Evening star., 1935-08-18

hall Century OF tury old. The
Special Delivery. Star Sta OF August H.
THE Postmaster General has de-
termined upon a plan for the introduc-
ton of a system of the delivery of letters
bearing the special ten-cent stamp au-
thorized by the last Congress. He will
issue a circular today containing rules
for the government Of this new fea-
ture Of the postal service. The law
authorized its introduction in all places
containing more than 1000 inhabitants
and at first the Postmaster General
thought it best to limit 1t to q few Of
the large cities for the present, but he
finally decided to introduce it into all
the places allowed by law. There are
$50 places in the United States where
this new system will be introduced. BY
placing the special stamp on a letter.
in addition to the regular postage. it
will be delivered at once by special car
rier upon its arrival at the Office of
destination, and this also will apply to
local letters. In this service a special
corps of messenger boys will be en-
ployed and to some extent the regular
letter carriers. The new system will go
into operation October l."
1.-THE ardent friends OF the civil serv-
ice law" says The Star Of August 13.
1885, have been in
Democrats and clined to deride the
r;u;, c.rv;o. idea that any de-
AA oA '''S' termined effort might
be made at the coming session OF Con-
gress to repeal or modify that act. But
the expressions of leading Democrats
who have been in Washington during
the last few weeks indicate that the
opposition will be more formidable than
the friends Of the law anticipate. The
truth, as developed by the honest ex-
preston of Democratic Congressman. is
that they do not like the way in which
the law operates. Democratic Congress
men who. after the election OF Cleve-
land. counted confidently upon getting
certain friends and supporters in place
under the Government, have been folled
BY the civil service law. They have found
it a barrier to their cherished hopes.
They have been compelled to inform
disappointed constituents that they were
rendered powerless by this law. This has
had the effect Of raising opposition to
the law among the masses Of the democ-
rary everywhere. This opposition is more
outspoken than ever. It is boldly pro-
claimed by Democrats in Ohio and in
New York. The law Is regarded as the
one obstacle which prevents the ap-
pointment of Democrats to. all the Fed
eral positions and as the democracy has
been out of power and out OF place
for so many years it is easy to under
stand that they grow restive at being
excluded from place.
at is quite certain that an organized
effort will be made in Congress to
repeal the act. More than dozen
Democratic congressman have pro-
claimed their intention to offer a repeal
bill in Congress A form of modification
OF the law which seems TO have a good
many supporters is to amend it so as
to provide that after candidate shall
have passed an examination he or she
shall be eligible to appointment without
the formula of having the name sent
up by the commission. The idea is that
none but persons having certificates
shall be eligible to appointment in the
classified service. This plan would en-
able the Congressman and other leading
Democrats to do much more for their
constituents than the present law admits
of. 1t is more likely that some change
like this will be made than that the
law will be repealed; but there is not
much probability of any modification
of the law until the Democrats get con-
troll of both Houses of Congress"