PROPERTY OF GENERAL SERVi^E*^

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ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

PUBLIC PRINTER

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT

PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON

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A. E. GIEGENGACK, Public Printer

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GEORGE ORTLEB, Deputy Public Printer

Miss JO COFFIN, Assistant to the Public Printer

HENRY H. WRIGHT Cbizf CUrk RUSSELL H. HERRELL Comptroller

GEORGE C HAVENNER

Liaison Officer ERNEST E. EMERSONDirector of Purchases EDWARD M. NEVILS

Production Manager

MORRIS S. KANTROWITZ

Technical Director EDWARD A. HUSE

Night Production Manager

ALLA G. STEVENS

Superintendent of Stores WILLIAM A. MITCHELL

Superintendent of Planning DANIEL P. BUSH. M. D. Medical and Sanitary Director HOWELL K. STEPHENS

Superinfendenf of Composiflon ALFRED E. HANSONMechanical Superintendent

JOHN A. McLEAN

Superintendent of Platemaking

ALTON P. TISDEL

Superintendent of Documents

BERT E. BAIR

Superintendent of Presswork THOMAS L. UNDERWOODCaptain of the Guard

JOSEPH DUFFY

Superintendent of Binding

WILLIAM A. SMITH

Congressional Record Clerk

CONTENTS

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Introduction 1 Increase in personnel 3

Health and welfare activities 3 Emergency Hospital 3

Group Life Insurance 4

Group Hospitalization 4

Federal Credit Union 5 Government Printing Office American Legion Post, No. 33 . 5

Federal Employees' Organizations 5 Cafeteria and Recreation Association 6

Apprentice School 6

Cahfornia-Pacific International Exposition 7 Texas Centennial Exposition 8

New building project 9

Printing for the recovery program 10

Remarks concerning the Public Printer 19

Diamond Jubilee Celebration 25

Death of the Honorable Duncan U. Fletcher 28

National Museum Branch Printing Office 28

Receipts and expenditures 29

Purchasing Division 46

Savings in the packaging of paper 46

Congressional printing 47

Patent Office printing 49

Composing Division 49

Platemaking Division 50

Presswork Division 51

Bindery Division 52

Library of Congress branch composing and binding sections . . 53

Stores Division 53

Dehvery Section 54

Division of Tests and Technical Control 54

Division of Public Documents 62

Maintenance Division 69

ANNUAL REPORT OF

THE PUBLIC PRINTER

Office of the Public Printer

Washington, D. C, January 5, 1937

To the Congress of the United States: In compliance with existing law, I have the honor to submit the

following report covering the work of the Government Printing Office

for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936.

In my report covering the work of the Office for the fiscal year 1935

I reported to you upon a number of new methods and processes that

had been introduced into the Government Printing Ofiice, the most

important one of which, in my opinion, was the adoption of a universal

metal for all type-casting machines and which we are now also using

for the making of stereotype plates. Prior to the adoption of this

new metal, which we have designated ''Universal", five different metal

formulas were used: one for linotype machines, one for monotype

machines, one for the casting of large type and rules on the monotype

casters, one for Ludlow machines, and still a different one for stereo- type plates. This new metal is now used on all linotype, monotype,

Ludlow, and Intertype machines and in the making of stereotype

plates.

The formula for our Universal metal consists of 6 percent tin, 12

percent antimony, and 82 percent lead. The formulas of the five metals

formerly in use were: For linotype machines, 4.0-4.5 percent tin,

11.5-12.0 percent antimony, remainder lead; for monotype casting

machines on regular composition work, 7.0 percent tin, 16.5 percent

antimony, remainder lead; for casting large type and rules, a hard

monotype metal having 10 percent tin, 19 percent antimony, remainder

lead was used; for the Ludlow machines a metal containing 6.5 percent

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tin, 11.5-12.0 percent antimony, remainder lead was used; and for

stereotype plates the formula was 9 percent tin, 14 percent antimony,

remainder lead.

I am happy to report that all of the superintendents of our production divisions advised me that this new metal has given entire satis- faction and that it has simplified their problems in the handling of the

various metal formulas formerly in use. This can readily be understood when it is realized that during the past year nearly 10,000,000

pounds of type metal were standardized.

Other important changes that were adopted during the fiscal year

1935, and that have proven entirely satisfactory, were the discarding

of brass leads and rules, thereby effecting a near-nondistribution policy;

the changing of all type measures from the unit to the point system;

and the adoption of a new process for the making of rollers for all the printing presses. The plan of adopting new processes with a view

to speeding up the work of the Office is a continuing one, and those

that have proven successful in commercial plants are being introduced

into the Office from time to time.

In addition to the adoption of several new processes during the

fiscal year 1936, a number of new and improved pieces of machinery

were purchased in order to speed up production and to reduce costs wherever possible, as follows:

For the Composing Division there were purchased 151 steel galley

cabinets for the storage of type on galleys, 4 slug-casting machines, 1 vertical mitering machine, 1 tie-up slug mold, 7 electric proof presses, 3 type-form trucks, and 6 bases with patented lock-up chases and 30

bases with quoinless chases, together with the necessary pin hooks;

for the Platemaking Division, 6 vacuum curved stereotype casting

boxes complete with vacuum pump and electrical equipment for use

in casting stereotype plates for the Congressional Kecord and for

speeches, 3 combined shaving and tail-cutting machines complete with

electrical equipment, 1 machine for making flat mats, and 1 no. 2

improved rapid ball-bearing disk trimmer complete with motor and

electrical equipment; for the Presswork Division, 2 offset presses, 14

high-speed book and job presses, and 1 lift truck with a maximum

capacity of 5,000 pounds; for the Money Order Section of the Press- work Division, 1 special heavy-duty Perfection wire-stitching machine

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for the Bindery, 2 folding machines, 5 drilling m^achines, 3 automaticspacing paper-cutting machines, 12 package-sealing machines, and 4

elevating platform trucks of 3,000 pounds' capacity each; for the Division of Tests and Technical Control, 1 lift truck of 2,500 pounds' capacity ; for the Division of Public Documents, 1 combination printing and

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addressing machine, 3 lift trucks of 5,000 pounds' capacity each, and 2

hand trucks; for the Stores Division, 2 elevating platform trucks of

3,000 pounds' capacity each; for the Maintenance Division, 1 batterycharging motor generator and 1 portable electric saw; for the Delivery Section, 2 lift trucks of 5,000 pounds' capacity each and 2 motor

delivery trucks; and for the Planning Division, for the handling of

rush work, 2 light delivery trucks. All of the foregoing equipment was purchased with three major objects in view: namely, to conserve

space, to speed up production, and to replace obsolete and worn-out

machinery, some of which had been in use from 25 to 40 years. INCREASE IN PERSONNEL

Due to the large increase in the quantity of work in certain of the

divisions of the Office, as well as a desire to reduce overtime to a minimum, with a view to spreading employment, a net increase of

191 employees was made during the last fiscal year. The total number of employees on the rolls of the Office at the close of June 30,

1936, was 5,532, as compared with 5,341 on June 30, 1935.

During the year 74 employees were retired—41 on account of age, 24 on account of disability, and 9 under the provisions of section 1 of

the Retirement Act, which permits of retirement at employee's option

for those who are eligible for retirement at the age of 70, 65, or 62

years, as the case may be, after attaining the age of 68, 63, and 60

years, respectively, providing they have had at least 30 years' service.

The total retirements since August 20, 1920, to June 30, 1936, for age, disability, and optional, number 1,569. Of the employees who

were retired during the fiscal year 1936, 55 were men and 19 women. The following summarized statement shows all changes in personnel

during the past year:

Appointments 780

Separations 589 Retirements 74 Deaths 31 On rolls June 30, 1936 5, 532 HEALTH AND WELFARE ACTIVITIES

Emergency Hospital. During the fiscal year 1936 the Government

Printing Office Emergency Hospital gave a total of 22,361 treatments

to employees of the Office. Of the total number of treatments, 4,487 were for injuries received while on duty, 2,122 surgical treatments

for other than injuries which enabled employees to remain at work

and perform efficient service with little or no loss of time, 9,861

medical treatments other than surgical, and 5,891 re-treatments.

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In addition to the surgical and medical treatments given to employees by the Emergency Hospital staff, 1,250 physical examinations were made, including those of employees just entering the service.

A total of 3,829 employees were excused on account of siclmess,

injury (not service-connected), and sickness in family, with a total

loss of 17,023 working days, or an average of about 4^ days per

employee. Eighteen employees made claims for compensation for time lost due to injury, representing a total of 425 working days, for which they received $1,828.50. Of the total number of employees

injured, 11 selected sick leave in lieu of submitting a claim for compensation for working days lost. Of the total number of days lost on account of sickness or injury,

8,427 were charged to sick leave during the period from January 1 to June 30, 1936.

In addition to the treatments given to the employees of this Office,

184 treatments were given by our Emergency Hospital staff to employees of the Washington City Post Office. The Medical Director made 137 calls to the homes of employees

during the year. Group Life Insurance. The Government Printing Office Group Life

Insurance Association, since its organization on May 1, 1931, has paid

out $116,500 on 140 claims up to June 30, 1936. At the close of the

fiscal year 1936, 3,420 first-unit policies, amounting to $2,956,331;

1,728 second-unit policies, amounting to $1,500,029; and 257 third-unit

policies, amounting to $212,639, had been issued.

The reserve fund of the association consisted of $35,000 in United

States Treasury bonds and $1,000 invested in the Government Printing Office Federal Credit Union. In addition to the Treasury bonds

and the Federal Credit Union investment, there was on hand on June

30, 1936, $4,184.46 in checking accounts. Insurance is provided at a cost of $1 per month per unit in amounts

from $250 to $1,000, depending upon an employee's age. Group Hospitalization. Group hospitalization was introduced into

the Government Printing Office on May 1, 1935. Group hospitalization insures each member of the group for hospital service for a period

of 21 days, at the nominal cost of 75 cents a month. At the close of

the fiscal year 950 employees of the Ofiice were affiliated with this

group.

Group Hospitalization, Inc., is a non-profit-sharing organization, at the head of which are a number of prominent citizens who give their

time freely to the cause. The monthly fee covers 21 days' hospital

care, including semiprivate accommodations, bed and board, general

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nursing care, use of operating room, surgical dressings, ordinary medications, and routine medical examination.

When a person is confined to the hospital for more than 21 days, a 10-percent discount is allowed to members of the group, who otherwise

would have to pay the full hospital rate. A number of leading hospitals in the city are aflaliated with this organization, and each member

of the group may select the hospital to which he would prefer to be

taken. Employees must be under 65 years of age and in good health

30 days prior to the date of joining the organization.

Federal Credit Union. The charter for the Government Printing

Office Federal Credit Union was issued by the Governor of the Farm

Credit Administration on August 20, 1935, under authority of the act

approved June 26, 1934 (Public, No. 467, 73d Cong.). The purpose

of the Federal Credit Union system is to establish a further market for

securities of the United States and to make more available, to people

of small means, credit for provident purposes through a national

system of cooperative credit, thereby helping to stabilize the credit structure of the United States. At the end of the fiscal year 1936 the Union had received, for shares,

fines, and entrance fees, a total of $29,529.98. Its outstanding loans

amounted to $25,681.99. All loans are payable either in monthly or semimonthly installments, the interest charge under the Credit Union

Act being 1 percent per month on unpaid balances.

Under the provisions of the Credit Union Act, all receipts from

entrance fees and fines must be transferred to a reserve fund for bad

loans and 20 percent of all earnings to a surplus fund. At the present

time the surplus fund amounts to $116.12 and the reserve for bad loans,

$440.40.

The net earnings of the association since its organization amount

to $464.50, which amount will be divided among the members in proportion to the length of time and the amount they have on

deposit.

Government Printing Office American Legion Post, No. 33. The

Government Printing Office American Legion Post was organized in

July 1934. It has a membership of 447, and it is the third largest

post in the District of Columbia, and it is the only post in the District

of Columbia that maintains a fully uniformed Legion band. Since

its organization it has participated in nearly every civic and patriotic

parade held in the city of Wasliington.

Federal Employees' Organizations. Two Federal employees' lodges

afiihated with the American Federation of Government Employees

were organized in the clerical divisions of the Office during the year

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1935. These two lodges participate in activities beneficial to the

employees, and they now have a total membership of 135.

Cafeteria and Recreation Association. The Government Printing

Office Cafeteria and Kecreation Association is an employee organization which operates the Government Printing Office cafeteria, bowling

alleys, the cigar stand, auditorium, and recreation rooms. Its total

receipts for the year were $253,830, or an increase of $66,309 over 1935.

During the past year the cafeteria served 984,000 meals, an increase

of 222,746 over the number served during the previous year. The

average number of meals served per day was 3,778.

The number of non-civil-service employees on the cafeteria rolls last year was 90, with an annual pay roll of $68,531.63, or an increase

in its pay roll of $10,734.42 over 1935.

The cafeteria is in charge of a trained dietitian, and a daily inspection of the food served is made by the Medical Director, who reports

that there has been a marked improvement in the menus since the

appointment of the dietitian in May 1934.

The equipment in the present dining room is about worn out, and

new equipment is being installed by the Cafeteria and Recreation

Association. The new equipment will include modern serving

counters and new dining-room tables and chairs. All-metal trays were recently replaced with attractive composition ones and a better

grade of silverware purchased and all dishes standardized so that only one design will be used in the future.

APPRENTICE SCHOOL

On October 16, 1935, the Apprentice School was reopened, and a

class of 100 apprentices—96 boys and 4 girls—^was enrolled for training

in the various branches of the printing industry. The personnel of

the class, coming from 28 States of the Union, was appointed from a

list of applicants who previously had taken a competitive civil-service

examination. As the class was limited to 100 apprentices, only those

applicants receiving the highest ratings were selected. In addition to receiving technical instruction in the particular

branch of the printing trade to which assigned, each apprentice also

is required to take an academic course consisting of English grammar,

printing science, history of printing, and trade mathematics. Technical courses include training in composition, platemaking, presswork,

bookbinding, and machine-shop work. Composing-room and machmeshop apprentices will be given additional instruction in typography,

higher mathematics, and mechanical and engineering drawing. The

object of the school is to develop (1) a broad, commercial, educa6
tional, and social outlook for apprentices through a concise, extensive

study of the various branches of the printing industry; (2) to develop

a greater appreciation for the art of printing through additional

knowledge of early procedures, evolutionary transitions, present-day

industrial management, and modern typographic expression; and (3) to develop a desire to take advantage of the unlimited opportunities

for advancement through up-to-date methods of trade application,

proper rules of workmanship decorum, and the requisites for the

various official responsibilities.

The pohcy of the school is to give equal opportunities to all apprentices in proving their fitness for the various trade pursuits. The first 6 months of the apprenticeship term were set aside for the purpose of

familiarizing each apprentice with the kind of work performed by the

various production divisions of the Office. Each apprentice served in

the separate divisions for periods ranging from 2 to 8 weeks, working

as journeyman helpers, messengers, and in other minor capacities.

During this period they were learning the routine of the work and at the same time were being judged by the division executives for suit- ability for that particular class of work.

At the conclusion of the probationary period permanent assignments were made to the various branches of the printing trade. The Composing Division received 63; Platemaking, 4; Presswork, 16; Bookbinding, 15; and Machine Shop, 2. In making assignments three

factors were taken into consideration—first, the reports from division

executives; second, the apprentice's scholastic standing; and third, the

preference as indicated by the apprentice.

Since the beginning of the term three apprentices have left the

school. One returned to his home in Texas (reason unknown), another was dismissed for unbecoming conduct in the classroom, and one

resigned to enter the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.

It is remarkable the interest that these apprentices are showing in their academic studies and in their shop training. The class average

for the first 6 months was 85 percent or higher in both academic and

technical instruction.

CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION

The Government Printing Office exhibit at the California-Pacific

International Exposition at San Diego, Calif., occupied a space of approximately 500 square feet. The exhibit was displayed in nine glasscovered cases, arranged in three rows to form two aisles leading to a

large display cabinet 16 feet 6 inches long by 10 feet 8 inches high.

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This cabinet was built to accommodate a United States map dis- played by the Veterans' Administration and to separate the space

occupied by the Government Printing Office exhibit from that occu- pied by the Veterans' Administration exhibit. The cabinet and cases were designed to conform to the general plan of the Federal Building

in which the exhibit was located. There were no partitions in this

building, and the cases and cabinets were so grouped as to form the

various aisles and sections in the building.

In the display cases were samples of work from each of the production divisions of the Office and numerous publications offered for

sale by the Superintendent of Documents. The printing exhibit

consisted of various styles of book and pamphlet work, job printing,

and of color and offset presswork. The Bindery exhibit was made up

of selections of fine bindings and many examples of our regular run

of edition, library, and blankbook bindings in cloth and leather,

together with sonie samples of intricate ruling and marbling. The

Platemaking Division exhibit showed some of the various operations

performed and materials used in maldng stereotypes, electrotypes,

photoengravings, and copper and zinc plates.

TEXAS CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION

The exhibit of the Government Printing Office at the Texas Centennial Exposition occupied a space approximately 20 by 40 feet. The

exhibit was composed of four Balopticons (picture-proj ecting machines),

four placards describing the activities of the Government Printing

Office, and three display cabinets.

The Balopticon machines were built into a false partition on one

side of the room in such a manner that the projected pictures were

flush with the wall and of such a height from the floors to be easily seen by those passing through. The machines continuously projected pic- tures from lantern slides upon a screen 18 by 16 inches. There were

about 60 slides in each machine, and they were automatically changed

every few seconds until the entire set had been shown, when the process was repeated. The pictures in the Balopticons showed a portion of

the various activities of the Government Printing Office, a number of

the officials, and some of the personnel.

On the other side of the space allotted to the Government Printing

Office were three cabinets of the flat-top type. These cabinets were

constructed to conform to the general design of the building and so located that aisles were formed to permit of easy access to the spaces

allotted other departments. They were used for the display of various

samples of printing and binding work and many features of interest

to the general public as well as to members of the printing craft. 8
NEW BUILDING PROJECT

Floor plans for the Government Printing Office warehouse were

approved by the Public Printer on October 29, 1935. Proposals for

the construction of the building were sent out by the Procurement

Division of the Treasury Department on August 1, 1936, and the

bids were opened on August 31, 1936. The low bidder was the

Charles H. Tompkins Co., Inc., of Washington, D. C, to which the

contract was awarded October 2, 1936, in the amount of $1,042,930.

The low bidder for the elevators was the Montgomery Elevator Co.,

of Moline, 111., whose bid was $93,499. Demohtion of old buildings on the warehouse site was begun October 12 and excavation work

started November 9, 1936.

