Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07


Takoma Park. Md. It does 8 COM
plete Job Of editing. art work.
design. type setting. printing and
binding. It has about 275 en-
ployes and does an annual busi-
ness Of around $3.5 million. About
so per cent Of its business is in
books and the other 30 per cent,
In periodicals.
Catholic Publications.
The National Catholic Welfare
Conference does some Of its own
printing. but most Of it Is done
In commercial plants here.
About 10000 pieces Of printed
matter are sent out each year.
In addition, the National Cath
ole Community Service distrib-
utes about 500.O 900 pamphlets and
leaflets a year.
The Community Service pub
fishes. under the title Greetings,
q 50-page pamphlet Of advice to
the young man going into the
armed services. It sells about
$1,000 q year. And there are
monthly publications for the
National Councils Of Catholic
Men and Catholic Women.
The National Cathedral As
ISOLATION at the Washington
Cathedral Episcopal) publishes
Cathedral Age. a quarterly with
. circulation Of 10000. It is
distributed throughout this
country and In Canada. with
some copies going abroad. While
published from Washington. it
Is edited in New Hampshire and
printed in Baltimore.
The labor press is an impor-
tant part Of the publishing and
printing business in Washington.
There is the American Fedora
ZIONIST of the ALL (185.O0 cir
culation). which was founded so
years ago. On the CLIO side,
there is the Go News t125.O 900
circulation). and separate publi-
cations for workers In the glass,
insurance, chemical, electrical,
communications ands other in
dustries.
The International Association
Of Machinists (AFL) gets out an
eight-page weekly paper (circu-
lation 847,000). probably the
largest Of any paper in the Dis
trict. There Is also q slick-paper
monthly journal.
The United Mine Workers
Journal is another. with q cir
culation put at 100000. There
are q number Of other publica-
tionS.
Red Cross . Producer.
National organizations In
Washington Of trade. profess
sional. scientific. fraternal and
other groups add to the flood Of
publications and to the business
Of the printing companies. The
American National Red Cross
does q. big job in publishing
periodicals for members. both
adult and junior. and textbooks
on such subjects as first aid and
home nursing. The printing is
done here and elsewhere.
The National Education As
ISOLATION is q prolific publisher.
Last year 1t put out more than
600 million pages Of printed ma
terial. There is the NEA journal
with q circulation Of about $780,
900. which is printed here. A
catalogue Of its publications has
10 pages Of titles. listing 81 peri
odicals and newsletters. leaflets,
pamphlets and books selling for
SIS or more.
The American Chemical So
ciety publishes seven periodicals.
The largest is the Chemical and
Engineering News. with an
81, 900 circulation. About 80 per
cent Of the society's annual
operating budget Of $4.5 million
represents publications. The
organizations printing Is done
at Easton. Pa.
Publications with q total CIR
culation at about $4,000 a year
are issued by the American
Psychological Association. It
gets out II periodicals. The
printing is done in Washington
and other cities.
The American Association for
the Advancement Of Science
publishes books as well as
periodicals. The 1851 annual
report indicated $2S5.000 went
for these purposes. The print
ing is done at various places.
Science Service Active.
The chief function Of Science
Service is the syndication of
science news. But it also gets
out q 16-page weekly Science