The Log Vol. 33 No. 01

Between 1914 and the late 1960s, the Champion Fibre Company published an internal newsletter, called The Log, to share news about the Canton mill, the community, and its employees. After 1940, news from the entire “Champion Family,” which included mills in Hamilton, Ohio; Houston, Texas and Sandersville, Georgia, was featured in each issue.UARY 950 ! --- --1 - ---) I \ /"· ' ' • • ' FROM TH·E EDITO S .E ii:tab · th Ko hi r·, fr i end~ will nc r. a suq ri e \rhcn thq c thi ·co-er. For a ltlwugh Li1 has known inu · Onr ber that he h<t~d b <1:' 11 T ie :t(;d "'' ~a t ·1 ica l Champion for tbe J anuary c v 'L ~he didn 't brcatll it wor I of it - J10t e·n ·n oo her fami1 '. H er ·on. \ h \H rk::i in th e J·Lunil ton Post Ofl i - ·, will fi , t Jearn that hi · mom is on ur ct ' cr as the tHag a - · tin ~ goc. into Lhe ma il. * * * ., Th ' ,,.am of set bacl, ~'U 1 opular at Can ton ("Hi;!;h, Low, Ja k and Game'' page. 10- ll ), Losdy ,rcs ·rnbks the Hamiln n -p:rteboard past1mc, pitch . So \vhcn Arti st Dick F rYb an Ycr nf Harr:tilwn i 11ustrated the set back ' 0 hand' (l arre 10), he dre'· only ~x cards- like a pitch hand. A chet·k with Canton Di\·is ion Editor Jimmy Deaton rev a1ed tha t in set back cards arc dealt eight to a cu~t om er . Ba k £r m the engravers came the art work and ' rtist Frybarger made a hurric:cl r evision, adding the eirrht of ltl b · and the two o f diarnonds. ' * * •• * * So ·al Secu,r iLy representatives thought so wtll of an arti le in this i sue ("This Problem o[ Security," pages 20-21 ), that the • requested 500 ex tra copies for distribu­tion as an exarnple of e 11ectivc interpretation thwugh a company magazin e. So this issue of The LOG will go to Social Security offices in aU 48 states, Alaska and Hawaii. Don't mi ·s: G. \V. Phi1lips, histOry of Canton · (page 2); Bill Thomp on's story about the Hamilton trttck driYcrs' thrilling ride (page 31); Fred Furness' "Vacation Ti.ps for '50 (page 39). T H The Champion Paper and Fibre Company Gener,al Offices HAMILTON, OHIO Mills ot HAMIHON, OHIO HOUSTON, TEXAS . CANTON,, NORTH CAROliNA SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA L 0 Editor, STEWART JO.NES Editooiol Advisor•, R. B. ROBERTSON, JR., Q. J. THOMSON, CAL SKILLMAN Ed itor Etneritus, G. W. PHIUIPS .HAMI'llON- Divisional Editor, Ray Garrett HOUS'f'ON -Divisional Editor, Ve~n Delaplain Hen-ry Alexander, J.(J"e Bleven. , Wesley Cobh, BHd Dunlap, Hugh Kir_kpatnc'k., Ken Moore. Jack Mull.en , i\l a rgaret 0~ ­hor n.e, .hlelen Pierson, Dorothy Pl:lgh. Ruth Raquet, ()Lto R~ id, Fritl.i Schneid,e;r, George Stei ner. Bill Thompson. He l-en 'Bie rwirth, Sa t;n Ell.i s. Fred Furness, SJm Card, i 1orma Hacke r, Lucille Harr is ~ Ph }' llis K r lllun, Odel l · an:dcrs. CAN'IION - Oivi$i~mal Editor, Jamer. Deaton R. n. ColetHlll1, Jr .