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Health Protection Presents Objective Under Defense

Magee. surgeon general of the Army;
DR.. Thomas Parran, surgeon gen.
eral of the Public Health Service;
DR.. Lewis H Weed. chairman of the
Division of Medical Sciences of the
National Research Council. and Rear
Admiral Ross T. McIntire, surgeon
general of the Navy.
As co-ordinator, Mr.. McNutt's eX-
perience as Federal Security admin
istrator should be invaluable, for
most of the agencies under his di-
rection are closely related with the
fields of health and welfare. They
include the Social Security Board,
the United States Public Health
Service, the Civilian Conservation
Corps, the National Youth Admin
istration, the Office of Education and
the Food and Drug Administration.
Lacks Blueprints.
Mr.. McNutt pointed out that, un-
like some other phases of the ma
tional defense program, the health
and welfare activities cannot start
with detailed specification or "blue-
prints"
Defective material in machine
construction" he said, "can be de-
tected and complete blueprints can
be drawn for the most complicated
mechanism. But no blueprints were
attached to the order creating the
post of health and welfare co-ordi-
nator. For, in this particular pro-
gram Of defense, such procedure is
neither possible nor desirable. In
this Nation we are not content to
Junk the human material which is
below standard and most emphat-
ically we cannot afford to waste
what may be brought up to standard.
This health and welfare work will
require careful planning. close CO.
ordination, intelligent leadership and
unity-not only national unity,
which stands ready to defend those
institutions which we would pre-
serve, but a unity of community
purpose in obtaining assurances
that the individual community is
doing it's share to reach our ma
tional objectives.
The Federal and State govern
mentS will, of course, assist the 10
calities in every possible way to
attain these ends. But, if we believe
in democracy, if we believe in the
ability of local communities to meet
local problems, then we have i'm
mediately ahead of us test of the
capacity Of local government to de-
velop within a national framework
a plan by which this aspect of the
national defense program may sue
cessfully meet the challenge Of the
prowl1ng war lords"
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"We have made a beginning in
attempting to solve this problem
through the Department of Agri-
cultures food-stamp plan. What
is needed in this emergency is an
intensive national drive, with per-
haps rigid scientific controls, to use
the food we have to improve the
fitness of our man power"
The Health and Medical Commit
tees recreation plan, Mr.. McNutt
continued, sis to work with local
communities faced with recreation
al problems arising out of the de-
fense program through the Division
of State and Local Cooperation of
the National Defense Advisory Com
mission. The functions of q recre-
alton program are to lay out the
opportunities so that community
members can, in a democratic fash
ion, select the type of recreation
they wish by free choice"
Mr.. McNutt's coordination SUI
pervision group has already named
subcommittee to deal with indi-
vidual problems in the fields of
disqualification, medical education
dentistry, industrial health and
medicine, nursing and Negro health.
When reports are received from
these subcommittee, the Health and
Medical Committee then can launch
its unified program.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
By James Free.

