The Nation - News from Sept. 26, 1985

First-class postage rates will remain unchanged well into 1987, partly because of successful cost-cutting by postal managers this summer, Postmaster General Paul N. Carlin said. “Because of the strong performance by our field managers during the summer months . . . our financial situation is in the process of turning around,” Carlin said. He explained that belt-tightening measures such as the elimination of overtime mean the 22-cent rate for a first-class letter, initiated in February, will remain in effect “at least until 1987.”