postmaster, has the routine ot the office down to an atom and IS con sidcred fully competent to take the place He is now close onto 70 when under the rules he must retire ii he remains as assistant postmaster. If appointed postmaster he need not re- tire at 70 and as he has been a long and faithful servant to the public and his party, Governor. Woodruff and his friends are determined to see that he gets the appointment.
 Mir Troup's sudden resignation threw a wrench into the wheels of the C. Q. P. program to appoint Bircly Had he held on Birely would have had ample time to take the eN- the job His getting out doesn't leave time for the examination and either Mr. Futile or Supt. of Mails Pierce \. Mahcr h<;St be appointed acting postmaster until SA~h an examination cali br held. Even then Birely will have tn step lively for there are oth- CTS out for the place, among them Col, George E. Hall, also lawyer and a son-in-law of D, A. Blakeslee leader of the anti-Ullman factions. There arc others, among them a couple of superintendents Of large fac tories and as ability to handle labor is one of the chief requirements, MT. Bircly would have to go some to get among the first three from whom the selection must be made, if an cN- animation is ever held.
 It Is now figured, that with the runpuS stirred up, MT. Futile will be appointed to act as postmaster after Mr. Troup rctires and then will even tually get the full term appointment This will be especially cared for in case the democrats succeed in elect ing congressman in this district next fall, a> now seems 10 be extremely likely