Research Note: Winton M. Blount Video (1969?)

May 22, 2010
By Kevin R. Kosar

Winton M. Blount, the Postmaster General, discusses the problems of the of the U.S. Post Office Department (1969?). The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 replaced the cabinet-level Post Office Department with the U.S. Postal Service, an independent establishment of the executive branch. [Note---the video is labeled 1965, but that is incorrect.]

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