Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1915 — BURLESON REBUKED FOR EVADING LAW [ARTICLE]

BURLESON REBUKED FOR EVADING LAW

Congress Provided That Demoted Carriers Be Restored to Full Pay— P.-G. in Bad. Congress in its last moments officially rebuked Postmaster General Burleson for his action in demoting a number of letter carriers in Chicago and other cities without authority of law. The postmaster general also was rebuked for his effort to evade the law governing the pay of rural free delivery carriers by issuing regulations which would have prevented many of them from drawing the salary provided by congress for their routes. When it became apparent that the conference report on the postoffice appropriation bill could not be adopted in the senate because of the filibuster on the Indian bill, a joint resolution appropriating an amount equal to that for the current year’s expenses of the postoffice department was prepared and rushed through. This resolution specifically provides that carriers who have been reduced by reason of the recent orders of the postmaster general shall be restored to their legal standing. It also provides that the postmaster general shall pay to rural carriers the amounts legally fixed for their routes according to the length of the particular routes involved.