Evening star., 1942-10-19
Newspapers Ready
To Speed Drive for
Industrial Scrap
Konsus Leeds Stotes in
General H. Day Metal
Salvage Campaign
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-The Ma
tlon's newspapers-fresh from lead
ing the countrywide metal salvage
drive which ended in most States
Saturday-turned today to plans for
helping the Government gather
heavy Industrial scrap.
Kansas, with an estimated total
collection so far of 81 ,372 tons for an
average of 81 pounds per person, led
the A reporting States which al
ready have announced combined
salvage of 2,753,S75 tons for a person
average of 469 pounds.
But these figures will be revised
upward in the days ahead for sew
eral reasons and may change some
standings of the States.
While the general drive was 81
day effort which began September
%, in some States it started earlier
and In some later and returns still
were pouring in here at the Office
OF the newspapers United Scrap
Metal Drive Committee.
Donald M. Nelson, War Production
Board chief who late last week
described the newspaper drive as a
wonderful job," stressed the con-
tlnued need for industrial scrap. and
Committee Chairman Richard w.
Slocum said:
Mr.. Nelson asked the
newspapers to help the War Produc-
ton Board in its own intensive drive
for Industrial scrap. Plans for ef-
fective aid in that drive are now
being formulated"
The plans may be announced this
week.
r~ Democracy in Action.
Mr.. Slocum described the drive as
democracy at its best in action
and added:
while such a tremendous job, to
be done in a hurry, needed strong
Nationwide leadership which the
newspapers supplied, the success
achieved would not have been pos
sible without the spontaneous ral-
lying Of the people of the country
under that newspaper leadership.
Almost overnight newspapers
made the Nation acutely scrap
conscious, millions of people all
oyer the country Immediately re-
sponded, working hard, giving long
hours.
Newspapers all over the country
gave without stint of their time,
materials and resources. Newspaper
staffs eagerly sought the assignment
and worked without regard to hours,
glad to do something to aid so di-
rectly the men who are risking their
lives for us. ="
. "One thing everyone should keep
IN mind is that the need for scrap
is continuing one. It will last
IS long as the war lasts. Every
available pound of metal is needed.
People everywhere should take
another look, and whatever they
find which is needed on the scrap
pile should be gotten there. Local
charities and civic organizations in
many instances will be glad to have
1t, or it can always be sold to the
junk dealers. Either way, it will
do It's job"
Ranking Of Other States.
Here were the other states ranked
behind Kansas in the committee
standings, according to estimated
collections, with pounds per person
listed first and then by tonnage:
Delaware: 90.1-12,o26; Pennsylva-
mia: 85.7-424,2 ,26O; Montana: 85.3-
23,818; Rhode Island: 729-26,000;
Nevada: 70.3-3,870; New York: 687
-462,898; Vermont: 673-12,0s3; +;
Massachusetts: 672-145,000; Utah:
66.5-18,306; California: 65.1-225,-
000 New Hampshire: 64-15, ,752;
Maine: 637-27,0O0; Oregon: sos
32,459; Colorado: 592-33,314; Con-
necticut: 58.6-5O,OOO; Ohio: So
100000; Texas: 534171 ,325; Ne
braska: 58.2-34,753; Arizona: Al
11,745; Virginia: 468-62 sos; New
Mexico: 466-12,4o0; Minnesota
464-56,749; Iowa: 44456,211; Ok
lahoma: 42.3-47, ,046; North Dakota: /:
422-13,559; Tennessee: Also, SOB !:
Maryland: 33.5-3O,556; Georgia: 80
$4,000; South Dakota: 307-9,750;
Wisconsin: 287-44,574; Michigan:
285-75,000; Missouri: 264-49 $50;
Alabama: 246-34,854; Kentucky:
181-25,774; West Virginia: 155-
14,795; North Carolina: 15.3-27,402
Louisiana: 11.8-14,000; Washing
ton: 11.2-9,720; Florida: 107-1O,-
129; Idaho: 76-2,0O0 Mississippi: +:
7.6-S.261: New Jersey: 69-l4.429: