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UNITED NATIONS
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MAGAZINE DIVISION
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OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION

WASHINGTON. D. C.



GENERAL INFORMATION FOR THE PUBL 1

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The U. S. Information Center answers

public inquiries on all phases of

Government activity or directs them

to the proper channels. The Center

is provided by the Office of War In-

formation and is located at 1400

Pennsylvania Avenue. Telephone —
Republic 7500, Extension 2301. 1 n

New York, the Bureau of Public

Inquiries is located at 122 East

Forty-second Street- Telephone —
Vanderbilt 6-4224.

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CONTENia

Introduct ion.

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WARTIME WASHINGTON

The White House. 2

Capitol Hill 3

The Fighting Forces.. 6

Emergency War Agencies............. II

Other Agencies Converted to War.................. 25

THE UNITED NATIONS

i ntroduct ion.. U5

United Nations Informat ion. ............. ......... i|6

inter>Amer ican Information 48

Information Offices of Individual Nations........ 49

Cooperation Among Nations........................ 64

Index.. 67

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f HTRODUCTIOH

Magazine editors and writers, patriotically cooper-

ating in the dissemination o'^ war information in fiction

and informative articles need not be discouraged by de-

scriptions of the maze-like qualities of war-time Wash-

ington. The national capital undoubtedly is a boom town,

with its War and Navy Departments spilling over into

nearby Virginia and its Publ ic Health Service and Depart-

ment of Agriculture into nearby Maryland, Some of its

agencies have also moved to other cities* Yet the facts

which the magazines want are not too hard to find. With

the assistance of information officers who know their

fields, the apparently confused mass soon settles into

solid subject matter.

In many Federal war agencies information officers

are men and women who have studied not only press and

radio but also the magazines, hi others, magazine

specialists whose by-lines are known to magazine readers

have been appointed for the specific purpose of giving

information to magazine writers.

Washington in these war days also furnishes a key

to unlock the information sources of the world. The

news of the United Nations is now well organized. The

propaganda of the Axis is monitored and put on record.

Here in Washington is being recorded the tremendous

story of how U. S. fighting men, U. S. strategic mater-

ials, and U. S. economic weapons are being Joined with

those of our allies to hasten victory. Through Washing-

ton’s embassies and legations flow the adventure stories

of all the countries fighting for the freedom of the in-

dividual whether by actual combat or through resistance

within the occupied countries. Here, too, the policy of

solidarity with the other American republics is being

translated into economic warfare against the Axis.

The first section of this Key concerns the War

Agencies of the United States; the second concerns the

United Nations.

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WARTIME WASHiNGTOH

The tollowi ng. resume of Federal information

sources, while by no means all-inclusive, should

make it possible to secure authoritative informa-

tion in the various fields of war activities, so

far as it can be published.

Since this key is for the purpose of serving

as a short-cut for magazine editors and writers,

the agencies, departments and bureaus summarized

are for the most part titled in accordance with

their subject matter. As it is obviously impossi-

ble to include all subjects pertinent to this war,

the Magazine Division has included those on which

it receives most queries®

THE WHITE HOUSE

EXECUTIVE OFFI&E : Stephen T. Early, Secretary to the

President,^ is magazine contact on all matters per-

taining to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his

Executive Office. In his files are copies of the

President's speeches, executive orders, press releases,

and press conference summaries which are fundamental

to Interpretations of this administration and the con-

duct of the war.

1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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N. W. National mi4

Washington, D. C.

EXECUTIVE MAUSIOV : Malvina Thompson, Secretary to Mrs.

Roosevelt, Is magazine contact on the various activi-

ties of the President’s wife.

1500 Pennsylvania Ave., N. W. National 14|4

Washington, D. C.

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CAPITQL HILL

COKGRSSS : Customs developed down the years make Congress,

however complicated to the uninitiated, easily ac-

cessible to the fact-finder. Its members, its com-

mittees, the whole official scene on which It operates,

are catalogued in the Congressional Directory, its

running story is told daily in The Congressional Record.

Both Vice President Henry A. Wallace, President of the

Senate, and Representative Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the

House, have offices staffed by secretaries accustomed

to handling information. The Secretary of the Senate,

Edwin A. Halsey, and the Clerk of the House, South

Trimble, officials with years of experience, command

experts in legislative matters who record Congressional

activities.

The office of any senator or representative may

be reached by calling the Capitol telephone number and

giving the name of the member wanted. Secretaries of

members are able to give general information which

makes It unnecessary to burden the members themselves.

Both the Senate and House of Representatives

have Press Galleries and Radio Correspondents’

Galleries. Admission is obtained by presenting cre-

dentials to standing committees which pass upon them.

Magazine editors and accredited magazine writers may

make arrangements for the use of the press galleries

for limited periods, if they are introduced by a mem-

ber. For further details on making such arrangements

check with the Magazine Division of OWI, Republic 7500,

Extension 71144. Harold R. Beckley is Superintendent

of the Senate Press Gallery; William J. Donaldson is

Superintendent of the House Press Gallery.

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The Senate meets in the North Wing of the Capitol

Building, the House in the South Idling. The Senate

Office Building is easily accessible to the Senate

Chamber through a subway equipped with miniature rail-

way t/ansportat i on« the two House Office Buildings

are accessible to the House Chamber through subways

for pedestrians®

Senate Office Building National 3120

Delaware Ave-
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and B Streets, E.

House Office Buildings National 3120

New Jersey Ave«
,

and B Streets, S« E.

