Show PEOPLES PEOPLE'S CORNER I I HI POSTOFFICE LAYOFFS Peoples People's Corner The past several days your paper has as published articles d dealing aling with local ocal postal affairs the latest to the effect that some 55 substitute work work- workers ers rs would be jobless as the result of m an n economy measure instituted by Postmaster G General Farley Parley In other words wards 55 men now flOW employed part time in the Salt Lake ofU office c will be deprived of even that opportunity of earning a D. part of a living and will be placed on the already overburdened ed ranks anks of unemployed Facts disclose that hat many of those thOe to be thrown out of 1 work were among the first to volunteer vol their services to their country in n wartime Many have served on the he substitute rolls over ove- five years Inthe in inthe the he hope that regular assignments would ultimately result Not one I Ican Ican can readily believe ever felt the time would come when they would be de dc- dismissed by their own government especially when there ther Is ls ample work for all of them to per per- form orm Needless to say lAY y every postoffice patron atron is an Interested party in affairs af lairs fairs of this nature as no other government gov EOV agency comes come in such direct daily contact with every individual as does doe the postoffice Every patron desires the best possible service par- par when more is being paid for same ame According to reports report service will be greatly curtailed Certainly no 10 one will appreciate that that arly business men who depend whal on speedy dependable mail mall servIce FHt five Fifty men removed from the local office will vill mean Just that many more placed on relief rolls to perform perform per per- form orm work of far less let value than than that tha in n which they are arc now engaged Dig Dig- of ot this large group spells absolute lute ute end to the generally good service service ser ser ser- vice enjoyed by Salt Lake patrons Many of ot us ware are of the belief bellet that tha service is the ultimate purpose of the postoffice department and that cur ailment should never result Th The Theinert mere inert fact that at the present there is isa isa isa a slight postal deficit should no not prove alarming to Mr Farley Fancy even capable Benjamin Franklin the revered re reo re- re vered father of the postal service incurred a deficit deficit deficit-as as has every postmaster postmaster post post- master general since since even even In tim times of greatest prosperity Surel Surely theris there ther is no one so base who regrets helping helpin pay a small portion of the deficit created by handling boo books without charge for those poor souls soul who cannot see see for for the blind receIve receive re re- re- re their magazines free To many of us it seems there should be other solutions to the problem The retirement of all as mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- in Fridays Friday's paper would aid materially As I understand those thos so retired would only be with 30 or more years' years service ant and who would receive approximately approximate per month retirement pension Surely in this emergency it would b be far ar better for this group to sacrifice a little and in so doing enable younger men the opportunity of ot becoming sul substantial sub sub- citizens and home owners i In Inthis Inthis this our beloved community LESLIE V V. THOMPSON THE WORLD IS WAKING UP The Peoples People's Corner On the of this month in common cornmon com corn mon with many thousands of or other othe people the writer had the pleasure and satisfaction of or inspecting th the Union Pacific's new streamline u utra ultra ultra ul- ul tra modern train The importance o othis of this achievement needs no elaboration elaboration tion from me It is a prima fac fade facIe success and at once obsoletes a all previous railroad passenger equi equipment equip equip- ment including motive power The he thing that impresses one is no not that this wonderful improvement has ha been thought out but that it has beeso been bee so long in making its And Am this new train is only one example of a c condition that is most puzzling During the be past 40 or 50 SO years there ther has been no fundamental radical change in railroad equipment To b be sure the engines have b been n mac macmore made more more massive and powerful the powerful th coaches and sleepers more mor elaborate and luxurious But there had been no attempt up to now to leave th the beaten path and strike out into th the bro broad d field of science and discovery discover to find something better and more mor practical In the automobile industry mor more progress is noticeable but even so sois it itis Itis is only within the past two or three thre years that manufacturers have di discarded dis dis- carded the prevailing idea o of horseless horse hors