Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1953 — Page 8

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BREAKING A BOTTLENECK ■-W ’ ■ ' ' TOLEDO* _L I* 3 - EVELAHO v F I FT. WAYNE • I ■ U ~ r ~L _r-1 f r-M ! . \. e J *COLUMBUS f INDIANAPOLIS f| f J j ' ' I • ‘ •-1 . • V L J~ J Jb r Pa. . VTLr /> *»^‘ SVILLE p * LEMH6TOM \ \ j L \ r > \ 7 i **\ tL r— — L — FIRST P.O. REGIONALIZATION The states of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio will form the first region in the massive decentralization program of the Post Office Department, beginning November 24. The Tri-Statd Region will bo broken down into nine districts as indicated above. Region headquarters will be in CincinnatL Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield says, regionalization will break the Washington bottleneck which requires all 41,000 postmasters to' report directly to the nation’s capital. Henceforth postmasters will report to their district managers at the cities indicated above. Summerfield described thia program as a'"pilot" operation leading to a nation-wide policy in the near future.

•As part -of the over-all plan to bring; postal operations closer to the needs of the public, the post office department will begin its program of decentralization in the tri-state area qf Indiana, Ken tucky, and Ohio, on November 24, postmaster general Arthur E. Summerfeild announced today. Headquarters for the first regional office will be in the (Edwards Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. Nine districts, operating under the •regional office, will simultaneously be opened with headquarters i’J Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus, and Cincinnati. Ohio ‘Port Wayne, Indianapolis, and Evansville, Indiana; and Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. In making his announcement Summerfield stressed that this will be the “pilot’* operation for «. program that will be extended as soon as practicable on a Nationwide basis. The advantages of decentralization, he said, are' fivefold: | 1- It will break the Washington

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battleneck, which, under present conditions, requires that every one of the 41,000 postmasters in the country report directly to headquarters in the ‘ nation’s capita!. Henceforth postmasters will report to their distric managers. 2. It will improve tne service by permitting closer coordination and allowing the speedier solution .oi local problems. 3. >lt will create efficiency and economy by reducing correspondence and repoft-writ’ng, siniplifying record-keeping procedures, and establishing closer control of expenditures. 4. It will improve employe morale by giving them a more effective contact with top management and providing a more accessible ladder of adanveement. It will also provide the opportunity for establishing, adequate personnel training programs. 5. Jt will permit regional management to make all promotions and appointments, except to postmasterships Requiring presidential appointment and senate approval. This will create a higher level of supervisory efficiency since promotions will be made by those in a position to evaluate performance and capabilities most accurately. Staffs for the new regional and district offices are’ being selected almost exclusively from the ranks of career employes, most of whom have had long experience in the postal service. “This was one of the basic recommendations of the Hoover Commission and will be the most constructive operational step the post office department has taken in 150 years,” Summerfield said. “Decentralization has been talked about in the postal establishment since 190‘S, but nobody has ever done anything about it. “We have faith in the ability of our field personnel. We believe that authority should be delegated to \ field personnel commensurate with their responsibility. “The post office department is one of the world’s largest business institutions. Ift decentralizing our operations we are, at long last,

following the example set by many of the largest and most successful businesses in the country.” Near Record Lows In Part Os State INDIANAPOLIS, UP — Temperatures dipped below freezing and near record, lows for the date over central and south Indiana today. A light snow which had been predicted for parts of northern Indiana failed to materialize. Evansville reported a 23 for the collest mark, which usually is reserved for upstate cities like South Bend and Fort Wayne. Those cities had 34 for the highest Monday minimums among half a dozen points checked daily by the weather bureau. Boy Fatally Shocked In Bathtub Saturday EARL PARK, Ind., UP —Eight-year-old Tommy Schluttenhofer, son of Louis was shocked fatally late Saturday in a bathtub at his farm home northeast of here. Mrs. Schluttenhofer said a portable electric room heater was in the tub with the child’s body when she found it. Authorities said they believed the boy touched the heater switch and current passed through his body. ' TEENAGER HELD (Co«tl»we4 From Page O.e> investigation at Oklahoma City, identified Mrs. Doughty; He said she I was 17 years old. “The baby appears to be in good health,” Ellsworth said. FIRED IRAN (Coottoood From Page One) tend court it the question of competence were settled on behalf of the court, “Even if you cut off my head.’’ A “Whatever I say today in my defense is not prompted by a desire not to be condemned," he said, \“because whatever verdict the president of the court pronounces, I’ll submit to it and will not protest against any sentence. I“I will not even accept the Shah’s forgiveness if he should decide so—l am no traitor and am not afraid. “tin my frail condition I am even afraid to weep in court, lest I offend certain gentlemen,” the 73year old politician said. F — . S2O BILL FROM tCentinned From Page One) St. Louis into the mystery of the missing ransom. Unconfirmed reports circulated that the money had been “fenced” in the Chicago underworld for 30 to JjO cents on the dollar. J These reports were, however, that the professional "fences” were to hold the money for 10 years before putting it into circulation. But police officials called the reports “fantastic.” They said the money probably still was In the St. Louis area. However, this was before the bil Iwas found in Peto»> key. The confessed kidnaper and killer of Bobby, Carl Austin Hall, was picked up Oct. 0. He had two suitcases containing only |293,000 of the $600,000 ransom. He and hi* accomplice, Mrs. Bonnie Heady, pleaded guilty when arraigned in Kansas City under the Lindbergh kidnap law.

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60-Day Sentence To One Motorist Fines Also Levied In Court Os \Mayor * A 60-day penal farm sentence and fines totalling $127 and costs wfere levied in mayor’s court this morning for violations committed over the weekend and last week. Wolfe, 41, of 363 Stevenson street, waived arraignment through his attorney, Hubert ILMxIClenahan, pleaded guilty and 'was fined $5 and costs for a charge of leaving the scene of an accident he was involved in recently.

S Jim Worden, 80, of Meibers and Twelfth, was fined $1 and costs when he pleaded guilty to public intoxication last Saturday night. Anthony Glendening, 44, of route 2, Geneva, was sentenced to 60 days on the state' farm and fined $lO and costs on a plea of guilty to driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor—one of two counts—and fined SSO and costs on the same plea to driving while his license was suspended. Glendening said he was short of money and was told by Mayor Doan that he would have to serve an additional day for each dollar of his fine which he failed to pay. In fining Charles F. Luhman. 15. of "27 North Fifth street, $20.75 with costs for two counts, driving with no operator’s license and- lad - ing the scene of an accident. Doan gave warning to parents who permit their children to drive without a license. The mayor said to Luhman. “You’re not the only one ... if we see that people 400 young to drive continue to get behind the wheel, we’re going to crack down . . . check every car

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