Word: maile
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years the Administration has been trying to raise the first-class-mail rate as part of its drive to end the postal deficit, which is running over $650 million a year. Last week, thanks to unexpected party solidarity among the Republicans (only two G.O.P. defections, v. five party-line-crossing Democrats), the Senate voted 49 to 42 to raise the rate on in-town letters to 4?, to raise out-of-town mail...
...week's end House Speaker Sam Rayburn predicted a fight in the House (which last session voted a 4?rate for all first-class mail) to knock out the fifth cent. Since the House is not likely to trim the spending, the cut would make the deficit even greater...
Ever since the first examination of Post Office expenses was made in 1926, first class mail has consistently paid far more than its cost. The rate hike proposal recently approved by the Senate will increase even more the proportion of postal service supported by first class revenue. In effect, it will give a larger discount rate to the major magazine concerns and the advertisers who flood the post office with "junk mail...
Comparison of the figures bears this out. The first class hike will raise local postage 33 per cent, and out-of-town postage 66 per cent. The second class increase (which will affect the major magazine concerns) will not be that high, and the "junk mail" increase will only amount to 14 per cent of its current insufficient rate. In addition, the Senate has rejected an amendment which would have raised rates for companies using over $1 million of postage annually. This would have more nearly compensated for the strain the big weekly magazines put on the post office...
...first class rates were kept at three cents and the other mail rates raised to meet the need, the deficit might be erased in a more equitable manner. In addition, some of the bulky and annoying advertisements would probably be eliminated from the mails...