Evening star., 1943-10-08
Government Raped
Before House Group
For Waste Of Paper
By the Associated Press

Cobrfully illustrated magazines,
printed for the Government on
high-quality paper, today went into
the records Of House committee
which heard testimony that further
drastic cuts in newsprint use are
inevitable.
Harold Boeschenstein, director of
the Production Controls Bureau of
the War Production Board. said re-
serve stocks of wood pulp will be
exhausted by spring and newsprint
mliis already are operating 25 per
cent below capacity because of a
shortage OF raw materials and man.
power.
i would be less than honest" he
told the committee investigating
neWsprint production, IF I didn't
say much more drastic curtailments
Will have to be made"
Waste Declared "CriminaI"
Representative Wolverton, Repub-
hcan, of New Jersey brought. ont
the magazines he said were pub-
hsFed for the co-ordinator of Latin
American affairs, Nelson Rookie
teller. They were printed in several
colors on slick" paper.
1 think it criminal to use paper
like that when the same magazine
could have been made on lighter
paper. The Government sets up one
agency to conserve and. at the same
time, sets up other agencies that
waste"
Chairman BOren said the Treas
ury is "one Of the worst offenders
IN usint paper.
Mr.. BoeschenSteir whose own re-
port to the committee was single
spaced on both sides of inexpensive
paper. testified that production in
Canadian mills is % per cent below
l94l and is Is per cent behind in
United States mills. He said WIPE
is engaged in preparing and issu-
ing further curtailment orders deal
Ing not only with neWspa pers but
also many other varieties of paper
products He did not elaborate,
Living on Inventories.
The WPB official said the rate OF
neWsprlnt use the last year was Dos
slole only because of reserves in the
hands OF publishers and mills. that
we have been living, in part. on
our inventories, at least since 194l.
III the United States and Canada
use pulpwood next year at the pres
ent rate without increasing the sup
ply to mills he predicted a 25 per
cent shortage for 1914.
Mr.. BoeSchenstein said paper salv-
age campaigns have been organized
and efforts have been made to have
Woodsmen given draft deferment as
essential workers in an effort to
step up production in paper mills.
Mr.. Wolverton termed the plans
"embryonic" and declared. This is
not a new problem. vet it doesn't
seem as if anything has actually
oeen done about it. Would YOU say
the newsprint situation is worse
than it has been?"
Situation Definitely Worse"
Definitely worse" replied Mr.
Boeschenstein.
Well. what actually has been
done? 1t seems to me there's been
an awful lot Of talk. but what's been
done about it? 1t doesn't seem to
me anything's been done comparable
with the seriousness of the situa-
ton"
Mr.. Boeschenstein said WPB is
using its best efforts to get all the
manpower we can into the wood
pulp and paper industries. but we
90 have constantly thrown at us
the statement that some Sunday
newspapers are so big YOU can
hardly carry them home
Mr.. Wolverton then waved sew
eral elaboratelv printed Govern
ment publications and remarked
L know you're interested in all the
facts. Look at these Think OF
this, compared with the paper news
papers are using.
Look at the type space and beau
tiful margins. Look a. the beautiful
printing
He opened one magazine to a two
page picture Of President Roosevelt
then tipped over to similar picture
Of Vice President Wallace with the
observation, "Nobodys been over
looked"
Mr. Boeschenstein said steps are
being taken to regulate Government
printing