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...Postal Service has been taking some withering criticism, thanks to rising rates and declining service, but Postmaster General Ted Klassen seems to be weathering the snow, rain, heat and gloom of day in executive style. At least according to Washington Watch dog Jack Anderson, who has made Klassen a particular target. Last week Anderson attacked Postal Service expenditures for Klassen's first-class offices in Washington's L'Enfant Plaza Building. More than $300,000 was spent to decorate the tenth-floor executive suite, charges Anderson, including $5,280 for a private pantry...
Strong opposition to the proposal came from Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii, who called the legislation "a raid on the U.S. Treasury." But Postmaster General Elmer T. Klassen, who has sternly opposed past attempts to moderate postal increases, quietly supported the McGee bill, sending associates to Capitol Hill to lobby for its passage. Observers think that Klassen's change of heart stemmed from his recognition of the growing burden on publications that use the mails...
...contribute a "reasonable" share to the service's general overhead by 1976. The service clearly regards that mandate as all important, and never mind the consequences. "I don't see why any enterprise should expect any sort of subsidy," says Postmaster General Elmer T. Klassen, 65, who was with American Can Co. for 43 years...
...reported to favor the measure by a narrow 5-to-4 margin, and McGee may decide not to seek full Senate approval if the vote remains that close. Basically, any congressional remedy would involve an appropriation to offset revenue that the Postal Service seeks from second-class users. Klassen opposes that approach...
Postal Service officials try to dismiss their private rivals as "messenger services." Postmaster General Elmer T. Klassen admitted recently in congressional testimony that the Government corporation has been "so hellbent" on cutting costs that "we perhaps lost track of services." He pleaded for "more time" to build a fast, reliable service. National Postal Founder Peter Olsen proposes a different solution: have the USPS concentrate on handling letters and publications, and turn over all third-class mail delivery to the private entrepreneurs. Such mail has always lost money for the Government, Olsen notes, but "we have been making a comfortable profit...