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Show Page 3 THE UTAH STATESMAN March 23, 19S6 Twenty Years Behind The Times fffce Meeds To Come Out Summerfield Lists Post ment construction of postal build- and our operational costs stay high. ings since 1938. The correction of these condi-ion- s Aside from the roughly 15,000 fourth-clas- s requires action of a scope post offices whose fafar beyond the ordinary going cilities are provided by postmastof this Department. A sudget ers, we have today some 25,000 large-scal- e probold, vigorous, postal units in rented, leased, or is and needed, urgently gram Federal buildings. Most of these To modernize and maintain the simultanmaintenance of be should accomplished buildings badly need modernizainrate with the postage Federally owned postal buildpostal plant, these approximate tion or enlargement. Many need eously mentioned. I creases have already amounts should be spent over a ings to assure postal employreplacement. Much of our work few millions the The relatively outmoded is done with today r ees of wholesome working period: over- Department has been able to equipment in conditions. post of- spend to improve these conditions a) $230,000,000 of private capicrowded, of results indicative fices built 50 or more years ago. lave given tal to build approximately (c) $200,000,000 of government valuable benefits a large-scalThe decrepitude of some' of he funds for the modernization 3,500 new postal buildings would achieve. these facilities, in todays Ameri- program offices been have nafew A and rehabilitation of approxidistributed throughout the post ca, is truly astonishing. In some renovated and modwith provided tion. These would be built mately 60 per cent of the of our major cities postal faciliImand ern equipment. lighting ties are so inadequate and antiand financed by private capispace in present Federally faster handling of the mediately, the of that,regardless quated owned postal buildings to tal and used by the Post Ofmail and reduction of errors have weather, mail must be handled resulted. fice Department under norprovide adequate room for on the sidewalks. Indoors the about Since 1,000 1953, January mal commercial leases agreehandling mail. work of thousands of postal em- new built to the buildings, postal inadeconis ments or hampered by ployees (d) $125,000,000 of government Departments specifications and quate space, poor ventilation, tracts. have at about valued g $50,000,000, funds for modern equipment, and obso- been leased from private owners. mechanical and lete lighting. Far too much work (b) $225,000,000 of government the new Under and has to be done expensively funds for new lighting, paintequipment to handle mail betplan enacted by the Congress, slowly by hand. and ter, faster, and at lower cost. ing, whereby buildings are bought out In these circumstances morale of rent, twenty-sevemore projand efficiency inevitably suffer, ects representing $14,000,000 in These new and modernized to early approval of these in new construction have been apbuildings will be an excellent in- creases, thereby enabling us to proved. imother and these vestment, paying dividends to our begin the urgently needed proThrough carto LEGAL NOTICES were able we provements, people in the form of more effi- gram to bring our postal estabmail cent 8 in more THE UTAH STATESMAN has been approved by the lodges ry mail service. It lishment up to date. per cient, lower-cos- t Fiscal in1955 Year in than r Fiscal is my hope that this of the Third Judicial District of the State of Utah as a newspaper These, Mr. President we spent compar- program can get under way as creased postage rates and a modqualified to publish notices, advertisements, etc., as provided Year 1953, and less are esmoney doing so. But soon as the existing postal deficit ernized physical plant of atively of statutes Utah. State the by the further major progress is imped-Filler- s is sharply cut and the funds are sential steps to give our people pam efficient postal service, performmade available. we modern ed have until 19th ed in modern buildings by fairly postal the on or before NOTICE TO CREDITORS City, Utah, to be I will know to meet you pleased and equipment buildings compensated employees using the Estate of LEWIS MARSHALL day of May, A.D. 1956. hear and I am highly gratified latest nation-widour requirements. Deceased. equipment. HAINES, to report to you that many Once these steps are taken, SIDNEY EARL BISHOP, this Creditors will present claims activated of the Estate of Executor publications, by leading and its to the with vouchers undersigned No Conflict Here concern for the pub- Department Mary E. Schrieber Bishop, can satisfacat the office of D. Ray Owen, Jr., is very hard for lic good, now support postage dedicated