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SECTION TWO —] Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield Comments Upon Nation’s Mail Service Rural America no longer is the “for gotten zone” of mail delivery accord ing to Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield. Millions of eitizens now are getting better mail service because of a new emphasis on rural free delivery, Mr. Summerfield said, pointing out that the Post Office Department is modern izing service everywhere to deliver the mail faster and at less cost. In a report on operation for the past year and plans for 1954, the Postmaster General declared: “Just a year ago, a new team of executives took over the .management of the Post Office Department’s $lO,- 000.000,000 a year business with a di rective from President Eisenhower to provide better mail service while re ducing costs and the postal deficit. “We are undertaking one of the lar gest reorganization projects ever made in the United States, and the danger ous trends towards poor mail service, poor employe morale and ever-mount ing deficits have been reversed. “For example, the Department clos ed about 600 out-inoded fourth-class j post offices and substituted modem rural free delivery service. “We intend to proceed with this policy of improving rural delivery. It is badly needed, not only by agricul tural families who deserve better ser vice but also in the rapidly growing, suburban communities around our cit ies. More and more people are mov-| ing into these areas and they must! have modern, fast mail delivery six days a week.” One of the big tasks facing the new postal administration was cutting the deficit to help balance the national budget and put the Post Office De- ! partment on a more nearly break-even basis, Mr. Summerfield pointed out. j “Already we have reduced the es timated postal deficit for the current ■ fiscal year to about $440,000,000. That represents a reduction of the deficit j by about one million dollars every I working day,” he said. “Rut we still' are running behind. Tn the eight years | since World War 11. the postal deficit totaled $3,800,000,000. The interest j alone on this huge debt costs the American taxpayers over $100,000,000 a year. , “We believe that Congress should recognize that economies already made and to be made by the new manage ment of the Post Office Department cannot by themselves bring the postal deficit into balance. “We have asked the Congress to raise the cost of out r . r town letters by one penny from three tents to four cents. That rate hasn’t been raised in j twenty-one years but meanwhile the cost of operating the Postal Establish ment has doubled in that time. “We have asked Congress for a, modest raise in second-class mail rates i for newspapers, magazines and peri- i doicals to bring in added revenues equal to less than nine per Cent ofi the present loss on this class of mail, j “Second-class mail rates are lower today than they were in 1925; in fact our revenues at present rates are bare ly sufficient to cover our bills for transporting second-class mail, with nothing left over for the enormous N. C. Railroads " Valued at $l5O Million! 11m Southern, Artonfk Coast Line and Seaboard, h» that order, are the Big 3 In terms of property value* Hon among the 30 different railroads operating In our, state. This valuable network of progressive railroads serves oH Tarheels and .for years has meant much in making North Carolina a better place in which to work, play and live. Another contribution to more pleasant living for North Carolinians is the brewing industry's self-regulation program where brewers, wholesalers and retailers— in counties where malt beverages are permitted under State control cooperate to maintain wholesome conditions for the legal sale of beer and ale. North Carolina Division UNITED STATES BREWERS FOUNDATION, INC. Page Two . expense in handling, distribution and . delivery. •j “We have also asked the Congress I for an increase in third-class mail— - comprising advertising matter —cir- r culars, and packages up to 8 ounces. . We lost 191 mi'lion dollars on this ; class of nia'i in 1952. ' j “Our taxpayer should know the size and extent of bur iosses on both second and third-class mail. ' “Since 1936 through the fiscal year ' 1952 the losses on second-class mail with magazines comprising 68 per ■ cent of the total,Were two billion onei ■ ! hund.-'-J and twenty rcren million dol . lars. ! “In contrast we ate told, published ■ statements indicate this sum is over twice the realized losses of one bil j lion forty-nine million dollars in the I price support program given to the ; !; farmers of the country by the Com ■ modify Credit Corporation. , I “Wc believe it unconscionable that this postal deficit should bo passed on jto succeeding generations to pay. In stead we believe the cost of operat ing the postal service should be dis tributed fairly among the actual users of the mails.” v Postmaster General Summerfield ; pointed to these significant improve ments in service this past year: Later pick-ups from mail boxes in • most cities speed deliveries by a full I day. Air transportation is being used as !an experiment in speeding first-class mail and is working out very well at; no increased cost. . Merit is the primary criterion for 1 promotion of postal employees to su- f, pervisory positions. j Performance standards have been'; introduced and a savings of $10,000,- 1 000 a year already has been recorded | in large post offices. Longer hours of post office window 1 service are in effect in 200 larger cities. ; Regional offices are being estab lished to decentralize management and ! provide closer supervision over opera -1 tions. Administration has been rorganiz ed and simplified to eliminate dupli cate functions and save money. “Much progress has been made in this first year under the new manage ment,” Mr. Summerfield said. “Much j more can and will be done in the days ahead to assure better mail service. “Dramatic proof that our citizens \ j are getting better mail service at 1 lower cost is evidenced by the recent holiday mail season when the Depart ment handled more Christmas mail ; Quick! Break Up CHESTCOLD? painful local CONGESTION Rub on hiphly medicated, concen trated Musterole. It instantly starts to relieve coughs, sore throat and helps break up local congestion. Musterole creates a wonderful protec ticc warmth on chest, throat and back! £s>MusraiE THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1954. [K SCIENCE Jltl qncfyour/Cjly CAUTION ON HOME PAINTING by Science Features Planning to do any painting in ■your home? If you are, and if there are children around, doctora advise that you be sure to use a paint which does not contain lead chromate in the pigment. The reason for this is simple. Young children, as every parent knows, have the AgIBVHM habit of chew hhHHH ing on whatever • <£l* m I comes to hand . U | —the rail of a I crib, a chair, a I . window sill, ■ , | even bits of '*• painted plaster I which fall from $1 old walls. S\ ©,: V/\ / Cl# If this paint I 3\SI, contains lead I > ' f vVW 1 chromate —a ! rather common ingredient of the pigment, especially in chrome yellow, orange and green colors— enough may be swallowed by the child to cause lead poisoning. In the first six months of this year 15 cases of lead poisoning were re ported in New York City alone, 11 among children. Most manufacturers of children’s ■ furniture take care to use paint! that does not contain lead chro mate. This precaution may be nul lified, however, if the parents re paint furniture or toys which art used by the child with a lead base paint So if you’re planning to repaint in the home, make sure the paint ! label states that it contains safe levels of lead chromate—one part lead to 200,000 parts of pigment J than ever before at lower operating j cists. It did so efficiently and prompt ly so that the Christmas mail was de ] livered by Christmas Day.” MADAM REESE American Palmist and Psychic Medium Tells you any and everything you wish to know with out asking any questions, gives you names of enemies friends, gives true and never failing advice on all affairs of life. If worried, troubled or in doubt, consult this Psychic Reader at once. She can and will help you. Consult her on business, love, marriage, wills, deeds, mortgages, lost and stolen articles, and specula tions of all kinds. You Must Be Satisfied or no Charge. Don’t be discouraged if others have failed to help you. 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