National Affairs: Postal Pay and Rates

The Senate is preparing to obey its own mandate that on Jan. 6 it shall act on the President's veto of the bill which increases the salaries of postal employes. The cost of the proposed pay increases will be between 60 and 70 million dollars a year. The President vetoed it for reasons of economy, saying that it must be accompanied by a measure for raising the extra money.

To serve this purpose, a bill known as the Sterling Bill has been prepared. It calls for an increase of postal rates on nearly all...

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