Annual Report 

of 

The Public Printer 

Fiscal Year 1970 
I N DE X 

Preface •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Production Divisions: 

Congressional Printing••••••••••••••••••••••• Budget and Economic Report of the President •• 

Binding Division •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Composing Division •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Electronic Photocomposition Unit •••••••••••• 

Letterpress Division •••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Offset Division ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Library of Congress Branch •••••••••••••••••• 

Delivery Section •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Field Service Division •••••••••••••••••••••• 

Planning Divisions: 

Planning Service Division•••••••••••••••••••• 

Plant Planning Division ••••••••••••••••••••• 

Typography and Design Division •••••••••••••• 

Administrative Divisions: 

Engineering Division •••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Equal Employment Opportunity Office ••••••••• 

Finance and Accounts Division ••••••••••••••• 

Disbursing Office ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Internal Audit Staff •••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Personnel Division •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Public Documents Division ••••••••••••••••••• 

Purchasing Division ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Tests and Technical Control Division •••••••• 

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Statistical Appendix ••••••••••••••••••••••••••Tables 1 thru 16 
PREFACE 

The Annual Report of the Public Printer is prepared and submitted to 

Congress each year. Information on all major activities of the 

Government Printing Office is contained in brief narrative form. 

Transactions which can be digested in an appropriate form·are presented 

in the statistical appendix to this document. 

Fiscal year 1970 was an exceptionally busy one for the Government 

Printing Office and one which might be characterized as encompassing 

major changes in policy and approach. The value of the Government 

Printing Office's volume in fiscal 1970 increased from $203.7 million 

in 1969 to $235.6 million--about 16 percent. Both commerciallyprocured and inhouse printing and binding showed substantial gains 

with the increase in commercial work--nearly $15 million--about double 

that shown by inhouse work. Contributing significantly to the surge 

in work done inhouse was the growth in congressional printing and 

binding. 

The Congressional Record averaged 217 pages per issue as opposed to 189 

for the previous year and the number of issues rose from 171 to 222. 

Total Record pages printed jumped 48 percent from 32,284 to 48,120. 

Late adjournment of the lst Session of the 9lst Congress and the 

convening, roughly three weeks later, of the 2nd Session, coupled 

with operations connected with the Budget and Economic Report of the 

President, created large calendar year-end workloads. In the latter 

half of the fiscal year accelerated Appropriations Hearings and tighter 

Code of Federal Regulation schedules again resulted in abnormally 

heavy workloads. The hiatus between congressional sessions is usually 

earmarked for production of the Budget and the Economic Report of the 

President. Compressing the heavy opening and closing requirements of 

Congress into the same time frame traditionally reserved for work on 

these crucial Executive Branch products placed heavy demands on the 

Office and called for substantial overtime. 

Still another element served to balloon overtime hours some 30 percent 

over 1969. Shortly after backlogs were cleared, a new administration 

was installed in the Government Printing Office on April 1, 1970, 

and although President Nixon's appointment of A. N. Spence as Public 

Printer of the United States was not a factor, a labor issue, long 

dormant, flared into activism. The point at contention was revision 

of the formula used for nearly 23 years to determine craft wages. 

Activism took the form of composing craftsmen refusing overtime work 

at the outset. As steps were taken by the Office to buy composition 

from commercial sources in order to meet congressional requirements, 

a full-scale "sick out" among compositors developed. Pickets and 

sympathizers appeared at GPO's entrances. The incidents were brought 

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to an early end after a personal appeal by the Public Printer who 

pledged a complete review of the existing wage formula. Although 

GPO did not fail to publish a single issue of the Congressional 

Record because of the labor situation, a great deal of Extension 

material was held out and occasionally portions of the Proceedings. 

Since the entire available workforce was mustered during this period 

for work on the Record, other congressional requirements accumulated, 

adding to backlogs. 

In accordance with the Joint Committee on Printing's new policy 

direction on the regional procurement of all printing determined to 

be susceptible of commercial procurement, the GPO opened two new 

Regional Printing Procurement Offices--one in Region 7, Dallas, Texas, 

and the other in Region 4, Atlanta, Georgia. Procurement of printing 

and binding as well as materials and services grew and the Office 

consummated its first purchase of magnetic tape composition for 

Linotron input. Two DSA jobs were composed on tapes and costs were 

nearly 50 percent below department estimates. 

The Public Documents Division opened bookstores in Boston, Massachusetts, Los Angeles, California, and the Pentagon bringing the 

total number of retail bookstores to ten, and bookstore sales topped 

the $2 million mark, exceeding previous year sales by 55 percent. 

The Public Documents Division continued its effort to replace 

mechanization with electronic automation. Conversion of its more 

than 1200 mailing lists to magnetic tape was proceeding satisfactorily 

as was the listing of deposit accounts on tape. A new high in 

depository libraries was also reached with 36 additional libraries 

added during the year. 

The question of relocation was effectively settled with the arrival 

of the new Public Printer. In one of his first official acts, he 

announced his intention of working out the GPO's longstanding space 

problems without moving the Office from its present site. 

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PRODUCTION DIVISIONS 

Production operations were relatively well-ordered during the year and 

the continuing shift toward faster and more efficient proce$Ses could 

again be identified. 

Congressional Printing 

In contrast to the previous fiscal year, this report shows a considerable 

increase in Congressional Record production. This most important publication, as it becomes an increasingly more difficult task, requires more 

and more of our available equipment and manpower. In addition, receipt 

of copy pertaining to Bills, Reports, Hearings, Calendars, etc., continues to increase affecting our ability to satisfy all of the printing 

needs of Congress. 

An active Congress, in session much more consistently than the previous 

one, accounted for the unusual increase in the volume of Record copy. 

The comparative table below shows an increase of over 48 percent in the 

number of pages printed as the total rose from 32,284 to 48,120. An 

all-time high in the average number of pages per issue is shown by the 

increase to 216.76 pages from the previous 188.79, as the number of 

issues printed rose from 171 to 222. (Four of the issues were printed 

in two parts.) 

Number of issues ---------

Number of pages ---------- Average pages per issue --

1970 

2'22 

48,120 

216.76 

1969 

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32,284 

188.79 

1968 

2i8 

43,180 

198.07 

While 219 pages per issue was the fiscal average, it should be pointed 

out that almost 100 daily issues of the Record totaled 256 or more pages 

each. 

The Budget and the Economic Report of the President 

While these two important and difficult jobs originate in the Executive 

Branch instead of Congress, the major portion of the production activity 

is the duty of the night force. Efforts to research and compile figures 

during the day for the completion of copy understandably delays its 

receipt at GPO until the late evening hours. Yet the urgent nature of 

these jobs necessitate overnight service. The Congress usually is still 

in session as these two jobs are in progress. Each year more and more 

assistance is required from the day force to help in meeting the deadlines. By comparison, more than 1,000 additional folios of copy were 

received in fiscal 1969 than in 1970. The total printed pages in the 

five major items, however, were 2,143 in 1970, as compared to only 2,072 

in 1969. 
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Binding Division 

Congressional requirements touch heavily on the Bindery and since it is 

the final production station in the manufacturing stream, increased 

volume and shorter Congressional schedules dramatically affect this 

Division while Congress is in session. 

A decrease in the workload during the latter part of this Fiscal Year 

has had an effect on all sections of the Binding Division. The loss of 

work done for the Library of Congress by the Library Unit of Book Section 

has caused a significant drop in personnel assigned to this area. 

Comparison of Activities 

Folding (sheets) 

Gathering (complete books) 

Inserting (complete books) 

Passports (2 up) 

Gathering (flat sheets) 

1970 

361,139,419 

21,838,688 

69,066,840 

1,132,41.0 

7,203,218 

Ruling - L disc (sheets) 2,810,920 

Drilling (sheets, etc.) 

Puncning (sheets, etc.) 

Cutting (sheets) 

1,185,920,086 

31,185,511 

214,863,507 

Coil-Bound Steno and Composition Notebooks (Bielomatik) 

Coil Bound {Hand fed Bielomatik) 

Wrapping (hand and machine) 

Banding (hand and machine) 

Cartons sealed 

Sigs sewed-machine 

Books cased-in 

Cases made 

Pamphlets covered 

3,914,179 

600,567 

2,113,657 

1,616,176 

474,461 

98,367,585 

2,881,685 

2 ,s•n, 763 

3,939,064 

Composing Division 

1969 

380,952,621 

21,676,032 

76,057,921 

1,022,062 

8,525,377 

3,648,055 

1,524,879,633 

59,536,509 

244,251,790 

3,992,152 

82,928 

2,455,809 

2,312,965 

534,231 

103,542,213 

3,640,667 

3,397 '771 

4,505,076 

1968 

463,503,919 

22,215,377 

84,192,375 

\ 944,276 

12,211,242 

6,432,653 

1,482,527,069 

68,502,806 

256,197,922 

4,779,772 

589,511 

2,497,037 

2,603,878 

503,506 

104,059,985 

4,020,113 

3,942,470 

4,879,931 

Congressional requirements during the year were very demanding. Late 

adjournment of the 1st Session of the 9lst Congress (December 23, 1969) 

required the processing of Congressional printing needs simultaneously 

with the Budget, the Economic Report, and related end-of-the-year publications. The Second Session of the 9lst Congress convened on January 19, 

1970, and the Office was informed that the Appropriations Committees 

would endeavor to complete all hearings by the end of June. Consequently, 

the last half of the Fiscal Year taxed Composing services to the limit. 

The following data compare major activities for fiscal year 1970 with 

like activities for the two fiscal years immediately preceding: 
Shift 1 -------

Shift 2 -------

Total -----

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Overtime Hours 

1970 

387,905.2 

554,202.2 

942,107.4 

1969 

275,682.6 

278,297.2 

553,979.8 

1968 

265,549.0 

415,113.6 

680,662.6 

The increase in overtime hours for the Fiscal Year is due to the late 

adjournment of the 1st Session of Congress, and necessary processing 

of the Budget, Economic Report, etc., simultaneously with Congressional 

requirements for legislative process. The concentration of Appropriation Hearings copy with tighter schedules on Code of Federal Regulations 

volumes during latter half of the Fiscal Year, contributed to continuing 

heavy overtime demands throughout Fiscal Year. Personnel refusal of 

overtime lead to massive backlogs and required seventh-day operation as 

well as full use of hot metal purchases from commercial sources to reduce 

in-plant workloads to manageable levels. 

Fiscal Year 1970 showed an increase in measurable type. Ems increased to 

3,145,093,000--an increase of 249,696,300 ems. When these figures are 

reconciled with the overall increase of hours, the em average decreased 

from 4,617 last year to 4,558 ems per hour this year. A comparison of the 

past three-year period follows: 

Hours 

Ems 

Ems Per 

1970 

690,025.2 

3,145,093,000 

Hour 4,558 

1969 

627,092.7 

2,895,396,700 

4,617 

1968 

688,312.0 

3,149,048,400 4,575 

Patents work showed an increase over the preceding year: 

No. of Patents 

Average issue 

1970 

66,339 

1,300 

1969 

fil /)57 

1,191 

Electronic Photocomposition Unit 

1968 

61,599 

1,184 

The Electronic Photocomposition Unit produces photocomposition on 

manually-operated photomechanical and tape-operated electronic phototypesetting machines. 

The total number of pages produced on the Linotrons increased by 86 percent over the previous year. In order to meet commitments on the end-ofcalendar-year workload, the Linotrons were operated on two shifts from 

September 15, 1969, throueh Hovember 30, 1969, 
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Comparison of A~t5vities 

Linotron (pages) 

Linofilm keyboard (pages) 

Justowriter Keyboards: 

Tape perforated for Linofilm 1/2 gal. 

Linofilm Photographic Unl.ts~ 

Keyboarded tape 1/2 gal. 

Furnished paper tape 1/2 gal. 

Furnished magnetic tape 1/2 gal. 

Furnished magnetic tapes pages 

Furnished EAM cards pages 

Input Converter: 

Paper to magnetic tape 1/2 gal. 

Paper to magnetic tape pages 

Output Converter: 

Linofilm (magnetic tape) 1/2 gal. 

Linofilm (magnetic tape) pages 

1970 

230,514 

16,307 

1,008 

12,113 

77 

14,279 

100 

312 

508 

301 

14,279 

412 

1969 

123,788 

14,095 

2,106 

10,571 

698 

15,761 

48R 

256 

l,'H7 

332 

15 '761 

744 

1968 

39,870 

17,415 

1,374 

13,061 

837 

34,629 

2,458 

263 

1,100 

163 

34,629 

2, 721 

During fiscal year 1970 a total of 230,514 pages were produced on the 

Linotron systems. Of this total, 61,305 pages made up the Defense Supply 

Agency Master Cross Reference List. In fiscal year 1969, 35,000 pages 

were produced for this publication on a 40-day schedule. This same 

schedule was maintained in fiscal year 1970 with an additional 25,000 

page requirement. The quarterly change bulletins are proportionately 

larger and schedules on these, as well as other work, are being maintained. 

Weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, quarterly, and annual publications are 

constantly being committed to the Electronic Composing System. There 

are presently three sizeable jobs being produced on the Linotron on a 

24-hour schedule. 

The computer master typography program is continuing to operate with 

fewer problems. Ninety-three different repetitive publications are in 

production on the Linotron requiring approximately 275 different formats. 

The software contractor has submitted documentation and is in the process 

of correcting and debugging several routines. 

Letterpress Division 

Congressional work continued to dominate production in this Division, 

with the bulk of our volume, exclusive of the Record, being produced 

directly from type. Platemaking activities, in the main, are controlled 

by letterpress demand, and while Division manning is below that of 

previous years, in most productive categories output compares favorably 

with previous years. 
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Comparison of Activities 

Imgosed Forms: 1970 1969 1968 

alendars 4,333 4,522 5,685 

Nominations, Messages, etc. 339 502 632 

Enrolled Bills 1,759 1,415 1,881 

Documents and Miscellaneous 17 '773 16,485 25,434 

Foundry 11,286 10,902 10,578 

Bills 12,685 13,205 12,565 

Comparative Congressional Record and Federal Register production data: 

Congressional Record: 1970 1969 1968 

Issues ~2 ---r?l --rr8 

Pages 47,907 32,133 42,895 

Ave. Paper Pages per Issue 216.76 188.79 198.07 

Federal Register: 

Issues 251 250 253 

Paper Pages 18,422 18,812 18,288 

Type Pages 17~709 18,006 17,549 

Ave. Paper Pages per Issue 73.39 75.24 72.28 

Postal Cards: 846,008,000 777,020,000 1,437,128,000 

Production of Postal Cards rose slightly above last year's low but production is expected to remain depressed unless a price rise goes into effect. 

Platemaking Activities 

rhe following table presents a comparison of annual production of the 

Platemaking facilities combined with the Letterpress Division on November 2, 1969. 

1970 1969 1968 

Electrotype Flat Plates- sq.in. 304,776 325,379 341,478 

Electrotype Curve Plates- sq.in. 474,373 640,867 680,808 

Stereo Flat Plates- sq.in. 668,968 1,087,291 1\'097,425 

Stereo Curved Plates- sq.in. 6,002,427 5,514,370 6,244,205 

Photoeng. Copper Plates- sq.in. 61,605 67,616 55,168 

Photo.Mag. Linecuts- sq.in. 495,222 393,327 396,288 

Photo.Mag. HIT Plates-sq.in. 22,891 33,774 41,707 

Photo.Comb.Mag.Plates- sq.in. 21,421 26,307 14,142 

Magnesium Wrap Arounds-sq. in. 436,450 336,475 399,900 

Dycril Wrap Arounds- sq.in. 58,050 38,700 34,400 

Dycril Curved- sq.in. 236,488 139,184 133,748 
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Offset Division 

Paralleling the remarkable growth of congressional work such as 

reports, hearings, and calendars, produced by the Division has been 

a corresponding drop in several other functional items, most importantly machine hours and impressions. Startup problems with new 

65-inch perfecters and a fewer overtime hours were the chief causes, 

Comparison of Activities 

Jackets Processed: 

Plant 

Commercial 

Commercial (Print Order) 

Total 

Congressional work (pages) 

Bills 

Misc. Hearings & Committee Prints 

Senate Calendar 

House Calendar 

Supreme Court Decisions 

Proofs Processed 

Congressional Record 

Total 

Official Gazette: 

Pages 

Illustrations 

Number of Negatives or Positives 

Square Inches of Film 

Number of Plates 

Square Inches 

Makereadies (Web Cylinders) 

Makereadies (Sheet Cylinders) 

Total 

Total Impressions: 

Web Group 86 

Web Group 88 

Web Group 91 

Sheet 

Total 

Average Impressions, all presses 

1970 

1\),IfU2 

9,698 

1,846 

21.946 

43,172 

335,882 

988 

20,129 

2,422 

279,273 

1,936 

683,802 

21,964 

58,844 

915,907 

57,938,067 

58,912 

101~ ,353 ,52B 

19,469 

44,822 

£.4,291 

79,730,148 

28,013,185 

820 

240,411,073 

348,155,226 

13,226 

1969 

11,813 

8,361 

1,787 

21.961 

50,668 

244,815 

15,458 

2,214 

130,649 

441,492 

20,791 

55,349 

855,404 

57,573,079 

64,184 

114,598,239 

14,499 

50,986 

65,485 

1968 

lr;mfS 

9,168 

2,756 

23,909 

43,888 

252,860 

25,452 

2,656 

82,044 

406,990 

22,632 

55,030 

787,852 

51,489,300 

58,431 

102,035,265 

62,01~8 

75,221,524. 108,193,572 32,136,450. 

302,220,662 

409,578,636 

17,172 

306,788,663 

414,982,235 6,7641i 

*This average is a per-cylinder figure rather than an average per 'run' 

which appears in the 1969 and 1970 listings. 
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Library of Congress Branch 

Titles received for letterpress composition in foreign language alphabets, 

Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew, Armenian and Greek, continue to show a steady 

increase due to the Shared Cataloging project of the Library of Congress. 

Overall increase in titles received amounted to 6 percent. 

Letterpress forms increased, and copies delivered show an increase due to 

longer press runs. 

Regular catalog cards received for offset processing increased slightly 

while copies printed, due to longer press runs, increased by better than 

54 percent. 

1970 1969 1968 

Total Catalog Cards 168,434,483 128,599,612 152,770,259 

Total Proofsheets 15,761,705 14,834,076 13,027,900 

Total forms printed 117,514 122,603 126,376 

Total press impressions 32,885,899 29,470,048 30,218,339 

Total copies printed 193,232,336 157,646,322 181,6.32,560 

During the past year the Ektalith system of producing plates, which was 

a dark-room, transfer process, was replaced by an automated photo-direct 

daylight operation, which will increase production, improve quality and 

lower costs. 

The Library of Congress is moving ahead with automation in the Card Division. Present plans call for the Phase II system to become operational 

on a limited basis beginning in January 1971, but it will be fiscal 1972 

before any significant impact is made by the system. 

Delivery Section 

The count of individual shipments for the year amounted to 167,195 items. 

Any entry on our recording ledger is regarded as an item and may range 

from a Kraft envelope to six or more skids of work. The current figure 

represents an increase of 7,100 items above fiscal year 1969. Fleet 

mileage showed an increase of 43,805 miles. Along with the general 

increase in workload, a factor in the increased mileage and delivery items 

is the present policy of the departments in requiring additional delivery 

stops. Our accident frequency figure dropped from 12.45 to 6.99. The 

current figure places us in the top five of fifteen fleets competing in 

our class. 

Shipments 

Mileage 

Pickups 

Accident Frequency 

Comparison of Activities 

1970 

167,195 

394,902 

5,925 

6.99 

1969 

160,095 

351,097 

5,600 

12.45 

1968 

149,017 

286,170 

5,450 

7.69 
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Field Service Division 

The Field Service Division is responsible for the overall administration 

of six GPO printing plants, located in New York, Chicago, Denver, San 

Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.c., which fulfill printing, binding, 

and related requirements, including commercial procurement of printing in 

the field, of government departments and agencies in their areas. 

Total work volume for this division increased 13 percent, from $8,611,000 

in fiscal year 1969 to $9,748,000 in fiscal year 1970. Included in the 

1970 volume was approximately $2,000,000 for printing procured commercially, representing an increase of over $500,000, or aporoximately 41 percent. 

The Post Office Department, our second largest customer last year, 

increased their requirements from $916,000 to $1,121,000 to become our 

largest this year. This increase was felt in all but our San Francisco 

Office and was mainly the result of their forms decentralization program. 

The Department of the Interior, our largest customer last year, dropped 

to second place in fiscal year 1970 but still showed a general increase 

in business in most of our offices with a total volume of $1,110,000. 

Chicago 

Denver 

Departmental 

New York 

San Francisco 

Seattle 

Total 

Comparison of Billings 

1970 

$1,766,550.54 

1,436,264.52 

4,311,012.67 

958,185.29 

501,524,54 

774,651.05 

$9,748,188.61 

1969 

$1,444,099.05 

1,416,417.06 

3,560,149.69 

790,455.84 

582,676.92 

817,530.01 

$8,611,328.57 

1968 

$1,496,578.68 

1,281,882.89 

3,523,776.57 

470,772.65 

298,626.55 

353,604.71 

$7,425,242.05 

Significant increases in printing procurement were reported by Chicago, 

Denver, and New York, the latter being noteworthy in that there are at 

present no procurement programs assigned to New York and despite this, 

that office had the largest dollar volume in printing procurement. 

Decreases in the two western offices can be attributed mainly to a 

decrease in program activity and the loss by the Seattle office of the 

Air Force ACIC charts, previously procured in that area but now produced 

by the Coast and Geodetic Map plant here in Washington. 
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PLANNING DIVISIONS 

Planning Service Division 

During fiscal year 1970, the Planning Service Division received a total 

of 163,235 printing and binding requisitions and print orders (including 

print orders processed directly through Government Printing Office 

Regional Procurement Offices). The number of requisitions was about the 

same as received in 1969 and 1968. However, the number of print orders 

received 15 percent greater than 1969 and 46 percent greater than 1968. 

This sharp rise in the number of print orders was due chiefly to increased 

commercial procurement of program and like work on both old and new contracts let by the Office. Much was formerly contracted for or produced 

in-house by many of the departments involved. 

Comparison of Activities 

1970 1969 1968 

Orders received: 

Requisitions 72,382 73,019 73,445 

Print Orders 90,853;': 78 972* ! 61,880 

Total 163,235 151,991 135,325 

Jackets issued 49,455 50, 10L~ 51,365 

Open jackets issued 7,579 7,488 6,889 

Schedules established 46,828 54,491 53,764 

Informal estimates 172 220 225 

*Includes print orders processed directly through regional procurement 

offices. 

Additional Orders and ,rackets 

1970 1969 1968 

Patent Work 9~8 86,452 86,615 

Congressional (individual bill and 

calendar orders, Cong. Record, 

Federal Register, etc.) 20,150 27,733 22,862 

Postal Card Shipping Orders and 

additional jackets on blank paper 

orders 80,120 89,184 81,648 

Commercial contract for pick-up and delivery service of copy, proofs, 

and small amounts of printing rnaterial, servicing the National Institutes 

of Health and Public Health Service, Bethesda, ~1aryland; the Central 

Intelligence Agency, McLean, Virginia; and one emergency program for 

the Defense SuppJy Agency, Alexandria, Virginia; continues to prove 

.its value in improved service to customers. 

A review of Dated Periodicals produced in-house (R9 publications) 
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conducted in cooperation with Plant Planning and Production personnel 

for updating of specifications and rescheduling to reflect current needs 

and procedures, was completed during the fiscal year. 

Plant Planning Division 

During the fiscal year the Plant Planning Division prepared 32,227 

regular and print order jackets--a decrease ef about 5.4 percent from 

1969. As a result of the decrease in the number of jackets prepared, 

there was a like decrease in the number of production plans developed, 

formal (firm) estimates made, and jackets scheduled, as compared to 1969. 

However, such decreases or increases in these principal activities are 

normal from year-to-year, since the governing factor in accepting orders 

for in-plant processing is the volume of work they represent with respect 

to the production capabilities of the plant, rather than the number of 

jackets. 

During the fiscal year the total number of jackets processed through the 

Typography and Design Division, 9,346, was about 15.1 and 10.5 percent 

less, respectively, than the 11,008 and 10,447 jackets processed in 1969 

and 1968. As a result of the decrease in the number of jackets processed--

the principal controlling factor in the activities of the Division--

there was a more-or-less work volume decrease in all of their activities. 

Comparison of Activities 

1970 1989 1968 

Printing and Binding: 

Production plans developed 21,131 23,027 23,222 

Estimates made: 

Formal (firm) 18,228 19,862 20,515 

Informal 2,245 2,259 2,387 

Sales prices developed 9,787 10,206 9,828 

Jackets prepared: 

Regular & print order 32,227 34,073 33,825 

Open 1,272 1,260 1,253 

Blank Paper & Supplies: 

Requisitions received 9,377 8,862 9,343 

The beginning of the fiscal year saw the printing program for the 1970 

Census forms in full swing. Some 104 million units were committed for 

in-plant production which required over 4 million pounds of paper and 

called for close and constant attention throughout all operations to permit 

processing on optical scanning equipment. 
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Savings made as a result of specification changes proposed by this 

Division and accepted by the ordering agencies were many. For example, 

savings were recorded that exceeded $200 per jacket (about $188,000 

over the $400,000 listed for the Census program) for the fiscal year. 

