Show Government t Insignias Bewilder v There are moro more than SO government government govern govern- ment departments and agencies which are aTO now referred to in the newspaper headlines by their Initials Probably a few congressmen and government Information authorities know this new abbreviation language language langu langu- age but to most people practically I all initials merely spell Washington Most 1 of us know that OP OPA A handles handlos hand hand- los les rationing handles ho housing sing FTC stands for Federal Trade Commission Commission Com Com- Commission mission WAVES are tho girls In the navy is r responsible for war production and gave jobs to thousands before the war But oth other l initials like for Combined Chiefs of Staff Start for Board of War Val Communications for Office of Coor Coordinator o of American Tutor Affairs for Defense Defense Defense De De- Supplies Corporation n and GAO GAD for General Accounting Office are meaningless to the tho public Because of the time length of the names of or most government government agencies newspapers are to rely on ab abbreviations abbreviations ab- ab j ab-j to make time the names fit fib in fn their headlines headline But It would help a Sot lot if the GPO Government Printing Office would supply the owl YI Office of War Information 1 11 with ith a list of the tha abbreviations which might be distributed to the time people through the OCD Office of Civilian Defense BUY AVAR AR SAVINGS nO BONDS DS I I I J I I |