Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1920 — IT COULDN’T BE MUCH WORSE THAN IT IS [ARTICLE]

IT COULDN’T BE MUCH WORSE THAN IT IS

Washington, D. C., May 13.—The national organization of postal employes is warning the government that tiie postal system may break down within the next three months unless the congress provides better pay for employes of the service. « is asserted that within the last few weeks employes 'have 'been quitting by the thousands to accept employment along other Mnes at better pay, and that many of the larger postoffices already have been cnppled seriously. . No amount of persuasion on the part of the national organization, it is asserted, can hold the men in. the service under existing conditions. The situation is becoming so senous that chambers of commerce and other commercial organizations in various parts of the country have been asked to give it consideration.