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Show Anticipating a deficit n of ly $300,000,000 for A?? i year which begins Julv i !; ct the Post Office Depart!1 i? asked Congress to SnSSSW rates to provide newTu! -,t $175,000,000. ew,revenmpft No increase is request first class mail, but pclK & cards will go up to fit US There will be tocreaSd 2 & for newspapers, magazine?; other printed material cW as second class matter in "jl tion, third and fourth clakji ' will have the rates boosted A hearing will be cond. V1 by the Senate Civil &. W Committee, which has JE'V those interested sometbffi i 'tf! two weeks in which to stud W proposals and take part d m hearings. v 1 m f There is nothing funcW ly wrong with an increa postal rates and certainly Jtf1 reason to expect the govern V1 to provide mail service for 1 1 i! ious classes of mail at a hr loss. We think, however that i committee should carefully ef sider the rates that now for various classes and that tV increases be arranged after t fully studying the classificat 5 ?( affected. 1$ Mail matter is divided LP four classes, First class mi includes letters and air maiLir second embraces newspt'- magazines and other matl i bearing notice of entry as ond-class matter. The third c includes circulars, miscellan printed matter,, books, cat .and bulk matter in pack The fourth class is popul ,s ! known as parcel post and l eludes all material not in . , ; other classes. " While newspapers, magaz and other publications of'; informal type should bear r of the increased rates, t should not be penalized w! ! compared with catalogs, busk i circulars and material with informational value. The sa.il observation applies to the fou:? class or parcel post. i i |