less carriages and have begun to d develop develop de- de really scientific motor cars With politics and religion the same sam awkward reactionary ideas nate People are forever looking in inthe into the muddled and distorted past to find cures for the evils and abuses of the present Our lawmakers lawmaker am and courts of justice seem to recognize that the present representatives of the human race are decidedly i inferior inferior in- in to th those e who trod the globe glob 1 Letters limited to words In publication U Is linn civen When the true acme nims and address Are ura u 2 Write Writ legibly on one side ildi ot ol III r only 3 ReIl Religious lou racial rectal and par liar titan discussions barred personal e ai are not de desired 4 mut must sien true names and addresses but when desired the t e will ti net be printed ri S. S Political I m J trl are not considered O 0 0 View ti- ti pressed In this department are thai tho tolt of the contributors and do not fleet reflect the views view of ot this neI neat nn paper aper 7 The department ma may mar no not lot be used as an advertising medium r It The Peoples People's corner does don not more than on one contribution a a. w ee v from the same came writer hundreds or thousands of years ago aio and unless they find a precedent for r rany any proposed change in ethics social t science or court decision their hand handi I Iare are arc tied They dare not face an in unexplored unexplored unexplored un un- un- un explored truth no matter how apparent apparent appa ent eat It may be Because artful scheming and dIshonest dishonest dis dIs- honest persons have always alway been p permitted permitted per per- milLed to hog as much as they could of the assets of ot this thi world b In which we were all intended by God Goj i ito to be apparently we must forever submit to this senseless practice practice pra tice which forces 75 per cent people to endure want and privation in order that about 10 per cent nay may corral many times more than they c can cm apply to any beneficial use We President Roosevelt's Roosevelt new deal dul la Jj lathe i ithe the first political sign of an art 3 ing lag nature that has been seen n In thi country in the past put 50 years year an and while it is entirely too superficial ial to cure o our r disorders nevertheless it Is i j of enough concern to the wealthy class to bring forth dire threats of or 1 y reprisals a J. J Before Belore the great majority o of the j people In this country can achieve security and happiness Individual Incomes Incomes In In- comes and Inheritances must be limited limited limited limit limit- t ed to reasonable amounts Interest Inter Inter- i est Ct must be outlawed and the monetary monetary mone mone- tary powers of the government re re- re- re stored When these objectives have J. J been accomplished we can forget orid i about the N R A A. A the nuisance taxes and a lot of or other patch pieces with which the Interests hope to delay or avoid the fundamental changes In in in- our social and economic system the need for which has become so apparent apparent apparent ap ap- parent as the greed and grab crab system reached its natural culmination In this day of discovery and advance advance ad ad- vance thought there should develop leadership to conduct the voters of 1 our nation to these goals C. C S S. S WILKINSON j jC RECAI RECALLING LING TEDDY The Peoples People's Corner Murals MuratA painted in New York to tell toll the world four big jobs done by bythe bythe the late President Roosevelt 1 Spanish war 2 Japanese Russo-Japanese e peace 3 Panama canal 4 Big game In Africa I Why not big game in America Ht He never hunted bigger g game gome me than wh r. r he curbed the rich captains of industry industry indus indus- try who as he himself said were as u Y wicked and as foolish os as the barons of the twelfth century when h ht he stopped these barons baron from grabbing the forests mines and water power and when he forced tb the owners h ht t to 10 settle the biggest coal cool s strike that I ever threatened this country I suppose it would be easier wier to 10 paint a 8 snarling African tiger with red gums and saber tooth about to spring upon the late president Whoever chose these murals should explain why he omitted the very deeds that Roosevelt I said aid he would prefer above ell all to be judged by J. J SMITH 7 WOMEN FOR FOB WAR WARThe WARThe The Peoples People's Corner Sin Since our up and coming corning sex ex has hu acquired 22 per cent of ot fill all the thC jobs job in America Is the not opportune to suggest to them that they prepare in militant array to become also with the men cannon fodder in any future future fu Iu- fu- fu I ture war They have seized the the country country's peacetime prizes so O let them also share the responsibility of or pr protecting I said prizes in times of national dan dan- ger REAL SUFFRAGE J |