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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1920
Page
2
Continued from first page, the plan recommends raises for postal workers and supervisors. Supervisory officers would receive $400 increases, while no increase is proposed for first class postmasters earning above $5000 annually.
The commission proposes yearly pay hikes for postal workers across classes from rural carriers to postmasters, with eight hour days and 306 work days. Clerks, inspectors, and supervisors would see tiered increases, plus new vacation and sick leave provisions, retroactive to July 1 if enacted. The plan names several lawmakers pushing the bills.
Massachusetts State Branch of the United National Association of Post Office Clerks voices dissatisfaction at the joint congressional commission’s recommendation for wage boosts. The 20th annual convention in Holyoke hears the telegram from Congressman Treadway praising the inquiry’s findings.
A joint congressional committee proposal on salaries is deemed insufficient as clerks press for a 100 percent boost and weekly pay. They move to raise postal revenues, seek higher registered mail rates, and elect officers including Cornelius Cronin and James Mahoney. Mayor Cronin and Postmaster O'Donnell urged service retention amid hopes for near term relief. Michael Barry denounces AFL affiliation as a hurdle to gains.
New York May 31 A watchman Peter Keenan returns home to find his wife preparing for a funeral after his two nieces misidentified a dead man on Amsterdam Avenue as Keenan. His brother Thomas had arranged the burial and notified the widow. The impersonator is alive and Keenan alerts the funeral plans.
Two internal revenue officers held up and searched all cars entering Boston through Westwood last evening up to midnight to enforce liquor laws. They positioned at the junction of Washington and Gay streets in Westwood.
Miss Edith Wolcott Parkman wed William Perkins Homans at St Pauls Cathedral at 3 pm. Simplicity marked the ceremony with lilac decorations and a cream satin gown embroidered in seed pearls. The bride’s sister Penelope Parkman served as maid of honor. the groom, Harvard graduate and former 76th Division captain, is son of Mrs. John Homans of Beacon Street.
The Memorial Day festival at Mechanics' Building attracted a large crowd to benefit the Home for Destitute Catholic Children. The Ladies Auxiliary led the effort with funds to be handed to the Sisters of Charity. The home cares for over 1% children at no charge, from many nationalities, awaiting foster families. Since its 86 year history more than 26,000 children have been aided by festival proceeds.
The Earl of Reading, former British high commissioner, told the Aldwych Club in London that no ambassador has solved the Irish question yet and that until the Irish agree on self-government progress remains unlikely. He stressed Ireland cannot sever from Britain and Ulster minority coercion must stop.
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