The largest individual savings was on a Labor Department folder. A 

suggestion changed the stock to white offset paper and resulted in a 

savings in presswork, folding, and materials of $19,000. 

Typo~raphy and Desisn Division 

Jackets processed through the Division decreased by 15 percent, and 

the number of jobs received from the Scheduling Committee, Planning 

Service Division, for color consideration decreased by 5 percent. 

There was a 14 percent decrease in the number of pieces of finished 

artwork when compared with fiscal year 1969. The number of layout 

sketches was down 18 percent, and the number of dummy pages pasted showed 

a 21 percent decrease. The number of illustrations retouched was down 

about 50 percent from last year. All of these decreases can be attri· 

buted to the general reduction in the number of jobs processed during the 

year, and also to the fact that the nature and composition of many of 

our jobs changes drastically from year to year. 

Comparison of Activities 

Conferences 

Number of persons 

Agencies represented 

Hours spent in conference 

Jackets received from Scheduling Comm. 

& processed for reference to co1or,etc. 

Total number of jackets processed · Orders for photoengravings 

Finished art pieces 

Layout sketches 

Illustrations retouched (pieces) 

Dummy pages pasted 

Photographic Requests 

Finished pieces 

1970 

594 

1,199 

152 

528 

8,341 

9,346 

1,912 

6,325 

1,709 

1,117 

3,900 

2,896 

27,984 

1969 

'604" 

1,107 

132 

625 

8,861 

11,008 

2,476 

7,407 

2,101 

2,287 

4,837 

3,333 

32,179 

1968 

-m 

1,314 

120 

740 

8,542 

10,447 

2,481 

8,079 

3,034 

4,224 

tt,38l 

3,075 

37,G88 

As part of its regular work the Division was concerned with the printing 

of a number of important or unusual books or programs. 

1968-69, Jacket 22-486 ~;::s;:w::.a_;s~t~e;.::,;;l.~tr=an~M~l.~n~a~l:;.::v;:.ol~u:O::me~~o~::tnl.':'s.;;;.s~e=:r~l.r.e~s=-".~,A-;s•w:::a=s the case in 

previous years, the amount of copy was so great that it was necessary to 

divide the material into two books. The first book contained 928 pages, 

and the second book 804 pages. They were printed on 50 percent rag antique paper, and bound in green cloth with stamping in dark green and 

gold. 
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1969 Yearbook of Agriculture, Jacket 326-541 -- The title of the book is 

Food for Us All. The format and all the necessary artwork were developed by this Division. The book contained numerous illustrations, and for 

this reason was printed by web offset on 100-lb. offset paper. There 

were 400 pages plus printed endleaves. This included a 32-page fourcolor process signature of illustrations. The cloth for the casebinding 

was printed by offset in maroon, blue, and gold, and then varnished. 

Report of the President's Task Force, White House -- This is a series of 

approximately 24 books pUblished by the President's Task Force. Typo 

and Design designed the first volume in a very limited amount of time, 

and has since prepared all the other volumes that have been printed to 

match this volume, checked the proofs, and made camera copy for the 

covers. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS 

Engineering Division 

The Engineering Division is a maintenance and service organization. 

A measurement of our activities includes the volume of maintenance 

service rendered, utilities furnished, and materials purchas~d. 

1970 1969 1968 

Maintenance service calls 32,416 32,305 32,040 

Maintenance job orders 210 260 258 

Yearly job orders 441 427 302 

Specifications for new 

machinery and equipment 67 92 56 

Machines installed 25 38 63 

Machines relocated 22 24 163 

Utility Usage 

19'10 1969 1968 

Electric power (kw-hr.) 43,618,000 43,284,000 40,315,000 

Gas ( cu~ft. ) 13,896,700 13,795,300 13,204,000 

Water (gals.) 222,597,625 199,138,98!> 188,243,325 

Steam (estimated lbs.) 45,825,000 45,040,000 44,465,000 

Activities in Safety Program are shown below: 

1970 1969 1968 

Chargeable injuries ~ ~3 -r6"2 

Fire Protection costs $23,777.83 $23,398.60 $23~692.78 

Direct accident costs: B.E.C. charges 

Medical treatment $44,465.00 $36,775.op $11,303.0Q 

Compensation payment 212,370.00 119,609.00 74,890.00 

Buildings damaged 1,511.28 2,111.00 2,486.00 

Machinery damaged 5,562.57 22,516.0Q 1,219.29 

Equipment damaged 21 1975.10 22!971.00 18 1224.95 

Total direct costs $<'28S ,883. 95 $ 203,982.00 $ 108,123.24 

The tabulated charges for medical treatment and compensation costs 

show a significant increase during the three-year reporting period. 

Two factors are directly responsible for this situation, which are; 
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1. Medical and hospital costs as well as salaries have 

increased considerably during this period. 

2. Employees have been granted longer convalescent periods 

to recover from injuries. 

The Safety Office has no control over the apparent increase in the severity 

rates of injuries. One possible procedure to drastically reduce these 

direct costs would be to return injured employees to some regularly established position as soon as they are released by their attending physician, 

even though it is a limited duty assignment. 

The newly installed fire alarm evacuation signals are now operational. 

A new "Fire Regulations and Emergency Procedures Manual" was written, 

approved, and distributed during the year. We have trained"326 emergency 

squad members in the correct use of fire extinguishing equipment. The 

older type linen hose and straight nozzles located throughout the Government Printing Office have now been replaced with rubberclined fire hose 

and fog nozzles. 

Important recognition was bestowed upon the Government Printing Office 

when we received honorable mention in the Presidential Safety Award Program--Mission Safety 70. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Office 

During the year the EEO Office continued to review promotion actions in 

certain key organizational areas, to assure that qualified minority candidates were receiving fair and equal consideration in filling positions 

of higher responsibility. The EEO Office also provided pre-complaint 

counseling service and processed complaints of discrimination as follows: 

No. 'of employees counseled 

No. of formal complaints processed 

No. of informal resolutions 

1970 

13"6 

1 

25 

1969 

9"3 

5 

not available 

1968 

""1i'7 

6 

not available 

Selection was made for the part-time position of Federal Women's Program 

Coordinator. This fulfills an obligation under current esc regulations 

to assign specific program responsibilities toward enhancing the employability of women. 

In cooperation with the Data Processing Branch, Finance and Accounts 

Division, the EEO Office established an automated system for reviewing 

and reporting on minority group census data. 
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Finance and Accounts Division 

The Finance and Accounts Division is responsible for (a) financial 

management, (b) management information systems, (c) traffic management, 

and (d) legal services. 

Comparison of Activities 

Vouchers audited (approximate) 

Commercial printing procurement 

print orders processed 

Government bills of lading 

accounted for and paid 

No. of checks issued (symbol 6191) 

Paper and material requisitions 

processed 

Postal card and aerogramme requisitions processed 

Paper and material requisitions 

reviewed and coded 

Machinery and equipment record cards 

prepared and/or maintained 

Jacket and print order cost 

summaries processed 

Value of payrolls processed (in 

millions} 

Jackets processed for billing 

Billings processed 

Checks processed 

Newly set type (ems) measured 

(in thousands) 

Govt. bills of lading accountability records maintained 

Govt. bills of lading prepared 

Computer programs completed 

Computer programs in process 

Tabulating cards processed (in 

millions) 

1970 

171,000 

89,478 

30,531 

46,666 

277,112 

71,828 

184,892 

50,900 

181,581 

$81.7 

117,190 

39,569 

13,761 

3,016,226 

50,28,1 

39,528 

364, 

70 

28.4 

1969 

154,000 

76,289 

29,883 

41,881 

274,517 

83,482 

194,270 

50,865 

180,482 

$71.6 

120,863 

34,555 

13,809 

2,773,764 

45,3,76 

34,581 

325 

68 

24.5 

1968 

150,000 

50,975 

33,706 

41,976 

273,000 

72,534 

134,464 

48,939 

$67.0 

123,002 

30,989 

13,071 

3,030,474 

46,029 

34,137 

245 

73 

23.1 

The volume of printing and binding work increased from $203,651,604 in 

fiscal year 1969 to $235,641,139 in fiscal year 1970. This increase in 

volume is attributed to a 22 percent increase in printing acquired commercially and a 11 percent increase in work performed within the Central 

Office. 
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The Scale of Prices' rates for patents, post cards, and supplemental 

scales were revised and placed into effect. In addition, methods of 

billing patents work produced under a new photocomposition contract 

were developed. 

The Division has initiated and seen enacted several laws which will 

benefit the Office. One law increased the number of authorized apprentices and another established a new sales rate for the Congressional 

Record. 

Many technical revisions to Title 44 were necessitated since recodification on October 22, 1968. This work was coordinated with the Law 

Revision Council, and we anticipate that a bill incorporating all the 

changes will be introduced in the next session of Congress. 

The concept for an internal budget system was developed and internal 

budget estimates for fiscal years 1971 and 1972 for all Government 

Printing Office organizations were manually prepared preparatory to 

the development of an automated budget reporting system. This system 

utilizes the pyramid method of reporting wherein all-expense internal 

budgets for subordinate levels of budgetary responsibility are integrated into the budgets of the next higher level of responsibility, 

with the Public Printer's overall budget becoming the supporting data 

for bridging to our external budget presentation. 

A computerized system for handling accrued expenditures for commercially procured printing was developed and implemented. This system 

is designed to comply with requirements to report accrued revenues 

and expenditures to the Treasury Department, General Accounting Office, 

and the Bureau of the Budget. 

The failure to make timely payment of contractor invoices caused considerable criticism of the Office and its policies. In line with the 

Public Printer's intent that payment should be made in 20 days or less, 

additional positions were authorized and steps taken to streamline the 

payment process. At year end, only 2 percent, or 54, of the 2,633 

printing vouchers on hand had been in the Office more than 20 days. 

Effective January 1, 1970, IBM announced that separate billings would 

be rendered for (a) computer systems, (b) systems engineering support, 

and (c) customer education and training. This policy, known as 

unbundling, had a significant impact on the Office. As a result of the 

new policy, we lost the services of two full-time systems analysts/ 

programers. 
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During the year.four cases against the Government Printing Office were 

settled in our favor. Columbia Typographical Union No. 101 v. Public 

Printer, alleging breach of the t1emorandum of Understanding for failure 

to submit certain matters to conciliation, was withdrawn. David w. Wion 

v. United States Superintendent of Documents, alleged failure of the 

Superintendent of Documents to convey certain material was withdrawn 

for lack of jurisdiction. Robert Bradford Murphy v. Carper w. Buckley, 

alleged failure to send certain documents was dismissed upon showing 

that the documents were sent to Mr. Murphy. Harold Koenigsberg v. 

Carper w. Buckley, alleging in general damages for failure to receive 

certain publications, was dismissed for failure to state a cause of 

action. 

Three cases against the Government Printing Office are still pending. 

Hobso~ et al v. Hampton, et al, alleges discrimination by the Government Printing Office against minority groups with respect to hiring 

and promotional practices. Six of the named plaintiffs are current 

or former Government Printing Office employees, one of whom has since 

withdrawn his name. Estes v. Spence, alleges discrimination and bias 

with respect to the promotion to Assistant to Foreman, Letterpress 

Division. Hayes v. United States is a tort action arising from an 

alleged fall on sidewalk near the main entrance to Building 1. 

Disbursing Office 

The Office of the Disbursing Officer is responsible and accountable for 

the collection and disbursement of all cash items through the sale of 

publications, issuance and accounting of United States Savings Bonds, 

and any other cash transactions necessary to the conduct of business 

for the u. s. Government Printing Office. 

Comparison of Activities 

Statements of Accountability: 

Collections 

Disbursements 

Total Number of Checks Issued 

United States Savings Bonds: 

Number of Bond Accounts 

Number of Bonds Issued 

Payroll Deductions and Cash 

Collection, Deposit & Refund 

Branch: 

Pieces of Mail Handled 

Number of Coupons Disbursed 

Number of Check Refunds 

1970 

$273,476,252 

307,650,495 

398,498 

4,473 

75,297 

$2,177,320 

6,941,672 

16,431,978 

135,600 

1969 

$233,939,957 

252,4lt0,644 

369,338 

4,717 

78,898 

$2,199,771 

5,726,175 

14,166,719 

119,115 

1968 

$212 ,lf61,675 

236,284,884 

4,790 

80,783 

$2,249,850 

5,089,963 

12,995,179 

113,215 
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There have been increases in all phases of operations during the past 

year with the exception of the Savings Bond program. This work load 

was accomplished with the same work force and with a large turnover of 

employees. 

