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ideals and goals. In its hopeless rush to fulfill the “self-supporting business” mandate given it by the Postal Reorganization Act, it has forsaken totally its fundamental service mission.
What can be done to prevent the total ruin of postal “service?” First of all, salvation must be grounded on the recognition of the original principle that the Postal Service is a public service, not a business.
And salvation is attainable.
A bill, HR 7700, was expected to reach the floor of the House of Representatives this week. Cosponsored by Reps. James Hanley (D-NY) and Charles H. Wilson (D-CA), HR 7700 would increase appropriations to the Postal Service to 15 per cent of annual Service expenditures. The bill would give Congress veto power over postal rate-fixing decisions, and it would restore to the President the power to appoint the Postmaster General. The bill last week was given a two-to-one probability of passage.
Three days before his election, candidate Jimmy Carter called for exactly these changes. But now President Carter has unfortunately made an about-face on the issue. He has asked House Leader Tip O’Neill to prevent the measure from coming to the floor. But if the Administration attitude prevails, it is not unlikely that the nation will see a final, total abandonment of the concept of a Postal Service as a public
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