1957: 22 F.R. 4500, June 27.

§ 4.2 General postal publications. The following postal publications are available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C.:

(a) The Postal Manual contains the regulations and internal instructions governing the operation of the Postal Service. Chapter 1 contains the regulations governing domestic mail service intended to assist the mailing public in obtaining maximum use of this service. Chapter 2 contains corresponding regulations governing the international mail service. ($4 for chapters 1 and 2, together with periodic looseleaf supplements for an indefinite period.) Distributed to all post offices.

(b) Directory of Post Offices contains (1) a list of postal delivery zone offices, (2) an alphabetical list of post offices, (3) a list of post offices arranged alphabetically by states, (4) a list of post offices by counties, and (5) a list of Army and Air Force installations. ($2.25 per copy). (Distributed to all post offices).

(c) Directory of International Mail contains rates and other conditions in detail governing mail to foreign countries, but excludes the information covered in general for all countries in chapter 2 of the Postal Manual. ($7 with binder; $4.50 without binder. Prices include subscription to looseleaf amendments for an indefinite period.) Distributed to all post offices.

(d) The Postal Bulletin is issued once a week to transmit timely or transitional instructions and information relating to the Postal service, including philatelic, air mail, money order, parcel post, etc. ($2.25 a year.) Distributed to all post offices. The Postal Bulletin will be retained by postal installations for 6 months only. Any permanent instructions published in the Postal Bulletin will be reissued in the Postal Manual or in other permanent form.

(e) [Revoked]

(f) Receipts and Classes of Post Offices lists all post offices alphabetically by States and gives their receipts and their class and the salary level of the postmaster. (75 cents a copy.) No general distribution made to post offices.

(g) First-Class Post Offices with Named Stations and Branches lists all first-class post offices with branches and named stations arranged alphabetically by States. It includes post office unit numbers and has been prepared for use in mailing parcel post under readjusted size and weight limits. (35 cents a copy.) (No distribution made to post offices.)

(h) "Postal Laws" is a compilation of the laws affecting the Post Office Department. It contains all of title 39 of the U.S. Code, as well as pertinent parts of titles 3, 5, 6, 16, 18, 28, 31, 38, 41, and 46. ($2.75) (No general distribution made to post offices.)

(i) "Postage Stamps of the United States, 1847-1959," lists all issues of stamps from the first adhesive stamp, issued in 1847, through the Dr. Ephraim McDowell "Famous American" stamp, issued December 3, 1959. It contains an illustration of each stamp and gives detailed information on each stamp as well as miscellaneous historical information on stamps. ($1 a copy.) (No general distribution made to post offices.)

(j) United States Domestic Postage Rates 1789-1956 contains a compilation of United States domestic rates, fees, and charges from March 4, 1789, to September 1, 1956. (45 cents a copy.) No general distribution made to post offices.

CODIFICATION: § 4.2 was revised, 22 F.R. 1430, Mar. 7, 1957, and subsequently amended in the following respects:

1. In paragraph (a) the parenthetical sentence was amended, 22 F.R. 10958, Dec. 28, 1957; subsequently the figure "$3" was changed to "$4," 25 F.R. 1616, Feb. 25, 1960. The last sentence was added, 22 F.R. 4500, June 27, 1957.

2. Paragraph (b) was amended, 22 F.R. 10958, Dec. 28, 1957. Subsequently, “($2.50 per copy)" was changed to "(82.25 per copy)", 25 F.R. 1616, Feb. 25, 1960.

3. The price figures in paragraph (c) were changed from $5 to $7, and $2.50 to $4.50, and the last sentence was added, 22 F.R. 4500, June 27, 1957.

4. In paragraph (d) the second sentence was added, 22 F.R. 4500, June 27, 1957, and the last two sentences were added, 23 F.R. 2423, Apr. 15, 1958.

5. In paragraphs (e) through (J) the last sentence was added, 22 F.R. 4500, June 27, 1957. Subsequently, paragraph (e) was revoked, 22 F.R. 10958, Dec. 28, 1957.

6. In paragraph (f) "75 cents a copy" was substituted for "$1.00 a copy", and in paragraph (g) the last sentence was amended, 24 F.R. 5906, July 23, 1959.

7. Paragraphs (h) and (1) were amended, 25 FR. 10018, Oct. 20, 1960.

Prior Amendments

1958: 23 F.R. 534, Jan. 28.

1959: 24 F.R. 55, Jan. 3; 24 F.R. 5906, July 23. 1960: 25 F.R. 1616, Feb. 25.

The follow

§ 4.3 Privileged matter. ing records, documents, and information are privileged matter, and may not be disclosed by subordinate officers or employees of the Department without authorization:

(a) Reports of Postal Inspectors.

(b) Records of the Postal Inspection Service.

(c) Names of post office box holders. (d) Names and addresses of post office patrons and former patrons, except as provided in § 13.5 of this chapter.

(e) Records regarding mail matter. (f) Records regarding postal savings accounts, except as provided in § 63.3(c) of this chapter.

(R.S. 161, as amended, secs. 501, 5212, Pub. Law 86-682 (74 Stat. 580, 683); 5 U.S.C. 22, 39 U.S.C. 501, 5212)

(g) Records regarding money orders. CODIFICATION: §4.3 was revised, 21 F.R. 2683, Apr. 26, 1956. Subsequently, paragraph (f) was amended, 25 F.R. 13218, Dec. 22, 1960.

§ 4.4 Available records.

(d) Compliance with subpenas duces tecum. Postmasters and postal employees will comply with a proper subpena duces tecum issued by a court of record only after consulting with and getting approval of the General Counsel of the Post Office Department. When employ

ees are authorized to comply with subpenas duces tecum, they will not leave the records themselves with the court but will leave copies prepared for that purpose.

[Paragraph (d) amended, 25 F.R. 4991, June 7, 1960]

(e) Compliance with summons. (1) A postmaster or other postal employee will comply with a summons requiring his appearance in court. He will not testify as to names and addresses of post office patrons, mail matter, postal savings accounts, or money orders unless he is specifically directed to do so by the court after first calling attention of the court to this regulation.

(2) Postal inspectors and other employees having possession of inspectors' reports or Inspection Service records are prohibited from presenting such reports, records, or information in a State court or for the use of parties to a suit or habeas corpus proceedings in a Federal court, if the United States is not a party in interest. They will inform the parties interested that the regulations of the Post Office Department prohibit them from furnishing official reports, records, or information direct unless authorized by the Department. Should an attorney for a private litigant attempt to compel an employee to disclose sources of offcial information or similar privileged matter, the employee will decline to produce the information or matter and state that it is privileged and can not be disclosed without specific approval from the Department.

(3) When appearing as a witness for the United States in Federal grand jury proceedings, criminal prosecutions of violations of postal laws, suits brought by the United States, or other actions in which the United States is a party in interest, postal inspectors and other officers and employees will testify as to their knowledge of the facts in the matter involved. With respect to privileged matters, each case must be given individual consideration as it arises. Department will offer every possible assistance to the courts, but the question of disclosing privileged information is a matter entirely in the discretion of the head of the Department.

The

[Paragraph (e) amended, 21 F. R. 1884, Mar. 24, 1956]