Show THE POSTAL DE DEFICIT Pots master brown suggested an increase jil in postal rost r ost al rats rates to meet an astounding postal deficit of over ove r 10 millions this year the deficit is larger by over RO 50 millions mi ilione this year than usual il this is quite natural this year and was to be expected yet we wonder how long ing a private business would woul d coast along alone r losing millions a year without da ig io something about it why something was not done long on 9 ago is more than we can understand the postal system with its annual deficit is a shining example of the weakness of governmental con control frol private enterprise would have started a retrenchment program long ago abo t useless salaries would have been pruned off the pay roll ro 1 1 necessary salaries would have been scaled downward inefficient employees would have been released regardless gard less of their political affiliation or pull table services would have been discontinued every printer in the coti country I 1 is i well aware of the fact that the government postal bervice service is is one of his most unfair f all c competitors r n I 1 p e tit U uncle I 1 icle sam prints and sells envelopes and other mailin mailing g pieces at ruinous prices thereby smothering orin the country printed who has as much right to mal mak a living as anybody when the country printer is foolish enough to do work below cost his creditors sooner or later reverently place a for sale sign on his door when uncle sam foolishly does his work below cost he taps our OUI national treasury to balance the deficit the postal system needs a good housecleaning house cleaning followed by the adoption of ri few sound business principles ebram ing ing economy and efficiency much more than it needs increased crease d postal rates |