• Fred D;l\ton . Christine Dea\'eT , Fred PetgusoA, Ralph Goforth, Cl)de R. '1-'loey. Jr., Rebecca Howell, rrnest · Messer , 1J,ruce N ::~ n ney. Ceucv i ve Nati.ons, R0t~·en l'au erson, llob {">')lillip ·, Gwendo lyn Plemmons, Katherine l'l emmom,s, Crace Pl'ott, J. E .. laugh ter. Sta nle Smlrh. C . C. Suttles, J. E. "Willi;~m"''n. SPECIAL Rl!I!ORTElS J?aul Craig. T he P•ilot Reporter .Gladys E. H€1dge\\, Sanderwille We<;ley Cobb, Wha t's New Otl T he Farm Mul'ieJ AUen. G nerd Office "j' IJ ,; . l ,. ~ . - " . . ~' # .,. • OU'\ COVER PICTURE Eli-:1·111 •th Fodd er, ft•:rlilr ·don Lhc January c v 1 of Tt1c 0 ~ . i ~l 1ypica l Chan1pion O ld tim .,. of t l ~ · H a nli It m D ivi~ L~lO . T h ' :,i ,· plwtngn p:hs, ""hkh !i h t)W her in ' ~iri uH · ch. 1'[1(h ·;, ·w ·re 1nadc by Boh .Crut,·, H ·nni lto n p hot< ~ra p. b (.T Fur a ·wry. itbc)ut li f<cabte Li.t, ~c th te. ·t p::tgc . VOl. XXXIll JANUARY 1950 • . NO. 1 " ,OY R (_,lR ·· for ,thi j,, uc o{ Th. LOG .Elizahrth Ko hler i! a matron of Hamilton's ·o. 2 \f ill Lo unge. [,,c pri7 _d pos ~.- s ion~ in her ~pick.-amd- pan J,it.tl h me at 4 15 ,\fu.in Stre.et a re the "-riting tahJ.c and lamp : ho lnt in the photograJ h on tJJe over; they are gifts hom ·"her girls'' of the m·ting Li llC. . B AcK I ·N 1941 Elizabeth Koehler '\vas "'~Jrk111g on the: Harnilton D_i vi sion' Paper Stock Sorting 1 ll1 • A n w lOLmge was bemg built for the departn1ent -but for .)com rea son , no one won Jd 1. t Elit..a:bcth sec it. T hen, on the Oj::>ening night, the reason. was 1nadc ~ I .·ar. t a surprise dinner in her honor, Elizabeth's f nen~l"> anti up rvisQn ir formed her that b was to be th frrs . mar_ro,n of the n ew lounge. And as an added · token ~> I th e1r ·-ste rn they present ·d h r with a co{f · table fo her home. Liz wa · so overwhelmed and o pl~ase l hy the un xpe t d honor that she ·v "n ricd a httJ.e. Bu t ~tl;tat. i. tl e way the peo1 1 who know h ·r fc 1 about Elr.zabc-tl Koehl r. for she has mad a lif·lirnc praoic of b Jing a kicnd to othc.rs. Born in 1878 Elizabeth ha · h en .a Hamiltonian aH he.;r liie. In JS-99 she married \iVilliam Koehl ·r, an e;·npl_o :e" of the CoJumb!a Ca,rriag works in HarniltotL .b uL just two years later her husband d.icd, le-aving Elit:<l­htth to ell • for their year-old on, L st r . Sc~ in 1902 Liz w-ent to work fo-r Champion. f l · t~ qr J_ [j on the So:rtiug Line ~h(-' was pronJOL •d to . for ·­Ll( l, HI l 93-6. Then iu I 938 she was p ·nsiout•tl, to be ~·~~ l·d a year l~tcr, again as forelad y. · In 1911 Liz .'.(;t<Hll~ tnatton o( the Paper Sto ·k LO\HJg ·, and 1ww :lw L matron of th · o. 2 MiJl Lounge. • .. . :Many of the girls working in the lVhll now are the daughters of wom.en who were once "her girls." Today, small and spry at the age of 7 l , an.d with mor · than 40 years of service to her credit, Li.z Koe hler is r eady to ret ire. "I think (1 person should have a fe,•: years just to enjoy h rself," she a ' . But the hardest part abou~ r etiring she admits. is leaving "lwr girls'' of the Sorting Line. "It's the young folks who keep you youno-,'' sh sa s: 'their u c·w ideas and their problem , and their fun - I don't know what I'll do without them." ']he girls may fird it ha F<.l to do \i itl'lout Liz, too. .For she ha$ always been ou.e to tell their troubles· ro, one to ca.ll upon for h lp, one to ask. [or ., dvlc · - or a I llarious p:artncr in a lundH im . gaH~:c of