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Post Office Appropriation Bill, 1921. Hearings Before the Subcom on H.R. 11578. [Jan.-Feb. 1920] (66-2)

Post Office Appropriation Bill, 1921. Hearings Before the Subcom on H.R. 11578. [Jan.-Feb. 1920] (66-2)


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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1920. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... (The analyses referred to is here printed in full as follows: ) That Mail Tube Veto--How An Indispensable Public Utility Is Made Useless When Most Needed For Mail Transportation Efficiency--The President Misled By His Advisers--Signed Message Put Before Him, Unaware It Was Identical Repetition Of Allegations Long Since Refuted. President Wilson, s veto of the Post Office appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1919, for the avowed and sole purpose of preventing the continuance of pneumatictube mail service, was an act extraordinary in itself, and astonishing when all the circumstances are considered. The pneumatic-tube system of forwarding mail had been in operation for 25 years in Philadelphia, 20 years in New York, and lengthy periods in Boston, Chicago, and St. Louis. Until 1916 it had always received the encomiums of the Post Office Department and postal officials and experts. It had been approved by a technical, two departmental, and two joint congressional investigating commissions, the last having reported five to one in favor of it as late as March 1, 1918. When properly used by the postal officials, it carried 25,000,000 letters daily underground, and expedited 5,000,000 daily beyond the speed obtainable by any other means. Whenever the pneumatic-tube system had been questioned or attacked, those best placed, in the cities where it was installed, to judge of its value, namely, the great business organizations, the press, and the public officials, had rallied to its support, proving its worth and necessity, protesting the idea of its discontinuance and demanding its retention and extension. Congress had acted favorably five times, the last vote in the House being taken on June 27, 1918. The President.s veto went n the face of approval almost unprecedented i.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150086366
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 174
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 115008636X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 322 gr


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