Evening star., 1927-07-28
NEW DOLLAR BILLS
READY BY JULY, 28
Hall Tells Rotarians of DIFF.
ficuIties in ProductionVf
Altered Size.

A sufficient number of the new size
one-dolar notes will be printed by
July /, 1928, to replace the entire
issue of one dollar bills now in circula-
tion in spite of the fact that the plates
from which they will be struck are
not yet engraved, Alvin w. Hall.
director of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, said yesterday in an
address before the luncheon meeting
of the Rotary Club in the Willard
Hotel.
The new notes will be put into
circulation as rapidly as the Treasury
receives the present notes, Mr.. Hall
said, so that during 1928 two sizes of
paper notes will be in use throughout
the country. At present, the director
OF the bureau explained. efforts are
being put forth to print the one
dollar denomination first since it con-
stitutes GO per cent of the paper cur
rency. The larger denominations in
the new size will be printed as soon
after the "one's" are circulated as
technical limitations will permit, he
said.
Confusion on Size.
Declaring that considerable con.
fusion exists in the public mind as 10
the dimensions of the new bills, Mr..
issue of paper currency will be
approximately one-third smaller than
the present issue. The exact size. he
said, is two and eleven-siXteenths
inches wide and six and five-sixteenths
inches long. The present size of the
bills is three and one-eighth inches by
seven and seven -siXteenths inches.
In his talk on the bureau and Its
work, Mr.. Hall characterized the
plant as q model industrial establish
ment which is an ideal argument
against the prohibition of manufacture
ing plants in the District of Columbia.
The bureaus roll carries 5.100 en-
ployes, of which 1900 are women. with
an annual pay roll of SS,000.000, he
said. Forty trades are represented by
the employees of the bureau. its. d.
rector explained. and he added, with
the exception of one smoke stack no.
body would know from outward ap.
pearances that anything was being
done there"
Urges More Employment.
MIR. Hall reviewed briefly the con-
ditions which arise from enforced cut
ing of the bureaus personnel. Many
workers with large families live in
Washington depending upon the
trades for their livelihood, and when
the bureau is forced to discharge
some of it's trade workers they have
no other plants in which they can seek
employment, and consequently. since
they cannot move their families away
without financial suffering, the dis
charged men enter less lucrative and
even mental fields of endeavor.
80 why not invite other industries
to come here and compete with us
and give Washington men of the
trades their rightful employment"
Mr.. Hall asked.
In his discussion of the new size
for currency, Mr.. Hall told of the me-
chanical difficulties in making such an
apparently simple change. New plates |
have to be engraved, new presses have
to be installed, or at least new modes |
of printing the smaller sizes on the |
same size paper sheets have to be in |
stituted, new methods for numbering
the bills have to be worked out and
countless other problems involving
technical difficulties have to be solved.
Once completed, however, the director
explained to the Rotary Club, saw
ing of s2.0O0,0 900 is expected to be ef-
fected for the Government.
Flood Relief Work.
Other speakers on the Rotary Clubs |
program included Robert Summer
vile of Cleveland, Miss, and Law !
renee S. Akers of Memphis, who told
of the conduct of the flood relief in
the Mississippi River Valley. Both |
speakers expressed the gratitude of |
the, flood sufferers to those who con. |
tributed money through the Red Cross |
for relief. Mr.. Summerville told Of his |
town Of 1000 caring for 1000 refugees |
thrust upon it within IL hours. and
Mr.. Akers, immediate past district |
governor Of the sixteenth district of |
Rotary, said that $4,000 had been
contributed by Rotary Clubs through |
his relief office alone. This sum in
cluded 500 contribution from the |
Rotary Club at Kyoto, Japan.
Entertainment for the luiicheon was |
provided by Miss Pauline Loria, who
sang several solos and played instru. |
mental solos upon the violin, saxo.
phone and banjo-ukulele. Miss Edith |
Reid was her accompanist.