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Show u.s . Post ffiees Ijesefate ... uir uiun For IFundls, Facilities . Postmaster General Gives Ike Complete Rundown letter at was submitted President (Editor's Note: The following Dwifht D. Eisenhower'! request, by Postmaster General explaining the present conditions and the necessary steps to be taken by the IT. S. Post Office system.) Sum-merhay- Weekly The President, White House Dear Mr. President: You asked for more details on the two interrelated deficiencies which hamper our postal establishment today the first, in postal revenue the second, in physical plant. As you advised the Congress in your State of the Union Message, we must remedy these deficiencies swiftly and thus make certain that our mail N Gor service is efficient and V.I. 10; No. II ft Jtf. Miick 23. 1956 Utah This goal was announced today by Paul N. Halliday, YR county chairman. Membership tickets this year will include a one year subscription to the Statesman, Halliday reports. Chairman Halliday also an-nounced a general meeting for all Utah county delegates attending the March 31 conference in Salt Lake City. The group will meet at 11 a.m. March 31 in the County Commissioner's chambers, City and County building. Condon,Rodli Traveling Thru Utah Utah Republicans in Southern Utah are getting a helping hand from state and national leaders this week in arranging and carrying out county conventions. Wade Condon, executive secretary of the State Central headquarters and Gilbert Rodli, national representative in the western states area, are lending their help. The traveling pair were in Cedar City Tuesday, St. George Wednesday; Kanab and Panguitch Thursday and in Junction Friday. Mr. Condon serves the GOP party on executive matters from his office in 420 Hotel Newhouse when not traversing the state aiding county organizers. Mr. Rodli, now residing in Salt Lake City, has the eleven western states to cover. His primary interest is in arousing precinct organizations and instructing them in the fundamentals of strengthening the party from the grass roots level. County conventions held during this week include: Millard and Beaver counties, Tuesday; Iron and Washington, Wednesday; Kane, Garfield and Piute, Thursday; Duchesne and Uintah,- Friday and Wasatch and Summit, Saturday. - economi-- 1 cal, as our people rightly expect tucii mcac puswu ciiarges nTMS Drives Salt Lake County Young Republicans launch their 1956 membership drive March 22 with an aim toward filling the ranks with young active leaders. s, and deserve. Each year our postal service goes heavily into the red. From any standpoint, this process is indefensible. In this period of high prosperity, we cannot justify dodging the cost of our mail deliveries and passing it on to our children. Nor is it better to use the taxes paid by every citizen to keep down the postal costs of the few who use the mails the most. And, while our country is so prosperous, yet so heavily in debt, continuing to run our postal operations at a loss encourages fiscal irresponsibility in every area of government. You know, of course, that I am referring to very large sums of money. In the past ten years the costs of the Post Office Department exceeded its revenues by almost $5,000,000,000. Ignoring the huge interest payments on this sum, that five billion dollars would have paid for 5,000 new $1,000,000 schools; and yet, in stead of new schools, we have chosen to bequeath to our chil more than $100,000,000 a yearpius to day in interest, we cannot, in good conscience, keep on this way. You are aware of our major postal improvements and savings during the past three years. Yet, the yearly deficit still runs up almost $500,000,000, of which $200,000,000 go for the pay raises and other employee benefits pass ed by the Congress last year. It is' hard for most of us to realize what so large a sum of money really means. The fact is, we are losing $1,000 a minute! Every hour our taxpayers have o put up another $60,000! Despite new machinery, improved methods, modernized personnel prac tices, tnis Department is going I i mo tne red in an amount that I would pay for every week, more than 1,000 new $10,000 homes; OfWORKERS AND WAITERS In the Federal Buildinr Post every day, a new fighter fice, Salt Lake City, public service continues despite huge deficit plane; faced by the federal post office system. Postmaster General every two days, a new jet President to explains the situation in bis letter bomber. We are losing money in these huge amounts because we are still charging 1932 rates but pay Toward Victory ing 1956 costs. Letter rates are the same today as they were in 1932. Second-clas- s rates on magazines and newspapers hav& increased only about three per cent net Young Republicans of Utah are since 1932. staying in the 'activity picture Third-clasrates for advertising on both a local and national scale. matter and small parcels are up Lloyd Cooney, past state chairelect. Republicans all the way down the line just over a third since 1932. . to want "We, man of the YR's is a newly apYet, operating costs have more from the White House to the county courthouse." pointed member of the Publicity than doubled since 1932. national W. GOP Leonard With this statement Hall, Committee for the National FedIn with your insistence keeping the prevailing "fight" attitude of the