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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1929
Page
7
Lawmakers review a lengthy plan to widen mail contracts and build 40 new vessels over three years at about 250 million dollars, with 12 thousand tons ships and 460 thousand gross tons capacity. It urges larger service contracts, new routes, and higher post office spending.
President Hoover reports the government finances are sound and outlines budget totals, debt reductions, and recommended appropriations. He calls for federal leadership to stimulate community and voluntary agencies, advance public health programs, illiteracy abolition, and coordinated local health services while detailing immigration, veterans, and prison reform considerations.
Postmaster General Brown reports 101811.01 dollars found in dead letters and misrouted mail for the year. The dead letter office handled 28,070,619 undeliverable letters with a large rise in losses, while reform proposals urge consolidating pension and veterans agencies under a single Civil Service framework. The report calls for efficiency, economy and better national policy through administrative reorganization.
Fragmentary text argues for reorganization principles. It warns that fear of influence may shape changes and stresses consolidating administrative activities under single responsibility while separating executive and administrative functions from commissions. It calls for removing overlap and clarifying duties.
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