The fluctuations of savings bond accounts reflects a great 

due to cancellations and renewals of payroll deductions. 

are kept manually and the bonds are prepared and issued by 

Office. 

Internal Audit Staff 

deal of work 

These accounts 

the Disbursing 

The Internal Audit Staff is responsible for conducting independent, 

objective, and constructive reviews of the Government Printing Office's 

operating, administrative, and financial programs and for reporting its 

findings and recommendations to the Public Printer. 

Production Analysis 

During the year, audits were performed on production security; paper 

lnventory controls, vehicle control and property management practices; 

fixed assets policy and practices; purchase and use of selected 

materials and supplies; cash handline procedures; alleged theft of 

money and purchase orders; alleged theft of paper; and the GPO 

Cafeteria, Recreation, and Welfare Association. In addition, assistance 

and work were performed with and for representatives of the General 

Accounting Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

As a result of these reviews, eight formal audit reports were issued 

and several memorandums were issued to top management who requested 

our opinion on selected operations. 

Audit reports issued 

1970 

-a 

1969 

--r 

1968 

---rAudits in progress at the year end included reviews of paper handling 

and related activities; selected operations and administrative practices of the Chicago Field Service Office and the Office of the Superintendent of Field Service Division, Computing function and billing and 

collecting function, and financial statements and related accounts. 

Personnel Division 

The Personnel Division is responsible for advising the Public Printer 

and his staff on personnel policies and personnel programs which will 

enable the Office to carry out its mission in the most effective manne~. 

It is also responsible for administering personnel programs in accordance with pertinent laws, civil service rules and regulations and the 

policies of the Public Printer. 
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Comparison of Activities 

1970 1969 1968 

Training Projects 238 '""'246 l8ii' 

Employees trained *2,412 1,633 1,524 

Treatments in Medical Section **51,131 47,693 44,434 

CFC quota achieved 90.9% 89.2% 95.6% 

Positions classified *** 1,398 939 987 

Corrective Actions 222 192 329 

Appointments 2,138 1,944 1,794 

Separations (includes 230 

retirements processed) 1,714 1,657 1,558 

Interviews Held, Rm. C-104 10,200 10,181 18,99q 

Promotions processed 1,172 916 865 

Total Personnel Actions 

(Appointments, separations, 

changes) ****19,582 16,746 17,055 

Formal Grievances (which arose 

out of labor agreements F. 

reached conciliation stage) 6 3 0 

* The increase in the number of employees trained includes orientation 

of summer employees which was not counted in previous reports. The 

increase also includes additional training of emergency squads in 

fire fighting. 

** During the past year, we have had a gradual increase in the number 

of personnel reporting to the Medical Section for treatment. This is 

partly attributed to the fact that our Medical Office is treating more 

and a broader category of cases than were previously treated. In 

addition, a number of employees who were treated under the new tuberculin skin test program are reflected in the overall increase. 

*** The increase in the number of positions classified is directly 

attributable to increased emphasis on the classification survey program. 

  The increase in the total number of personnel actions is attributed 

mostly to mass changes and wage adjustments which resulted from classification surveys. There was also a substantial number of changes in 

enrollments in the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance and in 

appointments of WAE personnel. 

During the year, provisions of the Whitten Amendment were put into 

effect for all GG promotion actions in the Government Printing Office, 

bringing us into conformity with most other Federal agencies. 

Sixty-seven employees completed formal on-the-job training programs 

and received certificates during the year. 
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Special orientations and training classes were held for approximately 

150 summer aides and 57 college summer employees. 

A special training program was prepared and presented to 43 union 

officials on Classification Procedures, Principles, and Concepts. 

We have developed and forwarded for final approval proposed revision 

of our Administrative Order No. 209, on Labor-Management Relations. 

The revised Administrative Order embodies the Office's intent to 

follow the new Executive Order on Labor-Management Relations (Executive Order 11491). 

Labor-Management Agreements were renegotiated with four units: American 

Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) AFGE Local 1292; AFGE 

Local 1248; Local t~2 of the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders; 

and the Washington Printing Pressmen's Union No. 1. 

Initial classification surveys of nonsupervisory Printing Plant Workers 

and GG positions were completed in all divisions. 

Under the Incentive Awards Program, 598 employees were presented Special 

Achievement Awards for sustained superior performance and six employees 

earned outstanding performance ratings. A total of $125,415.00 was 

awarded to this group of employees. The Office realized a tangible 

savings of $339,765.00 from the performance of 293 employees whose 

production was .measurable. 

The Incentive Awards Committee approved 36 suggestions resulting in an 

annual savings to the Office of $40,559. Under the suggestion system, 

employees received a total of $2,580.00 in cash awards. 

Currently there are 16 lots available for parking in addition to the use 

of one Senate lot, three House lots, the Gales School lot and the HOB 

lot. This makes 1,249 parking spaces available. Because we are able 

to put more than one shift on some of the lots, we have issued 1,813 

permits, which is an increase of 370 over last year. All employees 

on the night shifts who have requested parking spaces have been assigned. 

Public Documents Division 

The Division of Public Documents has general supervision of the public 

distribution of United States Government publications. It places publications on public sale; administers the depository library distribution program; compiles catalogs, indexes, and price lists of Government publications; and provides mailing services for certain publications distributed by Members of Congress and other Government agencies. 
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Comparison of Activities 

Amount of Appropriation 

Number of Sales Orders 

Amount of Sales 

Miscellaneous Receipts 

Number of Letters of Inquiry 

Publications Received for Departmental Free Distribution 

Publications Distributed Free 

for Other Government Agencies 

Number of Publications Sold 

Number of Publications Distributed to Depository Libraries 

Total Publications Received 

Total Publications Distributed 

Customers Served by GPO Bookstores 

Amount of Bookstore Sales 

Number of Mailing Lists Maintained 

Number of Addresses on Mailing 

Lists 

Total Copies of Available Sales 

Publications 

Number of Documents Cataloged 

Number of Depository Libraries 

1970 

$10,045,400 

4,687,617 

$21,257,748 

S9,098,293 

2,254,055 

92,099,996 

84,398,860 

74,967,140 

10,488,903 

250,107,784 

233.567,484 

379,296 

$2,134,362 

1,241 

2,866,634 

77,846,456 

48,038 

1,031 

1969 1968 

$ 8,178,000 $ 7,469,000 

4,448,878 4,101,123 

$19,907,291 $16,874,539 

$10,629,363 $6,627,702 

2,424,968 1,731,668 

97,682,271 83,916,278 

96,361,242 80,881,583 

71,455,290 69,435,734 

10,819,76'4 9,878,941 

233,679,845 223,044,209 

236,011,983 221,193,371 

273,755 224,127 

$1,374,512 $1,006,865 

1,224 1,224 

2,926,077 2,842,300 

69,007,292 72,660,459 

48,419 53,455 

995 960 

As noted above, all phases of the Division's sales and depository library 

programs showed increases. Slight decreases were recorded in the distribution programs provided for the Congress and Government departments 

and agencies, which are not unusual. These programs are wholly dependent on the publishing programs of the departments. 

As a result of a study by this Division and the Data P~cessing Branch 

of the Division of Finance and Accounts, during fiscal year 1970 the 

physical inventory system was modified to establish a basis for automating reserve stock inventory. With this conversion, the Division will 

have the capability to maintain current reserve inventory balances and 

to provide the Procurement Section with daily listings as an aid in 

replenishing stocks of sales publications as required. The Division is 

also establishing depositors' names and addresses on magnetic tape. 

This will permit the Division to use visual display terminals connected 

to the computer in the Data Processing Branch. It will enable the Division to maintain deposit accounts on a current basis and will provide 

the Division with immediate access to the accounts to answer inquiries 

received from customers. 
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The A. B. Dick Videograph label addresser which was put into operation 

approximately one year ago, is being utilized to an increasing extent. 

Even though the equipment is being operated only during a single 8-hour 

shift, we have been able to produce all labels required for our mailings 

that now exist on magnetic tape, as well as requests received from other 

Government agencies. During the fiscal year, the total production output 

was 60,637,000 labels. 

The depository library system continued to grow. As of June 30, 1969, 

there were 995 depository libraries, and during the fiscal year, they 

increased to 1,031. Representatives of the Division participated in a 

number of library conferences during the year, which were designed to 

assist and advise librarians handling United States Government publications. 

Professional, educational, business, and recreational groups are prominent among organizations which are increasingly interested in featuring 

displays of Government publications at conferences, trade shows, etc. 

During fiscal year 1970, we arranged and staffed displays at the Annual 

Milwaukee Summerfest Festival; the opening of the United States Mint in 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Eighth International Congress of Gerontology; the National Postal Forum in Washington, D.C.; the Fifteenth 

Annual Seminar of the American Society for Industrial Security; the 

Retired Army Personnel Luncheon at Fort Myer, Virginia; the annual convention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; the Second 

Annual Atlantic Wildfowl Carving and Art Exhibit; the Virginia Camp and 

Sports Show; the Interpex Stamp Exhibition in New York City; the Washington International Sports, Camping, and Travel Show; and the American 

Library Association Convention in Detroit, Michigan. 

As in past years, publications of the Children's Bureau and the Internal 

Revenue Service retain prominent positions among Government all-time 

bestsellers. "Infant Care" continues to be the all-time bestseller with 

more than 14 million copies sold to date. "Your Federal Income Tax" is 

the second all-time bestseller and is followed by "Prenatal Care," 

"Your Child from 1 to 6," "Tax Guide for Small Business," and "Your Child 

from 6 to 12." New editions of such favorites as the "National ZIP Code 

Directory," "Economic Report of the President," "United States Government Organization Manual," "Statistical Abstract of the United States," 

and the "U.S. Industrial Outlook" were also prominent in the year's sales. 

The phenomenal interest that we experienced in the Nation's space program during fiscal year 1969 continued during fiscal year 1970. Picture sets published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

depicting man's first manned lunar lading, were extremely well received 

by the public, and the previously published NASA publication, "Exploring 

Space With a Camera," continues to sell almost faster than copies can 

be printed and produced. 
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During the previous two years, bookstore sales have exceeded $1 million 

and for the first time this year exceeded $2 million. Total bookstore 

sales of $2,134,361 in fiscal year 1970 exceeded the previous year by 

55 percent. Collectively the bookstores served approximately 380.000 

customers. 

During the year, three new branch bookstores were opened. To provide 

much-needed additional service to the Washington metropolitan area, a 

branch bookstore was opened in the Pentagon on March 24. Branch stores 

were also opened in Boston, Massachusetts, on r~ay 18, and in Los Angeles, 

California, on June 10. Plans which began during fiscal year 1970 are 

well underway for opening a branch bookstore in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Purchasing Division 

The Purchasing Division is responsible for the procurement and contracting activities of the Government Printing Office. These include 

the acquisition of operating materials, supplies, equipment, and 

miscellaneous services; the leasing of warehouse space; the engagement of transportation services; the disposal of surplus property; and 

the procurement of printing and binding from commercial sources. 

The value of our procurement activities during fiscal year 1970 amounted 

to $155,634 1 380.31. This represents an increase of $14,566,786.77 when 

compared to the previous fiscal year, and was predominantly caused by an 

increase of $14,732,329.77 in commercial printing, including Field Service and Regional Procurement Offices. 

Comparison of Activities 

No. of Purchases Orders 

drawn 

Materials and supplies 

Blank paper & envelopes 

Commercial Printing and 

Binding: 

Central Office (est.) 

Retional Proc. Offices 

(est.) 

Field Service (est.) 

All-inclusive 

Services, transportation, 

communications, travel 

Machinery and equipment 

TOTALS 

Paper purchased by pounds 

Paper purchased by sheets 

Envelopes 

Containers 

1970 

35,086 

$ 4,218,540 

26,213,899 

1969 

32,809 

$ 3,727,474 

27,511,617 

94,891,332**  

17,890,467** 8,867,585** 

2,105,736** 1,511,652** 

$120,002,899* $105,270,569* 

4, 7t~l,082 

457,960 

$iss,634,3BO 

155,702,679 

29,412,681 

228,875,315 

3,422,883 

tt,006,689 

551,244 

$141_,067,593 

181,428,652 

21,261,200 

219,961,786 

4,068,011 

1968 

31,274 

$ 3,963,401 

26,299,890 

$96,134,416* 

4,033,2111 

11708 1434 

$132,139,355 

189,140,530 

18,643,069 

234,853,532 

3,936,843 
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* The value of commercial printing was computed by taking the sum of 

all payments made on items ordered and delivered in this fiscal year and 

adding thereto the sum of the items on undelivered orders plus the sum 

of items delivered but still unpaid during the period, then deducting 

the sum of items remaining undelivered in the previous fiscal year and 

paid in the present year. These figures, as furnished by Finance and 

Accounts, do not include applicable surcharges or the value of paper 

furnished to commercial contractors. 

