Show ZiD Code Defended ee IThe I- I T The Post Office Departments Department's Departments Department's Departments Department's Depart Depart- ments ment's ZIP Zone Improvement Improvement Improvement Improve Improve- ment Code and its acceptance by the public is providing an efficient means of moving today's heavy volumes volumes volumes vol vol- umes of mall mail and is cutting the costs of handling such mail mall 16 postmaster from the Provo area were told last week They met with George S. S Hotchkiss regional customer relations officer from the PostOffice's Post PostOffice's PostOffice's Offices Office's Denver regional of of- fice Mr Hotchkiss is is' is meeting with postmasters in Utah Colorado Wyoming New Mexico Mexico Mexico Mex Mex- ico and Arizona discussing the Zip Code system and the responsibility responsibility re re- of the postmaster in his community The Post Office at Provo serves as one of sectional centers in the nation distributing distributing ing mail mall to smaller first second second second sec sec- sec sec- ond third and fourth class I offices The Provo office serves 46 such offices in this section including all offices of Sanpete Mr Hotchkiss said the ZIP Code campaign presently is directed mainly at large volume volume volume vol vol- vol- vol ume mailers such as businesses business business- es and in situations such as colleges He said sald that firms in the nation generate 75 per cent of the total mail mall which annually numbers 70 billion billion billion bil bil- lion pieces Of these firms finns or 87 per cent have already agreed to go along with the program with 1500 firms completely converted to the system now Mr Hotchkiss said such conversion conversion conversion con con- version means that these firms ar are using their automatic automa automa- tic data processing equipment to sort and Zip code address their mail before it is delivered delivered delivered ered to the post office Such activity cuts the amount of handling at the home post office office office of of- fice level and moves it faster to its proper destination destination- ADVANTAGE GAINED He pointed out that a large monthly magazine with subscribers in Florida using using using us us- ing the code and sorting pre its mail mall saw its magazines delivered delivered delivered de de- de- de livered 24 to 48 hours earlier than was formerly possible At Atthe Atthe Atthe the same time less damage occurred to the magazines since they were handled less Provo as a Sectional Center Center Center Cen Cen- ter will be mechanized to handle more efficiently Zip mail mall in about two to three years according to Mr Hotch Hotch- kiss He said electronic machines machines machines ma ma- chines will wUl be installed similar to ones which now can sort out letters an hour to 50 key cities or letters an hour for 50 states Detroit and Washington DC He pointed out however that first class mail mall sent by bythe bythe bythe the aver average ge person who uses a Zip Code today does not move any faster than without the code since most post offices offices of of- flees do not yet have the automatic automatic automatic auto auto- matic equipment He said sald however that in the next few years the mail mall will be handled by such equipment and moved faster He did encourage the use of the Zip number on return addresses addresses ad ad- dresses to facilitate mail handling handling handling hand hand- ling by large mailers such as mail order houses or magazine magazine magazine maga maga- zine companies Inclusion of the number will cut out much of the extra work of both the companies and the post office in determining what the numbers num sum 4 bers should be A mans man's mistakes are his greatest lessons |