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GEORGE ORTLEB, Beputy Public Printer MISS JO COFFIN, Assistant to the Public Printer ^

HENRY H. WRIGHT Chief Clerk GEORGE C. HAVENNER Liaison Officer EDWARD M. NEVILS Production Manager

EDWARD A. HUSE Night Production Manager

WILLIAM A. MITCHELL Superintendent of Planning

HOWELL K. STEPHENS Superintendent of Composition

JOHN A. MCLEAN Superintendent of Platemaking

BERT E. BAIR Superintendent of Presswork

FELIX J. BELAIR Superintendent of Binding

RUSSELL H. HERRELL Comptroller

ERNEST E. EMERSON Director of Purchases MORRIS S. KANTROWITZ Technical Director ALLA G. STEVENS Superintendent of Stores DANIEL P. BUSH, M. D. Medical and Sanitary Director ALFRED E. HANSON Mechanical Superintendent

ALTON P. TISDEL Superintendent of Documents JAMES B. BENNETT Captain of the Guard

WILLIAM A. SMITH Congressional Record Clerk

Qontents —^

Page Introduction 1 New equipment 2 Leave costs absorbed 3 Pay roll procedure 3

Efficiency rating system 4

Increase in personnel 5 Health and welfare activities 6 Emergenc}^ Hospital.

Group Life Insurance. Group Hospitalization. Federal Credit Union.

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

Auxiliary.

American Legion Parade. United Veterans of American Wars, Government Printing

Office Unit No. 1. Federal Employees' Organizations.

Cafeteria and Recreation Association. Apprentice School 9 Rush work 10

Letters of commendation 11 New warehouse building 19 New office building 20

Receipts and expenditures 21 Purchasing Division. 38

Congressional printing 39 Patent Office printing 41 Composing Division 41 Platemaking Division 42 Presswork Division 43 Bindery Division 44

Library of Congress branch composing and binding sections . . 46

National Museum branch printing office 46

Stores Division 47

Delivery Section 48

Division of Tests and Technical Control 48

Division of Public Documents 60 Maintenance Division 66

^Annual Report of

THE PUBLIC PRINTER

WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 3, 1938

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IHA^^E the honor to submit to the Congress of the United States

the following report covering the work of the Government Printing

Office for the fiscal year ended Jime 30, 1937, as required by law.

Introduction

In my reports for the fiscal years 1935 and 1936, I reported to you upon a number of new methods and processes that had been in- troduced into the Government Printing Office to increase its efficiency

through speeding up production and reducing costs. I also reported

to you on the purchase of new machinery and equipment to replace

that which had become obsolete and worn out. The plan of adopting new processes and the replacing of worn-out

machinery in order to insure maximum production in the Office is a continuing one, and during the past year a number of improved

methods of a more or less minor nature were introduced and considerable new and improved machinery was installed. It is indeed very

gratifying to report to you that every advanced idea and every new

piece of equipment introduced into the Office during the past 3 years

has proven entirely satisfactory, and that the superintendents of our production divisions advise me that these new processes and

pieces of equipment have materially lessened their problems.

An important innovation introduced by me in 1935 was the appointing of a Director of Typography and the reorganization of the

Layout Section of the Planning Division for the purpose of modernizing and improving the appearance of Government pubhcations with

the intent to create a greater demand therefor by the pubhc. One

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of the results of this artistic modernization of Government pubUcations has been the receipt of a large number of letters commending

the Office upon the greatly improved appearance of many of the

publications issued by it. NEW EQUIPMENT

New equipment purchased during the past year for various divisions was as follows:

For the Composing Division, 6 electric proof presses; 247 galley cabi- nets for the storage of type on galleys; 23,454 metal galleys; one 3-point, one 4-point, twenty-five 6-point, thirty 8-point, twenty-three 10-point,

and twenty-six 12-point monotype composition molds; 9 bench saw

trimmers; 25 lead and rule cutters; 2 monotype material-making

machines; 8 steel make-up banks; and other miscellaneous equipment.

For the Platemaking Division, 2 stereotype matrix rolling machines,

2 platen pneumatic drying presses, 1 single-platen pneumatic drying

press, 2 water-cooled aprons, 1 pyro silver bath holder, 1 single-face arc printing lamp consisting of 2 lamps and 1 reflector, and a flexible rubber printing plate system including a fully equipped 24- by 32-inch

precision vulcanizing press. For the Presswork Division, 2 Kluge

automatic platen presses with automatic feeders and automatic

lowering joggers, 3 rotary web-fed perfecting presses to print money

orders, 2 Miehle vertical automatic job-printing presses with auto- matic lowering delivery table and complete electrical equipment,

four 10- by 15-inch Chandler & Price presses with Rice automatic

feeders with standard equipment, 1 high-speed flat-bed No. 2 Kelly

automatic printing press completely equipped, 1 Miller high-speed

flat-bed cylinder printing press completely equipped, 1 hand-lift

truck of 5,000 pounds capacity, 1,200 Hacker test blocks, 35 numbering machines with skip-wheel attachments, and 1 pair of doubledecker arc lights consisting of 4 single-scissor type carbon-fed lamps

with diffuser timer and switching control. For the Bindery Division,

three 50-inch automatic spacing paper-cutting machines with electric equipment, 6 Boston wire-stitching heads, 1 Smyth cloth-cutting

machine, 1 book-sewing machine, 1 skiving machine, and 1 skiving

knife. For the Stores Division, 3 hand-lift trucks of 5,000 pounds'

capacity each, 1 electric telescopic high-lift truck of 4,000 pounds'

capacity, 4 hand-lift trucks of 5,000 pounds' capacity each, 1 telescopic

high-lift electric truck of 6,000 pounds' capacity, and 2 electric lowlift elevating platform trucks of 4,000 pounds' capacity each. For

the Delivery Section, 1 half-ton standard panel delivery truck. For

the Division of Public Documents, 1 hand-lift truck of 5,000 pounds'

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capacity. For the Maintenance Division, 1 electric hoist of K-ton

capacity, 1 punch press for punching and riveting sheet metal, and 1 combination brake and folder machine.

LEAVE COSTS ABSORBED

One of the outstanding accomplishments of the Office, in my

opinion, was the picking up of the heavy financial burden placed upon

it by the passage of the current leave laws.

To give some idea of what had to be saved to pick up this additional

expense it is only necessary to state that the Office is now entitled to 62,095 more days of annual leave than under the prior law, and grants

to employees at least 39,515 days of sick leave to which they were

not previously entitled, making a total of 101,610 days of nonproductive time at an average cost to the Office of approximately $711,000

annually. This saving was made possible through new processes and

improvements introduced and new machinery installed during the

past 3 years and to the increased efficiency of employees, thereby

obviating the necessity of increasing prices to departments and establishments and without any increase being made in appropriations

for Congressional work, a tribute to the loyalty of the employees and

to the cooperation that I have received from my executives.

PAY ROLL PROCEDURE

In view of the industrial nature of the work of the Government

Printing Office, the passage of the leave laws of March 14, 1936,

created such a tremendous burden for the pay-roll and cost clerks that

it was physically impossible to handle the work under the old methods

with any degree of accuracy or in time to meet the pay-roll dates.

Therefore, as of August 1, 1936, an entirely new system of time

recording and pay-roll accounting was installed. Under the new

system, and by the use of control accounts, forms were simplified and

the number of reports was reduced. To illustrate, by citing only one

of many innovations: Prior to the change, each section forwarded to the Division of Accounts daily a list of all employees working in the

section, showing the number of hours each worked, his rate of pay,

whether he was on leave and the type of leave he was taking, together

with all other information necessary to the daily posting of the time

and leave accounts, such posting being done by hand. Under the

new system a master card is set up in the Division of Accounts which

shows the employee's regular schedule; and it is necessary to report

and post transactions concerning only those employees who deviate

from the regular schedule. This reduces the number of daily reports

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and postings to approximately 1,000 instead of one for each employee,

and the majority of these postings are made automatically by electrical accounting equipment.

In connection with the change in procedure, the use of the Individual Time Roll, a form 14 by 17 inches, on which formerly were posted

all pay-roll and leave data concerning an employee, was discontinued

and there was substituted for it a card form 5 by 8 inches (Individual

Record of Absence). This card was designed for visible alphabetical

filing and shows at a glance the complete leave status of each employee,

such as the amount of each Idnd of leave he has used and the amount

of each he has to his credit, the number of advances of sick leave he

has had, the number of days on doctor's certificate, the number of

days on personal certification, the number of times tardy, the number

of times absent, and all other essential leave information.

Through simplification of forms, the elimination of unnecessary

reports, and the substitution of machine for hand work in some cases, the Division of Accounts was enabled to carry on its pay-roll and leave

work more accurately and more promptly and with fewer employees

than had been employed under the old system, notwithstanding the

fact that the leave laws increased these transactions 126 percent. In

addition to the savings resulting from the handling of this great in- crease in work with a decreased personnel in the pay-roll section, the

elimination of the former Daily Time Report saves the Ofiice $10,000

a year in its printing bill alone.

EFFICIENCY RATING SYSTEM

During the fiscal year an efficiency rating system patterned after that

approved by the Civil Service Commission for use in the executive

departments and other Government establishments was put into effect in the Government Printing Office in lieu of the old numerical system

which had previously been used in grading the employees semiannually. Under the new system the ratings are prepared annually as

of May 15. This brings the personnel policies of the Government

Printing Office more nearly in line with those of the other departments

and establishments; gives the rating officers more time in which to study their employees; places before the Public Printer something

definite upon which to take action when reducing the force periodically at the close of each session of Congress; and relieves the supervisory

force once a year of the volume of work incidental to the preparation

of ratings, thus allowing them to devote more time to production

problems.

The new system develops more rehable information upon which to 4
make promotions, demotions, separations, or to take other action,

in that it is designed in such a manner as to compel the supervisoryforce to analyze the work of each employee more thoroughly in the

development of the ratings. This also enables the supervisors to handle the forces more intelligently; by Imowing the relative merits of

their employees, they can place them where their services can be used

to the best advantage. But the real benefit of the new system comes

from the fact that the employees are now, for the first time, notified

as to their ratings and are given an opportunity to appeal if, in their

opinion, they have not been treated fairly. It happened in many cases that the employees thought their work was entirely satisfactory to the

Ofl&ce until they received their ratings advising them that it was not. They then discussed the ratings with their foremen, who pointed out

their deficiencies and advised the employees how they could improve

their ratings during the current year if they desired to do so. As the

great majority of employees are anxious to receive the best possible

rating, it is needless to say that the new system has greatly improved

the efficiency of the Office as a whole, and that this not only has

resulted in the production of more and better work but also has

increased the morale of the employees, as they now know where they

stand.

Increase in T'ersonnel

There was an increase of 62 employees over the number on the rolls of the Office at the close of June 30, 1936. This increase in the

personnel was due to a large increase in the quantity of work in cer- tain of the production divisions, as well as to my desire to reduce

overtime to a minimum. The total number of employees on the rolls of the Office at the close of June 30, 1937, was 5,594, as compared with

5,532 on June 30, 1936.

During the year 78 employees of the Office were retired—37 on

account of age, 31 on account of disabiUty, and 10 who took advantage

of the clause in section 1 of the Retirement Act, approved May 29,

1930, which permits of retirement at employee's option for those who

are ehgible for retirement at the age of 70 years, 65 years, or 62 years, as the case may be, after they have attained the age of 68, 63, or 60

years, respectively, providing they have had at least 30 years of service. Of the 78 employees who retired during the past year, 64 were men and 14 were women. The total retirements from August 20, 1920, to June 30, 1937, for

age, disabihty, and optional, number 1,647.

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The following summarized statement shows all changes in personnel

during the past fiscal year:

It may be interesting to note that during the past year there were

6,963 visitors conducted through the Office; of this number 89 were from foreign countries.

Emergency Hospital. During the fiscal year 1937 the Emergency

Hospital gave a total of 20,972 treatments to employees of the Office. Of this number 4,240 treatments were for injuries received while on

duty; 1,799 surgical treatments for other than injuries received while on duty, which enabled the employees to remain at work and per- form efficient service with little or no loss of time; 9,793 medical

treatments other than surgical; and 5,140 re- treatments. There was one death in the Office, due to coronary occlusion.

In addition to the surgical and medical treatments rendered to employees of the Office by the Emergency Hospital staff, 1,203

physical examinations were made, including those of employees just

entering the service.

Applications to the number of 11,493 were approved for illness,

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

loss of 40,493 working days. Using the total number of employees

as a basis, the average loss of time due to illness, injury (not serviceconnected), and sickness in family was 7)i days per employee.

In addition to the treatments given to employees of the Government

Printing Office, 171 treatments were given to employees of the Washington City Post Office. The Medical Director also made 53 physical

examinations for the Social Security Board and the Railway Mail

Service, and made 247 calls at 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, had paid

out $138,466 on 161 claims up to April 30, 1937. At the close of the

association's fiscal year on April 30, 1937, there had been issued 3,506

first-unit policies, amounting to $3,035,504; 1,794 second-unit policies,

amounting to $1,558,277; and 318 third-unit policies, amounting to $260,610.

Appointments

Separations

Retirements

Deaths

On rolls June 30. 1937

628

566

7830

5, 594

Health and Welfare ^Activities

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The reserve fund of the association consisted of $45,000 in United

States Treasury bonds and $1,000 invested in the Government Printing

Ofl5.ce Federal Credit Union. In addition to the Treasury bonds and

the Federal Credit Union investment, there was on hand on April 30,

1937, $2,799.78 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, at which time 515

employees joined the organization. At the close of the fiscal year

1937 there were 1,336 members of this group.

For the nominal cost of 65 cents a month members are assured 21

days' hospital care, including semiprivate accommodations, bed and

board, general nursing care, use of operating room, ordinary medications, and routine laboratory examinations. If more than 21 days'

hospitahzation is needed, the hospital allows a discount of 10 percent

to members.

A number of leading hospitals in the city are affiliated with this

organization, and each member of the group may select the hospital

to which he would prefer to be taken. All hospitals aflSliated with

group hospitahzation have been approved by the Medical Society of

the District of Columbia.

Participation is open to all employees of the Government Printing

Office under 65 years of age who have been in sound health for 30 days

preceding the date of application for membership.

Federal Credit Union. The Government Printing Office Federal

Credit Union was granted its charter 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 stabihze the credit structure of the United States. At the end of the fiscal year 1937 the union had received, for shares, fines, and entrance fees, a total of $49,155.27. Its outstanding

loans amounted to $47,698.08. Its total membership was 1,729. All

loans are payable either in monthly or semimonthly installments, the

interest charge under the Federal Credit Union Act being 1 percent

per month on unpaid balances.

Under the provisions of the Federal 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

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present time the surplus fund amounts to $535.37 and the reserve for bad loans, $895.85.

The net earnings of the association since its organization amount

to $1,622.76, which will be divided among the members in proportion

to the length of time and the amount of their deposit.

Government Printing Office American Legion Post, No. 38. The

Government Printing Office American Legion Post has a membership

of 434, and it is one of the largest posts in the Department of the District of Columbia. This post has devoted considerable time to Americanization, welfare, and rehabilitation work, and as a recognition

for its activities in these worth-while undertakings a member of the

post was elected a department vice commander, another one was

appointed department membership officer, and a third member was made chairman of the department musical committee. The Government Printing Office Post is the only American Legion post in

the District of Columbia that maintains a fully uniformed Legion

band. The department adjutant is also an employee of the Government Printing Office. However, he is a member of Bunker Hill

Post, No. 31. Government Printing Office Unit, No. S3, American Legion Auxiliary.

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

Auxiliary, was organized in 1935. It has a membership of 90, composed entirely of the wives, mothers, and sisters of veterans employed

in the Government Printing Office. During the past year it actively

participated with the Government Printing Office American Legion

Post, No. 33, in all of its welfare and Americanization work.

American Legion Parade. The Government Printing Office American Legion Post, No. 33, headed by the Public Printer, participated

in the American Legion parade in New York City on September 21,

1937. The Government Printing Office Legion Band, which is composed entirely of employees of the Office, accompanied by the color

bearers, formed the escort to the Public Printer and members of the

post. This band, which was organized in 1935, is rapidly becoming

one of the outstanding bands of the District of Columbia and, besides

participating in all Legion affairs of the department, it is frequently

called upon to assist at various civic gatherings.

United Veterans of American Wars, Government Printing Office,

Unit No. 1. The United Veterans of American Wars, Government

Printing Office, Unit No. l,was organized in 1922 and it is the oldest

veteran organization in the Government Printing Office. Its membership numbers 375 and is composed of Spanish-American War and

World War veterans. Unit No. 2, known as the Col. Charles Young

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Unit, is the colored branch of this organization. During the past

year both units participated in numerous patriotic affairs. Federal Employees' Organizations. In 1935 there were organized

in the clerical divisions of the Office two Federal employees' lodges

affiliated with the American Federation of Government Employees.

These two lodges have a combined membership of 162, and they participate in all activities beneficial to the clerical employees of the Office. Cafeteria and Recreation Association. The Cafeteria and Kecreation

Association of the Government Printing Office is an employee organization which operates the cafeteria, bowling alleys, cigar stand, auditorium, and recreation rooms. Its total receipts for the year 1937 were

$354,111.55, or an increase of $100,281.55 over the receipts for 1936.