** These figures are developed by using Printing Procurement Section's 

fiscal year records as a basis for estimating. 

Paper purchased by the pound totaled 155,702,679 pounds, a decrease of 

25,725,973 pounds from the quantity purchased in the previous fiscal 

year. Paper purchased by the sheet totaled 29,412,681, which is an 

increase of 8,151,481 sheets. Envelopes purchased increased by 8,913,529, 

and containers decreased by 645,128. 

Paper prices showed a ~oderate increase in the first quarter and a small 

decrease in the second quarter. They increased slightly in the third 

quarter and showed another small decrease in the last quarter, resulting 

in a cumulative price increase of 2.93 percent for the entire fiscal 

year. 

The bi-weekly average inventory of paper during Fiscal Year 1970 amounted 

to 59,202,266 pounds. This figure included an average of 3,351,375 

pounds in the plants of commercial printing contractors, 6,006,735 pounds 

on hand awaiting release, and an emergency reserve storage of approximately 19,709,688 pounds. 

The high point in our paper inventory of 61,931,772 pounds occurred 

during the bi-weekly period of October 6, 1969, through October 17, 1969; 

and the low point of 55,393,785 pounds occurred during the bi-weekly 

period of August 25, 1969, through September 5, 1969. The following 

table shows the amount and location of paper inventories at the close of 

the past three fiscal years: 

Washington & Franconia 

Emergency Reserve 

Contractor's Plants 

GRAND TOTALS 

1970 

34,227,057 

17,986,286 

3,313,713 

55,527,056 

1969 

35,6~83 

19,823,513 

2,998,489 

58,488,785 

1968 

43,408,183 

19,392,006 

3,594,073 

66,394,262 

The Specifications Section, in conjunction with the Printing Procurement 

Section, solicited suggestions for changes from Government agencies and 

industry prior to the annual preparation of the Contract for Marginally 
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Punched Continuous Forms. Two meetings were held, one in April and one 

in May, which were attended by interested members of Government departments, industry, and Government Printing Office representatives, to 

discuss proposed changes in the contract. A summary report of the 

meetings was forwarded through the Public Printer to the Joint Committee 

on Printing. As a result of these meetings, Purchasing Division personnel conducted two classes in January whereby 81 representatives from 

various departments were counseled in the use of the current contract. 

Specifications were developed to include Cold Type composition as an 

option to Hot Metal and Photocomposition in our composition specifications. The development of an equitable pricing structure for certification of award was extremely complicated, due to the radical differences 

in these methods of composition. 

Two new Regional Printing Procurement Offices were opened during the 

fiscal year: one in Dallas, Texas, and the other in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Term contracts were prepared for these offices which will permit Government agencies in the field to procure their printing needs through the 

facilit~es of the Government Printing Office Regional Printing Procurement Offices in their own locale. 

During the year procurement personnel made over 100 inspections of 

printing contractors' plants. These visits have proved to be a significant factor in maintaining our prior record of dependable service and 

quality. 

The first procurement of composition on magnetic tapes, suitable for 

use as input to the Linotron through the Master Typography Program, was 

made in June of 1970. This procurement consisted of two jobs which were 

purchased for the Defense Supply Agency. Each job resulted in a savings 

of approximately 50 percent below the department's estimated composition 

oosts, which were based on prior prices paid to commercial contractors 

by D.S.A. for similar work. It is anticipated that the savings on these 

two jobs will generate a considerable amount of additional work of this 

nature, whenever composition can be accomplished in this manner. 

A decision was made in June of 1970 to purchase the composition for 

Congressional Hearings from commercial typesetters, for the first time 

in the history of the Government Printing Office. A special control 

procedure was initiated in the Printing Procurement Section to minimize 

delinquent deliveries of the hearings, and all composition was successfully procured on existing term contracts, with a four to five day 

production schedule. 

By readvertising modified specifications or increasing production time 

on invitations where excessive bids were received, the Printing Procurement Section saved in excess of $436,000 during the fiscal year. 
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Tests and Technical Control Division 

The Tests and Technical Control Division tests all materials entering 

into printing and binding processes, and is engaged in such standardization work and technical research as might be desirable to improve 

the quality of the products and materials used by the Office. It 

writes specifications for the procurement of materials which are best 

suited to the requirements of the processes, and aids in the solution 

of technical problems incident to plant operations. 

1970 1969 1968 

Samples Tested: 

Paper and envelopes 12,607 12,953 12,748 

Metals 1,047 1,021 1,112 

Printing Inks 1,817 1,329 1,824 

Ink-making materials 338 267 327 

Bookbinding materials 663 647 760 

Bookbinding leathers 21 17 21 

Adhesives & Adhesive-making materials 180 125 103 

Oils and Greases 197 193 156 

Chemicals 120 100 105 

Offset Supplies 95 124 116 

Miscellaneous 568 668 605 

TOTALS 1?,653 17,"i'iii4 17,877 

Manufactured Printins Inks (pounds): 259,187 226,201 235,774 

Silver recovered from Photosraphic Fix 

(Troy Ounces} 1,994 1,235 1,573 

A new Elmendorf Tear Tester was purchased for the Paper Testing Laboratory as a replacement for a 44-year old obsolete machine that did 

not comply with the current revision of the TAPPI Testing Method for 

determining the tearing resistance of paper. 

Two MIT Folding Endurance Testers were purchased as replacements for 

two old obsolete instruments. These new machines are equipped with 

cooling fans to prevent the temperature of the test strips from 

increasing due to heat generated by friction during the test. 

A new Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer was purchased for the Metals 

and Chemicals Laboratory. This new instrument provides a rapid qualitative and quantitative means of analyzing metals and miscellaneous 

chemicals. The instrument is being utilized in the daily analysis of 

type metals to determine the required adjustments for correction to 

standard formulas. 
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Employees of the Division have taken part in developing three major 

innovations in the Government Paper Specification Standards, which 

have gone into effect during the year. A new Standard for Flexural 

Offset Book Paper, JCP A72, was introduced. This is a 70-pound flexible paper, particularly suited for adhesive binding of publications 

of a temporary nature, capru)le of lying flat when open. A new 

lighter-weight wet-strength map paper was added to JCP E20. The 

inclusion of the year of manufacture in the watermark for cottoncontent papers became fully effective during the year. Twenty-two 

revisions or modifications of other JCP Standards were also completed, 
STATISTICAL APPENDIX 
ASSETS 

FUND BALANCES WITH U.S. TREASURY 

AND CASH: 

Fund balances in U.S. Treasury 

Cash on hand and in transit 

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND ADVANCES: 

Accounts receivable: 

Government agencies 

Other 

Advances to employees 

INVENTORIES: 

Publications for sale, at costb 

process, at 

cost 

Paper 1 envelopes, and other 

supplies, at cost 

DEFERRED CHARGES 

appurtenances 

Construction in progress 

Less allowance for depreciation 

Toea! Assets 

Revolving 

fund 

$ 17,941,251 

589,054 

18,530,305 

61,988,675 

359' 81,2 

8,240 

62,356,757 

7,000,200 

15,695,820 

$14,869,775 

14,869,775 

61,938 

1, 105 

9,085,173 

935,855 

aOth0r funds consist of account balances of the Printing and 

GOVERNMENT PRI::TING OFFICE 

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

AS OF JUNE 30, 1970 

Combined 

funds 

$ 32,811,026 

589,054 

33,400,080 

62,050,613 

360,91+7 

8,240 

62,419,800 

7,000,200 

15,695,820 

9,085,173 

LIABILITIES:c 

Accounts payable 

Accrued salaries and wages 

Amounts withheld from 

for 

accrued annual leave 

Customersr deposits and prepaid 

subscriptions 

INVES1MENT OF U.S. GOVERNMENT: 

Capital 

Retained earnings 0 (Table 2) 

ons and other fund 

(Table 3) 

Income from sales of publications 

payable to U.S. Treasury (Table 5) 

Total investment of e.S. 

Government 

Total liabiliti8s and investm~nt 

of l!~ S. Government 

$ 

Revolving 

fund 

836,560 

3,831,720 

3,928,260 

28,964,311 

59, 

28, 

_LJJ98,293 

95,681,130 

of Documents Sa]ar:it:s and Expenses 

building structures and land which is excluded from the Government Printing Office law (1•4 . S.C. The expendi

Printing and Rindin2: aonronriatiOlt can onlv be to reimburse the Government Printing Office revolving fund work ordered by Congress. 

bPublications for sale, at cost after deduction of allowance for unsalable publications of $927,546. 

cDoes not include a contingent 

Printing Office; and does not 

~..~stirnatt.:·d at $797407 for the value of comp8nsatory time-off in 1 ieu of overt i.rtH.: 

295,000 for the net value of sick ] cavP earnc·d and .accumulated hy C'mployec'S 

C'arncd and accumul<:Ited 

Government Printing 

oth(-r funds consLst of amount owed to the Government Printing Office revolving fund by thf' Offi<::t' the Superintendt:nt of Documen

eRet:ained earnings of $2,676,454 have b~,.'c-m rcstcrved for tbt:'! parchaso:_' of machiu<;.:ry and equipment. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

REVOLVING FUND 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSES 

FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 1970 AND 1969 

INCOME 

Printing and binding services performed for 

Government agencies and Congress 

Document sales to the public 

Services associated with document sales: 

Reimbursements by appropriations to the 

Superintendent of Documents (TABLE 3) 

Services associated with depository libraries, 

cataloging and indexing, and distributions for 

other agencies: 

Reimbursements by appropriations to the 

Superintendent of Documents (TABLE 3) 

Blank paper sales: 

Receipts from other Government agencies 

Other 

DIRECT COSTS 

Labor 

Material 

Total income 

Purchases of printing 

Total direct costs 

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS 

Total costs 

NET INCOME TO THE REVOLVING FUND 

Less amount payable to the United States 

Treasury (TABLE 5) 

NET INCOME RETAINED BY THE REVOLVING FUND 

CHANGE IN EARNINGS RETAINED 

BY THE REVOLVING FUND 

Balance - July 1, 1969 

Addition: 

Net income retained by revolving fund 

(as above) 

Balance - June 30, 1970 (TABLE 1) 

Fiscal 

year 

1970 

$214,843,105 

20,946,687 

5,980,295 

4, 395,383 

12,599,788 

563,647 

259,328,905 

65,397,413 

31,286,084 

117,144,158 

213,827,655 

35,383,731 

249' 211,386 

10,117,519 

9,098,294 

$ 1,019,225 

27,748,229 

1,019,225 

$ 28,767,454 

Fiscal 

year 

1969 

$184,595,474 

18,082,405 

4,821,855 

3,885,329 

12,697,484 

2,085,479 

226,168,026 

57,976,902 

30,468,037 

94,825,681 

183,270,620 

30,011,521 

213,282,141 

12,885,885 

10,629,363 

$ 2,256,522 

TABLE 2 

Increase or 

decrease (-) 

$30,247,631 

2,864, 282 

1,158,440 

510,054 

97,696 

1,521,832 

33,160,879 

7,420,511 

818,047 

22,318,477 

30,557,035 

5,372,210 

35,929,245 

2,768,366 

1,531,069 

-$ 1,237,297 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

OTHER FUNDS 

STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER FUND BALANCES 

AT JUNE 30, 1970 

Appropriation balances at 

July 1, 1969 

Additions: 

Appropriations: 

To cover obligations incurred 

in excess of appropriated 

funds in 1968 

For fiscal year 1970 

Reimbursements 

Increase in investment in 

furniture 

Miscellaneous 

Total 

Less: 

Amounts paid to the revolving 

fund in payment for: 

Congressional printing and 

binding (TABLE 4) 

Sales distribution (TABLE 4) 

Other expenses (TABLE 4) 

Unobligated funds returned to 

U, S. Treasury 

Depreciation on buildings and 

furniture and fixtures 

Increase in liability for employees 

annual leave, Office of Superintendent of Documents 

Total deductions 

Balance June 30, 1970 (TABLE 1) 

UNOBLIGATED BALANCES OR OVEROBLIGATION (-) 

Appropriation balance at June 30, 1970 

(as above) 

Less: 

Obligations 

Unobligated balance or overobligation (-) 

Appropriation 

for printing 

and binding 

for the 

Congress 

$13,659,215 

2,500,000 

27,800,000 

43,959,215 

30,204,458 

30,204,458 

$13,754,757 

$13,754,757 

17,793,430 

-$ 4,038,673" 

aTo be funded from subsequent years appropriations. 