Within a few weeks little pub
licized yet crucially important part
of the Nations preparedness pro-
gram will begin unified operations
on a scale of great magnitude.
This or any other description of
the projected coordination of all
health and welfare activities af-
fecting national defense must nee
essarily be indefinite at this time.
For the program is still in the
process Of formulation, and even
when it's outline has been drawn, it
cannot be filled in in rigid detail,
because it deals primarily with hu-
man materials.
Already the National Defense
Commissions Health and Medical
Committee has begun its task of CO.
ordinating health, medical, welfare,
nutrition. recreation and other re-
lated activities: it is working under
supervision of Paul v. McNutt, Fed
eral Security Administrator, who
only a few weeks ago was designat-
ed "co-ordinator of the work.
Some of the specific problems that
confront the committee and which
it is now busy with are:
Provision of sanitary and health
services around mobilization areas
and defense-industry sections.
Rehabilitation of persons subject
to the Selective Service Act. but re-
jected because of correctible physi-
cal defect or disease.
Meeting potential demands for
medical material for military and
civilian use.
And instigating research projects
Of acute interest to national de-
fense.
OF a more general nature are the
problems of malnutrition and recre-
alton.
Malnutriti0n Serious.
Malnutrition is widespread and
serious, according to reports re-
ceived by Mr.. McNutt. And this
condition exists" he said, "in spite
of the fact that there is an ap-
parent surplus of those foods in
which the dietary of SO many is
defcient-milk and milk products
citrus fruits. green vegetables and
meat. Undernourishment, lack OF
energy, lowered production and lost
efficiency follow one another as
night follows day. 1t is perfectly
obvious that whatever detrimental
ly affects the efficiency and pro-
ductivity of our workers materially
hampers and handicaps us in our
defense preparations and lowers the
stamina of the Nation as whole
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Among activities already begun
that will fit readily into a co-ordi-
mated plan is the Public Health
Services assignment of nine special
lists to assist with sanitation and
disease problems around military
camps One public health officer is
designated to each of the nine Army
corps areas to work with Army sur
geons and to act as liaison officers
in matters involving State and local
health departments.
Research Projects.
The Public Health Service also has
under way research projects on new
Sulfanilamide products, a vaccine to
protect against yellow fever, and new
synthetic drugs with anti-malarial
properties that will make the United
States independent of the Dutch East
Indies quinine supply. (Some ex-
perts have estimated that the
amount of Quinine now in this coun-
try, if not replenished, would be ex-
hausted in two years.
For assurance as to soundness and
thoroughness Of any proposals the
Health and Medical Committee
might make, one has only to study
the names and positions Of those
comprising the group. They are DR..
Irwin Abel of Louisville, KY, former
president Of the American Medical
Association; Maj. Gen. James c.
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Gigantic Task of Moving In Has Been
Taxing for Personnel in Busy Year

ment worked out. production work
begins at the top of the building,
with planning, composition. plate
making and presswork progressing
downward. When the paper enters
the new building it moves up to the
pressroom, and from there it moves
horizontally across convenient
bridges to bindery sections, located
to correspond with the press section
from which each receives most OF its
work After bindery operations are
completed the work goes down If 1t
is to be delivered to a recipient i'm
mediately, or upward if it goes to the
superintendent Of documents for
mailing or storage.
First Floor Plan.
A brief description of the new
building may be given, to convey a
picture of the location of the various
printing operations.
In the basement is the power
plant, and also stored paper and
plates.
The first floor has the main en-
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Greatest Printing Plant World Takes Model Quarters Washington

Right: The ne,D Govern
ment Printing Office, located
at H and North Capitol streets,
adjoining the old building, the
greatest plant of its kind on
earth.
Left: Monotype Heyboards
In operation In the ne,o build
ting. Holes are being punched
IN paper ribbons, aohich 1oiH
actuate the casting machines.
Belo,p: The ne,D masthead
of the Congressional Record,
the most impressive and ia
nous publication OF the Gou-
ernment Printing Office. Be-
ginning 1Dith the present ses-
sion of Congress, the Record
had its face lifted. After Sep
eral years OF effort, a ne1o
Jormat to the pages OF this
publication now greets Amert-
cans. Instead of t1Uo columns
of print to the page, there are
noW three columns, 7Dhich Is
better from the standpoint OF
ocular hygiene. This and
other refnements haze been
introduced, and the ne,D
"Streamlined" Congressional
Record should render Uncle
Sans leading publication TAR
more popular.
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tipping, plating lookup section, hand
section, Linotype section and metal
melting and metal storage. The
seventh floor houses photoengraving,
casting and correcting, Monotype
keyboard, main proofroom and office
of the superintendent of compo-
sition. The eighth and top floor
contains the executive Offices of the
public printer, telephone switch
board and apprentice section.
The old 1903 building will con-
Evening star., 1941-01-12

trance lobby, guards office, paper
storage, sheet cutting, paper issuing,
power plant and battery charging.
The second floor contains the Office
of the superintendent of stores and
traffic manager, offset and tabu-
lating machines, card section, offset
camera and platemaking, roller
making and storage and paper
storage.
The third floor contains the job
composing and job press sections,
Evening star., 1941-01-12

the job composing proofroom and
plate vault Office. The fourth floor
houses the main pressroom and its
Superintendent's office. The fifth
floor contains the emergency hos
pital, superintendent of platemak-
ing, finishing section, wood-block-
ing, record press and title page and
patent section.
The sixth floor has such mis-
cellaneous operations as electrotype
molding, electrotype plating, stereo-
Evening star., 1941-01-12

