Show NOT A SUDDEN MOVE Postofflco Investigation Was Agreed Upon at u Conference Held Early Last Winter Washington May 5There were two Important moves In the postofflco investigation Investi-gation today First the dispatch of a letter let-ter calling for tho evidence In tho posses nlon of tho former cashier of the Washington Wash-ington City pontofflco of tho department bovoral yearn ago and second the announcement an-nouncement that the present Investigation Investiga-tion was agreed upon curly last winter ExReprcsentatlvo Loud of California for many years chairman of the House Committee on Poatofflcos and Post Roads and probably a delegate of the United States to tho International congress to beheld be-held at Rome Italy next spring was In conference with the PostmasterGeneral today concerning the Investigation The PostmasterGeneral announced to the newspaper men that tho present Investigation Investi-gation was contemplated as long URO on lost December and that tho work along tho lines now being pursued was then decided de-cided on Mr Payne sold this waa provided pro-vided for In an Item In thr last appropriation appropria-tion act for contingent expenses or the office of-fice of thu PostmasterGeneral said that he and Mr Mr Payne Loud had had frequent conferences on the subject sub-ject and had agreed that an Investigation should be made to determine whether changes in methods wero needed such as safeguarding contracts and purchases etc Mr Payne paid that It was proposed to see If any crookedness existed In tho department I was a uli undertaking ho said to go out over the country and take up the Investigation and the method pursued pur-sued was adopted as most likely to sub servo ito interests of the service Ho said that at that lime It wns not believed there was any dishonesty |