Word: postals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Repassed over the President's veto, by 319 to 42 and 319 to 46, two House postal-pay bills, benefiting nightworkers and fourth-class postmasters; sent the bills to the Senate. (President Coolidge's objections had been, that night-working postal employes received ample raises in 1926; that fourth-class postmasters mostly keep stores or do other private business, to the overhead of which their postal duties add nothing...
...Adopted the conference report of Senate amendments to the House bill lowering postal rates. The bill went to the President...
...several other bills to Congressional limbo. A single day brought forth eight vetoes. The rejected measures included: the $3,500,000 bill for roadbuilding in public domains (Indian reservations, national parks, etc.); a 10% pay-raise, totaling some $6,000,000 per annum, for night-working city and railroad postal employes; a bill of extra allowances to fourth-class postmasters for rent, fuel, light, equipment; a bill to promote Captain George R. Armstrong, U. S. A. (retired) to lieutenant-colonel...
...influence our sailors and marines, both in this country and China, but without effect. We have no indications of any yielding to circulars distributed, particularly at Philadelphia, Shanghai and ports from which our forces embarked for China, Circulars distributed through the mails have been turned over to the postal authorities...
...Amended the House postal rates bill, restoring the 1920 rates on second class mail (25% to 40% lower than present rates) ; passed it; sent it to conference...