The warehouse will have a frontage of 87^2 feet on North Capitol

Street, extending 457 feet along G Place to First Street NE. The

building wiU be of three stories, with basement, and will be of reinforced- concrete construction, with a gross floor area of 157,300 square feet. On the third floor of the building will be two railroad tracks, which

wiU accommodate 16 freight cars at one time for the unloading of paper and other materials. These tracks will cross over First Street NE. on a bridge and wiU connect with track no. 1 of the Washington

Terminal Co. In order to provide for this overcrossing of First Street NE. it was necessary to have the existing law regarding the

Washington Terminal Co. amended, which was effected by Public,

No. 739, of the Seventy-fourth Congress.

On the second floor of the warehouse building will be located the

Money Order and the Postal Card Sections of the Presswork Division,

together with necessary storage vaults. Special conveyors will be

installed to carry postal-card shipments from the postal-card vault on the second floor of the building to freight cars on the third floor. Both the Money Order and the Postal Card pressrooms wiU be

air-conditioned

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The first floor and basement wiH be used for storage, special provision being made for receiving truck deliveries of paper on the first floor, as the amount of paper being received by truck shipment is increasing daily.

From the basement of the warehouse building will be constructed a tunnel under North Capitol Street to connect with the new office building that is to be erected on the southwest corner of North

Capitol and H Streets. The floor of this tunnel wiU be approximately

30 feet below the street level. The plans for the H Street building are practically completed, but

the construction of this building cannot be started until the warehouse

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is finished and the old buildings now occupying the site can be vacated

and razed.

The new office building to be constructed on the corner of North

Capitol and H Streets will replace the 80-year-old original Government Printing Office building and additions thereto. In this new

building will be housed the executive offices and all production divisions

with the exception of the Binding Division. Floor space for the

production divisions will be so arranged as to make for straight-line

production in order to avoid having to double back on work in progress. The Binding Division will remain in the present main building and it will be so located as to permit of the moving of work directly across

bridges from pressrooms to bindery rooms. From the Bindery all work will go to an enlarged shipping platform attached to the present

main building or to storage rooms in the Office of the Superintendent

of Documents.

The warehouse will probably be ready for occupancy in about a year from the date of the contract and the new office building in about

3 years. PRINTING FOR THE RECOVERY PROGRAM

The fiscal year 1936 was the busiest year in the history of the

Office for certain classes of work, and the demands for the delivery

of many of the jobs within a specified time were so great that the

production facilities of the Office were taxed to the utmost. However,,

every demand made upon the Office was met, and in many instances

the work was delivered in even a shorter time than that specified by

the ordering office. During the year the Job Section handled 41,962 jobs, an increase of

1,638 over 1935, 3,475 over 1934, and 11,076 over 1933. As in 1935,

the number of copies of many of the blank forms, circulars, and

pamphlets ordered during 1936 ran into the millions and some of them

required bindery or other operations of an unusual character. For

instance, the order of the Treasury Department for 7,000,000 copies

of the Baby Bond booklet required the parallel folding of a 16-page,

3K-by 5K-inch booklet, run four up, saddle-stitched and trimmed, and

accompanied by 7,000,000 copies of a 6-page circular with perforated coupon, 15 by 7 inches, folded to 3K by 5 inches. This booklet and circular^

accompanied by a no. 6% return envelope, were inserted into a no. 7 envelope, sealed, and packed in lots of 20, 30, and 50 in cartons for delivery.

Some of the other outstanding rush jobs were as follows:

The printing, punching, and packaging in lots of 1,000 of 31,830,000

cards for the Bureau of the Census. This job was delivered within a month from the date of the order.

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The setting of the type and the making of 2,230 nickel-faced blocked

electrotype plates for bonds and Treasury notes for the Bureau of

Engraving and Printing. This entire job was completed and delivered

in 2 6)2 hours from the time the copy reached this Office. For the Works Progress Administration there were printed on seven

different colored papers 8,750,000 forms 6 by 16 inches. These forms

were perforated and padded in sets of 25, and the entire job was

delivered ^vithin 16 days from the receipt of the order.

Still another rush job was the printing of 100 copies of a 539-page

brief for the Department of Justice. The copy for this brief reached

the Office late on Friday with a request for delivery on the following

Monday morning. This request was complied with and the job delivered on time.

Many letters were received by the Public Printer from Members of

Congress and from the heads of departments and establishiAents of

the Government expressing appreciation for the prompt and helpful

service rendered by the Government Printing Office. The Administrative Assistant to the Director of the Budget under

date of January 7, 1936, wrote the Public Printer regarding the printing of the 1937 Budget, as follows:

The Acting Director has asked me to express to you and to your assistants his appreciation for the efficient manner in which the 1937 Budget was handled in the Government Printing Office. Please convey his thanks to Messrs. Nevils, Huse, Stephens, and Horstman for their splendid cooperation and expert work; also to Messrs. Liddle, McCarthy,

Burr, and Cullen, who rendered such valuable service in connection with proofreading and page revising in the Bureau of the Budget.

The Attorney General in a letter to the Public Printer, dated December 20, 1935, regarding the printing of briefs said:

I want you to know how much I appreciate your cooperation in expediting

the printing of the briefs in the Rickert Rice Mills case. Realizing the inconvenience and extra burden which this work placed upon

you and the members of your staff, I cannot refrain from writing you this note. Under date of January 29, 1936, the Administrator of the Veterans^

Administration wrote the Pubhc Printer regarding the printing of

the apphcations for payment of adjusted-service certificates as foUows:

Reference is made to Veterans' Administration requisition no. 550 for printing

of 6,000,000 copies of form no. 1701, known as the Application for Payment of Adjusted-Service Certificate. Your personal cooperation in the production of this large quantity of printed matter in 2 days is a service to the Veterans' Administration and to the veterans

of the World War, which is highly appreciated. 11
Needless to say, such an accomplishment is most creditable to your organization, and I take the liberty of asking you to convey my thanks to all who rendered

such valuable and timely assistance to the Veterans' Administration.

The vice chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing on February

19, 1936, in a letter to the Public Printer, said:

I wish to express to you and the members of your staff my very deep appreciation for the prompt and perfect execution of four jobs in connection with the

neutrality legislation now enacted:

(1) Hearings before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

(2) Printing of my radio speech in the Record of January 13.

(3) Printing of my address on Walter Hines Page, Record of February 10.

(4) Printing of remarks closing debate on neutrality bill in the House, Feb- ruary 17. All of the above work was handled so promptly and so perfectly that I wish

to extend not only my personal thanks but my official commendation as the

vice chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing.

This legislation has consumed practically all of my time since Congress con- vened. Now that it is out of the way I hope to see something of you and the

Government Printing Office. On April 28, 1936, the chairman of the House of Representatives

Committee on Appropriations wrote the PubHc Printer in regard to the printing of the testimony in connection with a proposed appropriation of $1,500,000,000 for the Works Progress Administration for the

present fiscal year, as follows:

Last night the committee sent to the Government Printing Office the testimony

of Mr. Harry Hopkins, Works Progress Administrator, in connection with the proposed appropriation of $1,500,000,000 for the coming fiscal year. The volume

of material was very large and included in it was an unusually large amount of tabular matter involving statistics not onh^ of Works Progress Administration

but also the statistical history of Federal Emergency Relief Administration and

Civil Works Administration. This morning the committee received proof on the

entire copy amounting to 422 printed proof pages.

I am writing to congratulate you upon this very extraordinary job of production in this short overnight period. It is little less than amazing and speaks

volumes for the efficiency of organization and methods of the Government Printing

Office.

I feel that such an accomplishment should not pass without a word of praise

and appreciation. We are pressed for time on this bill, and as usual we have never been disappointed by your organization.

The Public Printer received from the Commissioner of the Public

Debt a letter dated June 10, 1936, in which the Commissioner said:

The Department desires to express its appreciation of the prompt service ren- dered by Colonel Nevils and his force in delivering the Department circular containing regulations governing adjusted-service bonds. The release of this circular was delayed pending the passage of necessary legis- lation by the Congress, to a point where prompt printing and delivery of several 12
hundred thousand copies was essential in our work of preparing shipments to

veterans. Your people delivered under these conditions in their usual fine fashion. Under date of January 21, 1936, Col. Lemuel E. Shepherd, Jr., of

the United States Marine Corps wrote the Pubhc Printer as follows:

I have Just received a copy of the Manual for Drummers, Trumpeters, and

Fifers, United States Marine Corps, 1935, recently printed in the Government

Printing Office. I wish to compliment you and your staff on the excellent work

done on this book. The cover, text, and plates all present a most creditable appearance.

I particularly wish to extend my appreciation to Mr. W. W. Weber for his personal interest and cooperation in the publication of this manual. His suggestions as to its arrangement and the cheerful manner in which he made numerous

changes in the proof after the text had been submitted are largely responsible for the success of the finished product.

The Pubhc Printer received from the Chief of the Hydrographic

Office of the Navy Department a letter dated February 19, 1936?

regarding the rearranging of the Notice to ^lariners, as follows:

The Hydrographer desires to express his appreciation of the cooperation of the Government Printing Office in so arranging the composition, proofreading, and

presswork of the Notice to Mariners as to bring out this essential publication a day in advance of the old schedule. This advanced date has improved the service the office is giving to the mariner, and the Hydrographer thanks you for your

assistance. On April 4, 1936, the Director of Naval Communications of the

Navy Department wrote the Public Printer as follow^s: The Chief of Naval Operations has requested me to express his appreciation of the excellent work done by the Government Printing Office in connection with

jackets nos. 137911, 137912, and 137913. The work involved in this job was of an

extremely complicated character and the cooperation of the Government Printing

Office was most helpful.

The cooperation of the following personnel of the Government Printing Office, who were directly contacted by the officer in charge of this job, was especially noted: Mr. WilHam A. Mitchell, Superintendent of Planning; Mr. H. K. Stephens and

Mr. F. R. Horstman, of the Superintendent of Composition's Office; Mr. Rupert

E. Banks, preparer; and Mr. John J. Cless, reviser. Please convey the appreciation of the Navy Department to the above-named

personnel and any others who may have been involved in this work.

Under date of February 7, 1936, the Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture in a letter to the

Public Printer said:

A month or two ago this Bureau ordered from the Government Printing Office a supply of base maps of North and Middle Am.erica, measuring about 15 by 24

inches, furnishing as copy a sample of a map originally produced by the Geolog13
ical Survey but now considered obsolete by that Bureau. It was requested that the job be done by the offset process. When the proof sheets were received it was found that we had overlooked several

errors in the boundaries and location of place names on the original copy. These

were corrected upon the proof, necessitating correction by negative cutting in your

Photoengraving Section. The purpose of this letter is to express to you our appreciation of the high

quality of the work done on this job. The negative corrections were so neatly

and accurately made that they cannot be detected from the original lines and

lettering. Our draftsmen also are much pleased with the quality of the paper upon which the maps were printed, which causes them to take carbon ink very smoothly and so to result in work of a gratifyingly high character. The Administrator of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration

in a letter to the Public Printer, dated February 18, 1936, regarding

the distribution of blank forms, said:

I have purposely delayed replying to your letter of February 11, concerning the

distribution of blank forms, in order to be able to make a more complete report to you. On January 6, the day the Supreme Court handed down its decision invalidating

certain features of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, we had at the Government

Printing Office and in the Office of the Superintendent of Documents slightly more than 13,000,000 pieces of printed matter. Because of the Court's ruling,

and until we knew the extent or type of liquidation which would be required of our various commodity divisions, we were powerless to make any decision regarding the distribution of this material. Lately, however, our plans have been devel- oping rapidly with the result that we have been enabled to effect distribution of 9,000,000 of the forms mentioned and we expect to reduce still further the remaining supply in the very near future. We have been aware of some of the problems, particularly with regard to

storage, with which you have been confronted and we have attempted to cooperate

with you to the fullest possible extent. I sincerely hope, however, you will not

find it necessary to limit the mailing activities of the Superintendent of Documents, for I am sure that if we are required to do our own mailing it will be almost

impossible for us to evolve a system as efficient as the one now in effect.

I am happy to have the opportunity once again to tell you that we have

always been most appreciative of the excellent service rendered to us by your

organization.

The Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission wrote the

Public Printer on February 12, 1936, regarding the assistance rendered

by the Government Printing OJB&ce in printing the report entitled

"Recent Development in the Foreign Trade of Japan Particularly in

Relation to the Trade of the United States", as follows:

I desire to convey to you the official thanks of the Tariff Commission for the notable assistance given us recently by your Office in printing for prompt distri- bution the report entitled "Recent Development in the Foreign Trade of Japan

Particularly in Relation to the Trade of the United States." Upon hearing from

our Secretary the need for prompt action in this case, you placed the facilities of 14
the Government Printing Office behind this job in such a way that the finished edition of a book running into 207 pages, much of it statistical tabulations, was in our hands in a few days after we placed the manuscript with you. This exceedingly prompt service enabled us to place the printed report before the Members of Congress and the heads of the executive establishments very shortly after the new congressional session opened. We consider your part in it a distinct service

in the public interest. Also under date of May 29, 1936, the Chairman of the United

States Tariff Commission, in a letter to the Pubhc Printer, said:

The Commission has occasion again to compliment your organization on its rapid production of an important official report and to express our appreciation

of the very notable cooperation we have received. The Cotton Textile Report, which was the basis for the President's action

increasing the duties on certain textiles from Japan, was furnished you one week

ago in manuscript form and your Office has today delivered to us the completed

printed edition. Copies have already been sent to the White House, the Secretary

of State, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Agriculture, and to many other

interested parties.

I am sure I make no error in expressing appreciation on behalf of all of them

for the speed with which the printed report has been placed before them and

likewise made available to the interested public.

On May 22, 1936, the Chief Examiner of the Civil Service Commission wrote the Public Printer as follows:

The Civil Service Commission desires to express appreciation for the cooperation given by your organization in recent emergencies incident to the preparation

of examination material. The instance of the substitute-laborer examination is particularly in point. The promptness of preparation and delivery of material by

the Job Section and the Office of Departmental Information has assisted greatly.

The Commission's resources are subjected to considerable strain in attempting

to keep the examining program current, and the helpful attitude of your organi- zation is sincerely appreciated.

Under date of October 25, 1935, the Administrator of the Federal

Emergency Administration of Public Works wrote the Public Printer

as follows:

I wish to express my deep appreciation for the assistance rendered the Housing

Division of the Public Works Administration by the Government Printing Office

in connection with the preparation of specifications for 26 housing projects.

When it became necessary to issue specifications immediately for these projects,

it was found that the mimeographing facilities of the Interior Department were

so overburdened they could offer no assurance of quick delivery and we were,

therefore, compelled to request your organization to handle the major portion of the

printing upon exceedingly short notice. Your response was complete cooperation.

The printing was complex and the copy submitted to you was, of necessity, not

in the best possible form; notwithstanding this, your office accepted the assignment with sympathetic understanding and proceeded to complete the task in splendid style, working day and night, as well as on last Saturday and Sunday.

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I wish particularly to commend Mr. William A. Mitchell and Mr. R. W.

Teague, the chiefs of the day and night forces of your Planning and Job Composing Divisions, as well as their subordinate employees.

The Public Printer also received from the Assistant to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works a

letter dated June 5, 1936, concerning the assistance rendered by the

Government Printing Office in the printing and planning of "The

Story of PWA in Pictures", as follows:

The Public Works Administration wishes to express its sincere appreciation to you and your splendid organization for the assistance given us in the planning

and printing of "The Story of PWA in Pictures", which bears your Jacket no. 57315. Mr. William A. Mitchell, assisted by Mr. FeUx Halluin, Mr. Howard G. Brown,

and Mr. Frank Mortimer, was most helpful in expediting the preparation for printing. Mr. Halluin was especially helpful in assisting us in changing the layout so that publication would be more effective. We also wish to express our appreciation of the assistance given us by Mr. Alton

P. Tisdel, who mailed from the Government Printing Office almost 48,000 copies

of the booklet. We have had innumerable compliments on the engraving and printing in "The

Story of PWA in Pictures." Credit for this goes entirely to those divisions of the Government Printing Office. The Administrator of the Kural Electrification Administration in a

letter to the Public Printer dated February 3, 1936, regarding the

printing of the booklet '^Little Waters", said:

I feel impelled to write you this note to express my very sincere appreciation of the care taken by the Government Printing Office in the printing of "Little Waters." Everybody seems to be pleased with it from the President down.

I am just in receipt of a letter from Robert L. Duffus, star staff writer of tjie New York Times, in which he says: "I do not think I have seen a better printing

job from the Government Office." Also, I want to thank you and especially your assistant, Miss Coffin, for your

cooperating with us in the matter of time of delivery. Once having fixed a satis- factory schedule, you adhered to it scrupulously.

If there comes about any opportunity for this agency to cooperate with you, all you have to do is to make the request.

The New York Times in its issue of March 4, 1936, had this to say

about the booklet ''Little Waters":

One of the handsomest booklets ever turned out by the United States Govern- ment Printing Office is the report published by a group of New Deal agencies

under the alluring title, "Little Waters: Their Use and Relation to the Land."

Its subject matter would give joy to Thoreau, who wrote that "it is weU to have some water in your neighborhood, to give buoyancy to the earth", and w^ho took

special delight in confluences. Its typography is a treat for the eyes. Its cover

design, a contour map of some ponds up in Massachusetts where the State is raising $30,000 worth of young fish every year for transplanting, will appeal

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to all those who rehsh the sweep of those httle brown lines on Government

maps. * * * Under date of ^larch 7, 1936, tlie Cliairman of the Tennessee Valley

Authority wrote the Pubhc Fruiter as follows:

It has come to our attention that Mr. Mortimer of the Government Printing

Office has been very ably and obligingly working with ]Mr. Young of our Information Division in regard to an illustrated agricultural booklet being put into the hands of the Printing Office. This booklet tells how much of the land of our country has been depleted in

fertffity and points a way to the conservation and restoration of soil fertility. The

story is told by pictures more than by words. Xearly every right-hand page is filled with a picture explained by just a few words of large type on the opposite

page. We are confident that such a method is the most effective way of getting the message across to farmers and other interested citizens. We are appreciative of the special interest of the Printing Office in the publication, since good reproduction of photographs will be essential to its success. The Director of Information of the Tennessee VaUey Authority on April 30, 1936, in a letter to the Pubhc Printer said:

I have just learned of the fine cooperation and help which your Office gave Mr. Minoh of the Tennessee VaUey Authority in laying out some pamphlet publications for us. Mr. Mortimer was exceptionally helpful, and his suggestions

resulted in a number of excellent improvements.

I wish to thank you for this kind service and have you know that it is deeply

appreciated.

On December 13, 1935, the Director of the Third TTorld Power

Conference of the American National Committee wrote the Pubhc

Printer as follows regarding the printing of the program of the Third

World Power Conference:

We have just received from the Government Printing Office the printed copies

of program of the Third World Power Conference and I wish to take this occasion

to express to you our satisfaction v.-ith the results which you have produced and

our great appreciation of the attention and overtime work that was given to its production. It was very desirable that copies of this program should be placed on board the steamship Europa tomorrow in order that they might be distributed

into the several foreign countries before the Christmas recess. I wish especially to express my appreciation of the interest taken, and time given, by Mr. Mortimer

to this piece of work. We shall wish to follow the English edition with three separate editions in foreign

languages. With the continued cooperation of the Government Printing Office we

are confident of being able to submit to the various foreign countries a piece of work of which we can be proud.

