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Thursday, July 14, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Offices gear for postage increase
The city, the University and local businesses are already gearing up to meet a possible postal rate increase for first-class business letters, although the proposal could be under consideration by the Postal Rate Commission for another 10 months.
The U.S. Postal Service approved earlier this week a two-tier plan under which businesses would pay 16 cents to mail a shipment and businesses would retain the current 13-cent rate.
Craig McCoy of the KU Compriltrer Office said the increase would have the same impact as the hike from 10 to 13 cents did about a year ago.
The current departments are just going to have to pull in their belts," McCoy said. "They are each responsible for their own mail."
McCoy said the University didn't include extra allocations for postal increases when the budget for the following year was drawn up. There is no postal category in the budget, he said, because postage money is withdrawn from the supply accounts.
Because outgoing mail doesn't go through a centralized department, it is difficult to determine KU's annual postage expenses. A representative from office customer services representative,
estimated that KU spent $600,000 for postage last year.
The proposed new rates, extending across all classes of mail, average a 22 per cent
The City of Lawrence, which does have a budget allocation for postage, has planned to spend $1,500 for postage next year, a $3,400 increase from last year.
Ethan Smith, director of finance for Lawrence, estimated the city now spent about $16,000 a year for business mail, excluding the monthly water and sewer bills. About 14,000 bills are mailed each month at a cost of eight cents each to the city.
Although the community is preparing to meet the increases, the Lawrence post office has received no information on the accord, according to Postmaster John Harris.
"All the details haven't been worked out on this yet," Harris said. "We probably won't receive information on it until it is approved."
Harris said he doubted that the Rate Commission would take the full 10 months allowed by law for the hearings. He added that the commission would act within three or four months.
National postal authorities have said that the 13-cent mail will be sorted after the 16-cent business letters has been sorted. Personal mail would be required to have either the address or the return address written, so the distinction could be made.
He said about 80 per cent of the mail banded by the post office was business mail, except during holiday seasons when the amount of personal letters increased.
"Business mail would be given top priority the same as air mail now is." Harris said, "but only rarely would personal mail be slowed down."
As part of the business letter rate proposal, the Postal Service approved a two-cent discount for letters that are presorted by mailers before they are sent to the post office. Discounts for presorted newspapers and magazines were also approved.
City letters are now preseted only into "in-town" and "out-of-town" categories. The water bills are printed and sorted according to addresses. University mail is sorted according to the various departments' preferences.
CIA man resigns over policy differences
WASHINGTON (AP) - The No. 2 man at the Central Intelligence Agency has resigned, reportedly over policy differences, president Jimmy Carter's CIA director.
One source said there was a good possibility of a series of resignations at the intelligence agency over the same policy because of the policy dispute were not available.
E. Henry Knoche, a 24-year veteran of the agency, submitted his resignation to President Carter on July 5, a spokesman for the organization Turner, the CIA director, said yesterday.
resignations, "I think the reports are exaggerated."
The CIA spokesman denied reports that Knoche, 52, was forced to retire by Turner. In an official statement, the CIA denied the wave of firing was imprinted at the agency.
A source familiar with the situation said Knoche resigned because he did not agree with the programs and policies advocated by Turner.
Knaus was named deputy director of the CIA by former President Gerald Ford in 1967.
"There are no plans for forced retirements or removals of any top CIA officials," the statement said. "There are no plans for retirements in the CIA organization at this time."
At the White House, Jody Powell, Carter's press secretary, referred reporters to the CIA's statement about Knoche's resignation and said about the reporters of other
Quick action seen for wage bill
WASHINGTON (AP)—A key member of Congress is predicting quick action on a proposal to raise the minimum wage by 35 cents, following a compromise on the issue between President Jimmy Carter and organized labor.
The House Education and Labor Committee will consider the proposal early next week. Rep. Carl Perkins, D-Ky., said in a meeting with Labor Secretary Ray Marshall.
Perkins, committee chairman, said he expected final congressional action before
Officials say an estimated 3.1 million American workers are paid the minimum wage.
Under the proposal, reached after months of negotiations, their wage would rise to $25 per hour.
Future increases would be tied to the
nation's average hourly manufacturing wage.
Under the formula, the hourly minimum wage would go to an estimated $2.89 in January of 1979 and about $3.15 in January of 1980. This is a cent of the manufacturing wage thereafter.
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