White employees in the Mail Equipment Shops were placed in positions in anticipation of vacancies so that when they actually occurred they were the only employees qualified by experience for the jobs, thereby discouraging the Negroes from making applications.[76] Following the investigation, the Shop...
In both jobs moving the mail was the hardest part. We had to use some equipment that was heavy all by itself, then when filled with incoming or outgoing mail made the equipment even heavier. As a mail processor you had to really "hustle" to keep feeding the automatic equipment. It...