The Public Printer received from the executive secretary of the

American National Committee a letter dated December 13, 1935, in

which he said:

I want to thank you and through you the staff of the Government Printing

Office, particularly Major Vogt, Assistant Superintendent of Planning, and Mr.

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Frank H, Mortimer, Director of Typography, for the splendid job of printing

which they did for us. Despite the fact that this was a rush bit of work, they

and their numerous assistants and aides were helpful and courteous throughout,

and gave to us the completed job at the time we desired it. I am also grateful for the courtesy of Mr. Huse, Night Production Manager,

who took personal charge of the matter at one period in its progress. We shall soon call upon the Government Printing Office again, and we anticipate

with pleasure a continuation of this cooperation.

Under date of December 18, 1935, the chairman of the executive

committee of the American National Committee also wrote the Public

Printer as follows:

You and your organization are entitled to a warm word of thanks for the

splendid appearance of the program for the forthcoming World Power Conference. Those who had charge of preparing the manuscript tell me that they received courtesy at every turn from your staff. The outcome certainly reflects credit on

everyone connected with it. It is one of the most impressive public documents

that I have seen. Speaking for the executive committee, please accept our cordial appreciation

and very warm thanks. Again the chairman of the executive committee of the American

National Committee in a letter to the Public Printer dated July 24,

1936, said:

Glad tidings have just come to me! I hear that through the good offices of the Government Printing Office the foreign-language programs for the World

Power Conference are now on the high seas. Picking up a week in their sailing date will mean a lot in the success of the Conference. I realize that owing to circumstances and partly to delays on our own part in accomplishing this result a burden was put on the Government

Printing Office. This makes us very grateful to you, to your organization, and to Mr. W. A. Mitchell. Just as I was dictating this letter, I received a copy of a booklet "Norris Dam",

printed for the Tennessee Valley Authority. This comes pretty nearly being

"high-water mark" in public printing. It seems to me that you are making

greater progress in printing in a few years than was made in the preceding generation. It ought to make you very happy. It makes those "of us who believe in democratic institutions think better of our Government.

On May 9, 1936, the vice chairman of the National Resources

Committee wrote the Public Printer as follows:

I have heard much favorable comment on the excellent workmanship displayed

by your staff in printing our recent report on Regional Planning in the Pacific Northwest.

I fully agree with this comment and wish to thank you and your coworkers for their fine cooperation on a job in which all of us were pressed for time. Under date of December 5, 1935, the Director General of the Pan

American Union wrote the Public Printer as follows:

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I want to tell you how delighted I am with the new cover and other improve- ments planned for the Bulletin of the Pan American Union, under the supervision of Mr. Mortimer, chief of your Layout Section. The three editions of the

Bulletin, English, Spanish, and Portuguese, will thus start the coming year with a new and attractive appearance. Let me assure you that I deeply appreciate the suggestions and cooperation of the Government Printing Office in this matter. Many other letters were received by the Pubhc Printer from

Government officials commending the Office for the prompt and effi- cient service rendered and for the courteous treatment and help

received from officials and employees of the Office. REMARKS CONCERNING THE PUBLIC PRINTER

On March 12, 1936, when the item for the Government Printing

Office was reached in the legislative appropriation bill for 1937, Representative J. Walter Lambeth, vice chairman of the Joint Committee

on Printing and chairman of the House of Representatives Committee

on Printing, made the following remarks concerning the Public Printer:

In view of the remarks relative to the Botanic Garden and also the Library of Congress, I want to toss an orchid to the Public Printer. I do not know whether

it will be furnished by the Botanic Garden or not. Before doing so, however, I think it is worth while to take five minutes of your

time to refer to this large establishment down by the Union Station employing

5,500 persons, the largest manufacturing establishment, certainly of the Government, in the District of Columbia.

I was just looking back over some history, and I found that in 1819 it was

provided that the Senate and House shall each choose, by ballot, a printer to execute the work of Congress; the printer chosen was required to give bond to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House, respectively, for the prompt, accurate, and neat execution of the work; and it was also provided that nothing shall preclude the choice of the same printer by the Senate and House. Then, in 1852, Congress authorized that a Public Printer be elected for each

House of Congress, to do the public printing for the Congress for which he or they may be chosen, and such printing for the executive departments and bureaus

of the Government as may be delivered to him or them by the Superintendent of the Public Printing; and the rates of compensation for such printing prescribed. So the office of the Public Printer was established in the year 1852 primarily to do the printing for Congress, and it has remained under the Jurisdiction of the Congress ever since. That is why the appropriation for this work is contained in

this bill. In 1867 Congress authorized a Congressional Printer, to be elected by the

Senate, who was required to be a practical printer, to take charge of and manage

the Government Printing Office under the laws in force in relation to the Superin- tendent of Public Printing and the execution of the printing and binding, and to be deemed an officer of the Senate. 19
In 1874 it was enacted that so much of the act of 1867 as provided for the elec- tion of a Congressional Printer by the Senate shall cease and be of no effect from

and after the date of the first vacancy occurring in said office; that the title of said officer shall hereafter be Public Printer. By act of Congress in 1876 it was provided that the President shall appoint by

and with the advice and consent of the Senate a suitable person to the office of Public Printer. Here I wish to say that while at the time the Government Printing Office was

established it was designed primarily to do printing for Congress, at the present

time the printing for Congress is only 20 percent of the total work in the Govern- ment Printing Office. As chairman of the House Committee on Printing, I was invited to appear, and

did appear, before the committee handling this bill while it was considering the item for the Government Printing Office. T therefore had the pleasure of listen- ing to the Public Printer present the facts substantiating his recommendations to your committee, and the privilege of extending a few comments of my own. The work of the world's largest printing plant is worthy of consideration from

many angles, but in my limited time I will attempt to touch on only three of them—first, the volume of work it handles; second, the efficient manner in which

it is managed; and, third, the service it performs for the other branches of the Government.

Some idea of the volume of work performed may be grasped from the following

figures taken from the Public Printer's Annual Report covering the fiscal year ended June 30, 1935: Ems of type set 2, 241, 746, 000

Book pages printed 2, 361, 459

Actual press impressions 984, 590, 000

Postal cards printed 1, 857, 152, 220 Money-order forms printed 228, 187, 000

Copies of job work 4, 847, 444, 000

Publications distributed 428, 950, 907

Charges for completed work $16, 465, 431. 00

Salaries and wages $10, 797, 879. 20 The office is now carrying a burden approximately 25 percent greater than

that carried during the war period. To mention only a few items, there has been an increase of 863,359 in the number of book pages printed, an increase of 103,- 907,000 actual press impressions, an increase of 705,165,220 in the number of postal cards printed, 87,308,000 more money-order forms printed, 1,174,522,000 more copies of job work, and a jump in the number of publications distributed from 55,001,603 in 1918 to 428,950,907 in 1935. This increased production has been taken on in a plant which has been over- crowded and unscientifically arranged for the last 20 years. It happens, I may

say, that one of the buildings still being occupied was purchased during the administration of President Lincoln, and is, I think, the oldest pubhc building in the District of Columbia. It would long since have been demolished as a fire hazard if it were not the fact that it is a pubhc building.

Public Printers since 1913 have been recommending legislation authorizing a new building for the Government Printing Office, but it was not until the present

Public Printer—who so clearly saw the reasons and necessity therefor—placed the 20
proposition before Congress with such logical and unanswerable argument that

the request was granted. The authorization for the building was contained in the act of August 12, 1935, Public, No. 26^0, which made $2,000,000 immediately

available for expenditure, with a limitation on the total amount to be expended

in connection with the construction of the building of $5,885,000.

It is estimated that with the new building—which we hope will be under way

by May 1 —the Public Printer will be able to reduce the Government's printing

bill by $850,000, or approximately 5 percent. Some of the major items on which

savings will be made as a result of the construction of the new building are:

1. The elimination of repairs to old buildings $25, 000

2. Reduction in night work 200, 000

(By the most advantageous use of additional floor space which will be provided by the new building it is estimated that the day production can be speeded up to the point where it will be possible to reduce

the night work by the figure indicated.)

3. Warehouse rent 15, 000

4. Senate and House folding-room expense 10, 000

(By providing space in the new warehouse for the folding rooms

this amount can be saved in rental and trucking expense alone.)

5. Reduction in freight-handling charges 100, 000

(The new warehouse is to be so constructed that freight cars will be run directly into it. This will mean that all incoming paper stock can be taken direct from the car to the stockroom and, in the case of postal-card and money-order stock, directly to the production room,

as the trucking from freight yards to the Government Printing Office

will be unnecessary. Paper will be shipped on skids, rather than in boxes. This will not only facilitate the handling of the paper but will keep the paper off the floor and will eliminate the waste caused from

dust and dirt and the damage incident to unboxing and unpacking.)

6. Savings by straight-line production 500, 000

Sufficient space will make possible the placing of machinery on the floor and in the group where it belongs. Due to lack of space^—and to prevent as far as possible dangerous overloading-—^it is now necessary in some cases to place machines

in sections other than those in which they belong—sometimes in another building

and two or three floors above or below their proper location. This, of course,

results in much extra handling, which can be eliminated in the new building by

placing machines in their proper locations and by eliminating the unnecessary

handling involved in getting the work through the plant at the proper time. The outstanding saving, therefore, will result from the improved arrangement

of the plant and the equipment therein, planned by a Public Printer who, as a

result of 28 years' actual experience, which has covered all phases of the industry,

knows how to plan such a plant as the Government Printing Office will be in order to get the best results from straight-line production.

The $850,000 I just quoted as the possible saving which will result from the occupancy of the new building was arrived at by reducing the conservative esti- mates to a most conservative figure; but even if this sum is cut approximately in half the saving will still be sufficient to liquidate the investment in the building,

if properly managed, within 10 years. Added to the increased amount of work which the Government Printing Office has been called upon to perform in overcrowded quarters, the working hours of 21
the employees have been reduced from 44 to 40 per week, and the pay cut has been restored. These increases in labor costs have been absorbed without any

appreciable increase in the prices charged by the Government Printing Office for the work it performs for the other departments. This was made possible, of course, by the numerous economies effected by the Public Printer in the method

of handling the work. Some of these changes are: The adoption of a universal metal for all typecasting machines, in lieu of the former method, which involved the use of a separate metal for each class of machine.

The discarding of brass leads and rules, which will result in economy, as all of

this material will now be made in the Office and the elimination of the brass will render unnecessary the hand sorting of all discarded type.

The adoption of the point system in all type measures, which is the established system in all commercial plants and that around which all typecasting machines

are built. The adoption of a new printing-ink formula in order to give a greater coverage

of surface and a quicker-drying ink. The quicker-drying ink is of great assistance

in handling rush work.

The method used in making composition rollers for all printing presses has

been changed. This new process is giving much longer life to the rollers. The installation of modern casting boxes, which will be used in casting flat stereotype plates.

The installation of automatic self-inking proof presses, which will permit the taking of dry, instead of wet, proofs in the printing sections of the Office. Dry

proofs not only facilitate proofreading, but they provide much clearer proofs for the departments.

The Public Printer is installing a modern cost-finding system, which will enable him to determine the actual cost of each operation performed in the plant and

the value of the material produced by the operation. This will enable him to

fix his prices more intelligently and will be of inestimable value in arranging to handle the work in the most economical manner. The Public Printer outlined to the committee many other important changes

which he has made in the Government Printing Office. These, and also a more

detailed description of the changes I have mentioned, will be found in the hearings held on the bill now under consideration, beginning on page 258.

I said I would touch briefly on three points. I believe I have covered two

volume of work and efficiency in management—as well as my time will permit.

The third is the service the Government Printing Office renders to the Govern- ment as a whole. The demands upon the establishment are astounding. We

have to look no further than the Congressional Record for an illustration of one

of the big jobs performed by the Office. I never fail to appreciate the fact that I can receive a copy of the Record, regardless of the number of pages it may contain, by 7 o'clock in the morning, and to realize at the same time that maybe some

of the copy did not get into the hands of the Public Printer until midnight; that he has 37,000 copies in addition to mine to get ready and mail out, and that the Record was only one of a hundred rush jobs he was trying to get through the

plant at the same time. It has often been said that, taking into consideration the time allowed for printing and the condition of the manuscript sent to the Govern- ment Printing Office, the Congressional Record is the most accurate publication

in the United States. To illustrate further some of the pressing demands made

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upon tlie Public Printer for service, I want to cite a few specific cases which have come to my attention as vice chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing and as chairman of the House Printing Committee.

On the afternoon of Friday, February 21, an order was received from the Treasury Department for 100 copies of a brief for the use of the Board of Tax

Appeals. The order was accompanied with advice that delivery must be had by

Monday- morning. The brief made 539 pages. Type was set, proofread, corrections made, and the job was printed and delivered by the time requested, in. spite of the fact that Saturday, a holiday, and Sunday intervened. Another example of the service wliich the Office extends to the departments is- the recent order for 2,230 nickel-faced, blocked electrotype plates for bonds and

Treasury notes, which were to be printed in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The copy reached the Government Printing Office at 6:30 p. m., March 3^, with the request that sufficient plates be ready by 8 a. m., March 4, to start the

presses and that the entire job be delivered at the earliest possible momentOne hundred and five plates were delivered at 8 a. m. the next morning; 464 more- were dehvered during the da,y; and the remaining 1,661 plates were delivered at 9' p. m. that day—a total of 26^2 hours from the time the copy was delivered to the.- Government Printing Office—and the handling of this job did not interfere with

or retard the making of plates for the Congressional Record or the other rush work of a similar nature. Two orders were received from the Bureau of the Census, aggregating 31,830,000

copies of a card 6 by 4 inches, which was to be printed and punched with a hole at the top of the card. The cards were to be tied in packages of 1,000, making

31,830 separate packages. The orders were completed in approximately 30 days.

The Works Progress Administration ordered 8,750,000 copies of a form 6 by 16

inches to be printed on seven different colors of paper. The forms were to be

printed, perforated, gathered, and made into pads of 25 sets each, and delivery was required at the earliest possible moment. The order was received February

3 and was completed February 20. That the service rendered to the departments by the Public Printer is of great

assistance to them in carrjang out their functions is indicated by the numerous

letters of appreciation he receives from the department heads.

In conclusion, I desire to add that the affability and personality of the present

Public Printer have made him very popular with the employees of the Govern- ment Printing Office. His knowledge of the printing industry, gained from

28 years of actual experience, part of which was gained as mechanical superin- tendent of the Stars and Stripes, published in France for the A. E. F. during the World War, has given them confidence in his ability to manage properly this large establishment. This fact, coupled with his well-known reputation for fair dealing, has improved the morale of the employees to the extent that it has been

possible to accomplish the results which I have just mentioned.

Following the remarks made by the vice chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, Representative John J. Cochran, of Missouri,

said in regard to the tenure of office of the Public Printer: Mr. Chairman, I was very pleased to hear the gentleman from North Carolina

speak about the Government Printing Office. 23
The Congress has had some experience in naming various officials to positions

for a long tenure of office. For instance, take the Comptroller General, whose

term is 15 years. Although the gentleman is a Republican, I do not think there

is a Democrat in the House who would not say that the Government has been

fortunate to have a man like Mr, McCarl in the position he has held for 15 years. [Applause.]

We have appointed men on the Board of Tax Appeals for 10 years. We have

appointed men on various commissions for 8 and 10 years. Beyond question, this has proved to be very beneficial. Some of the men appointed have been Democrats and some have been Republicans, but it makes for better efficiency when the

right men are kept in large and important Government agencies. Mr. Chairman, the Government Printing Office is a great institution. As the gentleman from North Carolina says, over 5,000 people are employed there. The

former Public Printer held office, I think, for over 8 years. With all due respect

to that gentleman, practically all his experience he secured right here in the Capitol as clerk of the Joint Committee on Printing. The present Public Printer,

Augustus E. Giegengack, has been in the printing business for 28 years. I never met the man in my life until a few nights ago when I ran into him at a social affair. I have, however, as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures, had some busi- ness with his office and I have read the hearings relative to his accomplishments.

I did not even know what State he came from until I looked it up. What I have

learned is that he is a man with experience-—^business and executive experience

and as a result it has already been demonstrated that the President made no mis- take in selecting him for this very important office. I learn that at the age of 25, 7 years after he entered the printing business, he was in charge of the printing division of a large mail-order house. During the war

he was in France and he handled the production of the Stars and Stripes, which

had a circulation of over 500,000 copies. Two hundred enlisted men were in this establishment. Since 1920 he was in business for himself, so you see that he came

to the Government with years of experience, including 2 years as president of the International Printing House Craftsmen, and responsible positions with other

organizations.

If this man continues to make the record he has since he assumed office less than 2 years ago, it seems to me that it would be well for the Congress to keep

him in his position. Mr. Lambeth has told you the savings he has brought about,

and there is no doubt that you have a happy family at the Government Printing

Office. We all know the trouble the former Public Printer had Vv^ith some of his employees. I am not criticizing Mr. Carter's service, but for some reason he

just did not get along smoothly with the employees. He issued some regulations that I did not approve of, including the one that prevented an apprentice from

being married while serving as such. I am very glad the present Public Printer has set that order aside.

I repeat, Mr. Chairman, that in some of these great agencies, where practically every employee is subject to civil service, it would be well for us to consider keeping

a man who shows his efficiency on the job, and not remove him every time there

is a change in administration. The gentleman from New York [Mr. Reed] smiles. I assume he smiles because

the present head of the Government Printing Office happens to be a Democrat. I may say that there is a man at the head of the Bureau of Engraving who is a Republican, who has been retained in his present place by the Secretary of the Treasury.

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DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATION

The seventy-fifth anniversary of the Government Printing Office was celebrated by the ofiicials and employees of the Office on Saturday,.

March 28, 1936, by a banquet in the main ballroom of the Wardman

Park Hotel, at which over 1,000 employees and their guests were

present.

Congratulatory addresses were delivered by Hon. David I. Walsh,

member of the Senate Committee on Printing, and Hon. J. Walter

Lambeth, vice chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing and.

chairman of the House Committee on Printing. Both Senator Walsh

and Congressman Lambeth paid tribute to the management of the^ Office and to the loyalty of its 5,000 employees.

Other distinguished guests were: Mr. Frank Griffin, president.

Bookbinders Union No. 4; Mr. Edwin A. Eckels, president, Washington Printing Pressmen's Union, No. 1 ; Hon. Kobert F. Rich, member

Joint Committee on Printing; Mr. H. A. Harrison, president, Columbia

Typographical Union, No. 101; Mr. Vincent Walkendifer, president,.

