PHOTOGRAPH ***Signed***

Carlin, Paul N

Beschreibung

Inscribed "For Mark Roth / With every best wish! / Paul N. Carlin" in blue ink. This is a 5" X 8" black and white photograph in fine condition. Paul Nestor Carlin (born August 25, 1931) is an American businessman and former United States Postal Service official. He served as the United States Postmaster General from January 1, 1985 to January 7, 1986. Carlin was born in San Diego. Carlin received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wyoming in 1954, where he was an all-star track athlete. He served in the United States Army for two years and taught athletics at the University of Baghdad in Iraq as a Fulbright professor. On November 14, 1984, the board of governors of the Postal Service selected Carlin from among 35 candidates to become the Postmaster General effective on January 1, 1985. The Postal Service faced a deficit during Carlin's first fiscal year in office. Between October 1, 1984 (the start of the fiscal year) and July 1, 1985, the Postal Service had a $385 million deficit, due in part to an unanticipated increase in mail volume and changes in airline routes and schedules which required the Postal Service to renegotiate contracts with airlines and reschedule operations. In order to reduce the deficit, Carlin imposed a 3.5% pay cut on 35 top postal executives (including himself), and delayed a scheduled 3.2% pay increase for 714 other managers. Other cost-cutting measures taken by the Postal Service during his administration included cutting back on overtime hours worked and delaying or canceling the issuance of certain stamps. The Postal Service's deficit for the fiscal year as a whole came to $251.5 million. Carlin's service as Postmaster General was cut short after just over a year when the board of governors fired him on January 6, 1986. He was allowed to remain as an adviser to the board of governors at a reduced salary. John McKean, chairman of the board of governors, explained Carlin's firing by saying, "The governors felt there was a changing environment that required a different marketplace perspective. Carlin's replacement, Albert V. Casey, related in his memoir the explanations McKean and vice-chairman Peter Voss gave him as to why Carlin was being fired. According to Casey, McKean and Voss told him that Carlin had failed to reduce the number of postal employees, that he had been slow to make decisions about purchasing equipment for automation, that he delegated too much authority, and was too subservient to the White House, in addition to running the $251 million deficit for the fiscal year. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002626

Bibliografische Details

Titel: PHOTOGRAPH ***Signed***

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Fine

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)