During the year 1937 the cafeteria served 1,043,058 meals, an in- crease of 59,058 over the number served during 1936. The average

nimiber of meals served per day was 4,029.

The number of non-civil-service employees on the cafeteria rolls at the close of the 1937 year was 102, with an annual pay roll of

$77,726.82, or an increase in its pay roll of $9,195.19 over 1936.

During the past year there were installed in the cafeteria an indirect

lighting system, Venetian blinds, modern oscillating electric fans,

automatic ice-cream cabinets, new electric bake ovens, and new serving

counters with the most modern equipment, such as urns, grills, sanitary

shelving, and tray dispensers.

The Cafeteria and Recreation Association during the past year

rendered assistance to the Government Printing Office baseball clubs, to the orchestra, to the Legion band, and other employee organizations.

apprentice School

The Apprentice School, reopened on October 16, 1935, with 100

apprentices—'96 boys and 4 girls—'has retained its original enrollment

with the exception of two boys who were dropped from the rolls soon

after the school was organized. One resigned to accept appointment

to the United States Naval Academy and one was dismissed after

failing to meet apprentice requirements.

The 98 apprentices now enrolled have responded admirably to instruction given them in both school and mechanical sections.

Reports from instructors, foremen, and group chiefs show that steady

progress has been made by apprentices in all trades taught and

supervised by the school. For the year ended June 30, 1937, the

entire class made the following composite monthly averages: Academic,

90 percent; trade training, 88 percent; and shop work, 86 percent.

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Academic instruction consisted of a further study of English

grammar, the need for good English usage—both in spoken and

written form—being deemed very essential in all trade branches of

the printing industry. Particular emphasis was placed on sentence

structure, spelling, and syllabication throughout the year. Trade

instruction has advanced to the secondary stage of development,

and the apprentices are performing the more difficult assignments

in a very satisfactory manner. Training in the mechanical departments consisted of work regularly performed by journeymen and

skilled workers.

The apprentices, under supervision of school instructors, produced

approximately $7,000 worth of printing, consisting of small Office

forms, school lesson sheets, and miscellaneous jobs for the various

welfare organizations in the Office. Other classes of printing produced by the apprentices include many interesting as well as educational booklets, leaflets, and displays which are on exhibition in the

Apprentice Section.

The school continued to operate on a part-time basis, 2 hours of

each week being devoted to academic study and 38 hours to special

trade instruction and shop-work experience.

"R^sh Work

During the fiscal year 1937 many calls for rush work were made

upon the Office, some of which required that jobs be delivered within

a specified time. Some of these calls greatly taxed the production

facilities of the Office, but I am gratified to report that in many in- stances delivery was made in even a shorter period of time than that

specified by the ordering office, and that every request for rush work

was complied with.

The Job Section, during the last fiscal year, handled 41,287 jobs.

As occurred in the fiscal years 1935 and 1936, the number of copies

of many of the blank forms, circulars, and pamphlets ordered during

1937 ran into the millions, and some of them required binding or other

operations of an unusual character. For instance, the Social Se- curity Board's form Application for Accounting Number called for

40,000,000 copies. This form was printed on sheets 36K by 48K inches,

24 copies up, 8 by 9 inches, cut to fold 8 up, and slit on folding machines. The forms were banded in packages of 100, trimmed on

front to 3% inches, packed in cartons of 4,500 forms each, and each

carton sealed with gummed paper.

Some of the other large outstanding orders were: lo
For the Department of Commerce 250,000 copies of a Seamen's

Discharge Book, consisting of 32 pages and cover with round-corner

flap. To make the flap on this book it was necessary to readjust a case-making machine so that the same output as on straight cover work coifld be maintained. Through the adjusting of this machine,

hand operations on this book were reduced to three: namely, the

placing of tapes in the back of the book to hold discharges, the placing

of cellifloid windows in the front cover, and the lining of the flap.

For the Post Oflice Department 350,000,000 copies of a blank form

Application for Domestic Money Order, 6,500,000 copies of the form

Carrier Keceipt for Undelivered Mail Returned, and 250,000 copies

of Box Rent and Key Deposit Register, size 11 by 9^ inches, with

keyhole punch.

For the Works Progress Administration 2,500,000 copies of a 32-page

pamphlet, Our Job with W. P. A.

cQetters of (Commendation

Many letters from Members of Congress and from the heads of executive departments and independent Government establishments were received by the Pubhc Printer during the past year expressing

appreciation for the prompt and helpful service rendered by the

Government Printing Oflice. The Assistant Chief of the Division of PubHcations of the Department df Agriculture, under date of October 22, 1936, wrote the Public

Printer regarding the courtesies extended to 40 members of the

editorial class of the Department of Agriculture on a visit to the

Government Printing Oflice, as foflows:

Successive letters of appreciation from this office aclvnowledging the esprit de

corps that prevails between your organization and the Department of Agriculture

are legion.

The occasion for this letter was recently created when more than 40 members of the editorial class from the Graduate School of the Department of Agriculture were conducted through the Printing Office on a tDur of inspection. In behalf of the class, I wish to thank you for the courtesies we received and the

interest shown to us in the remarks of the Deputy Public Printer, Mr. George

Ortleb. The painstaking efforts of the Production Manager, Col. E. M. Nevils,

and his assistant, Mr. William Smith, were reflected in the orderly manner in which the various groups were organized. The explanatory information given

by the apprentices relative to the various functions performed in the several de- partments was both enlightening and educational. These yearly tours for the students of our Graduate School have done much to arouse an interest in printing and its related operations. The tendency of the

students to familiarize themselves with a working knowledge of the graphic arts II
makes for a more harmonious cooperation between department editors and your

efficient organization. This is bound to be reflected in the transmission of manuscripts between the Department and the Printing Office. Please accept my sincere appreciation for this latest courtesy, and believe that the students of our school are equally appreciative for your kindness. The clerk of the UDited States District Court of Baltimore, Md., in a letter to the Chief of the Division of Supplies and Printing of the

Department of Justice, dated November 3, 1936, said:

I take this opportunity to acknowledge the receipt of the inserts for the Assignment Dockets of the Court, and of the cover for the Assignment Docket used by

Judge Coleman to replace the old one, which you honored under my requisition

of September 21st last, and to say that I appreciate greatly your interest in having

the inserts and the cover completed so expeditiously.

I wish further to express my thanks and the thanks of Judge Coleman for the

excellent job the Government Printing Office made in filling this requisition. We

were both very much pleased with the work, and especially with the new cover, which was an exceptionally fine piece of binding, and we greatly appreciate your

interest in having the work done in so satisfactory a manner. Under date of November 9, 1936, the Administrator of the Resettlement Administration said in a letter to the Public Printer regarding

the printing of the pamphlet entitled '^Greenbelt Towns":

Permit me to congratulate you and your staff on the excellent printing job

which you did on our pamphlet entitled "Greenbelt Towns." This booklet is receiving a great deal of favorable comment, and the excellent work that your

people did accounts in no small measure for its success. At the same time permit me to thank you for your consistent and excellent cooperation with this Administration.

The Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration in a letter to the Public Printer, dated November 11, 1936, regarding the

work Electric Power on the Farm expressed his appreciation as follows:

I have just seen a copy of Electric Power on the Farm, and you are to be congratulated on its appearance. Good printing has long been a hobby of mine. The work of your organization

in producing The Report of the Mississippi Valley Committee and Little Waters

proved to me that it could successfully compete w^ith the best of our private

organizations. This latest book provides further evidence of its outstanding ability. In Electric Power on the Farm you have portrayed in printed form the electrical idea. The choice of paper and fine craftsmanship have made possible high

quality of half-tone reproduction. The chapter headings and pages of solid text are exceptionally attractive. In laying out the book we received the intelligent and sympathetic cooperation

of Mr. Mortimer. In plans for its production and distribution, Mr, Mitchell and Mr. Tisdel were most helpful. I hope you will extend my thanks to them

for their part in the job.

I am deeply grateful to you for your interest in our efforts to secure outstanding

publications and for putting at our disposal the very best in your organization.

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Under date of November 12, 1936, the Acting Chairman of the Social

Secmity Board, in a letter to the Public Printer expressing appreciation for the service rendered in connection with the large amount of printing required for the setting up of accounts for quahfied persons

under the old-age benefits title of the Social Security Act, said

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I wish to express the sincere appreciation of the members of the Social Security

Board for the splendid service rendered by the Government Printing Office in connection with the large amount of printing required for the setting up of ac- counts for qualified persons under the old-age benefits title of the Social Security

Act. You and your associates have ably assisted in solving. the problems of what

appeared to be an impossible task, involving, as it did, the printing, packaging,

wrapping, and shipping of 105 million pieces of printed matter in a limited time. Please accept our thanks for the efforts made hj you and your staff in accomplishing this work.

The Director of the Informational Service of the Social Security

Board, in a letter to the Public Printer, dated November 17, 1936, said

in regard to the printing of 50,000,000 copies of their Circular No. 9: We are now doubly in your debt. I hope we have already expressed to you our keen appreciation of the spirit of enthusiastic cooperation with which you and

your staff solved the exceptional problem of supplying us in 12 days with 50,000,000

copies of our circular, I. S. C. No. 9, for distribution to every postmaster in the country according to our agreement with the Post Office Department.

It is now a duty and a pleasure to express to you further appreciation of the

skill and speed exhibited by your organization in furnishing, again in the briefest possible time, the circular which we desired to distribute at the convention of the American Federation of Labor,

The design of this folder from materials submitted by us is, of course, wholly

the work of your expert staff, and yon have produced such an attractive job so quickly that instead of printing only 10,000 we Tvish to increase the order, probably

to 500,000, as soon as one or two necessary changes can be made in the text, which was rather hastily prepared. Through your most helpful efforts, 1,000 copies were received yesterday morning in time to send to Tampa, and we will ask you to hold the type for a few days until we can further edit the text and increase the order. Under date of November 19, 1936, the Commissioner of Labor

Statistics of the Department of Labor addressed the Public Printer as foUows regarding the printing of Labor Information Bulletin:

I want to take this occasion to express mj^ appreciation for the promptness

with which the Government Printing Office handled the printing of the November

issue of the Labor Information Bulletin. Within 6 working days after the manuscript left the Department of Labor the bulletin had been run off and was being

distributed. At the same time I wish to comment on the excellent appearance of the bulletin. Let me assure you that this service is greatly appreciated.

The Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce, in a

letter to the Public Printer dated December 21, 1936, regarding the

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printing of the Annual Keport of the Secretary of Commerce for 1936,

said:

May I express to you the deep appreciation of the Secretary of Commerce and

myself for the splendid cooperation received from your Office, especially in connection with the Annual Report for 1936 of this Department.

On account of unavoidable circumstances we were delayed in submitting our copy for the report although we were quite anxious to have it distributed to the

public at an early date. The officials of your organization assisted most cordially

in getting out the proof and the finished product and the good work which they

did for us fully deserves our commendation.

Senator A. H. Vandenberg, a member of the Senate Committee on

Printing, in acknowledging receipt of a copy of the Annual Report of the Public Printer for 1936, said under date of January 6, 1937:

I am acknowledging your annual report. As one who knows something about

the practical responsibilities which you confront, I want to tell you that I think

you and your organization are doing a thoroughly fine piece of work, under

exceedingly difficult circumstances. I congratulate you upon the record which

you are making.

Senator Harry S. Truman, also a member of the Senate Committee

on Printing, in a letter to the Public Printer dated January 8, 1937, said:

Thanks very much for the copies of the Report of the Public Printer, covering

the work of the Government Printing Office for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936. I am very glad to have them.

You seem to have done an excellent job with your Department, and I want to congratulate you upon its splendid condition. The Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury,

under date of January 11, 1937, wrote the Public Printer as follows:

On December 29, 1936, this Department called to your personal attention the provisions of law which require the President to transmit to the Congress not

later than January 9, 1937, a report covering the financial operations under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Acts of 1935 and 1936. The report covered

the financial transactions under such acts to the close of business December 31, 1936. The purpose of the Department's letter was to acquaint you with the urgency of the matter because of the limited time available for the completion,

printing, and delivery of the report to Congress. As you know, the report was printed and available for transmission to Congress on Saturday, January 9, and the Department wishes to take this opportunity

to express to you its appreciation for the splendid cooperation of the Government

Printing Office without which it would have been impossible to have furnished the Congress a detailed report as of December 31 within the period prescribed by law. The Administrative Assistant to the Director of the Bureau of the

Budget wrote the Public Printer, under date of January 11, 1937, in

regard to the printing of the 1938 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 1938 Budget was handled

in the Government Printing Office. Please convey his thanks to Messrs. Xevils, Huse, Stephens, and Byram for their splendid cooperation and expert work; also to Messrs. McCarthy, Casey,

Patrick, and Williams, who rendered such valuable service in connection with

proofreading and page revising in the Bureau of the Budget.

Under date of January 13, 1937, the Special Assistant to the Attorney

General in a letter to the Pubhc Printer said: Returned herewith is the corrected proof of the Attorney General's speech on The Right Arm of Statesmanship. The Attorney General has requested me to compliment you on the artistic manner in which the pamphlet is set up. The Librarian of the Congressional Library, under date of January

14, 1937, wrote the Pubhc Printer, as follows:

We thank you for the copy of your Annual Report, which reached me yesterday,

and which I have examined with interest and am glad to possess. May I take the opportunity to compliment your Office upon the marked attention now given to the artistic quahty of the format evidenced in the cover and

title-page of this report and of which we have had very gratifying experience in connection with certain documents issued by the Library itself. It is an opinion

that I have often expressed that in respect of such matters the Government

Printing Office need not and does not faU behind even the most competent of private establishments. The Secretary of Agriculture in a letter to the Public Printer, dated

February 6, 1937, regarding the printing of the publication First Aid

for Flooded Homes and Farms, said:

I want to express my personal appreciation in behalf of the Department of Agriculture for the most splendid cooperation given by the Government Printing

Office and its workers, in the expeditious printing of the rush publication entitled "First Aid for Flooded Homes and Farms." The material for this 16-page

pamphlet was sent to the Government Printing Office only yesterday, and today

thousands of copies are off the press and being mailed. The flood sufferers of the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys who will be

benefited by this published information will be grateful for the excellent service

of your organization in their behalf. Under date of February 9, 1937, the secretary of the Commodity

Credit Corporation wrote the Public Printer, as follows: Reference is made to j'our letter of January 27th, in which you advised us that every possible preference would be given to the printing and distribution of the forms we required, as requested in our letter of January 21st. In this connection, we wish to take this opportunity to express our utmost

satisfaction for the expeditious manner in which the printing and distribution of the forms were handled by the Government Printing Office. We also wish to state that the Production Manager and the officials of the Planning Division have given our representative excellent cooperation to obtain

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The Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration, in a letter to the Public Printer dated February 10, 1937, said:

I long ago learned that the time has gone by when any one man can claim total responsibility for results. The era of group action has certainly arrived. This

does not minimize my sense of obligation to you personally for the fine cooperation which we have had from you from the start in bringing out the Great Plains Report. It was a complicated job ih many respects and novel in others, although

it was a task which required the cooperative effort of a considerable group of people. It must be a satisfaction to you to be at the head of such an organization

as now mans the G. P. 0.

I want to especially commend the help we had during this period of the follow- ing people: Planning—William A. Mitchell, Superintendent of Planning; Half Tones—E. F. Burr, Engraving Department; Press Work—John H. Sheehan,

Assistant Superintendent Night Press Room; Binding—F. J. Belair, Assistant Superintendent of Binding; Hand Section—E. M. Underwood, Assistant Foreman;

Title Page Composition—C. C. DeNeane, Chief Compositor, Title Page Section; Technical Supervision—F. H. Mortimer, Layout Section; Technical Assistant

M. K. Magruder, Layout Section; Line Illustration for Title Page—Herbert

Hicks, Layout Section. Recalling as I do so distinctly your establishment when I first knew it under professional retainer from President Theodore Roosevelt it is a real pleasure to bear wit- ness to the fact that under your administration very notable things are happening.

Please accept my warm congratulations and thanks. Under date of February 12, 1937, the Chief of Staff of the Army

wrote the Public Printer as follows regarding the printing of the

Official Army Kegister, January 1, 1937:

There have been received at the War Department, this date, 1,100 copies,

advance delivery, of the Official Army Register, January 1, 1937. Several weeks since a representative of the War Department made an oflficial visit at the office of Mr. William A. Mitchell, Superintendent of Planning, Govern- ment Printing Oflace, with the request that, if practicable, the publication of the Army Register be expedited. Mr. Mitchell stated that he would exert every

effort to assure delivery of advance copies of this publication by February 15. The actual delivery at the War Department, this date, of 1,100 copies of the Army

Register attests the fact that Mr. Mitchell has more than fulfilled his assurance as

to early delivery.

That this timely distribution has been made possible through the cooperation

and helpfulness of the Government Printing Office is deeply appreciated by the War Department.

It gives me much pleasure to add my personal thanks. The Chief of the Division of Publications of the Department of

Commerce, under date of March 9, 1937, wrote the Public Printer

regarding the printing of 250,000 copies of a Continuous Discharge

Book, as follows:

Voucher has been received covering the cost of furnishing 250,000 copies of a Continuous Discharge Book for use by seamen. This work involved a number of unusual printing and binding operations—a flapped cover, two cellophane windows

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in cover, a cut-out on inside pages, and pages serially numbered. The estimated

cost was $75,932.27 and the actual cost was $70,182.27.