LIBRARY OF CGMGRESS : This is, in effect, the national

library of the United States- it serves not only the

entire government but the public as well, and its use

is free without introduction of credential, to any

inquirer from any place-

Hith its collection of some 6,000,000 volumes,

its contacts with experts in the various bureaus of

the Government, the Library of Congress serves as an

invaluable source of materials for writers- Much of

the reference work is carried on through correspondence-

Magazine editors and writers may get in touch with

David C. Mearns, Reference Librarian-

Reference Department National 2725

First St,, S- E, between B and Ext, 51 i

East Capitol Streets

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snPREMS COURT : The judicial power of the United States is

vested in the Supreme Court, made up of the Chief

Justice and eight Associate Justices who are appointed

by the President with the advice and consent of the

Senate. Court begins the first Monday In October of

each year and continues as long as the business before

the Court requires, usually until about the first of

June. Approximately 1,000 cases are passed upon in

the course of a term. Editors and writers may write

or telephone Nelson Potter, Super intendent of Press

Relations, for Information and materials.

Room 31 Executive 16^0

United States Supreme Court Building Ext. 186

I First Street, N. E.

Washington, D. C.

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THE FIGHTING FORCES

Naturally, the most inspiring dramas of

heroism are being enacted in the theatres of

war. This causes intense interest in every-

thing pertaining to the Army; to the Navy which,

of course, includes the Marines and Coast Guard;

and also to the Merchant Marine whose risks are

great. These are fields in which care must be

taken not to divulge information of value to the

enemy.

ARMY: An executive order of February 28, 19^•2 authorized

a complete and sweeping reorganization of the War

Department to provide a more streamlined army geared

to the accelerated program of organizing, training,

arming, supplying and transporting our land and air

forces. The Secretary of War is Henry L. Stimson.

Linder the new plan of operation all Army

activities within the United States now are grouped

under three commanders: Commanding General of the

Army Air Forces, Commanding General of the Army

Ground Forces, and Commanding General of the Services

of Supply. In this way, the two great fighting

armies, air and ground, are relieved, by Services of

Supply, of the burden of procurement, supply and

general "housekeeping" (except for some procurement

and experimental development peculiar to the Air

Force which remains with that arm). These air and

ground fighting units merge into cohesive fighting

teams or task forces in combat, under the commanders

of the various theaters of war.

Also under the Army^s command are the WAACS

(Women^s Army Auxiliary Corps) and the WAFS (Women^s

Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron). The Army Nurse Corps

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is an integral part of the Army, in the Office of

the Surgeon General.

The Army is one of the most valuable sources of

material for magazine articles and stories, and

editors and writers will find an abundance of in-

formation available. Director of the Bureau of

Public Relations in the War Department is Major

General Alexander D. Surles; Chief of the Press

Branch is Lieutenant Colonel Majrshal 1 E. Newton.

inquiries on books and magazine articles cover-

ing any Branch of the Army should be addressed to

the Section of the Publications Branch of that Bureau.

Since Army appointments are necessarily subject to

change, mail need not carry the name of the officer

in charge. When making calls either in person or by

telephone, ask for Major Frank P. Frazier,

Room 2 D 859 Republic 6700

Pentagon Building Ext. 4093

Arlington, Virginia

UA V7: This division of America’s fighting forces has

under its command the construction, manning, arming,

equipping, maintenance and operation of all the

country’s vessels of war. The Marine Corps and Coast

Guard are integral parts of the Naval establishment.

Frank Knox is the Secretary of the Navy,

Naval, Coast Guard and Marine aeronautics come

under Navy jurisdiction. The three new women’s

reserves, WAVES, SPARS and Women’s Reserve of the

Marine Corps are also a part of the Navy. The Navy

Nurse Corps has been greatly increased as a result

of war.

Magazine editors and writers will find much

interesting editorial material in the various

activities and functions of the Navy Department.

Director of Public Relations is Captain Leland P.

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Lovettej Officer in charye of the Press Section is

Lieutenant Commander W» M- McCarthy.

Lieutenant Commander Wal ter Karig is in charge

of the Magazine and Book Section for information on

al 1 Navy matters.

Room 0 132 Republ ic 7400

Navy Building Ext, 5I5I-2-3

18th and Constitution Ave.
,

N. W.

Washington, D. C.

Lieutenant Commander Victor F. Blakeslee reviews

the written and spoken word on all Navy affairs prior

to publication or delivery.

Room 0130 Republic 7400

Navy Building Exts. 62135-6-7

18th and Constitution Avenue

Washington, D. C.

MARINES : The Marine Corps, a branch of the Navy, combines

land, sea and air operations. The editorial contact

for this branch of the service is Brigadier General

R. L. Denig, Director of Public Relations.

Room 1006 Republ ic 7400

Arlington Annex Ext. 7386

Arlington, Virginia

COAST GUARD : The Coast Guard is the smallest of our

military services. It normally acts as a maritime

policeman under the Treasury Department, but during

war or times of national emergency it is transferred

to the Navy and operates as a part of it.

The Coast Guard has charge of all the aids to

navigation-lighthouses, lightships, buoys and radio

beacons. It enforces the observance of safety

regulations among motorboatmen. It enforces safety

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rules and cares for the welfare of the merchant marine

through Its incorporat ion with the Bureau of Merchant

Marine Inspection and Navigation. The Greenland and

Alaska Patrols bring justice and medical care to those

remote regions.

