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	United States Postmaster General - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Postmaster General is the executive head of the United States Postal Service.
		From 1872 to 1971, the postmaster general was the head of an executive department concerned with the postal service (the Post Office Department).
		The Cabinet office of Postmaster General was often given to a new President's campaign manager or other key political supporter, and was considered something of a sinecure.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Postmaster_General (184 words)

	Benjamin Franklin . World of Influence . Man of Letters \| PBS
		Postal service in the United States was greatly influenced by Benjamin Franklin who was appointed Postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737, Joint Postmaster General of the colonies for the Crown in 1753, and Postmaster for the United Colonies in 1775.
		As Postmaster of Philadelphia, Franklin was able to increase the circulation of his Pennsylvania Gazette, as the position allowed him to easily deliver his newspaper via the city's postal service.
		Franklin served as Joint Postmaster General for the Crown until he was dismissed in 1774 due to his vocal support of independence for the colonies.
	www.pbs.org /benfranklin/l3_world_letters.html (548 words)

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		Postmaster General; Deputy Postmaster General -STATUTE- The chief executive officer of the Postal Service is the Postmaster General appointed under section 202(c) of this title.
		The General Counsel, the Assistant Postmasters General, the Judicial Officer, and the Chief Postal Inspector shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Postmaster General.
		The Postmaster General shall promptly notify the Governors and both Houses of Congress in writing if he or she removes the Chief Postal Inspector or transfers the Chief Postal Inspector to another position or location within the Postal Service, and shall include in any such notification the reasons for the removal or transfer.
	uscode.house.gov /download/pls/39C2.txt (2168 words)

	FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
		Subsection (b) mandates the Postmaster General, upon receipt of a notice from the addressee specifying that he has received advertisements found by him to be within the statutory category, to issue on the addressee's request an order directing the sender and his agents or assigns to refrain from further mailings to the named addressee.
		If the Postmaster General has reason to believe that an order issued under this section has been violated, subsection (d) authorizes him to notify the sender by registered or certified mail of his belief and the reasons therefor, and grant him an opportunity to respond and have a hearing on whether a violation has occurred.
		Postmaster General, 381 U.S. Footnote 5 ] Although subsection (h) specifically excludes the pre-complaint hearing from the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 554 et seq.
	caselaw.findlaw.com /scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=397&page=728 (3426 words)

	United Kingdom Postmaster General - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The king's letters to his subjects are known to have been carried by relays of couriers as long ago as the 15th century.
		The title of "Postmaster General" was abolished under the Post Office Act of 1969.
		A new public authority governed by a chairman was established under the name of the "Post Office." The position of "Postmaster General" was replaced with "".
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/United_Kingdom_Postmaster_General (293 words)

	Kendall v. United States
		The petitioners state that they were dissatisfied with these proceedings of Amos Kendall, as postmaster general, and, believing he had [p528] exceeded his authority, and being unable to adjust their differences with him, they addressed a memorial to the congress of the United States.
		The memorial stated, at large, all the circumstances which the petitioners considered as affecting their case, the proceedings of the postmaster general in the matter, and the heavy grievances done to the memorialists by the course adopted by the postmaster general.
		It appearing that there is a difference of opinion between the Solicitor and the Postmaster General upon the extent of the reference under the law to the Solicitor, the Postmaster General having yielded to what he believes to be all that was submitted by the law to the Solicitor's decision, and paid the same.
	supct.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0037_0524_ZS.html (2866 words)

	Postmaster General (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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		Postmaster General Foresees End to Mail Monopoly The post office monopoly on delivering letters will fade away but the agency will maintain a secure place in America, former Postmaster General Marvin Runyon predicted.
		PostMaster General Web-based list management and delivery service designed for high volume message delivery.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Postmaster_General_(UK).html (295 words)

	Furman: Postmaster General's Report.(1835) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Postmaster General Amos Kendall's Report on the delivery of Abolition Materials in the Southern States
		In reply to his appeal, he was informed, that it was a subject upon which the Postmaster General had no legal authority to instruct him.
		The position assumed by this Department, is believed to have produced the effect of withholding its agency, generally, in giving circulation to the obnoxious papers in the Southern States.
	history.furman.edu /~benson/docs/postal35.htm (830 words)

	Encyclopedia: Postmaster General of Canada
		The Postmaster General of Canada was the Canadian cabinet minister responsible for Canada Post.
		The position was created in 1867 with Canadian confederation and was abolished in 1981 when the post office was transformed from a government department into a crown corporation.
		From 1900 until 1909 the Postmaster General was also responsible for the Department of Labour.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Postmaster-General-of-Canada (120 words)

	FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
		To a rule to show cause the Postmaster General answered, and a demurrer to his answer being overruled, and the relator not pleading further, the court discharged the rule and dismissed the petition.
		It thus appears that the Postmaster General, in the exercise of a supposed discretion, refused to carry at second-class mail rates all future issues of the Milwaukee Leader, solely because he believed it had systematically violated the Espionage Act in the past.
		Undoubtedly the Postmaster General has latitude of judgment in deciding whether a publication meets the definition of a newspaper laid down by the law, but the courts have jurisdiction to decide whether the reasons which an administrative officer gives for his actions agree with the requirements of the statute under which he purports to act.
	www.findlaw.com /scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=255&invol=407 (7181 words)

	REPORT
		The general interests of the country required it, and the compensation should therefore be made by a general appropriation from the treasury, as this department presumes to have been the intention of the law.
		If other compensation is due to a postmaster beyond his commissions, it should be in the discretion of the Postmaster General, not exceeding - percent additional to that now allowed, that it may go to the intelligent and faithful, not to the shrewd and unscrupulous, as it chiefly does under the existing law.
		By the existing laws all postmasters and mail-carriers, and all other persons engaged in handling the mails of the United States, or in clerical service, were, required to take the usual oath of allegiance to this government, as well as for the faithful performance of their duties.
	www.wisc.edu /wendt/frus/795s.html (8740 words)

	United States Postmaster General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		A general assumption is that a postal employee...
		James Saxton, R-Ocean, and the office of the United States postmaster general.
		Postmaster General John Potter says, âWe will bring service to higher levels.
	www.wikiverse.org /united-states-postmaster-general (249 words)

	www.GovExec.com - Postmaster General says growth is agency's biggest challenge (1/26/01)
		Among the many challenges facing the next postmaster general is finding a way to generate new revenue, according to William Henderson, who officially announced Jan. 24 that he is stepping down from the position in May.
		The next postmaster general will walk into a Postal Service that lost $199 million last year, could lose nearly $1 billion this year and is seeing the growth of First Class mail decline.
		Henderson said the next postmaster general must become a strong advocate for legislative reform.
	www.govexec.com /dailyfed/0101/012601w1.htm (270 words)

	FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
		The authority of the Postmaster General under 4007 to apply to a district court for an order directing the detention of the distributor's incoming mail pending the conclusion of the 4006 administrative proceedings and any appeal therefrom plainly does not remedy the defects in 4006.
		7 First, it is entirely discretionary with the Attorney General whether to institute a 4007 action and, therefore, the section does not satisfy the requirement that the appellants assume the burden of seeking a judicial determination of the alleged obscenity of the magazines.
		In 1956 the Postmaster General sought and obtained the power himself to enter an order, pending administrative proceedings under 4006, that all mail addressed to the defendant in the 4006 proceeding be impounded.
	caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /cgi-bin/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=400&invol=410 (2993 words)

	United Kingdom Postmaster General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In the United Kingdom, the Postmaster General is anow defunct ministerial position.
		In 1609 it was decreed that letters could only becarried and delivered by persons authorised by the Postmaster General.
		A newpublic authority governed by a chairman was established under the name of the " PostOffice." The position of "Postmaster General" was replaced with " Minister of Posts and Telecommunications ".
	www.therfcc.org /united-kingdom-postmaster-general-167692.html (238 words)

	Representative Christopher H. Smith - (NJ04) - Congressman Smith, Postmaster General Potter Meet To Discuss Anthrax ...
		The Postmaster General talked about the installation of new technologies, as well as continuing plans for testing and cleaning of postal facilities.
		Potter also assured Smith that the 44 post offices connected to the infected Hamilton facility would be tested as quickly as possible and that any postal facility found to have a trace of anthrax would be closed until it was properly cleaned.
		“The Postmaster has also agreed to provide free flu shots to all postal workers in order to lower their chances of developing symptoms that could be mistaken for anthrax,” Smith said.
	www.house.gov /chrissmith/news/press2001/pr110201postmastermeeting.html (415 words)

	Postmaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		A postmaster is the head official at a office.
		Postmaster is also a computer term used to identify the email address of the administrator of a mail server.
		H.R. 3246, a bill to exempt postal retirees who are reemployed as rural letter carriers or rural postmasters from the rules pertaining to remployed an...
	www.freeglossary.com /Postmaster (86 words)

	FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
		This case presents questions as to the validity of an order issued by petitioner, the Postmaster General, which directed that mail addressed to some of respondents be returned to the senders marked 'Fraudulent,' and that postal money order sums payable to their order be returned to the remitters.
		Respondents' contention that the Postmaster General was without power to modify the order by elimination of Facts magazine, its editor, and its officers and agents is based almost entirely on their two other grounds for asserting invalidity of the order.
		In reviewing fraud findings of the Postmaster General, neither this Court nor any other is authorized to pick out parts of the advertisements on which respondents particularly rely, decide that these excerpts would have supported different findings, and set aside his order for that reason.
	www.findlaw.com /cgi-bin/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=333&invol=178 (4758 words)

