Evening star., 1924-04-13
PARCEL POST PLOT
STATEMENT DENIED
Postmaster General Says He Did
Not Charge Attempt to
Wreck System.
HOUSE MEMBER QUOTED
Farm Federation Raps Proposal of
Rate Increase.
HOUSE MEMBER QUOTED

Aroused by the claim that lie had
| charged an express company plot TO
ruin the parcel post system, Post
master General New last night de-
| clared emphatically. "I never said
anything OF the kind"
Postmaster General New took cog
nizance of the charge after it was
pointed out to him that various per-
sons and organizations had issued
statements yesterday. all based on
the alleged statement by him that a
plot existed TO destroy the parcel
post system.
/ 1t was declared that not Il one OF
( the voluminouS statements, the latest
/ by Representatives NJ. Clyde Kelly Of
! Pennsylvania. had been written from
/ personal. investigation. mo- demand
! having been made upon the Post
| master General by any of the writer's
| to know if he really had made such
! a statement.
First News TO Him.
The first he knew of it, Mr.. New
! The Star called his attention to many
pages OF statements" coming from
/ Mr.. Kelly. the Railway Mail Clerks
! Association, and the National Fed
GRAFTON Of Post Office Clerks, all
seeming TO take for granted that the
: Postmaster General had made such
: il statement.
"Of course, | never said anything
! Of the kind" declared AR. New, some
! what eatedly "All l have ever said
! about the two postal increase bills is
down in black and white. and you can
! tell them So.
| The American Farm Bureau Feder-
| alton issued Il statement taking a rap
! at any proposal to increase parcel post
! rates To bear the brunt of proposed
and the National Delivery Association.
! Representative Kelly. who with
! Senator Edge, is the author of a bill
! to increase postal salaries. which pro-
poSal has been met by the Post Office
| Department with a counter bill pro-
viding for lesser increases. in his
statement yesterday declared that
POSTMASTER General New in his
statement tries the age-old trick of
| distorting the issue when brought
| face To face with the righteous de-
u;ard of postal employees for a living
wage.
Question of Parcel Rates,
The Postmaster General now pro-
| TesseS to see a plot to destroy the
| parcel post system. and he declares
! that the rates on parcel post matter
in the Kelly Edge bill would drive out
| business, continued Mr.. Kelly s
| statement
THE Postmaster General may be
| deceivirS himself but he is not de-
ceiving 100000 loyal postal employees
| of the American people. He is too
| new in his position"
! Mr.. Kelly said that '-the Postmaster
| General in his statement insinuat es
! that I and the other members of Con-
! gTess fighting for justice for postal
| workers are favoring express COM
| panieS. Such an assertion is made
| for purposes of brazen deception. Far
| more logical is the retort that those
! who oppose fair revision of parcel
| post rates are in the service OF the
mail order trust
The statement ends with the dec
| laratiou that ''in spite Of every dis
| tnrtioa of the issue by those who
should be the leaders in presenting
I the exact facts justice will be Sc
! cured. and at this session of Con-
! gress."