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ENGLISH DOCS FOR THIS DATE- Postal Economy (DIV1.DEP2.MAIL-TEL) - P661111

CONTENTS POSTAL ECONOMY ADDRESSOGRAPH MAIL CLERKS POSTAGE BOARD OF INVESTIGATION PROMOTIONAL AND MAILING PIECES TO FINANCIAL PLANNING MUST CONTAIN CSW
HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex
HCO POLICY LETTER OF 11 NOVEMBER 1966
Gen Non-Remimeo

POSTAL ECONOMY

(Cancels Urgent Directive ED 62 WW and 95 SH Postal Reduction)

ADDRESSOGRAPH

There is to be not more than one plate per person in Addressograph with the exception of selected lists as delineated by policy. If a person's address is unknown, his plate should be removed from active addressograph files until a correct address is obtained, and his CF folder must be marked "Address Unknown".

As CF is in another division than Addressograph, an alphabetical card file of all the plates in Addressograph is to be made for cross reference purposes in the Addressograph Section.

Mailing pieces addressed to staff and students may not be put in the mail, but must be put into the appropriate basket.

MAIL CLERKS

There may be no jam on the mail line. When mail is so heavy in an org that opening mail jams with getting mail out, the post must be split and mail opening done by another person than the one doing mail out. If getting bulk mail out jams these other two posts, then a third person must be assigned to bulk mail clerk, even if temporarily. All mail must move.

POSTAGE

Each week the Mail Out Clerk takes a prepared checksheet to the various divisional secretaries for an estimate of their postage needs for the following week. This, totalled, is submitted with a requisition for a postage check calculated to last for a week. Any money left in the machine is subtracted from the amount put on the requisition. In the event the estimate is under and the franking machine runs out before a new check arrives, an emergency check may be requested, but if so, a Board of Investigation must be called to look into the reason for the increased postage.

WW or Continental Divisions or any org sending inter org mail may not send Dev-T, return unnecessary items or despatches or reports that will increase postage, and in general, should work toward conserving postage whenever possible without impairing efficiency.

Any division, in writing letters, is to use Airletters whenever possible, for overseas mail. Typists are to be supplied with adequate erasers and typing errors are to be erased and neatly corrected, instead of airletters being scrapped because they contain errors.

Any inserts to go out with letters must be printed on economical lightweight paper in order to keep the postage to a minimum.

Clearing and OT Courses must use lightweight paper where it is necessary to send materials, and Airletters whenever feasible.

In Div 6, instead of using a legal form for obtaining Permission to Print, a rubber stamp is to be obtained with the pertinent wording for this, and it is to be stamped on an Airletter whenever the form is needed to be sent overseas.

All EDs, Policy Letters, Bulletins and other printed pieces to be sent to orgs must go by Second Class Air Mail.

BOARD OF INVESTIGATION

A bi-annual Board of Investigation is to be called to investigate waste in the org and to find ways and means of reducing expenses and improving efficiency.

PROMOTIONAL AND MAILING PIECES TO FINANCIAL PLANNING MUST CONTAIN CSW

CSW by definition means Completed Staff Work. Completed Staff Work for promotional and other mailing pieces would then include exact cost in terms of paper, envelopes and postage and printing costs for the entire mailing as well as any other costs that might be involved, including stocks in hand if necessary. Any promotional or other type of mailing piece from any division must contain full CSW including the above costs, when put on line to Financial Planning.

The Ideas and Compilations Section in Dept 21, in designing mailing pieces and promotional material, including the magazines, must include in their work designing for lightweight paper that is not so expensive that it undoes any savings in postage, and they must take into account as a part of their CSW, the cost of postage. The loss of mass in the weight of the paper can be made up for in the design. For instance, the Advanced Reg Packets were nicely designed, but much too heavy. If they had been designed for lightweight paper, the artist may have conceived a totally different designing in order to get across the same communication. It is the artist's problem in considering his medium. But his medium must be considered. And this medium must be lightweight and inexpensive. The CSW submitted for each magazine to Financial Planning must contain details on paper cost and postage cost of the finished (proposed) mailing.

Any division, in order to get the data for the CSW on postage and other costs may obtain the information from the proper posts whose business it is to know this needed data. Please note that the above is seeking information and would not have to go through a command line to obtain it.

Compiled by a Board of Investigation
Signed: Ray Thacker
Anton James
John Lawrence
for
L. RON HUBBARD
Founder
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