Show I Spending a lay Day I Sending 5 a day to dependents of our fighting men menis is tYPical of the tasks WhICh make the Office of Dependency Benefits at Newark N J one of the busiest spots In America Amenea Its 10 hustling employees speed miles of mechanical proc processes processes esses and recordings to get Uncle Sam s green checks to throughout the nation nahon Applications flow m in at the rate of 12 a day Only a year old this rapidly growing office has had an ei effect on the Newark post office There O 0 D B began to functIon every day IS a aC C Christmas rush Great mailbags of government checks check keep moving out while huge volumes of mall mail come m in inThe The work of the O 0 D B IS not sImply a matter of writ mg out so many checks and y sticking them m in the malls mails s For there are those who would wouldn a n take money from the men 6 who are fighting for America by making illegal applications for dependency benefits Few If any get awa away with It be because because cause all applications are thoroughly investigated s I ed and long rows of t clerks read every pIece of mall mail I Ie e t tF tr F r 3 h hC C a r 0 4 fo k 1 I 4 f t I f CIRCULAR SORTER SORTER- SORTER Above A high speed machine used by 0 D B for quickly sort mg completed authors authon J BRIG GEN HAROLD N Na a Gilbert left is director of the the's s 's O D B His 27 years of army x experience have given him first firsty y hand I of ofa a soldiers soldier's problems lie has been aicard ad the Distinguished Service Cross Distinguished Service a Medal and the Purple Heart v V f r yi 1 t tA A SCHOOL New employees take courses to prepare for their duties and to become acquainted with the machinery and opera operations of o f the agency O 0 D B BIS IS the largest mail order business ever operated here W- W Wf f fW 1 H iii iiiI a I e y J vw vrr w ww wa wr a w r 1 4 f t b eti z w I yi yip p W MECHANIZED Top G left Tins machine signs General Gilbert s name to mullions zons of checks every evay month Top TIght right One hundred and fifty checks a minute pour from thIS collator Bottom From holes m in master payment cards this ma machine chine clune writes a complete voucher cleared the pub Special problems are tic relations office s fir c v g 36 y s fl 4 a 3 w tt x xa |