Show POST SE C H INS MANY BELIEVE FIRST CLASS MAIL CARRIES BULK OF RUNNING AND WAGE EXPENSE one cent first class postal rate li Is expected by member of special congressional joint postal I 1 commission Commiss icis WaFt washington hington A concerted drive upon congress for a 1 cent first class postal rate rata is 18 expected by chairman moses mosea of the special congressional joint postal commission which is 13 to tc 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 commission had received rep representations presentations nn n the subject from many quarters lie ile argument advanced he added is that first class postage is 18 paying a disproportionate onate share of the total carrying cost of the postal service postmaster general new will be heard first by the postal commission he is expected to be prepared to furnish information regarding the operation of the new rates which became effective last april that will form a working basis for tile the commission in hearings to be held while the lie new rotes rates argeer upon n tentatively by congress in an effort to meet the cost of wage increases to postal employed emp loyes have been in operation more than three months data as to their operation during that period still is incomplete because all postmasters have not been able to send gend in their reports tor for the first drat quarter for this reason the iho joint commission will reopen hearings here in october by which time P i is expected the post postoffice office department depart nun vill be in in a position to furnish comparisons ba between the operations of the new am old rates for a six months period |