Many, like Sidney W. Hughes, the postmaster and mayor of tiny Unadilla, Ga.

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Donahoe, postmaster general and CEO, says Postal Service market research and other research has indicated that nearly 7 in 10 Americans support the switch to five-day delivery as a way for the Postal Service to reduce costs.

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But patronage gave way to fund-raising, and the Cabinet position with political clout shifted from postmaster general to commerce secretary.

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"The American public understands the financial challenges of the Postal Service and supports these steps as a responsible and reasonable approach to improving our financial situation, " Postmaster General Patrick R.

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Benjamin Franklin: statesman, author, postmaster, inventor of the bifocal, the lending library and the Franklin stove.

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President Dwight Eisenhower's politico-in-chief was Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield, ex-GOP national chairman and a legendary fund-raiser and organizer.

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In 1912, then Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock authorized local postmasters to allow postal employees and others to respond to the letters.

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Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has called for five-day delivery and other cost-saving overhauls, but has so far failed to gain permission from Congress.

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Lyndon's Johnson's postmaster general was Larry O'Brien, who managed the 1960 and 1964 presidential campaigns.

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Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Wednesday no workers have reported becoming ill and called the risk minimal.

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The most renowned postmaster general was James Farley, Franklin Roosevelt's chief political operative and former chairman of the New York state and national Democratic parties.

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Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Wednesday that the agency is talking with employees at plants in Maryland, Tennessee and Washington, D.

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According to Mike Makawa, Malawi's Postmaster General, Malawi needs about 300, 000 lines but MPTC can only provide 65, 000 lines and of these only 36, 000 lines are in use.

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