Chin ' sc Check r ·. But wh th T at work or retired. one loubts that Li will ever grow old ~ she has too m·wy inter(! t to k ep h ·r 'Otmg. SJ1 J:llans to HWY into a m~w hontc S<'lon, llh C has a lot of h ·mr-.titching o[ l a tow ls and pillow ( asc~ to do, f.Hld ,~,h · h;..l h or Sunda · cv •ning dil ners and Canasta partiCi:i to look ior\ ard to wirh her t.on, Lesn .. r, and her two ~raJ.ldd ildre n, L "SLer, Jr., and J:iarbara Elitahcth . · T )q ical of t11:wr a Chau1pion Old Timer. Li1 K.c.>t'hler i ... a nice p · r~clll 10 know. I ' . eJietal R0~1 THE DITOll olu ion Of A Mountain Village nto A hriving Town B_' :t. TL Phillij) R cently it ,\·as my 1 riYi le c to talk with one of our olde t itizen , )-h-. Bob J u tice, while ~1e wa in a remini,· nt mo d. l\lr. Ju tic wa born in 1859 - 90 year ago in Ha ·wood Coun t y, North Caro lin~, near the pre-ent town of Can ton . '\Vhen a lad, Mr. Justice used to fi h in the riYer and rocuu through the hill surrounding the little v-illage of Pia-eon R iver , as it '\vas called then. ~1r. Justice remember. ·when there ·were only two hou e at Pi. eon R iver, a two-room log dwelling and a little frame building u ed a , dwelling and store. The frame building was located near the river, and the t\ ·a-room log hou e about where the present Hotel Canton is on Main Street. The log house was occupied by two sisters, 1i ses Moore, . who owned most of the . land in and surrounding the village - including the property where The Champion Paper and Fibre plant is now loca ted . In the early days, previou to 1892, according to Mr. J u tice, all traffic between Ash eville and counties in the western part of the state had to cross the river at this pla.ce; sin e th ere was no br idge it was n ece sary for bides, horses and cattle to ford the river. Pedestrians w re taken across in a c anoe made out of a large poplar log with space hoJlo·wed out for 1 a senger - an unsafe m am; of tram;portation, b u t 1hey vsually g·ot acm s with ­out a d ucking. Du ing the wint r th r iver would som times frc 1..e over and traffic was able to m·ss on ~! h e icc - it would even hold hea\ 'Jy loaded wagons Lrawn hy fo ur hor . e .. Farm s in rh C:: counties w ~s of Pig·con Ri v r oft n - trov · their catt:l , hogs and tu rkeys iHT < Sli th icc to market jn Ash ·vill ". Mr. Jusli<..e rcc~ ll c cl on on · o c sion a man with a drov o( hogs a ttemp.r cl to cr ss th 1·i ' X on th · i agaj nst 1h · ad ic · of ,.,qw of tb · p< opl of the villag 1wh w id him rhe i c was ton th j . Fi of th hogs I roke th ough th ic and w rc lro vtt d. Jn I 891, by an · t of th. • (;.( n e rll l li~emh i ot th Sta te of North Carolin a, Lll ' villag : Wii.'