The first contingent of servicemen -- 800 men strong -- sets to work trying to get the mail moving again in New York City's General Post Office after Pres. Nixon declared a state of emergency and called Army, Navy and Air Force reservists and active duty troops for emergency mail duty as the wildcat strike by letter carriers entered its seventh day 3/23.

United Press International · [ca. March 1970]

[Information from item housing] Labor: Strikes: Postal Workers: U.S.