ANNUAL REPORT

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THE PUBLIC PRINTER

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Letter of "franaaiVUI • • * • « 1

Receipt* end Lxpesidituree «••*•*•••••••

Table I—!i* sourcea and Liabilitiee 4

table of financial ireneectiona , , , , Table XII*—Ltoieeeat of -ionoya deceived 10

table IVW'roduciion of ?rlocl|>al Itme 12

table ¥<—Charges for 8ferk and to V-lnw, Delivered • » 14

Table VX-^-Stateaent of the Ceete of Production • • • 18

table Vilw^tatenent of the Cleeeee and Chargee for

Work 20

fable ¥iii*-*Iav«atary and Coat of iHacell&ieeua

cuppliee » » • * * Table JPC««Publleatlone Printed for Various agencies 24

Table xWieeelpte fro© *i»eell&neoua Lalea . • • • 27

Division of Aeooeate • «»•••••••••»•• 28

Personnel • ••••#•••*«•«••*•••• 29

Solidlog Ideogram and Moving derations 30

Parcfcoalrtf Division • ••••***

^ew 4-quipewwit •«•••• •••••*•«*••* 34

Work Beleaeed by the Public Printer 35

Apprentice Cohool • «***••*•• • 36

Emergency Hoepital • 37

Group Life insurance .»*«*«•*•»** •••

Deport of division of fette ami Technical Control * 40

Cc^treetional Printing ••««•»»••••••• 68

Composing Division 70

Platessaking Division •• 71

Preeaeork Division 72

Binding Division ................ 73

Dtorea Division » 74

Library of Congree* «*•••«••»•••*••» 75

Delivery Lection 76

Deport of the Luperlnteadent of Docosssenta . . . . . 77

Annual Report of the Public Printer

FieCal year Ended June 30, 1940

The Public Printer addressed the following letter to the members of the Joint Carandttee on rinting under date of .larch

24, 1941*

Sir:

Under date of September 19, 1940, the Public Printer addressed the following letter to the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing

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"As you are probably aware, there is included in Idie Act making appropriations for the

Legislative Branch of the Government for the

fiscal year 1940, a proviso which reads as

follows:

’In order to keep the expenditures

for piinting and binding for the

fiscal year 1941 within or un'er

the appropriations for such fiscal

year, the heeds of the various executive departments and independent

establishments are authorised to

discontinue the printing of annual

or special reports under their

respective jurisdictions! Provided,

That where the printing of such

reports is discontinued the original

copy thereof shall be kept on file

in the offices of the heeds of the

respective departments or independent establishments for public inspection, *

nIn view of the tremendous pressure of work in

the Office at this time, both from the a&ninis trative

and the pro diction standpoints, it is proposed to take

advantage of the above paragraph and to eliminate the

printing of the Public Printer’s Annual Report for the

fiscal year 1940. This is with the understanding, of

course, that the information usually carried therein

will be prepared and kept on file in this Office for
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the purpose of ready reference in supplying the

Joint Committee on Printing or the other members

of Congress with any information which they may

desire*

HThe highlights of the Report will, as usual, be presented during the hearing: s on the

appropriation bill arid will thus be available

in printed form for the members of Congress

who desire the same. The Office will save approximately $1,500 by theelimination of the

Report and in view of conditions at this time,

it is recommended that its discontinuance under

the authority cited in the above Act be approved".

This was approved by the Joint Committee on Printing in

their letter dated September 23, 194Q, which reads as follows;

"Sirs

"The Joint Committee on Printing interposes no objection to withholding the

printing of the Public Printers Annual

Report for the fiscal year 1940 provided that the proviso in the Legislative Appropriation Act for the fiscal

year 1940 is complied with."

In view of the authority grabbed in the above the printing of the Report was discontinued. However, as it is believed

that you as a member of the Joint Committee on Print! would be

interested in the matter usually contained therein, the attached,

which is a copy of the original on file in this Office, has been

prepared for your information.

If there is any further explanation you may desire in connection with any of the matter referred to in the Report, I shall

be glad to furnish the same.

Respectfully,

Public Printer,

rdSCKIP':* A.»P KCP3ENOITORS8

The total resources available to the ovemment rioting ffice during the fiscal year erided -une 3 , 194 » including the office of the uperlnten lent of ocuaonts end

appropriation© and payments for work, amounted to 22,6/1,977.59

as Compared with |2D9 566,033*68 for th® fiscal year 193?, an

increase of $2,125,953*91.

Obligations incurred daring the fiscal year 194) totaled

122,573,259.83, leaving an unobligated balance of £11-:, 717.76

subject to overadjustrmmte or unde? adjustmenta on 5! 3, 14 ,255.41

on July 1, 1940. Obligations incurred In 1940 showed an increase of #2,077,104.12 over those for 1939.

the total cosspensatien paid to all employees, including

those of the Office of the Superintendent of ociraent©, during

th® fiscal year 1940, asaounted to $12, 970, 367, 73, which total

included #436,682,16 deposited to. the credit of employees in

the rstireaasnt fund through the 3,|f' deduction as required by

law.

Table 1 gives the details of all resources available

to the Government Printing Office for the fiscal year ended

June 30, 1940, and ail liabilities incurred against these

resources during the fiscal year.
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Resources

Appropriation for working capital, legislative act approved Juno 16, 1939 £3,6B5,OOQ.OO

Deficiency Aot, approved Juno 25, 1938. Pub. , 723, 75th Con,, 450,000.00

Deficiency Aot, approved June 27, 1940. Pub. 4663, 76th Gong. 415,000.00

fiepaymento from all sources for printing and binding. 14,669,133.64

Payments from various 23*426.86

Bills receivable July 1, 1940, for printing and binding furnished 2,476,982.09

Appropriation for salaries, office of tuperintondent of Documents.

Deficiency Act, approved Aug. 9, 1939. idib. tf361, 76th Cong

Appropriation for general expenses. Office of iuuerintendent of Documents,

Total resources available for fiscal year 1940...

Liabilities

forking capital and repayments for printing and bindings

Disbursed to Juno 30, 1940. .17,294,625.87

Outstanding obligations July 1, 1940 2,939,489.96

Total disbursed end outstanding obligations,

Salaries, office of superintendent of Documents:

Disbursed to June 30, 1940........ 664,935.43

Outstanding obligations July 1, 1940........ 30,475.62

Total disbursed und outstanding obligations...

General expanse. Office of Superintendent of Documents:

Disbursed to Juno 30, 1940 151.990.17

Outstanding obligations July 1, 1940. 120,289.63

Total disbursed and outstanding obligations.........

Total disbursed to Jims 30, 1940... 18,071,151,47

Total outstanding obligations July 1, 1940. 3,140,255.41

Outstanding obligations Gods of Federal Rsgulations-Pub. 723-75th Cong 261,852.95

Outstanding obligations returnable to U. 0. Treasury (forking capital) 1,000,000.00

Outstanding obligations returnable to U. S. Treasury (Code of Federal Regulation) 103,000.00

Total disbursed and outstanding obligations...,.

Unobligated bal sees (subject to 10 percent over or undor on outstanding ordore)

421,719,947.59

665,000.00

35,000,<J0

272,430.00

.22,691,977.59

20,244,115.83

695,011.05

272,280.00

22,573,259.83

118,717.76

Total. 22,691,977.59

able* 2 Is a wiw.mry aiateaent ahowinr. all financial

transaction® during t- e fiscal year ended - 7 un© 3 , 17* ,

covering approfjrlations saade for the fiscal year® 1938#

1939 add 1%C<* This ataWaent aleo give® a tnmmry of

all expenditures for various Itetaa luring; tie fiscal . ear

194, regardleea of the appropriation fro.'.. . bleb paid,

together with a recapitulation of diaAmreemerits by laajor

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Tabls 2.--Summary of financial transactions in fiscal year ended June 30, 1940, covering appropriations for fiscal years 1938, 1939 and 1940*

Appropriation for 1938

Public Printing and Binding:

Unexpended balance July 1, 1939. $69,382.45

Credits to appropriation by payments from all sources for printing and binding and other receipts from miscellaneous sources 12,578.54

Disbursed for material and supplies

Total

Salaries, Office of Superintendent of Documents:

Unexpended balance July 1, 1939

Refund

Total

General expense, Office of Superintendent of Documents:

Unexpended balance, July 1, 1939

Grand total appropriations

Unobligated balance of 1938 appropriations on June 30, 1940....

Appropriation for 1939

Public Printing and Binding:

Unexpended balance, July 1, 1939

Credits to appropriation by payments from all sources for printing and binding and other receipts from miscellaneous sources

Disbursed for labor*

Disbursed for paper.

Disbursed for lithographing and engraving.

Disbursed for material and supplies. ...•••

Disbursed for Surplus Fund. ..•••••••••

Total

Salaries, Office of Superintendent of Documents:

Unexpended balance , July 1, 1939

Disbursed.

Total

General expense, Office of Superintendent of Documents:

Unexpended balance, July 1, 1939

Disbursed.

Total.. ••••••••

Disbursements

Unexpended

balance on

July 1, 1940 from the Appropriation

for 1938

$74,690.94

. 82,460.99 74,670.94 7,790.05

. 3,200.15

. 13.34

. 3,213.49 3,213.49

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, 85,674.48 74,670.94 11,003.54

11,003.54

Resources Disbursements

Unexpended

balance on

July 1, 1940 from the Appropriation

for 1939

.2,185,714.35

;. 1,152, 527.34

502,804.94

883.404.75

63,839.43

367,085.83

1,000,000.00

..3,338,241.69 2,817,134.95 521,106.74

35,276.57

27,776.13

27,776.13 7,500.44

. 60,470.85

58,140.34

. 60,470.85 58,140.34 2,330.51

Grand total appropriations

Deduct for outstanding obligations.

.3,433,989.11 2,903,051.42 530,937.69

461,245.64

Unobligated balance of 1939 appropriations on June 30, 1940. 69,692.05
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Appropriations for flsoal year 1930, 1939 erfi 1940. - Continued.

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Total paid for labor-... tel.. $12,256,357.32

Total paid far material and supplies... 1,653,990.04

Total paid far lltbOQ raphing and engrarlng 107,406.40

Total paid for paper. 5,226,471.00

total paid for printing end binding.. ...... 19,146,451.76

'total paid for salaries, office of Superintendent of Doaumects....... !?]. 632,311.56

total paid for General jasperse, office of Superintendent of DocisMnts. 210,130.51

total disbursements 30,048,673.63

total oredlted to bade of federal Regulations 261,832.99

total orodlted to surplus EUod.. 1, 000, 000.00

total oreditod to Surplus Fund 100,000.00

Grand total 21,410,726.76

(1) Includes $396,070.79 deposited to orodlt of retirement fundi

(2) Includes $22,243.68 deposited to oredlt of retirecsent fundi

(3) Includes $419,114.67 deposited to oredlt of rublvaucut fund,

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Sable E.—Sumary of financial transactions Is fiscal year ended Juno 30, 1940 covering appropriations tor fiscal years 1938, 1939 and 1940-Continued.

Appropriation for 1940

Unexpended

Kaaouroes Disbursements balance July 1, 1940

Public Printing and Binding:

legislative cot of .Tune 16, 1939..

Qredlts to appropriations by payments and bills rocoivubln fron all sources for printing and binding and other receipts fron

Biecsllenoous sources... .........17,169,547.09

Disbursed for labor. 1

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Salaries, Office of Superintendent of Documents:

Deficiency not of Aug. 9, 1939/.....

Disbursed..............................

Total

Uoneral ezponso, office of Superintendent of Doouicentes

legislative act of June 16, 1939..............

Disbursed....

Total....

Grand Tbtal* ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••#•#•«•••#< 23,091,977.59 18,071,151.47 4,630,826.12

Deduct for outstanding obligations... 4,503,103.38

Unobligated balances of 1940 appropriation* on June 30, 1940... 118,717.76

Total unobligated balance, subjoot to obange by 10 percent over and under on outstanding obligations!

1938 U,003.54

1999 69,698.09

1940. 118,717.76

Total, 199,413.35

’Table 3 i» © statement of all raon« a received during

the fiecal year anled June 30, 1% ), by the tabu «lng Clerk

as repayments for printIn and binding for t c e-veral

flUMKJtttive dm&rimtwte and in ©pendent r'ov mmnt ests lishmanta, and from the sale of waste paner anr oti^er vast®

mtesdals, and the appropriation to wt lch deposited. The

receipts from thea© various purees during 194 totaled

115,999,706*16, a© eoapered with 115,92 , '.'79.65 in 1939,

an increase of 179,0®6» 31.

