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die Postmaster General for an in* • crease in the 3-cent letter rate against the knowledge that first class mail now earns a profit, ot|ier classes of mail are carried at .loss. ' ?
In the fiscal year 1954, for example, the books of the Post Off-J ice Department showed a profit of more than 63 million dollars on first-class mail. Third-class mail which includes the millions of unordered advertising circulars cluttering mail boxes throughout die nation, showed a loss of more than 147 million dollars.
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