The President's News Conference
07/23/1964
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To do so requires that we achieve comparability with private pay levels--and that we do it in a way which does not endanger our unparalleled...
I recommend a 4.5 percent pay increase for civilian employees effective October 1, 1967.
The Postal Service is the key link of the Nation's commerce.
To cope with the great outpouring of mail created by our country's increasing social and economic activity, we must have a modern, highly me...