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1937

Deposited lo Hi® credit of approprlati on for

public painting and binding t aafxrnd—— 44.79

Balance of appropr ballon 12,559.15 12,6' 3.94

1938

Deposited to the credit of appropriation for

public printin and binding i For printing & binding for dejartnwmteRefund---———. - . - —

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Balance of appropriation---*---—

11, jB3.11

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56,372.48 67,173.84

1939

Deposited to the credit of Appropriation for

public printing and binding*

For printing & binding for denertnenia-*

Llseellaneous printing & binding--—

i-iCfunda--———

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Balance of appropiiatloR---------

1,12 ,536.75

683.01

25, 30.71

395.40 1,166,645.87

1940

deposited to the credit of appropriation for

public printing and binding*

For printing & binding for dapartmnta-

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14,580,396.20

1)8,569.92

23,930.37

37.38 14,712,933.87

1939

Deposited to the credit of appropriation fcal

salaries, Superintemient of Loctioonte

;iadhjnds- —--—— —- 42.42

Balance of approprl&tion- - ——- — —- ?,2£4.G3 7,326.15

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Deposited to iseallaneous receipts

%le of lasts Paper-——

Sale of Salvage-* ——

felsphsma aaaesages---———

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49,139.62

4,772.62

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Grand Total'

53,922.19

15,999, 7"6.16
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th« fleetil jeers 1936, 1939 end 1940. i file e few item*

show e decrease In 1940 as compared with 1939, tie ;;ieJorlty

show substantial increases.

Th© number of actual impressions increased 38,548.352.

The lumber of postal cards printed increased 145,487,620.

Other principal Inc:eases are* sheets folded 132,563,121}

signature® gathered, 67,808, 531} copies covered 1,662.770}

signatures sewed, 16,773,634} conies punched end drilled,

39,685,562; tablets ;aade, 1,0?0,188. Electrotypes, stereotypes end matrices Baade in 1940 shot* an increase of 3,457,639

square inches over those for 1910. '’’he number of bills computed durln 1940 shows an increase of 19-325 over the

previous year.
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Copias 6-3VW

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Item 1938 1939 1940

Main Office and Congressional Library Branchs Total charges for printing and binding.. £17,959,316.06 ,13,238,045.10 20,150,203.7; Jackets v.ritten ... . number 80,106 82,633 83,939 Eatbostao made do ••••••• 56,058 61,798 60,164

Bills computed. do 95,594 97,688 117,013

Electrotypes, stereotypes and matrices square inches • 13,468,121 12,208,393 15,666,032

Postal cards printed.... number ...... 2,240,766,100 2,136,042,1®) 2,281,530,000

Honey orders shipped.... ... do •••••• 262,511,860 261,804,697 267,963,430

actual Impressions. ................... do .••••• 1,141,090,031 1,155,503,148 1,194,051,500

Orients folded. do 679,169,095 646,236,555 778,799,675

Signatures gathered. .................. do ...... 290,812,096 250,061,724 317,870,255

Tips made... do 43,306,901 36,188,755 33,932,742

Copies nire-otitched. do •••••• 78,948,103 91,346,895 83,926,384

hooka rounded and backed. ............. do •••••• 1,762,762 1,648,732 1,632,633

Copies oovarod.. do 14,810,426 16,273,119 17,935,889

Stomping impressions.. do •••••• 1,987,470 2,123,869 2,198,690

Books caoed-in. do ...... 1,146,603 1,139,039 1,432,428

books indexed do ...... 268,182 463,517 539,659

Sliooto passed through ru!inc , machine.. do 42,172,615 49,571,494 46,174,905

t ifttiaturoo aewud. do ...... 48,606,937 46,631,764 63,405,398

Copies ounched find drilled... do 196,840,923 274,507,203 314,192,765 Lines perforated . ..................... do ...... 11,630,313 16,652,844 11,741,327

Tablets trade do ...... 7,939,214 9,495,253 10,565,441

itiocellaneous rebinding, otc.......... do *••••• 179,111 156,299 209,119

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faWUi 5 show© the charges for printing awl binding work and the

service for which the work wae clone during the fiscal yeer 194 1 , he

charges for printing and bindin*; for the Congress, Govemaent r rioting

Office and Architect of ttko Capitol aaaounted to 2,9 7,370*23} for the

Federal agistor 1112,621*?7i for the Poet Office bepartoent, induein.

the «o©t of printing postal card® awl Money order blank*, 2, 146, 12: .525

Agriculture JJapartnent 1,950,909*85} Treasury depart lent 1,552,932.07}

liar Oepartriiejst 11,129,732* 64} bepartaent of Ceouarae, exclusive of

Fataai Office printing #1,06$,234*#4| Patent ffice S73,767.22; avy

Department 11,002,S14*31j Interior Departsaent 4662,429*63$ Library of

^engross $S42,i6i«lSf Justice bepartraasxt 1434,112*69} i.«abor Department

1412,575*1®! State Ooparteent $204,219*23} Federal Lean Agency ,-347,652*57}

federal Security Agency 465,935*09} Federal ork® Agency 4411,021.94}

Interstate ©«*merce Coca®!©©!©** #265,2Q7*&3* The Superintendent of

Ikmmmk* ordered the printing of hooka &m paasphlete for sale to the

public at a cost of #561,110*60} for depository distribution the coat

of publication* was £116, 360*00} for catalog* and indexes, *21,945.0 ;

for price lists and other office printing, 191,683*10} and for eupplles

and terrieee, $61,074*03} making the total coat of work and services

furnished to the Superintendent of Documents during the fiscU year

I960, #050, 181. 66.

A number of other branch©a of the service had printing and binding

cost® during the year 1940 in excess of $100,000 each.
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Congress:

Congressional Eeaord— -

—— — ; 850,173*16

Publications for International Cxchange— 19,395*51

Franked dnvslopes and document Frank*——— 92,622*31

Bill, ^esolutiorie , and Aaen&nent*--— 215,845*02

Coftadttee Reports— —— 137,675*98

Documents -» 341,058.05

Hearings——— —

-———476,930*70

i&seeU&neous rublleatlons——- —- ——- —- - 522,726*62

ilscallaneous Printing and Sindir^——— 330,950*88

total Congressional Printing—-’ - — 2,987,378*23

The Federal Register—— -«-• - -— — - ——— 112,621.77

Coda of Federal Peculations—-.-.-' — —— — 88,147*05

Private Orders by &e«b»re of Congress j Documents, reports, bills, ate* — 12,815*1

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Speeches— — — —— 97,820*99

Other Private Orders——

— — 4,771*01

Superintendent of Documents—— > 850,181.66

library of Congress;- — ~ 542,168.15

Agriculture- —- — — ——

1,950,909.85

Ceeataeree——- — - ——— — 1,065,234.84

Interior—— - ——

— 662,429*63

Justice— — 434,112*69

labor——-' —

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Kavy-—— 1,002,814.31

Post Office-- 2,046,122.52

State— 1 >— —.•w—. — 204,219*23

treasury 1,552,932.87

tar- — 1,129,732.64

Advisory Commission to the Council of National defense 326*92

Agricultural Adjustment Administration —— - 100,834*25

Alley impelling Authority.' —— ——

— 1,146*94

American Battle Aorsumentc CotncAsslon - 239*50

Benjamin Harrison Memorial C omission- 18.39

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System—— 1,092.52

Board of Tax Appeals— '————

31,218.00

Bureau of the Budget——— — 44,946*31

Central Statistical Board- - — 147.15

Civil Aeronautics Authority--—-— — 89,565.52

Civil Service Compassion*——*—*—*———-—————- 155,315*91

Civilian Conservation Corps—*—

..*.* 9,565*47

Commission of Fine arts-*-——-*-—*-—-————* 351*48

Coaaaodity Credit Corporation—— —— 19,712.52

Council of Personnel Adwinistration*- ——— 26*35

Court of Claims—- -

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• - 29,110*81

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals —— 6,029.77

District Govegnaant'-*'—-"' ---*** **--****-———— 78,394*76
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ended June 30, 1940

Electric Hoae and Farm Authority—— , 2,482.33

laaployee® Compensation Commission- - . 30,605.38

HJxport^Jjiport Bank of aahington--- - »— ——

- 263.06

Fam Credit Administration—— . — 131,784.76

Far® Beeurity iidmlnlatratlon—

. — - 161,373.46

Federal Alcohol -dialniatrat on— .12,00

Federal CcMeamleatione Ctomdaslon—

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« 40,063.35

Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation—- 8,766.90

Federal : Urgency Administration of Public '.orks— 6,121.50

Federal Home ham Bank Board- . —

- 4,821.33

Federal Housing Adalnlatratlon-"« - 87,235.38

Federal loan Agency— 347,452.57

Federal Power Commission—- > — —..... ... .. . .——— 75,720.92

Federal Savings md Loan Insurance— 17.41

Federal Security Agency— 4 6 5,935.09

Federal Surplus Ctramdilles Corporation— 10,684.94

Federal Trade Cosnalaaloo——

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Federal tlorks Agency— —

- 411,021.94

General Accounting Office— — 103,106.88

Some Owner** loan Corporation— — 12,425,56

Inland Waterways Commission—* —

.

—— 497.29

Interstate Qommmm CoM&esion— —

245,207.83

uarltls*? Labor Board— 388.37

National Academy of Belances— - . ——

191.02

National «*dvisory Cce&aittee for Aeronautica— 25,031.36

national Archtvea—

.— — „ 19,395.05

national Bituminous Coal Commission—- 12,007.50

Rational Capitol Park and. Planning Co-amlsslon

—— - 27.92

laiieaal Bmrgm&y Council— 1,429.37

National Forest Reservation Commission—— — 696.03

national Gallery of Art—— —— 424.36

liational Labor Relatione Board—— —

. - » 157,015.01

Rational Mediation Board——- — — 2,117*73

national Railroad Adjustment Board-— —

380,16

Rational Resources Planning Board————.. »—

- 2,984.10

Office of Gevensasat Reports———* —.... —. . — 20,010.82

Panama Canal—-——— 14,096.44

Fan ikserican ISaioa————

—

— ———-— 36,095.92

Patent Office-- 873,767.2

2

Puerto Rico Construction Adaini atration— — 2,850.36

Railroad Retirement Board——. 113,210.09

Real Sstat# Coaalssion, £). C.———— —

——

14.34

keoonstrustion Finance Corporation— ——

76,234.34

Rural Electrification Administration—— * -——

23,505. O

Securities and Exchange Cceaaaiasion—— —-• — - . 135,415.36

Smithsondan Institution-—-—-—""-— — 58,57^.79

Social Beeurity Board—— 81,247.63

Supreae Court, U. s.-.— —- — »—6,357.92

1 16

TABLE 5,«* Charges for work and to who*; delivered durti^ the fiacal /ear

ended June 30, 1940

Tennessee Valley Authority-— --— — 45,567,25

Thomas Jefferson iSswriil---*--*--.-—— 298,li

U« &• Coronado disposition— 32,52

U, S# Cu*tons Court— — 1,32

0« 3, Golden Gate reposition—— — — 197.46

if* 3, Housing Authority——————————... — 10,: 26,96

U* 3* Coz-aalaaion—- —— — — 45,516,17

U, S« fork World's Fair Cowalaslon— — —- 1,569.26

C* 5, Tariff Cemralsaion— 19,7ov,36

Veterans AdMiniitrafcion^————

- — - 143,594.77

Ear Finance— — —— —

14.95

White House—— 5,699.91

Works Progress Administration—— ————

240,176,32

Grand Total Printing aad Binding and Blank Paper 20,150,203.72
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.-$ 467.266.S9 $12,686.32 . r.

- . U, 186.00 777-86

. . S09.23 2>o.33

. 3-..-V- .3.-' 8.627.6s 3.3V .J7

. 3(6,483.11 3.932.75 13.2lU.3S a.S47.849.a> 3l.Wb.io , .1.028.734.15 336.71 1,059.69

. . 3.199.28 4,553.17

. 105,«70.tt9 10.UO2.57 1,23. .22

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. 387.989.5* . 16,606.39

, 700.5bZ.76 176.tJ6.os 18.726.03

315.35S.52 .77 8.103.97

. 7.193.U3 .

. 73, 793.63 82.15 .

> 15.83li.9S 6l.12S.0l • s.itfo.su 16,339.66 ,

. 12,121.17 SU.763.5S 5.167.70

. .~U3.02b.g7 22,303.77 27.567.25 — 27.U72.29 ,

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, » s0.372.7i * 23.5U3.OS $ 642,213.42

8,443.24 — 1,068.93 12.01 53.551.72

6,3( 1.02 — 11.073.14 ?39.8U l‘7, 7/1,8 73.890.55 — 116, 655.70 1,016.52 545.975.66

, —. 891.88 1, 0,973.39

8fi9.5bo.52 — 7 . * . , 20S.835.25 — 636.07 1 , . 105/17

107.333.11 — 36.to7.37 , .11 639.955.04

8,160.79 •33.008.25 1 , 1 1 ,755.15

. . — 27,762.65 . 367.278.35

... — . • 35.34o.8e! I22.3d3.77 bO2t 303.23 — ' , , . 2,686.915.69 ll.352.25 61,2u7 .g4 ,

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!. luj.49S.98 28.555.88 , 25.85l.O7 771.39S. 73 239;663;ll — 5,671.16 21,91 >Ji 1,460,065.65

78,862.73 — 7. J77.30 123, 847.61 406,671.93

140.5 „jl — 25, 716. lb 111.357.27 930.* 72.12 64,139.67 —

360.13 33.OOo.22 , . U.252.15 .