	Worldandnation: Crisis tests postmaster general
		Together they waited in the richly decorated Senate meeting room for Postmaster General John Potter, late for the ceremony unveiling a stamp to commemorate the events of Sept. 11.
		He was clearly not happy to be stood up by the postmaster general.
		Potter is the nation's 72nd postmaster general and only the sixth person to be appointed from the Postal Service's rank and file.
	www.sptimes.com /News/102901/news_pf/Worldandnation/Crisis_tests_postmast.shtml (1146 words)

	Civilian Ships--Postmaster General (Harbor Passenger Steamer, 1898) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Postmaster General, a 434 gross ton harbor passenger steamer, was built at Noank, Connecticut, in 1898.
		She was chartered by the Navy in February 1918 and placed in commission as USS Postmaster General (ID # 2364) in June of that year.
		She was commandeered in June 1918, commissioned on 20 June as USS Postmaster General (ID # 2364) and returned to her owner on 6 May 1919.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-civil/civsh-p/post-gnl.htm (314 words)

	Virginia Central Railroad Company. Correspondence between the President of the Virginia Central Rail Road Company and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		I have been directed by the postmaster general to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th instant, and to state that it was his impression that the principal objection advanced by Mr.
		I informed the postmaster general, in my last letter on the subject, that my objections were not satisfied, and that I delayed action because just at that time the very critical condition of the country made it inopportune to do so.
		I object to the broad power exercised by the postmaster general, of giving his own interpretation to the contract, deciding for himself without appeal, when the contract is not complied with.
	docsouth.unc.edu /railroad/railroad.html (6455 words)

	U.S. Postal Service :: 'Stamps Take Flight' Exhibit from Postmaster General's Collection Showcases World's Rarest ...
		Not long after the first U.S. stamps were issued in 1847, the Postmaster General's Collection began as a Post Office stamp reference file in the 1860s.
		Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield gave a speech in Lafayette, and a balloon re-enactment flight and helicopter demonstrations added to the occasion.
		The Postmaster General's Collection holds full panes of U.S. stamps from many periods, from very common to extremely scarce issues.
	sev.prnewswire.com /government/20050407/DCW04406042005-1.html (2430 words)

	Former Postmaster General Runyon Dies (phillyBurbs.com) \| National
		Before his tenure as postmaster general from 1992 to 1998, Runyon had been an executive for the Ford Motor Co., helped Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corp. launch its first U.S. assembly plant and reorganized and streamlined the Tennessee Valley Authority.
		While postmaster general, the U.S. Postal Service got in the fl for the first time since 1989 after losing millions of dollars every year.
		As postmaster general, Runyon eliminated hundreds of management jobs, reorganized the massive operation and built a business that made more than $1 billion in profits by the time he left.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/1-05032004-293561.html (614 words)

	National Postal Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Postmaster General shall be appointed by the President of the Federated States of Micronesia, subject to the advice and consent of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia.
		An appointment shall be for the term of the appointing President, and the Postmaster General shall submit his resignation to the President for his acceptance no later than 30 days after the inauguration of the President or at the time a new nominee for Postmaster General is confirmed by the Congress, whichever is earlier.
		The Postmaster General and the State postmasters shall be exempt from the National Public Service System Act, but all other employees of the National Postal System shall be covered by that act, except as may otherwise be provided by law.
	www.fsmlaw.org /fsm/code/title39/T39_Ch01.htm (903 words)

	USPS Office of Inspector General
		The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Postal Service was authorized by law in 1996.
		The Inspector General, who is independent of postal management, is appointed by and reports directly to the nine Presidential appointed Governors of the Postal Service.
		The primary purpose of the OIG is to prevent, detect and report fraud, waste and program abuse, and promote efficiency in the operations of the Postal Service.
	www.uspsoig.gov (103 words)

	NARA - Research - Letters Sent By the Postmaster General, 1789-1836
		The Office of the Postmaster General originated on July 26, 1775, with the selection by the Continental Congress of Benjamin Franklin as Postmaster General for a term of one year.
		The position of Postmaster General was continued by the Congress of the Confederation.
		Related records are among Records of the Bureaus of Assistant Postmasters General, the Bureau Accounts, and the Bureau of the Chief Inspector of the Post Office Department also in Record Group 28.
	www.archives.gov /research/post-offices/postmaster-letters-1789-1836.html?template=print (834 words)

	POSTMASTER GENERAL TO RESIGN IN MAY- from postalnews.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		William J. Henderson, one of only five career postal employees ever to rise to postmaster general, has decided to leave the federal agency in May after three, often turbulent years at the helm of the U.S. Postal Service, The Denver Post has learned.
		The board, a panel of nine presidential appointees who oversee the agency and select the postmaster general, has been interviewing executive search firms and reportedly settled this week on a firm to review candidates for the nation's 72nd postmaster general.
		Much of the attention in that search is likely to focus on Deputy Postmaster General John Nolan, who like Henderson, is a career postal executive and has been given key a number of high-profile assignments.
	www.postalnews.com /pmg.html (625 words)

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