Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://wikidata.dbpedia.org/resource/Q1273588> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 37 of
37
with 100 triples per page.
- Q1273588 description "American Postmaster general".
- Q1273588 subject Q6647069.
- Q1273588 subject Q6938689.
- Q1273588 subject Q7003683.
- Q1273588 subject Q8871609.
- Q1273588 abstract "Elmer T. (Ted) Klassen (November 6, 1908 – March 6, 1990) served as the United States Postmaster General from January 1, 1972 to February 16, 1975.In 1971 Mr. Klassen became the first Postmaster General named by the Postal Service's Board of Governors, rather than the President, under new Federal legislation. He became the 60th Postmaster General on January 1, 1972, serving until February 16, 1975, when he retired and moved to Palm Harbor. From January 22, 1969 to December 31, 1971, he had been Deputy Postmaster General.Klassen played a major role in shaping the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, which took the Post Office Department from under the control of a Cabinet-level officer and made it an independent agency in the executive branch. He was instrumental in negotiating a contract between the United States Postal Service and the representatives of seven postal unions, with about 600,000 members, in July 1971.At the time of his retirement, the Postal Service was under criticism by members of Congress and others because of financial and organizational problems and higher rates. Mr. Klassen came in for his share of the criticism, in particular from Jack Anderson, the syndicated newspaper columnist, who took issue over contracts awarded by the Postal Service.Klassen was born in Hillsboro, Kansas, and was raised in California; he began his career at American Can in 1925 as a messenger in the San Francisco plant. On April 28, 1965, he became president of the company, which later became the Primerica Corporation. Klassen never attended college; his only formal education beyond high school was advanced management training at Harvard University in 1954. In 1968 Klassen unexpectedly resigned his in a dispute with the chairman of American Can.".
- Q1273588 birthDate "1908-11-06".
- Q1273588 birthYear "1908".
- Q1273588 deathDate "1990-03-06".
- Q1273588 deathYear "1990".
- Q1273588 wikiPageWikiLink Q13371.
- Q1273588 wikiPageWikiLink Q1399394.
- Q1273588 wikiPageWikiLink Q1753094.
- Q1273588 wikiPageWikiLink Q1862688.
- Q1273588 wikiPageWikiLink Q6647069.
- Q1273588 wikiPageWikiLink Q6938689.
- Q1273588 wikiPageWikiLink Q7003683.
- Q1273588 wikiPageWikiLink Q7233992.
- Q1273588 wikiPageWikiLink Q7243481.
- Q1273588 wikiPageWikiLink Q817462.
- Q1273588 wikiPageWikiLink Q8871609.
- Q1273588 dateOfBirth "1908-11-06".
- Q1273588 dateOfDeath "1990-03-06".
- Q1273588 name "Klassen, E. T.".
- Q1273588 shortDescription "American Postmaster general".
- Q1273588 type Person.
- Q1273588 type Agent.
- Q1273588 type Person.
- Q1273588 type Agent.
- Q1273588 type NaturalPerson.
- Q1273588 type Thing.
- Q1273588 type Q215627.
- Q1273588 type Q5.
- Q1273588 type Person.
- Q1273588 comment "Elmer T. (Ted) Klassen (November 6, 1908 – March 6, 1990) served as the United States Postmaster General from January 1, 1972 to February 16, 1975.In 1971 Mr. Klassen became the first Postmaster General named by the Postal Service's Board of Governors, rather than the President, under new Federal legislation. He became the 60th Postmaster General on January 1, 1972, serving until February 16, 1975, when he retired and moved to Palm Harbor.".
- Q1273588 label "E. T. Klassen".
- Q1273588 name "Klassen, E. T.".