Word: postals
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Agreed by unanimous consent to take up the veto of the Postal Pay Increase Bill at the conclusion of routine business on Jan. 5, to limit debate, to dispose of it before 4 p. m. the next...
...Senator Sterling's request, Postmaster General New submitted a proposal for increasing postal rates. His proposal was designed to take only about $10,000,000 from the grumbling publishers, collecting about $66,000,000 additional from the mail-using public as a whole. Publishers at once cried out that even the increase proposed would be ruinous to many a publication. He suggested increase of rates...
...Second class postal rates are composed of two parts: A low flat rate on editorial matter; a higher rate, increasing by zones, on advertising matter. An issue of a publication is brought to a post office and weighed in bulk. The percentage of editorial and advertising matter is then calculated from a single copy. The rates are assessed in proportion and charged to the publisher...
...after another, the 35 amendments to the Underwood Bill were acted upon. Mr. Underwood intimated that he believed a mild sort of filibuster was going on in order that the opponents of his bill might gain time to rally their forces and, perhaps, in order to keep the Postal Pay Bill off the floor for a similar reason...
Post Office. No increase of parcel post rates to provide higher pay for postal employes...