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115.1*3 22,980.15 ,

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— 3,273,433.07 l4j.ll l.zb — 3.421, 564.31 ~

. 9.085.77 .:4l. ‘,72.85 —

1,433.635.34 ®*. 511.34 — 1.547.996.(8

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'Sable 7 is ea iintitcd atfiteroent of %h° classes of voik

illlT#r«d and obtained fox 3&rSa& the fiscs! year 194'', Of

Publications tern-® were printed If' ,267*600 copies, inducing

speeches, private orders, and eo lee ordered for wale by the

Superlat cadent of Bocaaent a, hut not, Including the Coagreeatonal Record, of which 7,898, 888 copies were vrinted. x’he &raad

total nofflfear of copies of the wnriens classes of work printed in

1940 7,«,409,921, as com arsd with 6, {>99,405,883 la 1929

and 8*038*897*19? In 19310, the iaare: »a In the number of

copies of the various classes of work printed la 1940 over 1929

was 901, 934,089* The total charge* for this work In 1940

anoBBted to $30,188,208*73, as ecsapered with $18, 238,34b* 10

la 1939, an increase of tl,9i3,lB8*88*
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Cla.ee of tfor*

Pablieatior.e* Smaller than 5i , ^7 ^ : 0otero (5 y Si to 6? by 9i) Eo/nl jctovo ( 6 y 9i to 8 by 11).

to ( ll IV t I 8 y 11) ‘Jtncellrmeoun,

Illllc, resolution** *nd astendsentn Specificrvtionft of Patent*, etc..

Official sssitt Annual

Pont Office:

i-'oney order*. Postal Cards

letterhead* a ift Envelopes * •^iank.% ^tlcea, sahodulen, etc... Tabulating Garde.

ilnck 3©Cte9

.1 ;;>1 -ix e-..v iierii, JocuEenta, re?ta.,etc

Loose Leaf and other patent binder®......

Black paper

Total.

SBaber of Master of .‘taster of Shnrges for Charges for Chorges for Charges for Total copies type EAft.ee publications co^rcosltion. paper author •« rush nark chargee

sound press^ork,

pic tin.-, fold*

, illustration?*, contract,

njiscellnneoue

alterations

25,224,108 30,331 4.199 $ , 1.16 . 1 ' . 727.76 6 10,979.64 $ 422,365.91

63,363,001 530.236 6l0,‘20 . . , 224,750.00 17S.351.88 ,1 .37

, 64,-JfO 1 , . . . 27, 272.63 , 16,107.907 74,331 27.772 , 82,688.79 ' . 4s.b43.50 1 . 44. 33.309 248,587 597 . 353.37 210.531.27 1 , 93.325.66

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. 37.307 42.038 628,541.75 1 ,031.47 2,124.28 . . 3,836,270

. 1 .470

2)*1,432

32,649

161,902

17.311

iro Xlil,076.20 687,767 .49

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10. 1q 1.71 8.9 - I 8.q25.33

196.13 4f >. 37s .98 15,845.

>6,1 . 50 1 ,

267.767,825

t,264, 136,000

329 , 496,676

MSO.3z7.437

376,583,000

4.939.039

127, nr- .45

, 241.027. 62 2,739,555.38

125,027.15

16,207.04

533.K96.66

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£4 .30

2,311.13

91, 574.20

193.04 322, 538.85

535.94q.4s t 47.3; • LOO, 70q.510.58

1 , 4, 16.27

112,178.37

29.01

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Table & gives the details of the inventory of stock ana /.ischinery

and equipment on hand at the close of the fiscal year 1940. The value

of supplies on hand, including paper* envelopes, and other materials,

wi $i,31B,275*19, a» compared with $1,1s6*620.34 In 1939, represent in-;

an increase in the value of stock on hand of 131,654.85. The value

of machinery and equipment in 1940 was 5,^65,933.33, as compared wit;

$5,530,573.70 in 1939 or an increase in the value of taaehinery and

equipment of 1285,359*63. The total value of stock of all kinds and

wchinery and equipment cm hand at tho close of the fiscal year 1940

was $7,184,208*52, as ctwttparcd with 56,767,194.04 in 1939, or sn

increase of $4I?»Q14.4®*
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Xiwtmtary ot quantity Ml cost of paper end envelopes, nattrUli ind

•Cpplie®, ciMl machinery and ©cjclpmumt o hand 'me 3 ), 1 '40

Pounds Cost

Paper ami envelopest 'Tinting 4,393,13* 23 ,536.65

Mtecogra^ti 56(3,603 30,61C.64

Safety writing 199,285 24,907,33

WrliSisg 3,415,992 190,062,04

54,215 5,033.64

tomMoM 431,978 67,247.06

2,151,024 170,567.88

lml0bF 1,102,514 108,317.35

Indm 479,104 37,166.77

Cover 325,430 25,484.23

Manila 381,03? 25,427,38

Kraft wrapping 264,175 11,023.47

Manila tagbcsrd 211,428 15,462.04

Cerdtooard 191,535 8,538.12

Bristol heard i,36a,ii2 60,559.01

ittcellftneouss 161,124 16,130.73

Binder*# hmrd 474,950 14,619.11

Bmmlopm 26,324.64

Total, p&per im& mwmltipm* 1,069,330.09

Other attberl&l sad supplies

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H#c«llaheou® supplies 192,496.76

Book cloth 11,680.61

Ink ingredients 9,603.35

13,442.18

Leather 4,751.16

Odd leaf 3,203.47

Ink to&e in Frifsting Office) 4,876.94

Cartons and containers 7,321.90

Imitation leaibtsr 1,568,73

fetal, materials and supplies 248,945.10

Total, materials and supplies, paper aj*d onf«lopesl,3XS# 275-19

lacMj»ry and cq^fncnt 5,865,933.33

Crane! total 7,184,208.52

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f&fclo 9 show# the maltar of ©oploo of public®tloao rlatod la 1940

for th# Congreae, th« oxoeutiro dop»rtnoato t Mi ladopoadont Oorormoat

••tabllehaeatt. Rtrlag th# fl«o*l y*ar 1940 thoro mi prlntod o total

Of 138,T71t 994 publication*. tho figures la table 9 art exelus&T# of

tHo motor of speeches prlated for oonhoro of Qoagress aed othor private

ardors.

24

TABLE 9»- Publications, including annual reporta nnd documents, printed

on requisition during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1940, for Concrete

the executive departments, independent Government establishments.

Congress— — 7,346,502

Tit* Federal Ksglater—— — 1,918,600

Code of Federal BegalStlona-————

—- 14,000

iup.rintendent of Documents-——---—. —- — 19,406,670

library of Congress—— — 225,917

Agriculture— — , . — 15,580,102

Comasrss—- —— - — 8,105,096

Interior*

——*

., — .. —— 2,913,807

Justice——— — 664, 313

labor—. TM-. — - — — — —* 8,536,936

H&ry——~—

— 4,830,564

Poet Office-—-TM 10,325,96?

State-—— 509,180

Treasury—— —— — 4,167,451

War—— — 12,236, 539

Agricultural Adjustment Adralnlstration- — 1,370,74

2

Alley Dwelling Authority—— - . — 6,229

American Battle l^omstmtta Coanolaaion———. —

.

... .- 286

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System—— 3,461

Board of Tax Appeals—————

—— — 112,127

Bureau of the Budget—— - — — — —. 75,866

Central Statistical Board— 698

Civil ; eroaaufciC3 Authority—

—

547,856

Civil Service Cotaaiattion-————— 374,570

Civilian Conservation Corps—— — 33,909

CeMsdseion of Fine Arts——— — ——

1,543

(kwssdlty Credit Corporation—' -* - — - ---— 177

Court of Claims—

— - « --- 61,261

Court of Customs and Patent Appeal»•* • «*< 678

District Gov»ra?*nt~—'-—*» — — 64,021

Electric tas & Fan* Authority

--— ——

—- 5

Bmployees Gs&«pensatlon Cocmlaslap— *. —

- *—

199,917

Fam Credit Adretni strst Ion—* — » — — — 2,113,115

Pars* Security Aefo&ntatratloa—»-*—---

— —• 296,031

Federal Communications Commission— . ——— 139,297

Federal Deposit® Insurance Corporation—' 47,566

Federal Eiasrgency Administration of Public Viorks—74,825

Federal $J©a* loan Bank Board— — 21,900

Federal Housing Admlnietration— — —» 361, OoG

Federal Loan Agency— —

> ———

878,704

federal Power Oosiaiaaioa--——-—

- — 146,660

Federal Security Agency— — — - * ———— 10,146,767

Federal Trade Cossalsalon——— — — — 24,409

Federal fortes Agency— - —- -—

— 1,211,143

General Accounting Office— 1 — — 122,131

Haase Owners Loan Corporation-——<*---— — 9,236

Interstate Coussaerce CoKsalssion— —— — — 2,193,681
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ublioattons, Including anneal reports aid

documenta, printed on requisition during the flec&l /eer

ended June 30, 1940, for Congress, the axeoutive depertueats

end independent Ooeenwent eetehllehaente.

Inland aterwaya Corporation... 3*177

Marltiae tabor Board.............. 3*006

National Aoadany of Seieneee. 2,730

National Advisory Coamittee tor Asronssties 35*782

Rational Archives 570,741

National Bituminous Coal Ceomiesion. .. 7*040

National Eastgenoy Counoil...................... 13*400

national Forest Reservation Ciocomisaion. .......... .... 6,000

National tabor Relations Board 964*557

mtiofVfl MnMfition Board. 6.041

National Resources l ianning board. 101,242

National Railroad Adjustment Board 1*179

New lor* Horld** Fair Commiaeion... 100,000

Office of Sonriaiflt Reports*..... 26,348

Fanaaa Canal.. 9*934

Pm American Union.........*.. 154*451

Patent Office 143,424

Puerto Kico Reconstruction Adadnistration............ 889

Railroad ietlwent Board* .2,779*160

Baal Estate Ceasdeeloa of D. C 2,500

Reconstruction Finance Corporation. «. ...... .......... 13*068

Rural Klectrifioa&ion Administration. 563*637

Securities and Exchange Csesdsalon 236,177

Sjaitheonian Institution.. 127,056

Social Security Board... .1,002,322

Supra®* Court, 0. 3. 156

Tennessee Valley Authority.. 68,149

Thomas Jefferson Manorial. 2,000

0. 3. Housing Authority.... 110,845

0. £• Maritime Cousisalon...... 203,081

V. 3. Tariff Gonaaiaaion. . . .............. ............. 6*766

Veterans1 Administration.... 174*228

IShlte Bouse. 1*017

lwl» Progress Administration............. 719*394

Total. .126,771*99^

2G

fails IQ tluvi the receipts firm lh« sal* of «ut« paper, uaste

materials, and mbAmmI aaehlaery, tad the surplus froa the sals V

Dm Office of iho Superintendent of Becaaeate of Qoveraaeat pahlleatleas

•ter the coot of their printing during the fiscal year ended Jane 30* 1940.

During Die fiscal year 1940* the surplus froa sale of doeuaents incrossed $§3*099.06 over the previous year.
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Coad«sftft6 tttcrid, aachiaery, vast* voodt wait* Mlnl,«te.- #4,773.

