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      United States General Accounting Office
             Washington, D.C.  20548


                                 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                 Expected at 10:00 a.m. EST
                                 Thursday, December 10, 1981


                  STATEMENT OF

              WILLIAM J. ANDERSON

     DIRECTOR, GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION

                  BEFORE THE

    COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE

  SUBCOMMITTEE ON POSTAL OPERATIONS AND SERVICES

SUBCOMMITTEE ON POSTAL PERSONNEL AND MODERNIZATION

            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


ON


               THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE POSTAL        fli11lijjiII
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                 REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1970

Messrs. Chairmen and Members of the Committees:

     I appreciate your invitation to present our views on the

effectiveness of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970.  It has

been nearly 10-1/2 years since reorganization which seems ample

time to measure performance under the legislation.

     Five years ago the Service's financial problems were so

severe that insolvency was a real possibility without short-

term financial assistance.  At that time concentrating on other

aspects of postal operations was difficult.

     Today the Postal Service is more financially stable than it

was in 1976 from the standpoint of being able to meet current

operating expenses without borrowing.  The somewhat brighter

financial picture of the Postal Service must be attributed


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