Evening star., 1942-10-03

School children who participate, :
Dr. Reed emphasized, will work in
close cooperation with the salvage
organization already handling de-
tails of scrap collection. Block cap
tains will be selected by the prin-
cipals of all junior high schools and
the captains and those assisting
them then will work directly under
the supervision of present area SAL
wage chairmen.
Students who aid the salvage
campaign will undertake house-to-
house canvas, distributing bulletins
and aiding salvage chairmen in
other ways in getting scrap metal
to the neighborhood depots. School
yards will not be used as scrap
depots, as was suggested by the
WPB, DR.. Reed said, but metal
collected by students will be taken
to the 600 established depots.
There will be coincidental edu-
cational campaign in the schools,
when junior high boys and girls join
the drive on Monday to bring in
metal for Americas mills.
Maximum Is Objective.
1t was decided to gear school par
ticipation in the salvage program
closely to the efforts of the Salvage
Committee, DR.. Reed said, pointing
out that our whole purpose is to
get the maximum amount of scrap"
Work Of Junior high school STU
i,, nnl1octiN11 will
not be confined to brief drive"
DR.. Reed pointd out, but will be
continuing program, maintained as
long as the war lasts.
In addition to these student work.
ers, the Districts scrap-collecting
army will be aided by the Sons of
the Legion, Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts
and members of the Safety Patrol,
Mr.. Walker said.
Mr.. Walker yesterday called re-
porters to the Office of Maj. Gen.
F. w. Coleman, governor of Soldiers
Home, to learn and ''let the people
know just what Soldiers Home has
done as regards to salvage" All
sorts of criticism has been voiced to
newspapers and to the Salvage Com
mittee, Mr.. Walker said, because the
3i2 mile fence around the 500 acres
of the Soldiers Home grounds has
not been turned into much-needed
scrap.
Necessity, Not An Ornament.
The reason is. Gen. Coleman
pointed out, that the home is owned
by all soldiers of the Regular Army
and is operated under Federal
trust. so that disposal of the fence
is matter entirely dependent on
any national policy of the admin
stration' Replacement of the
| fence with wood would be costly
matter, and Gen. Coleman asserted
that the fence is necessity, not an
ornament. The Soldiers Home
grounds. he said, require great deal
of policing on account of the many
densely wooded areas.
In spite of this, however he added
/ that he thought the commissioners
of the home would be in the advance
rank. should the administration S
policy advocate removal of such
iron fences.
Already, Brig. Gen. A. o. Seaman
| quartermaster of the home, pointed
out at yesterdays meeting. Soldiers
Home has been in the advance rank
in the salvage program, and will
have turned over to the Navy more
than 2,500,000 pounds of valuable
metal by the time collection is COM
pleted in the near future.
!. The attitude of the commissioners
has been at least four or five months
in advance of any one else in the
country" Gen. Seaman said.
Old Guns Go to War.
Last April, when it was ascertained
that the Navy was short certain
metal needed for Navy Yard opera
ton, Gen Seaman suggested to Gen
Coleman that old guns and cannon
some from the Civil War, but most
from the first World War, be turned
into scrap. Navy experts found the
metal In the guns something vital,
needed at the moment and on May
started cutting them up. Between
May 3 and the last of July. the Nav,
took approximately 1,10O tons o.
scrap from the Soldiers Home-all o.
1t metal that could be used immedi.
ately without being sorted by scrar
dealers or processed by mills.
Later, Gen. Seaman got permis
sion to turn in all obsolete ant
worn-out material at the home ant
this. the last of which should be col
lected by the Navy by this time, vii
add another $50 tons of scrap meta
to the Soldiers Home contribution
Gen. Coleman pointed out tha
the home turned in not only SCRAP
but obsolete materials. A large mum
Der Of brass and copper valves ant
fittings, essential for repairs to tn
homes plumbing system. were In tn
storerooms, for example. Gen. Cole