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DCT1MOH OF ACCOUNT*

iwri»‘ i; • fieeal year 19l*J tMa division hat continued

to .mrforn the function# inrwolvin- th« general financing of

tha CarawuMiril rintinf office, inclur'lagt itoaotintiit?, bookkeeping; coat r«c *rciir) >; currant c ^at anal slat taasurlna

«*• of typa in eoapoeltiam c “vxitliv etarges fnr aaa^ ^rlntlag raqsd.»tioti? te sraaaratlaa cn re -<> d keeping in connection with a ^^Mdmatal/ 1 fCKO bllla for be printing produced

rturir. fieeal /car: the c >.. faction of all cheeks free dagertoaeate for printing and blank paoer fur«if bad by the jsernseni Anting ffiea? stu le* in eomwct'on with rataa ««£ read jaatsMWti thereof for ev«?r 1, -

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rwadiln^j^-, pHntln Methods* «v sqeins^v.* h&va r«-

milted in appreciable savins s reductions in *ateaj co^

pilstior of acet'r&t# cost of eesh print! nr «o4 - aa f a work

aH tbs Job progressed throa^hawt the plant* crape nation f

cusseroue slfcsr statictltd tables a$d statements far use of

tha Offis* in *nnaral

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order to eseist aaaagaaefit offiai alsj ee’enir *1 preparation of the pay roll* and the audit of pay rolls} adaiiiiatra*

tint of tfcr anaaai and sla&»la*e* las* ar.- regulation*:

ropcrt« s&t* reference to ratiroart ^cduettteaj and 'mrimia

ether functions a?id ra porta eene^rni&g lag^i a tim

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Thep© v»# an increase of 515 In the nunbor of employee*

on the roll® of t e Office at the close of Jw» 5 , 1940, "'hi

total rnantoor on this date wee 6, 59, aa compared with 5,544

on June JQ$ 1939*

Inuring the year 93 «spdegrees of the Office were retired,

§D on account of age, 2? on account f disabilit , and lfe en*-

ple:ees who have taken advantage of the clause in ec. 1 of

the sictirwat let, approved ay 29, 1930# Of the 93 eapleyees who retired raring the peat year, 74 were <aen arid

19 were vaasa*

The following; weparlaed statement show® all change#

in perorate1 during the past flocal year*

Appointaente* .......... 9&5

Reparations* ......... • ••••«•••••• 470

ftetireaei&s* 93

Deaths****** ....... ••••••*« ...... 40

On rolls June 30, 1%0 6, 59

Visiter* conducted tfc rough t « Office by our guides

daring the year nuahered 6,650$ of this nuasber 9 • were from

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The warehouse touildln' xau oor.-Pleted In Febm;- 197J3 nrd

the new annex No. 3 in Febniar; 194* . ovlrv, of <r:ee ,tlv«i

offices and production machinery into it an i roarpanri;!^

aacfeinefy in Hiildin^a 1 and 2 is nearly o-r-nlct r 1, although

W06 msk yet ia to be done to replace teatporary connectlone.

S|MpsX*0l mehine.7' handling equipamt v?*e prepared in ;*>ur

owl shops to handle i:w-in;;> :i<*tric tract -,rn hauled the

over* /.& a remit of the rsothoda used, it wis

possible for each of jm» saver&l moving crews to liocwnnect,

jboWI end put back -in wms* 2 frUl preset?/ ocs* day.- Our

largest fiat bed presses, ruch m .b* bS ioMta, -r-ic* required eoaaidsrabls dlasamiljRg, took tour '.ays for one

orswr. On Xinoty^e »ehi»#*, « swvln. . schedule of 2 ? *=ehinewi

per day was saXntainedi the ;-&« bines wr« diseormocte ’ at

BlOO moved, rMottieeted .nd ready at 4;^') ‘V. for

um fey the ni-fei aid®. The schedule i r rsanetyps ecstinr

mshlnet was slightly slower because seed; rs» chine re aired

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ks^tward sedhlnss reedred only conprssssd sir connections.

These mna ail awtxjl on one Sandey.

Oaring toaiMta*' cnemticnis the Superintendent of Document® stock of publication® was housed in r rented 7-stojy

auilding at 613 8 St., ?« r. In the early fall of 1939

this stock totaled a little over 3D, 000,W coniee. In
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W«iber 1940 it- was Just under i*6, <K) f OJ0, an actual increase

of 5&* Bftnm of this stock to vjuilt&ngs I an 2 ill bo

oeaf&stecl in the near future.

The only production raftohtarv now beinn moved ia tho

Congroasdomil Record proas an binding equipment.

Other work yet to bo done is tho f Hewing:

1* -'tepleee 7 of the original elevator a in building /Jo. 1.

fheee elevatora are 36 years old. Contract ia about to

%p awarded.

2. iewire building* 1 and 2 for alteraatln current lighting and eliHmtion of baser is of obsolete wiring (15

of our work completed).

3* Prepare quarter® and $eve roller end glue nakin equipBNKUb to anna* Kb. 3 (5C$; eomoleted).

4* dove aeteu. mlting equipment to annex do. 3 (50/ completed).

5* Install steel shelving lor docura. jests, >lete vault and

type storage (&& completed).

6. Arrange new waste paper baling room in building No. 1

and install ntw ecpip^nt (not started).

7. Prapar® quarter# for layout. Section photography end

move equipment (90f completed).

8. Enlarge Cafeteria .kitchen ccr/tpl^ted).

f. l.eBiove old power plant equipment (not started).

10* i&rtre box chop, pipe chop, black smith shop (not started).

11. Extensive floor repaire and miscellaneous other woric.

S*UftCHA3XHti DIVISION

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1940, the Purchaslog Division placed 10,044 orders, involving total expenditures

for purchases of approximately $7,830,000. Open-market purchases

for material and paper numbered approximately 22,000 and for illustrations 400. For the first time la the history of the office,

porches® orders exceeded 10,000 - an increase of approximately

10 per cent ever the preceding flseal year and the amount expended le 22 per cent greater*

$F eloeely watching the paper market and the tread# therein

and by placing orders tor standard stocks at the most opportune

time as indicated by inch trends, an actual saving of <45,517

mas effected during the year*

The Purchasing Division was able to secure by transfer

from other Departments te this Office during the fiscal year

1940 surplus property valued at $600.

Proposals for material were sent in April 1940 for the

tern of one year beginning July 1, 1940 and ending June 30, 1941,

to approximately 600 prospective bidders, which resulted in the

planing of 63 contracts* Proposals for paper were sent in October

1939 te approximately ISO firms tor the six month term beginning

July 1, 1940, which resulted in the placing of 15 contracts for

the licet six month period and 20 contracts for the second six

month period* Proposals for envelopes for the year beginning
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Six. contrast# for th® tale and dlopoaal of Tarloua claoeea

nf old matorial and om for iho roroval of debrlti *re antarod

into for the yoar beginning duly 1* 1940.
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Hew equipment was purchased drcin£ the fiscal ye^ur 1940

for various Divisions as follows:

Apprentice Section.—One board cutting shear; 160 double

sail galleys; 1 rotary miterer; 25 galley «nd type cabinets;

21 imposing and sakereody table*.

Binding Division.—Ten sealing machines; 1 round cornering

devioe; 1 automatic insort feederj 4 stitcher heads) 1 friction

drive paper feeder) 4 power gauges for setting machine) 1J vertical carriage boxes for cutting machine*.

Binding, Library Braneh.—One power gangs for catting

machine; 38 fonts of brass type*

Cowposing Division.—One vertical ndterer; 161 chases)

257 type cabinets) 32 togglebasee; 2,500 toggle hooks) 5 glider

triav-o-saws; 3,000 galleys; 13 monotype wolds; 32 imposing tables.

Composing Hiaisuy Braneh.—Four-hundred galleys.

Delivery Section.—Tea automobile delivery trucks.

Hospital Section*—-One diathermy unit) 1 X-ray machine.

Maintenance Division.—one floor polishing and scrubbing

machine) 1 safety swinging scaffold) 55 neutraliser transformers;

119 remote control circuit breakers) X pipe bender) 1 sanding

machine) battery charging and control equipment.

Plateraaking Division.—One 40 x 46” camera; 2 stainless

steel photo sinks with ooiKsrossor and water cooler; 1 electroplating tank.

Fresswerk Division.—&ine extension pile sheet deliveries)

4 suction pile stream feeders) 1 plate graining machine) 1 vacuum

frame with arc lights.

Stores Division.—Throe electric tractors.

Division of Tests and Technical Control.—0ns change can

mixer; 1 photo exposure meter.
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fNrlfli th*? jw«r 19W tm i^iic Prti*Wp i«auwl

w*ic*r* i« tte* variola d«partaMktt» •tttfcerlcloK them to

jpcrcfe**# for t&CMMO.'vct fro*; c*K**«i«JL a»uro«a >rintin$;

ictdAisg i'ftt groctw* art of init *«rH ocn*

4§l$t««I of mgfit •»» tctaXiilRg card*, fno-fold

fors5j»t color Merit* «te*# fctoi fjtc Gcwmenut rititbjg ffiec

«** £tcC pwtiCftiariy *%*$&&*& to proto** *90£wJ&*l+y wvi

efficient*# at t4» fcta fcisc *»iv«r» *cr« ia®uo4.

/im&mm scunoi

At the close of tb® fiscal year the / pprentlea School

h»d an tmmUmmt of 143. )t this nuwber 8. v<ei© aesi,; twd to

the Composing ivision, 22 to the re»e ^vision, 22 to the

liodeiy, *1 to th© plfttaeaklag Ivision, end 3 to the aohins

Section#

fieporte from th© various instructor*, foremen, ar. * r?up

chiefs indicate that the apprentloea t re doing ver well In

hath their seatfoisle m& trade training courses,

the Apprentice School stored into its new section • hiring

April of this year# Th© newly added h ckblndiag department,

equipped at it Is, place* th© training of hookbinair. ap~

prentice* an ft par with that in other departmentsj namely,

©exposing, end press*

r f the .143 now enrolled, 96 are due to graduate in

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During the fiscal year 1940 the £msrgsncgr Hoepital gin

a total of 28,152 treatments to employees of the Office. Of

this number 8,097 msre for injuries received vhile on duty;

2,614 surgical treatments for other than Injuries received

stills on duty; 13,409 treatments for medical conditions; and

7,032 retreatments* These figures shoe an increase of 1,726

treatments over those given during the previous fiscal year.

In addition to the medical and surgical treatments rendered, 1,121 physical examinations sere made of new employees

entering the service, and 1,035 physical examinations were

made to determine fitness for duty in the interest of personnel

administration • la addition, the visiting nurse called on 1,466

employees who had reported in*

During the year the foliowing has beam accomplished in

setting up and putting into effect the safety policy proposed

and ordered by the Public Printer. General elections were held

throughout the plant and 60 a^leyees were elected as employes

representatives to serve on the shop safety committees. Three

meetings of ell the employee members of the various shop safety

committees were called. At these meetings a general discussion

was entered into concerning safety projects. Frobleme of individual ccwaitteeuen were presented to the committee as a whole when

such problems needed the a ooperation of various sections in its

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Qm of th© largest laaks undertaken by the aon,... if as

a who!© was tl)» reduction In til© twstovr of ©kid accidents. Thi©

wm ft larg© task and involved th© cooperation of maskers of

three large divisions, all of nhloh handled paper on skid©.

Th© Delivery Section report© a total of iyo,266 ©die©

traveled daring the fiscal year with 13 accident©, giving ©a

accident frequency of 6.964. There ©ere no lajurle© involved.

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through the cworn^wnt dinting ffic* ''roup If© Jr»« tr-

««** esociation, organised ty 1, 1921, ttsara have b or. paid,

up to February 29, 1%2, 2ft death claims, tetalir 257,968. 0.

Insurance in force or. arch 1, 1%9, canal*ted of 3,695 unit*,

a:i©untins to %3r&O,0fQ» »| 2.920 second units, aantatlng to

fl, 745,7H*00| and 337 third unit*, amountIn to 'r 429,9J2*00|

total Insurance In force %a# 1*5,398,733. x>*

9a March 1, 1949, the reserve fund of the association

consisted «f ^25,090.09 in U. 5. Treasury ;onda, 15,0 ,ii

(raaturity value 10 year® '29,009)in United States savings

bond*, |2, >€•:> Invested in the Governs®nt Minting fflce

Federal Credit ttalon, 125* >09 at the ashin -ton -.osn &

Trust Co, for irsvestramt principally in financini?, the

bosses of Goverrira nt rioting ffic© esplorcas, euid 25, :..0

in 5 building and loan associations (injured by Federal

laving» 8t Loan ins urance Corporation)! total reserve fund

$92,000. ?€', this fund was catablirihad to be used should

the present presttflga rates (which are a Justed annually; oX

the association be arterially increased due to the roup

attaining & high average age or having a high .mortality

•jsperlarsse.

Insurance is provided at a coat of 91 per month per

unit in amounts from 290 to $1,099, depending upon an

employee 1 « age.
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The total number of samples tested by ths Division of

Teat# and technical Control during the year ms 9» r 42. : olio log is a t -.bulation of the various mteri<*ls teste during

tm fiscal years 1939 and 1940*

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Paper and envelopes 5,969 6,212

Textile® 746 730

Bookbinding leathers 92 68

metals 694 808

Olue 55 29

Ink-making .materials 296 324

In&a 7 10

Oils and greases 35 64

Oaseline 70 79

Cheats als 199 199

Miscellaneous

Total

701

8,864

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9,242

There were 191 deliveries rejected for noncoapliadace with

specifications* if these rejections 116 were of paper, 1 of

envelopes, and 74 of adsaeHaneou3 iaaterials*

Paper

Paper received during the year totaled 104,765,076 pounds,

m increase of 14,039*248 pounds or 15.47 percent over the previous yvar. Of this anotrni 1,209,424 pounds or 1.15 percent

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Kuoiber of

Cause of 'injections ii«J action# ounda

Cefitlent Am

Fiber eot&eaft 1 1,830

Bursting strength 2 11,353

Tearing strength l 9,341

Folding endurance 11 167,385

Thickness 35 108,050

pH 7alu# 6 26,580

Hoi within weight tolerance 10 126,391

Unmt .tefactor/ general appearance 36 442,625

Uftsstlsfaetory color 10 197,218

UnssttsfACtory finish 4 117.651

total IS 1,209,424

Interest has bs»«n aumifested by paper contractors in our

efforts to correlate power tests with r^pifeemits in the use

Of paper* Cause for paper rejections during the y®ar will be

discussed briefly so that & clear picture may be obtained of

the toortance of employing technical methods in the selection

of the raw material* .in order to facilitate production, for time

in ad.justly ink t© paper mean* a press standisi* idle.

Microscopic examination of the stock shews the kind of

fibers from which tin® paper is aade and indicates what may be

expected as to its permanence and durability* Ground wood and

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upon exposure and aging, and, therei'ore, would not bo suitable or

permanent records*

Rag-content papers are made frora 100 percent rag or from

various percentage* of rag mti bleached chemical wood pulp as

specified • line presence of che deal wood fibers in rag oapera

tends to Impair their quality and permanence*

d,eg fibers are nero esxperaeive than wood fibers, and the

latter constitutes an adulteration resulting in an inferior sheet*

M The bursting-strength test bolds & tine-honurec position in

tjmmmmnt pa?j#r specifications anti is one of the oldest and most

widely used for iseasuring the strength of paper* it gives an indication of the ability of a paper to resist strains which tend

to rupture the fiber® when In actual use* Only two rejections

were cade for deficient bursting strength* amounting to 11,353

pounds*

Folding endurMice is regarded in the paper industry as ..tost

dependable for indicating, the Qualify of papers required to

resist considerable handling* The specification requires that

the paper withstand a idLnim.-- nuaber of folds in two directions.
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comparative strength along and across the shoot.

1'here ssere 11 rejections laade for inferior foldine

quality during the year, totaling over 16?,o85 pounds*

Thicknee® la an ii&pcrtatit factor in the case of all

printing papers. Variations in thickness during a press run

affset the evenness of the impression and cause objectionable

variation in the bulk of bound books.

tabulatin*-card paper wtst be uniform ia thickness so that

printed cards mey bs exactly adapted to the sidualea of highspeed accounting machines.

Postal cards printed tram variable stock do not properly

fit the packing cartons. If too thin, the cards will shift about

and become damaged* During printing they affect autosmetic devices and cause delay. All rolls of tabulating- and costal-card

stock are individually tested for thiekneaa, and defective one*

are rejected.

I'adsat paper thicker than specified is rejected, as tech file

cards would occupy excessive /space. If thinner than specified,

their flexibility is unsatisfactory.
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aiiwuatlog to IDS, 050 pound© of paper.

During the last fiscal yssar only 6 rejections, r© presenting: 26,*>3G pound© of paper* v«re tasde for not meeting ac laity

speciflections. Too great acidity will la nil QRisus lower tne

resistance and pmrrnmmmf of papers.

Payment for roll paper is based on its not weight unless

jacre than 2$ percent over the ordered 000-sheet unit. In

which ©ace the weight in excess ©f 2$ percent is deducted.

Flat paper is paid for at the ordered 3* GOO-sheet unit weight

unless mm than 2& percent under weight, in which ease payment

is cade for mt weight. If a delivery of peoer is fount, more

than 5 percent above or below the ordered lf000-ebeet or ether

unit, it 1® rejected*

Appro.xlsately 127,000 tmmls of paper were rejected during

the pact year*

M unsatisfactory general appearance caused 36 rejections*

involving *re than 1*42,000 pound® of paper. This condition . v

foe traced to a stssber of causes, usually to dirt or other foreign

m£b®tmea bmomim with the pulp. etalltc duet froo

mmhimrj or discolored wood fibers hav a similar effect, and

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mottled appearance,

UnaaUsfactor? Color .

Variation in color and finish of pa;>er is enoounteied not

only «s»of shipments from different contractors but sometimes

within the same shipment . On a long-run job it is soetetines

necessary to supply the pressroon with paper from different

shipments, If the color of paper varies during the press run

and the ink regains the ease, there will be a variation in the

tone value of the printed page, since the ink formula has previously b«*n adjusted to the color of but one paper, his difficulty become* important when paper must be used in largeedition runs such as the Agricultural Tear Book which, in the

last issue, numbered a quarter of a million books, it is therefore essential that deliver!ee comply with the Government Printing

Office standard sample in order to obtain unifor results. Ten

rejections, totaling 197,218 pounds of paper, were ade for this

defect last year.

The finish given to paper is one of its oat important

characteristics from the standpoint of the printer, since th*

quality of his work depends Largely upon the paper’s uniformity.
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once* ito ooior value of the printed impressions when such

sheets are backed up in printing. Xt is reaililgr comprehended,

therefore, that for each Job there should be little or no

variation in the finish of the two sides of tint pe *r in oruer

to avoid variation in tonal values.

Four rejections, involving about 11B,u00 jounce of paper,

were aade last ysssr for unsatisfactory finish, imprt v<*4wit

over previous years, however, toe been obtained in the printability on certain stocks by introducing ss^oot rateea requirements

into their specif ications.

Hm change# mare «*sde In the epedfieetione for paper during

year. Meet of these consisted in modification* c conform

more closely to good ttvm»reii& practice. It was foum> advis:..bie

to rethics the sinootluiees of 50 percent rag-coated book paper from

^000 to 800 seconds. The folding endurance requirement of

certain grades of manifold, bond, ami ledger papers *ere ua.so

•omeMbst reduced. The rosin »isli$ r»q>iirament for a nifold end

the thickness requirement for 25 percent rag .,oleograph aw* 50

percent rag. index .papers have been slightly increases, opacification was included for 83-pound 100 percent rag chart paper to n*et
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fcr calendered tag paper used for printing tabulating cards for

use in electrical accounting machines have bean revised to ;ep

abreast of nee developments in this field of paper Akin*,.

Assistance has been gLvm to the federal specific ation Coraalttee

in the preparation of a f ederal opacification for tabulating cards

to be used in the purchase of the printed cards by the various

Gomrm&n% departments

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In cooperation with the Paper Testing Coamittee of the

American Society for Testing iJaterlals end the Technical association of the ?ulp and Paper Industry, & study of several papertesting nethode, with a view to developing greater speed and

accuracy, ms continued during the year*

Xt has boon previously reported that the method of gathiring samples of paper for testing purposes was found inadequate in

that the method does not assure a sample truly representative of

the shipment and in that it was designed primarily as a &&thod

for the sailing of paper in sheets • The Technical - irecter, as

a mmb®r of the Paper Testing 0ow&ittee of the aerlcaa Society

for Testing Materials, has prepared an isoprovad method for
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a tentative method by this ©ciety and by thf. Technical ^aaoelation of the Pulp and Paper Industry* This ethod demands uniformity in »iaa anti class of samples, ami the qualifications

tested embrace asore than a doasn elements, all essential to

insure economy in use and permanence in quality*

In recent years the stabjest of aer- penance and durability

has occupied a prominent place in discussions and investigations

snsng scientists end technicians throughout the payer industry*

this interest has bee*; increased by the ai&rsa expressed by aoae

librarian® concerning the rapid deterioration of ereaera paper

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which may cause our present literature in the near future to

face the possibility of total destruction* Th® lack of specific

data on the comparative endurance of various papers under conditions of use has also added stimulus to this interest*

The Qovenvssnt Printing Office receives frequent letters

expressing the desire for informat ion concerning the factors

involved in the deterioration of paper and requesting precise

methods for testing paper to deter-dim its permanence aw durability, and for the preservation of rare documents*

Since 1885 approximately 300 articles have appeared in

print on this subject, These articles are scattered throughout

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abroad, i&oai of which an# .not available in any one library*

la consideration of this general interest we have prepared

in the fet» of our Technical Bulletin .io m 2k abstracts of the

* fa existing literature dealing with thi® subject, in the hope that

such a publication stay serve a# « ready reference source to

librarian®, paper ctwasaiirta and Individual Investigators seeking

a sunmry ©£ infomation, as a foundation for future exploration

into this field* Copies of this Technical Bulletin may be probeared for 15 cent® from the ^upcrlnteadent of Jocusents of this

Office.

For pearly twenty years varying opinions hav® been. expressed

concerning the proper temperature md relative huaddity condition*

fuoat appropriate for testing printing paper and paw product®.

Many arguments for one standard or another love b*en advanced,

but few have been baaed upon fine, logical foundations.

The Joint Co*tfsiite« on Printing of Congress in Deceiver 1923

adopted 50 percent relative humidity as being ssoat nearly representative of the conditions under fehich paper is used in this

country* tkm federal Specification Board in January 1925 adopted

this standard, and, for the pest 15 years, the specifications for

all paper purchased by the United states Government have required
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50 percent relative aualdity. The Division of Teats end

Technical Control prepared a paper discussing the factors in

favor of adopting this standard by the paper industry Instsad

of 65 percent . This paper, entitled "Htteiicilty Standards for

Paper Testing,* was published in the April 1940 issue of The

?*$»er Industry and Paper horld* Reprints of this article «.ay

be obtained upon request*

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During the year t.n© nun&er of envelopes purchased totaled

107,406,43b. Of these purchases one delivery or 5 >000 envelopes

was rejected*

The specifications for Kraft envelopes have been slightly

jBodifled to psmit the use of bleached sulphate fibers in the

kraft stock, and an acidity requirement expressed in tenths of

pf! or hydrogen ion concentration has been added to confirm dth

recent c©i&.«ereial reveiopaents.

The total production of printing inks, including mimeograph,

eta*3p-pad, and au^ering aaeblne inks, for the year ^as 429# 517

pounds# an increase of 60j*540 pounds or 16*41 percent over last

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M«dt«rlel* quantity

Blue toner * Pounds 30,3-4

lioldijiig T?aot expound ........ do 30

Turpentine substitute for lithography juarts 334

Electrotype backing fluid. ..... do 160

Soling inkm do 1,904

Irltlng inks (all colors). • • • • • do 22,126

Striping ink for tabulating cards* , uo 93

Special ittkt solvent ........ do 2,196

Lacquer thinner .......... do J20

Mucilage .**....*•«* 4 « « do 364

Other departsaiat* and agencies were furnished

with isisoeilan-wuiit materials aamufacbured by the Ck>vernoent

Printing Office.

The. following tabulation compare* the quantities of different materials furnished to Government depart.uents during the

fiscal years 1939 md 1940*

Pounds

Material 1939 1940

Mimeograph infc, black. * . . • • 154,402 109,423

'Printing ink, black and colored., Ins&udlng

imltigraph. 15,«33 13,250

Mdreesograph ink, blue and black . . , . .... 70 72

Writing, ink (ail colors) ...... . . * '22,596 ' '21, 2 59

Stasup-pad sad ru^'l^rl^^aeidns ink .... 4,»94 3,765

Oi^k-slgnature Ink ........... ./-|\ ^(1) 62

Special ink solvent * • . . . ^88 434

Molded glue, including ceaoellinjf-eta^p co^-

poeitiou ...... ........... 3,S35 3,502

Paste . * &> 10Q 7,900

Halier composition •••••••••«••• 500 572

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At tb® request of the Department of Agriculture, new offset ink® were developed In maroon, red, green, tut brov-n colors ,

A cellophane printing ink was developed for Government Printing

Offlet use. Several setting and die .persing agents were experl

mentally used in the manufacture of printing inks. One such commercial compound has been found to have excellent wetting and dispersing qualifies and has been adopted for use in our ink formulas,

the ink formula for printing on bookbinding fabrics processed with

pyroxylin has been modified in order to print more suitably on

these type* of material.

Type -Aetal

The total amount of type aetal standardised during the fiaeal

year 1940 was 11,163,926 pounds, an increase of 10.26 percent

over the preceding year.

the following table gives in detail the various quantities of

metal employed in the correction of the type petals to standard

fexmtl&s.

