Show Urged To Shop Now E i Mail In November I E Public response to the Post Office Departments Department's Shop Now I Mall In November November November No No- I vember campaign Is good but needs to tobe tobe tobe be better according to Postmaster General General Gen Oen- eral Frank C C. Walker wartime t I conditions Extraordinary w war a r m e I face us Mr Walker said Unless more moro t people buy and mall this month the Postal service cannot do its job of ot delivering all Christmas gifts on time It Is not pleasing to us to have to ask the American people to mall mail packages packages pack pack- ages so far in advance of the delivery date We do so BO only because It has to tobe tobe tobe be done The job is la a 0 tremendous one but we are confident that it will wUl be done because we know from experience that given sound reasons Americans cooperate cooper ate magnificently Unprecedented shortages of ot manpower manpower manpower man man- power and transportation facilities growing growIng growing grow grow- ing out of the war compel early mall mail ing The Postal Service has given experienced employees to the armed forces and railroad workers have gone to war Equally serious is le the fact that rail and other transport facilities are taxed to the limit with the great burden of war traffic which all of us know must take precedence In a great number of ot our post offices the man power situation is cri crl- critical The extra workers whom we normally recruited to handle tm swollen Christmas volume of mall were able to work long hours of ot overtime and to do heavy work This cannot be expected ex expected expected ex- ex from the women and high school schoolboys schoolboys schoolboys boys and girls to whom in fn large part we must look this year to meet the situation The way In which everyone responded In making It possible for us to handle bandle a volume of parcels for the armed forces overseas overseas' leaves no doubt In my mind that the November Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas mailing will be equally successful I ask for the help of the press radio business ad advertisers civic groups and ana andall all Americans in making It possible for forthe forthe 11 the Postal Service to do its work 1 We urge everyone to buy now mallin mall maU mallin in November and mark mart gifts Do Io Not Until Christmas Christmas' Open s' s |