Show A call for justice there is one class of postal em aloyes with whom the government has certainly not dealt generously these are the men in the ra iway mall ice who do more arduous work than any other class of postal employed emp loyes be sides the peril which their service in bolves in a speech in the house rep demench of illinois made an earnest plea in behalf of those em aloyed in the ra iway mail service pointing out the exact nature of their duties the physical strain of their work and the danger attending their employment he said the railway pos tal clerk leads the life of a nomad his waking and sleeping hours are spent in the uncomfortable and nerve racking environment of the united states mail coach and his waling far exceed in number his sleeping hours his duties demand his entire atten gioi the minuteness 0 detail that he must attend to Is tremendous he must be a man of good quid alert and indefatigable he must stand a frightful strain which inevitable undermines his cons titu alon his responsibilities are enor mo is his labor highly essential ha i in constant danger of his life the description is not in the least overdrawn overl rawn only those who ehnow something of the arduous nature tho incessant strain and the great cespon sivility lity of this sen ice can appreciate how hard and exacting it la though every one can understand the danger incident to it the men in the railway mail service should be better campen sated than they are and it would not be amiss to make some provision tor those who are disabled diba bled in the per firmance for mance of duty editorial from omaha daily bee |