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The original documents are located in Box 48, folder "1975/07/09 - Briefing on U.S. Postal
Service Contract Negotiations" of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 48 of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
BRIEFING ON THE STATUS OF CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE U. S. POSTAL
SERVICE AND THE POSTAL UNION
Wednesday, July 9, 1975
The Oval Office
2:00 p.m. (30 minutes)
From: James Cannon
I. PURPOSE
To brief you on the status of current postal contract negotiations and
other problems facing the U.S. Postal Service.
II. BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS, AND PRESS PLAN
A. Background:
In March, you met with Ben Bailar, the Postmaster General, Myron
Wright, Chairman of the Postal Board of Governors, and Bill Usery to
discuss the various problems besetting the U.S. Postal Service in-
cluding the need for rate increases. Another major topic of discussion
was the upcoming contract negotiations and possibility of a postal strike.
You stated that the nation "could not afford an explosive settlement
that is out of line because of the impact on other Federal employees."
You also indicated that in the event of a postal strike the mail would
be delivered. You directed Bill Usery to monitor the situation and
report to you on its developments.
The negotiations are currently in progress and are as yet unresolved.
Although a solution appears to be possible before the deadline of
July 20th when the negotiations would go into a fact-finding phase,
isolated wildcat strikes are a potential threat..
B. Participants:
Postmaster General Ben Bailar, Bill Usery, John Marsh, Phil Buchen,
Don Rumsfeld, Jim Cannon.
SALD we FORD LIBRARY
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C. Press Plan:
None
III. TALKING POINTS
1. I firmly support the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970. I believe that
the Postal Service should manage the mail service without outside
political interference. Postal management should be given every
opportunity to make postal reorganization work.
2. I believe that the users of the mails should pay for the Service. I do
not favor additional subsidies which transfer costs from postal users
to the taypayer. Postal costs, therefore, should be covered by
increased rates, rather than subsidization.
3. As I indicated in March, I am opposed to inflationary wage increases
and I hope that a reasonable settlement of the postal contract negotiations
can be achieved.
4. I intend to see that the mail is delivered in the event of a postal strike.
I hope, however, that your negotiations are successful and no strikes
occur.