Washington Electrotypers Union, No. 17; Miss Nannie Daniels,,

president. Bindery Women's Union No. 42; Mr. John W. Fox, presi^

dent, Washington Stereotypers Union, No. 19; Mr. Simon R. Epstein,,

president. Lodge No. 189, American Federation of Government

Employees; Mr. Newton P. Weathersby, president, Columbia Lodge,,

No. 174, International Association of Machinists; Mr. John Eagleston,

president, Washington Press Assistants' Union, No. 42; and Mr. Carl

B. Johnson, president, Federal Electrical Workers Union, No. 121. The program of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration was as follows: Overture George Gaul Orchestra Introductory remarks Dr. George C. Havenner

Remarks Hon. A. E. Giegengack

Public Printer of the United States (toastmaster)

Address Hon. David I. Walsh.

Member of the Senate Committee on Printing

Address Hon. J. Walter Lambeth l Vice Chairman, Joint Committee on Printing

Chairman, House Committee on Printing

Soprano solos Miss Elsie Craft- A Medley of Southern Melodies. A Heart That's Free (Rudolph Frimi).

Toujours 1' Amour (Rudolph Friml). , Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (Victor Herbert).

Tap dancing Miss Susan HalLi 25
Baritone solos Bert Granoff

Alone (Nacie Brown).

Please Believe Me (Al Jacobs), or Man River (Jerome Kern).

Cling to Me (Joe Burk)

.

Ballroom dancing , Rita and Renada

Russian dancing Karavieff

Dancing Music by George Gaul Orchestra The following congratulatory messages on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Government Printing Office were received by the

Public Printer:

The White House,

Washington, March 28, 1936. "My Dear Mr. Giegengack:

As you know, the President is aboard the boat Potomac, which, at last reports, was in or near Haitian waters. He has only today been advised by radio of the "Diamond Jubilee Celebration of the United States Government Printing Office, inasmuch as the White House lacked advance notice of this event.

I am just in receipt of a radiogram from the President, directing that I extend

to you and those attending the celebration this evening his congratulations and

best wishes for the fullest measure of success. Very sincerely yours, Stephen Early,

Assistant Secretary to the President. The White House,

Washington, D. C, March 28, 1936. My congratulations on your seventy-fifth anniversary, and may you continue

to render the same devoted service which you have in the past. I wish I could be with you and hope all who attend the party will have a delightful time. Eleanor Roosevelt.

Treasury Department,

Office of the Secretary,

Washington, April 1, 1936. Dear Mr. Giegengack:

On behalf of the Secretary, who is away from Washington, I want to acknowledge the beautiful pieces of printed matter you sent to his office this afternoon. Just as soon as Mr. Morgenthau returns I shall call these to his attention. Sincerely yours, H. S. Klotz,

Private Secretary. United States Senate,

Committee on Banking and Currency,

March 28, My Dear Mr. Public Print*er: While I am unable to accept your kind invi- tation and be present in person tonight, joining with you and your fellow associates 26
and friends in observing the seventy-fifth birthday of "the greatest printing plant

in the world", I am happy to join in the spirit of the occasion with a note of good

cheer. The Government Printing Office has been of incalculable benefit through all the years of its existence; and its administration has been such that it has indelibly

impressed its economic justification, winning words of commendation from private

industry as well as serving faithfully our public institutions. This month I completed 27 years of service in the Senate. During this official tenure I have been alined closely in sympathy and interest with ''the big plant"

its work, objectives, and official personnel. As chairman or member of the

Joint Committee on Printing, which serves in a measure as a board of directors

for it, I can point to with pride, rather than view with alarm, the record it has

made and will continue to make.

A main attribute to success is loyalty. I cannot forego this opportunity to. say my experience and observation convince me that nowhere in the Government,

may be found greater fealty to principles than is exemplified about your banquet

board, extending from Public Printer to the latest-acquired apprentice and laborer. You have demonstrated true loyalty and faithfulness through adherence to pro- grams outlined, regardless of days or hours scheduled, annual or sick leave, or the number of calendar days in the week.

Its future helpfulness is assured on an even more expanded program, which willi be accelerated with the completion of the proposed new home—planned as one o£ the most conveniently arranged of all the notable group of Federal buildings m

the District.

I congratulate you, Mr. Public Printer and ladies and gentlemen of the Govern- ment Printing Office. May all of you be present at future anniversaries of this

institution, surrounded by good cheer and fine fellowship.

Cordially and sincerely,

Duncan U. Fletcher.

United States Senate,

Committee on Appropriations,

March 26, 1936. My Dear Mr. Giegengack: I desire to express through you to the employees

of the largest and most complete printing establishment in the world my sincere regrets that I cannot be present on the occasion of their Diamond Jubilee Celebration, which marks 75 years of progress. During the 24 years that I have represented my State in the House and Senate

I have observed the work done in our great Public Printing Office with ever- increasing admiration for the skill and ability which is demonstrated each and

every day by the employees thereof in the prompt, faithful, and efficient services which they render, not only to the Congress and to all other branches of the Government but to the American people.

You and your coworkers in the Government Printing Office have done well and

deserve the consideration of your country.

Trusting that the Diamond Jubilee Celebration will, in every respect, be a. success, I am, Yours very sincerely,

Carl Hayden.-

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United States Senate,

Committee on Foreign Relations,

March 19, 1936. My Dear Mr. Giegengack: This will acknowledge your letter of March 18.

I wish I could participate in your notable anniversary celebration the evening

of March 28. Unfortunately, however, I have a long-standing previous engage- ment, and it will be impossible for me to do what you propose. I regret it deeply.

You are presiding over one of the most efficient and most highly creditable

institutions under the Government of the United States. I know something

about "print shops" myself; and I am bound to testify that I am constantly

amazed at the accomplishments which the Government Printing Office is able to achieve. I present my heartiest compliments and congratulations to you and your associates, and I wish you a most successful evening. Thanks again for your generous thought of me in this connection. With w^arm personal regards and best wishes,

Cordially and faithfully, ' A. H. Vandenberg.

DEATH OF THE HONORABLE DUNCAN U. FLETCHER

Upon hearing of the sudden death of Senator Duncan U. Fletcher,

chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, the officials and employees of the United States Government Printing Office adopted

the following resolution of sorrow:

Whereas the officials and the employees of the United States Government

Printing Ojffice have heard with profound sorrow of the sudden death of the Honorable Duncan U. Fletcher, senior Senator from the State of Florida; and

Whereas the late Senator Fletcher was a member of the Joint Committee on

Printing from 1911 to 1918 and from 1921 to 1936, during which period he served

as chairman of the committee from 1913 to 1918 and from 1933 to 1936; and

Whereas, during all the years while a member of the Joint Committee on

Printing, Senator Fletcher proved to be a most faithful and helpful friend to the officials and employees of the United States Government Printing Office: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, by the officials and employees of the United States Government Printing

Office, That they extend their heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved widow and

other members of the family of our departed friend; and be it further

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the United States Senate, a copy to the Joint Committee on Printing, and a copy thereof to the family of our deceased friend. NATIONAL MUSEUM BRANCH PRINTING OFFICE

The branch printing office located in the National Museum was

thoroughly overhauled and new and reconditioned equipment in- stalled therein during the past year, in order that this branch office might more efficiently produce the label printing and other similar

work required by the Smithsonian Institution.

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A reconditioned linotype machine, fully equipped with all necessary

parts and tools, was installed, and a number of new type faces suitable

for label and similar printing work was purchased for this machine.

The Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in a letter to the Public Printer dated July 15, 1936, said in regard to the

reconditioning of this branch office: The installation in the branch printing office at the National Museum of a

linotype machine with the accessories and type that have come with it gives this shop the modern equipment that has long been needed to enable efficient work

on the part of the printer.

The matter of this improvement is one that has long been on my mind, and

I wish to give you my personal appreciation as well as that of the Smithsonian

Institution for your interest in arranging it. I feel that now our label printing

and other similar work can progress in proper manner with an efficiency that has

never before been possible.

Under date of September 9, 1936, the editor of the Smithsonian

Institution in a letter to the Public Printer said:

May I take this opportunity to express our gratitude for your generous cooperation in installing the linotype machine and other equipment in the Museum print

shop. With this new equipment we will be able not only to keep more nearly

up to date with the work of the shop but also we will gradually be able to replace the miscellaneous labels now shown in the Museum exhibition cases with more

modern and attractive labels. Your action and personal interest in this matter have been greatly appreciated by all of us. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES

The total resources available to the Government Printing Office

during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936, including the Office of

the Superintendent of Documents and appropriations and payments

for work, amounted to $20,645,418.83. However, of this amount

$1,000,000 is an advance (to be returned to the Treasury December 31, 1936) to enable the Office to meet its current expenses.

Obligationsincurredduringthefiscalyear 1936 totaled $20,401, 259. 66,

leaving an unobligated balance of $244,159.17 subject to overadjustments or underadjustments on approximately $1,910,768.57 outstanding obhgations to July 1, 1936. Obligations incurred in 1936 showed

an increase of $3,140,869.09 over those for 1935.

The total compensation paid to all employees, including the employees of the Office of the Superintendent of Documents, during the year

1936 amounted to $12,051,708.60, as compared with $10,797,879.20

for 1935. The total for 1936 includes $346,126.10 deposited to the

credit of the employees in the retirement fund through 3K-percent

deduction, as required by law.

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Table 1 gives the full details of all resources available to the Government Printing Office for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936, and all liabilities incurred against these resources during the fiscal year. Resources in 1936 amounted to $20,645,418.83, as compared with

$17,366,670.15 for the fiscal year 1935, an increase of $3,278,748.68.

Table 1.

Resources and liabilities under appropriations for the fiscal year ended June SO, 1936

RESOURCES

Appropriation for working capital, legislative act approved July 8, 1935 $3, 700, 000. 00

Public Act No. 440, 74th Cong., approved Feb.

11, 1936 (Federal Register) 100, 000. 00 Payments from all sources for printing and

binding 15, 435, 277. 41 Refunds from various sources 194. 16

Bills receivable July 1, 1936, for printing and

binding furnished 599, 362. 11

$19, 834, 833. 68

Appropriations for salaries, Office of Superintendent of Documents 585, 000. 00

Appropriation for general expenses, OfiSce of Superintendent of Documents 215, 000. 00

Balance of appropriation for equipment for Government Print- ing Office Building i 670. 36 Texas Centennial Exposition, Second Deficiency Act, approved

Aug. 12, 1935 5, 000. 00

Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration, 1934-35 1, 013. 68

California-Pacific International Exposition, 1935-36 2, 680. 11

California-Pacific International Exposition, 1936 to Jan. 1, 1937_ 1, 221. 00

Total resources available for fiscal year 1936 20, 645, 418. 83

LIABILITIES Working capital and repayments for printing

and binding:

Disbursed to June 30, 1936 $16, 795, 597. 85 Outstanding obligations July 1, 1936 1, 809, 986. 76 Total disbursed and outstanding obligations 18, 605, 584. 61

Salaries, Office of Superintendent of Documents:

Disbursed to June 30, 1936 $552, 009. 99 Outstanding obligations, July 1, 1936 23, 202. 37

Total disbursed and outstanding obligations 575, 212. 36

1 Appropriated in 1929, available until used.

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Table 1.

Resources and liahilities under appropriations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936—Continued

LIABILITIES—Continued General expense, Office of Superintendent of Documents:

Disbursed to June 30, 1936 $137, 585. 60 Outstanding obligations to July 1, 1936 77, 264. 40 Total disbursed and outstanding obligations $214, 850. 00 Texas Centennial Exposition, 1935: Disbursed to June 30, 1936 $1, 733. 38 Outstanding obligations July 1, 1936 10. 00

* Total disbursed and outstanding obligations 1, 743. 38 Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration, 1935-36: Disbursed to June 30, 1936 $690. 71 Outstanding obligations July 1, 1936

Total disbursed and outstanding obligations 690. 71

California-Pacific International Exposition,

1935-36 to Jan. 1, 1937: Disbursed to June 30, 1936 $2, 873. 56 Outstanding obligations, July 1, 1936 305. 04

Total disbursed and outstanding obligations 3, 178. 60

Total disbursed to June 30, 1936 $17, 490, 491. 09 Total outstanding obligations July 1, 1936 1, 910, 768. 57 Outstanding obligations returnable to U. S. Treasury 1, 000, 000. 00 Total disbursed and outstanding obligations 20, 401, 259. 66 Unobligated balances (subject to 10 percent over or under on

outstanding orders) 2 ^ 244, 159. 17 Total 20, 645, 418. 83

2 Includes $670.36 equipment for Government Printing Office Building, available 1937.

3 Includes $322.97, Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration, available 1937.

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Table 2 shows all financial transactions from the 1934, 1935, and

1936 appropriations during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936. This

statement also gives a summary of all expenditures for various items

during the year 1936, regardless of the appropriation from which paid,

together with a recapitulation of disbursements by major items.

Table 2.

Summary of financial transactions in fiscal year ended June 30, 1936,

covering appropriations for fiscal years 1934, 1935, and 1936

APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1934

t

Resources Disbursements Unexpended

balance July 1, 1936

Public printing and binding: Unexpended balance July 1, 1935 $73, 986. 18

59. 97

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

$13, 584. 75 TotaL- — 74, 046. 15 13, 584. 75 $60, 461. 40

Salaries, OflBce of Superintendent of Documents: Unexpended balance July 1, 1935.. Geners^l expense, OflSce of Superintendent of Documents: Unexpended balance July 1, 1935

23, 790. 45 23, 790. 45

25, 212. 92 Disbursed 19, 783. 60 Total 25, 212. 92 19, 783. 60 5, 429. 32 Grand total appropriations.- .. . 123, 049. 52 33, 368. 35 89, 681. 17

89, 681. 17 Unobligated balance of 1934 appropriations on June 30, 1936 .- APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1935

Public printing and binding: Unexpended balance July 1, 1935 $685, 509. 56

1, 529, 342. 95

Credits to appropriations by payments from all sources for printing and binding and other receipts from miscellaneous sources. Disbursed for labor $439, 622. 24

1, 268, 541. 26

85, 956. 71

417, 414. 54

Disbursed for paper

Total.. 2, 214, 852. 51 2, 211, 534. 75 $3, 317. 76

Salaries, OflSce of Superintendent of Documents: Unexpended balance July 1, 1935 24, 174. 24

21,811. 18 Total.... .- 24, 174. 24 21,811. 18 2, 363. 06 General expense, Office of Superintendent of Documents: Unexpended balance July 1, 1935 53, 717. 13

43, 259. 56 Total 53, 717. 13 43, 259. 56 10, 457. 57

2, 292, 743. 88 2, 276, 605. 49 16, 138. 39 Deduct for outstanding obligations 13. 16 Unobligated balance of 1935 appropriations on June 30, 1936 16, 125. 23

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Table 2.

Summary of financial transactions in fiscal year ended June 30, 1936,

covering appropriations for fiscal years 1934, 1935, and 1936—Continued

APPEOPKIATIONS FOR 1936

Resources Disbursements Unexpendedbalance July 1, 1936 Public printing and binding:

Legislative Act of July 8, 1935 ^c\c\ c\(\r\ nn $0, i UU, UUU. UU

100, 000. 00

16, 034, 833. 68

Public, No. 440, 74tli Cong., approved Feb. 11, 1936 (Federal Register). Credits to appropriations by payments and bills receivable from all sources for printing and binding and other receipts from miscellaneous sources . Disbursed for labor !})11, Uo8, 265. 19 Disbursed for paper ... 4, 882, 542. 10

52, 532. 38

822, 258. 18 Disbursed for lithograpbing and engraving . . Disbursed for material and supplies Tot41 19, 834, 833. 68 16, 795, 597. 85 $3, 039, 235. 83

Salaries, OflBce of Superintendent of Documents:

Legislative Act of July 8, 1935 . 585, 000. 00 Disbursed-- 552, 009. 99 Total - 585, 000. 00 552, 009. 99 32, 990. 01 General expense, Office of Superintendent of Documents:

Legislative Act of July 8, 1935. - 215, 000. 00 Disbursed 137, 585. 60 Total - 215, 000. 00 137, 585. 60 77, 414. 40 Equipment, Government Printing Office Building:

Legislative act of Feb. 28, 1929 1 670. 36 Disbursed to Jime 30, 1936 Total - 670. 36 670. 36 Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration: Public, No. 14, 72d Cong., approved Feb. 8, 1932, available 1933-34 Unexpended balance July 1, 1935 1, 000. 00 Credit to appropriation — 13. 68 Disbursed to June 30, 1936 690, 71 Total 1, 013. 68 690. 71 322. 97

California-Pacific International Exposition, 1935-36, Public, No. 21, 74th Cong., approved Mar. 21, 1935. California-Pacific International Exposition 1936- Jan. 1, 1937, Supplemental Appropriation Act, approved

Apr. 11, 1936--- ---

Z, OoU. ii

1, 221. 00 Disbursed to June 30, 1936 (1935-36) 2, 680. 11 Disbursed to June 30, 1936 (1936- Jan. 1, 1937) L\)o. '±0 Total 3,901. 11 2, 873. 56 1, 027. 55 Texas Centennial Exposition: Act of Aug. 12, 1935, approved Aug. 12, 1935 --- 5, 000. 00 Disbursed to June 30, 1936 1, 733. 38 Total 5, 000. 00 1, 733. 38 3, 266. 62 Grand total appropriations . - . - - 20, 645, 418. 83 17, 490, 491. 09 3, 154, 927. 74 Deduct for outstanding obligations 2, 910, 768. 57 Unobligated balances of 1936 appropriations on June 30, 1936- 2 244, 159. 17 Total unobligated balance, subject to change by 10 per- cent over and imder on outstanding obligations:

1934 89, 681. 17

16, 125. 23

244, 159. 17 1935 — - 1936Total - 349, 965. 57

1 Appropriated Feb. 28, 1929, available until used.

» Includes $670.36 equipment Government Printing Office Building, available 1937. 33
Table 2.

Summary of financial transactions in fiscal year ended June 30, 1936

,

covering appropriations for fiscal years 1934, 1935, and 1936—Continued

RECAPITULATION—ALL APPROPRIATIONS

Total paid for labor i $11, 477, 887.43 Total paid for material and supplies ..- 1, 253, 257. 47 Total paid for lithographing and engraving - 138, 489. 09 Total paid for paper 6, 151, 083. 36 Total paid for printing and binding 19, 020, 717. 35 Total paid for salaries, Oflfice of Superintendent of Documents 2 573, 821. 17 Total paid for general expense, OflBce of Superintendent of Documents 200, 628. 76 Total paid for Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration... 690. 71 Total paid for California- Pacific International Exposition 2, 873. 56 Total paid for Texas Centennial Exposition 1, 733. 38 Grand total 3 ] 9, 800, 464. 93

1 Includes $330,081.84 deposited to credit of retirement fund.

2 Includes $16,044.26 deposited to credit of retirement fund.

3 Includes $346,126.10 deposited to credit of retirement fund. Table 3 is a statement of all moneys received during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936, by the Disbursing Clerk as repayments for

printing and binding for the departments and independent Government establishments, and from the sale of Government publications,

waste paper, and other waste materials, and the appropriation to which deposited. The receipts from these various sources totaled

$15,909,105.46 in 1936, or $2,181,162.02 more than in 1935.

