Show LESS NUMBER KILLED the postmaster general in his annual report relating to the railway mail gives figures on tho the fatalities of employed emp loyes during the fiscal year there was a decrease of 15 in the number of railway postal clerks killed and ot of 21 injured as compared with tho the fiscal year 1907 in 1908 there were 4 clerks and 2 substitutes killed and seriously injured this thi decrease is in part accounted foran for in the improved fin rayd rail railway way gnall mall cars pany roads having placed in service cars care of oe steel frame in years gone by the mall mail cars wore were of poor construction and were among the first cars to bo be crushed irk in a collision public protest and the demands of the postal service for better cars brought about a decided improvement and as a con sequence a reduced death rate from accidents the postmaster general recommends that railway postal clerks be given annual leavo leave of absence with pay for thirty days and that when so seriously disabled as not to be able to resume duty at the expiration of twelve months they may bo be granted disability leavo leave with pay at fifty per cent of their regular compensation during such disability for not exceeding twelve additional months the clerks are deser deserving ving of this extra consideration tion and delegation in congress should support the postmaster generals recommendation |