Vernal Express | 1973-01-25 | Page 4 | Too Much Pay

Too Much Pay Congressmen H. H R. R Gross of Iowa and Morris Morris' K Udall of Arizona are areto tobe to tobe be congratulated for their investigation through the House Post Office and Civil 11 il Service Committee of 1 high gh salaries paid to officials employed by the U U. S. S Postal Service According to initial finding by tile the House Committee salaries paid to Postal Post Poste al Service bosses today are double or more more than previously paid to those run running ring ning the Post Office department One witness Mr Edward Day former postmaster postmaster postmaster post post- master general during the Kennedy administration administration ad ad- ministration has testified that when he wa woe was running things there were only ten persons making over a year T Today day he said there are more than 1000 Postal Service executives whose sal salaries les exceed that figure Postmaster General Elmer T T. Klassen gets a year the same as members mem mem- beta ben of 01 the Nixon Cabinet But in la addition addition ad ad- Mr bir Klassen has several assis assistants tants one is paid three are paid one receive and five regional postmasters are paid each In turn turri the regional postmasters also have well paid assistants who draw between to a year If the Postal Service produced a profit profit profit pro pro- fit such salaries might be understand understand- able Needless to point out however is the fact that the Postal Service is currently currently currently cur cur- operated at a huge deficit and that these millions of dollars are extracted extracted extracted ex ex- from your pocketbook through through- federal taxes From a businesslike like point of view would it not be advisable to cut the inflated salaries back to their former level of with the provision that when the Postal Service ceases to loose money then the pay would be raised After all all the lessons of 1 history story shows that a man works best when he has some incentive If U you agree with this idea clip out this s editorial and mail it to our Con Con- gressman