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POLITICAL science, PROPERTY tax, UNITED States. Bureau of Indian Affairs, POLITICAL violence, STRIKES lockouts, POSTAL service, ITALY, and UNITED States

The article provides information on political events in various countries as of December 1972. The states of California, Michigan, Colorado and Oregon have rejected proposals to abolish or restrict the use of property taxes. Members of the radical American Indian Movement caused serious damage to the Bureau of Indian Affairs building they recently took over. Strikes have disrupted mail service in Italy, causing the government to discourage Italians from sending holiday greetings.

TRADE regulation, AGRICULTURAL prices, PRICE regulation, POSTAL rates, POSTAL service, FOOD prices, and UNITED States

The article reports on the government regulation of agriculture and higher postage rates for less service from the nationalized postal service in the U.S. The government has created a fixed farm prices that is above the competitive level which in return produced surpluses and used tax dollars to subsidize exports of food. The new rates for postal service has created competition from advertising services and other electronic communication devices.

UNITED States -- Politics government -- 1974-1977, UNITED States economy -- 1971-1981, FORD, Gerald R., 1913-2006, FOREIGN aid (American), CAMPAIGN funds -- Law legislation, GOVERNMENTAL investigations, POSTAL service, and UNITED States

The article presents a critical analysis of the key political and economic issues in the U.S. in 1974. President Gerald Ford has been criticized for ordering cutting off aid to Turkey. The Watergate scandal is implicated in the passage of the campaign reform bill that provides that funds for the general presidential election will come from an income tax checkoff. A governmental investigation on the discovery of tons of mail dumped behind a shopping center in Washington is under way.

TAX exemption, TAX assessment, POSTAL service, PROFIT margins, UNITED States Postal Service, and UNITED States

The article discusses the tax exempt bonds which threatens the U.S. economic condition. The author argues that credibility gaps are opening even with tax exempts because the mold in which they are cast is often shaped more by the dynamics of political pressure than by those of municipal or state financial aid. On the other hand, the U.S. Postal Service blames fuel crisis from falling profit margins.

POSTAL rates, EXPRESS service (Delivery of goods), POSTAL service -- History, MAIL receiving forwarding services, LAW, and UNITED States

The article offers insights into the rise in the postage for second class mail in the U.S. It is noted that the rise was mandated by the act which reorganized the postal system in 1970. Second class mail has enjoyed artificially low rates for several years. There is a historical argument that second class mail is part of the tradition to subsidize the mailing of newspapers and magazines. The argument from history is also applied to the letter-carrying service.

POSTAL service, LEGISLATIVE bills, CRANE, Philip M., 1930-2014, POSTAL laws, LETTER carriers, and UNITED States

This article talks about how the government addresses the disruptions in the U.S. mail service. According to the author, the mail strike was a sign that the Post Office as presently organized is grossly inefficient. Congress is considering a reform bill which would turn control of the Department over to a public corporation. Philip M. Crane, U.S. Representative from Illinois, has introduced a bill amending U.S. postal regulations and which would eliminate the statutory provisions which bar private competition. Crane's bill is expected to get at the immediate need of insuring that millions of pieces of mail will not be stalled due to dependence on a single carrier.

DEFICIT financing, POSTAL service, REFORMS, GOVERNMENT corporations, and UNITED States

The article reports on the monetary deficits and post office reform in the United States. The payments deficit continues though several tricks such as money borrowing and threat issuing have been made. Postmaster General O'Brien has proposed to reform the U.S. Post Office. The reform includes the office to be part of the Cabinet, become a nonprofit government corporation, be operated by the appointed board of directors and be managed by professional executives.

BUSINESS, POSTAL service, UNEMPLOYMENT insurance, EMPLOYMENT, and UNITED States

The article presents news briefs related to business in the U.S. Mail delivery around the country is growing that some are being forced to make ends-run around the congestion. Unemployment compensation funds in the states are also growing due to the high rate of employment.

UNITED States Postal Service, STRIKES lockouts, POSTAL laws, POSTAL rates, EMPLOYMENT policy, and UNITED States

The article focuses on the U.S. national postal strike which predicts that postal problems in general will continue. Public attention to this matter is overdue, but there is a fear that it will lead to mistaken policies that will make the postal problems even worse. The crucial fact about the U.S. Postal Service is that it is the only agency entitled by law to deliver first-class mail. It is thus protected from the discipline of competition. Rising postal rates have not been matched by increases in efficiency. In a five-year period after reorganization, first-class mail delivery slowed by 14 to 28%.

