The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-07

. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

sncially self-supporting. That
in itself is something of record
achievement.
The Wilmette plan was orig
inally the conception of Norman
Altman of the Butler Brothers
Paper Corporation of Chicago.
A thousand civilian defense vol
unteer workers were lined up to
handle the collections on a
monthly basis. To date, a mil
lion and hat pounds of sal
wage have been collected. The
citizens are advised in advance
just what type Of material is de
sired on each collection day and
how il should be piled and pack
ed.
ADVANCE SORTING
When wastepaper is called
for, the townfolk are asked to
separate and put out only the
types OF scrap in demand
newspapers, magazines, brown
wrapping paper bags, corrugat-
ed board or box board, Collec-
tons are thus sorted and pack
ed in advance. eliminating UNI
necessary handling, cuttin 6
down on warehouse require
ments, saving transportation,
saving manpower. The original
nation wide wastepaper collec-
ton begged down completely
because it TANNED the ware
houses, stockpiled papers that
weren't needed. put extra de-
mands on manpoWer and trans
portation.
Commercial and job printers
will soon launch their compalgn
to conserve paper, baslng their
drive on the slogan, Stretch the
Paper which is an old gag IN
every job shop, Every time a
new boy was hired, the old
hands would send the apprentice
over 10 the competitor shop to
borrow the paper stretcher.
Paper being unstretchable and
there being no such thing in eX-
istence as a psrer stretcher, this
was always considered funny. II
isn't funny any more, it's dead
serious. Any way 10 make the
available supply OF paper &c
farther, by cutting down mar
gins or using smaller sheets and
lighter weights, as the book
trade has done, is now an absol-
ute necessity 10 keep all printers
in business.
ANPA'S EFFORTS
The American Newspaper
Publishers Association has been
moving in every direction &c
stretch available supplies OF
newsprint, curtailing editions
limiting circulation, allocating
tonnage, encouraging the cut.
ting Of more u. S. pulpwood &c
relieve the demands on Cana
dian production.
In Canada. which supplies &c
per cent of the u. S. pulpwood
wood-cutting and paper making
are not considered essential in
dustries, so the problem Of in
creasing Canadian production e
meet the increased u. S. demand
is fundamentally lack of man
= power. Transportation short
ages also enter into the picture
The paper industry as whole
is trying TO cut horizontally sc
that all users are cut proportion
ately, and without determination
Of how the paper is finally used
That can't go on forever. Con
tsiners and V-boxes for war ma
terials are essential and, 10 NEE
those demands, paper bags anc
wrapping paper may have 10 go
For printing papers, the problem
is one of avoiding imposition o.
priorities. making the user file Z
lot of applications and prove
that his intended use is essential
That would ruin numerous small
printers. cause lot of confu
sion and be extremely difficult
to administer.
Three congressional commit
tees have been probing the pa
per shortage situation-the Tru
man Defense Contract Commit
tee, the Murray Small Bushes!
Committee and the Boren Inter
state Commerce Subcommittee
Of the House. There will be +;
number Of paper-kindled bon
fires when Congress reconvene!
- IL CnDtnpaLev