party across on fiscal eration. He will work on teleup in government, integrity vision coverage and publicity of the country. have an Increase in you urged Young Republican activities at same time he an- postage rates. In this way too. the the statement at made the Hall Chairman the GOP national convention in nounced a national conference of more than 800 party leaders to actual users of the mails will asSan Francisco in August. sume costs they now pass on to be held in Washington April 16 and 17. the general public. discuss the nature and scope of the 1956 presi will Leaders An increase of one cent per Univerat the Reorganization camdential and congressional Free-bairs ounce for mail .is es Don sity of Utah places on Conferences said. Hall paign, to sential as cut in the sizable any major junior pre-laindividual for election plans deficit. 75 Because head of the Utah U. YR's. Other postal per cent added. states he are also of planned, all 1st letter mail originates with officers are Audrey Jensen, business, the increase would di vice president; Ridd Larsen, 2nd Major topic of the meeting will vice president and JoAnn Bagley, center around the rectly cost the average family secretary-treasureonly about 10c to 12c a month, According to Chairman Hall repand yet it would bring in $295,- resentatives from 48 states and 000,000 each year in new revenue. Wash. D.C. will have a chance Charles McWhorter, president to discuss An increase of one cent per their and freely openly of the National ounce for air mail would bring of sentiments on the candidacy Republican Federation, will meet Richard M. Nixon, prior to the in $16,000,000 more and would in Salt Lake City April 11 with San Francisco - convention. keep the present differential beUtah leaders. Announcement of tween letter and air mail charges. McWhorter's visit was made Fri- "included in the invitation list second-clas- s For mail mainly the conference are National day by Pat Sheehan, chairman of for we newspapers and magazines Committee members, state chair the Utah Young Republicans. two successive annual inpropose man and vice., cnairman, .uor creases of approximately 15 per SenHouse and of the members cent each. These two increases, increase on the Memberships are GOP the Finance members of ate, when effective, will bring in in the 1956 drive for enlarging around $17 million dollars more the Salt Lake County senior GOP, Committee and chairmen of, the to Eisenhower dinners, a year. For such mail, we now according to Ken Price, drive Salutein RICHARD NIXON . . . January receive about chairman. Tickets are being sold held a pound in No announcement has yet been GOP Leaders to Discuss his ticket postage, but last daily,' he said year we spent made available on the Utah lead- fate at April meeting. to handle each pound bethe meeting. fore the recent pay raises moved Harold Madsen and Therell ers who will attend conference In the dates, naming the cost up still more. Bennett Asks Aid Nielson, both pf Salt Lake City, Chairman Hall "The said, For third-clas- s Repub mail mainly are chairmen, of the April work.. has never been In Uranium Hunt lican matter we Party need a advertising the for Young,. Republican shop demore more rate increase united, 30 stronger, Senator Wallace F. Bennett this averaging per League of Utah to he held in Salt termined to win. But we face a week cent to bring in about $77,000,-00- 0 a $1,025,000 Trie urged appro is Lake City. 'workshop more. tough battle. We can and must priation for 90 miles of uranium especially designed, for county win In a total these increased revenstrong working majority access roads in Utah. The roads, chairmen, according to State in so House and the to be built by the Atomic Energy ue, plus other minor rate inChairwoman Pat Sheehan. that the Republican program can Commission, would insure ready creases adding up to $1,500,000 continue to move forward un- transportation for the shipment a year, will barely more than equal the sum of the annual wage of uranium ore. impeded. No Apology "These roads, the Senator said, increases granted last year to our Special sessions at the April "The records of Presidents Wil- meeting will include a . state would be a state responsibility employees and the annual cost of our physical plant. ' son, Roosevelt and Truman leave chairmen's conference similar to in normal conditions, however, he modernizing is now It estimated that they us no need to apologize for call- the campaign tactics school con- feels, "they become a burden of would 0 yield approximately ducted in September. O. J. Wil- which the federal government ing Democrats 'the war party'." more than $56,500,000 Holmes Alexander, Los Angeles, kinson, state chairman, attended must share in order to meet our uranium requirements." Los Angeles Times. the September meeting. (See SUMMERFIELD Page 3) Sum-merha- ys - Colls Leaders To B.C. In April In Brief Hcall - s chair-man,summ- ed - - first-clas- n, w vice-presidency- . r. .Young . 2c llc - -- - Labor Joins Up "The Republicans will have an edge in the presidential race a highly confidential political releaders states . . . port to AFL-CI(The report) says that the popular appeal of President Eisenhower's recent legislative program is the chief reason the Republicans must be given an edge in the race." O James Y. Newton, Washington . Evening Star. the-Sen- ate . $406,-500,00- |