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Show POSTAL CHARGES MAY SEE CHANGE MANY BELIEVE FIRST CLASS MAIL CARRIES BULK OF RUNNING RUN-NING AND WAGE EXPENSE One Cent First Class Postal Rate Is Expected by Member of Special Congressional Joint Postal Commission Washington A concerted drive upon congress for a 1-cent first class postal rata is expected by Chairman Moses of the special congressional joint postal commission, which is to open hearings here soon looking to a permanent postal rate revision measure. Senator Moses said a propaganda campaign' for such a rate is under way and that members of the cummU sion had received representations on the subject from many quarters. The argument advanced, he added, is that first class postage is paying a disproportionate dispro-portionate share of the total carrying carry-ing cost of the postal service. Postmaster General New will be heard first hy the postal commission. He Is expected to be prepared to fur nish information regarding the operation oper-ation of the new rates which became effective last April that will rorm a working basis for the commission in hearings to be held. While the new rates, argeed upon tentatively by congress in an effort to meet the cost of wage increases to postal employes, have been in operation oper-ation more than three months, data as to their operation during that period per-iod still is incomplete, because all postmasters have not been able to send in their reports for the first quarter. F'or this reason the joint commission commis-sion will reopen hearings here in October, Oc-tober, by which time it is expected the postoffice department will be in a position to furnish comparisons between be-tween the operations of the new and old rates for a six months' period. |