WORKING CONDITIONS AND POSTAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM-U.S. POSTAL SERVICE POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE. NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS JULY 21, 28, SEPTEMBER 22, OCTOBER 28, NOVEMBER 9, 66-353 Serial No. 92-23 Printed for the use of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1972 KF27 .P6664 19716 COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE THADDEUS J. DULSKI, New York, Chairman DAVID N. HENDERSON, North Carolina, Vice Chairman MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona EDWARD J. DERWINSKI, Illinois JOHN H. MARTINY, Chief Counsel VINCENT M. GAUGHAN, Staff Director and Special Counsel WILLIAM A. IRVINE, Assistant Staff Director THOMAS R. KENNEDY, Staff Assistant, Room B-345(b), Rayburn Building-Ext. 56741 (II) Albert, Henry R., Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General for Government Relations, accompanied by W. Allen Sanders, Esq., Assistant General Counsel, Legislative Division, Law Department__ Alexander, Hon. Bill, a Representative in Congress from the State of Arkansas, accompanied by Dorothy Laine Thomas, legislative aide__ Barnett, Col. James W., District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineers, New York District, accompanied by Brig. Gen. George A. Rebh, Chief, Corps of Engineers Postal Construction Support Office, and Col. John V. Parish, District Engineer, Lower Mississippi Valley Divi- Barnett, Col. James W., District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineers, New York District, accompanied by Brig. Gen. George A. Rebh, William Orlandi, and Randy Head, counsel_. Biller, Morris, president, MBPU, AFF, APWU; accompanied by Edward L. Bowley, legislative aide, APWU; Joseph R. DeMarco, vice president, BAT, MBPU, AFF, APWU; William Sainato, vice president, NYTT, MBPU, AFF, APWU; and Patrick J. Nilan, legis- lative director, American Postal Workers Union__ Brasco, Hon. Frank J., a Representative in Congress from the State Brower, Edgar S., Assistant Postmaster General, Bulk Mail Processing Department, Mail Processing Group, U.S. Postal Service---. Cavell, George R., Program Director, Bulk Mail Processing Depart- ment, accompanied by David A. Nelson, General Counsel, and Hon. Harold F. Faught, Senior Assistant Postmaster General, Mail Proc- essing Group, U.S. Postal Service___. Cavell, George R., Program Director, Bulk Mail Processing Depart- ment, U.S. Postal Service, accompanied by James D. Finn, Jr., Law Cole, Arthur, architect, former Postal Service employee____ Coven, Robert H., Program Manager, Office of Program Management, Logistics, and Engineering Department, U.S. Postal Service--. Faught, Hon. H. F., Senior Assistant Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Faught, Hon. H. F., Senior Assistant Postmaster General, U.S. Postal 346 Testimony of-Continued French, James H., attorney, Contracts and Property Division, Law Garcia, Antonio, structural engineer, Veterans' Administration, accom- Kieb, Ormonde A., former real estate consultant to the U.S. Postal neers Lunsmann, John, Jersey City, N.J., a former postal employee---- Nilan, Patrick J., legislative director, American Postal Workers Union, Nunlist, Hon. Frank J., former Assistant Postmaster General, Bureau of Operations, Post Office Department_-- Parish, Col. John V., District Engineer, Lower Mississippi Valley Division, Memphis District Page 440 211 183 487 418 145 1 162 316 420, 612 Parsons, James F., president, Speaker Sortation Systems Division Rademacher, James H., president, National Association of Letter Car- Rebh, Brig. Gen. George, Chief, U.S. Army, Postal Construction Sup- Rosen, Albert, president, Philadelphia Postal Union_____ 326 38 126 10 Stroud, Mason Carroll, Distribution Procedures Specialist, Logistics and Engineering Department, U.S. Postal Service.. 437 Suter, Albert E., executive vice president, Lester B. Knight and Associates, accompanied by Robert J. Cardinal, vice president, and Frank M. Covey, Jr., general counsel.___ Tracy, Col. John P., formerly chief, Leasing Operations Branch, Realty 471 382 White, Robert L., president, National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, presented by John W. White, presidential aide, and accompanied by Erie R. Doyle and Celeste Gee-- 79 Whitney, Frank, president, Kidde-Briscoe Construction Co. and Walter 227 Wieman, Robert H., Manager, Transportation Services Division, Logistics and Engineering Department, Mail Processing Divisions, U.S. Postal Service_-_. 443 Statements from Cole, Arthur B., consultant---. 460 Dulski, Hon. Thaddeus J., chairman, Post Office and Civil Service 431 Horton, Hon. Frank, a Representative in Congress from the State of 501 Long, Hon. Clarence D., a Representative in Congress from the State of Maryland----. 504 Mikva, Hon. Abner J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois_-_ 94 Sarbanes, Hon. Paul S., a Representative in Congress from the State of Maryland--- 505 Communications from Acox, Clarence W., president, New Orleans Branch 124, National Association of Letter Carriers, dated June 23, 1971, with attachment Cavell, George R., letters dated April 23 and May 11, 1970--- Communications from-Continued Chicago Truck Terminal employees, letter dated October 27, 1971_-_. Page 510 251 Dulski, Hon. Thaddeus J., letter dated November 30, 1971 500 Dunn, William E., executive director, the Associated General Con- 231 250 Klassen, Hon. E. T., Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Service, dated 258 Landes, David, director of environmental improvement, Greater 501 252 Nix, Hon. Robert N. C., chairman, Subcommittee on Postal Facili- 257 330 254 Rooney, Hon. John J., letter dated November 30, 1971Rosen, Albert, president, Philadelphia Postal Union, letters submitted for the record regarding working conditions in the Postal Service__ Sarbanes, Hon. Paul S.. a Representative in Congress from the State of Maryland, letter dated October 25, 1971, with attachment-----. Additional material 501 15 508 An agreement between the postal unions and the Postal Service on the subject of "Safety and Health". 40 "Post Office 'Error' Is Mere $60 Million," article by Jack Anderson in "Mail In The Swamp," remarks by the Honorable H. R. Gross in the Congressional Record of October 27, 1971. 101 Employment record of George R. Cavell, Program Director, Bulk Mail 109 Principal corporate officers making up the TENDUN joint venture_ Principal corporate officers of the architectural firm, Lester B. Knight & Associates, Inc---- 138 138 Memoranda of agreement between the U.S. Postal Service and the 236 "Report of Investigation of December 11, 1971, Accident at Port Huron Water Intake Tunnel”.... 252 "Progress Report on Lake Huron Tunnel Tragedy". 255 "Mail Facility A Real Gas," from the Washington Daily News. 258 259 "Workers Dispute Methane Danger," from the New York Times_ 261 263 269 270 331 A summary report on the Brooklyn Army Terminal site.. "Examination of Selected Terminated Architect-Engineering Design Contracts, U.S. Postal Service," a report made by the General Accounting Office for the Subcommittee on Postal Facilities and Mail__ Schedule of various mail routings under the national bulk mail system. "CBS Morning News With Bob Hart (December 17, 1971)--Appendix, containing correspondence between the Office of the Postmaster General and the subcommittee chairman, relative to matters before the subcommittee, and a compilation of various news stories___. 401 430 511 515-640 |