> inc.orpouu d it th • nan1 · of Pig on · R iv ' r. Duri ng· t h£• 'am y ·<'l.r 1 h commissi.on r o f Haywood Coun ty corH a .l J wi I lit \Vrought I on Briclg Compa ny ol Cat t n, Ohk,, to build a bri dg acros th river ·1t his pl <t ., 'I h hr i g was comJl t d th saw y a t. In th m anlime, the littl villag · of Pi g: ·on Ri ·: bad grown - a f w mor ' houses had h · ~.:n Ct'e led . Civ ic prid was b-c~:;innin g to dcv lop and rh · natn Pig 'OH · Riv ·r e rncd too ''back woodsy" for th lit of th ' village. So a_ (OIIlll1i t Lcc was .tppointC'd to ~;·u g~·s t a mot appropnatc .mnnc. It . e ~ m tha t a number of ~ ug~ ·s tjon s w r mad , bur 2 1 n of th m mf't with th a pprov ·1 of th m mi .. How v .,. f . r 1ingu. , o ~ ning t! 11am > Cant' n. O hio, on 1h nam >1 of t1w bridg~ e e,nJ1 rec t:d aCTo'> ti · ri ug t d th t tl w m · of h vtlla ,( of Pig ·on Rh . h ng .d o Ca1 < • fhu~, C<nlttw, N. :., b , · m · th ' n P1 ·. - ke of Can on, O hio. Bu t th brt nd-n w name- the na111 ·of apr') 'v t ity- nd tfp offi ial ob of .in <.-o P' r Lion fa 'l d to infus th spirit of progr into tl villag r~. H( we\ r, in J .lO r., wh T he 'ha pion Paper - nd Fibr pan , an th r O hi busines f in . c m' to nt(m ' irh i ts big p· p r pl ant, d e people £ und t henH ·l " in Lh mid: t o · a bo m ~ u ch a they ha i n ·ver d1< am d of. T he d v ·lopment and growth f Canton ailCl l e sp<u sely ettled ountry Sl..lrround.ing thi<; li ttJe m un in illag durincr th past fort y-thr year:, j a goo 1 xamp!P o£ the value of a large manufactur ing plant to the people of any community. · Forty-three years ago in the li ttl village of Canti)O there were, perhap , less than one hundred peopl . lon the road through the village between the railroad and Pigeon River, there were only a few hou es, all of whi h were of ch ~ ap construction and in a more or le'i dilapi­dated condition. The road th rough the village was of dirt - not even St.Lrfac d ""ith and or gravel. There were no modern convenien ces such a electric li ht · running water in 'the homes, etc. Oil lamp were n eel for illumination and water wa secured from well and springs. The country around the illage ' a parsel ettled. There were many log huts and farming wa done on a limited scale. Wages were e, tremel low- e tion gang workers on the railroad were paid 0 ( nd 75 cent per day. Church and school fa cili tie '\vere e. tremel pom·. Today, Canton is the large t town in Nor th Carolina west o( Asheville, with a population of nearly ten thousand, miles of pav d street , good wat r u pply, electricity for every purpo modern busin h use . pl ndid school facilities, go d chur h building and all modern irn provemen t . Th country for mil around is 11m lo tt d witJ1 "" )Od homes; many of which ar gui p( d with m 1 rn im­pro e rncnts su h a · ele tricity, r unning w tcr in th ' hontes and rwmy oth r onv ui n . In fa .t th ' stan l rd o{ living in t.n. rural distri "t is . 1\l{ aral>l" with any :omu1l.mity in the tat anc th I' opt rc prosp 'rous and oot nted . Throu ghout th y ar , Champion ha , s m l.t r of p 1l y, paid wag· ' · as 1 i h as possibl ··, taking in o n­.- id cration gen eral hnsin s · c mditi ms nd th pr· lu ·­t i vit of: it mplo ' . A. a r ' ·ulr f this f r· ight 1 l oli , .. hampi n 's wa )' ' rank amnt'lg th high ·t in rh indu: try, ;;~n 1 it i JY rti ul rly ir1t rc tii1 to no te ~pt 'h. rnpion mployec . , am 11 r th s nj ' ng th hlgh " t. earnings in tl1 : true of 1 J'th '. r lin. .. · Su l i · Lh story ot th olution of . littl mom lain vi llag :md sparscty . cu] cl s 'r tion of ountr · into ~ Lhrivin g- t< 1Vtl and pro ·p rous con1munit . Accord in~ to in(orm:.uion frolll the Post OWe D pa. t • nH·nt, vVashiugron, D. C., the Post Office at Canton wa.