employees it Nowadays, Deceased. ever meet the expanding Attorney, 141 East 2nd South, Salt ROYAL K. HUNT, politicians to sell the class con- rate increases for the first three torily our of needs people. postal Lake City, Utah on or before flict any more, as Messrs. Adlai classes of mail. Given comparable Attorney for Executor the 7th day of July, AD. 1956. Stevenson and Estes Kefauver Respectfully submitted, support in other FLORENCE STORY HAINES Date of first publication March among others, are finding out. within Arthur E.'Summerfield the the areas and of public Executrix of the Estate of 16, 1956. The reason is that tens of mil- government itself, I look forward Postmaster General Lewis Marshall Haines, lions of workers are property Deceased owners with a big stake in the NOTICE TO CREDITORS nations continued prosperity . OWEN, WARD, SHEFFIELD of MABEL ELLEN HAR- It is to these Estate & GREENWOOD, of Utah's biggest customers vital interest that their paychecks Mining-o- ne RISON, Deceased. Brockbank Professional Bldg. claims tha will Creditors present keep coming along regularly, 141 East 2nd South vouchers to the undersigned the dollars buying power remain with Utah's mining industry spends an estimated $74,500,000 Salt Lake City, Utah nation Lake the and that Salt stay at 717 Elizabeth Street, steady, a year on supplies and services. Mining, as. a major Attorneys for Executrix City, Utah, to Conrad Sorensen, out of war as long as it honor customer, helps hundreds of Utah businesses prosper, the 26th ably can. before on or executor, which in turn results In employment for thousands of Date of first publication March more three now, 1956. than For A.D. years of July, day Utahns. Mining payrolls, supply purchases and tax pay2, 1956. the Eisenhower Administration exCONRAD SORENSEN, ments help build prosperity for our state. has been serving the interests of ecutor of the estate of the U. S. worker in those three NOTICE TO CREDITORS MABLE ELLEN HARRI- essential respects. SON, Deceased. Estate of LESTER P. FISHER, New York Daily News, J. Larsen, Rulon Deceased. "From the earth comes an abundant Ufa for all" Creditors will present claims Attorney for executor. Columnist Notes with vouchers to the undersigned Salt Lake City, Utah . . . The rising tide of strugat 908 Kearns Building, Salt Lake Date of first publication March gle among the Democrats demon City, Utah, on or before the 21st 23, A.D. 1956. Easter Greetings strates how hopelessly the Demoday of July, A. D. 1956. ison the cratic Party is divided VAUGHN N. FISHER, sue of civil rights, and that the NOTICE TO CREDITORS JOHN B. FISHER, Republican Party is the better Sid H. Eliason EDITH BENSON, Execuminorities who desire for vehicle GENEVA NELLIE Estate of Phone EM 470 South 13th East tors of the estate of Lester the establishment of these rights. Deceased. HANCHETT, Gould Lincoln, Wash. Star P. Fisher, Deceased. Creditors will present claims C. GEORGE MORRIS, with vouchers to the undersigned Attorney at Law at 1002-- Kearns Building, Salt 908 Kearns Building Lake City, Utah, on or before Salt Lake City, Utah the 31st day of July, A.D. 1956. Attorney for Executors C. C. PARSONS, Executor of the Estate of NELLIE Date of first publication March & (Continued from Page 1) was estimated earlier in your Budget Message. Thereby we could accelerate the later discussed new construction and maintenance program which, if approved, could begin next Fiscal Year. As regards our physical plant our second major deficiency I am in full accord with your conviction that, the remedy is dependent upon our first making a major reduction in the annual postal deficit. I believe that your position on this point has wholehearted public support. Nonetheless, the need for improvement of our physical plant is indeed critical. This improvement, combined with the rate increases, should result in new efficiencies and economies that will largely eliminate the annual postal deficits. For nearly 20 years our physical plant has lagged behind the nations growth. In this period non-farhouseholds each a new stop for a mailman have increased by half. Yet, no money has been appropriated for govern These Steps Necessary To Save Tax Dollars -' long-deferre- d five-yea- run-dow- n, poorly-lighte- d e - Lease-Purchas- e old-fashion- ed time-savin- man-savin- g Lease-Purchas- e m n five-yea- e work-savin- g half-millio- well-founde- n d public-spirite- d (4-6-5- worker-capitalist- s (3-23-5- 6) UTAH MINING ASSOCIATION ... 6) THE CHARLESTON APARTMENTS 3-57- 17 6 MORRISON MEAT PIES 16, 1956. GENEVA HANCHETT, (4-6-5- 6) NOTICE TO CREDITORS De-cease- DICKSON, ELLIS, PARSONS & McCREA, Kearns Building, Lake Salt City, Utah, BER, BISHOP, Deceased. for Executor. 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