The purpose of this letter is to compliment your office on furnishing an estimate

so nearly representative of actual cost, especially as the Department requested

that the estimate be based on maximum figures as the amount involved was to be

included in a request for a deficiency appropriation.

Under date of April 1, 1937, the Director of Information and

Extension of the Farm Credit Administration in a letter to the Public

Printer said: Your office recently completed the printing of a popularized summary of our annual report entitled "Credit for Agriculture in 1936." This work was done

under your Jacket No. 118522. We are all greatly pleased with the appearance of this publication and realize that much of the credit is due to the splendid cooperation given us by Mr. Mitchell and numerous other members of your staff. We know the excellence of the

finished product is the result of constant attention to details all along the line. The engraving was exceptionally well done; the ink, although slightly different than that usualh' used, matched our sample perfectly; and particular care was

taken in following our layout, as well as in doing the presswork and binding. Mr. John Jeffries of the Planning Section was particularly helpful in expediting

the entire job. The result is a publication of which I believe both the Government

Printing Office and the Farm Credit Administration can be justly proud.

We particularly appreciate the good printing because we believe it greatly

increases the effectiveness of our efforts to provide farmers with information that

will enable them to use cooperative credit successfully.

The Commissioner of Education of the Department of the Interior

said in a letter to the Public Printer dated April 16, 1937:

We certainly want to express our gratitude to you and to your staff members

who are responsible for giving the Office of Education such a beautiful piece of work on Bulletin 1936, No. 19, Functional Planning of Elementary School Buildings.

We very greatly appreciate such fine results and felt we would be remiss in our duty if we did not send this message to you. The Chairman of the Social Security Board wrote the Public

Printer on May 1, 1937, as follows:

I want to express to you our appreciation for the extraordinary speed with which

you printed our latest publication Economic Insecurity in Old Age and to compliment you on having an organization which can produce printing of such fine quality in so short a time.

I am told that we have had the utmost cooperation in the production of this book

from you personally, from Mr. Edward Huse, your night Production Manager, and

all the other members of your staff with whom our people have been in contact. Your abiUty to turn out 200 copies of this volume literally overnight has been

of great help to us. Senator David I. Walsh, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, under date of May 6, 1937, wrote the Public Printer

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as follows regarding the printing of Senate Document No. 35, entitled

^'The United States Navy":

I want you to know that I am very much pleased with the attractive appearance, fine workmanship, and excellent printing job on Senate Document No. 35, entitled "The United States Navy."

Please accept my hearty congratulations.

I am also most appreciative of the courtesy and consideration extended to me

by you and your staff in the preparation and printing of this document.

The Chief of Staff of the Army wrote the Public Printer on May 14,

1937, as follows:

The War Department received yesterday, a partial delivery of the April 20, 1937, issue of the Army List and Directory. That a timely distribution of this publication is made possible through the cooperation and helpfulness of the Government Printing Office is greatly appreciated by the War Department.

Mr. H. S. Person, representing the Chairman of the Up-Stream

Engineering Conference Committee of the Rural Electrification

Administration, wrote the Public Printer under date of May 17, 1937,

regarding the printing of Headwaters Control and Use, as follows:

On behalf of the Up-Stream Engineering Conference Committee I desire to express appreciation of the way in which everyone in the Government Printing Office con- cerned with the manufacture of Headwaters Control and Use has made the incidental work of the committee pleasant and easy, and for the excellence of the result. Every concerned member of your staff has contributed to this end; but our

contacts have been chiefly with Mr. Mortimer because our related activity has pivoted on the format. This phase of the work proceeded with exceptional

smoothness and precision. Not once did we have the impulse to suggest a change

in the lay-out of the various elements of format as designed by Mr. Mortimer.

The Director of the National Park Service of the Department of

the Interior, in a letter to the Public Printer dated May 18, 1937,

regarding the printing of a number of circulars of information pertaining to the national parks, said:

A number of the circulars of information of the national' parks for 1937 have

been delivered, and many favorable comments on their attractiveness have reached

us. These comments have come both from persons in the Department and from

outside sources.

Officials of the National Park Service realize that these gratifying results could not be obtained without the careful planning and complete cooperation of members

of your organization. We wish, therefore, to express our sincere appreciation of the efforts of Mr. Frank H. Mortimer, Director of Typography, Planning Division, and his staff who have taken such a keen personal interest in the make-up of these booklets. They have always shown a sympathetic understanding of the

ideals of this Service, and our representatives have found it a pleasure and

satisfaction to work with them.

We should be glad to have you pass on to the members of that division our

expression of appreciation for their cooperation in this matter. i8
The Attorney General of the United States, in a letter to the Public

Printer dated June 8, 1937, said in regard to the printing of the trial brief in the Astor case:

I have been advised by Mr. William Stanley of the outstanding work which was

performed by members of your organization in connection with the preparation of the trial brief in the Astor case which was recently heard in New York City. The

gentlemen particularly mentioned were: Mr. R. H. Lecraw, Assistant Superintendent of Composition; Mr. F. J. Belair, Assistant Superintendent of Binding; Mr. M. C. Harman, Superintendent of Binding's Office; Mr, H. C. Neal, Foreman

in Bindery; Mr. G. A. Fischerj Group Chief in Bindery.

Permit me, in behalf of the Department of Justice, to express my deep appreciation of the assistance which these gentlemen rendered, as they did an excellent job and deserve commendation.

The Commissioner of the American-Turldsh Claims Commission

of the Department of State wrote the Public Printer on June 9, 1937,

as follows:

I am giving myself the pleasure of sending an expression of appreciation for the

excellent cooperation of the Printing Office in a somewhat unusually difficult task, which I have just completed, with some difficulty, as the period allotted for the work expired.

I was entrusted by the President with the settlement of a large number of claims growing out of the war. It was necessary to write a large number of detailed opinions and other things. Throughout the duration of the work materials have

been printed by the Printing Office with expedition and fine accuracy, and I have

been the recipient of assistance and courteous treatment from Mr. Mitchell and

others associated with him, for which I am grateful.

In addition to the above letters many others were received by the

Public Printer from Government officials commending the Office for the prompt and efficient service rendered and for the courteous treat- ment and help received from the officials and employees of the Office. ^A(ew Warehouse building

Pouring of concrete for foundations for the new warehouse building was started on December 23, 1936, from which date rapid progress was made for several months. On October 15, 1937, the warehouse was about 88 percent completed and the second floor is expected to be

finished by the end of December 1937. The completion of the warehouse, however, has been delayed by a jurisdictional strike of elevator constructors and steel erectors. The basement, first floor, and third floor have been designed primarily for the unloading and storage of paper from trucks and from

railroad cars. The interior of the second floor is designed as work space, in which

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will be located the Postal Card and Money Order Section of the Press- work Division. Space will also be provided for a vault for storage of postal cards, and also space for the storage of money-order and postalcard stock. Temporary offices for use by the Superintendent of

Stores during the demolition of the old buildings and erection of annex building number 3 will also be located on this floor. This

office will be moved into annex building number 3 when the same is completed.

The money-order and postal-card space will be air-conditioned,

have end-grain wood-block floors, acoustical tile ceilings, glazed tile wainscot, and plaster walls. The Money Order Section will have

combination incandescent and high-pressure mercury vapor lamps in

glassteel diffusing globes. In the Postal Card Section there will be a lowerator for automatically low^ering paper stock from the third-floor

unloading platforms to the second-floor storage area, and a conveyor

for transporting postal cards directly from the vault on the second

floor into freight or express cars on the third floor. In the basement of the warehouse will be located a power substation

for switching and stepping down the 13, 2 00-volt incoming powder to a 120- and 208-volt, 3-phase, 60-cycle, 4-wire distribution system for general lighting and power. The money- order and postal-card presses

will be operated from a 120-240-volt direct-current tie line from our

present power plant. The warehouse will be wired for the watchmen's

reporting and fire-alarm systems, and there will be installed therein an

auto call system connecting with the present main building and one from the third-floor offices of the Stores Division to the storage spaces

of this section in the warehouse building.

Work on the interlocking signal system of the railroad company to

tie in our warehouse tracks with the terminal system and the laying

of tracks in the warehouse has been completed.

^?{ew Office "Building

On May 12, 1937, advertisements for proposals for annex building

number 3 were sent to several contractors' and engineering publications. Bids for this building and for the elevators were opened on

July 16, 1937. The low bid on the building was $5,191,000 submitted

by the Great Lakes Construction Co. Of 12 alternate bids 6 were recommended for rejection and 6 for acceptance, making the final bid

$5,237,489 for the building. The Otis Elevator Co. was the low

bidder for the elevators, its proposal being $414,900. Under these

proposals the total cost of building and elevators would be $5,652,389.

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No award was made for the construction of the building and the

furnishing of the elevators, as the last Congress failed to include an

appropriation item in the third deficiency bill for this work.

The Procurement Division and this Office will submit to the next

Congress an appropriation item in order that work on the proposed

new building may start as soon as possible.

On June 1, 1937, a contract was entered into for the renting of a warehouse at 613 G Street NW. to provide temporary quarters for the receiving and the shipping sections of the Superintendent of Documents Office and space for the stored material in the old buildings

which are to be razed to make room for the new building. Since the

renting of this warehouse, moving of the sections of the Documents

Division from these old buildings has been in progress. ^R^eipts and Expenditures

The total resources available to the Government Printing Office during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1937, iucluding the Office of the Superintendent of Documents and appropriations and payments for work,

amounted to $19,975,107.28.

Obligations incurred during the fiscal year 1937 totaled

$19,930,138.72, leaving an unobligated balance of $44,968.56 subject

to overadjustments or underadjustments on approximately $2,181,-

183.17 outstanding obligations to July 1, 1937. Obligations incurred

in 1937 showed a decrease of $471,120.94 from those for 1936.

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

1937 amounted to $12,154,368.98, which total includes $402,941.40

deposited to the credit of employees in the retirement fund through

the 3K percent deduction as required by law.

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Table 1 gives the details of all resources available to the Government Printing Office for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1937, and

all liabilities incurred against these resources during the fiscal year. Resources in 1937 amounted to $19;975, 107.28, as compared with

$20,645,418.83 for the fiscal year 1936, a decrease of $670,311.55.

Table 1.

Resources and liabilities under appropriations for the

fiscal year ended June 30, 1937

RESOURCES

Appropriation for working capital, legislative act approved Apr. 17, 1936 $3, 850, 000. 00 Payments from all sources for printing and

binding 14, 648, 586. 90

Refunds from various sources 232. 34

Bills receivable July 1, 1937, for printing and

binding furnished 671, 000. 54

$19, 169, 819. 78

Appropriations for salaries, Office of Superintendent of Documents 585, 000. 00 Appropriation for general expenses. Office of Superintendent of Documents 215, 000. 00 Balance of appropriation for equipment for Government Print- ing Office building i 670. 36

Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration, Deficiency Act

1934 322. 97

California-Pacific International Exposition, 1936-37 1, 027. 55 Texas Centennial Exposition, Act of Aug. 12, 1935 3, 266. 62

Total resources available for fiscal year 1937 19, 975, 107. 28

LIABILITIES Working capital and repayments for printing

and binding:

Disbursed to June 30, 1937 $16, 048, 959. 61 Outstanding obligations July 1, 1937 2, 092, 552. 67

Total disbursed and outstanding obligations 18, 141, 512. 28

Salaries, Office of Superintendent of Documents:

Disbursed to June 30, 1937 $543, 260. 88

Outstanding obligations July 1, 1937 26, 221. 39 Total disbursed and outstanding obligations 569, 482. 27

1 Appropriated in 1929, available until used. 22
Table 1.

Resources and liahilities under appropriations for

fiscal year ended June 30, 1937—Continued

the

LIABILITIES—continued

General expense, Office of Superintendent of Documents: Disbursed to June 30, 1937 $152, 445. 11 Outstanding obligations July 1, 1937 62, 404. 89 Total disbursed and outstanding obligations $214, 850. 00

California-Pacific International Exposition, 1936-37: Disbursed to June 30, 1937 $1, 027. 55 Outstanding obligations July 1, 1937

Total disbursed and outstanding obligations 1, 027. 55 Texas Centennial Exposition:

Disbursed to June 30, 1937 $3, 262. 40 Outstanding obligations July 1, 1937 4. 22 Total disbursed and outstanding obligations 3, 266. 62 Total disbursed to June 30, 1937 $16, 748, 955. 55 Total outstanding obligations July 1, 1937 2, 181, 183. 17 Outstanding obligations returnable to U. S. Treasury 1,000,000.00

Total disbursed and outstanding obligations 19, 930, 138. 72 Unobligated balances (subject to 10 percent over or under on

outstanding orders) 2 s 44^ 968. 56 Total 19, 975, 107. 28

2 Includes $670.36, equipment for Government Printing OflBce building, available 1938.

3 Includes $322.97, Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration, available 1938. Table 2 is a summary statement showing all financial transactions

during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1937, covering appropriations

made for the fiscal years 1935, 1936, and 1937. This statement also gives a summary of all expenditures for various items during the

fiscal year 1937, regardless of the appropriation from which paid,

together with a recapitulation of disbursements by major items.

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Table 2.

Summary of financial transactions in fiscal year ended June SO, 1937,

covering appropriations for fiscal years 1935, 1936, and 1937

TRANSACTIONS FROM APPROPRIATION FOR 1935

Resources Disbursements

TT J J Unexpended

balance on

July 1, 1937, from the appropriation

for 1935 Public printing and binding: Unexpended balance July 1, 1936 (to o 1 net

7, 333. 90

Credits to appropriations by payments from all sources for printing and binding and other receipts from miscellaneous sources Disbursed for material and supplies $7, 813. 18

10, 651. 66 7, 813. 18 $2,838. 48

Salaries, Office of Superintendent of Documents: Unexpended balance July 1, 1936 General expense. Office of Superintendent of Documents: Unexpended balance, July 1, 1936

2, 363. 06 2, 363. 06

10, 457. 57 Disbursed 10, 457. 57 Total... 10, 457. 57 10, 457. 57 Grand total appropriations Unobligated balance of 1935 appropriations on June 30, 1937 -

23, 472. 29 18, 270. 75 5, 201. 54

5, 201. 54

TRANSACTIONS FROM APPROPRIATION FOR 1936

Resources Disbursements

Unexpended

balance on

July 1, 1937, from the appropriation

for 1936 Public printing and binding: Unexpended balance July 1, 1936 $1, 044, 919. 01

1, 993, 927. 60

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

$493, 123. 13

1, 045, 516. 16 Disbursed for lithographing and engraving 77, 048. 04

276, 323. 27

1, 000, 000. 00 Disbursed for materials and supplies Disbursed to Surplus Fund

Total 3, 038, 846. 61 2, 892, 010. 60 $146, 836. 01

Salaries, Office of Superintendent of Documents: Unexpended balance July 1, 1936 32, 990. 01 Disbursed 23, 383. 30 Total .-_ - 32, 990. 01 23, 383. 30 9, 606. 71 General expense, Office of Superintendent of Documents: Unexpended balance, July 1, 1936 77, 414. 40

61, 564. 92 Total 77, 414. 40 61, 564. 92 15, 849. 48 Grand total appropriations.. 3, 149, 251. 02 2, 976, 958. 82 172, 292. 20 Deduct for outstanding obligations 13, 532. 83 Unobligated balance of 1936 appropriations on June 30, 1937- - 158. 759. 37

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Table 2.

Summary of financial transactions in fiscal year ended June 30, 1937,

covering appropriations for fiscal years 1935, 1936, and 1937—Continued

APPROPRIATION FOR 1937

Resources Disbursements Unexpended

balance July 1, 1937 Public printing and binding:

Legislative act of Apr. 17, 1936 $3, 850, 000. 00

15, oiy, oiy. 7o

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

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Disbursed for labor $11, 094, 601. 67

4, 180, 403. 31

24, 671. 66

749, 282. 97

Disbursed for paper Disbursed for lithographing and engraving Disbursed for materials and supplies Total 19, 169, 819. 78 16, 048, 959. 61 $3, 120, 860. 17 Salaries, Office of Superintendent of Documents:

Legislative act of A.pr 17 1936 585, 000. 00 Disbursed 543, 260. 88 Total 585, 000. 00 543, 260. 88 41, 739. 12 General expense, Office of Superintendent of Documents.