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Correction metal used*

Lead-anti. asngr alloy. .. .. 20,199 4,795

Tin..... .. 6,579 634

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Total corrected ,s*fcal n ..10,201,599 962,327

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During the year 16,000 pounds of tin, 25,000 pounds of le&daniicseny alloy, 200,000 pounds of lead, 100,000 pounds of electrotype backing metal and 550,000 pounds of Universal u-wtal vers

purchased by cash pays-sent,

in addition, 135,000 pounds of electrotype backing metal end

320,000 pounds of Universal aetal sere bought, far which the following mtMialc were bought, for hich the follotdLng aterials

were accepted in part uay^sent t

Old electrotype plates,,. «•••»•• Universal xetal Dross,

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Brace Galleys.,,

Copper (With m* ood)

Zim Plates (With 66? rood)

Sms sages* Sitea sa- j&lss

Frees rollers masbering 5,^66 i&anuf actured during tbs year

respired 28,554 pounds of composition. Of the nit b- r cenufactured

this year 2,002 were wechanieelly coated. For this purpose 392 base

rollers having a foundation of a tough and resilient composition

over the steel core were purchased during the year.

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formulas press roller* giving improved e errice lave been produced*

The use of this chemical compound in roller composition h&a been

continued throughout the year*

•folded glue raanufactured during the fiscal year totaled

143*575 pound* as compared with 122,699 pound* laat year* The

manufacture of glucose-glycol paste amounted to 29,000 pound#

and of flour paste 97*000 pound* m compared with 23*000 and

95*000 pounds, respectively, last year*

Bookbinding keaearch

In cooperation with the Director of Typography research was

conducted for the proper selection of cloth bin; inf; material to

be used on a new United ©totes Government passport* Various

types of binding clothe were tested to determine their suitability

for the special, requirements of such a cloth and a report w&a

* nmx rendered with specific reeenmsudatioas* a* a result of this work,

and in cooperation with a. book cloth manufacturer wlto furnished

numerous special samples, a distinctive passport bin in* cloth

wm developed and accepted by the Bepsrt?a*nt of State* This new

bindery cloth will not only most the usual requirement* for durability, resistance to water and ver.in, but will also sho less

tendency toward deterioration than the cloth previously used and

will embody protective features a uinst counterfeiting because

©f its special pattern, design and finishing*
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Director of Iy\H>$raphy in the problem of printing pyroxylini^pre^uaied cloth book cover# by roans of offset preasvort:,

especially with respect to the use of halftone printing on tre

1940 Agricultural Yearbook* A survey was - ade of co. »rclal

offset printing on book cloth covers, and with the cooperation

of three leading book cloth mnufaeturers, a large number of

staples of this type of work was gathered together with necessary inl'omation as to the type of presses used, c&nner of handling

the stock and suitable printing ink* As a result of this investigation, same saiaple sheets of doth were printed at the Governsm»t Printing Office in halftone by the offset process, ma found

to be sstiefaetoiy* A pyroxylin^ifispregnated cloth produced with

& dull natural finish which would offer better "tooth” to the

printing was finally selected as the s&oat suitable for use on the

Agricultural Yearbook.

this Division has been called upon to furnish adhesives of a

special nature few* use on several jobs in the bindery* Aaong

these was m adhesive having a slight solvent action on achanical

plastic bindings, adhesive© of both slow- and quick-drying types

for sticking cellophane to cellophane, and others, such as themoplaatic cements, .for specific uses.
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2» the Annuel Report of the Public Winter for 1939,

smution was made of the uee of oellophaae-bacsed gol , and

aluminum stamping foil (laavs), but at that tine, bronze

roll leaf was found to tarnish quickly and waa not reco . ended

aa being satisfactory* >ince that tlum, tho inufaeturero itave

Approved cellophane-backed bronze roll leaf, end the lancet la

a»’ offered grades which possess good resistanoe to tarnishing*

the Government Printing iffice specifications have therefore been

modified to include a roquira&iant for the purchase of cellophane*

backed, bronze roll loaf*

in line with tho customary technical services to the various

divisions of this Office, an investigation of tho at .oapheric

conditions of the nm IVlnting and Binding Divisions of the library

of Congress was ’&#&* at the request of the Assistant Production

Manager# A series of checks of the relative humidity by peana of

wet- and dry bulb readings were ads in the composing roo i, pressroom and bindery for six weekly intervals. Several reports • ere

mads in ^Jhich certain changes were recommended .in order to produce better and more co.'Jfebabla working conditions in these air

conditioned rocsa®* A recording hygrometer was installed in the

pressroom section ®o that continuous daily records of the *ir conditions could, be obtained.

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Procurement of the beet grade of tracing cloth for Govemdepartments beea-no a problem during; t iO last year, beoaaas

of some cote-aeroial grades of tracing cloth which eeot soeeiflcetlone after « anufact.ire but which become opaque and

inferior in quality after agln& for only a few months. In order

to protect the Government 1 * interest, an oeoeierated ^ing teat

was devised for tracing cloth, sod this teat has been foun. to

be a successful means Ibr selecting the beat grade of tracing

• cloth obtainable* This agiug teat supplements the requirements

of Federal specification C&C-C»231a and consists in determining

the transparency of the cloth by ubaans of tbs contrast ratio

method* Permanent transparency In tracin cloth is very ia xsrtant,

'h m it Is often required that prints be made from tracings which

are several years old* for sei^ty such i. aster tracings frequently

had to be redrawn at considerable additional cost before satisfactory prints could be- obtained,

The Matty Department, ’far Department, and Procurement Division

have adopted this additional requirement for their purchases of

blank tracing cloth, so that all grades used by them in the future

will show a pere&tsent polity of transparency.

Cooperative research with the ilapioying Bookbinders of

America and the Book Jamuf&eturera* Institute, Inc., on a nusber of
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•‘Ma r###oreh program Jm# now been in opamtloa for 11 jraura,

•• uriag th# pout y»*tr th# prn&wm va# #*Yj*nrf»d to inelivd# many

now ;nha*#» of hook mumfactaring.

io ©haago# in th# formula# for fl#rlbl# glu## . a# given la

th# MmmA. Boport ©# th# mbit© M»tM» for 1938 ©ad 1939 h*v#

iMWfll feta* neeoMeyy during th# year, h« flertbl# glu#» or*ml#

L, develop*© la 1939 for largo thick book* ha* rove very » tl*-

f&eiory in r•#«#©% to ©©rooming * tendency on th# -art of each

book© t# ©rack along th# backbone curing th# rounding find backing

operation#*

h«iUw ha# b#«n mad.# in » jarertou# report of a»el#tcai«#

give* to o fotlenot Cosamittoe of tortbook rubll»h#r#, ' tat# tortbook r#pr##«nt#tlv##* and textbook manufacturer* #ngftg#d is roporlag raitable #p#otfication# for th# printing and binding #f

•ebool textbook#. That *#ai»ta&0# w#» continued during th# for

until final ogroonont wo# r#Msh#d by all interest#© «rti#n*

everal #tot#o bar# already adopt#© th# r«#ult*nt #p#c1 fientlon*

and oth#r# or# about to adopt the# la th# near futar#.

kMk aawietaac# o# wa# given during the reviou* y*>r to

th# Boll &eef Hamfa#tourer#

1 >##oei»tl©n la inv#etl gating tho

caueet of taraiehlag of roll leaf Imitation gold wo# continued.
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lb# purpose of this cooperative investigation wee to develop

>:a0r* satisfactory methods for determining the relative resists .ce

to tarnishing of various bmada of roll leaf. It was concluded

that a heat test offered, the beat meant of evaluating 1 it ation

gold leaf# being j'sore satisfactory than the hydrogen suip ide

g®jt»e#p0sure method. Testa upon stampings were conducted at

various' temperatures stud lO^C* was selected &e the moot suitable

tasting temperature. la waiting the teat# stamping# are oade ou

various colore of either »t»reh~£idled or pyroxylin-treated fabrics

in duplicate; am set exposed to the action of heat in an electric

oven I® examined at hourly intervale and coops rod with the une posed

control speeidwns to determine when tarnishing or decoloration

begins* The relative resistance to tarnishing ia delendued by

the number of hours of heat repaired to produce a distinct discoloration.

Cooperative research with the iureau of Agricultural Cheoietry

and k^inesriag# United dt&tes i,apartment of griculture# to develop

store permanent bookbinding leathers has been continued* It -a* been

shown in previous studies by the above bureau that .

raark»d resistance

to acid deterioration my be imparted to vegetable tanned leather

by retaining with chrome to an extent that does not alter iaterially

the characteristics of a vegetable tannage* ‘file hae been found to
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laboratory without dyeing and finishing, In order to obtain

inforamtion concerning the perajanence of eoffipletely finis:. ad

coat..©** ini leathers of e vt^tUbl»<ahmw r«tamu ;• in eo .ari->

»oa with that of the leather* experimentally rats nod in tha

1*Moratory, special attentio : was given during tha gsst 2 years

to accelerated aging tests of boo<binUiug leathers purchased by

tha United States Government ; minting office.

These accelerated aging taste consist in axposin : spsalmens

of leather for ISPest 12 to 18 weeks to tha suifkiur-t:* rin* fumes

produced by burning illuminating gas in a special chamber. At

tha and of this exposure, tha leather# are again tasted for their

physical and chesde&l properties, and the results compared with

taste auute before exposure to fumes in the chamber. The do ,raa

of deterioration is estimated by leas in tensile strength. Ga.a

of the data thus obtained are presented in Table 1 in two grout's

repre#«atiag couoercial retaoned leathers of high and low resist nee.

These results indicate that frequently coaiwrci-ul leathers oi chrome

rstswaags do not show the de -ree of pemaaneaoe expected sad are but

little better in this respect than ve , stable-tanned leathers. It

appears that materials or processes rosy be employed in the coa ercial

production of eo^e leathers in such s way as to offset the added

resistance imparted by chrome.

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applied to leather* to Impart the desired decree of per .&nsney

•<p&l to that obtained from laboratory tann gee*

because of art apparent analogy between chrome and alu.m

tanning the Bureau of Agricultural ifcetaietry linearity tv>e

etarted a study of the effect Of alum as a retenning agent upon

the pemsmene# of leather* Several possible advantages my be

derived from the wee of alum as a substitute for c -.ro>..e, inclu ting

(1) availability from domestic sources and at a lower coat in earns

oasesi (2) elimination of a bluish or reeniah cast frequently

apparent smd objectionable in the finished leather} ana (3) »id in

dpidag and finishing resulting from its mordanting action,

Ko difficulties have been encountered so far in the laboratory

in mtmmlug. with alum* The leather thus retanned ie of good

quality and does not differ appreciably in appearance t < i feel

from vegetable or vsgetabls'Hshrotse tanned leather* For a study of

the permanence of alum retanned leather &s compare i with chrome retanned and vegetable tanned leather, a set of leather v as -/eg stable

tainted in the laboratory* One lot of these leathers as left without

further treatment to serve as the vegetable tanned control for comparison* Two lots were retanned with alum to contain respectively
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Hbcrni 1*5 percent and 3 perceitt aluminum oxide (Al^) and two lots

were likewise retani&ed .*ith cnroae to contain respectively aoout

1*5 percent and 3 percent chroraiu* oxide (G^O^)*

The results of teata thus far obtained indicate that the alum

retanned leathers show a high degree of resistance to deterlor tloa*

After Id weeks exposure ir* the ;;as chamber the vegetable tanned

leather lost 59 percent of its original strength and the c 'rone

retanned leather® 25 percent and 33 percent ai compared with 17

and 22 percent for the situs retained leathers*

These studies are only of a preliminary nature and it ie

planned to elaborate upon them to include commercially pro faced

vegetable tanned leathers retanned with clua to ascertain if e<£uaily

jMsrswHMit leathers can a poitaa on a regular production basis*
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Group A Laathara of High

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Mo* 33 30

Ho* 2 46

Mo.- 25 48

Ho* 30 49

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Mo* 27 70

Mo* m 71

Mo* 7 74

Mo* 13 81

Ho* 14 82

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lht aspect flc...tions for ferric chloride n v© been r Aided

to obtain * more deels* ble strength to roduco a ieeper etch.

A study mm WMl« to determine the comparative merit - i.th

respect to dot m lervutttng of electric etching md the ferric

dorlde methods? of etching cop. er halftone 1-toe. Cop ^r half*

toneo etched fey electric end ferric chloride etching methods ere

diagonally cut through their high-light areas *nd the eorree-ending

segment^ ®aunted or edge in & matrix, of sulphur* They ere then

ground, polished, and mirf&ee^tflhed suitably for .ohotagn-otaic

recording through & microscope* To show the dot structure jaore

clu&rpXy through the microscope* the glue 'top ons-ncl && irst

reitoved from the cop er segments, -hich --.ere then elsctropl-ted

p-lth nickel, end over the nickel a he&vy plating of eopj>er - a

depoelted* A series of vlratosaiorogra-hs of the cross sections

of those specimens xere made st magnifications v ryir.g from 75

to 150 times* The ©onclusi n dbwwm from this oork • cr that the

electrical etching process showed no tendency toward \in;;«*eutting

action and ms ««pel if not superior to the ferric chloride method

in the miMmity of structure obt&ined*

A short lecture end demenstr&tl an eourse in electrodes»iti n

of copper ms dt® to sp- rentiers of this Office interested in
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rote and quality of copper deposition from aoth theoretical and

practical point# of view were e» heel zed.

