Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-22

MIKE MARONEY, Executive Assistant
TO the Postmaster General, should know what
one Rockville postal worker and old-time
Democrat" thinks about the situation at the
Rockville post office.
He wrote letter to the Editor but for
obvious reasons didn't sign his name. There.
fore, the editor wouldn't print it. He would
have if he had signed the letter and asked
that the name be withheld. But Mike might be
interested enough to do little investigating.
on his own.
Mike Monroney lives in the county. He
worked as Public Information officer for the
County. He ran one of the best campaigns the
county has ever seen. He was manager for
Judge Jim Pugh when he ran for the Circuit
Court Judgeship. Then Mike went to Capitol
Hill as Administrative Assistant to a Con-
gresham from Indiana.
Many of Mikes friends had hoped he
would make try for the Congressional post
once held by Foley and now by Matthias But
it is fairly certain that he won't run against
his friend Foley who has made signs of run
ming again in the Democratic Primary.
In the meantime, Monroney is doing a
good job in the Post Office Department. 1t
is certain that he wouldn't want anything
sour going on concerning the top job at the
Rockville post office. This is the reason the
following letter is repeated here: He can
take it for what he believes it to be worth.
Il am a postal worker and for very OBJ
vious reasons can not sign my name to this
letter. l hope you can see fit to printer
at least part of this letter in your paper.
l am also lifelong Democrat and a resident
of Rockville.
"In March 1861 the Postal Inspectors
visited the Rockville post office. Every en-
ployee there knew that this was no routine
inspection and also knew that Mr.. Hassells
days as postmaster were numbered The In
spectors worked diligently, in fact, seven of
them, for nine days The Inspectors were rude
and discourteous to Mr.. Hassell and other en-
ployees They went over books three or four
times and interferred with the work of the
employees Several times during their inves-
tigation they would confer and the remark
was heard you can come up with more than
that" Never to my knowledge have Inspec-
tors come into this office with such an atti.
tude. 1t was evident that they had their or.
ders from higher officers in the Department
Il believe the Postal Inspection Service
should be revised - not to tear someone to
pieces but to render aid which / have
failed to see. They couldn't write one charge
down without reading 20 minutes. in the
manual to see if it was legal The Postal
spectors are disgrace to our Postal Service
Inspectors are disgrace to our Postal Service
"Mr. Hassel will be relieved as Postmast-
er-not because of not running the office ac-
cording to regulations-but because he Is a
Republican. He came to the post office when
the employees were few-service terrible He,
and mean he alone, has built this post office
to be one of the best in the county. There
has never been job too small for him to do.
l want the residents of Rockville to know that
they are losing devoted worker in helping
to build our city.
What is in store for Mr.. Hassell? Re-
duction in position and pay. Probably resi-.
dent from Silver Spring to be our new post
master. Mr.. Hassell has lived in Rockville for
eight years. What can Rockville expect from
Silver Spring resident interested in our
city-he will be coming to live here soon.
II this Is reward for a devoted postal work
er, my faith is shattered just being part of
such a service. think the residents of this
city should pay respect for man who helped
to put it on the map again
Postal Worker and Old.Time Democrat
THUMBING THROUGH the latest issue
of The American Press we came across two
items that might prove interesting to you
One concerned itself with what is news
paper? The answer came from six-year-old
girl named Diana. She wrote
Newspapers We need them so we can
know who reks and who drownds and who
shoots somebody. And who want house or
who dies or gets a baby. 1t tells if your dog
is lost. They are good on shelves and to make
bond fires. They also do good under baby's
plate and to keep dogs offa things. You can
wrap potato Feelings in em. You can put one