Talk:John Creswell

Star Route Postal Ring

There is some question as to Creswell's involvement with the Star Route Postal Ring that involved straw bidding and bribery in order to obtain valuable Star Route Postal contracts. He had received checks in his name only rather then as Postmaster General. He stopped this practice when he was informed that it was against a Postal regulation that forbid a Postmaster General to take checks in their own name. He was also censored by the minority Democratic party in an 1872 investigation into the Star Route Postal Ring. Staw bidding was at its highest while Creswell was Postmaster General. Historically Creswell is viewed as a Postal reformer. It is unknown why he resigned. He may have resigned not because he knew scandals were in the Grant Administration, he may have resigned because he was involved in the Star Route Trading Ring. This is unknown. Any suggestions? Cmguy777 (talk) 18:44, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

I have found no evidence that Creswell was involved with the Star Route frauds. These frauds had to due with monetary expansions of contracts, after bidding for contracts and contracts for postal carriage had been secured. Evidently the Assistant to the Postmaster General may have been the person who allowed contractors to increase their contract expenses charged to the federal government. Cmguy777 (talk) 18:02, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Article improvements

I have recently made improvements to the John A.J. Creswell article. Other editors are welcome to make any neccessary or constructive changes to the article. Thanks. Cmguy777 (talk) 17:58, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

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