Washington Post Office nearby. An
underground belt conveyor transmits
the mailSacks containing the Con-
greSsional Record directly from the
Government Printing Office mailing
machines at the printing plant to
the post Office.
The Congressional Record Is
printed on three 64-page rotary web
presses, all plates being curved
stereotype, and the machines have
a capacity peak of $4,000 copies
per hour, each possessing special
pasting and wire-stapling equipment.
AS many as $4,000 mail sacks are
required annually to hold the output
of the Congressional Record.
The bill for the Congressional
Record is in itself quite an item and
will vary considerably from year to
year. depending upon the length of
the session. In 1887 there were
4,318,272 copies of the Congressional
Record printed. requiring 2l,228 type
pages, and 32,472 volumes were
bound, all costing s4O3. 1893. Charges
for paper, alterations, rush and
overtime work increased this figure
to S499 ,972. The Congressional Rec
ord for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1899, ran up a bill of $3.50 ,321.80.
The calendar year 1910 will probably
see record outlay. with perhaps
the longest continuous session Of
Congress in history.
During the first session Of the
Seventy-SiXth Congress 1939) some
1928 pages were printed for the
Congressional Record, an average of
98.6 pages per issue. For the last
week the Record ran to I'LL pages,
an all-time high for any one week.
In this session of Congress Senate
proceedings consumed 5,276 pages
and House proceedings 5,949 pages,
while the appendix and miscel-
laneous took 5,038 pages. This
printing neCeSSitated the prepara-
ton of almost $500 curved stereo-
than 1000 tons of paper-all new
American history to be a part of
the permanent record.
Has New Formal.
Beginning in 1941 the Congress
sional Record had its face lifted.
After several years of effort a new
format to the pages of this grand
old publication greeted Americans.
Instead of two columns of print to
the page, which are somewhat cum
bersome to the eye, there are three
columns, which is much better from
the standpoint of ocular hygiene.
Other refinements will be intro
duced and the new "streamlined"
Congressional Record should rem
der Uncle Sans leading publication
far more popular.
To operate the gigantic printing
plant the Government Printing
Office had a personnel at the end
of the fiscal year of 1899 of 5,544. a
far cry from the 300 employees work.
ing in the first plant in 1861. World
War peak employment was 5,307 in
1918, so the personnel today repre-
sents an expansion due to increasing
demands for printing by the de-
partments and establishments.
The printing industry is fifth in
the United States in the number
of wage earners and first in number
of establishments. And in the Ma
tional Capital printing ranks as the
very first industry, fact that can
not be said of any other city OF
comparable size. Washington boasts
some 375 printing houses, publishers
and duplicating services. But above
them all towers the Government
Printing Office, dedicated to print.
ing-the art preservative Of the arts.
Evening star., 1941-01-12

