Postal Service to Keep Saturday Delivery
The Postal Service has decided to keep on delivering mail on Saturdays. The postal Board of Governors, meeting in Evansville, Ind., decided that the money saved by going to a five-day delivery schedule would not be worth the public outcry.
The idea had drawn heavy criticism from Congress and the mailing industry, even though the Postal Service is facing losses that could approach $2 billion this fiscal year.
Robert F. Rider, chairman of the postal Board of Governors, declined to say how much would have been saved by canceling Saturday service.
The Postal Service has been seeking changes in the law under which it operates, saying more flexibility is needed to change prices to compete and introduce new services.
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