Legislative act of Apr. 17, 1936 215, 000. 00 Di'^bursed 152, 445. 11 Total 215, 000. 00 152, 445. 11 62, 554. 89 Equipment, Government Printing Office building,

legislative act of Feb. 28, 1929: Unexpended balance July 1, 1936 1 670. 36

Total 670. 36 670. 36 Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration, Defi- L'nexpended balance July 1, 1936— -

Total 322. 97 322. 97

California-Pacific International Exposition, 1936-Jan. 1, 1937: Supplemental appropriation act, approved Apr. 11, 1936: T^npTnpnripH l^alfiTiPA Tnlv 1 1Q3fi 1, 027. 55 Disbursed to June 30, 1937 ---- 1, 027. 55

1, 027. 55 1, 027. 55 Texas Centennial Exposition: Act of Aug. 12, 1935, approved Aug. 12, 1935.— 3, 266. 62

T)i<;hnr<;pri tr> Tnnp '^0 IQ"^? 3, 262. 40

T'nPYT^pnrlprl hialanpp Tnlv 1 Total - 3, 266. 62 3, 2o2. 40 4. 22

19, 975, 107. 28 16,748,955. 55 3, 226, 151. 73

3, 181, 183. 17 Unobligated balances of 1937 appropriations on June

» 44, 968. 56 Total unobligated balance, subject to change by 10 per- cent over and under on outstanding obligations:

5, 201. 54

158, 759. 37

44, 968. 56

208, 929. 47

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

2 Includes $670.36, equipment Government Printing Office building, available 1938. 25
Table 2.

Summary of financial transactions in fiscal year ended June 30, 1937,

covering appropriations for fiscal years 1935, 1936, and 1937—Continued

RECAPITULATION—ALL APPROPRIATIONS

Total paid for labor -.- Total paid for materials and supplies Total paid for lithographing and engraving. Total paid for paper

$11, 587, 724. 80

1, 033, 419. 42

101,719. 70

5, 225, 919. 47 Total paid for printing and binding

Total paid for salaries, Office of Superintendent of Documents

Total paid for general expense, OflBce of Superintendent of Documents.

Total paid for California-Pacific International Exposition Total paid for Texas Centennial Exposition Total credited to surplus fund

17, 948,783. 39

3 566, 644. 18

1, 000, 000. 00

224,467. 60

1, 027. 55

3, 262. 40

Grand total. 3 19,744, 185.12

1 Includes $384,220.19 deposited to credit of retirement fimd.

2 Includes $18,721.21 deposited to credit of retirement fund.

3 Includes $402,941.40 deposited to credit of retirement fund.

Table 3 is a statement of all moneys received during the fiscal year

ended June 30, 1937, by the Disbursing Clerk as repayments for printing and binding for the several executive departments and in- dependent Government establishments, and from the sale of waste

paper and other waste materials, and the appropriation to which

deposited. The receipts from these various sources during 1937

totaled $15,659,170.69 as compared with $15,909,105.46 in 1936.

Table Moneys received during the fiscal year ended June 5(9, 1937,

the source, and Treasury deposit

1934

Deposited to the credit of appropriation for public printing and

binding: For printing and binding for departments $490. 75

1935

Deposited to the credit of appropriation for pubhc printing and

binding: For printing and binding for departments. _ $7, 382. 42 Refund 25. 00 Total

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Table 3.-.

Moneys received during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1937,

the source, and Treasury deposit—Continued

1936 Deposited to the credit of appropriation for public printing and

binding: For printing and binding for departments. $2, 335, 370. 59 For miscellaneous printing and binding 26. 96 Auditor disallowance 11. 06 Refunds 214. 98

Total $2, 335, 623. 59 1937 Deposited to the credit of appropriation for public printing and

binding: For printing and binding for departments. $13, 130, 204. 44 For miscellaneous printing and binding 106, 909. 09 Damage to Government property 8. 21 Refunds 2, 406. 90 Total 13, 239, 528. 64 1936 Deposited to the credit of appropriation for salaries, Superintendent of Documents:

Balance of appropriation 6, 718. 65 1937

Deposited to the credit of appropriation for salaries, Superintendent of Documents:

Balance of appropriation $5, 684. 75 Refunds 182. 84 Total 5,867.59

1936-37

California-Pacific International Exposition:

Balance of appropriation 74. 98 Texas Centennial Exposition:

Balance of appropriation 1, 028. 26 1937 Deposited to miscellaneous receipts: Sale of waste paper $55, 996. 02

Sale of salvage 6, 405. 63

Telephone messages 25. 50 Rebates and refunds 3. 66 Total 62,430.81

Grand total 15, 659, 170. 69 27
Table 4 shows comparative production records, by major items,

for the fiscal years 1935, 1936, and 1937. There was an increase in

many of the items produced in 1937 as compared with 1936, which

latter year showed a material increase over the year 1935.

Table 4.

Production of principal items entering into printing and binding,

in fiscal years 1935, 1936, and 1937

Item 1935 1936 1937 Main Office and Congressional Library Branch:

Total charges for printing and binding $16, 465, 026. 97 $18, 756, 268. 94 $18, 163, 977. 24 Jackets written number.. 76, 416

59, 086

79, 431 79, 332 Estimates made... do.... 60, 622 59, 614

Bills computed do--.. 99, 473 98, 592 101, 473 Electrotypes, stereotypes, and matrices square inches.. 13, 583, 302 14, 090, 784 1 12, 942, 570 Postal cards printed number.. 1, 857, 152, 220 1, 944, 725, 400 2, 428, 243, 040 Money orders shipped do.... 228, 187, 300 234, 882, 275 282, 095, 325 Actual impressions do.... 984, 589, 672 1, 094, 225, 997 1, 084, 839, 488 Chargeable impressions do.... 3, 281, 851, 596 4, 656. 077, 635 4, 276, 985, 299 Sheets folded do.... 526, 394, 059 669, 778, 763 715, 915, 376 Signatures gathered do.... 154, 570, 601 187, 753, 611 218, 969, 549 Tips made do.... 36, 305, 159 41, 400, 895 31, 398, 213 Copies wire-stitched do-.-. 78, 499, 940 83, 780. 237 86, 256, 978 Books rounded and backed do-.- 791, 997 889, 524 1, 206, 103 Copies covered- . do.... 13,535,225 15, 233, 487 15,949, 612 Books marbled and edged do.... 363, 894 380, 262 546, 258 Stamping impressions do-— 2, 009, 425 3, 500, 809 2, 658, 941 Books cased in.. do.... 1, 039, 713 1, 063, 610 1, 313, 203 Books indexed ... . do-.- 193, 435 318, 064 487, 503 Sheets passed through ruling machines. . do.... 59, 530, 281 54, 720, 055 49, 162,498 Signatures sewed do—. 29, 382, 400 47, 890, 764 37, 440, 737 Copies punched and drilled do--.. 208, 552, 727 235, 576. 177 220, 912, 293 Sheets and lines perforated do-... 9, 375, 443 11, 097, 802 12, 462, 567 Tablets made do.--- 6, 430, 430 10, 154, 694 12, 559,986 Miscellaneous rebinding, etc . .

.

do—

100, 563 161, 479 127, 740

1 Does not include 749,817 square inches of photoengraving work. Some of the outstanding increases in production during 1937 as shown by table 4 were: Postal cards, 483,517,640 more printed in 1937

than in 1936 and 571,090,820 more than in 1935; money orders shipped,

47,213,050 more than in 1936 and 53,908,025 more than in 1935; sheets

folded in 1937 totaled 715,915,376, or 46,136,613 more than in 1936 and

189,521,317 more than in 1935; signatures gathered, 31,215,938 more

than in 1936 and 64,398,948 more than in 1935; and pamphlets covered

in 1937 totaled 15,949,612, or 716,125 more than in 1936 and 2,414,387 more than in 1935.

Table 5 shows the charges for printing and binding work and the

service for which the work was done during the fiscal year 1937. The

charges 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, $2,157,481.08; Treasury

Department, $1,631,404.36; Department of Agriculture, $1,301,467.21;

Department of Commerce, exclusive of Patent Office printing.

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$760,744.44; Patent Office, $922,549.14; Works Progress Administration, $812,655.63; War Department, $686,184.32; Interior Department, $675,137.81; Navy Department, $663,248.38; Social Security

Board, $554,940.93; Library of Congress, $473,602.07; Department of Labor, $462,002.98; Agriculture Adjustment Administration, $445,-

623.51; Federal Housing Administration, $377,949.30; Department of Justice, $333,086.50; and State Department, $207,152.21. The

Superintendent of Documents ordered the printing of books and

pamphlets for sale to the public at a cost of $396,536.83; for depository

distribution the cost of publications was $92,052.66; for catalogs and

indexes $27,699.31; for price lists and other office printing $67,094.60;

and for supplies and services $39,013.63, making the total cost of work and services furnished to the Superintendent of Documents

during the fiscal year 1937, $622,397.03.

A number of other branches of the service had printing and binding

costs during the year 1937 in excess of $100,000 each.

Table 5.

Charges for work and to whom the work was delivered during

the fiscal year ended June 30, 1937

Congress:

Congressional Record $499, 972. 57

Publications for folding rooms 469, 951. 06

Publications for international exchange 15, 534. 08 Franked envelopes and document franks 81, 749. 06

Bills, resolutions, and amendments 409, 122. 54 Committee reports 86, 216. 33 Documents 198, 494. 28 Hearings 423, 495. 88

Miscellaneous publications 23, 053. 31 Miscellaneous printing and binding 492, 410. 89

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 29

$2, 700, 000. 00

144, 389. 80

18, 976. 33

88, 903. 71

2, 194. 31

622, 397. 03

473, 602. 07

1, 301, 467. 21

760, 744. 44

675, 137. 81

333, 086. 50

462, 002. 98

663, 248. 38

2, 157, 481. 08

207, 152. 21
Table 5.

Charges for work and to whom the work was delivered during

the fiscal year ended June SO, 1937—Continued

Treasury $1, 631, 404. 36

War 686, 184. 32

Agricultural Adjustment Administration 445, 623. 51 Alley Dwelling Authority 545. 83 American Battle Monuments Commission 779. 54 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 6, 422. 64

Board of Tax Appeals 21, 138. 62 Bureau of the Budget 36, 183. 01 Central Statistical Board 1, 753. 52

Civil Service Commission 91, 533. 37 Commission of Fine Arts 318. 59 Commodity Credit Corporation 40, 152. 27 Coordinator for Industrial Cooperation 2, 453. 06

Court of Claims 28, 441. 95 Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 5, 393. 94

District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. 2, 881. 20

District government 122, 131. 50

Emergency Conservation Work 56, 075. 11 Employees' Compensation Commission, 30, 624. 40 Export-Import Bank of Washington 141. 00 Farm Credit Administration 137, 718. 78

Federal Alcohol Administration 149. 13 Federal Communications Commission 28, 833. 88

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 7, 207. 97

Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works 138, 683. 30

Federal Emergency Relief Administration 15, 063. 74

Federal Home Loan Bank Board 11, 423. 36

Federal Housing Administration 377, 949. 30

Federal Power Commission 38, 998. 42

Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation 624. 97

Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation 7, 655. 18 Federal Surplus Relief Corporation 304. 88

Federal Trade Commission 54, 902. 65 General Accounting Office 97, 580. 60 George Washington Bicentennial Commission 34, 252. 92 Home Owners' Loan Corporation 47, 753. 70 Inland Waterways Corporation . 534. 14 Interstate Commerce Commission 159, 536. 87

National Academy of Sciences 207. 65 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 18, 893. 85 National Archives 11, 483. 96

National Bituminous Coal Commission 4, 428. 24 National Capital Park and Planning Commission 136. 46

National Emergency Council 34, 607. 65

National Forest Reservation Commission 703. 53

National Labor Relations Board 24, 266. 34

National Mediation Board 10, 512. 59 Northwest Territory Celebration Commission 239. 84

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Table 5.

Charges for work and to whom the work was delivered during

the fiscal year ended June SO, 1937—Continued

Pan American Sanitary Bureau $23. 54

Pan American Union 38, 070. 73 Panama Canal 9, 350. 16 Patent Office 922, 549. 14 Prison Industries Reorganization Administration 1, 079. 69 Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration 6, 500. 14 Railroad Administration 164. 25

Railroad Adjustment Board 11, 713. 48

Railroad Retirement Board 13, 592. 77 Reconstruction Finance Corporation 97, 599. 70

Resettlem.ent Administration 189, 538. 84 Rural Electrification Administration 52, 152. 94

Securities and Exchange Commission 96, 822. 14 Smithsonian Institution 46, 359. 41

Social Security Board 554, 940. 93

Study of Fiscal Relations, United States and District of Columbia. 2, 246. 79

Supreme Court, United States . 13, 669. 04

Tariff Commission 23, 468. 08 Tennessee VaUey Authority 44, 589. 74

U. S. Commissioner, Paris International Exposition 8. 43

U. S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission 350. 23

U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 1, 268. 70

U. S. Great Lakes Exposition Commission 121. 31 U. S. Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition Commission. 259. 16 Veterans' Administration 132, 871. 65 War Finance Corporation 25. 04

White House 6, 366. 08 Works Progress Administration 812, 655. 63 Total 18, 163, 977. 24

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Table 6 is a statement giving 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, supplies, equipment, and machinery;

maintenance and upkeep; 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 1937

Salaries, wages, leave, and holiday pay

Material,

supplies, equipment, and

machinery

Maintenance and upkeep

Work by

other

sections General overhead

Job

Patents Linotype

Monotype—

Hand

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

Press Pamphlet

Blank... Book Money Order

Postal Card

Library Composing Branch

Library Binding Branch

Details chargeable Metal

$498, 777. 92

606, 722. 76

785, 663. 37

1, 142, 999. 51

414, 645. 14

837, 845. 63

275, 936. 38

93, 243. 93

1, 004, z4i. oa

1, 056, 539. 51

776, 800. 51

681, 878. 76

60, 215. 50

166, 304. 23

88, 056. 23

145, 447. 89

60, 377. 91

12, 734. 41

250, 334. 36

16, 881. 46

8, 614. 25

$44, 231. 23

10, 088. 42

30, 090. 76

43, 611. 35

11, 503. 99

633. 29

56, 021. 44

17, 804. 89

1 fin fiOl AQ

30, 034. 90

39, 183. 42

104, 996. 94

1, 486. 99

43, 698. 16

934. 01

5, 802. 62

19.21

14, 348. 31

16, 925. 01

44, 604. 76

15, 434. 56

$6, 236. 98

7, 074. 87

19, 993. 23

23, 631. 69

3, 691. 68

1, 149. 19

18, 787. 08

1, 634. 62

'7fifi 1 K yo, 790. 16

25, 447. 80

16, 790. 54

14, 307. 92

2, 056. 79

6, 184. 31

338. 28

808. 84

90. 55

3, 377. 92

43, 923. 66

692. 97

818. 99

$68,886. 11

30, 847. 14

466, 621. 35

561, 373. 70

57, 917. 70

66. 24

8, 207. 00

21, 200. 07

1/9, ool. 14

283, 685. 02

7, 544. 24

21, 087. 62

420. 30

939. 70

17, 437. 00

678. 79

203. 45

$98, 473. 21

119, 784. 64

155, 108. 21

224, 695. 92

81, 863. 97

167, 959. 97

62, 737. 28

6, 542. 23

o4o, o9z. 48

194, 646. 77

143, 820. 03

126, 245. 84

11,413. 10

29, 625. 53

6, 646. 27

10, 963. 20

3, 467. 79 2,280.11

41, 162. 07

2, 799. 27

1, 513. 29

Stores Ink

1, 075. 15 Roller and Glue

Paper stock. Press Division

6. 80 niustrations Outside purchases Work for stock returned to stores 72, 175. 28 Service for city post oflQce 120. 00

18, 924. 96

Miscellaneous service for Superin- tendent of Documents other than printing and binding 16, 077. 70 4, 010. 97 Total 9, 793, 160. 44 707, 952. 43 309, 878. 92 1, 743, 164. 77 1, 828, 431. 18

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Table 6.

Statement of the cost of production hy sections of the Office for the fiscal year 1937—Continued

Ps-pcr stoclc

i^JcnpH illnc;-

111 dl/lUi-lo

*?iV1p "nnr- chases vouchered

Reconciliation between

issues and

orders and same items computed

Total

Credits by

work for other

sections

Total cost of production

$706, 605. 45

774, 517. 83

1, 456, 376. 91

1, 996, 312. 17

569, 622. 48

997, 654. 22

421, 689. 18

140, 425. 74

2, 565, 233. 13

1, 600, 769. 47

2, 432, 625. 25

984, 551. 92

149, 045. 45

832, 319. 18

139, 629. 18

166, 102. 91

54, 168. 11

32, 740. 75

353, 420. 15

63, 878. 46

26, 287. 89

3,024, 627. 56

89, 949. 49

48, 899. 76

$706, 605. 45

771, 873. 23

1, 444, 140. 22

1, 853, 904. 47

569, 622. 48

$2, 644. 60

12, 236. 69 Monotype 142, 407. 70

997, 654. 22

129, 660. 14

174. 13

266, 349. 87

789.83

12, 121. 05

23, 668. 82

Platemaking: Molding, stereo292, 039.04

140, 251. 61

2, 308, 883, 26

1, 599, 979. 64

2, 420, 604. 20

960, 883. 10

149, 046. 46

832, 319. 18

139, 529. 18

154, 610. 79

64, 168. 11

$10, 415. 47

1, 440, 183. 09

36, 034. 84

73, 453. 77

595, 667. 25

26, 118. 39

2, 411. 57

9. 20

$8, 303. 42 Book _ ... . Money Order . ...