· -;tabli ·hcd April 4 JH:n, under the ua.mc of l~i g·on River , :md un 1> ·cClllht r 2G, l883, ·hang d tn VunHt. On F hruar 4- 1 H84, the n·m1 · wa:o. changed bnck It> Pig on Hiv r, and 10 Canton Ma 23. 189:!. • • 'THE THREE R's AT HOUSTON ' 'PROFESSO R'. Odel l Sa n d ­ers, s tand i n ~ agar n " l the lA'. II , :t.op hi ~ le .tllre on Fini shing Room op ra tion ~ long e11o u gh f(Jr the cam e t a ­man to g ' L .t picwrc . . .. More Than a Third of Houston Division Workers Answer School Bell P A AD '. N A Hi gb. S lmo I ';; mod(;rn CJ ('ati(J·II~d bu i.Jd ­ir g i. tl te nH.' ·ling plan: '"'• m t of tl:te dasM:' . l hi-; g1oup oJ Ch:unpio11 '"' h.H'i11g a cliat and n Cl~l(: t te b e f 0 r "b n l.tll l t: ... A "YEARN To LEARN" movement involving nwre than one-third of the Houston Division personnel has given a new twist to the three "R1s" and bids. fair to turn out a 1nill-full o£ better papermakers. Nearly four hundred Houstonites enrolled in the Charnpion-sponsored vocational training classes on papenuaking and related subjects which started in November. · Seventeen separate courses ·were organized and instructors re­cruited fron1 Mill personnel. They use all the tricks in a teacher's bag o~ tricks: movies, charts, den1onstrat.ions, Mill tours; guest experts, and expeiimentatjon, to give the students the most for thei.r "m.oney." Actually, tuition costs are paid by the company. Books and otheT fnate'rials go fn~e to students who successfully complete the courses or payments are refunded when they are turned in.. Students invest only their time- t.ime well spent judging from the comments of W. R. Crute, Division :'Manager, who said: "A desire and effort tO learn is fun-damental to improvem€nt, and improvement is the keystone to success, whetheT it is in paper n."taking or any other bus.i.ness. Persons or businesses that im.provc; prosper accordingly. Those that do not, lose out. Our Division is showing that it does not intend t.O Jose out." Department heads and supervisors work very do ely with the Training Section in the selectimi. of instructors. Insofar as possible, in tructor an.: selected who arc thoroughly familiar with th J sub­j cLs being taught and at the sarne t.ime have teaching ability. JDJ\IlF H\Y ' l E i,; -.hO\\n in the OJ I:'"'!Hn•' ntnnht.>r of :.1 HA NJE MEET Horace Heidt (Jeft} for the fi rst time backstage before tbe ho"' opened. After t.be how He1dt said he was much impr ssed wilh J im­Odie's talent. I'.VT~R WON I I~ R h har j<1l nny tfon k f;;rrr,r,·us v<Jk in tl.c fam.ilb .. '·til Fvr PIJllip ;\jurri ~." l ook ~ l ik i H elc'" )oil ' ll )' !right) c l. atl.iltj? ~ it li J arne. C; rt)~'>O, im p.on:i • Lol on th . Ht; idt -.hor.\·, Jc,tuliJy l1 tt ils f1011~ ~ IH' Hronx. ' • .