Appropriation 

for the Office 

of the Superintendent of 

Documents 

$ 262,178 

$ 

$ 

10,045,400 

366,675 

1 105 

10' 675 '358 

5,980,295 

4, 395' 383 

117' 708 

10,493,386 

181 '972 

181' 972 

181,972 

TABLE 3 

$2,756,030 

57' 980 

2,814,010 

137,828 

15,524 

153,352 

$2,660,658 

$16,677,423 

2,500,000 

37,845,400 

366,675 

1 105 

57,448,583 

30,204,458 

5,980,295 

4,395,383 

117' 708 

137,828 

15 524 

40,851,196 

$16,597,387 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

OTHER FUNDS 

STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS 

FROM APPROPRIATIONS TO THE REVOLVING FUND 

FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 1970 AND 1969 

Payments from congressional printing and binding 

appropriations to revolving fund: 

Congressional Record 

Hearings 

Miscellaneous printing and binding 

Bills, resolutions and amendments 

Miscellaneous publications 

Federal Register 

Committee prints 

House and Senate calendars 

Documents 

Supplements to the Code of Federal Regulations 

Committee reports 

Franked envelopes 

Publications for international exchange 

Document franks 

Total (TABLE 3) 

Payments from appropriations to the Office of the 

Superintendent of Documents to the revolving 

fund: 

Sales distribution expense (TABLE 3) 

Other: 

Distribution for other agencies 

Depository library distribution 

Cataloging and indexing 

Total (TABLE 3) 

Total disbursements 

Fiscal 

year 

...l2lQ_ 

$ 6,491,896 

7,429,858 

3,041,961 

2,903,286 

2,196,454 

1,834,157 

1,474,863 

938,970 

856,095 

1,058,928 

1,044,321 

607,721 

293,918 

32,030 

$30,204,458 

5,980,295 

1,602,596 

2,304,880 

487 907 

4,395,383 

$10,375,678 

TABLE 4 

Fiscal 

year Increase or 

...lli.2_ decrease (-) 

$ 4,848,765 $1,643,131 

4,250,413 3,179,445 

2,796,257 245,704 

2,059,243 844,043 

1,668,473 527,981 

1,595,570 238,587 

1,307,719 167,144 

869,582 69' 388 

740,847 115,248 

668,633 390,295 

619,843 424,478 

528,982 78,739 

249,251 44,667 

26 542 5 488 

$22,230,120 $7,974,338 

4,821,856 1,158,439 

1,396,084 206,512 

2,058,769 246, lll 

430 475 57 432 

3,885,328 510,055 

$ 8,707,184 $1,668,494 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

REVOLVING FUND 

AMOUNTS DUE U.S. TREASURY 

FROM SALE OF PUBLICATIONS 

FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 1970 AND 1969 

INCOME 

Income from document sales to the public 

Reinbursements by appropriations to the 

Superintendent of Documents 

Other Income 

Total income 

COST OF PRINTING AND BINDING 

OTHER EXPENSES 

Salaries and expenses 

Administrative 

Mailing costs 

Total other expenses 

NET INCOME FROM SALES OF PUBLICATIONS PAYABLE 

TO U.S. TREASURY (TABLE 2) 

Status of payments due U.S. Treasury: 

Balance payable July 1, 1969 

~: Income from sales of publications 

during fiscal year 1970 as above 

Total 

Less: Payments to u.s. Treasury during 

fiscal year 1970 

Balance payable June 30, 1970 

(TABLE 1) 

Fiscal 

year 

_l2lQ_ 

$20,946,687 

5,980,295 

394,024 

27,321,006 

9,133,653 

5,980,295 

1,705,495 

1,403,269 

9,089,059 

$ 9,098,294 

6,834,956 

9,098,294 

15,933,250 

8,834,957 

$ 7,098,293 

TABLE 5 

Fiscal 

year Increase or 

~ decrease ~ -l 

$18,082,405 $2,864,282 

4,821,856 1,158,439 

1,905,703 1,511,679 

24,809,964 2,511,042 

6,637,366 2,496,287 

4,821,856 1,158,439 

1,373, 779 331' 716 

1,347,600 55,669 

7,543,235 1,545,824 

$10,629,363 -$1,531,069 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

REVOLVING AND OTHER FUNDS 

STATEMENT OF SOURCES AND APPLICATION OF FUNDS 

FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1970 

Funds were provided by: 

Printing and binding services performed 

Document sales to the public 

Sales of paper 

Appropriations: 

For Congressional printing and binding 

For the Superintendent of Documents 

$10,045,400, plus reimbursements of $366,675 

Miscellaneous 

Total funds provided 

Funds were applied to: 

Operating costs - less allowance for depreciation 

not requiring expenditure of funds 

Payments to U.S. Treasury of income from 

publications sold 

Purchases of equipment 

Unobligated funds returned to U.S. Treasury 

Total funds applied 

Increase in working capital 

1970 

Increase in working capital: 

Fund balances with u.s. Treasury 

1969 

and cash $ 

Accounts receivables & advances 

Inventories 

Deferred charges 

33,400,080 

62,419,800 

33,708,300 

33,285 

$ 36,150,202 

52,584,737 

33,492,228 

72,193 

Less: 

Liabilities excluding employees' 

accrued annual leave, other 

funds 

TOTAL 

TABLE 6 

$214,843,105 

20,946,687 

12,599,788 

30,300,000 

10,412,075 

526,761 

$289,628,416 

$277,467,820 

8,834,957 

931,257 

117.708 

$287,351,742 

$ 2,276,674 

Increase or 

Decrease (-) 

-$ 2,750,122 

9,835,063 

216,072 

38,908 

7,262,105 

$ 4, 985,431 

$ 2,276,674 

GPO 902-773 
Table 7 

STATEMENT OF CLASSES AND BILLINGS FOR WORK 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, FIELD SERVICE OFFICES, AND COMMERCIALLY PROCURED WORK 

FISCAL YEAR 1970 

Reproduced Type 

Pages Pages 

Class of Work CoEies Printed Printed 

Congressional Record 10,902,602 560 121,767 

Federal Register 5,337,333 986 22,167 

Supplement to the Code of 

Federal Regulations. 674,974 5,050 69,222 

Official Gazette 429,659 30,345 

Specifications of Patents, 

Trademarks & Designs 11,120,010 1,414 274,688 

Miscellaneous Publications 2,165,792,919 9,113,426 702,971 

Postal Cards 724,806,500 

Aerogrammes. 39,337,300 

Catalog Cards. 59,158,587 

Tabulating Cards 1,089,834, 783 

Letterheads & Envelopes. 381,638,983 

Forms, Notices & Cards 7,446,071,597 

Multiforms 2,827,722,927 

Blank Books. 124,268,980 

Miscellaneous Binding. 27' 1,19 

Binders. 1,312,702 

Miscellaneous. 

Blank Paper. 

Supplies and Services. 

Total 14,888,437,275 9,151,781 1,190,815 

G. P.O. Departmental Service 

Office . 223,673,478 

Field Service Offices. 438,841 502 

GRAND TOTAL 151 550 1 952,255 91 151 1 781 11 1901815 

Breakdown of the Amount Billed: 

Value of Work Produced and Performed by the G.P.O. Central Office 

including paper and materials 

Value of Outside Printing 

Value of Paper Furnished Contractors 

Total Value of Outside Printing 

Blank Paper 

G.P.O. Departmental Service Office 

Field Service Offices · · · · · Total Field and Departmental Service Offices 

Total Amount Billed · · · · · · · · · · 

$115,827,023.13 

3,335,558.52 

$ 4,311,012.67 

5,437,175.94 

Publications 

Bound 

125,620 

3,000 

1,318,742 

1,447,362 

1,447,362 

Amount 

Billed 

$ 6,730,323.71 

1,852,865.76 

1,375,403.02 

660,531.78 

6,461,234.85 

123,445,372.59 

949) 051. 39 

188,876.57 

970,253.71 

2,253,949.15 

2,509,586.06 

24,039,193.22 

24,329,730.91 

3,174,248.74 

382,880.11 

692,021.43 

8, 096, 133. 27 

12,389,637.94 

121,662.89 

$220,622,957.10 

4,311,012.67 

5,437,175.94 

~230,371,145. 71 

$ 89,388,840.50 

119, 162,581.65 

12,071,534.95 

9,748,188.61 

$230,371,145.71 
Table 8 

STATEMENT OF CLASSES AND BILLINGS FOR WORK 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE EXCLUSIVE OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE ON 

COMMERCIALLY PROCURED WORK 

FISCAL YEAR 1970 

Reproduced Type 

Pages Pages Publications Amount 

Class of Work CoEies Printed Printed Bound Billed 

Congressional Record 10,902,602 560 121,767 125,620 $ 6, 730,323. 7l 

Federal Register • 5,337,333 986 22,167 3,000 1,852,865.76 

Supplement to the Code of 

Federal Regulations 674,974 5,050 69,222 1,375,403.02 

Official Gazette • 429,659 30,345 660,531.78 

Specifications of Patents, 

Trademarks & Designs • . 11,120,010 1,414 274,688 6,461,234.85 

Miscellaneous Publications 627,254,074 766,466 674,191 1,069,766 51,148,485.36 

Postal Cards 724,806,500 949,051.39 

Aerogrammes 39,337,300 188,876.57 

Catalog Cards 59,158,587 970,253,71 

Letterheads & Envelopes 309,451,640 1,851,819.99 

Forms, Notices, & Cards 2,514,300,543 7,563,462.38 

Blank Books 86,446,604 1,872, 928.72 

Miscellaneous Binding 27,419 382,880,11 

Binders 183,556 117,970.92. 

Miscellaneous ---------- 4,950, 774.02 

Blank Paper ---------- 12,389,637.94 

Supplies and Services 

.,. _________ 121,662.89 

Total 4,389,430,801 804,821 1,162,035 1,198,386 $ 99,588,163.12 

G.P.O, Departmental Service 

Office • 223,673,478 4,311,012.67 

Field Service Offices 438,841,502 5,437 ,175. 94 

GRAND TOTAL 5,051,945,781 804,821 1 '162 ,035 1,198,386 $109,336,351.73 
Table 9 

STATEMENT OF CLASSES AND BILLINGS FOR WORK 

COMMERCIALLY PROCURED WORK INCLUDING GOVERNMENT PRINIING OFFICE WORK PERFORMED THEREON 

FISCAL YEAR 1970 

Reproduced Type 

Pages Pages 

Class of Work CoEies Printed Printed 

Miscellaneous Publications 1,538,538,845 8,346,960 28,780 

Tabulating Cards • 1,089,834,783 

Letterheads & Envelopes 72,187,343 

Forms, Notices & Cards 4,931,771,054 

Multiforms • 2,827' 722,927 

Blank Books 37,822,376 

Bind<i!rs 1,129,146 

Miscellaneous __ .,._.,.. ___ 

Total • 10,499,006,474 8,346,960 28,780 

Breakdown of the Amount Billed: 

Value of Outside Printing (Based on finished work value) 

Value of Paper furnished Contractors (Based on amounts billed and the 

value of paper issued) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 

Value of Work Performed by the Government Printing Office including 

Paper used in the Government Printing Office 

TOTAL 

Publications 

Bound 

248' 976 

248,976 

Amount 

Billed 

$ 72,296,887.23 

2,253,949.15 

657,766.07 

16,475,730-.84 

24,329,730.91 

1,301,320.02 

574,050.51 

3,145,359.25 

$121,034,793.98 

$115,827,023.13 

3,335,558.52 

1,872,212.33 

$121,034,793.98 
Table 16 

SAVINGS IN TRANSPORTATION COSTS 

FISCAL YEAR 1970 

ACTUAL 

SOURCE WEIGHT COST 

Truckload and carload 

shipments • . . . . . 70,763,145 $ 706,379 

Less than truckload 

shipments . . . . . . 11,481,900 260,716 

REA Express shipments • 2,360,395 92,264 

Total . . . . . . 8426052440 $120592359 

Consolidating less than truckload shipments from 

Departmental Service Office and outside printers 

with GPO truckload shipments •••••••••• 

Arranging for expedited freight shipping 

in lieu of costlier premium methods 

of shipping • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 

Grand total (savings) 

TARIFF 

COST 

$1,154,624 

319,325 

136,903 

$126102852 

SAVINGS 

$448,245 

58,609 

44,639 

$551,493 

75,730 

22681 

$629,904 

GP 0 900•655 
Table 10 

BILLINGS TO CONGRESS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES 

FISCAL YEAR 1970 

CONGRESS: 

Congressional Record • • • • • • • • 

Miscellaneous Publications • • • • 

Miscellaneous Printing and Binding • 

Publications for International Exchange 

Franked Envelopes • • • • • • • • • 

Document Franks • • • • • • • 

House and Senate Calendars • • 

Bills, Resolutions and Amendments 

Committee Reports 

Documents 

Hearings • • • • • • • • 

Federal Register • 

Supplement to the Code of Federal 

Regulations 

Committee Prints .•• 

Total • • • • 

$ 6,491,895.91 

2,196,433.93 

3,040,454.73 

293,772.78 

607' 720.99 

32,029.68 

938,969.87 

2,903,285.76 

1,044,320.66 

856,095.12 

7,429,858.12 

1,834,156.64 

1,058,928.30 

1,474,863.58 

Administrative Conference of the United States • • • 

Administrative Office of the United States • 

Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Air Force . . . • . • . • . . • 

Air Force Systems Command • • • • • • • • • • • • • 

American Battle Monuments Commission • • • • • 

Appalachian Regional Commission • • • • 

Arm.y • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 

Atomic Energy Commission • • • • • • • 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System • 

Bureau of the Budget • • • • • • • • • • 

Central Intelligence Agency • • • • • 

Civil Aeronautics Board • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 

Civil Service Commission • 

Commerce • • • • • • • . . 

