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...were postal workers placated by Nixon's plan for postal reform. The Administration was committed to a plan developed in 1968 by a ten-man Commission on Postal Organization headed by Frederick Kappel, former board chairman of American Telephone and Telegraph Co. The plan recommended abolition of the Cabinet-rank position of Postmaster General and the creation of a Government-owned corporation with power to set postage rates with congressional approval (see box page...
Fearing loss of their civil service status and diminution of their leverage in Congress, the unions opposed the Kappel plan. So did a good many Congressmen, who were apprehensive that such a plan would deprive them of their patronage power. Moreover, the postal unions are the largest and most politically active civil service bloc and, though their vote power has not resulted in high wages, they still influence many Congressmen. Nixon indicated, however, that he would veto any postal-pay bill that did not include creation of a postal corporation. To resolve the impasse, he called in Rademacher and they...
...other members of the council include: Roy L. Ash, president of Litton industries, who will be chairman of the Council; John B. Connally, former governor of Texas; Frederick R. Kappel, chairman of the executive committee of American Telephone and Telegraph; and Richard M. Paget, a member of the New York consulting firm of Cresap, McCormick and Paget...
...underscore the theme he has adopted for his inaugural and touched on in his victory speech-"Bring us together"-Nixon also played host to a diverse cast of characters. In a single day, his guests at the Pierre included A.T.& T. Ex-Chairman Frederick Kappel, Central Intelligence Agency Chief Richard Helms, A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany and Urban League Executive Director Whitney Young Jr. After his meeting, Young quipped, in a reference to Nixon's neglect of the Negro during his campaign: "I wanted to make sure the 'forgotten Americans' he's been talking about...
Frederick R. Kappel, LL.D., retired chairman of the board, American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Spokesman for and exemplar of public and corporate conscience...