Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1933, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO BALANCED POSTAL BUDGET PLEDGED Farley Promises in Forum to Eliminate Deficit by July 1, 1934. Discusses Postal Problems (Conunuéd From First Page.) miss the surplus of workers created by falling volume of business, Mr. Farley said, however, about 5,000 go out annu- ally by retirement and other separation. Opposes Dismissals. “But,” he continued, “there is an- other side to this question. Our people are specialized work They belong | 10 civil service ands of them have given the best f their lives | to the Government. Naturally the de- | partment is reiuctant to adopt any course which would dismiss great num- | bers of letter carriers and postal clerks | in times when they would have small | hope of finding other employment.” | Here is where the study is being made to see if the work can be spread, he explained. Postmaster General's Words. Mr. Farley's address follows: ‘To begin with, let me tell you that our Postmaster General is at the head | of a business that was $153 000,000 in | the red last year. That is, it cost you taxpayers that much more than the Post Office Department took in, not counting what the department had to spend under the acts of Congress which 0 see them. Now they are coming by | provide for aid to the shipping and the hundreds and bringing the letters POSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES A. FARLEY. that I have not learned that the per- sonnel of the mail system is as hard- aeronautical industries in the shape of mail subsidies, and to handle the franked mail for Contress and the various branches of the Government. The Postal Service occupies a peculiar | position among the agencies of the Gov- | ernment. It makes an effort to pay its | own way. It charges its patrons for its | various services. It earns revenues of | Jts own; and only to the extent that its | yevenues are insufficient to meet the fpostal expenditures are the people-taxed | o the maintenance of post office facili- n is my job, as I see it, to so manage | the mail business that this deficit will | be wiped out, or at least reduced to en- durable proportions. I think it can be| done. It has to be done, if we are to keep in tune with the administration’s with them. I would be glad to visit | with all of them and to grant all their | requests, but, unfortunately, there are only 24 hours to & day, and the appli- cants outnumber the jobs 10 to 1. | Some time I may tell you the rest of the poltical story, but tonight it is the Postmaster General talking, so I will get back to his immediate sphere. First let me make a salesman’s talk. We want more trade. With our estab- lishment we could handle twice the \olume of business without additional | ost. The more business we get, the Jas we will have to charge for it, hope the distributors of bread and muk he gas companies and the power com- pa.mes the mail order people, newspapers and magazines and folks generally will let us handle their no- tices and bills and advertisements in- the | working, intelligent and faithful as any corps of workers in the world. No Monopoly on Brains. Another message I want to convey to you is that we on Pennsylyvania avenue do not think we have a mo- nopoly of the brains in our service. We have laid out a plan to effect the saving the times rflulre and to main- B \Greater Shaving Comfort | Here's good news for men who dread their daily shave. Barnard's “Rasor Aid” Shav- ing Cream instantly produces a rich, creamy glpdges of economic government and a alanced budget. The Post Office is like any other commercial establishment and can be balanced only by getting more | business and cutting .down expenses. Tonight I am going to tell you how we purpose accomplishing our objective, and what progress we have already made. It is an_error to assume that the Whole of the post office deficit is at- | tributable to the depression. Its reve- nues have gone down principally in re- cent years because people write fewer letters. Business folks are not sending as many packages by parcel post, and many institutions, like the public utili- ties and other large business enterprises, are distributing their own bills. How- ever, the postal budget has been out of balance ever since 191,. During some of the country's most prosperous years the gap between income and outgo grew right along—for example, in 1924 the post office deficit was $10,000,000, and by 1929 it was running $55,000,000 behind. Real Business Principles. ‘We have to get back to real business principles. The post office should run along on what the people actually pay for mail service—and that without mak- ing the rates so high that they cannct aflord to give our branch plenty of trade. Now the Postmaster stead of using their own messengers We are geared up to give them better service than they can provide for them- selves, for, let me tell you, the post office’ is an efficient establishment manned by experts who have been | thozeughly trained through the years. I am new to my office, but not so new lnd refreshed, “‘Menthol-Iced.” & S0c tube for 39c today at Drug Stores. Barnard's Shaving Cream NO SIR! your bill won’t make you groan ...NOT AT THE NEW YORKER General's busi- | ness is not one that he can run with his left hand his spare time, particu- larly not at a time when it is sought to make it