ADJUSTMENT OF POSTAL RATES

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1046, S. 1335, and S. 1369

BILLS TO READJUST POSTAL RATES

MARCH 20, APRIL 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27,
MAY 1, 2, AND 17, 1951

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Printed for the use of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1046, S. 1335, and S. 1369

BILLS TO READJUST POSTAL RATES

MARCH 20, APRIL 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27,
MAY 1, 2, AND 17, 1951

Printed for the use of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

CONTENTS

Statement of-

Page

Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, Anchorage, Alaska (inserted at

request of Senator Welker) -

108

Anderson, Ed M., chairman, legislation and postal committees,

National Editorial Association, Brevard, N. C.

457

Ashcaraft, Charles L., president, National Rural Letter Carriers,

Washington, D. C..

646

Babcock, Charles E., national legislative committee, accompanied

by James L. Wilmeth, national secretary, National Council Junior

Order United American Mechanics, Philadelphia, Pa.......

Baker-Goodyear Co. (telegram)_

264

723

Barber, Hartman, general representative, Brotherhood of Railway
and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station
Employees, Washington, D. C.

655

Berge, Wendell, accompanied by A. Alvis Layne, Third Class Mail
Users, Washington, D. C..-

393

Bogin, Benjamin, vice president, the Conde Nast Publications, Inc.,

Greenwich, Conn..

365

Bolton, Paul H., executive vice president, National Association of
Wholesalers, Inc., Washington, D. C.......

821

Blood-Horse, Lexington, Ky.

236

Bradley, S. N., president, Wahling Distributing Corp., New York,

N. Y.

804

Brooks, Charles J., vice president, the C. & D. Co., Grand Rapids,

Mich

577

Brown, Paul W., operating assistant to the president, Sears, Roebuck

& Co., Chicago, Ill.

713

236

Burns, A. J., president, National Railway Publication Co., New

York, N. Y

Campbell, Bruce A., chairman, National Memorial and Publication

Commission, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, accompan-

ied by James R. Nicholson, general manager, Elks Magazine, New

York, N. Y.

Canfield, William F., secretary-manager, the Inland Daily Press As-
sociation, Chicago, Ill..

166

209

Cavanaugh, Msgr. John, managing editor, Register System of Cath-
olic Newspapers

387

Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, Chicago, Ill
Christian, R. J., circulation manager, the Review & Herald Publishing
Association, Takoma Park, D. Č.

853

524

Cole, Albert L., chairman, general operations committee, National
Association of Magazine Publishers, Inc., New York, N. Y., ac-
companied by Mr. W. D. Fuller..

Cook, James B., Jr., Wake Forest, N. C.

Cowles, Miss Porter, assistant director, University of North Carolina

Press, Chapel Hill, N. C., and secretary-treasurer of the Association

of American University Presses-.

537

232

604, 816

Daily, Father Coleman A., S. J., business editor, Jesuit Missions,

New York, N. Y..

Daniels, Frank A., general manager, News and Observer, Raleigh,
N. C., and chairman postal committee, American Newspaper
Publishers Association__

Decker, Frederick C., managing director, Guideposts magazine.
De Kroyft, Robert, Wm. E. Wright & Sons, West Warren, Mass-
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.

441

241

386

723

215

40

Dickmann, Bernard F., postmaster, St. Louis, Mo., and president,
National Association of Postmasters of the United States _ .