Box 22: Post Office and Civil Service (1950) -- Post Office and Civil Service (1955).
F 1: Post Office and Civil Service, Rate Increase (Feb. - Apr. 1950).
Correspondence concerning S. 1103 and H.R. 2945: to increase postal rates on parcel post.
F 2: Post Office and Civil Service (1951).
Copies of miscellaneous bills, including H.R. 3835, a bill to simplify and consolidate the laws relating to the receipt of compensation from dual employments under the United States; copy of hearing re: Hoover Commission's recommendations on post office and civil service; postal rates. Correspondents include: Olin D. Johnston; National Association of Letter Carriers.
F 3: Post Office and Civil Service (1952).
Postal rates; copies of miscellaneous bills; report on utilization of manpower in the federal government; Whitten Amendment or Whitten Rider regarding appointment of permanent personnel; reorganization plan for post office; postal appropriations; postal pay; rural mail; selection of postmasters. Correspondents include: Olin D. Johnston; Elizabeth Kee; National Association of Letter Carriers; U.S. Civil Service Commission; Tulsa Chamber of Commerce.
F 4: Post Office and Civil Service, Independent Office Budget Bill (Apr. - May 15, 1952).
Correspondence concerning the Thomas Leave Amendment or Thomas Leave Rider attached to Independent Office Budget Bill whereby a federal employee would forfeit leave accrued in a calendar year if not taken by June 30 of the following year.
F 5: Post Office and Civil Service, Independent Office Budget Bill (May 16 - June 1952).
Correspondence concerning the Thomas Leave Amendment or Thomas Leave Rider attached to Independent Office Budget Bill whereby a federal employee would forfeit leave accrued in a calendar year if not taken by June 30 of the following year.
F 6: Post Office and Civil Service, Retirement (1952).
Correspondence concerning various legislation, especially S. 2968, re: retirement for federal employees; copy of S. 2968: to amend Civil Service Retirement Act of 1930 by increasing annuities; report on S. 2968; public law created from S. 2968. Correspondents include: Oklahoma State Federation of National Federation of Post Office Clerks; National Association of Retired Civil Employees.
F 7: Post Office and Civil Service (1953).
Printing of envelopes by Post Office Department; typescript on readjustment of postal service; civil service retirement; copies of miscellaneous bills.
F 8: Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office Closings (1953).
Correspondence mainly concerning the closing of fourth class post offices and replacing them with rural route service.
F 9: Post Office and Civil Service, Rate Increase (1953).
Correspondence mainly concerning rates for parcel post; "The GOP 'Postal Tax Increase' Plan." Correspondents include: Railway Express Agency.
F 10: Post Office and Civil Service (1954).
Whitten Amendment regarding appointment of permanent personnel; civil service retirement.
F 11: Post Office and Civil Service, Pay Increase (1954).
Correspondence concerning legislation, especially H.R. 9245 (Corbett Bill), calling for raises for postal employees; correspondence concerning legislation for pay raises for other government employees, especially classified employees; letter signed by major postal federations. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Federation of Federal Employees; Oklahoma State Federation of National Federation of Post Office Clerks; American Federation of Labor.
F 12: Post Office and Civil Service, Rate Increase (Jan. - Apr. 14, 1954).
Correspondence especially concerning changes in parcel post; statement from Post Office Department on parcel post; copy of S. 3263: to readjust size and weight on fourth class parcel post and thereby eliminate Public Law 82-199; correspondence expressing concern that passage of S. 3263 would cause loss of jobs for express employees.
F 13: Post Office and Civil Service, Rate Increase (Apr. 15 - June 1954).
Correspondence especially concerning changes in parcel post due to proposed bill S. 3263 which would readjust size and weight on fourth class parcel post and thereby eliminate Public Law 82-199; correspondence expressing concern that passage of S. 3263 would cause loss of jobs for express employees. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Retail Merchants Association; National Federation of Independent Business; Railway Express Agency.
F 14: Post Office and Civil Service (1955).
Star mail routes; commemorative stamps. Correspondents include: Mike Mansfield; Oklahoma Council of Government Employees; National Star Route Mail Carriers' Association, Oklahoma Division.
F 15: Post Office and Civil Service, Non-Postal Pay Increase (1955).
Correspondence concerning pay raise for classified civil service employees and calling for support of S. 67 which called for 10 percent increase.
F 16: Post Office and Civil Service, Postal Pay Increase, In-State Correspondence (Jan. - Feb. 9, 1955).
Correspondence in support of pay increase legislation, especially S. 1 or Johnston-Neely Bill; correspondence referring to S. 773/H.R. 2987 or the "administration's" reclassification bill.
F 17: Post Office and Civil Service, Postal Pay Increase, In-State Correspondence (Feb. 10-17, 1955).
Correspondence in support of pay increase legislation, especially S. 1 or Johnston-Neely Bill; correspondence referring to S. 773/H.R. 2987 or the "administration's" reclassification bill.
F 18: Post Office and Civil Service, Postal Pay Increase, In-State Correspondence (Feb. 18 - Mar. 5, 1955).
Correspondence in support of pay increase legislation, especially S. 1 or Johnston-Neely Bill; correspondence referring to S. 773/H.R. 2987 or the "administration's" reclassification bill.
F 19: Post Office and Civil Service, Postal Pay Increase, In-State Correspondence (Mar. 6-14, 1955).
Correspondence in support of pay increase legislation, especially S. 1 or Johnston-Neely Bill; correspondence referring to S. 773/H.R. 2987 or the "administration's" reclassification bill.
F 20: Post Office and Civil Service, Postal Pay Increase, In-State Correspondence (Mar. 15 - May 19, 1955).
Correspondence in support of pay increase legislation, especially S. 1 or Johnston-Neely Bill; correspondence referring to S. 773/H.R. 2987 or the "administration's" reclassification bill; correspondence referring to H.R. 4644; resolution from Oklahoma Chapter of National Association of Postmasters. Correspondents include: Oklahoma State Association of Letter Carriers; Oklahoma Rural Letter Carriers Association; Oklahoma State Federation of National Federation of Post Office Clerks; Oklahoma State Branch of National Association of Postal Supervisors.
F 21: Post Office and Civil Service, Postal Pay Increase, In-State Correspondence (May 20 - July 1955).
Correspondence calling on Kerr to try to override Dwight D. Eisenhower's veto of S. 1; correspondence mentioning S. 2061, a new postal salary bill. Correspondents include: Oklahoma State Association of Letter Carriers.
F 22: Post Office and Civil Service, Postal Pay Increase, Out-of-State Correspondence (1955).
Correspondence in support of pay increase legislation, especially S. 1 or Johnston-Neely Bill; override of Dwight D. Eisenhower's veto; support for S. 2061; copy of a news story by James B. Utt on his support of Eisenhower legislation for postal employees. Correspondents include: many national postal organizations; American Federation of Labor.
F 23: Post Office and Civil Service, Rate Increase (Jan. - June 20, 1955).
Correspondence mostly concerning S. 1292, which called for reclassification of postal rates on certain educational and cultural materials; correspondence against S. 1292 because it would put parcel post in competition with private enterprise, especially express companies.
F 24: Post Office and Civil Service, Rate Increase (June 21 - Nov. 1955).
Correspondence mostly concerning S. 1292, which called for reclassification of postal rates on certain educational and cultural materials; correspondence against S. 1292 because it would put parcel post in competition with private enterprise, especially express companies.
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