The Port Security Program of the Coast Guard,

with its fleet of 250 fireboats, endeavors to prevent

any possible damage to shipping. For, if a ship or

Its cargo is lost because of fire, sabotage, or neg-

ligence in a port, the result is the same as if it

were torpedoed on the high seas. The men of the 240

surf stations along cur shores are now doubly respon-

sible, not only because disaster at sea is a more

common experience in the ruthless submarine warfare

being conducted by our enemies, but because they must

now be prepared for the possible landing of saboteurs.

Horses and dogs are helping In these lonely vigils.

Larger Coast Guard cutters are operating in

escort units while the smaller ones are engaged in

anti-submarine patrol and coastwise convoy duty.

They often operate directly with Coast Guard aircraft.

Some troop transports are completely manned by the

Coast Guard. The Coast Guard has suffered casualties

in areas as remote as Iceland and Singapore. Captain

Ellis Reed-'Hill, Public Relations Officer, is the in-

formation source for this war-time branch of the Navy.

Room 8202 Republic 7400

1300 E Street, N.W. Ext. 4407

Washington, B. C-

SBIPPIM3 ASP SiilPBUILDISG : The lifelines between our pro-

duction front and the wori d-wide battlefronts of a

global war consist of cargo ships which operate

through submarine-infested waters and brave air attack

daily to keep our fighting forces supplied with the

materiel of war.

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The ship construction program of the U. S. Mari-

time Commission is the greatest the world has ever

known. Two-thirds of a million persons are now at

work in shipyards on Maritime Commission contracts.

About a million more are working in factories produc-

ing materials and parts for Liberty Ships and other

ships of the Victory Fleet.

Operation of the merchant marine is the function

of the War Shipping Administration. This agency allo-

cates tonnage and works out the routes for the ships

to take. Under the WSA also come two merchant marine

manpower programs. The Recruitment and Manning Organ-

ization has the job of finding experienced officers

and seamen and inducing them to return to the sea as a

wartime duty. The Training Division trains young men

to be officers and apprentice seamen through the Mer-

chant Marine Cadet Corps and the U. S. Maritime Serv-

ice. The former operates cadet academies and the

latter conducts the programs of the apprentice seamen

training stations. Thousands of men are being trained

for important work in the deck, engine room and stew-

ard departments of the merchant marine.

Rear Admiral Emory S. Land is Chairman of the

Maritime Commission and Administrator of the War

Shipping Administration. Mark 0’ Dea, Director of the

Division of Public Relations for both Organizations,

will supply editors and writers with copy material on

shipbuilding and shipping.

Division of Public Relations Executive 3340

Room 7420, Commerce Building Ext. 60

mth and E Streets, N.W.

Washington, D. C.

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EMERGENCY WAR AGENCIES

To deal with special problems created by the

war, a number of war agencies have been established

In the Federal government. These have been

necessary in order to key the nation's economy to

total war, to mobilize its manpower, to deal with

the dissemination of war information both inside

and outside the country, and to lessen the shock

of war dislocations to the people.

VAR INFORMATION : The Office of War Information was es-

tablished as an emergency agency to disseminate both

here and abroad, except in the field of Inter-Amerl-
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can Affairs, all information on our war activities

which will not give aid to the enemy, and which will

further the successful prosecution of the war.

Elmer Davis is Director.

owl’s Domestic Operations Branch, under Gardner

Cowles, Jr., seeks to develop an informed, intelli-

gent civilian understanding of the war at home and

abroad, through newspapers, radio, motion pictures,

books, magazines, pamphlets and other media.

The Overseas Branch, under Robert E. Sherwood,

disseminates information outside the country through

shortwave radio and outposts in allied countries.

This Branch also prepares publications for overseas

distribution.

George H. Lyon is Chief of the News Bureau;

Phil Stitt heads the Ttade Press unit.

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The Magazine Division of OWI was created to aid

domestic magazine editors and writers by placing at

their service, wherever possible, the many informa-

tion sources of wartime Washington and tife United

Nations. Miss Dorothy Ducas is Chief; Miss Bess

Furman, Assistant Chief. ^

Room 3449 Republic 7500

Social Security Building Exts. 71144; 72383

IHTER-AMERICAK AFFAIRS : The Office of the Coordinator of

Inter-American Affairs was established by executive

order August, 1940, to integrate governmental and

private activity in the i nter-Amer i can field.

Nelson A. Rockefeller is Coordinator. Its work falls

into two categories, economic and informational. In

cooperation with the Department of State, ClAA plans

and executes inter-American programs in the fields of

health and sanitation, food supply, education and

' science, transportation and press, radio and motion

pictures. It formulates and puts into effect in the

commercial and economic fields programs which further

the interests of all the peoples of the Western

Hemisphere, There is much good material for magazine

writers and editors in the activities of this office.

For information communicate with Francis A.Jamieson

or Miss Martha Dalrymple.

Office of the Coordinator

of Inter-American Affairs

Commerce Bu i Iding

14th and Constitution Avenue, N. W.

Washington, D. C.

Republ ic 7500

Ext. 5321

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CENSORSHIP : The Office of Censorship, Byron Price,

Director, assures that no information helpful to the

enemy is disseminated by radio, press, mail, cable or

any other means of transmission outside the United

States. It also conducts a voluntary censorship,

through its Codes of Wartime Practices, of the

domestic press and broadcasters.

These codes ask publishers and broadcasters not

to make public certain facts which have a military

security basis. Every magazine editor and writer has

a patriotic duty to be familiar with the Code of War-

time Practices for the American Press, copies of

which are available at the Press Division, Office of

Cen sorsh
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Apex Building Executive 3800

7th and Pennsylvania Ave, N. W. Ext. 112

Washington, D. C.