-\ wli'Lo 1 t 11111 . J l nJ mic l"on 1 fora<c H idt'li- hunnn. [,;uut i · ·hmqJ .in hatkgrt•Hrrd. fi1 st prlt.e fot l:li p ·rlormauc •. \ c STICKI NG To h.i. first love mountain ballad<;, Jim­mie Haynie, 26-year-oJd son o( Glad on HayJ~ie, painter foreman at Canton Champion, ' on top honors in th n a rionall -known f-l ora Heidt "Breakin.g- Throu.g-h T ~ ta.nlom " how in .:-)., hc­vi. IJ e's City .Auditorium Nov ruber l G. Arnid hters and deafening appl aus ~ ~-otmM· J~:ray nic fi.r:-;t sa. ng- the mountain folk song, 'John­son's Old Gn " J\llu tc." For :H) t:Hcor, he pr ' "cnt.cd! 'On Top of OJd Sm ·>ky>" rtno Lher mountain bal lad. H<· 1 Ia 1 ·d bis 0'1: n g-nitar :tc ·o11parYirn nt. FLryuic pr "Yiousl ' had been : ·lect ·ct with lt\O ot h l'r ronu;:-;1 an 1 · tn a ppta r on t he :;how w b i ch was wi t nc:-,s '(1 b •n.orc than ~.000 pet" >lls. ~tm e than 250 o!l tet ·ingcl'S, tl;.Jn( · r~ awl no\L•l ty p ·rft n ners had bt-en dimiua t<'d durj1 g d) • aud i tion period. f Lt ni (~ is ' ' nt c tnbcr of Fred C;lrpcnt 'l' , · .-. tr.ing b n n d. H c a )!;o i ~'~ Clll p In ed h; Ch t llj i n 11 \' . r. C. . '\. :tnd i,., rnarric 'I Lo th : fut'tlH; r Ro:-.a 1.t• • 0\q·nb ', ~~ Ill · ttil>CI' { r Ca.nlrHl CllitrHpinn's 1:-tlwl ali llJ st.a t'f. an l tlw d::~. u g ht cl' (II ,\l·thur Owenby, of Cl1<1111pioll·s }"iui,-;ltilrg Arc.(! , l'flc lta vc no chiltlr •n . : \Liltntt~>h lla vrl ic n -cviv< 'd }t O l !-<h ;p vaH1 ( f onh ~ I • I ~~r) for· winning IOJ> IH,IIOI':o. in t.he ,\ slt (•vill · ltu ,., tJu.:rl' '~ 111) t ·1Ji11g wd;t ' w it -re th ' ltonnr will l '.t 1. Homcc llt'idt c:. -prc:-~ s<..·d approval o f lti ..., p rfmtlt· ~·nn.: a1td o lkred ·n•o r1t:agen) ·n1 lo tlw taknt cd vou ng srar. • ene'Lal T he Hoover Plan f or R eorgcm£m tion i · fJel'h(lps the most irnjJortant is u-e confronting the A rrterican jJeople and Cong1'ess today. It £s a complex pro blem arrd is not eru d J_ under tood. However} it is imperati·u that eve ry thinking citizen know what it means. In orcleT to inform its readers about the I-I oover R eport. The LOG £s puuli:shing a series of ccrticles by Vr. Rob ·rt L .Johnson, tYresident of T emjJle Uui·oe rsity. The f£·rst rtTticte ajpeared in .fanu&·ry. This is the second of the se1'ics. "IT IS YOUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT" OUR $500 MILLION POST OFFICE LOSS By Ur. I<obert L . .Tohnsun !1::- Yo ] EEL con cern d , as who does not in these days, over t11e \ast in r ea e in the cost of your government, and wonder about the rea sons fot· it, you. don't have to look beyond the U. S. Post Office for an object lesson in antiquate<..\ . man 2tgemen t, costly 1nethods, and obsolete equr prncnL A~ on of the world' b-iggest business en tcrprises with an overturn of ,{ 1.3 billion a- year, it is the world's < ut.-tandi n~,. example of how business should not be conducted. 1 ra 1 uraUy no p r ivate business could be so run that ; r. ·howerl an annual d eficit. This year, the Post Offi0e .vill go 'in the red " for about half a billion dollars. TJ;js J~. one-sixth of the staggering ·um of $ ~) billions whid1, a€co:rding to. the report of the Hoover Commission, our goverm 1en l 1s wa t rng ever y year. ... 