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POSTAL SAVINGS 
CHAPTER I 
The Movement For Establishment of a 
Postal Savings System in the United 
States 
On June 25, 1910, the bill creating the United 
States postal savings system was signed by Presi 
dent Taft. Thus after nearly forty years of dis 
cussion, occasionally rising to heights of agita 
tion, as during the administrations of Post 
masters-General Creswell, Wanamaker and 
Meyer; after eight Postmasters-General had 
recommended the establishment of postal sav 
ings banks 1 and ten times as many bills had been 
introduced into Congress for this purpose, 2 the 
United States found itself in line with most of 
1 The recommendations of Postmasters-General from 1871 
to the present time, together with other valuable material 
illustrating the movement for postal savings banks in the 
United States, are summarized in a speech in the House of 
Representatives by George Edmond Foss of Massachusetts. 
Cong. Rec., June 20, 1910, pp. 8709 et seq. 
2 For a list of bills, see Report No. 1445, H. R., 61 Cong., 
2 Sess. (June 7, 1910), pp. 63-66.