ECONOMIC STABILIZATION : The small but highly important

Office of Economic Stabilization, headed by James F.

Byrnes as Director and charged with the duty of keep-

ing this country on even economic keel in the war

emergency, has no specified public relations officer.

However, magazine questions may be referred to Sam

Lubell, former OWi writer in the ant I- Inf 1 at ion field.

East Wing National 1414

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.

Washington, D. C.

ECONOMIC WARFARE : The Board of Economic Warfare is con-

cerned with directing the war behind the war— the war
on the economic front. Vice President Henry A.

Wallace is Chairman; Milo Perkins is Executive

Director. BEW is responsible for: (|) bringing in

essential raw materials from foreign countries for

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war production and developing new sources of needed

supplies such as rubber, tin, sisal, copper, manganese,

etc.; (2) directing the steady flow, from this country,

of commercial export of commodities needed by our

allies; and (3) keeping a running analysis of the

economic position of every country in the world.

In brief, the task of the BEW is to support the

entire war program of the United Nations, to weaken

the enemy wherever possible on the economic front, and

to strengthen the economics of friendly neutral nations.

Magazine material may be obtained from J. B. Hasselman,

Chief of the Information Division.

Room 1031 Executive 7030

Temporary Building T Ext. 575

mth and Constitution Ave.

,

Washington, D. C.

WAR PRODUCTION : The War Production Board was established

January 16, 1942, by President Roosevelt to assure

"the most effective prosecution of war procurement and

war production." Donald M. Nelson is Chairman.

In a war economy in which the resources of the

nation are inadequate to produce everything needed,

WPB allocates to each industry sufficient resources to

operate on approved schedules within a precisely

balanced general program. Further, this United States

program must be synchronized with the production

programs of the other United Nations. WPB determines

the policies, plans, procedures, and methods of other

Federal agencies with respect to war procurement and

war production, and exercises full and final authority

over the issuance of all priority ratings.

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For magazine material, available through any of Its

branches, consult Martin Quigley, Chief of the Special

Projects Branch, or Luis J. A. Yillalon, Division of

Information.

Room 5166 Republ ic 7500

Social Security Building Ext. 661!

4th and Independence Avenue

Washington, D. C.

LSFD-LEASE ' The Office of Lend-Lease Administration is the

agency through which the United Nations pool their

combined resources in the common war effort. Edward

R. Stettinius, Jr., Is Administrator.

Lend-lease Is playing an important part in pro-

viding goods and services to all countries resisting

Axis aggression. These supplies Include military

items such as planes, tanks, ships, guns and ammuni-

tion; industrial materials such as steel, petroleum

products, machinery and machine tools; foodstuffs and

other agricultural products. Services include:

repair in this country of United Nations ships; pro-

vision of shipping to carry goods to and from 1 end-

lease countries; building of new factories and ship-

yard facilities for production of lend-lease goods;

and the training In this country of the United Nations

ai r forces.

Being a central administrative and policy-making

organization, Lend-Lease does no actual purchasing,

but makes procurements through the agencies purchasing

for our own needs. For magazine material, apply to

Wilder Foote of OWI, Republic 7500, Ext. 74313 or John

D. East, Research Assistant at Lend-Lease.

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Room 514

515 22nd Street, N. W<

Washington, D. C.

Republ ic 7500

Ext. 4598



¥AR MANPOWER : To win the war, America must mobilize her

entire resources including manpower—men, women, and
youth. The War Manpower Commission, Paul V. McNutt,

Chairman, is the Government’s agency established

specifically to carry out this vital program, both as

to the mobilization of the armed forces and the pro-

duction personnel, its primary objectives are:

(i) to effect complete utilization of our now existing

labor force, matching the right persons to the right

jobs either in the fighting forces or on the home

front; and (2) to add more millions to our present

labor force in order to meet the ever-increasing demands

of our growing military, production, and agricultural

program, l^he many phases of the Commission’s work

include Selective Service, U. S. Employment Service,

and war training programs. Philip Broughton is

Director of Information. Magazine editors and writers

may consult Guy Pearce Jones, Chief, Magazine Section,

WMC.

Room 330 Executive ^660

Securities and Exchange Bldg. Ext. 760

I8th St., and Pennsylvania Ave.
,

N. W-

Washington, D. C.

FOOD ADMISISTRATIOR : To assure an adequate supply and

efficient distribution of food to meet war and

essential civilian needs, the Secretary of Agriculture

has been given full responsibility for and control

over the Nation’s food program. Claude R. Wickard is

Secretary of Agriculture.

For the purposes of the war food program, the

Department of Agriculture was regrouped into three

major administrative units; ( l) the Food Production

Administration concerned primarily with planning war-

time agricultural production and including such

agencies as the Agricultural Conservation and Adjust-

ment Administration, the Farm Credit Administration,

and the Farm Security Administration; (2) the Food

Distribution Administration, concerned primarily with

marketing activities and regulations and including

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such agencies as the Agricultural Marketing Adminis-

tration and that part of the Office for Agricultural

War Relations concerned primarily with food distribu-

tion; (3) the Agricultural Research Administration,

devoted as its name indicates to finding new ways of

handling foods to serve the purpose of war such as the

development of the vast dehydrated foods industry so

that food could be sent abroad under Lend-Lease.

The Commodity Credit Corporation, the functions

of which are now closely tied to those of the Food

Production and the Food Distribution Administrations,

maintains its independent status. However, such of

its programs as are concerned with either domestic

food production or distribution, will hereafter require

approval by the director of the appropriate adminis-

tration. The Forest Service and the Rural Electrifi-

cation Administration maintain their functions and

independent status unaltered.