Postal Card _ _ . ... Library Composing Branch

Library Binding Branch 11, 492. 12 Details chargeable Metal 32, 740. 75

103, 889. 34

63, 878. 46

26, 287. 89

Stores 249, 630. 81 Ink

Roller and Glue

Paper stock. Press Division 3, 062, 240. 29

108, 566. 19

30, 982. 31

-37, 612. 73 —18, 616. 70 +17, 917. 45 -72, 175. 28

3, 024, 627. 66

89, 949. 49

48, 899. 76

Illustrations Outside purchases ... Work for stock returned to stores Service for city post oflBce 120. 00

39, 013. 63

120. 00

39, 013. 63

Miscellaneous service for Superin- tendent of Documents other than printing and binding Total..- 5, 386, 082. 37 -102,183.84 19, 666, 486. 27 1, 815,985. 61 17, 860, 500. 66

Table 7 is an itemized statement of the classes of work delivered

and charged for during the fiscal year 1937. Of publications there were printed 226,998,630 copies, including speeches, private orders,

and copies ordered for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, but

not including the Congressional Record, of which 4,318,272 copies were printed. The number of publications printed in 1937 exceeded

the number printed in 1936 by 92,738,282. Of Senate and House

bills, resolutions, and amendments there were printed 8,044,042 copies;

of patent specifications, trade-marks, and designs, 5,535,650 copies; of the Official Patent Gazette and Annual Indexes, 236,944 copies; of money-order blanks, 282,095,325; of letterheads and envelopes,

269,956,805; of blank forms, notices, schedules, cards, etc., 5,295,-

920,643. The grand total of the number of copies of the various

classes of work printed in 1937 was 6,091,154,072, as compared with

5,806,276,860 in 1936 and 5,013,078,631 in 1935. The increase in the

number of copies of the various classes of work printed in 1937 over 33
1936 was 284,877,212 copies. The total charges for this work m 1937

amounted to $18,163,977.24, as compared with $18,756,268.94, in 1936.

Table 7.

Itemized statement of the classes and charge for work

delivered during the fiscal year 1937

Class of work

Publications: Smaller than octavo Octavo Royal octavo Quarto

Miscellaneous.. Congressional Record

Bills, resolutions, and amendments

Specifications of patents, trade-marks, etc

Oflacial Gazette and Annual Indexes, Patent

Office

Post-office money orders Letterheads and envelopes Blanks, notices, schedules, cards, etc Blank books Binding newspapers, documents, reports, etc... Blank paper

Miscellaneous charges Total.

Number of copies

14, 181, 631

137, 927, 328

6, 441, 705

13, 086, 526

49, 588, 846

4, 318, 272

8, 044, 042

5, 535, 650

236, 944

282, 095, 325

269, 956, 805

5, 295, 920, 643

3, 753, 487

5, 091, 154, 072

Number of type pages

19, 581

000, 911

102, 839

200, 970

015, 515

21, 228

128, 344

152, 131

16, 139

2, 657, 658

Number of publications bound

21, 746

485, 193

55, 728

30, 054

170, 908

32, 472 818

50

796, 969

Class of work

Publications: Smaller than octavo Octavo Royal octavo Quarto

Miscellaneous

Congressional Record

Bills, resolutions, and amendments

Specifications of patents, trade-marks, etc

Official Gazette and Annual Indexes, Patent

Office

Post-office money orders Letterheads and envelopes Blanks, notices, schedules, cards, etc Blank books Binding newspapers, documents, reports, etc... Blank paper

Miscellaneous charges Total.

Charges for

$46, 076. 02

620, 568. 65

101, 493. 60

99, 440. 52

162, 802. 71

41, 248. 32

13, 210. 01

11, 481. 84

19, 805. 43

73, 453. 77

223, 366.17

2, 499, 385. 81

111, 854. 56

1, 177, 840. 03

192, 681. 91

5, 394, 709. 35

Charges for author's al- terations

$4, 390. 98

119, 676. 89

24, 354. 11

41, 426. 61

382. 07

2, 576. 14

1, 449. 77

7, 910. 66

5. 70

256. 88

25, 852. 14

1, 291. 31

3, 331. 74

232, 905. 00

Charges for rush and

overtime work

$12, 504. 26

177, 888. 44

40, 747. 71

39, 978. 44

52, 309. 30

65, 879. 66

8, 621. 76

164, 417. 61

8, 920. 48

748. 32

10, 565. 30

582, 581. 28

Table 8 gives the details of the inventory of stock and machinery

and equipment on hand at the close of the fiscal year 1937. The

value of supplies on hand, including paper, envelopes, and other

materials, was $1,353,644.70 as compared with $1,341,312.45 in 1936,

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representing an increase in the value of stock on hand of $12,332.25.

The value of machinery and equipment in 1937 was $5,494,267.03 as compared with $5,523,059.73 in 1936, or a decrease in the value of machinery and equipment of $28,792.70. The total value of stock

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

fiscal year 1937 was $6,847,911.73 as compared with $6,864,372.18 at the close of the year 1936.

Table 8.Inventory of quantity and cost of paper and envelopes, materials and

supplies, and machinery and equipment on hand June 30, 1937

Description Pounds Cost

Paper and envelopes:

Printing

Mimeograph

United States money-order writing.

Safety 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 (made in Government Printing Office)

.

Cartons and containers Imitation leather Total, materials and supplies.

Total, materials and supplies, paper and

envelopes

Machinery and equipment

Grand total.

315, 000

781, 000

70, 000

37, 000

374, 000

99, 000

393, 000

621, 000

750, 090

553, 273

228, 079

265, 000

407, 000

593, 000

105, 160

740, 000

147, 600

575, 684

$216,

45.

e;

3, 157,

13, 59, 221,

85,

54,

21,

19,

17, 40,

5, 81,

15,

16, 23,

20

10

10

470. 70

009. 40

462. 50 35L

528.

647. 078. 50

720. 25

810. 19 26L 53

963. 42

029. 40

327. 55

934. 80

907. 20

622. 60

589. 01

166. 77

250. 02

1, 105, 130. 24

172, 802. 92

18, 613. 23

13, 367. 80

16, 313. 62

8, 093. 81

2, 733. 43

6, 200. 25

8, 865. 41

1, 523. 99

248, 514. 46

1, 353, 644. 70

5, 494, 267. 03

6, 847, 9n. 73

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Table 9 shows the number of copies of publications printed in 1937

for the Congress, the executive departments, and independent Government establishments. During the fiscal year 1937 there was printed

a total of 180,637,668 publications as compared with 109,992,712 in

1936. The figures in table 9 are exclusive of the number of copies of speeches printed for Members of Congress and other private orders.

Table 9.Publications, including annual re-ports and documents, printed on

requisition during the fiscal year ended June SO, 1937, for Congress, the executive departments, and independent Government establishments

Copies Congress 5, 289, 846

The Federal Register 2, 342, 000

Superintendent of Documents 10, 118, 986

Library of Congress 168, 603

Agriculture 22, 373, 248

Commerce 4, 161, 261

Interior 2,950,111

Justice 308, 373

Labor 3, 174, 432

Navy 4, 031, 079

Post Office 7, 060, 640

State 604,263

Treasury 7, 640, 005

War 8,911,100

Agricultural Adjustment Administration 20, 636, 992

Alley Dwelling Authority, District of Columbia 2, 502

American Battle Monuments Commission 1 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 12, 100 Board of Tax Appeals 64, 800 Bureau of the Budget 1, 670

Central Statistical Board 6, 004

Civil Service Commission. 211, 652

Commission of Fine Arts 282

Commodity Credit Corporation 9, 967

Coordinator for Industrial Cooperation 35, 082 Court of Claims 39, 317 Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 5, 701

District Government 81, 709

Emergency Conservation Work 289, 993 Employees' Compensation Commission 10, 503

Farm Credit Administration 1, 623, 542

Federal Communications Commission 35, 309

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 1 Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works 697, 151 Federal Emergency Relief Administration 63, 800

Federal Home Loan Bank Board 99, 984

Federal Housing Administration 5, 972, 810

Federal Power Commission 45, 176

Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation 13, 000

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Table 9.

Publications, including annual reports and documents, printed on

requisition during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1937, f(yr Congress, the executive departments, and independent Government establishments—Continued

Copies Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation 6, 013

Federal Trade Commission 81, 038

Genera] Accounting Office 16, 995 George Washington Bicentennial Commission 15, 000

Home Owners' Loan Corporation 2, 024

Inland Waterways Corporation 3, 002

Interstate Commerce Commission 1, 951, 826

National Academy of Sciences 3, 000

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 35, 960

National Archives 100, 197 National Bituminous Coal Commission 45, 200

National Emergenc}- Council 234, 831 National Forest Reservation Commission 8, 000

National Labor Relations Board 33, 692

National Mediation Board 14, 704 Pan American Sanitary Bureau 500 Pan American Union 207, 368

Panama Canal 2, 160

Prison Industries Reorganization Administration 1, 502 Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration 5, 573

Railroad Administration 150

Railroad Adjustment Board 1, 451

Railroad Retirement Board 25, 500

Reconstruction Finance Corporation 75, 375 Resettlement Administration 655, 705 Rural Electrification Administration 1, 108, 504

Securities and Exchange Commission 154, 990 Smithsonian Institution 258, 610

Social Security Board 61, 443, 601 Study of Fiscal Relations, United States and District of Columbia. 500 Supreme Court, United States 18, 025

Tariff Commission 16, 408

Tennessee Valley Authority 521, 277

U. S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission 2, 025

U. S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia 2, 902

U. S. Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition Commission 1 Veterans' Administration 181, 242 War Finance Corporation 150 White House . 2,711

Works Progress Administration 4, 306, 961

Total 180, 637, 668

Table 10 shows the receipts from the sale of waste paper, waste

materials, and condemned machinery, and the surplus from the sale by the Office of the Superintendent of Documents of Government

pubhcations over the cost of printing the same during the fiscal year

ended June 30, 1937.

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Table 10.

Receipts from miscellaneous sales during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1937

Condemned material, machinery, etc.; waste wood; waste metal; waste gold $6, 405. 63 Waste paper 55, 996. 02

Surplus from sale of documents transferred on the books of the Treasury 402, 829. 80

Rebates and refunds 3. 66 Telephone messages 25. 50

Total 465, 260. 61 Purchasing T>ivision

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1937, the Purchasing Division

placed 8,758 orders, involving total expenditures for purchases of

approximately $6,600,000, paper purchases alone amounting to $5,350,000. Open-market proposals for material and paper numbered

19,200 and for illustrations 412.

By closely watching the paper market and the trends therein and

by the placing of orders for standard stocks at the most opportune

time as indicated by such trends, an actual saving of $35,365.08 was

effected during the year.

The Purchasing Division was able to secure by transfer from other

departments to this Office during the fiscal year 1937 surplus property

valued at $5,635.

Proposals for material were sent in April 1937 for the term of 1 year beginning July 1, 1937, and ending June 30, 1938, to approximately 625 prospective bidders, which resulted in the placing of 59

contracts. Proposals for paper were sent in October 1936 to approximately 150 firms for the 6-month term beginning January 1, 1937,

and in April 1937 for the 6-month term beginning July 1, 1937, which

resulted in the placing of 24 contracts for the first 6-month period and

18 contracts for the second 6-month period. Proposals for envelopes

for the year beginning July 1, 1937, were issued in April to approximately 50 prospective bidders, resulting in the placing of 6 contracts. In my report for 1936 I stated that the proposals 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, carried a definite provision for its delivery on skids, instead of being packed in wooden cases, of over 18,000,000

pounds of book, lithograph, mimeograph, sulphite writing, sulphite

bond, and 25-percent rag bond papers, and would result in a consider38
able saving to the Government. I am happy to report that this method

of packaging paper resulted in a saving of over $28,000 during the

past fiscal year. Xot only did this method of packaging of paper

result in the sa^dng of $28,000 in the cost thereof during the past

fiscal year, but it also ehminated the work of six laborers who were

used in the breaking up of the wooden cases and the hauling of this scrap material to the front of the H Street building for delivery to the contractor handling the same.

(Congressional Printing

There were 40 more issues of the daily Congressional Record during

the first session of the Seventy-fifth Congress than there were during

the second session of the Seventy-fourth Congress. The average

number of pages daily, however, was slightly less than the number for the second session of the Seventy-fourth Congress, the average for the

first session of the Seventy-fifth Congress being 75.25 as compared

with 88.3 for the second session of the Seventy-fourth Congress. The

proceedings of the Senate required 4,002 pages and of the House 5,629

pages. The Appendix to the Record made 3,012 pages, making the

total number of pages for the Record for the first session of the Seventyfifth Congress 12,643, or 1,340 more pages than for the Record for the

second session of the Seventy-fourth Congress.

Over 12,700 curved stereotype plates were made for the Record,

and 2,300,500 pounds, or 1,150K tons, of paper were used for the

printing thereof.

New bills and resolutions for the session totaled 12,630, of which

number 9,200 originated in the House of Representatives and 3,430

in the Senate. As these bills and resolutions progressed through the

House and Senate, 23,085 prints were required.

The Senate and House Business Calendars are printed daily. There

were 19 active Senate Calendars and 15 House Calendars during the

last session of Congress. The House Calendars made 18,831 pages

and the Senate Calendars 11,698, or a total of 30,529 pages.

The total number of hearings printed for the Senate was 134, making 3,876 pages, and for the House 184, making 13,972 pages, or a

total of 318 hearings, making 17,848 pages as compared \\Tth 13,918

pages for the second session of the Seventy-fourth Congress.

Presidential nominations numbered 7,760 as compared with 7,489

for the second session of the Seventy-fourth Congress.

The total number of reports printed during the last session of Congress was 2,934, of which number 1,294 were for the Senate and 1,640

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for the House of Kepresentatives. Of documents, the total number

printed was 487: 118 for the Senate and 369 for the House of Kepresentatives.

The following statement gives a summary of Congressional work

for the first session of the Seventy-fifth Congress as compared with

the second session of the Seventy-fourth Congress:

Classes of work

Second

session, 74th Cong.

First

session, 75th Cong.

Congressional Record:

Number of issues ___ 128

11, 303

88. 3

3, 703

4, 188

13, 985

3, 412

1, 789, 725

168

12, 643

75. 25

4, 002

5, 629

12, 711

3, 012

2, 300, 500

Total number of pages Average number pages daily

Pages of Senate proceedings ___

Pages of House proceedings

Number of plates for Daily Record

Pages of Appendix. _ __ __ Number of pounds of paper for Daily Record. _ Bills and resolutions: House:New bills ___ _ __ 3, 758

13424

185

8, 333

497

27 343

Joint resolutions. _ Concurrent resolutions Simple resolutions Total- 4, 101 9, 200

Senate: New bills 1, 321

116

18 123

3, 004

217

20

189

Joint resolutions _ Concurrent resolutions. . Simple resolutions . Total 1, 578 3, 430 Grand total, new bills Other bill prints..

5, 679

8, 061

12, 630

10, 455 Grand total, all bill prints.. _ Reports: Senate

13, 740 23, 085

995

1, 179

1, 294

House - 1, 640

Total. _ 2, 174 2, 934 Documents:

Senate. . ... _._ 137 214

118 House - - -- 369

Total 351 487

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'latent Office Printing

There was no appreciable change in the number of patent specifications printed in 1937 as compared with the number printed in 1936.

The total number printed in 1937 was 56,142 as compared with

55,387 printed in 1936. The number of pages m 1937 totaled 152,259

as compared with 150,436 in 1936. There were also printed during

the year 138 decisions, 143 disclaimers, and 47 certificates of correction.

The Official Gazette, issued weekly, made 14,612 pages in 1937 as compared with 14,419 pages for 1936. For the Gazette 53,093 illus- trations were made. The total number of copies of the Official Gazette and Annual Indexes printed in 1937 was 236,944.

During 1937 the Patents Section imposed and sent to press 23,373

forms as follows: Patents and reissues 19,185, designs and trade-marks

2,091, Official Gazette 1,876, Annual Index of Patents 142, Annual

Index to Trade-marks 66, and of the Classification Bulletin 13. Qomposing T>ivis{on

Over 2,000,000,000 ems of type were set during the year 1937 by the

several sections of the Composing Division, exclusive of the Job

Section. Of this amount the Monotype Section set 627,000,000 ems

of type. To produce this 627,000,000 ems of type, 40,740 rolls of control ribbon were used, which would cover a distance of 2,650 miles.

This Section is called upon to set matter of a most intricate nature,

including mathematical and chemical equations, publications dealing

with astronomy, codes of a confidential nature, foreign languages of almost every tongue, and tabular matter of all kinds, in addition to regular book composition work.

The Plating Lock-up Section sent to the Platemaking Division

141,926 pages—89,082 for stereotyping and 52,844 for electrotyping.

The Hand Section imposed for press 57,850 forms containing 578,500

pages. During the year more than 475,000 pages of type were killed

and sent to the melting pots for reconditioning.

The Proofroom prepared for the machines 945,456 folios of copy,

which does not include Congressional work, Pan American publications. Library of Congress work, Surgeon General's Catalog, or the

Writings of George Washington. Galleys read and revised during

the year totaled 768,032. The Proofroom also translated 3,358 folios for other departments of the Government.

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TPlatemaking T>ivision

During the fiscal year 1937 the Platemaking Division produced

6,593,753 square inches of electrotypes; 4,579,282 square inches of

stereotype plates; 998,718 square inches of mat work; 770,817 square

inches of blocking on wood and mounting on metal ; and 749,817 square

inches of photoengraving work, making a total of 13,692,387 square

inches of plates, mat work, blocking, and photoengraving. A very

interesting development is shown in the growth of offset work. In

1937 the Division made 22,483 negatives for this work as compared

with 17,870 in 1936 and 10,000 in 1935.

