POSTAL SERVICE see also Postmaster General

Addresses

Accomplishments of the U.S. Postal Service, Postmaster General William F. Bolger, 1382-1383 [2FE], 25062 [21SE]

America's Universal Mail System—Why It Remains Essential: Postmaster General Bolger, 34734-34737 [18NO]

Amendments

Appropriations: making (H.R. 3191), 14699 [7JN], 14851, 14853, 14854, 14855, 14857, 14862, 14867 [8JN]

———making (H.R. 4139), 29460 [26OC], 29608, 29624, 29630, 29631 [27OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Post Office, Executive Office of the President, and related agences: making appropriations (H.R. 1646), 30409 [2NO]

Jack D. Watson Post Office BuildingFort Worth, Tex.: designate (S. 1797), 22875 [4AU], 23029 [4AU]

Mail order consumer protection amendments: enact (S. 450), 30709, 30711, 30730 [3NO]

Articles and editorials

Back in the Saddle Again for the Old Pony Express, 10845 [3MY]

Benefits of USPS ``Monopoly'', 13231 [20MY]

Mail Carrier Brings Help Along With the Mail, 32958 [16NO]

Medical Advice You Should Avoid, 33075 [16NO]

Nenana Postman Leaves His Stamp, 9707 [26AP]

Post Office Is Small Town's Club, 16909 [22JN]

Postal Service as Whipping Boy, 2875 [23FE]

Postal Service Begins To Cut Home Delivery, 14197 [26MY]

Postal Service—In the Black—And Hiding It, 16668 [21JN]

President's Page, 21290 [27JY]

Ripping Off the Jobless—The Meanest Thieves, 1708 [3FE]

So You Want to Let Free Enterprise Take Over the Mail Delivery, 1113 [31JA]

That Propaganda About Federal Pensions, 2579 [22FE]

USPS First—No Embossing on 1984 `Small Business' Envelope, 13634 [24MY]

Yes, You Can Run It Like a Business, 12349 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions

Abolish (see H.R. 1830)

Absentee ballots: free mailing (see H.R. 2976)

Amtrak: study use of transportation (see H. Con. Res. 73)

Appropriations (see S. 1646; H.R. 4139)

———making (see H.R. 3191)

Board of Governors: terminate (see H.R. 86)

Bureau of the Census: furnish lists of addresses (see H.R. 3963, 4246)

Carrier Alert Week (see S.J. Res. 141; H.J. Res. 354)

Children's publications: home delivery (see H.R. 1789)

Drugs: prohibit mailing illegal (see S. 497)

Edwin D. Eshleman Post Office, Lancaster, Pa.: name (see H.R. 3379)

Employees: permit political activities (see H.R. 81)

———protect from improper political solicitations (see H.R. 81)

False representations: enforce provisions (see S. 450)

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: service of process by mail (see S. 2049)

General Post Office Building, District of Columbia: transfer to Smithsonian Institution (see H.R. 4025)

House of Representatives: reduce postage for general election campaigns (see H.R. 2005)

Barbara C. Jordan Post Office Building, Houston, Tex.: designate (see H. Res. 374)

Investigatory authority: strengthen (see S. 450; H.R. 1342)

Jack D. Watson Post Office Building, Fort Worth, Tex.: designate (see H.R. 3151; S. 1797)

Lebanon: grant certain mailing privileges for Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 230)

Lottery material: enforce provisions (see S. 450)

Mail: carry on U.S.-flag ships (see S. 188)

———private carriage (see H.R. 528)

———private delivery (see H.R. 1205)

———prohibit reduction of delivery service (see H.R. 802; H. Con. Res. 4)

———prohibit reduction of delivery services (see H.R. 1831)

Mailable matter: deposit without postage in boxes (see H.R. 787)

Mailings: eliminate duplicative (see H.R. 625)

Members of Congress: reduce postage for mail sent (see S. 201)

Michael McDermott Buld and Foreign Mail Center: designate (see H.R. 593)

Minority businesses: contracts (see H.R. 80)

Nancy Hanks Center: designate, in the Old Post Office Building, District of Columbia (see S. 61)

National Postal Workers' Recognition Day (see H.J. Res. 78)

Newspapers: deposit in postal boxes (see H.R. 3479)

Nonprofit community or civic improvement organizations: third-class mail rates (see H.R. 753)

Physically handicapped: door delivery of mail (see H.R. 256)

Pony Express Trail: study designation as a national trail (see S. 1695; H.R. 4134)

Post offices: closing (see H.R. 118)

Postal Rate Commission: revise authority (see H.R. 86)

Postal savings system: limitation on time for filing claims (see H.R. 3922)

Postmaster General: responsibilities (see H.R. 86)

Private mail carriage: provisions (see H.R. 528)

Process: service by mail (see S. 2049)