Secretary Wickard serves as Chairman of a Food

Advisory Committee which includes a representative of

each of the following agencies: War Department,

Navy Department, Office of Lend-Lease Administration,

Board of Economic Warfare, War Production Board,

Interior Department, and State Department as well as

both the Food Production and Food Distribution

Directors of the Department of Agriculture.

Morse Salisbury is Chief of the Office of

Information of the Department of Agriculture. Whitney

Tharin is Assistant Director of Information In charge

of Press and Radio, and W. K. Charles is Chief of

Press Service. T. Swann Harding Is assigned at all

times to meet the special needs and requests of

magazine editors and writers.

Office of Information

Administration Building

Department of Agriculture

The Mai 1

Republ ic

Ext. 4842



PRICE ADMISISTRATIOS: The Office of Price Administration

Prentiss Brown, Administrator, has two major responsi-

bilities: (I) to prevent, by establishment and en-

forcement of "ceilings" any abnormal increase in

commodity prices and rents which in a war economy

could rise to dangerously high levels; and (2) to

assure, through rationing, the fair and equitable

distribution of scarce goods.

Through these two controls, OPA is charged with

helping to check inflation and an uncontrolled distri-

bution of scarce goods which, if not thus curbed,

would undermine the country's standard of living and

endanger the war effort. For arrangement of inter-

views, ' and for information, booklets, and other

publications available to editors and writers, get

in touch with Leigh Plummer, Director of Press and

Campai gns.

Room 33 1 I Repub 1 ic 7500

Federal Office Building Ext. 7i3ll

Third and D Streets, S. W.

Washington, D. C.

OIL : Assuring sufficient oil for our military and civilian

needs is one of the greatest tasks of the war’s

prosecution. To coordinate more effect ively^ the war

policies and actions of the government concerned with

producing, refining, transporting and marketing

petroleum, the Petroleum Administration for War was

established by executive order. Harold L- Ickes is

Admin i strator.

The executive order states that "the Administra-

tor shall establish basic policies, and formulate

plans and programs to assure for the prosecution of

the war the conservation and most effective develop-

ment and utilization of petroleum in the United States

and its territories and possessions and issue necessary

policy and operating directives."

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Information and editorial material may be ob-

tained from Gordon M, Sessions, Director of Public

Relations.

Room 7515 Republic 1820

Department of interior Ext. 3161

C between 18th and 19th Streets

Washington, D. C-

RUBBER : Within the War Production Board the Office of

Rubber Director has been established in order to co-

ordinate under one central authority the Nation^

s

program concerned with the wartime manufacture, dis-

bution and conservation of rubber. William M.

Jeffers is Director.

ORD’ s long-range plans for new synthetics, new

sources of crude rubber in foreign countries and the

procurement of supplies to meet immediate military

and civilian needs, offer much interesting material

for magazines. Writers and editors may communicate

with Russell Hogin, Division of information, WPB.

Room 5525 Repub 1 ic 7500

Social Security Bldg. Ext. 6472

3rd St. and Independence Ave.

Washington, D. C.

IRASSPORTATIOR : The duty of the Office of Defense Trans-

portation is to assure maximum utilization of all

domestic transportation facilities within the United

States and its territories and possessions, for the

successful prosecution of the war. The Director is

Joseph B. Eastman. The coordination of domestic

traffic with ocean shipping is another important

phase of ODT activities. Information for magazine

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editors and writers may be obtained from Bryant

Putney, Information Officer,

Room 1228 Republic 7500

New Post Office Building Ext. 76222

13th and Pennsylvania Ave.
, N.W-

Washington, D. C.

VAR COMMUBICATIOSS : Established as a war emergency

measure, the Board of War Communications’ functions

are: (i) to control, seize, or close any communi-

cations facilities when the best Interests of the

United States so determine; and (2) to police the

air to prevent use, by subversive agents, of devices

capable of signalling the enemy. Established in

September 1940, Its powers were greatly broadened

after Pearl Harbor as communications problems were

intensified. James Lawrence Fly is Chairman.

For magazine material on the Board’s many and di-

versified war activities, consult Russell Clevenger,

Room 7234 Executive 3620

New Post Office Building Ext. 361

12th and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Washington, D- C-

CI7ILIAH DEPERSE : The Office of Civilian Defense coordi-

nates the work of other Federal agencies concerned

with state and local civilian defense activities.

James M. Landis is Director, Through its three

principal branches (Protection, War Services, Fa-

cility Security) OCD develops plans for organizing

and training volunteers to safeguard cilivians in

case of emergency; organizes the civilian population

to maintain community services in the fields of

health, nutrition, child welfare, hous ing, recreation,

etc.; and supplements the protective program of the

Army, Navy and Federal Power Commission, and cor-

relates with them the anti-sabotage activities of

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other Government agencies. £. A. Sheridan is direc-

tor of Public Advice and Council. Truman Felt is

Chief of the Press Section. For magazine information

and material, editors and writers may consult Miss

Frances Knight, Executive Assistant, Public Advice

and Counsel.

Room 1031 Republic 7500

DuPont Circle Building Ext. 6352

Connecticut Ave. at DuPont Circle

Washington, D. C-

DEFEUSE HEALTH AMD VELPARE : The Office of Defense Health

and Welfare Services was established as a war measure

to provide the additional aids needed to meet the

impact of defense upon civilian health and welfare.