Table 3.

Moneys received during the fiscal year 1936^ the source, and Treasury

deposit 1932 Deposited to the credit of appropriation for public printing and

binding: Refund $30. 00

1933 Deposited to the credit of appropriation for pubUc printing and

binding: For miscellaneous printing and binding 1. 80

1934

Deposited to the credit of appropriation for public printing and binding: For printing and binding for departments $15. 50 Auditor disallowance 24. 47 Refund 20. 00

Total - 59.97

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Table 3.

Moneys received during the fiscal year 1936, the source, and Treasury

deposit—Continued

1935 Deposited to the credit of appropriation for public printing and binding: For printing and binding for departments $1, 526, 496. 34 For miscellaneous printing and binding 2, 328. 41 Auditor disallowance 18. 90 Refunds 483. 85 Total $1, 529, 327. 50

1936 Deposited to the credit of appropriation for public printing and binding: For printing and binding for departments $13, 968, 760. 81 For miscellaneous printing and binding 71, 710. 90 Refunds 30. 20 Total 14, 040, 501. 91

1935 Deposited to the credit of appropriation for salaries, Superintendent of Documents: Balance of appropriation 1, 579. 82

1934-35

Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration: Auditor disallow- ance 13. 6&

1936 Deposited to miscellaneous receipts: Sale of waste paper $54, 324. 18

Sale of salvage 4, 312. 21

Sale of documents, direct deposit 81, 227. 72

Transferred on books of Treasury 196, 653. 46 Telephone messages 24. 20 Rebates and refunds 1, 049. 01 Total 337, 590. 78

Grand total 15, 909, 105. 46-

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Table 4 shows comparative production by major items for the years

1934, 1935, and 1936. There was a decided increase in practically

every item produced in 1936 as compared with 1935, which year

showed a material increase over the year 1934.

Table 4,

Production of principal items entering into printing and binding

in fiscal years 1934, 1935, and 1936

Item 1934 1935 1936 Main oflBce and Congressional Library branch: Total charges for printing and binding ._ $12, 949, 752. 01 $16, 465, 026. 97 $18, 756, 268. 94 Jackets written number. 71, 529 76, 416 79, 431 Estimates made do-... 60, 572 59, 086

99, 473

60, 622

Bills computed do..._ 89, 671 98, 592 Electrotypes, stereotypes, and matricessquare mches.. 11,849, 454 13,583,302 14, 090, 784 Postal cards printed number.. 1, 528, 518, 300 1, 857, 152, 220 1, 944, 725, 400 Money orders shipped do—. 220, 410, 450 228, 187, 300 234, 882, 275 Actual impressions do—- 918, 417, 848 984, 589, 672 1, 094, 225, 997 Chargeable impressions do—- 2, 837, 792, 831 3, 281, 851, 596 4, 656, 077, 635 Sheets folded do—

_

459, 568, 519 526, 394, 059 669, 778, 763 Signatures gathered do—

_

139, 386, 074 154, 570, 601 187, 753, 611 Tips made do— 38, 239, 244 36, 305, 159 41, 400, 895 Copies wire stitched do— 59, 930, 149 78, 499, 940 83, 780, 237 Copies paper-covered do_.._ 10, 252, 705 13, 535, 225 15, 233, 487 Books rounded and backed do— 725, 636 791, 997 889, 524 Books marbled and edged do_— 213, 179 363, 894 380, 262 Stamping impressions do— 1, 858, 644 2, 009, 425 3, 500, 809 Books cased in ___ do— 788, 562 1, 039, 713 1, 063, 610 Indexes cut do-— 127, 910 193, 435 318, 064 Sheets passed through ruling machine do 52, 112, 662 59, 530, 281 54, 720, 055 Signatures sewed do- . 25, 840, 281 29, 382, 400 47, 890, 764 Copies punched and drilled do—. 163, 091,831 208, 552, 727 235, 576, 177 Sheets and lines perforated do-... 7, 975, 470 9. 375, 443 11, 097, 802 Tablets made do.... 5, 019, 644 6, 430, 430 10, 154, 694 Miscellaneous rebindings, etc do.... 101, 620 100, 563 161, 479 Some of the outstanding increases in production as shown by table 4

were: Postal cards, 87,573,180 more printed in 1936 than in 1935

and 416,207,100 more than in 1934; chargeable impressions in 1936

totaled 4,656,077,635, or 1,374,226,039 more than in 1935 and 1,818,-

284,804 more than in 1934; pamphlets covered in 1936 totaled

15,233,487, an increase of 1,698,262 over 1935 and 4,980,782 over

1934; and signatures sewed in 1936 totaled 47,890,764, or 18,508,364 more than in 1935 and 22,050,483 more than m 1934.

Table 5 is a statement showing the charges for printing and binding

work and the service for which the work was performed during the

fiscal year 1936. The charge for printing and binding for the Congress

amounted to $2,700,000; for the Post Office Department, including

the cost of printing postal cards and money-order blanks, $1,907,480.18

;

Treasury Department, $1,689,007.84; Department of Agriculture,

$1,227,889.95; Department of Commerce, exclusive of Patent Office

printing, $814,064.80; Patent Office, $878,558.58; War Department,

$868,436.90; Resettlement Administration, $808,991.72; Works Progress Administration, $771,341.56; Navy Department, $712,046.90;

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Interior Department, $657,573.14; Agricultural Adjustment Administration, $603,613.46; Department of Labor, $499,525.77; Federal

Housing Administration, $468,776.64; and Library of Congress,

$437,413.55.

Many other branches of the service had printing and binding costs

of several hundred thousand dollars each. The Superintendent of

Documents ordered the printing of books and pamphlets for sale to the public at a cost of $402,773.76 in 1936.

Table 5.Charges for work and to whom delivered during the fiscal year ended June

30, 1936

Congress:

Congressional Record $870, 100. 04

Publications for folding rooms 374, 544. 45

Publications for international exchange 14, 026. 12 Franked envelopes and document franks 55, 479. 71

Bills, resolutions, and amendments 473, 326. 56 Committee reports 113, 027. 41 Documents 92, 456. 06 Hearings 228, 612. 81 Miscellaneous publications 25, 291. 18 Miscellaneous printing and binding 453, 135. 66 Total congressional printing and binding. _ The Federal Register Private orders by Members of Congress:

Documents, reports, bills, etc Speeches

Other private orders Superintendent of Documents

Library of Congress

Agriculture

Commerce

Interior Justice Labor

Navy . Post Office State Treasury

War

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

AUey Dwelling Authority, District of Columbia

American Battle Monuments Commission

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Board of Tax Appeals Bureau of the Budget

Central Statistical Board

Civil Service Commission

$2, 700, 000. 00

21, 629. 42

7, 400. 84

62, 745. 48

1, 386. 86

611, 139. 43

437, 413. 55

1, 227, 889. 95

814, 064. 80

657, 573. 14

351, 021. 37

499, 525. 77

712, 046. 90

1, 907, 480. 18

169, 265. 67

1, 689, 007. 84

868, 436. 90

603, 613. 46

439. 54

422. 60

58, 455. 06

24, 308. 98

33, IIL 15

208. 89

104, 706. 46 37
Table 5.

Charges for work and to whom delivered during the fiscal year ended June

SO, i 555—Continued

Commission of Fine Arts $295. 66

Commodity Credit Corporation 62, 070. 43 Coordinator for Industrial Cooperation 310. 58 Court of Claims 26, 988. 54 Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 5, 990. 67

District Government 151, 213. 96

District of Columbia-Virginia Boundary Commission .34

Electric Home and Farm Authority 15. 44 Emergency Conservation Work 80, 335. 61 Employees' Compensation Commission 48, 110. 60 Export-Import Bank 115. 53

Farm Credit Administration 129, 890. 48

Federal Alcohol Administration 4, 125. 70

Federal Communications Commission 32, 711. 04

Federal Coordinator of Transportation 9, 456. 72

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 9, 392. 52

Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works 262, 990. 36

Federal Emergency Relief Administration 217, 879. 07

Federal Home Loan Bank Board 14, 050. 02

Federal Housing Administration 468, 776. 64

Federal Power Commission 36, 622. 98

Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation 739. 20

Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation 1, 360. 24

Federal Surplus Relief Corporation 2, 534. 94

Federal Trade Commission 43, 345. 69

General Accounting Office 107, 139. 00

George Rogers Clark Sesquicentennial Commission 41. 84 George Washington Bicentennial Commission 7, 259. 99

Home Owners' Loan Corporation 67, 932. 76 Inland Waterways Corporation 1, 074. 74

Interstate Commerce Commission 182, 428. 54 Migratory Bird Conservation Commission 12, 78

National Academy of Sciences 216. 51 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 24, 307. 61 National Archives 5, 790. 98

National Bituminous Coal Commission 3, 507. 32

National Capital Park and Planning Commission 136. 59 National Emergency Council 85, 808. 55 National Forest Reservation Commission 639. 42

National Labor Relations Board 15, 131. 49

National Mediation Board 11, 742. 78

National Recovery Administration 52, 679. 59 Pan American Sanitary Bureau 1, 312. 57 Pan American Union 31, 357. 30 Panama Canal 9, 167. 76 Patent Office » 878,558.58

Prison Industries Reorganization Administration 303. 22

Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration 9, 736. 52 38
Table 5.

Charges for work and to whom delivered during the fiscal year ended June

30, 1936—Continued

Railroad Administration $347. 39

Railroad Retirement Board 7, 693. 90

Reconstruction Finance Corporation 131, 465. 25 Resettlement Administration 808, 991. 72 Rural Electrification Administration 23, 131. 93

Securities and Exchange Commission. 57, 173. 52 Smithsonian Institution 22, 258. 58

Social Security Board 15, 711. 10

Special Adviser to the President on Foreign Trade 3. 47 Supreme Court:

District of Columbia 5, 943. 01 United States 14, 474. 17

Tariff Coromission 23, 571. 83 Tennessee VaUey Authority 27, 074. 23

U. S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission 16. 18 U. S. Great Lakes Exposition Commission 172. 52 U. S. Texas Centennial Commission 413. 60

Veterans' Administration 171, 527. 06 IVar Finance Corporation 28. 97 White House 6, 025. 31 Works Progress Administration 771, 341. 56

Total 18, 756, 268. 94

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Table 6 shows the details of production costs for each section of the

Office, exclusive of the Office of the Superintendent of Documents,

grouped under the headings of salaries, wages, leave, and holiday pay;

materials and suppHes for operation; maintenance and upkeep;

expenses of delivery of product and storage of plates; administrative

and clerical expenses; and other major items entering into the cost of

production.

Table 6.Statement of the cost of production by sections of the Office for the fiscal .year 1936

Salaries, wages,

leave, and

holiday pay

Material and

supplies

for operation

Mainte- nance and

upkeep

Work by

other

sections, including Proof

Expense

of delivery

of product and

storage

of plates

Administrative and

clerical expense

Job... Patents Linotype

$504, 316. 09

542, 863. 86

771, 849. 21

1 iQ-i SQO in 1, loi, o6Z. iU

$15, 464. 02

7, 063. 06

11, 118. 37

37, 831. 39

6, 537. 37

396. 73

18, 922. 09

9, 871. 97

99, 839. 35

4, 680. 77

11, 601. 89

16, 485. 48

1, 793. 07

31, 759. 80

272. 29

141. 17

3. 83

31, 882. 83

3, 558. 28

52, 130. 38

10, 327. 38

$56, 666. 69

69, 154. 06

118, 677. 85

173, 556. 57

55, 612. 77

90, 309.80

42, 821. 01

10, 027. 87

281, 351. 68

132, 445. 13

109, 450. 66

79, 476. 53

8, 347. 70

23, 553. 84

2, 963. 30

3, 422. 63

523. 10

6, 838. 32

67, 849. 68

2, 663. 27

941. 86

$40, 034. 45

15, 603. 27

542, 513. 19 01Q 1 OQ Qn yio, iUo. ou

55, 103. 70

22, 556. 92

9, 770. 40

5, 667. 55

256, 967. 97

247, 339. 46

10, 906. 15

18, 751. 95

806. 96

1, 439. 49

12, 686. 14 761.50

$10, 477. 36

7, 412. 26

16, 030. 90

24, 060. 26

8, 632. 18

12, 006. 91

5, 961. 93

1, 689. 93

39, 291. 30

14, 405. 81

11, 908. 37

8, 509. 69

702. 68

2, 021. 21

1, 945. 99

1, 876. 48

715. 66

179. 39

2, 886. 78

333. 44

105. 92

$39. 872. 48

42, 471. 47

60, 467. 78

on c/^o ACi 90, ooy. 4o

32, 699. 11

68, 749. 50

29, 720. 73

8, 359. 95

149, 440. 62

82, 690. 13

68, 628. 61

48, 772. 99

4, 032. 40

11, 376. 98

5, 319. 92

8, 734. 91

2, 951. 29

940. 26

16, 107. 45

2, 882. 96

1, 687. 77

Hand....

Proof Platemaking: Molding, stereo- typing, and finishing Photoengraving

Press

418, 839. 70

892, 388. 44

283, 913. 36

79, 033. 08

1, 830, 895. 98 Pamphlet

Blank Book Money Order

Postal Card

Library Composing Branch

Library Binding Branch

Details chargeable

1, 077, 700. 84

862, 410. 66

607, 627. 62

49, 302. 92

109, 760. 12

94, 720. 68

139, 739. 94

54, 654. 06

12, 778. 22

208, 837. 36

15, 523. 44

7, 715. 94

Metal

Stores Ink

216. &0

Rollers and Glue Work for stock returned to

stores 84, 067.85 Light and power for city post

office 120. 00

19, 432. 30

Miscellaneous service for Su- perintendent of Documents

other than printing and

binding 16, 201. 62 2, 678. 27 Total 9, 699, 693. 62 387, 783. 14 1, 346, 106. 62 2, 243, 285. 04 173, 832. 72 775, 776. 77

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Table 6.

Statement of the cost of production hy sections of the Office for the fiscal year 1936—Continued

Paper and

other stock

issued, il- lustrations ordered, outside purchases vouchered

ucu w cell

looLlco aiivl ui vici o aiiyi sanie iterns computed

Total

Credits by

work for other

sections

Total cost

of production

Job $666, 831. 09

684, 567. 98

1, 520, 557. 30

2, 379, 253. 08

577, 424. 83

1, 086, 408. 30

391, 109. 52

114, 650. 35

2, 657, 786. 90

1, 578, 983. 64

2, 960, 804. 34

900, 490. 81

125, 634. 61

606, 529. 48

146, 585. 62

163, 646. 40

58, 974. 15

52, 619. 02

288, 455. 35

4 Of ooo.

20, 778. 87

3, 394, 289. 78

119, 121. 58

295, 970. 63

$126, 915. 31

2, 112. 88

53, 929. 71

199, 370. 43

185, 330. 50

1, 086, 408. 30

108, 653. 24

18, 223. 43

259, 555. 25

625. 25

10, 836. 30

21, 407. 68

40. 33

$539, 915. 78

682, 455. 10

1, 466, 627. 59

2, 179, 882. 65

392, 094. 33

Patents Linotype JMonotype Hand

Proof Platemaking : Molding, stereotyping, and finishing 282, 456. 28

96, 426. 92

2, 398, 231. 65

1, 578, 358. 39

2, 949, 968. 04

879, 083. 13

125, 594. 28

606, 529. 48

146, 585. 52

153, 604. 38

58, 974. 15

Photoengraving

Press Pamphlet $19, 821. 51 Plank 1, 887, 759. 14 -$1, 860. 14 Pook 120, 866. 55

60, 648. 88

426, 628. 04

28, 677. 20

8, 969. 77

126. 21

Money Order

Postal Card

Library Composing Branch

Library Binding Branch 10, 042. 02 Details chargeable Metal 62, 619. 02

7, 201. 32

1 6, Ooo. •±\) 20, 778. 87

Stores 281, 254. 03 Ink

Rollers and Glue Paper stock, Presswork Division 3, 480, 999. 05

142, 594. 20

232, 979. 35

-86, 709. 27 -23, 472. 62 +62, 991. 28 -84, 057. 85

3, 394, 289. 78

119, 121. 58

295, 970. 63

Illustrations Outside purchases Work for stock returned to stores Light and power for city post office 120. 00

38, 312. 19

120.00

38, 312. 19

Miscellaneous service for Superin- tendent of Documents other than

printing and binding

Total 6, 410, 069. 90 -133,108.60 20, 903, 439. 21 2, 237, 583. 33 18, 665, 855. 88 Table 7 gives an itemized statement of the classes, and charges

made therefor, of work that was completed and delivered during the

fiscal year 1936. There was an increase in the number of copies of

practically all classes of printing ordered during the year. Of publications there were printed 134,260,348 copies, including speeches and

private orders and copies ordered for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, but not including the Congressional Record, of which

6,291,568 copies wwe printed. Of Senate and House bills, resolutions,

and amendments there wxre printed 8,583,745 copies; of patent

specifications, trademarks, and designs, 5,518,610 copies; of the Official Patent Gazette and Annual Indexes, 234,628 copies; of money-order

blanks, 234,882,275 copies; of letterheads and envelopes, 282,844,803;

and of blank forms, notices, schedules, and cards, there were printed

5,133,754,008 in 1936. The grand total of the number of copies of the various classes of work printed in 1936 was 5,806,276,860, as compared with 5,013,078,631 in 1935, an increase of 793,198,229. The

total charges for this work in 1936 were $18,756,268.94, as compared

with $16,465,026.97 in 1935.

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Table 7.

