Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1911 — Postmasters Most Be On the Job Eight Hours or Quit. [ARTICLE]

Postmasters Most Be On the Job Eight Hours or Quit.

A dispatch from Washington says: The Postofßce Department intends to enforce the eight-hour day rule as applied to Indiana postmasters. The department has been bothered a great deal by complaints- that Indiana postmasters do not stay “on the job” as the should. The fact that an office may be well managed is, no excuse for absenteeism on the part of the postmaster, the department holds. The postmaster at Bluffton was slated to go and his successor’s name was sent to the senate, but in the final rush of the session it failed of confirmation. Former Representative George Cromer is now trying to obtain the retention of the present postmaster. The department admits the office has been well managed, but states that an inspector’s report shows the postmaster averages only about five and one-half hours a day at the office, when he should be there eight-hours. Therefore he must walk the plank. It is now settled that Robert Hanna will be retained as postmaster at Ft. Wayne and Pratt Loveland at Peru. A peculiar situation has arisen at Union City. Will Mote was appointed postmaster of that .city and the appointment was confirmed, but President Taft has not signed his commission. Friends of George W. Patehell, the present postmaster, are very active in trying to get the President to reconsider and allow Patehell to remain in office.