It coordinates and directs wartime activities of

Federal agencies in the fields of health, welfare,

education, recreation, family security, social pro-

tection, and services for children of working mothers.

It makes available upon request the services of

specialists in these fields to assist in the planning

and execution of local and State programs, particu-

larly in crowded defense areas.

For information, get in touch with (l) Mrs.

Zilpha C. Franklin, Director of Information, or (2)

Bertrand Brown, Chief Information Officer.

(I)

Room 1^02

601 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Washington, D. C>

Republ ic 6530

Ext. 2342

(2)

Room 5360

Social Security Building

Washington, D. C-

Republ ic 6530

Ext. 2518

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WAR HOUSING : Created by Executive Order in February 1942,

when housing became a national problem because of ac-

celerated defense activities, the National Housing

Agency has a large part to play in the war’s prose-

cution. In cooperation with the War Production

Board, the War Manpower Commission and other Federal

agencies, NHA determines the need of housing for war

workers in areas where a shortage threatens to hamper

war production, and devises ways of meeting that

need. The Administrator is John B. Blandford, Jr.

In addition to the Office of the Administrator,

the National Housing Agency consists of the Federal

Home Loan Bank Administration, the Federal Housing

Administration, and the Federal Public Housing

Authority.

Housing is provided through this agency either

by means of utilization of existing housing, new

construction by private builders or by publicly-

financed building. Seventy war housing centers, and

also homes registration offices In more than 300

areas, direct Incoming war workers to available

houses, apartments and rooms.

For magazine material, editors and writers may

consult Howard F. Vickery, Director of Information.

Room 520 Executive 4160

1001 Vermont Avenue Ext. 656

Washington, D. C>

WAR RELOCATION : One of the most recent of the wartime

agencies. War Relocation Authority was created after

Pearl Harbor to provide for the transfer from de-

signated areas of persons whose removal was neces-

sary in the interests of national security; and for

their relocation, maintenance and supervision.

Dillon S. Myer Is Director. This agency also is re-

sponsible for providing, where feasible and desirable

useful employment for such persons In Industry,

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commerce, agriculture or public projects; and for

safeguarding the public interest in the private em-

ployment of such persons. Thus far, the major ac-

tivity has been with the 100,000 persons of Japanese

ancestry evacuated from military areas of the West

Coast. For magazine materials, see John Baker, Chief

of the Office of Reports.

Room 528 Republic 7500

Barr Building ' Ext. 72M-96

910 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, D. C.

VAR LABOR BOARD : The function of the National War Labor

Board is (l) to effect the speedy settlement of

labor disputes and (2) to control proposed increases

or decreases in wage rates and in most salary rates

under$5, 000. The Board is composed of four repre-

sentatives of the public, four of labor and four of

Industry, Chairman is William H. Davis.

Regional offices of the Board are located in

twelve cities. For information consult Osgood

Nichols, Director, Division of Public Information.

Room 5419 Republic 7500

Labor Department Building Fxt. 72042

14th & Constitution Avenue

Washington, D. C.

ALTER PROPERTY : As during the last war, the Office of

Alien Property Custodian was established as a pro-

tective measure after the declaration of war. The

Custodian’s duty is to prevent enemy alien-owned

property in this country being used as an economic

weapon against the United States. The Custodian is

authorized to direct, manage, supervise, control,

vest or take such other action as he may deem

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necessary in the national interest, with respect to

any such property and either hold, sell, liquidate,

use, administer or otherwise deal with it for the

benefit of the United States. Such property includes

real estate, business enterprises, ships, patents,

copyrights and trademarks, interests in estates,

trusts, and personal property.

J. Forbes Campbell is Director of information

for th i s Office.

Room 603

National Press Building

mth and F Streets

Washington, D. C.

District 8515



OTHER AGENCIES CONVERTED TO WAR

In departments and agencies of the Federal

government which have been familiar down the

years lie many unwritten war stories. Cabinet

chairs and independent agencies have converted

to war and have taken on new war-time duties.

Following is a brief resume of some of the fields

they cover and a list of information sources.

STATE DEPARTMENT : The major functions of the Department of

State are to determine, under the direction of the

President, the foreign policies and to conduct negoti-

ations of whatever character relating to the foreign

affairs of the United States. It has charge of the

correspondence with diplomatic and consular represen-

tatives of the United States and with representatives

of foreign powers accredited to this Government. The

Secretary of State is Cordell Hull.

The Department of State’s wartime activities in-

clude responsibility for all diplomatic phases of the

war’s prosecution; maintenance of close relations with

countries allied with the United States in the war;

the strengthening of hemisphere solidarity; and the

adoption of international economic measures which will

aid this and other countries in defense against the

Axis and in hindering Axis activities in neutral

countries. Editors and writers may obtain information

from Michael J. McDermott, Chief, Division of Current

Information.

Room I32i

Department of State

17th and Pennsylvania Ave.
,

N. W.

Washington, D. C.

Republ ic 5600

Ext. 2*421



FIHAVCES : The Department of the Treasury has a number

of different functions in addition to those con-

cerned with marketing of government securities,

collection of internal revenue taxes, coinage of

money and the receiving, assaying and safeguarding

of the Nation’s gold and silver stocks. Henry

Morgenthau Jr., is the Secretary of the Treasury.

Following are briefs of those divisions of the

Treasury which suggest magazine story material of

wide current interest;

The Bureau of Customs collects import duties

and supervises exportations to other countries; and

acts to prevent smuggling, including the smuggling

of contraband such as narcotics. After the declara-

tion of war, this Bureau was charged with additional

duties. With other government agencies it acts to

prevent exportation of strategic materials except

under proper license and enforces prohibitions

against trading with persons or firms on the "Pro-

claimed List of Certain Blocked Nationals."