Itemized statement of the classes and charges for work delivered during the

fiscal year ended June 30, 1936

Class of work Number of copies Number of type pages Number of publications bound

nh?*rp'P*5 fnr composition, presswork,

plating,

folding, binding,

illustrations, contract, miscella- neous

Publications: Smaller than octavo . Octavo. . . . 18, 851, 179

71,916, 025

6, 468, 885

5, 775, 312

25, 495, 709

6, 291, 568

8, 583, 745

0, Oio, DiU

234, 628

234, 882, 275

282, 844, 803

5, 133, 754, 008

5, 525, 971

134, 142

28, 879

726, 537

146, 400

218, 640

932, 918

33, 171

160, 219

ilO, ^OD

15, 955

8, 903

246, 350

32, 244

17, 449

147] 402

66, 010

413

$181, 744. 49

2, 783, 264. 04

513, 899. 10

713, 041. 62

416, 726. 33

689, 058. 50

376, 187. 73

/ io, UUo. io

117, 612. 84

98, 580. 37

189, 506. 83

3,110, 521. 57

496, 041. 42

171, 207. 96

180, 602. 38

286, 099. 33 823 350 83

Royal octavo.-- - - Quarto

Miscellaneous. -. - - Congressional Record (all issues during the fiscal year 1936) . - Bills, resolutions, and amendments-- - Specificationsofpatents, trademarks, etc

OflBcial Gazette and annual indexes, Patent Ofiice

Post-office money orders - - . 50 Letterheads and envelopes-.- - Blanks, notices, schedules, cards, etc. . . - Blank books- _ Binding newspapers, documents, reports, etc. Blank paper -. .. .. ... . .-. - Contract printing.. . ..... . - .. A^iscellaneous charges Total .- 5, 806, 276, 860 2, 411, 155 518, 821 11, 865, 453. 47

Charges for paper Charges for author's

alterations

Charges for rush and

overtime work

Total

charges

Publications: Smaller than octavo Octavo . - . -.- --- - - - $51, 239. 28

424, 770> 97

102, 689. 03

63, 341. 15

141, 714. 86

80, 027. 03

20! 26L 41

Iz, 70z. 93

18, 745. 70

60, 648. 88

247, 391. 09

2, 900, 099. 36

131, 854. 43

58. 75

1, 552, 454. 20

$4, 189. 63

107, 144. 23

16, 109. 60

35, 885. 08 447 70

7, 617. 62

1, 461. 09

», 000. 44

6. 20

$16, 972. 05

125, 776. 26

41,615. 46

26, 767. 20

$254, 145. 45

3, 440, 955. 50

674, 313. 19

839, 035. 05

558, 888. 89

870, 100. 04

473, 326. 56

739, 097. oU

136, 364. 74

159, 229. 25

447, 846. 84

6, 276, 589. 64

646, 312. 77

172, 408. 67

1, 733, 056. 58

286, 099. 33

1,G48, 498. 94

Royal octavo Quarto

Miscellaneous

Congressional Record

Bills resolutions and amendments

Specifications of patents, trade marks, etc -

93,396 89

75, 416! 33

Official Gazette and annual indexes Patent Office Post-office money orders . Letterheads and envelopes - . -- 269. 01

35, 082. 36

1, 200. 82

22. 63

10, 679. 91

230, 886. 35

17, 216. 10

1, 119. 33

Blanks, notices, schedules, cards, etc -- . .- Blank books . . . _ _ .. Binding newspapers, documents, reports, etc.. . Blank paper.- . -. ... - Contract printing Miscellaneous charges 213, 556. 11 4, 502. 12 7, 089. 88 Total 6, 021,555. 18 222, 324. 53 646, 935. 76 18, 756, 2i68. 94 The value of supplies on hand, including paper, envelopes, and other

materials, amounted to $1,341,312.45 at the close of the fiscal year

1936, as compared with $1,148,975.47 in 1935, representing an increase

in the value of stock on hand of $192,336.98. The value of machinery

and equipment in 1936 was $5,523,059.73, as compared with $5,455,-

863.16 in 1935, an increase of $67,196.57. The total value of stock

of all kinds and machinery and equipment on hand at the close of the

year was $6,864,372.18. Table 8 gives the details of the inventory.

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Table 8.

Inventory of quantity and cost of paper and envelopes, materials and

supplies, and machinery and equipment on hand June 30, 1936

Description

Paper and envelopes:

Printing

Mimeograph

United States money-order writingSafety writing

Writing

Map

Manifold

Bond

Ledger

Index Cover

Manila

Kraft

Manila tagboard

Cardboard

Bristol board

Miscellaneous

Binders board

Envelopes

Total, paper and envelopes.

Other materials and supplies:

Miscellaneous supplies

Book cloth Ink ingredients

Buckram

Leather

Gold leaf Ink (miade in Government Printing Office). Cartons and containers Imitation leather Total, materials and supplies.

Total, materials and supplies, pa,per and

envelopes

Machinery and equipment

Grand total.

Pounds

2, 737, 000

480, 561

124, 000

36, 700

2, 456, 000

80, 900

317, 000

2, 964, 266

843, 915

492, 850

226, 700

262, 500

550, 000

759, 000

107, 000

1, 411, 000

156, 700

727, 000

Cost

$159,

25,

10,

3, 167,

10, 59, 248,

92, 46,

24,

15, 21, 52,

5, 60,

16,

19, 24,

61

19

600. 05

447. 34

440. 70

358. 05

607. 19

117. 33

431.

358. 844. 76

340. 40

103. 40

610. 50

962. 70

623. 80

511. 46

839. 90

608. 86

939. 32

736. 59

1, 065, 482. 15

202, 071. 88

20, 553. 85

10, 508. 84

14, 839. 53

8, 268. 80

4, 439. 53

8, 584. 96

4, 037. 50

2, 525. 41

275, 830. 30

1, 341, 312. 45

5, 523, 059. 73

6, 864, 372. 18 Table 9 shows the number of copies of publications printed in 1936

for the Congress, the executive departments, and independent Government establishments. These figures are exclusive of the number

of copies of speeches printed for Members of Congress and other

private orders.

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Table 9.

Publications, including annual reports and documents, printed on requisition during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936, for Congress, the executive departments, and independent Government establishments

Copies Congress 6, 267, 948

The Federal Register 894, 500

Superintendent of Documents 8, 062, 034

Library of Congress 132, 402

Agriculture 17, 689, 190

Commerce 3, 044, 295

Interior 2, 640, 786

Justice 388, 875

Labor 2, 900, 940

Navy 3, 802, 706

Post Office 1, 711, 281

State 480, 139 Treasury 9, 570, 005 War 7, 417, 613

Agricultural Adjustment Administration 27, 072, 075

Alley Dwelling Authority, District of Columbia 8 American Battle Monuments Commission 12 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 349, 354

Board of Tax Appeals 98, 197 Bureau of the Budget 2, 886

Central Statistical Board 9

Civil Service Commission 309, 053

Commission of Fine Arts 3 Commodity Credit Corporation 33 Coordinator for Industrial Cooperation 10, 000 Court of Claims 42, 458 Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 919

District Government 111, 100 Emergency Conservation Work 110, 779

Employees' Compensation Commission 47, 604

Export-Import Bank of Washington 15 Farm Credit Administration 1, 658, 925

Federal Alcohol Administration 1, 600

Federal Communications Commission 81, 305

Federal Coordinator of Transportation 1, 702

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 1, 257

Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works 993, 371

Federal Emergency Relief Administration 119, 389

Federal Home Loan Bank Board 148, 550

Federal Housing Administration 8, 587, 150

Federal Power Commission 153, 282

Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation 7, 000

Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation 5, 000

Federal Surplus Relief Corporation 62

Federal Trade Commission 112, 216

General Accounting Office 16, 515 44
Table 9.

Publications, including annual re-ports and documents, printed on requisition during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936, for Congress, the executive departments, and independent Government establishments—Continued

Copies George Washington Bicentennial Commission 3, 000

Home Owners' Loan Corporation 9, 901 Inland Waterways Corporation 6, 001

Interstate Commerce Commission 1, 681, SOS

National Academy of Sciences 2, 250

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 77, 025 National Archives 7, 13&

National Bituminous Coal Commission 26, 929

National Emergency Council 367, 355

National Forest Reservation Commission 8, 000

National Labor Relations Board 8, 907 National Mediation Board 42, 355

National Recovery Administration 55, 189

Panama Canal 2, 272 Pan American Sanitary Bureau 7, 700

Pan American Union 147, 037

Prison Industries Reorganization Administration 3 Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration 5, 857

Railroad Administration 246

Railroad Retirement Board 25, 012

Reconstruction Finance Corporation 159, 165 Resettlement Administration 728, 274 Rural Electrification Administration 389, 289

Securities and Exchange Commission 62, 184 Smithsonian Institution 60, 677

Social Security Board 173, 388

Special Adviser to the President on Foreign Trade 2 Supreme Court:

District of Columbia 11, 161 United States 36, 300

Tariff Commission 21, 818

Tennessee Valley Authority 593, 164 United States-Texas Centennial Commission 2 Veterans' Administration 154, 185 War Finance Corporation 150 White House 30 Works Progress Administration 74, 395

Total 109, 992, 712 Table 10 shows receipts from the sale of waste paper and other

waste materials, and the surplus from the sale by the Ofiice of the

Superintendent of Documents of Government publications over the

cost of printing during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936.

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Table 10.

Receipts from miscellaneous sales during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936

Condemned material, machinery, etc., waste wood, waste metal, waste gold $4, 312. 21 Waste paper 54, 324. 18 Surplus from sale of documents:

Deposited by Government Printing Office $81, 227. 72 Transferred on the books of the Treasury 196, 653. 46

Total 277, 881. 18 Discounts and rebates 1, 059. 66

Telephone messages 22. 55

Total 337, 599. 78 PURCHASING DIVISION

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936, the Purchasing Division

placed 9,510 orders, an increase of 204 over 1935. Open-market

proposals numbered 23,152. The total expenditures for purchases in

1936 were approximately $7,000,000, paper purchases alone amounting

to $5,700,000.

By anticipating orders for paper and envelopes under contracts

effective July 1, 1935, and January 1, 1936, rather than placing the same on current contracts, a saving of $23,530.60 was effected. Proposals for material were sent in October 1935 for the 6-month

term, January 1 to June 30, 1936, to approximately 625 prospective

bidders, which resulted in the placing of 60 contracts. Proposals for

material were again sent out in April 1936 for the year beginning

July 1, 1936, to approximately the same number of bidders, which also resulted in the placing of 60 contracts. Specifications and proposals

for paper were sent to approximately 150 firms for the 6-month

period beginning January 1, 1936, and also for the 6-month period

beginning July 1, 1936, which resulted in the placing of 26 contracts

for the first 6-month period and 22 con tracts for the second 6-month

period.

During the year the Purchasing Division was able to secure by

transfer from other departments without cost to this Office materials

of various kinds valued at $10,897.40.

SAVINGS IN THE PACKAGING OF PAPER

The proposal for paper for the public printing and binding and for

blank paper for use by the several executive departments and independent establishments of the Government located in the District of

Columbia for the 6-month period beginning January 1, 1937, carries a

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definite provision for the delivery on skids, instead of the same being

packed in wooden cases, of over 18,000,000 pounds of book, lithography

mimeograph, sulphite writing, sulphite bond, and 25-percent rag bond

papers. In addition to this definite change in packaging for the papers

enumerated the Government reserves the right to order for delivery on skids any additional paper covered by the proposal which may be

satisfactorily handled when packed in this manner. The packing of the paper on skids in accordance with this proposal,

instead of in wooden cases, will result in an estimated saving during"

the 6-month period of about $25,000, or $50,000 annually, in the basic

cost of the paper.

In addition to this saving of about $50,000 a year in the basic cost

of paper delivered on skids there will be a number of other savings

effected in the handhng of this stock. The waste resulting from

damaged paper deHvered on skids will not be nearly so great as the

waste from damaged paper delivered in wooden cases, because there will be no nail holes or wrinkled paper in skid deliveries. Furthermore,,

by having paper dehvered on skids instead of in wooden cases it will eliminate the work of six men now used in the breaking up of these

cases and the hauHng of this scrap material to the front of the H Street

building for dehvery to the contractor handling the same. CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING

Printing for the second session of the Seventy-fourth Congress was

particularly heavy from March until the close of the session on June

20, 1936. The Congressional Record for the session maintained a

daily average of 88.3 pages for 128 issues. The proceedings of the

Senate required 3,703 pages and of the House 4,188 pages. The

Appendix to the Record made 3,412 pages, making the total number

of pages for the Record for the session 11,303.

Over 13,900 curved stereotype plates were made for the Record and

1,789,725 pounds, or 894^^ tons, of paper were used for printing the same. New bills and resolutions for the session totaled 5,679, of which

number 4,101 originated in the House of Representatives and 1,578

in the Senate. As the bills and resolutions progressed through the

House and Senate 13,740 prints were required.

Committee hearings form another ''rush" congressional job. During the last session there was a total of 342 hearings printed, 90 for

Senate committees and 252 for House committees. Appropriation

Committee hearings alone made a total of 13,918 pages; Senate hearings 2,564 pages, and House hearings 11,354 pages. 47
For the last session of Congress the total number of reports printed was 2,174, of which number 995 were from the Senate and 1,179 from

the House of Kepresentatives. For the same period there were

printed 351 documents, 137 of which were from the Senate and 214

from the House of Representatives. The combined total of reports

and documents was 2,525.

The Senate and House Business Calendars are printed daily. The

House Business Calendar made 23,768 pages and the Senate Business

Calendar 2,216 pages. Other calendars made 8,882 pages, or a total of 34,866 pages for all calendars.

Presidential nominations and messages made 705 pages. There

were 7,500 nominations, as compared with 7,715 for the first session

of the Seventy-fourth Congress.

The following statement gives a summary of congressional work for

the second session of the Seventy-fourth Congress:

Congressional Record:

Number of issues 128

Total number of pages 11, 303 Average pages daily 88. 3 Pages of Senate proceedings 3, 703 Pages of House proceedings 4, 188 Pages of Appendix 3, 412 Number of plates for daily Record 13, 985

Number of pounds of paper for daily Record 1, 789, 725

Bills and resolutions: House:New bills 3, 758

Joint resolutions 134 Concurrent resolutions 24 Simple resolutions 185 Total 4, 101

Senate: New bUls 1, 321

Joint resolutions 116 Concurrent resolutions 18 Simple resolutions 123 Total 1, 578 Grand total, new bills 5, 679 Grand total, new bills and other bill prints 13, 740

Reports: Senate 995 House 1, 179 Total 2, 174 48
Documents:

Senate _ House.

137 214

Total 351 PATENT OFFICE PRINTING

There was a slight decrease in the number of patents, trade marks,

and designs printed during the fiscal year 1936, but an increase in

the number of pages. The total number printed in 1936 was 55,387,

making 150,436 pages, as compared with 56,582, making 150,045

pages, in 1935, or a decrease in the number printed of 1,195, but an

increase in the number of pages of 391. For the 52 issues of the

Ofl&cial Gazette, which made 14,419 pages, there were made 53,453

illustrations. The total number of copies of the Official Gazette

printed during the year was 287,060.

The Annual Index of the Official Gazette is now being assembled

after each issue of the Weekly instead of waiting until the end of

the year to make up this index. This enables the Office to issue

the Annual Index within 15 days after the last issue of the Weekly

Gazette is printed.

The estabhshing of a separate proofreading section for the reading

of all patent proofs has proved entirely satisfactory, as it has materially reduced the number of errors in Patent Office printing.

The several sections of the Composing Division, exclusive of the

Job Section, last year set over 2,106,000,000 ems of type. The

Plating Lock-up Section sent to the Platemaking Division 171,884

pages, 122,538 being for stereotyping and 49,346 for electrotyping.

The Hand Section imposed for press 71,350 type forms during the

past year. This Section is holding 168,000 pages of type for reprint

orders. Pages of type killed and remelted numbered 565,620.

Xew electric proof presses were installed in the several composing

sections. These new proof presses produce dry proofs and are operated by one man, whereas the old hand presses required the

services of two men. Through the furnishing of dry proofs errors are more readily detected, especially defects in type faces, thereby

reducing the amount of work necessary to be done in the Platemakingand Presswork Divisions in replacing damaged type before casting- or printing. In the Proof Section a total of 1,591,174 galleys of type

were read and revised during the year. Foreign readers devoted 1,307 hours to the translating of letters,

pamphlets, and other papers for some of the executive departments.

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for which no charge was made, the time being absorbed in the cost of

operating the Office. PLATEMAKING DIVISION

During the fiscal year 1936 the Platemaking Division produced

6,274,257 square inches of stereotype plates; 6,138,756 square inches

of electrotypes; 1,314,766 square inches of mat work; 265,354 square

inches of blocking on wood and mounting on metal; and 656,056

square inches of photoengraving work, consisting of halftones, line cuts, and combinations; making a grand total of 14,649,189 square

inches of plates, mat work, blocking, and photoengraving, or an

increase of 433,606 square inches over the year 1935. The Division

also made 17,870 negatives for offset work.

The Plate Vault Section of the Platemaking Division handled

27,266 requisitions for printing during the last fiscal year. In issuing

the plates for these requisitions the Section furnished a statement

giving all information in regard to the plates and cuts necessary in

preparing estimates for the printing of the job. During the year the

Section released 361,156 pounds of stereotype plates for remelting,

and it returned to the Stores Division 208,330 pounds of electro- type metal in exchange for new metal. The Plate Vault Section also

received 1 1,691 signatures of new book plates for storage and cataloging.

During the year the Platemaking Division adopted several new

developments in the making of electrotype plates somewhat along the

line of what is being done by the International Association of Electrotypers and Stereotypers, one of which is called the ''fast shell plate",

for special emergency jobs. This is produced through the use of

alternate lead and copper anodes and high (10 v) voltage. By

this means it has been made possible to run the cases 3 minutes in

the starting tank and from 20 to 25 minutes in the large (semiautomatic) tank, thereby producing a good shell averaging better than

five one-thousandths of an inch thick.

There has been considerable discussion among electrotypers as to the use of lead anodes. They have been in use in the Government

Printing Office only a couple of months, but in that time there has

been less solution thrown away in adjustments of specific gravity.

This makes a saving in acid, and the Division has been able to speed up

its cathode conveyor from 58 to 50 minutes for a circuit of the depositing tank with no reduction in the thickness of the regular shell. In backing up, the Division has cut pouring and cooling time from

0 minutes on a cast to 4K minutes and at the same time improved the

condition of the metal through faster cooling of the pans.

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One of the special emergency orders handled by the Platemaldng

Division was for 7,600 solid-body nickel electrotype lines on an

8-point body. One of the requirements of this job was that 1,000

lines must be dehvered each day. This entire job was delivered in

76 hom's from the time the forms reached the Platemaking Division,

the average being 100 nickel electrotype lines per hour, or a little over 3 days for the entire job.

PRESSWORK DIVISION

The fiscal year 1936 was the busiest year for all sections of the Press- work Division in the history of the Office. The tremendous volume

of work and the demand for immediate dehvery frequently taxed the

pressroom equipment to the hmit, and it was found necessary to increase the personnel of the Presswork Division so as to have a full complement of employees for three 8-hour shifts for all presses except

for the web presses. The total number of employees in the Presswork

Division is approximately 875.

The following statement shows the increase in presswork in 1936

over the 2 pre^-ious fiscal years:

1934 1935 1936

Actual impressions 918, 417, 848 984, 589, 672 1, 094, 225, 997

Chargeable impressions 2, 837, 792, 831 3, 281, 851, 596 4, 656, 077, 635

Jobs completed _ _ 55, 471 58, 281 61, 122 A new production record was estabhshed by the Money Order Section last year when more money orders were printed than in any

previous fiscal year since the organization of this Section. During

1936 a total of 234,882,275 domestic and international money orders were shipped as compared with 228,187,300 for 1935, an increase of 6,694,975. This entire production was accomphshed by the Money

Order Section \\dth no overtime or night work.