Ae&lst&nce *»e given to the S’latem&Plng 1vision during the

year toward obtaining «m. adhesive which vonl* eecurel,/ censnt

electrotype# to metal base#. A thermoplastic cement wee found

suitable for this urpo#e* A file ef the cement 1« np; lied by

brush to the metal base* She solvent ie then allowed to evaporate

from the cement. which require# free 5 to 10 minute#. '.The wetal

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yretsure. Is applied, the thermoplastic cement softens under the

influence ef heat, and upon being allowed to cool, securely fastens

the plate to the metal base, Shia cement ha.s proved very successful

for this purpose.

Elates SmKdkaxk &a4 itUa

$mm difficulties were experienced with knocking in engines of

delivery trucks, with rapid accumulation of carbon and corrosion

of wrist pine.

fhe use of motor gasoline In the delivery trucks was discontinued in Harch and replaced with ;btor fuel ( linlaua Octane 70.)

this ie in line with the practice of other Government departments

and le expected to show considerable ir rovement in operation
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through reduction of carbon deposit* and knocking resulting

from cold engine operation.

Ao an additional corrective step, the inat&ilatioa of a

theraosstat on all trucks not mow using than vas rocoaoended.

fha opaoiflection* for lubricating olio ueec in the Offlog

hare Won raedifled so that they are now urchaaod from the

Wary checule Instead of on the open ra&rkot &* fo raerly cone,

this provides good and uniform quality luori eating oil* at

lower cost and Insure® nore prompt delivery.

la k&m ‘A^Ktemto,

Am in previous years, the division rendered valuable assist*

unco to other Wvomment departments, including Agriculture, - avy,

'froaoury, Coataeree Foot u loo, done waers* loan Corporation,

and fateran** Adainietratleft in solving aaay of thoir technical

ywiloais pertaining to papa** l*^'» ty « raet&l, glue, bookbinding

notorial®, and variant printing processes.

fomta^t sift FriMtii^g - Biadlnsr and Allied

fho iivision of foot* and technical Control ha® continued

to aaiatain cooperative contacts vita the ‘i’ecimictl Association

of the Pulp and Paper industry, American Society for Vanting

Materials, diaorican Btaadnf&e Association, United fypothetae of

America, American iowepapor Publisher*

1 Association, Pittofrraphlc
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Associatloa of Great Britain and thn Paper Makers* Association

of vireat Britain and Ireland.

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An article entitled “Husidlty r tanderds far Paper Testing”

has keen yubliah.au in the Paper industry and Paper orld, fol.

*o. 1 (April 1940). Copies of this paper nay he obtained

gratia upon recueat.

technical Bulletin Ho, 22, “permanence and ur&bility of

PaperN la aov? available and nay ha purchased from the ' u erin tendent of iceuasate of the Gersrnment Printing 0 fiee for 15 cento

per copy, inferable connect* hare been received fro* technical

expert# concerning thi# bulletin*

£dStateal te&tsmtittMiM

k vide variety of technical questions have been presented

in letters froa printers, bookbinders, and paper saaufaeturers

end dealers. -uggeeti one based upon the experience of this Office

hare bean supplied ftr the solution of their trade preblens. '-hat

these helpful replies hare been greatly appreciated by the printing

and allied trade industries is indicated by the aeay letter# of

gratitude received by this Office for such assistance given during

the past year. *$any requests hare alas been wide for technical

bulletins and other publications vnich indicate an increasing

interest in the scientific progress of the printing trades.
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til* £onLT©»9ionftl IMNtoYd during the fiscal .year which covered the

Stoeond (Social) and the Third . easiest© of the 76th Con^reea ; <ie a

total of 15,868 pegs** The 125 issues of the Third oiidou which wore

printed during. the fiscal year av /raged 109 page* per issue , which is

the largest in the history of the Office* The largest .©cord during

the year made 239 pageej the sliest, a single page.

The bill work for the cession was Caspar®.tively heavy, there

feeing a total of 11,254 fell! prints, ranging from a single sheet 7^ x 11

inches printed on both sides to & 74X~p*g* subcoi.rrdttee «*lnt, the

largest «ub-fl©jmLtfee© print bill ever printed.

Hearing© continued to fee tmmamvmt besides the 43 House and Senate

appropriation hearings, tasking 21,024 printed pages as coopered v.ith a

total of 20,645 page® for 1939# 34® other hearings were printed. The

total taodser of page® of hearings was 90,011 pages*

The following sietOMftt gives a usm'? of Congressional work for

the first Session of the 76th Congress *

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Total pages. 15,4568

eaato 4,859

Bouse. 5#6?5

Appendix and miscellaneous• . • • • 5 » 334

Bills t Senate i Hew bills... 1,200

Joint Seeelatione. ............. 98

Cosseurrent resolution©**.. ..... 23

ftluftl* resolutions.. 107

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Mew Bills...* 2,600

Joint ©solutions... 194

Concurrent resolutions 48

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Total print©... 11,2%

Total bill fora© 10,055

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The ywr’i work la ths Composing Division has been ths hsarlest

It the history of tho Printing Office, 81,000 Jackets being handled.

Staring the year 8,381,783,000 one of eoaposltien wore cot and node up

by tho linotype and Monotype Sections, an increase of orer 800,000,000

ana as eonpared with last year's production, and 1,038,608 folios of

copy were prepared, and read by the Proof Section, excluding Congressional

work. Patent Office work, and the work for the ldbrary of Congress.

Staring the year the hand Beotian imposed and aeat to preos 73,183 forme

for the printing of document work.

the Plating Lookup Section prepared. 188, 681 pegee of type far

electrotyping and stereotyping. %he Job Section handled an additional

971 Jackets orer the preceding year, bringing the total to 43,198 Jackets.

There wac a slight decrease in the mgber of patent specifications printed

this year ever last year but the mother of pages contained therein wee

slightly larger. Patent specifications, designs, and tradenarks handled

during the year metered 67,818. The meter of pageo In 1640 totaled

181,388 an compared with 168,906 in 1939.

Sic Official Oasette, leaned weekly, aade 16,833 type pegee im

1980 ae compared with 16,398 pages la 1939. the total meter of eoplee

of the Official Oesette end Annual Indexes printed in 1940, Including

copies for the Patent Office and those ordered by the Superintendent of

Seemeate for tale, wac 341,433 as compared with 233,038 la 1939.
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produced 19*410*978 square Inci te of kt«> and >:iats, at

fftUtvil IIeelretypes, 6*9215,969 eqpare laohesj afceroot;. a

plates* 6,491*475 square laches; «te. »cty ;t mats, 2,' -04,429

square itatat«t rubber dates end steeps* 7$,:'®9 square inches;

tibofcoeagrr.vlngs* @#0,987 square laoheo; and offset n«v;&tives,

1»950»S&9 square inches*

the plat® vault hm led 22,472 requests for platat* It

released #95*9-90 pounds of stereotype metal sad 286,420 >ouada

of electretype metal for rmelting* sad 1 *147 .signatures of

book plates were received for storage*
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the continued Increase of work oouuled v'ith the task of

aorta.j t© the now bullring presented many difficult problems

during ill® year# Our standard of pro action vac maintained by

reason of the installation of nev- and. speedier uresse* la the

aaw building aau th® arreagemeat whereby tn« old >;r«s et traded

la vara utilised until after moving into the new quart®re,

A* the year ©loses r&etlcally 90 paroeat of the division he. <3

been acred.

Oreat progreos ha* been made la our ex erimonts during

the past year with rubber-plate printing aac the new process

of unoftliad lialftoae cute to wood an metal bases. 3oth of

these #jt >eri*«»t* will be ©oatlimed with a view to tiding rub er

plates for the rougher fiascos of work, such as tags, envelopes,

etc.j and the new preset* of cementing outs ia closer register

for bleed jabs.

She Government Printing Office rl&teti for the De.urt aents

and independent establi absents Z2' ,250,000 tabulating oards

during the fiac&l y*ar 1940. A total of 2,363,0 ^.Oo:' costal

cards was printed and Soft, 433,325 mon<?y©rdsr“ blan s.

BXMltfHO iilflSIOM

Ml economics as la previous year* vara continued and lm some

instances enhanced during the fiscal year 1940. V# cite a fav of them,

a ijrete* of handling Census Portfolios was inaugurated that vai largely

Instrumental la cutting the cost to approvimatsly 60 pareaat of revises

orders. The installation, of a numbering, device am stamping aachinas

that allows the mslwrtBg of oasot bjr machines, thereby eliminating

head vork previously pursued la nost instances, has shows a saving of

apprexlnately 30 poresat. Another economy, lmstltuted la the Book Section

which will prove Itself oao of considerable magnitude at shown la the

short time It has bsoa lm offset. Is the croup method of doing work per*

talcing to the Job, sad library aad edition head Madia* of books pro*

duesd la tho Book Soetloa.

The Agriculture fearhook vac again the outstanding order ef hard

Madlmgs, numbering 247,067 volumes consisting ef 36 double signatures,

making a total of 6,368,646 signatures to bo gathered, eoHated, aad

eovod oa two tapes.

The Pamphlet Beetles has beta aa extremely busy one, especially

toward the sad of tho fiscal year, when the Xatlonal Defease Program

was inaugurated, which released a flood of work that could not bo

accomplished la the regular working hours and necessitated this division

aad the Book Soetloa to work extra hours la order to stay as asar as

possible to delivery dates as the dsaaad sailed for.

The Congressional leeord was larger thaa ever before, memberlag 6,670,469 copies from September 31, 1939 to June 30, 1940.
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la the fiscal year 1940 the tores Livision received, a tot 1

of 1^,437,028 pomade of paper# Other materials received by the

Llvision totaled 3,025,766 pounds, ftroso weight* this, la

addition to the les-th&a-earload lots of © er, etc*, received

from various sources, '-oul< «hov' a daily average of about 12

carload» handled by this division*

Sene of the orders filled by the rteree hivlaion were as follows! Standard forms, 37 ,824, 827j office forms, 7,779,437 \ tabulating cards, 13,827 ,©00| aiweo^ra h ink, 185,304 >ounde; jrintiag

ink, 351,584 pounds} stamp-pad and miaberiu,^-mactiiae ink (£-os*cans)

40,684 cans} and writing ink, 2 ,642 quarts*

fhe Store* division is nov hauling all paper from Warehouse

Be* 4 by mesas of trailers awn by electric tractors, operating

throng the tunnel under Worth Capitol Street* The use of f -.ck

trucks far this purpose has been discontinued, thereby eliminating

three five-ton trucks an five driver#

With the cooperation of the paper mil is, the railroads, and

the manufacturers o" steel strapping* the amount of d«a»ge to ,>aoer

la transit m& los of time la unloading h:.e been very conBiderably

reduced* Setter result n are obtained at less eroeaee to the si .1 per

by certain methods of stropping then by the u-*e of timber for bracing*

As a result, *» have sueeifted this tyne of bracing carload ehi •>-

•eat e in our proposal for the con r&et perlo beginning July 1, 1940.
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The follo'la . statement -.how* the production record for tnc

Library Cew >a*iag ' ectlea for the fiscal years 1928, 1939, and

19408

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Chargeable fens* seat to ores*

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38.078,734 38,458,891 46,947,427

3,785,473 3,311,305 6,331,521

9,373 10,660 15,058

5.809 8,091 12,686

137,817 188,373 307,679

383,851 558,816 633,037

1,041 975 1,166

1,085 971 1,155
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11,583 pounds of metal. Outgoing freight consisted of les»-tn«nonrlead shipments of metal cores vel hin« >9, ^8^ rounds. During

the year m hauled by truck to the City ?o»t Office 19 ships nte

of postal cards, tot&lin ; approximately 843, 0^ > pounds*

Deliveries to various Department a and agencies totaled 19, M

partial mi com dieted Jobe, representing the finished ro. uct of

the Office, fhie output of departmental work Is the heaviest in

the experience of this section. Our largest trucks hauled to

the Documents Division location at 613 0 tre«t, orthvsst, :k''86

carloads of printed natter.

fha miles operated by our fleet of motor vehicles totaled

190*366 for the year, fhis fleet consist* of 32 trucks anci 3

passenger case, including the car used by the visiting nurse.

