Show Bennett Charges Post Office With Foot Dragging Senator Wallace F Bennett Friday charged the Post Office Department with political foot foot- dragging and circumvents n g the law in utah by continuing an acting postmaster in a par par- particular office long after an eligi ble register has been establish establish- established ed SENATOR Bennett has spon spon- spon sponsored legislation placing aU all postmasters under the Civil Civic Service system and taking the postmaster appointees out of the spoils patronage system In my opinion the utah situa situa- situation tion is clearly politically motivated ted to continue patronage ap- ap appointees ap- ap appointees in office in lieu of pro pro- properly properly perly appointed nominees from froma a list of on a Civil Ser Ser- Service Service vice Register Senator Ben Ben- Bennett nett said lie He submitted to Postmaster General John A Gronouski as aswell aswell well as to Civil Service Director John Macy a list of some 24 act act- acting ing postmasters in Utah lIe He said there may be more since the Post Office Department re- re refused refused fused to provide the Senator an date up-do-date list forcing the Sen ator to send a staff member to the Post Office Department to the files for the Utah vacancies A quick review of the list in in- in indicates that several of these postmasters have served in an acting capacity for five years and that many of them have been serving in interim appoint appoint- appointments ments in excess of three or more years he said Public i and Law 86 and Civil Service and Postal regulations clearly require that permanent post post- postmasters masters be appointed within 90 days after the establishment of ofa ofa a civil service register of eligi ble applicants therefore it is obvious that the law is being ig nored Senator Bennett said |