Rates: disapproval by Congress (see H. Con. Res. 228)

Rosenthal, Benjamin S.: name Flushing, N.Y., Post Office Building for (see H.R. 3238; S. 1988)

Senior citizens organizations: reduced mail rates for nonprofit (see H.R. 255)

Service clubs: nonprofit rates for certain (see H.R. 245)

Services: congressional review of proposed changes (see H.R. 87)

Soil and water conservation districts: reduced postage rates (see H.R. 3337)

U.S.-flag ships: carry mail (see S. 188)

William A. Steiger Post Office Building, Oshkosh, Wis.: designate (see S. 1782; H.R. 3835)

ZIP code: nine-digit (see S. 1902; H.R. 3395)

Communications from

Government in the Sunshine Act: activities report, 251 (EC150) [25JA], 962 (EC119) [27JA], 5248 (EC614) [15MR]

New records system: proposed, 251 (EC153) [25JA], 962 (EC117) [27JA]

Postmaster General: annual report, 4662 (EC525) [9MR]

History

Wolsey, S. Dak., post office, 8478 [13AP]

Letters

Bulk postal rate application for soil and water conservation districts: Milton E. Mekelburg, National Association of Conservation Districts, 16294 [16JN], 21289 [27JY]

———Postmaster General William F. Bolger, 21289 [27JY]

———Sec. of Agriculture Block, 16294 [16JN]

Mail order consumer protection amendments (S. 450): Association of American Publishers, Inc., 30715 [3NO]

———Dept. of Justice (sundry), 30711 [3NO]

———FTC, 30714 [3NO]

———Virginia H. Knauer for White House, 30714 [3NO]

Repeal the private express statutes: R. L. Bulger, 3481 [2MR]

Petitions

Civil service system: National Treasury Employees Union, 9289 [20AP]

Proposals

Administration's fiscal year 1984 budget proposals, 6014 [17MR]

Remarks in House

Absentee ballots: free mailing (H.R. 2976), 11919 [11MY]

Amtrak: increase use of rail service to transport mail (H. Con. Res. 730, 3732 [2MR]

Appropriations: making continuing, 26180, 26184 [28SE]

———making (H.R. 3191), 14805, 14836-14878 [8JN]

———making (H.R. 4139), 29601 [27OC], 29614 [31OC]-29633 [27OC]

Barbara C. Jordan Post Office Building, Houston, Tex.: designate (H. Res. 374), 32774 [15NO]

Benjamin S. Rosenthal Post Office Building, Flushing, N.Y.: designate, 15091 [8JN], 26914 [3OC], 27169 [4OC]

Buck, Pearl S.: issue commemorative stamp, 19812 [19JY], 21021 [26JY]

Carrier alert program, 28529 [20OC]

Carrier Alert Week: designate (S.J. Res. 141), 33287 [17NO]

Civic service clubs: extend reduced postal rates, 85 [3JA]

Congress: franking privilege regulations, 9870 [27AP]

Conservation districts: access to bulk rate mailing privilege (H.R. 3337), 21289 [27JY]

Edwin D. Eshleman Post Office, Lancaster, Pa.: designate (H.R. 3379), 26910 [3OC]

Employees: social security coverage, 2578 [22FE]

Financial stability: status, 16667 [21JN]

Goodman, Jarrett: tribute, 18426 [30JN]

Greenville, S.C.: host to Society of Philatelic Americans national stamp show, 9313 [20AP]

Groat, Melody: tribute, 18555 [11JY]

Halliday, Norman S.: tribute, 1784 [3FE]

House of Representatives: rates of postage for election campaigns (H.R. 2005), 4652 [9MR]

International mail: Soviet interruption, 29880 [28OC], 30356 [1NO], 32228 [10NO], 34740 [18NO]

Jack D. Watson Post Office Building, Fort Worth, Tex.: designate (H.R. 3151), 15492 [13JN]

———designate (S. 1797), 23198 [4AU]

Mail fraud: strengthen enforcement and penalties (H.R. 1342), 1971 [8FE]

Mail Order Consumer Protection Amendments Act: enact (S. 450), 33070-33077 [16NO]

Maude R. Toulson Federal Building, Salisbury, Md.: designate (H.R. 4107), 34153 [18NO]

Michael McDermott Bulk and Foreign Mail Center, Jersey City, N.J.: designate (H.R. 593), 215 [6JA], 14517 [6JN]

Minority contracting: require certain (H.R. 80), 301 [25JA]

National Postal Press Association: anniversary, 28056 [17OC]

Nonprofit organizations: reduction in mailing subsidy, 2262 [15FE]

Operation: suggestions for efficient, 22341 [2AU]

Pollock Pines, Calif.: tribute to Pony Express, 10845 [3MY]

