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POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
August 1, 1947.
POSTMASTER NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE FIRST
SESSION OF THE 8OTH CONGRESS
Total nominations submitted
1285
Total nominations withdrawn
116
Total to be confirmed
1169
Total number confirmed-
935
Total number unconfirmed-
234
Information from the Senate Post Office Committee in-
vestigator is to the effect that 134 of the unconfirmed
nominations were held by the Committee for investigation.
The remainder, or 100, failed to secure the approval of
the Senators from the states involved or were received too
late by the Senate Post Office Committee to permit of their
examination of files obtained from the Civil Service
Commission.
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