Show Postal Supervisor Brings Out PO Needs in Mo Moab b Speech Moab Rotarians Monday heard postal supervisor George E. E MacDonald MacDonald MacDonald Mac- Mac 1 Donald relate difficulties of fi financing financing fl fi- the worlds world's largest business business bus bus- iness mess the United States Post Office Of Of- fice flee and measures that are being studied to improve operations Mr MacDonald District Operations Operations Oper Open Manager for this area reIterated reiterated re reo re- re iterated the sentiments of Postmaster Postmaster Postmaster Post Post- master General Arthur Summerfield Summerfield Summer Summer- field concerning an increase in postal rates He compared the post office with a business bus bus- mess iness asking what merchant would undertake to provide the same service given twenty years ago while charging no more than 1 ls l's did at that time and paying 1538 prices and wages The three cent stamp still obtains the same samo service he said Although rates have remained for Cor the most part unchanged the postal system has grown to toa a point where the mail handled is double that handled by all the combined countries in the world As a result the post office department department de de- de Is operation at a financial financial finan finan- cial pace that pushes them deeper deepen in the financial hole by two million mil mu- lion dollars a day The greatest financial problem is 19 the fact tact that congressional reasoning is to not give assistance assistance assist assist- ance because the department is operating at a deficit Lack of assistance is causing the deficit according to the ithe department posing posing pos pos- ing an unpleasant enigma Commenting on the nations nation's I crash program on missile development development devel devel- and the resultant decrease in domestic funds the postal official official official of of- said The ten year deficit of the postal department is al almost almost al al- most the same amount as that needed to finance the missile program Had lad the Department been able to operate without the deficit the money for missiles would be available An Art increase to five cents on first class non-local non mail mall and four cents on local mail mall as advocated by the President as a means of alleviating the financial woes of the department would not wipe out the deficit but would help the department to operate closer to the proper balance said Mr MacDonald Presented along with the address ad dress by the postal official was wasa a film introduced by Postmaster General Summerfield and explaining ex ex- ex processing of mail mall Inadequate facilities were pointed out as being one deter deter- ent to the best service By comparison com corn parison the film illustrated what can be done with ith up-to-date up equipment buildings and labor laborsaving laborsaving laborsaving saving At the conclusion of the film the district manager answered questions on various facets of the mail service on a local and national national na na- na scale Emphasized was the problem of obtaining changes in postal laws over ninety per cent of which are set by congressional action Mr MacDonald was the guest of Moab Assistant Postmaster Gene Gibson Earlier in the meeting three directors were elected to serve along with retiring president Les Erbes as the 59 1958 board of directors of the club They were Sam Taylor Rev Vemon Vernon Kendall Ken Ken- dall dali and Jack West New officers under President-elect President Ray West will take office July 1 1 |