From:  Gene A. Del Polito
       President

To:  All PostCom Members

We're getting to crunch time. Congress is about to
break for the elections. A lame-duck session will
follow, and you need to send your members of Congress a
very simple message about the upcoming rate case.

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Message to your congressional representative:     

     Dear______________:

     Unless Congress acts soon, the U.S. Postal
Service will be compelled to file for a postal rate
increase that will be far larger than necessary. The
double-digit rate increases that will result will have
a substantially adverse effect on my business and on
the people my company currently employs. I need you to
get involved in this matter before a catastrophe occurs.
Here's what I'm asking you to do.

     Please contact the chairman and the ranking
minority member of the House Committee on Government
Reform (Mr. Davis, R-VA and Mr. Waxman, D-CA). Tell
them you need them to act quickly to spare businesses
such as mine a truly punishing postal rate increase.

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Message to your U.S. Senators:     

     Dear______________:

     Unless Congress acts soon, the U.S. Postal
Service will be compelled to file for a postal rate
increase that will be far larger than necessary. The
double-digit rate increases that will result will have
a substantially adverse effect on my business and on
the people my company currently employs. I need you to
get involved in this matter before a catastrophe occurs.
Here's what I'm asking you to do.

     Please contact the chairman and the ranking
minority member of the House Committee on Governmental
Affairs (Ms. Collins, R-ME and Mr. Lieberman, D-CT).
Tell them you need them to act quickly to spare
businesses such as mine a truly punishing postal rate
increase.

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     That's it. The committee staffs understand quite
well what this message will mean. The details and the
manner in which this request is addressed are
considerably less important than securing the
commitment of the committees' leadership to some action
that will avoid a higher than necessary increase in
postal rates.

     If you live in Maine, you should discuss your
concerns over the next postal rate case directly with
Senator Susan Collins either by phone, fax, email, or
by a visit to one of her district offices.

Do this today!!!