1 r could any private bu iness survive if most of 11: k y managemen t m n were changed periodically with chan ing political fortune: . And certainly no enterprise could ucceed in thi'l- day of modern business equipment which ad1 or 'd, ~· tb Post Offi doe , to obsolete and i of work by hai1.d in the sorting, stamp- 11~ , chec i1 ?; and c:>th ·rwise k eping ll'"ack of '37 biJlion p1e e: o1 m a il ach ear. Tl i n md ition -ot' the Post Office is nothing new. 1t · ha, b ·en gr ing on for a century or more. ln. fact there I~a be n no bllsic: cl1an ·c in. its organiz:ationa] structure ~ m ,. J 3G. h · tin:.L rccord >d in. 1 a nee of anybody critici sing th mana m ·nt and m thods wa · in 1889 when John \Va nama~c r, the Phi!-ad ll hia_ m r chaJ1l, _w as rnad.c Post­rrtasr, e (.·en ""raJ.. A1 tcr J.ookmg ov "r Jus lkt artm.eru, J\lr. \ anama ker went. to Pr ·sid ent B"'n1amin Harrison wi1h a revoJuticmary proposaL .H tn1d the President that h would Lontra ·t to take vet the Po~ t Office as a pri va t · venture, put it und · stri ·t business rules of ma na ·nl ' n t, and shJw a profillO govcrnm nt a~-. W' ll as to h im ... e I(. This otr•r wa · not a cce pted but it is notahl · Llw t . 60 .· ·ar'~ l i;~ t C l~ tlu: bir)a tisan. Hoov ,r Con1m.i s~i ? n , w} Jt:h . •h unarnn.1o1tsly ,create I b Cong c s to n_ vcs tli1' l · ~·o\ rnnH.:nt spcnd.ino· and wast ·, a ft ··t a y !a 's. tHV . '.'ga- 1 v> 1 ot: v;;t lou . <Le partm c tH~ , mad a . irni.lat· 'U<'·w ·suon. fl "'(l~ th a t appli(·atinll or IHI ~ in ·ss princip1 ·s to 1 he J>o~'~ t O!Jicc wou l.d a ·e (HLnd r ·d•' (Jf million . o f d >llars . • .·: It would save $ 140 millions at once, the Commission pointed out, by modernizing the organization, meth od s and equipment. An additional $114 millions could be saved by fixjng new rates on certain items. ·. The Post Office employees are doing a good job under adverse conditions. They are operating a · huge business. · · It's revenues are $1.3 billions a year. It employes 500,000 people. It operates 42,000 branches and main­tains 24,000 buildings. It has a fleet of 10,000 vehicle ·, of which the average age is 15Yz years. It transports and delivers 37 billion pieces of mail each year and conducts 800 million other tTansactions .in money orders, etc. And it runs a sav ings "bank" with four million depositors with total accounts of $3.4 hillions. That certainly looks like good business. But h ere is the other side of the picture: The Post Office . ells you, and delivers for one cent, a postal card which · costs it tv.ro and one half cent to print and deliver. This lo s in a year amount to 45 1nillions. It carries 1.6 billion pieces of mail free . It pay· huge subsidies to large users of mail and to airplane, steamship a9d other carriers. It has no ontrol over it. own accounting and cannot tell you what its financial cond ition is within e ight months of date. M orcover, because of it ou tmocled me thod · o f work , and meagre opportuniti s for ad vane m n t it ha a. trem endous turnover of personnel. Its ontrol is o centra lized jn \f\/a ·l1ington that its 42.000 postmast l " have little to say about th on:duct of their br anches £JHd none about the ir finan ·s. Po tinG-ters are politi all appointed. · Tlt · H