Commission of Fine Arts 

Council of Economic Advisers 

Court of Claims • • • • • • 

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 

Defense Supply Agency 

Department of Defense • • • • • 

Department of Transportation • 

District of Columbia • • • • 

Export-Import Bank of Washington •• 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission • • • • 

Farm Credit Administration • • • • • • • • 

Federal Aviation Agency • • • • • • • • • 

Federal Coal Mine Safety Board of Review 

Federal Communications Commission . • • .• • • • 

$ 30,202,786.07 

2,581. 92 

133,160.98 

6,653,629.62 

18,577,005.73 

2,937,820.04 

294.72 

4,083.67 

32,824,752.14 

628,121.78 

2,250.56 

450,658.53 

491,856.49 

74,471.29 

1,699,252.30 

7,624,340.48 

1, 761.06 

4:1.,639.82 

150,160.07 

4,500.11 

3,039,070.72 

7,307.15 

2,433,808.18 

278,685.59 

33,807.30 

53,966.55 

16,115.24 

150,074.66 

64.28 

299,532.99 
Table 10 (continued) 

(Continued) -2-

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

Federal Home Loan Bank Board . . . 

Federal Maritime Commission 

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service 

Federal Power Commission . . . . . 

Federal Trade Commission . . . . . 

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 

Genera·l Accounting Office . . . . . 

General Services Administration 

Government Printing Office-Superintendent of Public 

Documents Sales Program (Revolving Fund) ..... 

Government Printing Office-Superintendent of Public 

Documents Salaries and Expense Appropriation 

Health, Education and Welfare 

House and Senate-Stationery Room 

Housing and Urban Development. 

Indian Claims Commission 

Interior . . . . . . . . . . . 

Internal Revenue Service . . . 

Interstate Commerce Commission 

Joint Publications Research Service. 

Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Labor ............... . 

Library of Congress (Except Government Printing Office 

Branch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 

Library of Congress (Government Printing Office Branch). 

National Academy of Science. . . . . . . . . . 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

National Aeronautics Space Council . 

National Capital Housing Authority . 

National Capital Planning Commission 

National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering 

Development . . . . . . . . . . 

National Credit Union Administration 

National Forest Reservation Commission 

National Gallery of Art 

National Labor Relations Board 

National Mediation Board . . 

National Science Foundation. 

National Security Agency . 

National Security Council. 

National Water Commission. 

Navy . . ....... . 

Office of Aerospace Research 

Office of Economic Opportunity 

Office of Emergency Preparedness 

Office of Science and Technology 

Office of Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. 

$ 19) 681.53 

130,341.95 

24,357.10 

8,342.26 

235,264.74 

186,445.16 

6,619.62 

246,317.25 

11,571,004.69 

10,953,887.15 

3,277,997.34 

12,150,865.13 

32,125.81 

1' 40 3' 5 72 . 30 

194.17 

4,636,504.30 

ll, 728, ll5 .19 

148,325.78 

26,437.35 

2,185,413.80 

2,180,821.27 

961,664.73 

2,024,435.84 

2,868.22 

2,362,718.68 

11,398.24 

13,168.67 

10,124.56 

58,965.48 

461.05 

1, 710. 18 

55,414.95 

379,831.19 

13,713.16 

312,332.07 

2,449, 761.48 

2,086.35 

2,215.12 

24,948,450.24 

100,182.53 

773,940.82 

22,086.95 

15,528.60 

1,257.45 
(Continued) 

Panama Canal Company 

Pan American Union 

Patent Office- • • . 

Peace Corps· ..•• 

Post Office Department 

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President's Council on Youth Opportunity 

Private Orders • . . . . . • 

Public Land Law Review Commission 

Railroad Retirement Board ..•.. 

Renegotiation Board . . . • . . • 

St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

Selective Service System . . • • 

Small Business Administration. 

Smithsonian Institution. . • . 

State • . . • • • . . • . • • 

Subversive Activities Control Board 

Supreme Court of the United States 

Tariff Commission. • . • . • . . 

Tax Court of the United States 

Tennessee Valley Authority 

Treasury • . . • • • • . 

U.S. Information Agency 

Veterans Administration 

Water Resources Council 

White House . . • • • • 

Table 10 (continued) 

$ 8,459.86 

3,045.33 

7,098,758.66 

39,773.88 

9,646,072.72 

81,180.59 

19,172.34 

14,138.83 

9,095.41 

293.88 

104,421.70 

394,514.16 

340,908.35 

491,736.88 

3,206,029.57 

566.75 

204,897.90 

41,467.95 

26,461.67 

13,015.27 

1,718,177.96 

191,506.87 

2,036,396.87 

4,946.86 

181,594.96 

GRAND TOTAL $230,371,145.71 
Table 11 

PUBLICATIONS FURNISHED CONGRESS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, 

AND INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS 

FISCAL YEAR 1970 

Congress .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 

Administrative Conference of the United States . 

Administrative Office of the U. s. Courts. 

Agriculture ....•.•• 

Air Force .•.••.•.•••••.••••. 

Air Force Systems Command, ••••. 

American Battle Monuments Commission . • • • • 

Appalachian Regional Commission ••• 

Arilly . • . . • . . • . • • • • • • • • 

Atomic Energy Commission • • . • • • • 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System • 

Bureau of the Budget . . • • 

Central Intelligence Agency. 

Civil Aeronautics Board •• 

Civil Service Commission • • 

Commerce . 

Commission of Fine Arts •. 

Council of Economic Advisers • 

Court of Claims ...•.... 

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals •• 

Defense Supply Agency. . . . • . • • • • 

Department of Defense. . • • . • • • • 

Department of Transportation 

District of Columbia • . . • 

Export-Import Bank of Washington • . ••• 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 

Farm Credit Administration . . • . . . • 

Federal Aviation Agency ..••...••. 

Federal Coal Mine Safety Board of Review • 

Federal Communications Commission .•..••. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation •. 

Federal Home Loan Bank Board . . . 

Federal Maritime Commission. . . . 

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service 

Federal Power Commission . . . . . 

Federal Trade Commission • . . . . • . . • . 

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission . 

General Accounting Office .•...•• 

General Services Administration. . . • . 

Government Printing Office-Superintendent of Public 

Documents Sales Program (Revolving Fund) . • . • • 

Government Printing Office-Superintendent of Public 

Documents Salaries and Expenses Appropriation. • 

Health, Education and Welfare. . . 

House and Senate-Stationery Room 

Housing and Urban Development ..• 

41,372,318 

3,035 

280,524 

79,671,497 

129' 715,831 

5,293, 795 

685 

2,118 

313,769,647 

1,103,797 

17,345 

628,707 

130,188 

29,538 

43,567' 774 

187,489,978 

695 

13,910 

171,691 

28 

6,731,806 

18,513,488 

38,456 

33,717 

445,816 

23,074 

195 

852,002 

101,421 

185,446 

16' 918 

5,053 

198,950 

259,549 

8,066 

455' 720 

50,369,775 

54,796,224 

51,352,615 

185 '542' 937 

14,456,465 
Table 11 (continued) 

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Indian Claims Com.m.ission · . • .••.. ·. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · Interior .................•.•........•..•.••••........ 

Internal Revenue Service ••••.•••.•.•••••••••••••••••• 

Interstate Commerce Commission ••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Joint Publications Research Service •••••..••••••••••• 

Justice . .......................•...........•......•.. 

Labor . •..•....••••.•••••••.•••••••••.••••••••••••.... 

Library of Congress (Except Government Printing 

Office Branch) . ...........••......•...•••••.•.••••. 

Library of Congress (Government Printing Office 

Branch) .....................•............•....... , .. 

National Academy of Sciences ••..•••••.••••••.•••••••. 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration •••••.•• 

National Aeronautics Space Council ••.••.••••••••••••• 

National Capital Housing Authority •.••••••.•••••••••• 

National Capital Planning Commission ••••••••••••••••• 

National Capital Transportation Agency •••••••.••••••• 

National Council on Marine Resources and 

Engineering Development •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

National Forest Reservation Commission •••••••••••.••• 

National Gallery of Art .•••.••••.•....•••••••.•.••••• 

National Labor Relations Board ••••.••••.••••••••••••• 

National Mediation Board •••••••••••..•••••.•••••••.•. 

National Science Foundation •.•••••••••••••••••••••••• 

National Security AgenCY·•·•••••••·••••••••o••••••••• 

National Security Council ••••.••••••••••••••••••••••• 

National Security Training Commission •••••••••••••••• 

National Water Commission••••·•••••••••••o••••••••••• 

Navy • •••••..•.••••••••••••.•••.•••••••••••••••••••••• 

Office of Aerospace Research ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Office of Economic Opportunity •••••••••••••••••.••••• 

Office of .Emergency Preparedness ••••••••••••••••••••• 

Office of Science and Technology ••••••••••••••••••••• 

Office of Special Representative for 

Trade Negotiations .•....••....•.•.•••••••••••.•••.. 

Panama Canal Company .•.••.•••.•••••••••••••••••••••.. 

Pan .Atnerican Union .. ................................. . 

Patent Office •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Peace Corps .••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Past Office Department ................••...•.•....... 

President's Council on Youth Opportunity .•••••••••••• 

Private Orders ••...••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••. 

Public Land Law Review Commission •••••••••••••••••••• 

Railroad Retirement Board •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Renegotiation Board ...•....•••.•••...•••••••••••••••• 

St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation •••••••••• 

Securities and Exchange Commission ••••••••••••••••••• 

Selective Service System •••••••.••••••••••••••••••••• 

Small Business Administration •••••••.•••.•••••••••••• 

Smithsonian Institution ••••.•••••••••• ~··•••••••••o•• 

State .............. ••·••••••o•••o•••••••••••••••••••• 

316 

33,087,515 

4 75,481' 774 

125,954 

9,256,562 

22,279,702 

2,838,866 

2,250 

6,704 

5,712,300 

10,000 

8,140 

5,837 

25,620 

1,200 

2,379,699 

938,549 

6,265 

3,507,364 

25,769 

5,393 

2,000 

97,708,882 

22,307 

10,121,833 

182,861 

19,429 

1,500 

33,069 

51 

11,296,809 

53,083 

148,393,361 

6,701,339 

47,876 

8,216 

281,567 

10,942,534 

5,344,204 

3,136,060 

12,989,522 
Table 11 (continued) 

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Subversive Activities Control Board ••••••••••• -••••••••• 

Supreme Court of the United States ••••••••••••••••••••• 

Tariff Commission .••• o••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Tax Court of the United States ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Tennessee Valley Authority ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Treasury . .•..•••.••••...••••••••••..•.••.•••••••••••... 

U. S. Information Agency .•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Veterans Administration •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Water Resources Council •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Wllite House •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

TOTAL • •••••••••••••••••• 

2,527 

301,107 

16,651 

15,832 

85,187 

90,157,973 

380,551 

51,391,798 

4,000 

491,135 

2,193,489,837 
Table 12 

SCHEDULE OF 

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 

AS OF 

JUNE 30, 1970 

(PRINTING AND BINDING OPERATIONS) 

DEPARTMENT 

Administrative Conference of the United States •.....••...•. $ 

Administrative Office of the United States Courts ......... . 

Agriculture ...•.•..•........•..•......••••.•..•.........•.. 

Air Force ......................................... __. .......... . 

Air Force Systems Command .•.....•••...•......•....•••••...• 

Appalachian Regional Commission ...•........••.......•...... 

Anny • ......................................................... 

Atomic Energy Commission ....................•.............. 

Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System .......•.••••.•.. 

Central Intelligence Agency ..•....••..•.•...•.......•••..•• 

Civil Aeronautics Board •..•..•..••................•....•... 

Civil Service Commission •....•...••...•...••.••.•.•.••••... 

Connnerce . .................................................. . 

Council of Economic Advisers ....••....................•.•. , 

Court of Claims ......•....•.•.•..••....•.•.•..........•.••. 

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ....•...••........••••.• 

Defense Supply Agency .............•..........••....••..••.. 

Department of Defense .•............•...•.....•...•...••.... 

Department of Transportation ...........•..•.•....•...•..... 

District of Columbia ...........•.....................•..... 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ....•.......••••.... 

Export-Import Bank of Washington ........•.....•....••...•.. 

Farm Credit Administration ....•..........•.............•... 

Federal Aviation Agency ...••.••........•...........•....... 

Federal Communications Commission ...•.....•...•....•.•..•.. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ..................... . 

Federal Home Loan Bank Board .....•.....•..•...•....•...•.•. 

Federal Maritime Commission ..••...•••••••.•.••.•..•.•...•.• 

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service ..•.............. 

Federal Power Commission ..•..•••.•.......••.•......•...••.. 

Federal Trade Commission .....•............•.•...•.......•.. 

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission .....•...•...•.•.•••... 

General Accounting Office ••............•.•....•..•...•..... 

General Services Administration ...•....•....•..•.•••....... 

Health, Education and Welfare .....••.••..•..•......•.••.••. 

House and Senate Stationery Room ••.•..•.•.•.•...•..•.••.••• 

Housing and Urban Development ..•..•..••....•........•..•... 

Interior .................................................. . 

Internal Revenue Service .......•.•............•............ 

Interstate Commerce Commission •..•.......•.•..••...•.•••.•. 

Joint Publications Reserve Service •...••.•••........•..•... 

Justice ...................................................... . 

Labor ................. ,. .................................... . 

AMOUNT 

2, 551.05 

8,979.41 

1,003,088.64 

489,156.70 

395,213.78 

217.79 

7,704,015.36 

20,608.71 

1. 50 

21,147.61 

7,081.82 

154,809.41 

1,097,926.10 

148.78 

16,557.20 

36.00 

324,997.04 

2,008.03 

340,726.89 

23,737.88 

27' 731.61 

3, 507.68 

438.00 

21,162.08 

40,403.02 

2,553.60 

31,968.48 

8,668.78 

1,999.94 

20,389.26 

37,797.42 

729.40 

37,553.58 

2,338,569.65 

1, 697' 928.72 

3,278.45 

156,425.05 

663,625.72 

480,476.51 

16,065.00 

3,826.56 

264,422.62 

441,748.06 
Table 12 (continued) 

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DEPARTMENT AMOUNT 

Library of Congress (except Government Printing 

Office Branch) ............••..•.......••...•.•.•..•...•.... $ 10,757.64 

Library of Congress (Government Printing Office Branch)...... 869.76 

National Academy of Sciences................................. 19.35 

National Aeronautics and Space Administratio~............... 347,377.76 

National Aeronautics Space Council........................... 1,056.00 

National Capital Housing Authorit~.......................... 5,706.50 

National Capital Planning Commissio~........................ 305.48 

National Council Marine Resources........................... 31,213.39 

National Credit Union Administration........................ 461.05 

National Gallery of Art...................................... 440.15 

National Labor Relations Boar~.............................. 12,014.18 

National Mediation Board. . . . • . . . • . • • . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . . • . . 215.7 5 

National Science Foundation.................................. 51,010.94 

National Security Agency.................................... 173,017.18 

National Security Council. . . . . . . . . • . . . • . • . . . • . • . . . • . . . . . . . . • . 248.88 

Navy ......................................•...•.............. 3,948,949.17 

Office of Aerospace Research. . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . • . . • • . . • • . . . . . 8, 406. 62 

Office of Economic Opportunity............................... 36,341.68 

Office of Emergency Preparedness............................. 1,522.34 

Office of Management and Budget • . . .. • . .. . . • . . • • . . .. • .. . .. .. . 4, 639. 7 5 

Office of Science and Technology............................. 629.68 

Panama Canal Company . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • 482. 59 

Pan American Union . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . • . . . • . . . . . • . . . . • . • . • . 77. 83 

Patent Office.................... . . . . . • . • . . . • • • . . . • . • • • . . . . . . 521,251.63 

Peace Corps.................................................. 2,090.58 

Post Office Department....................................... 648,845.81 

Printing and Binding for the Congress........................ 76.02 

Railroad Retirement Board.................................... 300.88 

Renegotiation Board,......................................... 957.52 

Securities and Exchange Commission........................... 2,625.04 

Selective Service System..................................... 8, 326.05 

Small Business Administration................................ 59,745.30 

Smithsonian Institution...................................... 144,533.88 

Special Representative for Trade Negotiations................ 5.25 

State. . . . • . . . . . • . • • . . • . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • • . . • • • . . . • . • • . . • • • . • . . • 148, 3 2 9 . 00 

Supreme Court of the United States........................... 197.00 

Tariff Commission............................................ 776.05 

Tax Court of the United States............................... 2, 279.88 

Tennessee Valley Authority................................... 60.68 

TreasurY .•..................•..••....•.....••...........•...• 179,388.19 

United States Information Agency............................. 25,988.27 

Veterans Administration...................................... 242, 193.69 

Water Resources Council...................................... 4,946.86 

White House.................................................. 17,120.05 

TOTAL •......•..•••.•. ~24, 560,080.19 
Table 13 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF BILLINGS FOR WORK DURING 

FISCAL YEARS 1961 TO 1970 INCLUSIVE 

Fiscal Year 

1961 • 

1962 • 

1963 

1964 • 

1965 • 

Total, 1961 to 1965, inclusive 

1966 • • • 

1967 • 

1968 • 

1969 • 

1970 •• 

Total, 1966 to 1970, inclusive 

Grand Total, 1961 to 1970, inclusive 

. . . . . . 

Percentage of Increase (+) or Decrease (-) 

5-year period 1966-1970 over 1961-1965 • 

$ 96,~58,298.76 

120,262,670.56 

127,102,711.78 

132,227' 944.14 

131,561,835.30 

$ 607,213,460.54 

16 7 '177 '834 .17 

196,652,071.49 

187,699,629.36 

210,067,931.48 

230,371,145.71 

$ 991,968a612.21 

$1,599,182,072.75 

+63.4% 
Table 14 

SCHEDULE OF EQUIPMENT AND BUILDING APPURTENANCES 

FISCAL YEAR 1970 

June 30, 1970 

Acquisition Accumulated 

Value Depreciation 

CLASS I 

Plant Mach. & Equipment. $23,231,175.64 $16,521,550.04 

CLASS II 

Building Appurtenances 8,ooo,568.99 5,466,144.09 

CLASS III 

Office Mach. & Equipment 593,673.65 336,672.43 

CLASS IV 

Furniture & Fixtures 1,014,287.22 729,817.82 

CLASS V 

Motor Vehicles 2121717.49 781863.24 

Total· $33 1052 1422.99 $2311331047.62 

July 1, 1969 

CLASS I 

Plant Mach. & Equipment. $22,823,981.23 $15,121,067.03 

CLASS II 

Building Appurtenances . 7,576,895.44 5,182,830.67 

CLASS III 

Office Mach. & Equipment 575,561.94 339,282.64 

CLASS IV 

Furniture & Fixtures 985,305.21 705,916.03 

CLASS V 

Motor Vehicles 2071678.22 71 1043.97 

Total. $3211691422.04 $211420!140.34 

Net 

Book Value 

$ 6,709,625.60 

2,534,424.90 

257,001.22 

284,469.40 

133 1854.28 

$ 9:9191375.37 

$ 7,702,914.20 

2,394,064.77 

236,279.30 

279,389.18 

1361634.25 

$10! 749!281. 70 
Table 15 

PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL ITEMS 

FISCAL YEARS 1970, 1969, and 1968 

CENTRAL OFFICE 

Composing Division: 

Total ems set. 

Letterpress Division: 

Electrotype plates - sq. in. 

Electrotype molds only - sq. in. 

Stereotype plates- sq. in .. 

Stereotype mats only - sq. in. 

Rubber plates- sq. in .. 

Rubber stamps- sq. in .. 

Plastic plates - sq. in. 

Plastic mats only- sq. in .. 

Magnesium wraparound plates -

sq. in .. 

Magnesium plates-other-sq. in. 

Dycril curved plates - sq. in. 

Dycril wraparound plates-sq. in. 

Photoengravings- sq. in .. 

Offset negatives and positives -

sq. in .. 

Plates repaired-number of plates 

Postal cards produced. 

Letterpress forms. 

Letterpress impressions. 

Offset Division: 

Offset negatives and positives -

sq. in.. . 

Offset plates- sq. in .. 

Offset forms 

Offset impressions 

Binding Division: 

Sheets folded - machine. 

Books gathered - machine 

Signatures inset 

Tipping signatures; maps, etc. 

Copies wire-stitched, machine. 

Copies covered 

Impressions stamped - all. 

Books, signatures, etc. stripped 

Signatures sewed 

Sheets drilled or punched. 

1970 

3,145,093,000 

779,233 

8,042 

6,671,410 

4,974,664 

229,537 

104,206 

486,662 

7,380 

192,850 

390,953 

236,488 

25,650 

62,523 

3, 418,071 

16,100 

846,008,000 

112,970 

506,176,441 

57' 774,213 

104,353,528 

64,291 

348,154,517 

367,739,479 

26,657,134 

1,664,506 

53,558,074 

90,887,555 

9,845,254 

4,233,374 

2,601,915 

99,439,399 

1,260,832,174 

2,.895,396,700 

966,246 

10,986 

6,601,661 

24,820,005 

206,727 

95,066 

257,485 

3,060 

148,675 

498,375 

139,184 

17,100 

67,860 

2,535,033 

23,465 

777,020,000 

117,546 

467' 477' 376 

59,573,079 

114,598,239 

67,079 

409,578,636 

380,952,621 

27,017,011 

1,205,133 

66,679,418 

97,867,639 

11,165,490 

4,476,700 

2,605,364 

104,400,466 

1, 646,601,115 

3,149,048,400 

1,022,286 

27,465 

7,341,630 

4,508,168 

216,831 

67,106 

>'<955, 214 

23,558 

176,700 

485,351 

133,748 

15,200 

55,292 

2,204,842 

25,591 

1, 437' 128,000 

126,431 

514,553,042 

51,489,300 

102,035,265 

62,048 

414,982,235 

463,503,919 

27,428,258 

1,443,611 

64,047,905 

106,556,901 

11,242,369 

4,553,875 

3,237,004 

104,738,136 

1,614,852,403 
Table 15 (continued) 

1970 1969 1968 

Binding Division: (Continued) 

Sheets perforated. 4,058,609 5,303,155 6,299,473 

Bielomatik - units produced. 3,914,179 3,992,152 5,369,283 

Books bound: 

Machine 2, 841,763 3, 397' 771 3,942,470 

Hand. 111951632 11074:884 110021852 

Total books bound 4,037,395 4,472,655 4,945,322 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BRANCH 

Catalog Cards printed. 168,347,468 128,599,612 152' 770' 259 

FIELD SERVICE OPE~~TIONS 

Chicago: 

Linotype slugs set 5,466 250,306 545,591 

Offset negatives - sq. in. 4,042,249 3,554,258 2,708,772 

Offset plates - sq. in .. 6,774,853 8,445,629 8,952,985 

Offset forms 13,081 15,317 15,674 

Offset impressions 44,790,251 44,672,934 42,248,688 

Letterpress forms. . 2,818 4,389 5,193 

Letterpress impressions. 2,289,774 3,311,991 3,654,604 

DeEartmental Service 1 

Washington1 D.C.: 

Offset negatives - sq. in. 22,570, 113 21,921,856 22,459,590 

Offset plates - sq. in .. 46,705,994 44,178,472 35,681,535 

Offset forms 285,238 250,233 382,986 

Offset impressions 193,474,512 184,837,596 180,840,227 

Denver 1 New York 1 

San Francisco and Seattle: 

Linotype slugs set 540 1,275 3,303 

Offset negatives - sq. in. 16,031,438 16,240,535 13,650,963 

Offset plates - sq. in .. 22,174,587 24,478,550 23,789,927 

Offset forms 136,629 149,857 172,418 

Offset impressions 98,775,815 104,300,572 98,216,880 

Letterpress forms. 1,695 1, 613 2,326 

Letterpress impressions. 1,644,954 1,999,814 2,427,305 

*Decrease due to discontinuance of U.S. I. A. program