UNITED States. Congress, STENNIS, John, UNITED States. Dept. of Defense -- Appropriations expenditures, GROSS, H. R. (Harold Royce), 1899-1987, UNITED States Postal Service, NIXON, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994, CONNALLY, John, and UNITED States

The article discusses recent developments concerning the U.S. Congress. The shooting of Senator John Stennis (D-Miss.), Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, puts the proposed defense budget in a tight position. Representative H. R. Gross (R-Iowa) will first investigate foul ups at the U.S. Postal Service before he decides whether to increase the salaries of the agency's executives. U.S. President Richard Nixon was reported to have said that prefers John Connally to be the 1976 Republic presidential nominee.

INDUSTRIES -- United States, UNITED States -- Commerce, ECONOMIC recovery, HELLER, Walter W., 1915-1987, OKUN, Arthur, GOVERNMENT securities, UNITED States. Office of Telecommunications Policy, UNITED States Postal Service, and UNITED States

The article presents news briefs related to U.S. industries and commerce. According to the author of this article, economists Walter Heller and Arthur Okun have lost their patience with the country's current economic recovery process. They are advising another round of tax cuts and double-digit money growth in the coming year. The author argues that such steps will take a long time in implementation and will boost demand at the expense of supply by diverting savings from investment into U.S. Treasury's securities used to finance consumption spending. Current economic statistics, however, shows a positive sign of recovery. The U.S. Office of Telecommunications Policy, reportedly, estimates that unrestricted competition with the Bell Telephone System would increase residential phone bills by no more than fifty cents a month. The U.S. Postal Service is increasing the charges for first class mail in order to subsidize second, third, and fourth class mail.

WITNESSES, LEGAL evidence, UNITED States Postal Service, EAVESDROPPING, and UNITED States

This article examines revelations made by several witnesses ranging from Roy Cohn to the Washington director of the American Civil Liberties Union regarding anomalies in the U.S. Postal Service. Revelations include increased use of secret listening devices, bugging of telephones, peepholes in Post Office washrooms and the burgeoning use of mail covers by the postal authorities.

UNITED States -- Politics government -- 1977-1981, KEMP, Jack, 1935-2009, UNITED States. Dept. of Health, Education Welfare, BUDGET deficits, FISCAL policy, UNITED States federal budget, and UNITED States

The article presents news briefs related to the political developments in the U.S. According to Senator Jack Kemp, nothing can be done about budget deficit until the gross national product consumed by the government is reduced. Kemp and a number of other politicians are promoting supply-side fiscal policies. These policies focus on expanding the economy by boosting the supply of money available for investment. The U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare is about to enforce a recently devised set of New American Nuremberg Laws. The U.S. Postal Service wants the government to increase first-class rates.

UNITED States economy -- 1971-1981, PRICE inflation, PUBLIC spending, DEFICIT financing, FORD, Gerald R., 1913-2006, and UNITED States

The article focuses on the economic conditions in the U.S. during 1970s. Inorder to fight inflation that the country is experiencing, President Gerald R. Ford has come up with an idea of reducing the deficit by reducing federal expenditures. He hopes to be able to reduce expenses in 1974 from $304 billion to about $300 billion. Regarding the new Postal Service, it had a deficit of $175 million in 1974.

UNITED States Postal Service, PUBLIC administration, KAPPEL, Frederick, POSTMASTERS general, and UNITED States

The article examines the problem faced by the United States Post Office. The Postmaster General has testified that the Post Office has become a place of restrictive legislation and custom, he suggests that the whole system be depoliticalized, that a government corporation take it over, and that it be run by executives who actually mean business. The President has appointed a committee to study the options available. The chairman of the committee is Frederick Kappel.

UNITED States economy -- 1961-1971, BUSINESS enterprises, TEXTILE industry, PHASED retirement, INDUSTRIAL laws legislation, and UNITED States Postal Service

The article offers news briefs related to business in the U.S. Textile industries have been expanding and improving its facilities, production and trade due to the growing demand for automobile carpeting, and enthusiastic market reception for the new fabrics. The Post Office Department has started to phase out thousands of employees and will continue to process retirement applications before the end of 1965.

BUDGET, FINANCE, KENNEDY, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963, PRESIDENTS of the United States, POSTAL rates, REVENUE, and UNITED States

The article reports on the budget proposal of U.S. President John F. Kennedy which reaches to $100 billion dollars. He assumes revenues of about $93 billion and predicts an expense of $92.5 billion and an estimated surplus of about half a billion. Such surplus still depends on some doubtful assumptions and while the overall trend of the nation's finance is fatal. The President perhaps assumes that the budget receipts will increase by nearly $11 billion or that postal rates will be increased.