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Show UNCLE SAM USES MUCH STATIONERY: WASHINGTON. July 2 ..-Supplying the stationery requirem,.ms of i:ncle' Sam s many postojflces and branch ol A flees is no small job. according to the I , fgurei estimated by officials in r-!ently r-!ently advertising for bids to fill th-l coming year's m-eds. During the next fiscal eQr th( de-1 l-arlmeiii est; n,n I ,.. t will use approX- '"""-'v 800 tons of stationer ami MoTnnn1"8 Mdti than J 600.000 sheets of carbon paper land ulll bo ordered For card Index S.bOO.OOn cards will be needed i To write on all this vast amount of stationery and to fin the thirsty bottles . n pOStofflCe l01es froin Now v I m San branclsco and from the Qulf tO the fkes B9-40 ( !nmf ft8"! ,h,s "lk rrvolr 243.000 rubber stamps win be purchased- while to tie together the de- partmrnt's reams of -red tape"- i5--oo pounds of rubber bands win he used and 0,0,OQ.060 wire clips other Hems include 46,800;000 ta ' beeswax, n, sdles mops and other tb.n while, since every poetofflce must have a qaUonal flag and flan do not last fore,..-. -:.,., w ,.hlMI:. 2J5JJJ t0 Pce those tattered in oo |