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Show The Mail Man Doesn't Carry All His Burden On His Back liV SIlfKLUV DA KK Pity the poor mail carrier and the postoffice clerk and Ihe post- master. Thi-y'i e victims of im- j n-aucraey, 1jo. i If you don't believe it, thumb I thru the ftuo pages of "Postal Law -find I initiations of the United States." 1 did. o Presents Allowed If any postal service employe gives a Christmas present to a superior officer', he'll be fired. A mailman has to -swear the same oath as the president of the United Slates- only its longer. If he needs a new lead pencil, he has io .a-ik congress for another one. , I And here's a hot one from Sec- I tion 144 : I If the postmaster general put the I portrait of a living man on a postage post-age stamp, he'd probably go to jail: Salesmanship Barred And the same section states that any clerk who encourages a cus-'.tomer cus-'.tomer to buy a 2-cent stamp will be placed in the federal pokey for five years! If the postmaster at Podunk. loway, wants to throw away a i broken swivel chair he has to get ! the president's okey first. I And all wast c paper and string I must be saved and sold. If a clerk j throw's any away, he'll probably be looking for a job. Can Cut Salaries If the postmaster general wants to, he can cut any mailman's salary $100 and add that amount, to the salary of another mailman. If the victim whimpers he'll lose the rest of his paycheck. The man who brings your mail may be forced to work 4S hours at a stretch without extra pay. But if he gets sick he'll be given 30 days' leave at full salary. Cigars Not Allowed not a cigar- which he has to pay for himself. When a woman postmaster takes a husband, slid has to get permission permis-sion from her boss or she'll lose And if a postal employe is sent out of town on business he must take a solemn oath that he spent that nickel for a cup of coffee and the job. If a postman slips on your front step and breaks an arm he doesn't get a "scent" if there's liquor on his breath. And jf he's killed in an accident, he must report that fact to a superior officer within 24 hours or his heirs get not a single farthing from the government. Furthermore, notice must be given in writing and mailed in a stamped envelope ! If the postman tells you not to vote for Hoover, you have hl.Vi canned . . or maybe sent to jail for five years. Section 57 orders the discharge of any man who borrows money from anyone unless he owns a house and lot. S'factl And if when you buy your next postage stamp the clerk lets the gummed side touch the glass top of the counter you can have him spanked by his boss. And the postmaster general must file 15 reports each year with the president accounting for every cent of the department expenditures. expendi-tures. If a penny turns up missing, he's in an awful jam. 'Nd that's only the third of it. If you'll carefully inspect the next mail carrier you see, it'll be apparent that something's been worrying him. So now you know just what it is. But just think how much worse it'd'be for the postcard chaperones if all of these laws were enforced! |