OPM last week blurted bad news for the press: next year there is not going to be paper enough to go around. Publications will have to get along with less paper.
Announced OPM's Chief of Pulp & Paper Norbert A. McKenna: "Paper is an essential commodity in war as in peace. It packages goods for Britain, it carries Army orders, it wraps our food, it prints our magazines and publishes our newspapers. The needs for defense, directly and indirectly, next year are estimated to consume 30% of the available paper supply. The total available American supply will approximate 21½ million tons. Total...
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