| Show City Officials Ask I School to Aid In Paper Shortage The following letter was received Monday londay by the Bountiful city council from Governor rrbert r- r B D. D Maw in regard to the critical paper shortage Included I was a telegram from I Donald lYonald onald M. M 1 Nelson chairman of the war production board who implores es s the aid of everyone in saving sa wastepaper and turning it in at once The city council headed by Mayor May May- or r Glen Riley Rile has passed the mis mis- missive lis- lis lissie sive si on to the Stoker school at Bountiful has already col cot collected 40 tons to date dat dat Wednesday the school sent by army truck for to paper mills 15 I tons recently collected by students at the school I D. D 1 R R. Tolman principal asks ask that citizens cooperate in this col col- lection by b telephoning the school Bountiful and arrangements will be lie made for pupils to call caU for fol forthe forthe r the paper The governs govern's letter fol Col- lows TO THE MAYOR OF EACH 1 COMMUNITY OF THE STATE OF UTAH Dear Sir The shortage of oC waste paper at a Lt the paper wills is becoming in iii increasingly in- in increasing I- I creasing critical The demands demand s of the military for paperboard con con- containers containers I- I and paper products for Cor ship shi p ment of oC supplies to all battle fronts front s is growing constantly This paper r shortage not only threatens a regu reg 1 lar continuance of these shipments shipment SI but seriously affects practically all a 11 essential civilian uses of oC paper The situation will become worse won e unless we can increase the salvage e of waste paper from Crom the present at rate of oC tons a month to ap ap- ai p. p tons To reach rea Ii this high figure we must make inal c everyone conscious of this urgency U- U WE MUST HAVE lEAVE TIlE THE AC AC- lIVE TIVE COOPERATION OF EVERY MAN WOMAN AND CHILD OF AMERICA We need needa a fuller Culler understanding on the lem of oC collecting and moving promptly to the dealers and to the paper mills all accumulations of waste paper m ilm I d PARTICULARLY NEED THE TRUCKING AND MAN POWER FACILITIES IN local communities in this respect The mayors in most communities are giving their wholehearted cooper cooper- cooperation cooperAtion to members of the war pro pro- production auction board and local salvage I committees and are doing a good job But because if the CRITICAL SHORTAGE SHORTAGE OF OI WASTE PAPER I ask that you request them to redouble their ef el ef- ef efforts forts so theer can be an early solution tion to this serious problem The Governors of all our states have helped us tremendously with wit our difficult problems in the past pasi L and nd I am again asking for your aid I in this situation I hope the people of your com com- will do everything in their theli power to increase the salvage of o waste paper in order to meet the th emergency described above Signed Herbert B. B MaW Governor |
