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Chairman. 1 wrote and asked tor written assurances, and I received a letter from our distinguished former colleague, the Honorable Ben Guill— executive assistant to the Postmaster General—-in which he said, first, “that the decision in regard to fourthclass post offices will be entirely nonpolitical’’ ; second, “they will be based primarily on the objective reports of inspectors in the field;” third, they— “will be made only dftefr consultation with the Members, of Congress involved;” fourth, “ih' sfi6i*t,” he said, ‘‘any investigation -and action under - taken will be done so with the full understanding that the postal service is the possession of all the people of the United States and not of any one political party.”
Now, I have no doubt that Mr. Guill meant what he said and intended to be entirely truthful, but he reckoned not on the effect of the political pressure from patronagehungry local political organizations on his superiors. .
Despite the assurance referred to as No 3 that the decisons “will be made only after consultation with the Congressman involved,” I was amazed to read in the newspaper an announcement from the State chairman of a political party of the projected discontinuance of post offices m my district of which I had no previous knowledge. The chairman referred to was the chairman of the Republican Party.
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