Evening star., 1943-09-25
Trucks and "A Boys
Comb Southwest Area
In Waste Paper Drive
Housewives Given Duto
On How to Prepare
Bundles for Collectors

Three trucks and a crew of "a
boys from the Southwest branch of
the Police Boys Club made the
rounds of the Southwest section of
Washington today, collecting bun
dies Of paper, magazines and cor
rugated boxes which have been
saved by householders for the D. c.
Salvage Committees waste paper
drive.
Each truck, with four boys aboard
and two preceding 1t to check the
houses, patrolled portion of the
section for waste paper. Though
results will be unavailable till later
in the day, the Salvage Committee
expected a response comparable to
those Of the Southeast area, in
which 56,546 pounds were salvaged
last Saturday.
James E. Collifiower, chairman of
the District Salvage Committee,
said that preparations were COM
plete to canvass every area OF the
section. The committee expects
that salvage in all districts will be
more productive after the first COL
lection, and hopes to double the
amount collected in each setcion on
the second drive.
Sponsors Named.
The Southwest section of the Dis
trict Salvage Corps is sponsored by
the Jefferson School Parent Teach
er Association, headed by Mrs. John
Allison.
Mrs. Thelma Morgan, Southwest
salvage chairman, said that instruc-
tions to housewives, telling how to
prepare paper for collection, were
distributed throughout the section
by the Boys Club before the drive.
Householders in the Southwest sec
tion were told that the drive will be
held on the last Saturday of every
month in their area. The first Sat-
urday Of the month, collectors will
visit the Northeast area; the second,
Northwest, and the third, South
east.
James A. Maloney, assistant ex-
ecutive secretary of the committee,
said that last weeks collection pro-
duced 10000 pounds more than was
expected.
Mr.. Collihower said that the COM
mittee is intensifying its efforts to
reach every business and industrial
establishment in the District, ap-
pealing for cooperation in the pa
per salvage program.
Labor Shortage Is Problem.
The greatest problem, he added,
is one of manpower shortages, for
businessmen find it difficult to segre-
gate and prepare waste paper for
collection.
Every business establishment in
Washington is potentials source
OF thousands of pounds of critically
needed wastepaper, he continued.
1t remains for these merchants to
answer the call of their Govern
ment in arranging for disposition
Of wastepaper as 1t becomes avail
able.
The Union Station Terminal has
made arrangements to salvage an
proximatelys 100000 pounds OF waste
newspaper, boxes and magazines per
month which accumlates at the sta
ton. Mr.. Colliflower said. The
Capital Transit Co. has set I'D a
program to salvage paper from
streetcars and buses. Oficials esti-
mate that this will add from IS 900
70 10000 pounds per month to the
total
Wilfred H. Blanz, chairman of the
Building and Loan Salvage Adyis-
ory Committee, said that his or
ganization will distribute $4,000
posters and leaflets to depositors
District Chairman Colliflower added
That the Hecht Co. has completed
arrangements to save 100000 pounds
OF wastepaper that formerly was
destroyed, while Lansburgh g. Bros
mas set up a program that will
result in saving of 10000 to N ooo
pounds per month. '''