Postal Employees' Political Activities Act: introduction (H.R. 81), 307 [25JA]

Postal rates: proposed increase, 33007 [16NO]

Postal Savings System Statute of Limitations Act: enact (H.R. 3922), 32706 [15NO], 33119 [16NO]

Private express statutes: retention, 314 [25JA]

Productivity: competency and commitment, 1172 [31JA]

Retirement plans: solvency, 4694 [10MR]

Social security coverage, 2166 [15FE]

Soil and water conservation districts: qualification for bulk postal rate (H.R. 3337), 16294 [16JN]

Universal mail service: importance, 34734 [18NO]

William A. Steiger Post Office Building: designate (H.R. 3835), 23132 [4AU], 27294 [5OC]

ZIP code: nine digit, 143 [6JA]

Remarks in Senate

All services campaign: efforts to improve quality, 27532 [6OC]

Benjamin S. Rosenthal Post Office Building, Flushing, N.Y.: designate (S. 1988), 28864 [21OC]

Bolger, William F.: tribute, 5337 [15MR]

Carrier Alert Week: designate (S.J. Res. 141), 21880 [1AU], 29576 [27OC], 32958 [16NO]

Edwin D. Eshleman Post Office Building: designate (H.R. 3379), 27603 [6OC]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: provide for certain service of process by mail (S. 2049), 30726 [3NO]

Jack D. Watson Post Office Building (S. 1797), 22875 [4AU]

Mail delivery: private express statutes, 1112 [31JA]

Mail order business: improve enforcement of the false representation statute (S. 450), 12537 [17MY]

Mail order consumer protection amendments: enact (S. 450), 1706 [3FE], 30709-30717 [3NO]

McKean, John R.: nominated as Governor, 3021 [24FE]

Nine-digit zip code: assure voluntary status (S. 1902), 26084-26085 [28SE]

Parcel size and weight limitations: repeal, 2918 [24FE]

Postal Consumer Protection Week: observance, 10341 [28AP]

Rates: authorize reduction (S. 201), 695 [26JA]

Ross Von Wiegand Memorial Award: recognition of alcoholic recovery program, 2735 [23FE]

Sulphur Rock, Ark.: honored, 8265 [13AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorative Stamp Act: introduction (S. 62), 623 [26JA]

Washington, D.C.: rename Old Post Office Building the Nancy Hanks Center (S. 61), 1601 [3FE]

William A. Steiger Post Office Building: designate (H.R. 3835), 27603 [6OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making (H.R. 3191), 14854, 14855, 14861, 14866 [8JN]

———making (H.R. 4139), 29611, 29612, 29629, 29630 [27OC]

Statements

Challenge for the Post Office, James C. Miller, 4257 [8MR]

Mail Order Consumer Protection Amendments (S. 450): Charles P. Nelson, 30713 [3NO]

Pearl S. Buck Commemorative Stamp, Eugene C. Hagburg, 19812 [19JY]

Soviet Interruption of International Mail: Ruth Newman, 34740 [18NO]

———Vladlen Pavlenkov, 32228 [10NO]

Tricentennial of German Settlement in America, Peter Hermes, 10832 [3MY]

Tables

Congressional franking privileges, 9871 [27AP]

Rate impact of reductions in mailing subsidies of nonprofit organizations, 2262 [15FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 222, waiving certain points of order against (H.R. 3191) making appropriations, 14836 [8JN]

H.R. 593, designate the Michael McDermott Bulk and Foreign Mail Center, Jersey City, N.J., 14517 [6JN]

H.R. 2005, election campaigns for the House of Representatives, 4653 [9MR]

H.R. 3151, designate the Jack D. Watson Post Office Building, Fort Worth, Tex., 15492 [13JN]

H.R. 3238, designate the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Post Office Building, Flushing, N.Y., 26914 [3OC]

H.R. 3835, designate the William A. Steiger Post Office Building, 27295 [5OC]

H.R. 3922, Postal Savings System Statute of Limitations Act, 32706 [15NO]

H.R. 4107, designate the Maude R. Toulson Federal Building, Salisbury, Md., 34154 [18NO]

S. 62, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorative Stamp Act, 623 [26JA]

S. 201, authorize postage rate reduction, 695 [26JA]

S. 450, mail order consumer protection amendments, 30716 [3NO], 33070 [16NO]

S. 1797, designate the Jack D. Watson Post Office Building in Fort Worth, Tex., 22876 [4AU], 23199 [4AU]

S. 1988, designate the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Post Office Building, Flushing, N.Y., 28864 [21OC]

S. 2049, provide for certain service of court process by mail, 30726 [3NO]

S.J. Res. 141, designate Carrier Alert Week, 31907 [10NO], 33288 [17NO]

Transcripts

Mail order consumer protection, Today Show, 30716 [3NO]