Show Objectionable mail should Be reported Persons who receive objectionable items through the mails should bring them to the attention of their This is especially true of pornographic as it is otherwise impossible for the Postal Service to take effective action toward either abolition or Since first-class mail is protected by law against being opened by anyone except the addressee or his agent or most pornographic materials are sent first This means that postmasters can do nothing until the person who is authorized to open the mail is willing to make a complaint and to surrender the items in question as evidence of their having been handled by the Postal objectionable mail is received and destroyed by people who would like to complain but who are reluctant to do so because of their fear that possession of such mail will be a reflection on the morality of the says Postmaster Arvin L. postmasters know better than anyone else that most ads for obscene matter are Names of unsuspecting recipients are obtained from school club lists compiled by professional and many other Everyone of either sex or any age is considered fair Sometimes complainants wonder whether their objections have been for they receive no report on action taken by the Post Office Department or by the they shouldn't be says Postmaster though their individual problem seems to have been Each month the Postal Inspection Service suppresses hundreds of illegal promotions and takes specific action against violators of mailing laws and For during arrests were prosecutions were and 98 convictions were Answers to your questions a-bout obscenity as it involves the malls can be obtained by calling at the Post |