Post Office Department Procurement of Motor Vehicles

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
PROCUREMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

U.S. Congress. House.

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

Statement of—

Fageol, L. J., president, Twin Coach Co.; accompanied by W. H.
Carlson, regional manager, Twin Coach Co..

Page

187

3, 213

Goff, Abe McGregor, solicitor, Post Office Department..

Gunther, Robert H., partner, Robert Heller & Associates, Inc.--

Kieb, Ormonde A., Assistant Postmaster General, Bureau of Facili-

ties; accompanied by Wilho Kallio, chief of procurement; M. W.

Banton, former chief industrial engineer; Roy D. Schlegel, director

of motor vehicles; Daniel M. O'Donoghue, attorney; Charles P.

Graddick, assistant industrial engineer; and Robert E. O'Donovan,

Deputy Assistant Postmaster General, Bureau of Transportation-- 48, 90

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-

Fageol, L. J., president, Twin Coach Co.: Memorandum re vehicles

sold to the Post Office Department--.

Goff, Abe McGregor, solicitor, Post Office Department:

204

Excerpt from House Appropriations Committee report on appro-
priations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year
1954_.

Excerpt of letter from Abe McGregor Goff, to Hon. Robert H.
Mollohan, April 18, 1956...

170

Letter from Abe McGregor Goff, solicitor, Post Office Depart-

ment, to Hon. Robert H. Mollohan, March 30, 1956--

Status and estimated savings.

Twin Coach vehicle costs at named offices.

Comparative vehicle costs at named offices_

Chart of travel and delivery times of vehicles tested at

Miami, Fla., during calendar year 1954.

Project RD-153, supplement No. 3-procedures at Miami-

Capture of savings made possible by the introduction of

functional vehicles__

118

121

Disposition of Twin Coach vehicles as of March 4, 1955.

Supplemental information, April 16, 1956.

122

127

Terms and conditions of the invitation for bids..

131

Statement of representation applying to invitation issued by

the Postmaster General_.

Findings and determination under title III of the Federal

Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.

Findings and determination under title III of the Federal

Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.

Terms and conditions of the invitation for bids....

150

152

Statement of representation applying to invitation issued by

the Postmaster General_

154

Examination of records..

154

III

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-Continued

Goff, Abe McGregor, solicitor, Post Office Department-Continued

Amendment No. 3, September 9, 1954.

Amendment No. 2, August 3, 1954.

Amendment No. 1:

June 7, 1954

March 19, 1954.

Findings and determination under title III of the Federal

Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.

Letter from Abe McGregor Goff to Hon. Robert H. Mollohan,

June 27, 1956__

Letter from Hon. Robert H. Mollohan to Madison W. Banton,

March 7, 1956__

Letter from M. W. Banton, chief industrial engineer, Post Office

Department, to Hon. Robert H. Mollohan, March 9, 1956_---

Letter from N. R. Abrams, Assistant Postmaster General, to Hon.

Robert H. Mollohan, February 27, 1956_

Report-Lightweight, Sit-Stand Functional Vehicles.

Gunther, Robert H., partner, Robert Heller & Associates, Inc.:

Excerpts from Robert Heller & Associates, Inc., final report,

December 31, 1954_.

Post Office Department exhibits:

11, 12, 38

Exhibit 4-Annual savings from first applications of

functional motor vehicles___.

Exhibit 5-Potential annual national savings from the

functional motor-vehicle program_---

Exhibit 6-Chart, curbside delivery typical velocities of

vehicles including serving times.

Exhibit 7-Procedures for adjusting curbside delivery

routes__.

Chart-house delivery typical velocities of vehicles

including serving times__

Exhibit 8-Procedures for adjusting house delivery

routes___.

Fiscal report submitted to Hon. Arthur E. Summerfield, Decem-

ber 31, 1954_..

Mollohan, Hon. Robert H., a Representative in Congress from the

State of West Virginia, and chairman, Legal and Monetary Affairs

Subcommittee:

Excerpt from interoffice Twin Coach memorandum from W. H.

Carlson to Walter Smart__.

Excerpt from the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946_

Excerpt from United States Code, title 5, section 105a_ -

Plapinger, Jerome S., counsel, Legal and Monetary Affairs Sub-

committee:

Excerpt from Post Office Department 1954 annual report__

Excerpt from statement of Assistant Postmaster General N. R.

Abrams, before the Appropriations Subcommittee, January 11,

1956...

Excerpt of letter from Hon. Robert H. Mollohan, to Abe
McGregor Goff, April 13, 1956__

164

Excerpt of letter from Hon. Robert H. Mollohan, to M. W.

Banton, March 7, 1956.

Reply from Abe McGregor Goff, March 30, 1956-

Letter from Abe McGregor Goff, to Hon. Robert H. Mollohan:

Letter from Hon. Robert H. Mollohan, to Abe McGregor Goff:

Memorandum from W. H. Carlson, to Walter Smart, August 17,
1955__

Staff comparative exhibit 5 (with Heller exhibit 5).

173, 200

APPENDIX

Page

Letter from Hon. Robert H. Mollohan, to Rollin D. Barnard, March 6,

1956___.

217

Lease exhibit 1-Narrative_.

217

Lease exhibit 2-Bids received at Atlanta, Ga., September 9, 1955,

re rental of 32 vehicles_

219

Lease exhibit 3-Purchase of 32 "Pony Express" vehicles, September
23, 1955

221

Lease exhibit 4-Proposal for the leasing of 32 trucks, September 10,
1955_

223

Lease exhibit 6-Purchase of 32 Twin Coaches by negotiation,

August 9, 1955__

Lease exhibit 5-Proposal for the leasing on a "lease-purchase” plan

for approximately 32 trucks, August 17, 1955.

223

Lease exhibit 7-Purchase of 32 Twin Coach vehicles by negotiation,

August 8, 1955..

223

Lease exhibit 8-Procurement of 32 Twin Coach Pony Express

vehicles, July 27, 1955..

224

Lease exhibit 9-Purchase of Twin Coach vehicles, June 7, 1955---

Lease exhibit 10-Establishment of additional mounted city delivery

routes, May 24, 1955_-_.

225

Lease exhibit 11-Negotiate purchase of 32 Twin Coach Pony Express

vehicles, April 27, 1955-

226

General Services Administration Delegation of Authority No. 81.

Extracts from General Services Administration Memorandum, December
16, 1955___

Letter from Hon. Robert A. Mollohan to Lloyd L. Dunkle, April 19, 1956.-

Letter from Clifton E. Mack to Hon. Robert H. Molohan, May 10, 1956-

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