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090218 1 (1975-11-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvxj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: WASSHgNGTCri, 0 .C. I Mr. dIward V. DoreY Senior Asscistantc Potmaster tseness fur oprios IlflhII lnll l lll 9,.Posl:a. Service LMO90218 Dear Mr. Dorsey: During the course of our work in the Western Postal Region w, inquired into the need for separate postal concentration centers :n Seattle, Washigtoa, and Sasn Francisco, California. Borin the Sattri and Sa Francisco centers procesm nail from all noins in the Uite% States addressed to military post offices in the Western Pacific area. The Fan Francisco center currently handls mail to be transorc te1. air and surface carriers, while beattle oly' handles mail to Le tr.c- ported by air, The military services pay the coqc for ovnrsetas t.- portation by commercial carrier. Based on the information we have obtained, it appears that both the Service and the military could realize substantial savings if the San Francisco center were used exclusively to process mail to be tran4ported by ship and the Seactle center were used exclusively to process mail to be transported by air. A number of studies b7 the Western Region since 1972 have sho:-:n that economies could he realized by consolidating operacians at either Seattle or San Francisco. The Service apparently has been retictant to consotldAt? the operation; due to the connunitv and congressional cppcztion that could be expected tu be forthcoming from the area adversely affected by a center's closing. A January 1975 Wstern Region study showed anoual labor and transportation savings of at least $504,000 if all mail to be trans- ported by air were routed through the Seattle center. According to the stu4y, routing all air shipments through Seattle would resulL. in a $295,000 ;avings by eLininating dip I cate postal operat~ins. This is bascd on an estimated 10 percent reduction in supervisory, support. and mail processing positions. In addition, the Depart- ment of Defense, by taking advant(age of lower dir rates to PacifiC destination:, could save 5229 000 in air transoortation acsts. Ts 'Postal Service would Iave to paj alout 20.I000 for addiinal domestic transportation costs associated with Seattle rou tng; thus, * ~ i'uiiiiiiiiiiglmiliMIlulu iiiIII~~III . uam uIIIIIgIIgIgg I. .A lull ... ....l .I..llu..ll ... lMIialluuu

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