The production of postal cards increased 87,573,180 over 1935,

the total output for 1936 being 1,944,725,400. To produce this

large number of cards it was necessary to work one of the postal-card

presses at night for a part of the year. The production of tabulating

cards for 1936 was 310,238,300, as compared \\ith 297,046,000 in 1935,

or an increase of 13,192,300.

Fourteen rear-delivery flat-bed presses were installed during the

past year in the main pressroom to handle congressional and rush

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work. These presses replaced 14 old and worn-out presses of the same type that were purchased in 1915; also two offset presses were

installed in the Offset Section of the Presswork Division. A number

of the presses were equipped with ink agitators and process rollers- during the year. BINDERY DIVISION

During the fiscal year 1936 the Bindery Division completed 84,894

jobs, an increase of 9,011 over the number closed out in 1935 and

19,263 more than in 1934. During the year the Bindery was called

upon to comply with almost impossible demands for rapid and tre-- mendous production and to perform operations never before undertaken by it. To complete one job for the Treasury Department of

7,000,000 copies of a booklet it required the handling of 27,771,560'

separate pieces, consisting of booklets, circulars, and envelopes, and

178,765 cartons in which the booklets, circulars, and envelopes were

packed.

Some of the other large orders filled by the Bindery in record

time during the past year were: For the Income Tax Unit of the

Bureau of Internal Revenue 26,000,000 income tax blanks; for the

Federal Housing Administration 1,000,000 copies of a 24-page pam-^

phletwith cover on ''How to Have the House You Want"; 3,000,000

copies of a 32-page pamphlet on ''How You Can Build, Buy, or

Refinance Your Home"; 2,000,000 copies of a pamphlet of 24 pages- with cover on "Loans Up to $50,000"; and 3,000,000 copies of a 24-page stitched pamphlet on "You Can Build Your Own Home";

for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration 150,000 sets of

4 sheets each (white, blue, green, and pink), alined for manifolding,

making a total of 600,000 copies of a form of Notification of Assignment; 4,500,000 copies consisting of 3 sheets (w^hite, blue, and pink)

of a form Requisition for Workers; 6,000,000 copies of a form Certification of Eligibility, gathered and collated in sets of 3 sheets (white,

blue, and pink), alined for manifolding and made into pads of 50

sets or 150 sheets, or a total of 40,000 pads; and 7,500,000 copies of

a form Notice of Case Change, printed on three colors of paper

(white, blue, and pink) and alined for manifolding. These formsw^ere made into pads of 50 sets of 150 sheets each, or a total of 50,000

pads.

In addition to these large orders for pamphlets and blank forms the

Bindery made 228,634 memorandum books, 845,000 stenographers'

notebooks, and 3,305,700 memorandum pads. The Bindery also

bound for the different Government Hbraries 59,820 books and

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In commenting upon the new equipment furnished the Bindery

Division during the past year, the Superintendent of Binding states that the four electric-hft trucks purchased for the trucking of work

in the Bindery and to the dehvery platform have resulted in a saving

in labor of approximately $2,000 per month. Each of these new

trucks is operated by one man, whereas the hand-lift trucks formerly

in use required the services of two and sometimes three laborers.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BRANCH COMPOSING AND

BINDING SECTIONS

There was a large increase in the volume of work handled by the

Library of Congress Composing Section during the past year. The

following table shows the production records of this section for the

years 1935 and 1936:

1935 1936 Chargeable impressions _ _ 27, 394, 267 32, 567, 797

Actual impressions _ _ _ _ _ _ 2, 492, 418 2, 753, 728 Chargeable forms sent to press _ 6, 721 17, 434

Actual forms sent to press- _ _ _ _ 4, 435 5, 722

Subject headings, lines sent to press . 146, 871 185, 064

Subject headings printed 440, 613 555, 192

Jackets written. 1, 125 1. 1?4

Jackets closed out _ _ _ _ _ _ 1, 120 1, 116 The Library Bindery Section last year cut and drilled 27,872,252

catalog cards and 610,950 miscellaneous cards; bound and lettered

33,874 miscellaneous volumes, 2,095 newspaper volumes; repaired

and stitched in covers 34,026 pamphlets; repaired 4,486 miscellaneous

volumes; mounted 2,313 photographs and reproductions; repaired and

covered with mousseline 58,013 manuscripts; repaired and covered

mth Japanese tissue 7,715 manuscripts; and it mounted 4,212 maps and

reconditioned 18,806. In addition to the foregoing, the Library Section of the Bindery performed a large amount of other miscellaneous

bindery work.

STORES DIVISION

The Stores Division in 1936 handled more paper and other materials

than during any previous year in the history of the Office. Paper

receipts for the fiscal year 1936 totaled 90,727,287 pounds net, as compared with 72,448,414 pounds net in 1935, and 55,165,455 pounds

net in 1934. Other materials received by the Stores Division in 1936

totaled 1,063,667 pounds gross. Orders filled by the Stores Division during the year were as follows:

Mimeographing ink, 118,067 pounds, or 28,811 pounds more than in

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1935; printing ink, 212,208 pounds, or 41,856 pounds over 1935; stamppad and numbering-machine ink, 52,887 two-ounce cans, an increase of 19,201 cans over 1935; writing ink, 33,774 quarts, or 9,531 quarts more

than that furnished in 1935; and standard forms, 34,780,313, an in- crease of 9,456,787 copies more than in 1935.

Orders drawn on the Stores Division for paper and envelopes during"

the year totaled 100,323, an increase of 21,276 over the number drawn

in 1935.

DELIVERY SECTION

Carload lots of incoming freight numbered 2,345 cars, weighing

97,737,551 pounds. To this should be added less-than-carload lots weighing 1,377,711 pounds, making the total tonnage of incoming

freight 99,115,262 pounds. Outgoing freight in carload and less-thancarload lots weighed 1,059,888 pounds. In addition to this there were

shipped 246 carloads of postal cards, weighing 11,537,998 pounds,,

making the total tonnage of outgoing freight 12,597,886 pounds. The

total weight of incoming and outgoing freight for 1936 was 111,713,148

pounds, or 55,856)^ tons, as compared with 90,364,507 pounds, or

45,182 tons, for 1935.

Finished work, together with blank paper and ink delivered to the

various departments and independent Government establishments,,

totaled 174,903 partial and completed jobs. The weight of the fin- ished product hauled to the various Government departments and es- tablishments throughout the city was not computed, but practically the

entire amount of paper received was again hauled out as printed matter.. DIVISION OF TESTS AND TECHNICAL CONTROL

During the fiscal year 1936 the Division tested 10,400 samples, as. compared with 9,868 in 1935. The following statement lists the

various materials tested during the fiscal years 1935 and 1936:

Materials

Paper and envelopes.

Textiles Bookbinding leathers. Metals

Glue

Ink-making materials. Inks

Oils and greases Gasoline

Chemicals

Miscellaneous Total 10, 400

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There were 256 deliveries of materials of all kinds rejected during

1936 for noncompliance with specifications. Of these rejections, 107 were of paper, 89 of envelopes, and 60 of miscellaneous materials.

The total amount of paper received during the year was 90,727,287

pounds, an increase of 18,278,873 pounds over last year. Of this

amount, 2,159,800 pounds were rejected.

The acidity, or pH value, of paper is now being determined in this

Office entirely by the glass electrode electrometric method, except

when check determinations by different methods appear desirable, in

which case the quinhydrone electrode is also employed.

Tests were made to determine the accuracy of a portable pH elec- trometer submitted for trial by the manufacturer of the instrument.

The results obtained with this instrument closely checked those made

with a standard glass electrode employed in this Office. The average

deviations from the standard method in determinations made on identical samples were +0.08 and —0.04 pH.

A requirement for a specific moisture content for Uthograph-finish

map and chart papers has been added to the Government specifications to insure that such papers are in equilibrium with the moisture

content of the pressroom, maintained at approximately 50 percent

relative humidity and 70° to 75° F. temperature. This requirement is based upon the fact that misregister, curl, and wavy edges may be

largely ehminated and better printing results obtained when the moisture content of paper is the same as that of the pressroom atmosphere.

Considerable work was devoted to developing laboratory methods

for paper testing with a view to their correlation with certain printing

qualities of paper in order that its printability under given conditions

may be reasonably predicted before the paper reaches the press. Since

the penetration of printing inks into paper depends primarily upon

the physical characteristics of the ink vehicle, there have been developed oil-penetration methods for measuring the relative capacity of papers for ink absorption. This test, together with that for determining the finish or smoothness, are two of the principal tests which offer a basis for forecasting the printing quality of a paper, and therefore

have been included in the specifications for several book-paper items.

In cooperation with the printing properties subcommittee of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, of which a member of

the technical staff of this Division is chairman, procedures for performing these tests were developed and submitted to the paper-testing

committee of that association for adoption as official methods of tests. Another property of paper affecting its printing quality is color. The color quality within several classes and grades of paper has been

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unified, and improved printing character obtained by changing the

standards from a cream to a white shade. Paper dehvered in ac- cordance with the new standards for whiteness shows a decided

improvement in quahty and uniformity of color. The division has developed a rapid method for differentiating between unbleached and bleached fibers in pulp and paper. This method

was submitted to the microscopic subcommittee of the Technical

Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry and officially adopted

as a testing method by that association.

Envelopes purchased during 1936 totaled 80,962,000, of which

number 3,987,350 were rejected.

The production of printing inks for the fiscal year 1936 was 360,249

pounds, an increase of 50,490 pounds over 1935. There were also produced a number of miscellaneous products such as 26,400 pounds

of blue toner, 200 pounds of molding wax compound, 375 pounds of

turpentine substitute for lithography, 450 pounds of electrotype

backing fluid, 1,852 quarts of ruling inks, 32,575 quarts of writing inks

(all colors), 155 quarts of striping ink for tabulating cards, 1,720

quarts of special ink solvent, 640 quarts of lacquer thinner, and 254

quarts of mucilage.

The following inks and miscellaneous materials were furnished

during 1936 to the various executive departments and independent

Government establishments in the quantities indicated:

Material 1935 1936

Pounds Pounds

Mimeograph ink, black_ _ __ 87, 360 117, 342

Printing ink, black and colored, including multigraph 7, 144 7, 354

Addressograph ink, blue and black 52 111 Writing ink (all colors) __ ___ 1 19, 433 1 32, 424

Stamp-pad and numbering-machine ink 4, 327 6, 272 Molded glue, including canceling-stamp composition 2, 647 2, 605

Paste ____ __ __ 13, 347 12, 526

1 Quarts. The Division, at the request of the Treasury Department, developed an ink possessing certain physical properties making it suitable for use in check-signing machines; and for the Ordnance Department it developed red, orange, green, and blue machine-gun target-marking

inks for use in spotting bullets to record accuracy of firing. The ink

is applied to the ogives of the bullets, so that the cloth target is color- marked by the penetration of the bullet, thereby making it possible

to identify each hit with the firing unit; also a new formula was

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developed for half-tone black ink containing wax and antioxidants to retard skinning.

The introduction of titanium dioxide into certain inks has resulted

in improved coverage and opacity, and the adoption of primroseyellow pigment has greatly assisted in the matching of certain colors

in the compounding of inks.

A solution of a chemical compj)und known as sodium sesquisilicate was substituted as a more effective agent than the sodium metasihcate formerly used for washing type forms. The form-washing

solution now in use consists of 20 pounds of crystalhne sodium sesquisihcate dissolved in 50 gallons of water. The fire hazard in the Office has been reduced by the ehmination of

highly volatile gasoline for type cleaning and the partial substitution

of a commercial solvent for motor gasoline in general cleaning operations. Thus the gasolines in use by the Office were reduced from three

to two grades. The commercial solvent has proved satisfactory for use in the Machine Shop and for certain purposes in the- Sanitary

Section but has not been satisfactory for use on electric motors or as a type wash because of its low evaporation rate and the fact that a

thin film is deposited upon the metal as a residue after evaporation.

The total amount of type metal standardized during the fiscal year

1936 was 9,933,784 pounds, an increase of 1,073,619 pounds over 1935.

The total production of type metal during 1936 exceeds by 1,032,000

pounds the greatest weight of type metal standardized in this Office

during any single year during the past 12 years. In May 1936 the use of universal metal, containing 6 percent tin,

12 percent antimony, and remainder lead, was adopted for all stereo- type work to replace the previous formula of 9 percent tin, 14 percent

antimony, and remainder lead. During the year 624,045 pounds of electrotype shavings and trimmings were returned for remelting and 250,000 pounds of old electro- type plates were exchanged in partial payment for 202,548 pounds of new electrotype backing metal. Exchange was also made of 201,558

pounds of dross, 40,000 pounds of slug metal, and 47,978 pounds of assorted scrap metals, such as brass rules, electrotype shells, flat and

bar copper, in partial payment for 452,000 pounds of correction metals.

Routine control of electrotyping solutions and raw materials was

continued. Although production was unusually heavy during the year, no trouble was experienced with equipment.

The temperature of the acid copper-sulphate solution in the semiautomatic tanks was raised to 95° F., the amount of sulphuric acid

increased from 75 grams per Hter to 80 grams per Hter, and the specific

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gravity of the copper-sulphate solution increased from 1.175 to 1.180

to facilitate more rapid deposition of the copper shells. In a few rush

jobs the time of deposition of the shells was reduced, under these conditions, from the usual 55 to 60 minutes at 7 volts to 20 minutes at 10 volts. Press rollers manufactured during the year totaled 4,512, as compared with 3,800 for 1935, an increase of 712 rollers. Of the total number manufactured, 540 were mechanically coated

upon a specially prepared core by a process whereby the core is rotated

as the hot composition is poured upon it, and for this purpose 155 base

rollers having a tough and highly resilient composition over the steel core were purchased during the year. Several specially prepared nonmeltable composition rollers were

tried out to replace the rubber rollers employed on the electric proof

presses. These rollers gave satisfactory results and are now in use throughout the Office. Similar nonmeltable rollers were made for the

multilith presses of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation. These have

given very good results at a considerable saving in expense to the

Corporation.

A roller lubricant has been developed to prevent press rollers from

cracking due to the drying of inks on the ends when not in use while

running short forms. This has been utilized during the past year

with very satisfactory results and has increased the durability of press rollers. Research on a number of phases of bookbinding was continued in

cooperation with the Employing Bookbinders of America and the

Book Manufacturers' Institute, under the research associate plan.

As a result of work conducted on starch-filled and impregnated bookbinding fabrics, Commercial Standard CS 57-36 for Book Cloths,

Buckrams, and Impregnated Fabrics was promulgated by the United

States Department of Commerce, effective from March 1, 1936, and

approved by the American Standards Association. This standard

includes general characteristics of the cloths and definitions of terms,

together with directions for sampling and testing. The standard

classifies the bookbinding fabrics into six groups and gives specific

requirements for weight, thread count, and breaking strength.

The study to determine the effectiveness of using glue of a high-jell

strength and high viscosity, which was started last year, was continued. As a result of this study two of the three grades of glue

formerly purchased have been eliminated from use and only one grade

retained. This change to a higher grade of glue has resulted in re- quiring less glue in the formulas to produce effective adhesion in

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bindery use. The general use of this high-jell-strength glue has also

assisted certain machine operations and speeded up the rate of production. An example of this is the work accomplished on one of the

case-making machines, which, due to the better working qualities

obtained with the new type glue, can be operated at a higher rate of speed and with less delay due to the necessity of hand repairing of improperly glued covers. Therefore, although the cost of this glue

is somewhat higher than those of lower jell strength, its use has re- sulted in considerable economy to the Office, and the formulas for

flexible glues for bindery use have been modified to permit the eco- nomical use of this high-jell-strength and high-viscosity glue as based

upon its best performance in bindery operations.

The manufacture of molded glue during the fiscal jesir 1936 totaled

112,388 pounds, as compared with 92,794 pounds in 1935. The manufacture of glucose-glycol paste amounted to 21,000 pounds and of

flour paste to 85,000 pounds.

An investigation pertaining to the qualities of commercial grades of

end papers has been undertaken for the purpose of developing a commercial standard for this type of paper. Such a standard would fur- nish the consumer a technical basis for comparing the products of

different manufacturers.

The cooperative research with the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils,

United States Department of Agriculture, instituted last year to develop more permanent bookbinding leathers, was continued this year. Research work by the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils has shown that

both chrome-tanned leathers and combination vegetable-chrometanned leathers are more resistant to acid rot than leathers of a straight

vegetable tannage, the latter type alone having been used for bookbinding. Accordingly, a specially made lot of chrome-tanned sheepskin leather was purchased by this Office to determine the possibility

of its substitution in binding operations for the long-used vegetabletanned law sheep leather, which is usually lacking in durability.

This leather was found to lend itself readily to the various operations

of the bindery, and it is, therefore, planned to give further consideration to tannages of this character.

Several chrome-tanned goatskin leathers have also been submitted

to tests in the laboratory and bindery with promising results, indicating

that satisfactory tannages of this type can be produced in this country.

Some American tanners also have been requested to make, for

experimental use, chrome-tanned cowhide leathers. One tanner has

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manifested considerable interest in producing bookbinding leather of

this type.

Certain difficulties have been experienced when employing high

percentages of chrome in the tannage processes, the resultant leather

being soft and mushy and without a firm grain. It is felt that further

research will reveal an optimum and critical concentration of chrome

(chromic oxide, CraOs) during the tanning to produce maximum

resistance of the leather to acid rot and thus assure a greater degree

of permanence.

Cooperation with the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils and American

tanners will, therefore, be continued, to acquire further data concerning the optimum chrome content for producing not only wholly

chrome-tanned leathers but also combination vegetable-chrometanned leathers, which may possess the desirable attributes of both

types of tannage.

Consideration has been given to developing an effective roachexterminating solution to replace the commercial products, which

have been found either ineffective or excessive in cost. An insecticide

solution has been prepared and tested in actual use by the Sanitary

Section and found to give most satisfactory results in comparison

with commercial insecticides of various qualities.

The Division of Tests and Technical Control has from time to time

rendered valuable assistance to other organizations in the printing,

binding, and allied industries.

Acting upon a request of the British Federation of Master Printers,

this Division cooperated with them in an investigation into the possible danger to health in the use of wax sprayers for preventing set-off of printing inks. A technical report on the subject, based upon a thorough search of the medical literature and citations of American

usage, was made to the Federation, concluding that the suggested in- dustrial hazard of cancer or silicosis resulting from the use of wax

sprays had been greatly exaggerated and was not founded upon

precedent in theory or practice. The conclusions drawn were ac- cepted for adoption by the technical committee of the Federation.

