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Newspaper article summarizing recent developments with the post office investigation being conducted by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. Postmaster General Payne is departing for a cruise due to ill health.
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1903-07-15
Postmaster General Payne encloses a letter from Representative Tawney regarding rural free delivery. Payne believes that the Post Office Department will have a difficult task installing more rural free delivery to the satisfaction of Congress.
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1903-07-14
Report on the “betterments” made by Postmaster General Payne during his time in office.
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1903-06-24
The writer reports on the budget of the New York City Post Office from 1898 to 1903. The cost of the city delivery service has decreased and gross receipts have increased.
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1903-06-10
E. C. Howland summarizes the investigation of the Post Office Department and theorizes where the investigation is headed. He credits President Theodore Roosevelt and Postmaster General Henry C. Payne for launching and maintaining a thorough and just investigation.
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1903-06-13
Postmaster Merritt defends his office against irregularities that were found by the United States Civil Service Commission.
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1903-06-29
It is recommended that special assistants be appointed to assist in the post office cases.
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1903-06-22
Assistant Postmaster General Wynne returns the papers and summarizes the case of Donatus O’Brien. O’Brien claimed that his removal from the service was unjust but the investigatory commission quickly dismissed his case.
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1903-06-25
Washington, D.C., Postmaster Merritt responds to Postmaster General Henry C. Payne’s request for an explanation of why O. H. Smith retains his position of finance clerk. Merritt explains the situation and requests that he be allowed to retain Smith because of Smith’s value as an employee.
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1903-06-24
Newspaper article faulting Postmaster General Payne for shifting blame onto President McKinley and Postmaster General Smith for the irregularities at the Washington, D.C., post office. Perry Heath is responsible for the irregularities and bringing McKinley and Smith into the issue is “in vile taste.”
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1903-06-19
John Wanamaker offers to help President Roosevelt in any way. He believes that the key to successful government is the “clean and incorruptible administration of its business affairs.”
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1903-06-18
M. A. Galvin, a mail carrier for the Boston Post Office, was reported to be intoxicated while on duty and was removed from the service. Charles T. McCoy, assistant superintendent of the city delivery service, investigated the case and recommended removal.
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1902-10-24
Report on the operations of the free delivery service from 1863 to June 30, 1902.
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1902
Overview of correspondence between Postmaster General Payne, Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, and Representative Overstreet regarding postal service reports.
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1904-03-16
Alfred T. White believes that the Brooklyn, New York, post office has been fairly administered and that political considerations are interfering with efficiency. He recommends James McKeen and Darwin R. James as postmaster.
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1901-11-21
Alfred Tredway White cannot answer the question, but he believes it is possible to get information from Brooklyn, New York, about the present administration of the post office.
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1901-11-18
Senator Hanna thanks President Roosevelt for his action regarding the Mentor and Lodi, Ohio, post offices. The Fairport Harbor, Ohio, post office matter has already been handled.
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1901-10-07
George Howland recommends William L. Weitzel as the letter carrier for the Glens Creek route near Frankfurt, Kentucky.
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1901-08-27