Show Spending a Day II Sending a day to dependents of our fighting men is typical of the t tasks which make the Office e of Dependency Benefits Benefits Bene Bene- fits at Newark N. N J. J Jr one of the b busiest siest spots in America Its hustling employees speed miles of mechanical processes and recordings to get Uncle Sams Sam's green checks to families throughout the nation Applications flow v in at the rate of a day Only a year old this rapidly growing office has had an exhilarating effect on the Newark Ne post office There since O. O D. D B. B began to function every day is a Christmas rush Great mailbags mailbags mailbags mail- mail bags of government checks keep moving out while huge volumes of mail applications for payments queries etc keep pouring in The work of the O. O D. D B. B is not simply a matter of writing writing writ writ- ing out so many checks and sticking them in the mails malls For there are those who vho would I n take money from the men who are fighting for America by making illegal applications for dependency benefits Few if any get away with i it t because because because be be- cause all a applications are I thoroughly investigated ed and long rows of y clerks read every t 1 piece of mail lf SS iI- iI y t f 8 y r h 4 I of f ti A f F. F 3 t t O p CIRCULAR SORTER SORTER Above Above A A. high speed machine used by the O. O D. D B B. B for quickly sorting completed completed com corn authorizations rl BRIG GEN HAROLD N. N GILBERT GILBERT GILBERT GIL GIL- BERT left is director of the O. O D. D B. B His 27 years o of f army experience experience experience ex ex- have given him first hand y v rYr t knowledge o of f a soldiers soldier's problems H He has been awarded the rife Distinguished Distinguished Distin Distin- j Service Cross Distinguished Distinguished Distin Distin- i Service Medal ledal and the Purple Heart w S 1 a SCHOOL SCHOOL New New employees take courses to prepare for their duties and to become acquainted with the machinery and operations of the agency O. O D. D B B. B i is the largest mail order business ever operated any any- where 7 f T N yf r MV SS I kt iL t MY t U 1 p MECHANIZED ACCOUNTING Top ACCOUNTING Top left This machine signs sigm General General Gen Gen- eral Gilberts Gilbert's name to millions of checks every month Top right One Onehundred Onehundred hundred and fifty checks a minute pour from this collator Bottom From holes toles in master payment cards this machine writes a complete voucher INFORMATION INFORMATION- cleared up at the public public pub pub- Special problems are it r wr lic relations office |