The Government Printing Office was requested to assist in a survey

of research in the printing and binding industries undertaken by the

Graphic Arts Research Bureau. This Division presented a history of

technical research conducted at the Government Printing Office and

a description of the research work conducted in cooperation with

other printing organizations under the research associate plan.

As in previous years, this Division has continued to cooperate with

the mechanical department of the American Newspaper Publishers

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Association on problems pertaining to the printing of newspapers.

During the year many samples, including newsprint, news ink, and

type metals, were analyzed for members of the association from many

parts of the United States. The Division has been consulted on a number of occasions by the

staff of the United Typothetae of America for information and

assistance in regard to rarious problems pertaining to ink, metals,

paper, bookbinding, and the various printing processes. This Division has also maintained cooperative contacts with the

Lithographic Technical Foundation, International Association of Electrotypers, Tag Manufacturers Institute, American Standards

Association, and Printing and Allied Trades Research Association of Great Britain.

The conference of the Graphic Arts Research Bureau of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers was held this year at the Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D. C., May 11 to 13, inclusive.

The Technical Director was honored with appointment by the

PubHc Printer to serve on the visitation committee, which arranged

for those attending the conference to visit the Government Printing

Office and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

The program of the meeting consisted of four technical symposiums

covering Paper and Ink, Metals, Evaluation of Processes, and General

Technical Matters.

The Technical Director presented a paper on The Technical Status

of Permanence and Durabihty of Printing Papers, and the Assistant

Technical Du^ector presented a paper on The Technical Quahfications

of Photoengraving Zinc at this conference. Widespread interest in

these subjects has been shown since the addresses were given. Copies

of both papers may be obtained gratis upon request.

As in previous years, the Di^"ision rendered valuable assistance to other Government departments, including the Post Office, Treasury,

Navy, Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce, and to the Veterans'

Administration and the Library of Congress on problems pertaining

to forgeries, paper, ink, glues, tabulating cards, type metals, etc. Approximately 1,200 letters from commercial printers, bookbinders,

and manufacturers of various printing and binding supplies, requesting

information on technical subjects related to printing and assistance

in the solution of industrial problems, were received during the year. The specific assistance given to the printing trades at large relating

to paper, inks, metals, printing processes, and methods is recorded in

the many letters of appreciation for technical help given in response

to these requests.

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DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

The records of the Office of the Superintendent of Documents show

a decided increase in the number of orders received, the number of

pubHcations sold, and in receipts from sales during the past fiscal year. Receipts from the sale of publications for the fiscal year ended June

30, 1936, amounted to $680,725.69, as compared with $637,414.43 for

1935; $594,007.64 for 1934; and $540,532.29 for 1933, or an increase

in receipts for the 4-year period of $140,193.40. The number of

orders increased during the same period 67,553.

There was also an enormous increase in the distribution of publications and other material during the past fiscal year for the several

executive departments and independent Government establishments.

In 1936 the number of pieces of printed matter mailed out by the

Division of Public Documents was 862,754,462, which was 433,803,555 more than for the fiscal year 1935. Much of the material that was

shipped out last year for the emergency agencies of the Government

consisted of blank forms and circulars, which were shipped in bulk;

otherwise the force of the Division of Public Documents would not

have been able to handle the work.

For the Post Office Department the Division distributed approximately 20,000,000 pieces of printed matter in connection with the

adjusted-service bonds to the entire satisfaction of the Department,

as evidenced by the following letter from the Third Assistant Post- master General:

I desire to express my deep appreciation of your assistance in the handling of adjusted-service bond supplies. The tremendous task of supplying all postmasters

with the forms needed in connection with the redemption of adjusted-service

bonds was handled by you in a manner that reflects great credit upon your

efficient organization.

Depository Libraries. Prior to the establishment of designated

depositories, or before any systematic method for the distribution of public documents had been adopted, special acts of Congress were

passed at various times providing for the printing of a sufficient

number of copies of the public journals of the Senate and House of

Representatives for distribution to the executives of the several States

and each branch of the State and Territorial legislatures. Provision was also made at times for supplying these journals, the acts, and

sometimes the documents and reports, to each university and college

incorporated in each State, as well as to the incorporated historical

societies throughout the country.

During the second session of the Thirteenth Congress (Dec. 27,

1813) a resolution was adopted embodying these provisions, which

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had theretofore been covered by special legislation, which not only

directed distribution for a Congress but ''for every future Congress.

The 1895 Printing Act provided that all publications of the executive departments not intended for their especial use, but for distribution, should be distributed to libraries. Congressional hearings have

a,lways been omitted from distribution to depositories. Under the

provisions of the act approved January 20, 1905, the distribution to depositories of reports on private bills and simple and concurrent

resolutions was discontinued. Private bills were defined as ''all bills for the relief of private parties, bills granting pensions, bills removing

pohtical disabilities, and bills for the survey of rivers and harbors."

The exceptions as to congressional committee hearings and reports on

simple and concurrent resolutions should be removed, as there is no more important publication than a hearing if one is interested in the

legislation to which it relates. Approximately 50 depository libraries are sufiiciently interested in congressional hearings to purchase them,

this being, it would seem, sufficient evidence that committee hearings

should be made available for depository distribution.

Important legislation is frequently reported on by simple or con- current resolution, and the failure of libraries to receive copies of Senate

and House reports on such resolutions means an important omission

in depository distribution. For example, the following important

matters were covered by simple or concurrent resolution and none of them were distributed to depository libraries on account of the

prohibitory clause that prevents the distribution of reports on simple

and concurrent resolutions: Senate Keport No. 776, Seventy-fourth

Congress, first session, Morro Castle and Mohawk Investigations;

Senate Report No. 1456, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session,

Activities and Operations of the Federal Farm Board; House Report

No. 1, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session. Wildlife Conservation;

and House Report No. 153, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session,

Investigation of the Nazi and Other Propaganda.

Depository hbraries were also deprived of certain other publications,

and it is believed that the law governing depository distribution

should be amended in order that the larger libraries of the country

may be assured of receiving complete sets of certain publications.

The limitation imposed by law, whereby only three copies of the

Journals of the House and Senate are distributed in each State, should

be removed, and there should be some way of furnishing depository

hbraries with such publications as the set of naval documents (QuasiWar with France); also duphcation should be permitted when separates appear far ui advance of a consolidated volume as ui the case of 63
the weekly Treasury Decisions, the monthly Decisions of the Comp«

troUer General, and the separate decisions or signatures of the several

agencies that issue rulings in this form.

Depository libraries might also be glad to receive the lettered

Senate executive documents and the numbered Senate executive

reports as issued. Distribution of these two confidential series, however, would be difficult to arrange, as these executive documents and

reports are generally not released until sometime after printing.

This history of the early legislation dealing with depository libraries- shows it was the intent of Congress to have the distribution made in

such a manner that a like quantity of material should be distributed

to each congressional district. In theory this was logical, but those

familiar with the depository situation realized that the avalanche of

Government publications that descended upon the depositories as

a result of this legislation was not serving the purpose for which

intended. The result was that thousands of publications were never unsacked or made available to the public, as only a comparatively

few of the libraries could provide the necessary shelf room. To- correct this waste the selective plan, which had long been under consideration, was finally made effective by Public Act No. 171, Sixtyseventh Congress, approved March 20, 1922. This act provided that no part of the appropriation of the Office of the Superintendent of

Documents should be used to supply to depository libraries any documents, books, or other printed matter not requested by such libraries. On account of the number of new classes of publications that have

been issued during recent years it was found necessary to prepare a new Classified List of United States Government Publications Available for Selection by Depository Libraries. This list was issued by

the Superintendent of Documents on December 31, 1935, and it superseded all lists previously issued.

The selections made by many of the libraries appear to have been

carefully, and in the main, wisely made with a view to serving the

particular constituencies of such libraries. The only criticism that can be offered is that a number of libraries have made so few selections

that it is impossible for them to make public documents very useful in

their communities. The question might be asked, Why does not the

Superintendent of Documents revoke the depository privilege from

this class of libraries? It is true that section 70 of the Printing Act

of 1895 provides that ''the Superintendent of Documents shall thoroughly investigate the condition of all libraries that are now designated

depositories and, whenever he shall ascertain that the number of books

in any such library, other than college libraries, is below 1,000, other

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than GoYernment publications, or it has ceased to be maintained as a public library, he shall strike the same from the list and the Senator,

Representative, or Delegate shall designate another depository that

shall meet the conditions herein required." The fact is, however, no

appropriation has ever been made for an investigation of the libraries,

and the answers received to a questionnaire are not satisfactory.

The American Library Association Committee on Federal Relations

published as part 2 of the January 1936 Bulletin of the American

Library Association a statement entitled ''The Need for a Federal

Library Agency." Included in this statement is an elaborate list of functions suggested for such an agency connected with the Federal

Office of Education, as advocated by the American Library Association. Some of the suggested functions are: The collecting and making

available statistics and other information concerning libraries; the

making of surveys of States or localities on request, and general

studies in the library field; and promoting correlation of the work of

Federal libraries. Such a Federal library agency was established as of July 1, 1936,

in the Office of Education and it is hoped that this agency may be

able to collaborate with the Superintendent of Documents in making

a survey of public-document conditions in the depository libraries,

and to accomplish what the Superintendent of Documents has never been able to do for lack of appropriation and lack of an adequate

staff to carry out in detail the provisions of section 70 of the Printing

Act of 1895.

A special library agency such as is provided for the Office of Education is needed to make a thorough study of the whole depository

situation and to work in conjunction with the Superintendent of Documents and the State Library Commission or other authorized

body of each State. Obviously there should be some fact-finding agency of the Government to assist the libraries and make the necessary survey that would

be the basis for improving the depository system. The libraries play an important part in the field of education and our industrial and social

problems call for an increase in educational facilities. Plans to remedy the defects in library legislation have been discussed

at a number of the meetings of the public-documents' committee of

the American Library Association and there have been special bills introduced in Congress proposing changes in the methods of designating

depository libraries, but as yet no suggestion appears to have been of

sufficient merit to bring about remedial legislation. These defects in our present depository system have been the subject of discussion for

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the past 30 years and the only change effected has been the introduction of the selective plan.

This country undoubtedly is more generous in its free distribution

of Government publications than any other country ; but unless waste

in distribution is prevented there is danger that free distribution may

be curtailed. The value of Government publications in colleges^

universities, and public libraries cannot be disputed, and therefore

in recommending changes in legislation for depository libraries provision should be made for proper supervision and reasonable assur- ance given that the publications will be properly shelved and made

available to the public.

Catalogs.—The opening of the calendar j^ear 1936 marks another

milestone in public-document cataloging. Beginning with the

Monthly Catalog for January 1936, any current processed^ publication that seems of sufficient importance to the general public to warrant an entry is included in the Monthly Catalog. Processed

material of a confidential character, or of interest only to the Government department issuing it, is necessarily omitted from the Monthly

Catalog, but will be entered in the Document Catalog. It is true

that many of these publications, because of both type and paper, are not in all probability of permanent value. It is considered, however,

that since the information given is often the result of careful research

the public is entitled to know of its existence. Many of the departments and bureaus issue material for the press in this form. Unless

press releases are issued regularly or in a numbered series entries are not

made in the Monthly Catalog for such material, as it is considered that

the information is obtainable from newspapers and other periodicals.

There will be no distribution of this processed material from the

Office of the Superintendent of Documents, and those libraries desiring to obtain such publications should ask to be placed on the mailing

lists of the various issuing offices. Publications produced at the Government Printing Office by the

''oft'set" method carry the Government Printing Office imprint, and

such publications are not designated ' 'processed" in the entries in

the Monthly Catalog.

The Printing Act of 1895 provided that a catalog of Government

publications be prepared by the Superintendent of Documents on

the first day of each month which should show the documents printed

during the preceding month, where obtainable, and the price of each

if listed for sale. Only one reason can be given for this law, namely,

to provide a means for keeping the public and the libraries informed

1 By processed publication is meant any publication that is produced by the mimeograph, multigraph,

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as to the publications beiQg issued by the GoYernment. The word

"printed" is used in the 1895 act. Suice the passage of this act many

kinds of reproducuig machines have been invented, and siace existiag

law does not define a Government publication, the Superintendent of Documents gives the broadest interpretation possible by ruling that

the law refers not only to printed material but also to material repro- duced by any duphcating process. Congress attempted to provide a safeguard against any omissions

in the ^Monthly Catalog by directing that both the Public Printer

and the issuing offices should furnish the Superintendent of Documents one copy of every publication issued. In the absence of any

orderly arrangement or numbering of publications by the various

departments it is impossible to establish any check that will insure

the receipt of everything published. It is also realized that unless

the cooperation of the departments can be secured, the desire to make

the Catalog complete may be defeated. The Public Printer, recognizing the importance of this work, addressed a letter to every issuing

office of the Government caUing attention to the provision of the law

requiring that one copy of every publication be fonvarded to the

Superintendent of Documents, and at the same time invited attention

to the importance of the Superintendent of Documents receiving

copies of aU publications printed or other^\ise produced.

The growth of processed material creates a rather serious problem.

Its importance is recognized by the Catalog and Library Section, and

it is the intention of this Section to check every available source to make sure of the receipt of these processed publications so that the

official catalogs may be as nearly complete as possible.

Unless processed material is properly recorded the hbraries of the

country are deprived of some very valuable documents. This processed material includes regular niunbered series of publications,

reports of investigations, a number of periodicals, bibliographies, and

indexes, reports of operations, statistical statements, and miscella- neous pamphlets of importance. The great value and amazing growth

of processed material issued by the Government service are indicated

by a List of Processed Material Added to the Public Documents'

Library during November 1935. The total number of publications

included in that hst Vv^as 1,300, making 9,749 pages. Of this number

209 pubhcations contained illustrations, composed of 149 separate

plates, 2 facsimiles, and 9 maps. This list was prepared by the

Catalog Section of the Superintendent of Documents' Office, at the

request of the Pubhc Printer, for his own use and that of the Joint

Committee on Printing, and it is not available for distribution.

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Before leaving the subject of processed material it is suggested that

there should be some permanent arrangement for supplying copies of

processed publications to depository libraries for the reason that so much important material is now produced in a manner not covered by

the printing law.

The following statement shows the number of copies of publications on hand July 1, 1935; the number received and distributed during the

fiscal year 1936; and the number of copies on hand June 30, 1936, for

the various executive departments and independent establishments of

the Government:

DepartrQent or estaDlisnnient Copies on hand July 1, 1935

Copies re- ceived during

year

Copies dis- tributed during year

Copies on hand June

30, 1936

Executive departments:

State 3,429

947, 250

782

1,813

4C, 650

24, 027

637, 045

10, 795, 281

1, 274, 343

729, 715

2, 394

601

2, 180 940

192, 721

17

20, 505

1, 252

23, 225

67, 425, 460

4, 826

473, 040

30, 687, 806

31,619

2, 047, 644

22, 955, 336

62, 481,310

2, 345, 965

11, 995, 250

25, 465

57, 423, 018 4,302

471, 849

30, 725, 818

47, 249

1, 943, 362

23, 092, 035

52, 476, 269

2, 428, 337

11, 996, 749

1,189

949, 692

1,306 3,004

8, 638

8, 397

741, 327

10, 058, 582

1, 279, 384

647, 343 895

601

2, 327

5, 644

138, 464

Treasury War

Justice Post Office -. Navy

Interior Agriculture Commerce

Labor

Independent offices: Employees' Compensation Commission

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Power Commission

Federal Eeserve Board

Federal Trade Commission

General Accounting Office

1,400

230, 857

120, 633

i, 253

226, 153

84, 890

17

3, 511,021

1 421

11,' 928

Interstate Commerce Commission

National Advisorj; Committee for Aeronauties. The National Archives

3, 565, 890

1, 100

14) 368

75, 374

931

2, 440

2, 188

140, 986 Personnel Classification Board 2, 188 Smithsonian Institution _ 159, 949 60, 301

'633

44, 252

379

1,000

34, 846

911

25, 363

172, 686, 702

16, 245, 584

125, 000

2, 103, 747

63, 361, 425

48, 104

2, 000

7, 400

21, 117

2, 139, 550

31, 310, 022

204, 125

375, 752, 537

79 264

'633

44, 252 45848

14, 032

911

27; 152

172, 673, 702

16, 238, 234

125, 000

2, 030, 293

63, 361,425

48. 104 320

27, 234

15, 091

2, 139. 550

31, 310, 022

204, 125

375, 752, 537

Judiciary: Court cf Customs and Patent Appeals

Congressional: Bicentennial Commission

487

1, 164

408

2,116 Congress. 20, 814 Government Printing Office Emergency relief organizations: Agricultural Adjustment Administration Commodity Credit Corporation

125, 126

10, 000

123, 337

23, 000

7,350

2, 490

962, 235 Emergencv Conservation Work. Farm Credit Administration

2,490

888, 781 Federal Emergency Relief Administration..,.. Federal Home Loan Bank Board

National Planning Board 1, 680 National Recovery Administration 19, 834 National Resources Commission 6,452 Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration

12, 478 Resettlement Administration Rural Electrification Administration Works Progress Administration

Total 15, 807,416

3, 323, 492

848. 580, 727

14, 473, 316

1 848, 563, 523

2 14, 190, 939

15, 824, 620 Superintendent of Documents 3, 605, 869 Grand total 19, 130, 908 863, 054, 043 862, 754, 462 19, 430, 489

1 This total includes 256.672 copies of discarded obsolete publications, deducting which reduces the actual

distribution for the year to 848,306,851 copies.

2 This total includes 1,189,908 copies of discarded obsolete publications, deducting which reduces the

actual distribution for the year to 13,001,031 copies. 68
MAINTENANCE DIVISION

The Maintenance Division is composed of the Building, Carpenter

and Paint, Electrical, Machine, Pipe and Sheet Metal, Power, and

Sanitary Sections. It is the function of this Division to maintain all buildings and equipment in an efficient operating condition; to handle all problems of an engineering character; to prepare specifications for new machinery and equipment; to make all building

alterations and repairs, or to supervise those that are being made

imder contract; to install aU new machinery and equipment; to clean

all buildings occupied by the Office; and to operate all machinery and

equipment for power conversion and distribution, emergency electric generating, heating, lighting, ventilating, refrigerating, compressed-air

service, signal systems, elevators, conveyors, and laundry.

During the past year the Division handled 91,566 jobs. Of this

number 71,172 were classed as repairs, while the remaining 20,394

included inspections, adjustments, servicing of various kinds, and new

work. These 91,566 jobs covered a vast variety of work, from the

repairing of a window curtain to the removal of 14 old and the instaUing

of 14 new printing presses and the making of metal and wooden equipment of various kinds for use by the several production divisions of

the Office. Under authority of the act approved February 28, 1933 (Public,

No. 381, 72d Cong.), the practice of printing supplementary records and

statistics in the Annual Keport of the PubHc Printer has been discontinued, and original copies of such information as has been prepared

for transmission to Congress are on file for public inspection.

A. E. GlEGENGACK,

Public Printer.

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