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Show Dr. -Work Pays Tribute To Hays OnTaking Postof U.S. Postmaster i WASHINGTON. March I. Dr. H.i-bert H.i-bert Work took the oath of office of-fice today as postmaster general, succeeding Will Hays, wdio had beer. J a member of the cabinet (or one . I to the day. I Dr. Work, whose home state Is Colorado, had been first BSSlltatlt postmaster neneral under Mr Hi In a statement .iddressed to the p r-sonnel r-sonnel of the postal service, the niW cabinet official said Mr. Ili, had ' set up new Ideals for a postal Hen - ilce." Adding thai such Ideals Mad been approved by the American peo- 1 pie. Dr. Work said It wns his pur- i pose "to give substance to his vi - I Ion." The oath of office was udtnlnis-erod udtnlnis-erod by Rush Holland, of Colorado assistant attorney general, in the presence of a group of friends ol both Mr. Hays and Dr. Work, sml rv tiumber of senators. representative land postal employes. Secretary 'ai- lace, ieorge B. Christian, ecretar ' V I to the president, and Brigadier Gen oul Sawyir, President Harding's physician, phy-sician, also attended the ceremony. After l'i Work had been sworn In Mr Huyd told him thut "all the regret re-gret at leaving the cabinet is completely com-pletely and absolutely sntldoted by the happiness In turning post-j , office department over to you." Re plying, Dr. Work iiii'-aiai-.l the u-1 tiring postmaster general thai it was not "possible to assuage 'ne regret' in this department over your dopar- i ture." The address by the UOW postmaster ' general follows "The postmaster general has ten-, dered his resignation the president I and will retire a head of the post- office department- "The Imprasidori his persQiialliy has made on tho morale of the pustal employes ha- heen unprecedented and it has been nltoe-lvr for :..od. " 'Humanizing the service' w a-nierely a-nierely the rolcln'g of Kbb and the. I kindliness w .i Ii Is In ull of us to I some degree responded to it- It was the impulsi ot i Kind heart ii c-pressloji c-pressloji of that Intangible o)t'ilod Hie QOmmon touch which makes the world akin and 'the letter Is now put in the box and not thrown i Unbox. Un-box. ' 'He will travel for hut Will not become a wanderer. Hu may live among the pictures but he will not I. c onic confused, for nature ha endowed en-dowed him With lb" intuition of a woman- I he initiative of the inventor, lb. In-art of a wholesome boy. and i he judgment of a man traits that have endeared him 10 all of u who served under him It is iru i-.ow. SS when It was written th.-.t whore there Is no islon the people i Isn.' Mr Hays sot up new ideals for n postal pos-tal Strvibe. They have been approved approv-ed by the American people -"oi ns his successor In office It wjl! be u, purpose to nic substance to his vision.' |