pay its own way. This may, perhaps, explain to a number of people who are aspirants for positions in the hew administration at least part of the Teason for the delay in restaffing the Government with Democrats. I happen to be chairman of the Democratic party’s National Committee, and one of the unhappy duties of that post is to| sort out some hundreds of thousands of applications—nearly all of them vouched for and recommended by eminent Democrats, such as Senators and Con- gressmen and Governors and commit- teemen, State and national. I don't think anybody will suppose I under- value politics or am in any doubt as to its relative importance. However, I do not consider it of more consequence than, first, the efficient conduct of the affairs of the Government, and, second, the care required to see to it that the eople chosen for public service are the est obtainable. Indeed, I believe the indispensable element in the politics of & party in power is to perform the public service so well and so_economic- ally that the country will keep it in| power. = OU won't have to worry about an oversize bill if Yyou stop at the New Yorker. You know, in advance, that room, meals and services will be priced in keeping with the times. You'll get an outside room, with tub and shower, radio, circu- lating ice water, Servidor, and many other enjoyable features for as little as $3.50 a day. Suites only $8.00 and up. Learn this secret of economical luxury...stop at the New Yorker next time you're in New York. 2500 ROOMS 33 HOTEL NEW YORKER 34th Street at 8th Ave., New York ¢ Ralph Hitz, President tain a standard of efficlency in de- livering the mails, but I have little doubt that pretty nearly every post- master in the country knows better than we can know where improvement is possible in his own bailiwick. We intend to avail ourselves to the fullest extent of this reservoir of post office . We have now in the depart- ment_headquarters a suggestion box and I am taking- this occasion to ask every post office force, every carrier and everybody else with special knowl- edge to mail to the Postmaster Gen- eral, care of the Suggestion Box, what- ever he sees that would improve serv- ice, or would help in the economy campaign. Now let me give you some figures, so that you may know where we are, how ‘we got there and what is being done to restore the post office to the dignity Overnight, I find myself the owner of a business twice asold as I am. .. and one that boasts of a reputation that I am going to do everything in my power to live up to. An organization with a personnel that has more in the way of friendly spirit and co-operation than one could imagine possible in days like these. Yes, Sir! A STORE FULL OF MERCHANDISE (brand new and up to the minute) but the accent is D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1933. of & self-supporting branch of the Gov- ernment: Postal volume was at its peak during the flsu.l'yyul' 1930, when the depart- ment’s revenues reached sum of $705,000,000. In 1931 the revenues de- clined to $656,000,000 and in 1932 to $588,000,000— loss of $117,000,000 by comparison with the peak of 1930. But during these years the expendi- tures virtually stood s In 1930 ex- penditures for strictly postal purposes amounted to $775,000,000. In 1932 they were $751,000,000. In other words, to meet a loss of revenue amounting to $117,000,000, the postal expenditures were reduced by only $24,000,000 be- tween 1930 and 1932. This, of course, provides the explanation for the un- precedented postal deficit, which last year had to be paid out of the general Treasury. During the current fiscal year things in the Post Office Department are looking bit, the toboganni of the me:ge. t‘beefl checked l‘v‘}‘flu increased postage receipts for the present year will be tely the same as last year's figure of $588,000,000. On the other hand, there has been a substantial re- duction in costs of operation as the result of the economy legislation en- acted by Congress a year ago, and ex- Fendltum will be about $80,000,000 less than during the fiscal year 1932. ‘This will mean a postal deficit for the current year of about $72,000,000, com- plred with a deficit of $153,000,000 a year ago. Sevemy-two million dollars, there- fore, is the approximate measure of the department’s ovunttmr problem for the fiscal year, will begin July rates and the postal | orti 1 next. On the assumption nvmnu:ormtnyue:rl;mbemfln- at approximatel year's level, the only way to balance the it office will be to make s 'her saving in expenditures amount- m.w;'lzooom. and here is how we propose to attend to that: Under the economy law which was adopted by Cc & few days after (Continued on Sixth Page. Fl LYING ANTS Unnecessary—Free Inspection Terminix Co. of Washington AR TRAV;D Information Reservations for all airline destinations EASTERN AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEM 808 15th Btreet, N.-W. (National 7181) ‘Washington Airport (National 3646) WASHINGTON-NEW YORK EVERY HOUR ON THE IIO!! too strongly on the F-U-L-L. . . and that explains the “why” of this SALE! A quick-moving event by which I hope to do two things: To get my stock reduced by moving goods regardless of the sacrifice and by justifying the sacrifice by making new friends for the store. THE ACTION STARTS TOMORROW MORNING AT EIGHT O’CLOCK SHARP! 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