tain the huge cafeteria, facilities for
binding pamphlets and books and
other portions for storage, receiving,
shipping, mailing and recreation,
Another addition will continue to
house the Office of the superintend-
ent of documents, the library, sales
Office and accounts division and
some storage.
The new building, known officially
as Annex Building No. g." has a
gross area Of 564 ,639 square feet and
an overall cost of s5,O26,O0O, the site
being previously owned.
Reduced Cost.
The copies of printed matter de-
hvered to the various departments
and agencies have increased 65 per
cent during the fve-year period
1858 over the previous quinquen-
mum, but the production cost of the
increase of IS per cent has been
only 13 per cent. Stated differently
the manufacturing cost per 1000
copies in the period 1930-34 was
$500 and the corresponding figure
for 1859 was s207.
Among the more than $4,000 tons
of printed matter completed an
nually under the Government Print
ing Office imprint, a few jobs stand
out because of their uniqueneSS or
because of the production difficulties
presented for solution. They may
be mentioned here to give some idea
of the versatility of the mechanical
equipment and training of the en-
ployes.
A good example of speed of pro-
duction was offered in the printing
of the Social Security Hearing con-
solidated. This hearing in 1889 con-
sisted of three volumes totaling
2,724 pages and four maps, which
required ITS signatures and a total
of 1925 $50 press impressions. Within
"a hours after going to press early
on May "a, 1889, complete signatures
were delivered to the bindery, en-
abling the Government Printing
Office to meet the delivery request
by Congress for May 25, 1889.
One of the bulkiest jobs was print
ing the United States Statutes at
Large" which amounted to $3.50
volumes, with 1920 pages, and had
to be bound by hand. After these
books had been backed the boards
were laced on with three strings and
then, after headbanding, backlining
and banding were covered in full
buckram.
Undoubtedly the most impressive
and famous publication of the Gov
ernment Printing Office is the Con-
gressional Record, which in 1910 has
run 20 volumes and 10000 pages.
"The cold print of the Congressional
Record" as the President once
phrased it, has filed more than
$50 bulky volumes since 1878: source
volumes of American history.
Printing of Record.
The printing of the Congressional
Record is in itself herculean task,
since it must be in the mail every
morning by 8 o'clock regardless of
whether it consumes 25 pages or
$50 pages-and often the copy is
held up until well past midnight.
After the copy has been received
from the Capitol Building it must
be prepared for the machine op-
orator, proofread, paginated, curved
stereotype plates prepared and
10000 copies or more printed, folded,
stitched, wrapped for mailing, ad-
dressed and delivered to the main
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once prescribed by Law was administered
to them by the Vice President.
The legislative clerk called the names
OF Mr.. GERRY, Mr.. Guilty.. Mr.. JOHNSON
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Senate

,BuNKfH, appointed by the Governor OF
the State of Nevada to I'LL the vacancy
created by the death Of our late beloved
colleague. Key Pittman, Of Nevada. Is IN
Evening star., 1941-01-12

The Sd day Of January being the
day prescribed by the Constitution Of the
United States for the annual meeting Of
Congress, the first session Of the Seventy
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-17

AseeS1.1el yssq psessss Wssse
oBER1I6Y. CAIN, Ian. IT,
An Amsftean naval reserve INIT
stood b. today aNwoitins moAtIs
izatjoa orders for On sttsck on
the virus Of influenza
Although the nsvy REGULARLY
partieipetes In research work Of
many kinds. officers said this
probably was the first time .
naval unit ever had been called
into active service specifically
for . Job OF that nature.
Twenty scientists make up the
detail. which constitutes labor.
atory research unit No. ! Of he
naval reserve. Il will have The
backing not only Of the navy
department but also Of the Reck.
efellss Foundation for Medical
Rseeegeh and the Univerytty q
cAlifoenjs Medical School.
In Washington Secretary Knox
Disclosed the plan In reporting
that the navy would cooperate
with the Rockefeller organisa.
Hon- md university III the
undertaking.. Officers here said
mobilization orders were OK.
peeted moansntasily.
Oh. A.. p. Kruger, Of the med
zeal school. who heads the unit
with thA yonk q eonmandof.
said the group would test the
efficacy ~ the new iufluenxs
vaccine produced b. tAe Rookie
feller Foundation, using naval
personnel for The operation.
University facilities were maAe
available for Tie work.
This viii sive in&1usnsa r.
search N advantageous new
start, sinee ths QstoGnatisoa o..
eratious of <As navy WIN pess6jt
The Scientists 10 uA6ertoko utoro
sxaeting shs6iee thaN would -
possible under oSdinsry eondj.
tens.
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peoxtnately aielat
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-17
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-17

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26

Qualifying play In the ip>i To-
coma public links championship
viii begin Monday 81 nfochdsis
course
There wiii bs 10 holss AZ match
play and tao rot,nds must have
hesn oompistsa by sunday eve.
May Z. II The sontsstan, 10 IN -
siigibls for medals, composition.
Championship. FIRST ard third
flights Nlll sh.ot firm scratch IN
the final play. The fest ell -
three quarters handbag.
ntls finals cell Tor - soiss n
The Top ara first flights, - boiss
IN the ether nsasis
Two mors rosisds must ~ sosn-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26
Army Beckons
To Schimlinq
Trucker Catcher
Ordered to Report

