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Thank you for your letter of December 12, 1975. I appreciate your sharing your thoughts with me with respect to the problems of the U.S. Postal Service...
...time of postal reform, our postal system was in serious trouble. It was suffering under an archaic organizational structure and overlapping and often contradictory laws and regulations. It was also hindered by an ancient physical plant, low employee morale and productivity, and political pressures. These problems left a poor legacy as postal management has struggled to bring about change. Improvements have been made and, despite occasional complaints, the overall record of the Postal Service in terms of reliability and speed of delivery is quite good, particularly when compared with other countries...
This is not to say that postal management cannot do more to reduce unnecessary costs. I know that Postmaster General Bailar is devoting his full energies to this goal. While recent rate increases have been larger and more frequent than we would like, these cannot be attributed solely to the acts of the postal management. The Postal Service, like all business type operations, has had to deal with the strong inflationary pressures of the past few years...
...still believe that the principles embodied in postal reform will provide us with a far more efficient postal system. Among those principles is one which calls for the apportioning of the costs of all postal operations to all users of the mail on a fair and equitable basis. I support that principle; I believe it is sound and that it should be pursued to the maximum extent possible...
...cost of postal operations must be met and should be met equitably. The alternative to users supporting the postal system is to shift the burden to the general taxpayer. Such an approach is not fair and-by itself-would do nothing to reduce postal costs...