The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

 help you, but definitely. You will never forget the day you read here how easy it is to get your mail ans- wered within thre days after re- ceipts of same, banishing all your cares.
 In one easy lesson it tells here how the efficiency experts in the Department of State figured out system whereby the Secretary of State could get his mail answered without forgetting.
 It seems that some months ago the Secretary's office was having real trouble getting his mail ans wered. A letter would come in which the Secretary himself couldn't reply to because he didn't know the ans wer, or was over at the White House or something.
 WHEN EXPERTS GET TOGETHER
 So the efficiency experts got to- gether and devised system to rem edy all this. They issued an "Ad- ministration of Communications Addressed to the Secretary of State" which stated:
 To all communications selected for control will be stapled four seri- ally numbered control cards (yellow, blue, red and green) of which the original (white) is retained in the Secretary's office and on the stub of which appears the following: The Secretary wishes an immediate ac- Acknowledgement made of this com- munication if a reply cannot be sent within three days
 Next comes instructions on Pro cedure''
 q. Yellow card. Immediately on receipt of the communication in the division or office to which rout- ed for action, the entry only on the yellow card (Date received will be completed, but firmly written so that carbon impression will be re- corded on the underlying blue, red and green cards. Send the yellow card at once to the Secretary's office.
 g. Blue card. If it is seen by the responsible action officer that a reply cannot be sent in three days, he will prepare an acknowledgment immediately and enter the date of the acknowledgement on the blue card (which carbon impression on the underlying red and green cards) detach and send the blue card at once to the Secretary's office and the acknowledgement to CR." MORE FUN
 THAN STUD POKER
 CR, in case you don't know, is Communications and Records Office. Isn't this fascinating? More fun than stud poker or Authors. Read on:
 8. Red Catd. When the respon- sible action officer has prepared an appropriate reply to the communi- cation he will complete the entries on the red card (Date answered. ) and (Reply routed through ); De- tach the red card and esnd it inn mediately to the Secretarys office (Room 28D and forward the reply with the original communication to which the green card is attached to the interested division or directly to CIR as the case may be.
 A. Green card. The Division of Coordination and Review will de- tach the green card after stamping in the (Date mailed) and send the green card to the Secretary's office, room 284."
 "(Signed)
 Raymond H. Geist, Chief
 Division of Central Services. Approved: Harry M. Kurth,
 Acting Director,
 Office of Departmental Admin
 istration."
 See how easy it is to get your mail answered in three days? Just fill out four cards (but firmly) and att tach to letter when received. Send yellow card to Gran-maw's, blue card to the police station, red card to the fire department and the green card
 Oh, just drop the green card in the garbage pail for the waste paper drive and walk, don't run, to the nearest pSychiatric ward.