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BRIEFINGS BY POSTMASTER GENERAL AND
POSTAL RATE COMMISSIONERS

TALOGED

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON
POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE

THADDEUS J. DULSKI, New York, Chairman

DAVID N. HENDERSON, North Carolina, Vice Chairman

MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona
DOMINICK V. DANIELS, New Jersey
ROBERT N. C. NIX, Pennsylvania
JAMES M. HANLEY, New York
CHARLES H. WILSON, California
JEROME R. WALDIE, California
RICHARD C. WHITE, Texas
WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan
LEE H. HAMILTON, Indiana
FRANK J. BRASCO, New York
GRAHAM PURCELL, Texas
TOM BEVILL, Alabama

BILL CHAPPELL, JR., Florida

ROBERT J. CORBETT, Pennsylvania

H. R. GROSS, Iowa

EDWARD J. DERWINSKI, Illinois

ALBERT W. JOHNSON, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM L. SCOTT, Virginia

JAMES A. McCLURE, Idaho
LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, Maryland

JOHN H. ROUSSELOT, California
ELWOOD HILLIS, Indiana
WALTER E. POWELL, Ohio

C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida

JOHN H. MARTINY, Chief Counsel

B. BENTON BRAY, Associate Staff Director

VINCENT M. GAUGHAN, Staff Director and Special Counsel
VICTOR C. SMIROLDO, Counsel

WILLIAM A. IRVINE, Assistant Staff Director
THEODORE J. Kazy, Senior Staff Assistant
FRANCIS C. FORTUNE, Coordinator
ROBERT E. LOCKHART, Assistant Counsel

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CONTENTS

Testimony of-

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

Blount, Hon. Winton M., Postmaster General, accompanied by Hon.

David A. Nelson, General Counsel; Paul N. Carlin, Executive

Assistant to the Postmaster General; Hon. Frank J. Nunlist,

Assistant Postmaster General, Operations; Hon. James W. Har-

grove, Assistant Postmaster General, Finance and Administration;

Hon. Henry Lehne, Assistant Postmaster General, Facilities; Hon.

Lawrence C. Gayle, Assistant Postmaster General, Personnel;

Hon. H. F. Faught, Assistant Postmaster General, Research and

Engineering; Hon. Ronald B. Lee, Assistant Postmaster General,

Planning and Marketing; William J. Cotter, Chief Postal Inspector;

Holman Head, Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General

(Postal Affairs); James P. Blaisdell, Special Consultant to the

Deputy Postmaster General; James R. Holland, Special Assistant

to the Postmaster General for Public Information; Frederick E.

Batrus, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Postmaster General;

and James E. Josendale, Deputy Assistant Postmaster General for

Operations--

Material submitted for the record:

General releases Nos. 29 and 30 by the Post Office Department

regarding building program of the Department and substantially

eliminating residency requirements for postmasters in first-, second-,

and third-class post offices, respectively

Postal agreement with Army Corps of Engineers (article).

Postal building program (article).

Bulk mail network (article).

Postal Service Order No. 71-3 regarding areas of consideration in

selection of postmasters. -

Memorandum of agreement between the Post Office Department and

the Department of the Army providing for postal facilities acquisi-

tion services___

Preferential mail facilities (list of).

Post Office Department memorandum, dated January 20, 1971,

regarding contacts with congressional offices, signed by K. O.

William Sandberg, regional director_-

Post Office Department memorandums to headquarters personnel and
to postmasters and regional officials, dated January 12, 1971,
regarding contacts with congressional offices-

"Employees Retain the Right To Petition," article in the Postal

Bulletin of January 21, 1971_

Letter from Hon. David A. Nelson, dated March 12, 1971, with

attachments, regarding the legality of the Post Office Department's

procedure for responding to congressional inquiries (requested by

Mr. Chappell)_

List of employees in the Bureau of Facilities and their background
(requested by Mr. Henderson).

List of bidders and the reason for selecting Westinghouse to do the job

evaluation program for the Postal Service (requested by Mr.

Hanley)

Site acquisition procedures, an explanation of (requested by Mr.

Daniels).

Rationale for the use of Corps of Engineers by the Postal Service

(requested by Mr. Ford)....

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