garding race questions in the hope of bringing about a better understanding between the two races. Publishes books and reports, available through central office and the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.; for complete list and prices of publications address central office. Supported by endowment. Physical Education Association. See American Physical Educa tion Association. Physicians' and Surgeons' Association. See American Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons. Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild. See National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild. Playground and Recreation Association of America (org. 1906), 1 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. To direct and develop interest in playgrounds; to promote wholesome recreation for young and old; and to assist communities in establishing year-round recreation systems. supported and administered by municipal departments. On request sends field workers to communities to study recreational needs and resources, to advise regarding plans of work, to conduct campaigns for obtaining necessary city appropriations, and to help the city in securing trained workers. Association offers follow-up work until city recreational departments are well organized. Communities usually pay expenses of field workers. Central office acts as a clearing house of information on playgrounds, recreational centers, and the various phases of recreation in cities, small communities, and rural districts. It maintains an Employment Bureau to supply recreation agencies with trained workers and to find positions for applicants; these services are free. Central office also suggests lecturers for conferences and public meetings; this service also is free of charge. Local agency pays expenses and fee of speaker. Association holds an annual meeting, open to the public. It conducts athletic badge contests to encourage and standardize the physical efficiency of boys and girls. Has prepared exhibit material which may be borrowed by communities for use in playground campaigns; also photographs which may be rented for 5 cents each a month, $1.50 for each photograph not returned; newspaper and magazine cuts offered free, except for charge made for each cut not returned; slides, which are for rent, $1 a set for each three days in use, or for sale at $25 a set, about 50 in a set, transportation charges to be paid by applying agency. Publishes pamphlets and circulars, free, or for sale at small cost; the "Year Book", 40 cents a copy; The Playground, an illustrated monthly magazine, 25 cents a copy, $2 a year. Membership open to all interested persons. Supported by annual dues, $5 a year. National Physical Education Service (org. 1918), 309 Homer Bldg., 13th and F Sts. NW., Washington, D. C. Works to secure Federal legislation for physical education; universal physical education in the schools of all States; an effective municipal program of public recreation and physical education. Seeks to stimulate popular opinion which would assure both legislation and its effective operation. Sends representatives to States planning physical education legislation; these field workers organize local and State campaigns, address meetings, and otherwise aid in bringing about the enactment of such laws. Central office compiles up-to-date information regarding the progress of State and Federal legislation for physical education. Has prepared exhibit material. Publishes leaflets and pamphlets, some of which are available in quantities at cost. The Service is supported by voluntary contributions, most of which are given through the Playground and Recreation Association of America. Polish Falcons Alliance of America (org. and inc. 1894), 1203 Carson St., Pittsburgh, Pa. To regenerate in body and spirit the Polish people in America, and to create of the immigrant a national asset. Organizes local branches known as Falcon Nests, which are open to the Polish youth of both sexes. Central office conducts gymnastic and educational schools for the purpose of providing instructors for districts and Nests; arranges gymnastic and educational lecture courses in districts and Nests; gives lectures, open to the public; arranges general meetings and appoints field drills and gymnastic exercises for members of local bodies. Holds conventions from time to time. Central office also arranges celebrations of national anniversaries. Publishes and distributes among members and the Polish populace of America gymnastic manuals, leaflets, and pamphlets, mostly in Polish, for sale at small cost. Active membership open to persons willing to engage in gymnastic activities of the order; other membership open to interested persons; all members must be of Polish descent. Supported by membership dues, 20 cents a month. Polish National Alliance (org. 1880, inc. 1896), 1406 West Division St., Chicago, Ill. Local lodges, which are organized throughout the country, furnish aid to the unfortunate and needy. Branches in some cities conduct trade schools; others make loans to Polish students attending universities, preference being given to children of members, although non-members may also apply. Branches also conduct educational lecture courses; maintain libraries, open to the public; give protection to immigrants; pay death benefits to members. The Alliance owns and conducts the Polish Emigration Home at 180 Second Ave., New York City, where immigrants and emigrants find lodging and food at reasonable prices. It has an agent at Ellis Island to look after the problems of immigrants. Membership is limited to Poles, Lithuanians, and Russians in America. Central office publishes the official organ, Zgoda, a weekly, 36 cents a year to members, 70 cents a year to non-members, and Dziennik Zwiazkowy, a daily paper, $6 a year. Alliance is supported by membership dues, which are graded according to the sum of money for which member is insured. Polish Roman Catholic Union of America (org. and