Customs also searches vehicles, vessels and

persons arriving from and departing to foreign

countries, to make sure no letters or other com-

munications are carried to or from the United States

except through the regular course of the mails, and

that documents carried contain nothing inimical to

the interests of the United States. Miscellaneous

duties related to the prevention of espionage and

sabotage are also a part of this Bureau’s functions.

The War Savings Staff was organized within the

Treasury Department to stimulate the sale of War

Savings Bonds and Stamps. In this work, it secures

the cooperation of the radio industry, the press,

magazines, motion pictures, banks, advertising firms,

business establishments, schools and colleges and

many other groups.

The Foreign Funds Control was set up to pro-

hibit transactions involving property in which 36

designated foreign countries or their nationals have

had any interest since April 194-0. Under this

authority, the»use and disposition of more than

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$8,000,000,000 In property and funds held here by these

countries is "frozen" for the duration, so that they

cannot be used to aid the Axis. Another function of

this division is to prevent liquidation in America of

valuables looted by the Axis from invaded territories.

The Procurement Division is the purchasing agent

for the Government. |t negotiates the purchase of

supplies and services for all government offices and

public institutions. It procures, stores, maintains,

and replenishes the stocks of critical war materials.

Under 1 end-1 ease arrangements, it buys metals and

alloys, heavy motorized equipment and other industrial

and agricultural products for delivery to our allies.

It procures clothing, medicines and other vital

supplies for relief of refugees, distributing them

through the Red Cross. It buys heating, plumbing,

refrigeration and other household fixtures for Federal

housing structures. 115 Federal Business Associations

in the larger cities of the country function as agen-

cies of the Procurement Division in its work. In order

to effect economies and increase the efficiency of Its

transact! ons.

Secret Service Division is In charge of activities

to suppress counterfeiting of coins and notes of the

Government. It also protects the President and his

family and maintains a uniformed force to protect the

White House and to safeguard the paper currency and

other Government securities during the process of

manufacture at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

and at the vaults of the money-handling divisions of

the Treasury Department.

For magazine material and Information, get in

touch with (l) Charles Schwarz, Director of Public

Relations; (2) Robert B. Phillips, Jr., Chief of

Magazine Publicity, War Savings Staff.

(I)

Room 338

Treasury Building

15th and Pennsylvania Ave.
,

N. W.

Washington, D. C.

(2)

National 6400

Ext. 2040

709 Twelfth Street

Washington, D. C.

National 6400

Ext. 5335

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LITIGATION AMD LAW SSFORCSMSHT : The Department of Jus-

tice is the legal counseT and chief law enforcement

agency for the United States Government. It repre-

sents the Government in all litigation; apprehends,

prosecutes and punishes violators of Federal laws,

and gives legal opinions to the President and heads

of executive departments when so requested. Frances

Biddle is the Attorney General.

The war activities of the Department are vested

principally in the War Division, the Criminal

Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The War Division is charged with the coordination

of policy matter relating to the war program and

consists of the War Frauds Unit (frauds against the

government by war contractors); Special War Policies

Unit (study and coordination of matters relating to

sedition, foreign agents, enemy propaganda, etc.);

Alien Enemy Control Unit (administration of regu-

lations relating to alien enemies); and the Alien

Property Unit (litigation arising from the work of

the Alien Property Custodian).

The Criminal Division conducts Grand Jury

investigations and prosecutes violators of all

Federal statutes, including those relating to the

war.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation examines

all charges of offenses against the Government,

conducts counter-espionage activities, makes arrests,

maintains the world^s largest fingerprint identifi-

cation system, and renders advice on plant protec-

tion problems.

Other branches of the Department participating

in the war program include the Antitrust Division

(Information on foreign corporations for the BEW)

;

Lands Division (acquisition of lands and buildings),

and the Immigration and Naturalization Service

(border patrol).

M. E. Gil fond is Director of Public Relations.

Room 51 19 Republ Ic 8200

Department of Justice Bldg. Ext. 24

lOth and Constitution Ave.
,

N. W.

Washington, D. C.

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POSTAL SERVICES : As in most departments of the Federal

government, war has greatly increased the duties of

the Post Office. Frank C- Walker is Postmaster

General.

Among the wartime responsibilities of this

Department are: to prevent any use of the malls to

interfere with the war program, particularly in vio-

lation of the Espionage Act; to facilitate, in co-

operation with the War Department, the handling of

military mail in all emergencies arising in the con-

duct of the war; and to maintain an accelerated

domestic mail service to cope with the vastly increased

use of the mails to supplement curtailed message-

sending by telephone and telegraph. For editorial

material, consult Isaac Gregg, Director of Press

Relations.

Room 3302

New Post Office Building

12th and Pennsylvania Ave.
,

H. W.

Washington, D. C.

District S360

Ext. 494

COFSSRVATIOJf OP NATURAL RESOURCES : In peacetime, the many

duties and charges of the Department of the Interior

are classified under the broad heading of conservation

of natural resources. In wartime, these duties are

vastly Increased because of the necessity for mobi-

lizing resources for war. Harold L. Ickes is the

Secretary of the Interior.

Petroleum conservation, an important peacetime

function of this Department, has become one of the

most vital of all phases of the war^s prosecution,

under the new Petroleum Administration for War.

(See Oil).

