Evening star., 1943-11-10
Press Will Sponsor
Waste Paper Drive
Al Nelson S Request


Newspapers of the country will
sponsor and engage in a wastepaper
collection campaign at the request of
Donald M. Nelson, chairman OF the
War Production Board, it was an
nounced yesterday by Linwood I.
Noyes, president of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association.
Edwin S. Friendly. general man
ager of the New York Sun, has been
named chairman of the associations
committee In charge of the cam
paign. The new wastepaper drive
will be the third response on the
part of newspapers to Mr.. Nelson's
appeals for scrap materials.
This time the job is to gather
sufficient waste paper SO equip
ment and supplies can continue to
60 to the fighting forces overseas
as we'll as supply cartons and con-
tainers for essential civilian sup
plies" Mr.. Noyes said.
Mr.. Friendly has accepted the
and Is expected to an
nounce soon the members of the
newspaper committee. Within
short time Mr.. Friendly will send
an outline of the program for
gathering waste paper. pointing
out that first the collection facil-
tiles in every city and community
must be perfected so as to handle
the movement OF waste paper
promptly when 1t is supplied by
the public
Text Of Nelson Appeal.
The text of the telegram from
Mr.. Nelson to President Moves fol-
lows:
For the third time since Pearl
Harbor I am calling upon the news
papers OF America to help the War
Production Board overcome raw
material shortage which threatens
to slow down our war production
and the delivery of equipment and
supplies to our fighting forces over
seas, as we'll as cartons and con-
tainers for essential civilian sup
plies. American newspapers re-
sponded paJriotically to my appeal
for their support in obtaining scrap
metal with their tremendously sue
cessful Newspapers United Scrap
Metal Drive. They are now en-
gagged in successful campaign
to increase pulpwood production
through their 1900 local newspa-
per pulpwood committees. I now
ask their backing TO. overcome
shortage Of waste paper, the war
material from which many imple-
ments of war are made.
Plants Shut Down.
"A number of plants are shut
down or curtailed for lack of waste
paper. Millions Of paperboard con-
tainers carrying food, ammunition
and equipment are being shipped
overseas weekly to American and
Allied forces. Waste paper is one
OF the chief raw materials from
which these containers are made.
1t also is used in the manufacture
Of bomb bands, shell protectors
and containers, airplane signals,
parachute flares. ammunition chests
and a great many other weapons
of war.
Our need today for wastepaper is
greater than ever because of the
shortage Of pulpwood for making
paper. Conversely. the total amount
available for salvage is less because
OF the greatly increased quantities,
in the form of packages and pack
ing. which are going overseas, moy>
OF which cannot be returned. We
are now collecting at the rate of
approximately 100000 tons of
wastepaper annually out of a po-
tential salvable tonnage of about
100000. If we can boost collec-
tions to an annual 5000 ,00O- -ton-rate
there will be no shortage.
Steady Flow Needed.
Every household and industrial
plant Is source of old newspa perS.
magazines, paper bags. cartons and
other forms of wastepaper. The
great free press of our country can
perform patriotic service and avert
this crisis by encouraging and stim-
ulating the salvaging of this raw
material now being destroyed. With
the newspapers behind this cam
pa1gn we can assure steady flow of
WaStepaper into the paperboard
mills and consequently the produc-
ton Of enough containers and other
OF war to meet the vital
needs of our armed forces. This is !
a challenge to the newspapers of
America which I am confident they
will accept