There was a large reduction in the number of square inches of

stereotype plates made during the past year. This reduction was

brought about through the almost complete elimination of duplicate

plates for the daily Congressional Record, which resulted in considerable economy to the Office both in plates and storage.

Another thing that facilitated the work of the Platemaking Division

and economized in the production of stereotype plates for Congressional work was the installation of six new curved vacuum casting

boxes with three new combination shavers and trimmers, and two new

roller matrix molding presses with additional drying units.

As a result of this new equipment the quahty of plates has been so improved that few recasts are necessary, and make-ready time has

been cut down considerably in the Presswork Division, resulting in

savings which will in a very short time pay for the new equipment.

This same equipment is used for stereotype plates of speeches and

Congressional documents.

The Plate Vault Section handled 33,688 requisitions for printing

during the year. The plates called for were delivered together with a statement giving information necessary in preparing estimates in the

Planning Division. During the year this section released 512,101

pounds of stereotype metal and 242,954 pounds of electrotype metal

to be melted and reconditioned for making new plates.

One of the fundamental developments of the graphic arts in this

country about 5 years ago was the manufacture and use of molded

rubber plates in letterpress printing. Since then the processes and

materials used in their manufacture have been appreciably improved.

The increased use of these plates has been marked, and the press

technique of properly using them has been perfected.

In keeping with the progressive policy adopted by me upon becoming Pubhc Printer concerning new developments, a survey was made

to determine whether it would be advantageous to use rubber plates

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in printing the large number of miscellaneous jobs regularly produced

in tliis Office. Rubber plates, because of their resiliency, find practical

apphcation on jobs where the stock being printed would be dented or damaged by metal plates or where the stock in turn may damage the

plates. This is particularly true of certain made-up envelopes of fabric or heavy manila paper, tags, etc., or where closure fastenings

may strike the plates. As a result of this study, rubber platemaking

equipment was recently installed for use on envelopes, tags, and

similar work. Since installing this molded rubber platemaking equipment the resultant plates have proven very successful on work of the

nature described above. Further applications are being continually

found. The improved quahty of printing and the savings resulting

from eliminating the previous necessary replacements and repairs to metal plates is very satisfactory. The quality of the molded rubber

plates being manufactured and the character of printing being produced from them by this Office compare very favorably with the best

results being obtained in commercial establishments. In view of the

few months' operating experience with this new development, it is most gratifying and encouraging to report such progress. T^resswork T>ivision

There was a slight faUing off during 1937 in the volume of work of the

Presswork Division as compared with the year 1936, which was the

busiest year for all sections of the Presswork Division in the history

of the Office. However, during the months of October and November

1936, and with the convening of Congress in January 1937, there was a

considerable increase in the volume of work, and the demands for immediate delivery of certain jobs were so great that it was found

necessary to increase the force of the Presswork Division so that there

would be a full complement of employees on all three forces for all presses except the web presses. Since then, however, there has been a gradual reduction in the personnel of the Presswork Division due to a

decrease in the volume of work, so that the total number of employees was reduced from 862 in January to 771 at the close of the fiscal year. The following statement shows a shght decrease in presswork in 1937

as compared ^\T.th the year 1936. However, it shows a considerable in- crease in the actual and chargeable impressions over the fiscal year 1935:

1935 1936 1937

Actual impressions 984, 589, 672 1, 094, 225, 997 1, 084, 839, 488 Chargeable impressions 3, 281, 851, 596 4, 656, 077, 635 4, 276, 985, 299

Jobs completed _ _ 58, 281 61, 122 58, 351

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A set of precision test blocks was purchased for the Presswork

Division during the past year and practically all of the flat-bed presses were reconditioned by this process, which brought out the defects of the presses. This reconditioning has resulted in a better product and

a much quicker make-ready.

In the Job Pressroom practically all of the presses have been

equipped with ink agitators and process rollers, which has been of considerable advantage and resulted in the saving of time; also there were

installed in the Job Press Section six automatically fed platen presses to replace four old hand and two automatic presses. These old presses were obsolete and practically worn out. There were also installed two

Miehle vertical fast-running presses and one new Kelly press. The

two Miehles were installed to replace two old rotary machmes.

The Offset and Tabulating Card Section of the Presswork Division

increased its production both in offset and tabulating-card work.

During the fiscal year 1937 there were furnished to the departments

and independent establishments of the Government 332,009,000 tabulating cards as compared with 310,238,000 for the fiscal year 1936,

representing an increase of 21,771,000 cards. There were also printed

for the Library of Congress 1,788,000 index cards.

The Postal Card and Money Order Section reports a new production

record for the fiscal year 1937. During 1937 a total of 282,095,325

money-order blanks were shipped as compared with 234,882,275 for

the fiscal year 1936, and 228,187,300 for the fiscal year 1935. It was

found necessary to do some night work during the year to produce this

number of orders, but with the installation of three new presses that

are now being built all night work will no doubt be eliminated.

The production of postal cards increased 483,517,640 over the

year 1936, and 571,090,820 over the year 1935, the total number of

cards printed in 1937 being 2,428,243,040.

'Bindery T)ivision

The Bindery Division completed during the fiscal year 1937, 79,447

jobs, representing a decrease of 5,447 over the number completed in

1936, but an increase of 3,564 over the number completed in 1935.

However, it was a year of varied activities for the Bindery particularly

in the handling of large orders, many of which almost taxed its pro- ductive ability and the ingenuity of its personnel.

Some of the large orders handled by the Bindery Division during

the past year were: For the Department of Commerce, 250,000 copies

of a Seamen's Discharge Book; for the Social Security Board, 40,000,-

000 copies of a blank AppHcation for Accounting Number; for the

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Post Office Department, 6,500,000 copies of a form Carrier Receipt

for Undelivered Mail Returned; 350,000,000 copies of a form Application for Domestic Money Order, and 250,000 copies of a Box Renting

Key Deposit Register; for the Works Progress Administration, 2,500,-

000 copies of the pamphlet Our Job With W. P. A.; for the Agriculture

Department, 3,600 volumes of the Atlas of American Agriculture, and

247,417 copies of the Agriculture Yearbook, a publication of 1,197 pages. One of the outstanding achievements of the Bindery was the

handling of the 250,000 copies of the Seamen's Discharge Book for the Department of Commerce. The imusual features of the binding

of this publication called for many ingenious manipulations and

readaptations of machinery in order that a difficult piece of work for which such machines were not originally intended might be produced

with efficiency and dispatch. A short description of the unusual

features involved in the binding of this book is as follows: The book

made 32 pages, with hard cover and round-cornered flap, the latter feature making it necessary to readapt a case-making machine to make

a case with two cover boards and a flap in one operation. With the

assistance of the Machine Section a case-making machine was altered

to produce this book with, the same output as for straight work. A

cut-out in the upper right-hand corner of each page was made with an index cutting machine, while the number on the cover corresponding with the number on the title page and inside of the back cover was done with a small numbering device borrowed from the Press- work Division. Only three hand operations were necessary to produce this book—namely, the placing of tapes in the back of the books,

the Hning of the flap, and the placing of celluloid windows in the front

cover. The size of this book was 4% by 6% inches, 32 pages. It had a buckram cover with flap and cut-out for windows and an inside cut-out

in each page, tape in back, punched and eyeletted, a celluloid window

in 240,000 copies and a double window in 10,000 copies, cover numbered in two places to correspond with the> number on the title page.

The Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, of which there were 247,238 copies, was another publication that was produced in

record time by the Bindery.

Work for the Library of Congress and other departmental libraries was greater in 1937 than in any previous year, 77,763 volumes having

been bound as against 59,830 in 1936 and 50,000 in 1935. Much of

this class of binding requires repairing, and all operations are per- formed by hand, the bindings ranging from cloth to leather, and the

books are of all sizes and sorts. The Revised Statutes of the United States made two volumes, of which there were 3,776 copies of each volume produced. These books

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were bound and delivered at the rate of 300 per day. Owing to the

size of these volumes, 7% by llji inches, 4 inches thick, and weighing

9)^ pounds, the bulk of the work had to be done by hand.

Machine book production durin g the last year totaled 1,263,430 copies.

J^brary of Qongress Branch Qomposing

and Binding Sections

During the year 1937 the Library Composing Section, with 8 line- casting machines and the assistance of 4 at the main Office, set 117,118

titles, embracing over 60 languages and dialects. All proofreading,

correcting, and presswork were done at the Library Branch. Subject

headings to the number of 140,993 were set and 3 copies of each printed.

Job work to the amount of 4,719,967 copies was printed during the

year by this Section. The Catalog of Copyright Entries, which is issued three times a week, totaled 2,072 pages. The following state- ment shows the production record for the Library Composing Section

for the fiscal years 1935, 1936, and 1937:

1935 1936 1937 Chargeable impressionsActual impressions _ _ Chargeable forms sent to press Actual forms sent to press _ Subject headings—lines sent to press Subject headings printed Jackets written. Jackets closed out _

27, 394, 267

2, 492, 418

6, 721

4, 435

146, 871

440, 613

1, 125

1, 120

32, 567, 797

2, 753, 728

17, 434

5, 722

185, 064

555, 192

1, 124

1, 116

32, 107, 634

2, 731, 496

9, 247

5, 174

140, 993

426, 332

1, 142

1, 129 The Library Branch Section last year bound and lettered 33,183

miscellaneous volumes and 2,012 newspaper volumes, 3,956 volumes

were repaired, 22,151 pamphlets were hand-stitched in Gaylord binders,

26,151,194 catalog cards were cut and drilled, and 1,815,202 cards and

5,172,775 sheets were trimmed. Photographs and prints to the

number of 8,521 were mounted and 3,198 prints were matted. Manuscripts to the number of 54,142 were repaired and 5,337 were covered

with mousseline. In addition to the foregoing the Library Section of the

Bindery performed a large amount of other miscellaneous bindery work.

U^^tional <iM^useum "Branch T^rinting Ojice

During the past year a reconditioned linotype machine, fully equipped,

and with an adequate number of magazines of sans serif type suitable

for the printing of exhibition labels, was installed in the National

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Museum Branch Printing Office. The requirements of this branch

are unusual in that a large part of its job printing consists of exhibition,

specimen, and insect pin labels. This work calls for a considerable

amount of composition with only two or three printed copies of most

of the labels. The overhauling of the equipment of this branch made

it possible to bring its label and job printing work practically up to date for the first time in many years. The number of the various kinds of labels and the total number of copies of each kind printed during the past fiscal year follows:

Exhibition labels Specimen labels. Insect pin labels. Forms

Number

1, 360

176

17 no

Total number of copies

Stores T)ivision

The Stores Division in 1937 received a total of 83,604,229 pounds net

of paper as compared with 90,727,287 pounds net in 1936 and 72,448,-

* 414 pounds net in 1935. Other materials received by the Stores

Division in 1937 totaled 1,053,557 pounds gross, or 10,110 pounds

gross less than in 1936.

Orders filled by the Stores Division during 1937 were as follows:

Stenographers' notebooks, 586,233 ; memorandum pads, various sizes,

3,023,573; memorandum books, 295,912; standard forms, 36,875,718;

office forms, 7,857,365; ruled pads, 7,515,000; mimeograph ink, 92,517

pounds; printing ink, 206,545 pounds; stamp pad and numbering-machine ink (in 2-ounce cans), 35,189 cans; and writing ink, 27,714 quarts.

The Stores Division reports that the receiving of paper on skids

instead of in wooden cases as heretofore has resulted in a saving of $20,000 in labor costs alone during the past year, and that it has solved

many problems in the issuing of paper to the various production divisions of the Office. Another saving effected by the receipt of skid paper is that it is no

longer necessary to purchase or make skids for Office use, as skids on

which paper has been received are largely replacing our own throughout the Office, and many of them are turned over to the Superintendent

of Documents for use as platforms for the storage of Government

publications in the warehouse. Heretofore the Office has purchased

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T>elivery Section

During the fiscal year 1937 carload lots of incoming freight numbered

2,140 cars, weighing 87,895,740 pounds; less than carload lots weighed

798,592 pounds; making the total tonnage of incoming freight

88,694,332 pounds. Outgoing carload lots consisting of metal and

cores numbered 11 cars, and with less than carload lots weighed

1,144,943 pounds. In addition to this outgoing freight there were

shipped 293 carloads of postal cards weighing 13,980,320 pounds,

making the total tonnage of outgoing freight 15,125,263 pounds.

The total weight of incoming and outgoing freight during 1937 was

103,819,595 pounds, or 51,909% tons. Finished work together with blank paper and ink delivered to the

various executive departments and independent Government establishments totaled 163,335 partial and completed jobs. No record of

the weight of the finished product hauled to the various Government

departments and establishments located in the city of Washington was kept, but practically the entire amount of paper received was

again hauled out as printed matter.

T>ivision of Tests and Technical Qontrol

During the last fiscal year, samples of various materials tested by

the Division of Tests and Technical Control numbered 9,012. The

following statement lists the various materials tested during the fiscal years 1935, 1936, and 1937:

Material 1935 1936 1937 Paper and envelopes__ _ _ 6, 308 6, 750 5, 928

Textiles __ 843 914 801 Bookbinding leathers _ 90 72 92

Metals__ 771 753 826

Glue 32 25 8 Ink-making materials- _ _ _ _ 455 697 360

Inks 47 30 26

Oils and greases _______ 65 58 58

Gasoline ____ __ _ 101 104 69 Chemicals__ _____ ____ 177 208 203

Miscellaneous. __ _ _ _ _ 979 789 641

Total 9, 868 10, 400 9, 012

There were 278 deliveries of materials of all kinds rejected for noncompliance with specifications. Of these rejections, 161 were of paper,

47 of envelopes, and 70 of miscellaneous materials.

The total amount of paper received during the year 1937 was

83,604,229 pounds, of which amount 2,805,442 pounds were rejected.

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The folloT^ing statement shows the cause for all rejections during

the year:

Number

Cause of rejection of rejec- tions Pounds

Deficient in

Fiber content Bursting strength

Folding endurance

Opacity

pH value Thickness

Moisture content Not within weight tolerance Excessive rosin Unsatisfactory general appearance

Unsatisfactory color Unsatisfactory finish Total

4 48, 747

7 132, 035

43 540, 998

8 226, 843

20 446, 805

4 53, 814

8 60, 578

13 127, 968

5 70, 892

26 601, 467

17 419, 105

6 76, 190

161 2, 805, 442

Several changes in the paper specifications were made during the

year. The thickness tolerance of plus or minus 0.0005 inch has been

modified to permit greater tolerances for the heavier papers and boards

to conform with present commercial practice. The ash requirements

for all book papers have been eliminated, as the development of new

types of fillers employed in recent paper manufacture tends toward

improving paper opacity and its other printing qualities, without

materially affecting its strength. Smoothness requirements have been

added to the coated book papers in order to obtain more uniformity of

finish in deliveries from different sources of manufacture. A new

specification for 120-pound halftone book paper has been added to the paper schedule to meet the demands of the executive departments. Because of the difficulty of obtaining manila papers made

from rope stock, the requirements for this class of papers were broadened to include recently developed new paper fibers. Work was continued to develop laboratory methods for paper test- ing more definitely correlating the physical characteristics with the

printing qualities of paper, so that its performance upon any particular

job of printing might be reasonably predicted by tests made before

the paper reached the press. As a result of considerable further

research work on this subject the methods for measuring the smoothness and oil penetration developed last year were revised and resubmitted to the paper-testing committee of the Technical Association

of the Pulp and Paper Industry for consideration of adoption by the

committee as tentative standards.

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Requirements for smoothness and oil penetration in the specifications of several of the book-paper items have now been in effect for 1 year with very satisfactory results. It was found necessary to include

these requirements in order to obtain greater uniformity in deliveries

from various contractors furnishing the same grade of paper. During

a 6 months' contract term, four paper mills were manufacturing supercalendered book paper for the Government Printing Office on identical

specifications which, at that time, included no definite requirements

for smoothness or oil absorption. Two of these mills had a tendency

to produce a smooth paper with a rapid oil absorption and the other

two a paper with a somewhat lower smoothness and a slower rate of

oil absorption. Both of these papers permitted reasonably good printing, but to obtain these good results it was necessary to vary the ink

and press conditions for each paper. Since specifying definite smoothness and oil-absorption properties, this difficulty has been largely

eliminated.

The value of a recently marketed instrument for determining paper

permeability to oil or other fluids was investigated. This instrument was designed to indicate the progressive changes in light reflectance

from the surface of the sheet opposite to the source of absorption, by means of a photoelectric-cell mechanism.

This instrument gave consistent readings for the time of penetration

when castor oil was used as the penetrating medium, and the readings were reproducible on such papers as newsprint, machine-finish book,

supercalendered book, and antique book.

However, consistent results were not obtainable with certain ink

compositions containing kerosene as a vehicle.

For water-absorption determinations, the cup of the instrument did

not carry in the meniscus above its rim a sufficient volume of water to afford complete wetting and penetration of the stock to determine

accurately the degree of sizing of tub-sized bond and ledger papers.

In order to establish several possible sources of supply for tabulatingcard paper, our cooperation has been given to several paper manufacturers in the development of suitable paper stocks. To this end,

the interested mills have submitted several trial lots of this type of

paper, representing their progressive experimental changes in manufacture, based upon our reports of complete technical tests, printing,

and operating performance. The criteria set as determining good

tabulating-card paper were precise uniformity of thickness, density,

formation and finish, freedom from electrically conducting particles,

and a very low coefficient of expansion and contraction resulting from

atmospheric variations.

During the year the number of envelopes purchased totaled

61,430,000. Of these purchases, 43 deliveries, or 3,093,868 envelopes,

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were rejected. The following is a tabulation of the causes of rejection

and quantities of rejected envelopes for the fiscal year 1937:

Cause of rejection Number of deliveries Number of envelopes

Deficient in

Folding endurance _ 39 2, 977, 445

Bursting strength 1 20, 500 Not within weight tolerance. 2 35, 000

Unsatisfactory general appearance 5 60, 923

Total, __ 47 3, 093, 868 The total production of printing inks, including mimeograph,

stamp-pad, and numbering-machine inks, for the year was 298,229

pounds.

A number of miscellaneous products were also manufactured.

These are classified as follows:

Material

Blue toner pounds

Molding wax compound do__

Turpentine substitute for lithography do__

Marbling pulp colors do__

Electrotype backing fluid quarts. • Ruling inks do__

Writing inks (all colors) do__

Striping ink for tabulating cards do__

Special ink solvent do__

Lacquer thinner do__

Mucilage do__

Quantity

The following inks and miscellaneous materials were furnished, as during previous years, to the various Government departments and

independent establishments in quantities indicated:

Material

Mimeograph ink, black

Printing ink, black and colored, including mimeograph

Addressograph ink, blue and black Writing ink (all colors) Stamp-pad and numbering-machine ink Check-signature ink Letter-box time-card ink

Special ink solvent Molded glue, including canceling-stamp composition.

Paste

Pounds

90, 127

7, 494

78

1 24, 048

4, 420

332

122

1 404

3, 517

9, 337

1 Quarts,
Waterproof red and blue ruling inks have been developed for use in

the Government Printing Office, and special inks in blue, green, brown,

and black colors were developed for check-signing machines.

The total amount of type metal standardized during the fiscal year 1937 was 9,357,570 pounds, a decrease of 576,214 pounds from

the preceding year. The following table gives in detail the various quantities of metal

for the fiscal year 1937 emploj^ed in the correction of the various type

metals to standard formulas. This includes the metal returned for

remelting, correction metal, dross, percentage increase due to correction, and percentage loss due to drossing, calculated on the quantity

of metal remelted.

Universal Electrotype Slug

Returned for remelting pounds 8, 622, 617 744, 829 19, 345

Correction metal used: Lead-antimon.y alloy do

Tin __ do

7, 814

8, 028

82, 058

4, 163

601 Lead__ do__ 70, 221

Total do 97, 900 74, 985 19, 345

Total corrected metal do

Dross __ __ do

8, 541, 069

179, 448

1. 14

2. 08

797, 156

22, 658

10. 07

3. 04

Increase due to correction, _ .percent. Loss due to drflss . do

Universal metal, containing 6 percent tin, 12 percent antimony,

and the remainder lead, was used throughout the year for all typecasting, line-casting and stereotype-casting machines. Some solid

bodies or metal bases for mounting zinc and copper cuts were also cast from this material.

During the year 5,092 pounds of pig tin, 180,111 pounds of pig lead,

271,061 pounds of Universal type-casting metal, and 228,374 pounds

of electrotype backing metal were bought, for which purchases the

following materials were exchanged as partial payment: 449,000

pounds old electrotype plates, 100,000 pounds old stereotype plates,

215,463 pounds Universal metal dross, 13,835 pounds electrotype

shells, 33,719 pounds electrotype dross, 4,236 pounds brass rules,

1,438 pounds mixed foundry type and brass rules, and 1,228 pounds

foundry type.

In addition 2,571 pounds of tin were purchased outright.

Electrotyping procedure was maintained without change of solution

formulas during the year. Six lead anodes were employed at intervals

as needed in each of the 1,200-gallon semiautomatic copper depositing

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tanks, to exert a stabilizing influence in preventing the formation of an excess of copper sulphate, and at the same time tending to regenerate the sulphuric acid content, thus maintaining more closely the

standard concentrations of the solutions during operation. Press rollers manufactured during the year totaled 4,322, as compared with 4,512 for 1936.

Of the number manufactured, 875 were mechanically coated upon a

specially prepared core by a process whereby the core is rotated as the

hot composition is poured upon it. For this purpose 159 base rollers,

having a foundation of a tough and resilient composition over the steel core, were purchased during the year. These purchases included

69 form rollers and 74 distributing rollers for Miehle cylinder presses and 10 form rollers and 6 distributing rollers for Hoe rotary web

presses. Experimental variations were made in the formulas of several rollers to include a new glycerine substitute. These are now being tried out

to determine their merit.

The manufacture of molded glue during the fiscal year totaled

111,005 pounds, as compared with 112,388 pounds last year. The

manufacture of glucose-glycol paste amounted to 25,000 pounds and of

flour paste 85,000 poimds as compared with 21,000 and 85,000 pounds,

respectively, for last year. Research on bookbinding problems was continued in cooperation

with the Employing Bookbinders of America and the Book Manufacturers' Institute under the Research Associate Plan.

The research work on bindery adhesives was extended to determine

the effectiveness of using a single grade of glue of high jell strength

and high viscosity in all formulas. As a result of this study two of the

three grades of glue formerly used in these formulas were ehminated.

The formulas for flexible glues based upon the retained type of glue

have been modified accordingly as follows:

Formula A.—Utilizing waste roller composition for

general bindery uses

Percent Glue

Glycerine

Waste roller composition

Water

Beta naphthol

Terpineol

20. 80

16. 60

9. 80

52. 60

. 10

. 10

100. 00

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Formula B.—For use on gathering, stitching, and

covering machines

Percent Glue 36. 30

Glycerine 16. 60

Water 46. 80 Beta naphthol . 15 Terpineol . 15

100. 00 Formula D

Percent Glue 17. 00 Waste roller composition 42. 50 Water 39. 60

Zinc oxide . 90

100. 00 Formula E.—For use in modifying other glues when

necessitated by weather conditions

Percent Glue -23. 60 Waste roller composition 7. 90 Water 68.20 Beta naphthol . 15 Terpineol . 15

100. 00 Formula G.—For cabinetmaking work

Percent Glue 41. 50

Glycerine 2. 80 Water 55. 40 Beta naphthol . 15 Terpineol , 15

100. 00 Formula K.—A new formula developed for use in casemaking and mailing machines

Percent Glue 33. 20 Water 66. 60 Beta naphthol . 10 Terpineol . 10

100. 00 Formula C, for use on the Perfect Binding Machine, has not been

changed, since this formula was originally based on the use of high jell

strength and high-viscosity glue. Formulas F and H have been

eliminated as no longer needed.

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The following specification is used in purchasing dry glue of high

jell strength and high viscosity: Viscosity, not less than 130 nor more

than 140 miUipoises; jell strength, not less than 400 grams; and pH

value, not less than 6.4 nor more than 7.0. Owing to the market scarcity of glycerine it was necessary to con- duct research work to find a suitable partial substitute for use in

flexible-glue formulas and roller composition. In this investigation

it was desired to find a substitute possessing chemical and physical

characteristics essentially like those of glycerine. As a result of

this work, formulas A, B, and D have again been revised, substituting

diethylene glycol for glycerine either in part or in whole as follows: Formula A.

For general bindery use

Percent Glue 22. 60

Diethylene glycol 22. 10 Water 55. 10 Beta naphthol . 10 Terpineol . 10

100. 00 Formula B.—For use on gathering, stitching, and

covering machines

Percent Glue 36. 30

Glycerine 8. 30 Diethylene glycol 8. 30 Water 1 46. 80 Beta naphthol . 15 Terpineol . 15

100. 00 Formula D

Percent Glue 26. 50

Glycerine 13. 25 Diethylene glycol 13. 25 Water 46. 70 Beta naphthol . 15 Terpineol .15

100. 00 The specificatioDs for book cloths used in the Bindery were revised

to eliminate starch-filled book cloths and to adopt in thek places

pyroxylin-impregnated fabrics. These impregnated fabrics are an

adaptation of the earlier pyroxylin-coated fabrics to meet new conditions and requirements.

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The excessively heavy pyroxyhn surface of some coated fabrics

makes them subject to cracking and flaking off wherever sharp bends

occur. Starch-filled fabrics have a disadvantage in not being waterproof and vermin proof. Impregnated fabrics were developed with

a view to overcoming this fault of cracking or flaking off sometimes

encountered in the coated fabrics, and still retaining their advantages

of being vermin resistant and waterproof.

The impregnated and coated fabrics are much the same in character,

since both contain the same ingredients, the difference consisting

chiefly in the mode or manner of application of the protective coatings.

In each instance a cotton cloth is treated with a pyroxylin base. To

the nitrocellulose of the pyroxylin base there are added a solvent for

the nitrocellulose to facilitate the flowing of the base onto the cotton

cloth, a plasticiser, which helps to give softness and flexibility to the

treated fabric, and a pigment or dye to give the desired color. The

construction, or thread count, of the base cloth used for impregnated

fabrics differs somewhat from that of coated fabrics. The pyroxylm

base, in the case of the coated fabrics, is applied as a coating on the

surface of the base cloth, and varies somewhat to conform to the

particular type of finish desired. The coated fabrics are sometimes

finished to resemble leather, hence the name '^imitation leather"

frequently applied to this type of material. In the case of the impregnated fabrics, the pyroxylin base is forced between the threads

of the base cloth, and this action tends not only to anchor the pyroxylin compoimd to the cotton goods but also to permit the texture of

the base cloth to become apparent. In the latter respect it resembles

in appearance the starch-fiUed fabrics. In addition to technical tests, prior to adoption of pyroxylin-impregnated materials these cloths were subjected to thorough practical tests in the Bindery. These

Bindery tests consisted in maldng up the fabrics into book covers; stamping them with gold, bronze leaf, aluminum leaf, and ink; making

up dummy books and other practical tests which might give an indication as to how this material would work in comparison with starchfilled cloths. As a result of these tests, pyroxylin-impregnated book

cloths and buckrams have been satisfactorily used in this Ofl&ce for

the past 6 months.

The following specifications were drawn to cover the purchase of

five grades of pyroxylin-impregnated fabrics for use by this OflSce. These specifications conform very closely to requirements set forth in

Commercial Standard CS57-36 for book cloths, buckrams, and impregnated fabrics:

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Pyroxtlin-Impregnated Fasrics, 38 Inches Wide

general requirements

Awards \riU be made only on bids for material fully complying with specifi- cations. Samples 1 foot square must be submitted to show colors, patterns, and finish. One-yard samples of full width must be submitted to show color, color-fastness, and quality. Specifications are based on the finished product.

The finished cloth must be free from pinholes and from any defects or blemishes

which may affect the appearance or serviceability of the material and be suitable

for use on automatic feeding devices on case-making machines. The cloth must

also be soft and pliable, shall not crack when bent sharply, show no tendency to

stick when folded upon itself, and must retain no objectionable odors. The finish must be washable with water and the color must not crack off when rubbed with

a dry or wet cloth. The breaking-strength values listed apply only to fabrics with a plain finish. A variation of not over 25 percent below the minimum breaking-strength value for plain finished cloths is allowed on embossed cloths, provided

all other requirements are met.

Specifications for Light- Weight Pyroxylin-Impregnated Fabrics,

Vellum Finish

Fabric. Shall be made of cotton thoroughly cleaned and free from waste. It shall be evenly woven and free from an excessive number of imperfections of manufacture.

Weight. Finished cloth; shall be approximately 4.3 ounces per square yard.

Weight. Base cloth; not less than 2.5 ounces per square yard. Weave. ShaU be plain. Yarn. Shall be single ply.

Thread count, threads per inch. Warp, not less than 50; filling, not less than 50; sum, not less than 104. Breaking strength, strip method. Warp, not less than 50 pounds; filling, not less than 20 pounds; sum, not less than 77 pounds.

Specifications for Medium-Weight Pyroxylin-Impregnated

Fabrics

Fabric. ShaU be made of cotton thoroughly cleaned and free from waste. It shaU be evenly woven and free from an excessive number of imperfections of manufacture.

Weight. Finished cloth; shall be approximately 5.0 ounces per square yard.

Weight. Base cloth; not less than 2.8 ounces per square yard. Weave. Shall be plain. Yarn. Shall be single ply.

Thread count, threads per inch. Warp, not less than 60; filling, not less than 55. Breaking strength, strip method. Warp not less than 50 pounds; filling, not less than 20 pounds; sum, not less than 77 pounds.

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Specifications for Heavy-Weight Pyroxylin-Impregnated Fabrics

Fabric. Shall be made of cotton thoroughly cleaned and free from waste.

It shall be evenly woven and free from an excessive number of imperfections of manufacture.

Weight. Finished cloth; shall be approximately 5.5 ounces per square yard.

Weight. Base cloth; not less than 3.4 ounces per square yard. Weave. Shall be plain. Yarn. Shall be single ply.

Thread count, threads per inch. Warp, not less than 60; filling, not less than 55. Breaking strength, strip method. Warp, not less than 55 pounds; filling, not

less than 42 pounds; sum, not less than 105 pounds.

Specifications for Medium-Weight Pyroxylin-Impregnated Buckram

Fabric. Shall be made of cotton thoroughly cleaned and free from waste. It

shall be evenly woven and free from an excessive number of imperfections of manufacture.

Weight. Finished cloth; shall be approximately 8.5 ounces per square yard.

Weight. Base cloth; not less than 6.5 ounces per square yard. Weave. Shall be plain modified; warp shall be woven in pairs. Yarn. Warp shall be single ply; filling shall be single ply.

Thread count, threads per inch. Warp, not less than 85; filling, not less than 24. Breaking strength, strip method. Warp, not less than 100 pounds; filling, not

less than 55 pounds; sum, not less than 165 pounds.

Specifications for Heavy-Weight Pyroxylin-Impregnated Buckram

Fabric. Shall be made of cotton thoroughly cleaned and free from waste.

It shall be evenly woven and free from an excessive number of imperfections of manufacture.

Weight. Finished cloth shall be approximately 10 ounces per square yard.

Weight. Base cloth, not less than 7.9 ounces per square yard. Weave. Shall be plain modified; warp shall be woven in pairs. Yarn. Warp shall be single ply; filling shall be single or two ply.

Thread count, threads per inch. Warp, not less than 85; filling, not less than 25. Breaking strength, strip method. Warp, not less than 120 pounds; filling, not

less than 70 pounds; sum, not less than 200 pounds.

Continuing the cooperative research work with the Bureau of

Chemistry and Soils of the Department of Agriculture to develop more permanent bookbinding leather, a purchase was made of a

specially made trial lot of goatskin leather tanned with chromic

oxide. This lot of leather was subjected to the various operations of

bookbinding to determine its value for this use. The following

report was made by the Superintendent of Binding:

This leather is soft and pliable, and lends itself readily to the forwarding

process. It retains its grain and color and is entirely satisfactory. In the

finishing process no difficulty was experienced, hence it is well adapted to book use. 58
Lubricants. After investigation of the physical characteristics and

operating quahties of several commercial oils specified for lubricating

casting-machine molds, one was recommended as having the required

properties at lower cost. This has given very satisfactory results and

the use of various other oils has been discontinued in favor of one purchased under standard specifications.

A brand of lubricating oil, recommended for lubricating the doors

of the passenger elevators, was analyzed and identified as a lower-cost

oil carried in the regular stock of this Office and purchased under

standard specifications. This special elevator-door lubricating oil has

therefore been discontinued in the interest of economy.

A commercial gear oil, reconmiended for transmission-gear lubrication, has given considerable trouble in permitting the overheating of gears on the conveyor servicing the Documents Division. Investigation of this condition led to the substitution of an extreme-pressure

gear oil which has for several months been giving entire satisfaction

and will save considerable cost in servicing or replacing conveyorbelt gears worn out thi'ough poor lubrication and excessive heat of

friction. Lectures to Government Printing Office apprentices. A series of four

lectures was given to the apprentices by members of this Division.

The first dealt with the subject of paper, outlining the various sources

of fibers, their manufacture into paper, and paper's relation to printing. This was followed by a demonstration of laboratory tests, such as fiber analysis, weight, burstmg strength, folding endurance,

and tensile strength, given to paper purchased for this Office. The second lecture dealt with the subject of type metals, describing

their elements—lead, tin, and antimony. A discussion was given of

their origin, physical and chemical properties, and their signfficance as constituents of type metal. The effects of impurities in type

metals, such as copper and zinc, were also treated and methods of type-metal analysis demonstrated.

The classffication of printing inks was the subject of the third

lecture. Their physical properties and uses, together with a description of the grinding mills and their functions, and typical ink formulas were discussed. The basic principles underljdng the setting and

drying of printing inks were also treated.

A discussion of bookbinding materials and rollers concluded the

series of lectures. The manufacture and testing of book cloth, bookbinding leather, linen and cotton threads, crash, duck, cotton cloth,

head bands, press and fold tapes, flexible glues, pastes, and other

materials used in bookbinding were treated.