inc. 1887), 984 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, Ill. A union of Polish Roman Catholics in America for furnishing brotherly aid. Has local lodges throughout the country. Maintains a library, open to the public. Services are offered only to members and their children except when needy families or individuals are brought to the attention of lodges by a member. Publishes Narod Polski, weekly, 60 cents a year for members, $1.20 for non-members. Open to Polish men and women of Roman Catholic faith. Supported by membership dues, which are graded according to amount for which person is insured. Polish Women's Alliance of America, Pres., A. Emilia Napieralska, 1309 North Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill. A fraternal organization of women, which issues life insurance and carries on educational propaganda. Identified in civic, social, and national work, in general, as well as where women alone are concerned. Has its own home where it conducts classes in citizenship, and maintains its own library and reading rooms. Issues The Women's Voice (Glos Polek), weekly; sent to members. Membership consists of women of Polish birth or extraction in America. Political Science Academy. See Academy of Political Science. Post Office Department, U. S., Washington, D. C. The Postmaster General appoints all officers and employees of the Post Office Department except the four Assistant Postmasters General and the purchasing agent, who are Presidential appointees. With the exception of postmasters of the first, second, and third classes, who are likewise Presidential appointees, he appoints all postmasters and all other officers and employees of the service at large. Subject to the approval of the President, the Postmaster General makes postal treaties with foreign Governments; awards and executes contracts; and directs the management of the Foreign Mail Service. Division of Postal Savings is under the management of the Third Assistant Postmaster General who selects and designates post offices as postal savings depository offices. Any person 10 years old or over may open an account by depositing one dollar or more in any post office authorized to accept postal savings, and may continue to deposit until the balance to his credit amounts to $2,500. Accounts may be transferred from one post office to another without cost. The account of a married woman is free from interference by her husband. Post office employees are forbidden to disclose the amount of any deposit to anyone except the depositor. Anyone served by a post office which is not authorized to accept postal savings may open an account at a depository office by mail, through his local postmaster, who will give full instructions. After an account has been opened, deposits may be made either in person, by a representative, by money order, or by registered mail if the money-order service is not available. Deposits are acknowleded by certificates. A depositor may at any time withdraw all or any part of his postal savings deposits, upon demand, from the post office where the deposits were made. Postal savings certificates bear interest at 2 per cent a year. Interest begins on the first day of the month following the month in which the certificate is issued and becomes due at the expiration of each full year from the day interest begins as long as the principal remains on deposit. No interest will be paid for a fraction of a year. Amounts less than $1 may be saved by purchasing postal savings stamps at 10 cents each. A depositor may exchange the whole or a part of his deposit for U. S. postal savings bonds, bearing 21⁄2 per cent interest, issued in denominations of $20, $100, and $500. Circulars about the Postal Savings System may be obtained at any post office or by addressing the Third Assistant Postmaster General, Division of Postal Savings, Washington, D. C. Division of Rural Mails has jurisdiction in matters pertaining to the establishment or discontinuance of and changes in rural delivery and star routes, issuing orders and conducting correspondence relating to the establishment of new service or changes in existing service; the appointment and discipline of rural carriers; issuing of advertisements concerning, and the awarding of contracts for star route service, which class of service is performed under contracts awarded in four-year terms; also with regard to requirements for mail boxes on both classes of routes. Chief Inspector receives complaints relative to use of the mails for the sending of intoxicants, poisons, explosives and other prohibited articles; advertisements of intoxicants and soliciting orders for these; in furtherance of schemes to defraud the public; for the transmission of indecent, obscene, scurrilous, or defamatory matter, and relative to loss, theft, wrong delivery, tampering with, or interception of mail. Persons sending in complaints of tampering should furnish envelopes or wrappers and in making complaints concerning schemes to defraud, should include a statement of the facts and all letters and literature with envelopes. Parcel Post: Special treatment and advantage are accorded to shipments of farm products by parcel post. Information as to this service. is available at any post office. The domestic parcel post reaches more places than any other transportation agency. It aims to bring producers and consumers into closer contact and thereby aid in reducing the high cost of living. Post War Services, Red Cross. See American National Red Cross. Posture League. See American Posture League. Preparedness for Disaster Relief. See American National Red Cross. Presbyterian Church, Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare (org. 1881 as the Permanent Committee for Temperance; reorg. and inc. 1913 under present name; reorg. 1919), 714 Columbia Bank Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. Carries on special work through its several departments, each of which employs field workers who render assistance to |