Johnny Heinrich doesn't believe
in spooks but he knows Tire army
VII get'chs II you don't watch out
me army was reaching out for
the rseonns Truckers No. I
catcher. Hal Sehlmlins. Friday.
ard Manager Heinrich wssr I
happy.
whether the army all &c,
Schiniling for keeps or deter him
should Re figured by Sunday. but
Heinrich said he viii count On
using George Thoriefsen. Pacific
Lutheran gridder. behind the plate
when his Truckers tsnsie with
olympiss senators in Olympia
this Sunday afternoon.
Schiuiing IL hopeful Of re-
manning with the Truckers "
stationed IT Fort Lewis. but
Of course. the generals decide
that. not Manager Heinrick.
rhorliefsen may not be quite A.
rood as sehimling At throwing but
hi. hitting and aggressive hus,lins
will enable Heinrich n make the
change without weakening his
team.
II the army takes schimhns
away from Fort Lewis. tn. Truck
er. viii ne in the market for an
additional catcher.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26
Carbaro. Jensen
TO Sail Lake

San vuAnCeafO n naa
rysnsiseo nsais to-day ssss rps1be
fssshsss nos Jscssn and nem Gar
hsrs n eais Lars raty siss a ~
rsnssss isAgsss ~ ssasnssRG
jsnsse. . e-yene-ee1 Mi VAL
Icy y~sssh Win . siAsisg FEST ssIi.
spsss ~ ie>s spasnn wssn ~
scala wsnsssa sws esass sa1
losing shfss. Ne sIss participated
IN two games Inc yess. Manager
f~fty opsal ssrt<ed - ssssss1
moro regular wost. fiasnasD u :
sevshpsw whs sAS~ss pssmsns II
spstau tsainiaG.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26
Mig Borleske
In Air Crack

LA GRANDE. Ore.-Nis Por-
leske Of Wslla wslla. district
Rotary governor and Whitman
college athletic director, WAS in
jured late last night when a plane
In which he was riding crashed
into an obstruction along the air
port runway here.
r. Z. Lamdt. pilot of the light
plane, was also injured.
Borleske suffered facial lac
erations and . fractured nose,
while the pilot also suffered
broken nose.
Borleske was here for a special
Rotary meeting and WAS return
ing 10 Walls Walla. The plane
apparently started out on the run
way on the wrong side and hit an
old truck bed. The plane was
damaged.
The two men returned To Walla
Walls by auto this morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26
Two Old Licenses

Toughy sehasffer. the news
boy A. lith and Broadway
the little guy with IN. big voice.
went rummsging through a clos
81 In an apartment At sth and I
streets. south.
And came up with fNo pea
green linen game licenses issusf
In Crsys Hsrbor county In 1871
=. 10 years ago.
They were issued 10 HShsrt
Motisu. then 10. now zone
and his youngest son, rddle.
th~n 10. .tiii hunting and fish-
Ing.
The apartment in which the
license. sere found was orig
insily the MoitAa apartments.
The elder Eottsu xsH a Ia
coma pioneer. a hunter and fish
sr from MA early days IN la
coma. then a tiny hamlet buried
within vast acreage Of fir trees
acreage that spsnns1 in
every direction a. far as The
eye could ses
Robert Nottsu vas among tho
Tscomsns who first bought bsss.
large and small mouth both. 70
transplant In some - cur LAKES.
Anyway. what intsrsstsf this
corner IN particular were the
seasons even thoss snort 10
years ago -.
Trout January % DE-
oernb>r 81
Deer all Of October.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26

To Old Bald

Old Bald Mountain will be the
peak for conquest when Tacoma
Mountsineerr hike from Irish cabin
at the Carbon river entrance of
the Rainier National park. this
week end
The peak is north Of the Car
bon river and of the park boun-
dairy, and affords view not only
of Mount Rainier and its surround
ing peaks but also Of the valleys
and lowlands OF Puget Sound.
On clear DAYS Tacoma NAV
Be seen from its summit. At
this season the climb IL on
snow and good giissading 10
expected.
Seattle Nountsineers have q
Ski tour scheduled 10 Ptsrmigan
ridge on the northwest SIDE Of
Mount Rainier and will join the
Tacoma crowd overnight ~ Irish
cabin IN share IN. usual evening
81 dancing and FUN.
Fourteen Tscoman's have mad.
reservations for the we.k end ~
the cabin Leo Gallagher will
lead the climb.