Postal Rate Revision: Hearings Before the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 11140 and Related Bills; Bills to Eadjust Postal Rates, and for Other Purposes. May 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26; June 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 1960Considers H.R. 11140 and related bills, to increase postal rates in 1960. |
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... basis for making the kind of decision that it is important that this committee make , for the people of this country , in relation to the Post Office Department . May I proceed ? The CHAIRMAN . Yes . Mr. 10 POSTAL RATE REVISION.
... basis for making the kind of decision that it is important that this committee make , for the people of this country , in relation to the Post Office Department . May I proceed ? The CHAIRMAN . Yes . Mr. 10 POSTAL RATE REVISION.
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... important to retain the volume of this type of mail . I would like the Postmaster General's reaction to this . I wonder if it is so important to retain the volume of this type of mail as against the competitive inroads of private ...
... important to retain the volume of this type of mail . I would like the Postmaster General's reaction to this . I wonder if it is so important to retain the volume of this type of mail as against the competitive inroads of private ...
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... important it is that we correct these inequities . I would be perfectly willing to have someone explain to me how we can justify a subsidy to the users of third - class mail at the expense of the taxpayers . Mr. CORBETT . Mr. Chairman ...
... important it is that we correct these inequities . I would be perfectly willing to have someone explain to me how we can justify a subsidy to the users of third - class mail at the expense of the taxpayers . Mr. CORBETT . Mr. Chairman ...
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... important place in our economic scene . However , there seems to be neither justice nor logic in requiring the Post Office Department to be the agent for subsidizing the distribu- tion of commercial advertising matter . The cost of ...
... important place in our economic scene . However , there seems to be neither justice nor logic in requiring the Post Office Department to be the agent for subsidizing the distribu- tion of commercial advertising matter . The cost of ...
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... important that there be a clear understanding that these preferen- tial services carry no specific price tag . They cannot be expressed in so many man - hours of post office time , and it is for that reason that they are not included in ...
... important that there be a clear understanding that these preferen- tial services carry no specific price tag . They cannot be expressed in so many man - hours of post office time , and it is for that reason that they are not included in ...
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85th Congress adjusted advertising airmail amount Association average basis bill budget bulk mail bulk third-class mail catalogs CAWLEY CHAIRMAN charge chart circulation class mail classes of mail committee Conard-Pyle Co Congress Congressman copy CORBETT cost ascertainment DAVIS delivery Department's direct mail dollars economy effect expense fact FARRAND figures first-class mail fiscal fourth-class gentleman GILLETTE going Government GROSS GUYER impact increase in postal IRWIN JOHANSEN legislation LESINSKI letter loss magazines MAGINNIS mail rates mail service mail users matter McKinsey McKinsey & Co ment million National newspapers nonprofit Office and Civil operations ounces PORTER Post Office Department postage costs postal deficit Postal Policy Act postal rates postal service Postmaster pound profit proposed increases public service publishers question REES revenue Saturday Evening Post second-class mail STANS statement subsidy SULLIVAN SUMMERFIELD taxes Thank third third-class bulk volume WALLHAUSER Western Auto
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Page 186 - The rates on periodicals that are approved domestically as controlled circulation publications, when mailed by the publishers are 5 cents for the first 2 ounces and 2 cents for each additional 2 ounces or fraction, to all countries. (2) Airmail...
Page 521 - I will be happy to answer any questions you or the members of the committee may have.
Page 631 - States, and exacting such postage as may be requisite to defray the expenses...
Page 615 - ... and airmail — and .similar revenue, expense and volume data for each of its special services — special delivery, money order, insurance, collect-on-delivery, registry, and postal savings. In this undertaking each class of mail and each special service is viewed as a separate entity and the expense fairly attributable to each includes its proportionate share of joint and overhead expense as well as expense for which it is directly resi>onsible.
Page 2 - ... per centum of the weight of copies mailed to subscribers during the calendar year) when sent by the publisher thereof from the post office of publication or other post office, or when sent by a news agent to actual subscribers thereto, or to other news agents for the purpose of sale...
Page 316 - While the Postal Establishment, as all other Government agencies, should be operated in an efficient manner, it clearly is not a business enterprise conducted for profit or for raising general funds...
Page 294 - Since legislation has been introduced in both the House and the Senate to preserve COLA equity we urge you to support HR 1074 and S.
Page 2 - The estimated difference between the postage revenue collected during the year on mailings of newspapers and periodicals published by and in the interests of religious, educational, scientific, philanthropic, agricultural, labor, and fraternal organizations, and that which would have been collected at zone rates of postage...
Page 3 - With the first mailing of each issue of each such publication, the publisher shall file with the Postmaster a copy of such issue, together with a statement containing such information as the Postmaster General may prescribe for determining the postage chargeable thereon.
Page 2 - PUAS countries (see § 211.2 of this chapter) — 3 cents for the first 2 ounces and 1 cent for each additional 2 ounces or fraction.