Evening star., 1936-06-09
PLANS ARE MADE .
TO RUSH DELIVERY
OF BONUS BONDS
Burke Suggests Procedure
for Veterans Who Have
Moved.
INFORMATION SERVICE
SET UP AT POST OFFICE
Certifcation Offices to Be Located
at Central Points in
City. ...

Working "a hours day, the special
bonus force Of $50 persons at the City
Post Once is keeping up With the
flood of bonus bond mail pouring
into 1t from the Treasury Depart
ment, Postmaster Vincent C. Burke
told delegation of veterans organi-
zation leaders at a conference yester-
day. More than 300. 900 pieces Of mail
have been handled. much Of it for
District OF Columbia delivery.
Details of the program for delivery
and certificstion of bonus bonds were
outlined by the, postmaster to the
| gathering. The veterans appreciation
| for the comprehensive program was
expressed by Department Comdr. JOS
eph j. Malloy of the American Legion,
who stated, You have done good
Job"
Persons who have moved to an
other part of the city since sending
their address to the Veterans Ad-
ministration for bonus bond delivery
might save time II they will go
back to their old neighborhood.
Burke said. and wait there for the
mail carriers effort to deliver the
bond to their former address, In
cases where the veteran is known to
| his former mail carrier. 1t was su7-
gezted that meeting place be ar
ranged by appointment.
1t will not be necessary for the
carrier to deliver the bonus bond to
the exact address named on the OPEN
faced envelope, the postmaster said,
but the carrier must be sure of the
identity OF the veteran to whom he
delivers the bonus mail.
Deliveries to Be Rushed.
Every effort is being made. the
postmaster told the veteran leaders. to
deliver all of the mail then in the
hands Of the City Post once on the
night Of June Is.
Where veterans are sick in bed.
such as in the service hospitals of
the city, arrangements are being made
for representatives of the Post ONCE
not only to deliver the mail directly
to them, but also to certify the bonds
at the bedside.
On account Of the dificulty in at
tempting to identify veterans at the
general delivery window on the first
night. the postmaster said he had al
ready made definite arrangements to
have the general delivery windows
closed on the evening of June Is.
Questions Are Answered.
The food of requests for informa =
ton about the bonus has prompted
the postmaster to set up three branch
telephones in the City Post ONCE to
answer such questions from 8 am. to
8 pm. daily. The telephone number
Is District 1872, branches 623, 624
and 625. This service Is under direc-
tion of the postmaster and Joseph
Donovan, assistant superintendent OF
mails
A food of information soon will 90
out over the radio to reach all veter-
ans possible. Postmaster Burke will
60 on the air over WJSV tonight at
s O'Clock for q short talk explaining
latest details Friday he will speak
again over the same station at Sis
pm and Sunday he will talk over
WRC at $50.
A Nationwide broadcast to vet
Grams has been arranged for June IL
over the blue network OF the National
Brosdcasting Co, including WMAL
here. Speakers will be Postmaster
General Farley. Brig. Gen Frank T.
Hines, administrator Of veterans af-
fairs; Thomas Kirby of the Disabled
American Veterans; John Thomas
Taylor Of the American Legion and
Millard w. Rice Of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars.