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091283 1 (1973-07-26)

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


                                       /IIIIIII//iIIIIlI~I/IIIIII~lhiiiFOR  RELEASE F 1ON  DELIVERY
                                       LM091283           Expected at 10 a.m. EDT
                                                          Thursday, July 26, 1973

                                STATEMENT OF
          ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                                 BEFORE THE
                 COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE
                            UNITED STATES SENATE
                                     ON
                OPERATION OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE



Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

     We are pleased to be here, at your request, to present our views on

certain operations and activities of the Postal Service. We understand

that you are particularly concerned with the quality of mail service,

that is, the extent to which the Postal Service is achieving its announced

standards for delivering first-class letter mail, as well as with the cur-

rent status of the National Bulk Mail System and the proposed Preferential

Mail System.

     Certainly, we are aware of the considerable interest shown by the

Congress and the public in the performance of the Postal Service. Public

complaints of reduced postal services and delayed mail, along with postal

employee complaints, have led to serious questions concerning the ability

of the Service to provide satisfactory mail service.

     In response to many congressional requests, we visited numerous post

offices in 15 States to determine whether the problems affecting mail

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