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These preliminary lectures served as an introduction to a more

extensive study of the chemistry of printing planned for presentation

to the apprentices in the last year of their course. Assistance to other departments.—As in previous years, the Division

rendered valuable assistance to other Government departments,

including Agriculture, Navy, Treasury, Interior, Commerce, Post

Office, and Veterans' Administration, in solving technical problems

pertaining to paper, inks, glue, and metals.

Contact with printing, binding, and allied organizations. This

Division has maintained cooperative contacts with the United Typothetae of America, American Newspaper Publishers Association,

Lithographic Technical Foundation, Technical Association of the

Pulp and Paper Industry, American Standards Association, and the

Printing and Allied Trade Kesearch Association of Great Britain.

Many letters expressing appreciation for technical service rendered

them have been received from various printing and allied organizations. The following excerpt from a letter of the United Typothetae

of America dated April 3, 1937, illustrates such appreciation:

I certainly appreciate the splendid analysis which you made * * * as per your letter of April 2. I am sure that the information you have given is exactly of the type desired by our local association. Correspondence. Numerous requests for technical information

concerning the work of the Government Printing Office and printing

and binding problems in general were received from commercial

firms. These technical inquiries pertained to the manufacture of printers' rollers, printing and writing inks, adhesives, composition and

handling of type metal, paper specifications and methods of paper

testing, photoengraving technique, offset lithography, printing on

celluloid and on metals, attack upon books by insects, quality of bookbinding cloths and leathers; and many other technical inquiries

concerning the work of this Office. Many requests for Government

Printing Office technical bulletins issued by this Division have also

been received. The value of furnishing information upon such subjects

to commercial organizations is reflected by the numerous letters of

appreciation received by the Government Printing Office. T>ivision ofPublic T>ocuments

The fiscal year 1937 was the best year in the history of the Division

from a sales standpoint. There was an increase, month by month

during the year, and in June the number of cash orders received

totaled 70,070, being 100 percent more than for the same month of the

previous year. 6o
The total sales for the fiscal year 1937 amounted to $813,246.60, an increase of $132,520.91 over the fiscal year 1936, and the 595,823

orders received exceeded those for last year by 46,975.

Some idea of the volume of the service now rendered by the Division

of Public Documents may be gained from the following table, which

shows the number of orders received, the number of publications sold,

and the amount received for the same for the past 10 fiscal years:

Fiscal year Number of orders Number of publications sold Amount

1928 467, 661

490, 314

508, 400

528, 893

519, 597

481, 295

496, 215

538, 698

548, 848

595, 823

9, 226, 678

9, 208, 148

8, 578, 592

8, 607, 247

7, 714, 394

8, 255, 490

10, 459, 964

9, 499, 205

8, 832, 162

10, 074, 337

$724, 850. 58

705, 517. 00

709, 046. 13

701, 597. 80

609, 148. 01

540, 532. 29

594, 007. 64

637, 414. 43

680, 725. 69

813, 246. 60

1929

1930

1931 1932

1933 1934

1935

1936 1937As indicative of the widespread interest in Government publications, notwithstanding the limited publicity accorded them, it may

be pointed out that in a num^ber of instances the copies sold have

totaled from one hundred thousand to more than a miUion.

It is beheved that any action that would tend to call the attention

of the general pubhc to the fact that the United States Government

operates a book store in connection with the Government Printing

Office would be worth while, as there is a widespread interest in

Government publications. Their importance to the general public

and to the business interests of the country cannot be fully estimated,

and their sale and distribution is one of the functions of this Office

that brings to the pubhc a more intimate knowledge and appreciation of what the Government is doing to help them.

In any revision of the printing laws that may be contemplated by

Congress it is urged that consideration be given to the curtailment of

free distribution, and the substitution therefor of a sales policy so as to eliminate the waste that accompanies the present method.

Distribution.—Distribution for the departments and other governmental agencies continues to be one of the main activities of the

Division of Public Documents. Although the total distribution for the past year, comprising 802,567,950 publications and forms, was

60,186,512 less than for the fiscal year 1936, it was 373,617,043 more

than for the fiscal year 1935.

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The average distribution for the departments, prior to the establishment of the emergency activities, was approximately 70,000,000

pubhcations annually, whereas this year it amounted to 73,228,402

pubUcations.

The accompanying statement shows the number of copies of pubhcations on hand July 1, 1936; the number of publications received

and distributed during the fiscal year 1937; the number of copies

of forms received and distributed during the fiscal year 1937; and

the number of copies of pubhcations on hand July 1, 1937, for

the various executive departments and independent Government

estabhshments:

Department or establisnment

Copies of publications on hand

July 1, 1936

Copies of publications received during

year

Forms

received during

year

Copies of publi- cations

dis- tributed during

year

Forms

dis- tributed during

year

Copies of publications on hand

July 1, 1937

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

State - -- 1,189 0 0 1,184 0 5 Q4Q fiQ2 J., Ot7^, \jO\J oy, oy / , uo/ War 1,306 2, 094 0 2, 444 0 956

"x nrizi 0, UU'l 8,638

iSU, OZ/ Q ion 7Q0 ioU, loo 0 7Q^ z, /yo Post Office 7, 448, 250 1, 428, 800 7, 433, 105 1, 428, 800 23, 783 Navy . 8, 397 94, 246 0 48, 665 0 53, 978

Interior.. . . . . . 741, 327 2, 247, 657 595, 000 2, 066, 758 595, 000 922, 226

Zo, vZvj oUO Q (] -lo, DUU, Doy Commerce . 1, 279, 384 2, 890, 442 4,890, 230 2, 611, 9,77 4, 890, 23C 1, 557, 849

647, 343 O CtClQ ^ AO 0 I, 987, zUo 0 DOo, loV INDEPENDENT OEFICES Employees' Compensation Commis895 1 335 fi' 140 nof> i, ooo R 14.0 non 895 Federal Communications Commission — 601 0 0 0 0 601 Federal Power Commission . 2, 327 0 0 75 0 2, 252 Federal Reserve Board ..... . 5, 644 685 0 5, 672 0 657 Federal Trade Commission.. .. . 138, 464 49, 002 0 111, 973 0 75, 493 General Accounting Office . 0 953 0 953 0 0

Interstate Commerce Commission... 75, 374 818, 905 0 818, 905 0 75, 374 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ....... 931 425 0 1,356 0 0 National Archives.. . 2, 440 105, 294 0 102, 756 0 4, 978 Personnel Classification Board... 2, 188 0 0 50 0 2, 138 President's Committee on Administrative Management ... 0 61, 888 0 40, 141 0 21, 747 Smithsonian Institution 140, 986 181, 383

983

0 162, 260 0 160, 109 Veterans' Administration.. . _ 0 0 983 0 0 JUDICIARY Court of Customs and Patent Appeals - .. -. 408 325 0 0 0 733 Supreme Court of the United States. 0 1, 800 0 1,800 0 0 CONGRESSIONAL

Bicentennial Commission .. 2,116 9, 200 0 9, 588 0 1, 728 Congress .... 20, 814 1, 002, 590 0 1, 009, 830 0 13, 574 Government Printing Office 0 4, 905 0 4,905 0 0 Library of Congress .. 123, 337 16, 186 0 15, 651 0 123, 872 EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATIONS

Agricultural Adjustment Administration .- ... 23, 000 18, 395, 419 103, 505, 835 18, 393, 104 103,505,835 25, 315 62
Department or establishment

Copies of publi- cations on hand

July 1, 1936

Copies of publications received during

year

Forms

received during

year

Copies of publications

dis- tributed during

year

Forms

dis- tributed during

year

Copies of pubhcations on hand

July 1, 1937

Commodity Credit Corporation 350 3, 000 13 710 500 3,000 13, 710, 500 7, 350 Emergency Conservation Work 490 29, 500 29, 500 0 2, 490 Farm Credit Administration . . 962^ 235 233, 774 94, 900 301, 009 94, 900 895, 000 Federal Emergency Relief Administration 0 0 571, 000 0 571, 000 0 Federal Home Loan Bank Board 0 58, 982 0 58, 982 0 0 Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation 0 0 225, 000 0 225, 000 0 National Bituminous Coal Commission ... . 0 129, 400 2, 000, 000 129, 400 2, 000, 000 0 National Emergencv Council,

_

0 0 5, 595, 550 0 5, 595, 550 0 National Planning Board 1, 6 50 0 0 0 0 1, 680 National Resources Committee. . . 12, 478 33, 056 0 34, 416 0 11,118 Public Works Administration 0 191, 906 0 189, 267 0 2, 639 Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration _ ... 0 398, 500 2, 127, 550 398, 500 2, 127, 550 0 Resettlement Administration . . . 0 254, 100 4, 273, 600 254, 100 4, 273, 600 0 Rural Electrification Administration. 0 562, 713 0 562 713 0 0

Securities and Exchange Commission- 0 i 000 0 i, 000 0 0 Social Security Board ... ... 0 6, 475, 822 153, 001, 849 6, 475, 822 153, 001, 849 0 Works Progress Administration 0 5, 897, 016 375, 473, 235 5, 897, 016 375, 473, 235 0 Total Superintendent of Documents... ... Grand total . . ..

15, 824, 620

3, 605, 869

76, 655, 010

15, 856, 051

713, 239, 116

0

73, 228, 402

16, 100, 432

713, 239, 116

0

19, 251, 228

3, 361, 488

19, 430, 489 92, 511, 061 713, 239, 116 189, 328, 834 713, 239, 116 22, 612, 716

1 This total includes 427,718 copies of departmental and 1,959,098 Superintendent of Documents discarded

obsolete publications, making the actual distribution 86,942,018 publications and 713,239,116 forms, totaling

800,181,134 copies. These figures would be materially increased if there were compliance

with the law which requires that all mailing be done under the direction of the Public Printer.

The centralized distribution plan was incorporated in the Legislative Appropriation Act of 1913, upon the recommendation of the

Commission on Economy and Efiiciency. The Printing Investigation

Commission, w^hich had also considered the subject, took exception to that part which provided for individual distribution through the

Government Printing Office. It was their contention that the transfer

of this kind of distribution to the Government Printing Ofiice would

impair the service and prove more expensive than if the departments

were permitted to handle the distribution on individual requests.

There appears to be no disagreement between those who have made

a study of this centralized distribution plan as to the economies that

might be effected if the distribution were confined to mailing lists and

quantity shipments.

Mailing Lists. The centralization of mailing operations under the

direction of the Public Printer requires the maintenance of mailing

lists for the various departments of the Government, and at the close of the last fiscal year there were 4,460 different lists, w^hich was an 63
increase of 1,071 over the previous year. Changes made during the

year involved the dropping of 58,892 stencils and the addition of

44,097, due to changes of address and the adding of new names to the

list. There are at present 1,889,703 stencils in active use. Libraries. The important problems affecting the libraries may be

grouped under three heads, as follows: (1) To amend the laws relating

to distribution of public documents to depository libraries so as to provide for their receiving all publications issued; (2) to remedy the

defects in depository library legislation; and (3) to remedy the diffi- culties experienced in receiving processed material.

1. To Amend the Laws Relating to Distribution oj Public Documents

to Depository Libraries so as to Provide Jor the Libraries, Receiving

all Publications Issued

H. R. 5471, Seventy-fifth Congress, is a step in the right direction and,

with a few amendments, would meet with the approval of the libraries. It is recognized that the cost would be an important item if all the

libraries elected to accept all the additional publications provided

for in the bill, as it would amount to approximately $60,000. The

cost would actually be materially less, however, as the libraries have

the privilege of making selection, and it is not probable that they

would all decide to accept all of the material in question. The

importance of having this information before considering the bill is apparent and, for this reason, a questionnaire has been sent to the

libraries. When the returns are compiled we will be able to arrive at a rather definite conclusion as to what the added cost would be to the Government. It is believed that only the larger libraries will want this additional material, and as it includes publications of importance which are made available to libraries in foreign countries

through the International Exchange it would seem that the same

privilege should be accorded the more important libraries in this

country.

2. To Remedy the Defects in Our Depository Library Legislation

It is most gratifying to report that real progress is being made in connection with the plans to remedy the defects in depository library

legislation. There is nothing new to add to what has been said in previous reports on the subject which has been under consideration by

the public documents committee of the American Library Association

at their annual conferences for a number of years past.

The present depository system operates on a political and population basis, and gives no consideration to the location of a library or its ability to make the publications available to the public. A check-up

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by means of a questionnaire has been our only method of ascertaining

what use is made of Government pubhcations by the depositories, and

the results have not been satisfactory.

The pubhc documents committee of the American Library Association agrees with this Office that as a basis for any change in the present

law an actual survey of the libraries should be made. At the annual

conference of the association in New York City this year the chairman

of the pubhc documents committee recommended to the executive

board that a survey of all Federal depository libraries be made, and,

further, that this be a field survey and that, if the funds were not

available from the association's budget, the secretary of the American

Library Association attempt to secure them from an outside agency.

The executive board of the American Library Association, at its meeting on June 26, adopted the following:

Voted, that the officers be authorized and instructed to ask necessary funds for a survey of all Federal depository libraries, as recommended by the committee on

public documents, if and when the project has been prepared in detail and ap- proved by this board. The committee on public documents will prepare this project in

detail for submission to the board, but, as it vitally concerns this

Office, we ^\dll be given the opportunity to review it and to make

any suggestions thought proper, so as to make sure that the results of the survey will bring out all the information necessary upon which to base recommendations for a new law governing depository -library

distribution.

3. To Remedy Difficulties Experienced in Receiving Processed Material

The problems of the librarians have not been lessened by the

growth in the amount of processed material issuing from the various

^ departments and establishments of the Government. The main complaint is their difficulty in obtaining copies, and the lack of some assur- ance that copies will be forwarded to the Superintendent of Document's

Office for proper listing in the official catalogs, as required by law.

The resolution of July 15, 1937, adopted by the Joint Committee

on Printing will go a long way toward correcting the omission in our

catalogs, as it directs all departments and agencies of the Government

to furnish our library with one copy of every publication, whether

printed or processed. It further provides that a monthly list of all material printed or processed be sent to the Office of the Superintendent of Documents so that we may have something tangible to check

against for the purpose of making sure that the document catalogs

are complete.

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^JWaintenance Division

The work of the Maintenance Division comprises the general mainte- nance of buildings, including their mechanical and electrical equipment

and all production machinery and equipment except typesetting

machines. This Division aJso operates all power-plant facilities, elevators, conveying systems, and air-conditioning equipment. Building

alterations, installation of new equipment, design and construction

of special equipment, and all engineering problems connected with

the Office are also important parts of the work of the Maintenance

Division.

The several sections and shops performed a total of 96,501 jobs, of

which 58,797 were classed as repairs. The balance of 37,704 comprised

inspections, adjustments, servicing various kinds of equipment, alterations, and new work, including the installation of a total of 45 new

machines. Operating the power-plant facilities, cleaning the buildings, and drafting-room work do not enter into the above count of

jobs performed.

During the year a very considerable amount of old wooden equipment used throughout the Composing Division has been replaced by

steel equipment, which has the advantage of providing more compact

storage of type and at the same time reducing the combustible content

and fire hazard of the buildings. Electric welding equipment recently

installed has made possible the economical construction of a considerable part of this special metal equipment and has also proved itself very valuable in making repairs to broken parts of production machinery, thus avoiding the delays incident to procuring new parts

from manufacturers, or making them.

Improvements have also been made on various machines and equipment in the production divisions, of particular interest being the im-

^ provement of a curved-plate beveling machine for the Platemaking

Division and the attachment of adjustable markers on the plate cylinders of several web presses. An improved squaring-up frame was

designed and built for the Job Composing Section, and a multiple

rotary cutting and slitting machine for special requirements of the

War Department.

In preparation for demolition of the 80-year-old condemned buildings at North Capitol and H Streets, an extensive moving program is under way. The approximately 20,000,000 copies of publications

which comprise the sales stock of the Public Documents Division and

the receiving and shipping section of this Division are being moved

into a leased building at 613 G Street NW.

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Besides the replacement of the 80-year-old condemned buildings,

there is urgent need for replacement of elevators and modernization of the electric wiring in the present main building. The elevators have

been in service 35 years, much of the time operating both day and

night. Since their installation, electric lift trucks have been put into use throughout the Office for hauling paper. The limited capacity of the old elevators seriously limits loads. Worn condition and obsolete

design are further handicaps in their operation and decrease their

safety. Important parts needing replacement can no longer be supplied by their manufacturer. As only a part of the elevators can be

taken out of service at one time and as replacement of all at an esti- mated cost of $288,000 will require more than a year's time, it is very

urgent that an appropriation for this work be provided during the

coming session of Congress.

The electric wiring as installed 35 years ago is obsolete, inadequate,

and far more hazardous than modern wiring. The building was

originally wired for direct current, and, as the new buildings will operate on alternating current, it is highly important both from

efficiency and safety considerations that the 35-year-old system be

modernized. The estimated cost for this work is $102,500.

An appropriation, requested at the last session of Congress to increase the authorization on the new building project to include

these items, failed to pass. The items are necessary and can be

handled to advantage in connection with the new building project.

It is urged, therefore, that an appropriation for this purpose be made

during the next session of Congress,

Under authority of the act approved February 28, 1933 (Pubhc,

No. 381, 72d Cong.), the practice of printing supplementary records

and statistics in the Annual Keport of the Public Printer has been

discontinued, and original copies of such information as has been

prepared are on file for pubhc inspection.

A. E. GlEGENGACK,

Public Printer.

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