The nev addition to thr loading platform 1? a .r->at la :rovement. It has helped, to relieve congestion In the Bindery and * ill

enable this section to render a more efficient service.
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fOR TTS VXSGAL YEAR ZNDW JIMS 30, 1940.

la the fiscal year ended June 30, 1940, the not cash receipts frea sales mounted to $1,118,000, this being the first

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that they exceeded a alllloo. She pristine of sales publications for this period east $623,274*30, which anount was

t * 0 paid from the net receipts, and the remainder, $494,770*64, IS

available for deposit in the niscellaaeou* receipts.

xmat important problem of this Office Is to asosrteln

the best say in which to infom the public that the carious

unite of their Ctovernasnb axe engaged in fact-finding in every

field of human endeavor which is of public concern, and that

the results of their investigations are available through the

publications of the dovernsaot mating Office* We are constantly

soliciting the aid of Oovexsnsnt Dopartiacnts to assist in

popularising their publications by offering to print sales

aanottnoeaeats of those for which they bellowe there will be popular demand*

In the past year va» printed an attractive poster displaying

pictures of a nugbar of popular publications and also announcing

our free price lists* Uhls poster was distributed to all Fost

Offices, to bo placed on their bulletin boards* v« ore a evident that it was the reason for sens of the growth in business,

although it was not possible to determine to what extent*

Our Weekly List of Selected United states Government Publications, in which the titles of new publications axe arranged
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provsd to os vary popular. daeit ws*k ws distributs /nore than

40,'OOd copies to parsons who wish to Keep posted on publications Issued by the c*>vorm«f:t. In addition, thousands of

gales aimounueieuts are distributed to appropriate jUlia lists.

This sales promotional work is showing excellent results, as

shown by the following table

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1616,655 $1,209,302

305,163 63.4

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for depart amts 49,297,052 68,602,659 19,305,60? 39.1

Fublioetiorus sold... 8,255,490 18,439,879 10,134,389 123.3

Amount of Sales.. ........ $540,532 $1,113,050 $577,518 106.8

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the increase in salary appropriation for the period covered

by the above table amounted to 4150,000 or 27.1 percent, although

our activities for the same period increase i 73*3 percent.

Congress has allowed 125,000 rors for the year 1941, end we re

respecting an Increase of #90,000 for 1942. If t is sum is

allowed, the total increase in the appropriation would aaount to

4225,000 or 40.9 percent, »nicn is a Siaaller ratio than the **rtentage of increase in business to 1940, which continues to

show an increase.

The fact that the increase in appropriations for salaries

and wages has not been eenpart» ole to the increase in our r. rious

operations is not because the existin , ersortnel was suffici t.

It was largely because we did not have sufficie t rooa to

accommodate a larger force. Additional employees are very uuch
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before the appropriation for 1942 toco .en aeailaole > e shall >e

located in oar new quarter®, which orovi <e -sore floor ®r9 oe.

3S&H1B1T AT <*OMW GATE IKMfc.vfJOT 41, -./^O ilTION

Sm VMHGX8CQ, CALIFOH-Jll

hh«n the Golden Get* International .^position wee reoxmed

on ttyr 25# 1940# the lovemaent Printing Office exnih-it was one

of tUoee w.dch were ready for ciieplay in the t eaeral null un^.

the exhibit canal*ted of selected .»ov«irnsa«rit publication* # attractively dieplrped# and aroueed men interest on the 4*r^

of visitors. The total sales receipts fro"4 tola booth amounted

to #1,213*80' for 6# 525 pablioatione# and approximately lp,000

price Hats were distributed.

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1934 496,215 10,459,964 594,007,64

1935 530,693 9,499,205 637,414.43

1936 543,848 8,832,162 680,725.69

1937 595,3^3 10,074,337 313,246.60

193S 637,970 11,546,273 845,779.15

1939 773#464 12,748,804 928,459.88

1940 786,463 18,439,879 1,118,050.54

The following atate-ient shows Iwabsr of ruolic.- tioas on

Hand# as of July 1# 1939# Kaaber -teoeived and iatriocted

during the Fiscal le&r 1940, inciu ±n& Foraae, and the Hu«bsr

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Copies of Ooploa of Cbplos of copies of

1 ublleatlons publications Foms ublloetloos Foies ublleatlons

On Band Received received Distributed Distributed On Band Eeportnont or ratabllahoont July 1, 1939 During Year During Year Daring Year During fear JUne 30, 1940

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Executive Offloo of tiie president 78,855 139,543 2,500 102,805 8,800 109,595 State 1,594 3,140 0 813 0 1,921

areaBury 41,303 1,795,063 0 1,668,470 0 167,896

v:ar 1S3 3,950 0 1,741 0 342

Juatloo 0 303,547 0 300,547 0 0

-^ost Office 148,533 9,123,457 0 9,125,630 0 145,958

Havy 27,500 70,491 0 51,675 0 54,316 Interior 740,917 8,344,741 105,000 8,014,047 105,000 1,071,611

Agrloulture 16,330,800 46,460,503 179,974,096 49,307,869 179,974,096 17,420,063

Conaaeroe 1,209,900 1,002,517 5,235,150 1,423,297 5,235,150 869,126

labor 1,342,115 5,403,466 2,102,346 3,079,018 2,102,546 2,666,863

OFFICES

American liiotorleal ,'saoolatlon 5,637 4,000 0 4,361 0 3,276

Civil Aeronautics Authority 0 64,004 0 64,004 0 0

Civil Service Ootoisalon 0 52,480 0 52,480 • 0 0

llri loyoea Oonponaatlon Ooonles Ion 827 106,347 5,610,780 40,099 5,610,780 67,075

Fedora 1 Costunloatlone Comni salon 601 0 0 56 0 545 Federal loan /vgonoy 0 62,521 0 62,521 0 0

Federal ov-ur Connd salon 2,287 0 0 0 0 2,827 Federal l ooervo Board 657 0 0 0 0 657 Fodoral Security Agonoy 1,735,602 1,247,452 50,957,719 1,671,312 50,957,719 1,311,742

I'odoral Trade Ccranlaslon 64,569 2,335 0 22,872 0 44,038

Federal Vioxka gonoy £2,254 1,750,596 347,483,787 1,755,509 347,483,787 17,241 Oonerul ..ooounting Office 0 950 0 931 0 19 Interotate Coinaroe Jor.nlso Ion 75,649 1,295,681 0 1,295,681 0 78,649 national Advisory Comrdttee for era. 13 431 0 444 0 0

national Archives 3,804 06,879 0 56,443 0 14,240 President's Coralttse on Ato. ;jnt. 9,064 0 0 9,864 0 0

Railroad Uetlranont Board 0 0 8,499,325 0 8,499,325 0

Snlthsoninn Institute 130,681 100,230 0 93,269 0 188,662 U.o. Tariff Camni scion 49,540 8,105 0 17,217 0 40,428 Veteran o dnlnlstretlon 0 350 0 550 0 0

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U.3. Court of Customs & latent Appeals 1,048 350 0 347 0 1,381

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Dioontonj.ial Oanniealon 8,787 0 0 0 0 0,727

Congress 5,803 4,276 0 4,412 0 3,747 Oovorment Tinting ' ffloe 0 3,867 0 3,867 0 0

library of Congress 600 14,609 0 15,207 0 •

Total 22,011,911 71,531,330 607,970,903 (1) 69,052,038 007,970,903 24,491,003

Superintendent of Doouraente 0.076.753 a3.038.563 0 (2) 27.533.296 0 16.360.016

Grand Total yVpsaaSW- 607,OTOfc»23 , 96.807.336 J&jMft.003 ja«s».o*» ,

(1) This total lnoludoa 443,379 ooploa of dcpartocntol

dloourdod obsolete ublieatIona , an'ring totol dist- ribution, 66,603,659.

(a) This total lno l udoa 1,946, SOS ooplee of J-uparlDtandaat of DoMaoata diaoarded obaoleta ublloetlona, oaJclag total distribution, 33,608,796.

Total QOtuol distribution of departeontol mJ .upar- lntendant of Doeunscts poblleatlora la 94,191,433.
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record of the publishing activities of the various branches of ths Govemawnt* Publications are arranged in ths catalog under tho names of ths

deportmenta or other agencies responsible for then, with ths subordinate

bureau© and offices Hated under ths department of which they font a oart

Such an arrangement is desirable because it facilitates ascertaining

Just what publications each Government body is issuing each month. However, the person who Is interested in a specific publication or subject

rather than in the issuing office may have difficulty in locating It

until the annual index appears, because he my have to guess under which

issuing office to look, or even make a age-to-pags search for the title

or subject*

Because of this, there has been a rather Insistent demand on the

part of libraries that we issue an index to the Monthly Catalog more

often than once a year* the Special libraries Association at a recant

annual meeting passed a resolution on this subject , which was sent to

the Appropriations Committee, the Joint Conmittee on Printing, and

the iubli© Printer* The Appropriations Committee was evidently Impressed vith the need for this index, since an increase in our appropriation has been granted to make it possible, beginning with the 1941

calendar year* The present plan is to issue a detailed subject index

for each Monthly Catalog* The index card© from which these successive

issues are printed will be cuinulated ami used in the compilation of

ths annual index*
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7b« Catalog of j’ublle Documents of the 74th Congress and of all departments of the Government of the United States for the period of /ami*17

1935 to December 31# 1934 sill be distributed to depository libraries

before the close of the present fear* This twenty-third volume of the

Document Catalog (Comprehensive Index) Is the first to list both departmental

and Congressional publications Issued during the period covered by twe

calendar years instead of two fiscal years* It is the largest catalog

thus far published by. the Superintendent of Documenta* Zt consists of

3*236 pages, 428 pages mors than the 71st Document Catalog of 2,808 pages,

which was the largest issued to date, and 530 more pages than the wartime

catalog of the 65th Congress*

This increase in slee is largely because of listing Government publications reproduced by Uuplic/iting processes other than printing and because the amount of this processed materiel has grown vary rapidly*

Another factor contributing to the increase in siae is listing the publications issued by the vary numerous emergency agencies of the United

States Government*

this office recognises the need for a supplement to our Classified

list of Halted States Govurnmcnt Publications Available for Selection by

Depository libraries* It is to be regretted that we have bean unable

to devote the necessary time to the preparation of such a list, and re

hope to do so in the very near future* However, all naw publications

that are not definitely represented by items in the 1935 list are being

distributed to the libraries under items representing similar classes of

publications and we will at any time amend the selections of e library

fay adding any new items which they may designate*
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depository UtmriM, An stated it ; rericas temol report*. It lo UpwMit that there first he sue lnvsetlgetlon of thee* libraries to determine whet use to now being node of the ubUeetlone seat to than, which

it i» costing the flovernaeat aproxlaately *100,000 *. your to rlat.

•ft The Chatman of the Oomalttee om utlie Documents of the American

Library Association reporte that because of a reduetioa la the a; pror rlatioa fer the Rational Sttotrcoi Planning Board, thle organization will

oot he able to participate la each an Investigation. The American Library

Association 1« still hopeful that soato foundation aay be pereueded to

great the funds aeeeenury fer the invostlgation, and assure* us tnat it

does not Intend to drop the project but that progress le sloe oa account

ef the present world situation.

The first Report ef the Xaterdopartuental Censsittee oa Printing

and Precasting, subedited to the President febraary 24. 1940, contained

a recommendation to aaead the lav which now provides for oentrailsed

mailing under the d&reetiea of the Public fyftatcrl This lev has been

in operation for more than 35 years, which is aaple fine la hlch to

discover Its edvnnt&gee and disadvantages,

Xt is veil kaam that few, If say of the agencies strictly observe

this statutory requirement. 2a fact, strict observance is impracticable,

Siasqr changes have taken place since the lav la onestlon was enacted, such

as Improved types of duplicating equipment and the need vlthin departments

and agencies for flexibility In adapting and supervising their own nailing

ee as to nest their own material needs. Such considerations have led then

to provide themselves with eouinnsat and personnel fer nailing operations.
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believed that the present lev shoul' he emended to rovlt e for

the initial distribution of printed publications enc fame by the

^wperinteadent of Itoennent* at the Covernnent rlntlng Office; and

for the occasional end subsequent mlling by the ' e arttient* *nd

other eo tehll ahoente of the Government concerned. The several

agomclea of the Government should furnish the Superintendent of

loeomente, from time to time, mailing lists in convent *»nt forme,

and changes therein, or franfeed slip* or envelopes for use in the

distribution* -hen the distribution la completed, all remitting

copies should he returned to the i caning office*

<;ueh m enendent should alee provide that any executive deport*

meat, independent office* or establishment of the Government having

copies of publications for free distribution nay, when repueetod,

and If a sufficient supply Tor the pwr-ose exists, turn over copies

to 'the Sqpnftntandant of ioeuwenta for sale by him in order to c revent reprinting* In order that the uperinten&ent of i oeuaenta

nay to advised of stocks of publications held by the executive department*. independent Office*, and establishments of the Government,

they should annually notify the Superintendent of ocumenta of the

number of each publication available for free distribution.