Show Ip P PO O 0 CARRIERS I SEEK INCREASE I I Convention 0 n V e n t ion Delegates Makes Report To Og Og- Ogden Og- Og Ogden Ogden den Workers Congress I Is to be asked to In- In Increase In Increase cre crease e the postal appropriation o that r lett-r carriers of th United States m ma mas hae ha alary salary raises rale and I better pension arrangements ac- ac according ac according cording to a repol t of the tho na- na na lonal aC 1 Ional convention of the tIme Association of ot Letter Carriers mae made lat last night to members of Ogden local No 68 after arter a 11 dinner In the tho cafe care Ben J F F of Salt Lake dele dele- pale dele gate ate who represented the locals local oC nC the two cities at the national con con- con made the report ot or tUe IlIe national convention which aas as asheld held last month 1 at Providence R RI I J IThe The carriers feel that an In- In increase In Increase crease cree In pay PRY Is Ii due th for the esson that the work ork has nas been greatly by the addition of f the parcel post and other I ac-I ac- ac ac accommodations added for the bane bane- bene fit of the public from time to I bene-I time PRESENT LE Instead of the present salar salary ot of otI I from 1400 1400 to 1800 1800 annually the seek to have hae the pay raised to 2400 for first class 2200 00 for tor second cia class and t 2 for third claa cluB class The retirement age Is asked to tobe tobe tobe be changed to 60 a ears Instead of 8 6 ears sears Mr Reese said At At present Mr Reese Reee said ald the pension l Is a straight 60 a 11 This sum sura hardly will more than Pay for tor the rent of a house Mith Ith present prices The a Is seeking t to tn ha ha e e the pension of cf 1040 for tor the first ear and U 1 1 for the thiro and the ears thereafter DEDUCtED FRO FROM PAY PAr The majority of oC t the he People e the Idea that the pension money comes from the eo entire However this thia is a false impression Each month a certain certain tam tain amount I Is iq deducted from the pay of ot e eer er e er letter earner carrier of th the United States Ihl money goes oe Ito the pension fund An Increase In pay for substitutes Ill be asked aked from front 60 cents an hour to 80 30 cents The national con convention also Int on record a as favoring the half during the summer ummer months Un- Un Under Un Under I der tier the present system the pot post pot pot- postmasters masters are permitted to use their discretion In this regard with the I suit that few close the Saturday afternoons In Los Log Angeles the postmaster de- de de declared dared a a Saturday holiday half for tor forIt foru It 1 period to try It out And ind It ha proven so 0 successful that the of- of office of office fice flee I Is no now closed during the time en- en entire en entire tire Ure ear on Saturday afternoons v TIO C Tho The vacation period will Ill be asked to be e extended tended from front 15 days U s sto to 30 da the letter carriers carrier the same pc nods as other branches ot of the government Th urh Inci eases win wilt be taken up by the local as- as as associations ns and the vallous locals throughout the country will ask asic their I heir congressional representatives In Washington to aid in bringing the requests Those who bo att attended the dinner and meeting were Mr Reese H Ht HH t Litzenberg lg president of the Ogden local R It W V Cunningham 0 Gorder H HF HV 1 F Gr Gri Gilbert K Y Gre Robert Hazen Caleb Caleb A A B W eat at W W V Porter Clarence H Spence Henry KJ liell KIs-liell sell Mart Kouw Houw Robert Hobert Cunning Cunning- Cunningham Cunningham ham Cunning ham Jr ond Ra mond Kuhns Samuel C Burch William 1 U M McGregor Gr gor on |