Description: Notepaper sized letter typed & signed Dated May 17, 1919 Author: William D. Carlile Chicago postmaster (1870-1945) Recipient: Mary Ellen O'Hagan Davis, recent widow of Chicago theater manager Will J. Davis. In a 1920 interview Carlile crowed about the benefits of high unemployment. It produced a waiting list of six hundred job applicants at the post office, reducing employee mail thefts by 50% (6,000 pieces per month were stolen in some months) and enabling an improvement in the caliber of workers. The theft problem was not resolved, however. When thefts rose to one million pieces, in Apr 1921 they posted armed guards carrying fixed bayonets at railroad depots, banks and the post office. The cost of the thefts was estimated at $1-2 million. Carlile made the request though his term as postmaster had ended in March. In August Carlile was replaced by Arthur C. Lueder.
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Location: Elkhart, Indiana
End Time: 2024-08-17T22:06:45.000Z
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