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Show HITCHCOCK SPRINGS NEW P0ST0FFICE RULE WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. Postmaster General Hitebeork today promulgated aa ordr involviag important changes ia th mailing ef third and fourth class matter without stamps affixed. Through a recent defalcation at one of tb larger postofflea the postmaster general berame ronvineed that th existing ex-isting regulations did sot adequately protect pro-tect tha revaaue of tb department and a eommittea waa appointed to consider con-sider a revision. Th order impose no additional bur dene udob DOatof nca natron who deeir to avail themselves of tao law, which permits them to send 2000 pieces of mail of third and fourth class without, stamps a fixed, but provide such imports im-ports nt administrative checks in the handling of this mail by postoflcs employees em-ployees that defalcations will be practically prac-tically impossible. |