The Bureau of Mines and the Geological Survey

have a primary responsibility In securing the all-

important minerals and metals required for war.

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The Bureau of Fisheries has extended its opera-

tions, and the Office of Fishery Coordination is

charged with assuring a sustained production of aquatic

food supplies for civilian and military needs.

The Office of Solid Fuels Coordinator for War is

a major defense division under this Department's

direction also. National parks administration, another

peacetime charge of this same Department, has now been

enlarged to include supervision of parks for use by the

Army and Navy as maneuver areas, approach roads, radio

detection stations, the training of mountain troops,

and rest camps for American soldiers and sailors and

sailors of British ships which are undergoing repair

in the United States. For all magazine information

and materials, consult William E. Warne, Security

Officer of the Department of the Interior.

Room 7216 Republic 1820

Interior Bu i 1 ding Ext. 3171

Eighteenth and C Streets, H. W.

Washington, D. C.

COMMERCE : The Department of Commerce is the governmental

agency which furthers the country's trade, both

domestic and foreign, covering the whole field of

manufacturing and distribution. Jesse H. -Jones is the

Secretary of Commerce.

Wartime activities of the Department of Commerce

are highly important, involving many phases contri-

buting to successful prosecution of the war. Among

these are the Investigation and analysis of civilian

requirements, sources of supply, production capacity

and substitutes; collection and dissemination of up-

to-the-minute information on the rapidly changing trade

relations between the United States and foreign

countries; I nvest igatiohs in the fields of physics,

chemistry, metallurgy and engineering for the various

government war agencies; special weather forcasting

service for the military; preparation of nautical and

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aeronautical charts and mapping of strategic land and

water areas; encouraging new inventions; operating the

civilian pilot training program and supervising civil

aviation. Magazine writers and editors can obtain

editorial information from C. G» Marshall, Chief,

Division of Current Information.

Room 3870 District 2200

Department of Commerce Bldg, Ext. 2421

14th and Constitution Ave. , N. W.

Washington, D. C-

LABOR : The Department of Labor is the working people’s

representative in our Government. It has jurisdiction

over all matters pertaining to promoting and develop-

ing the welfare of American wage-earners, improving

their working conditions and advancing their opportuni-

ties for profitable employment. The Secretary of

Labor is Miss Frances Perkins.

Wartime activities of this Department are

conducted under two special committees: the Committee

on Conservation of Manpower in Industry, which advises

on accident and health exposures and what can be done

to eliminate or control them; and the Labor Advisory

Committee to the Women’s Bureau on Standards for the

Employment of Women, which studies the role of the

woman worker in the war program.

Two important divisions of the Labor Department

which are sources of material of particular interest

to magazine editors and writers are the Women’s

Bureau and the Children’s Bureau, described elsewhere

in this Key. James V. Fitzgerald is Director of

I nformat ion.

Room 3124 Executive 2420

Department of Labor Bldg. Ext. 24

14th and Constitution Ave., N. W.

Washington, D. C.

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RECONSTRUCTION FHAf/CE : The Reconstruction Finance Corpo-

ration, which extends financial assistance to agri-

culture, commerce and industry through loans to banks

and other credit agencies, is now engaged almost ex-

clusively in war activities. To aid in carrying on

this work, the RFC has created six corporations:

Defense Plant Corporation constructs, equips and

expands plants for the manufacture of needed war

materials and equipment such as arms, ammunition,

planes and tanks.

Rubber Reserve Company buys materials for synthe-

tic rubber and provides factories and facilities for

i ts manuf actu re.

Metals Reserve Company buys up strategic metals

such as manganese and copper, and stimulates the

mining of the needed metals.

Defense Supplies Corporation buys strategic war

materials and equipment, with the exception of rubber

and metals.

War Damage Corporation provides, through low-rate

insurance, protection against loss of or damage to

property, real and personal, which may result from

enemy attack.

Rubber Development Corporation has charge of the

Government’ s program for development and procurement

of natural rubber, particularly in Latin America.

For magazine materials, consult W> C. Costello,

Special Assistant to Board of Directors, RFC, or A.

B. Merritt, Administrative Assistant.

8!! Vermont Ave.
,

N. W. Executive 3111

Washington, D. C. Ext. 18

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FEDERAL SECURITY : Under the Federal Security Agency are

grouped a number of governmental agencies having re-

sponsibility for the promotion of social and economic

security, educational opportunities and the health of

the citizens of the Nation. The continuing programs

of its constituent agencies, including the Public

Health Service, the Office of Education and the Social

Security Board, are being adapted and extended to meet

the war emergency.

The Federal Security Agency collaborates closely

with the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services

and the War Manpower Commission in the discharge of

certain specific war responsibilities assigned to these

two agencies. Magazine editors and writers may get in

touch with ( I) Mrs. Zilpha C.

Information, or (2) Bertrand

Officer.

(1)

Room 402

601 Pennsy 1 van i a Ave. , N. W.

Washington, D. C.

(2)

Room 5360

Social Security Building

Washington, D. C.

Frankl in, Di rector of

Brown, Chief Information

Republic 6530

Ext. 2342

Republ i c 6530

Ext. 2518

FEDERAL WORKS : Public buildings, highways and various

other public works and public services are under the

jurisdiction of the Federal Works Administrator, Major

General Philip B. Fleming. In wartime the Federal

Works Agency has added responsibility.

In many overcrowded areas in which population

has multiplied almost overnight, local resources are

inadequate to provide facilities and services made

necessary by war activity. In such cases, FWA,

through the operation of the Lanham Act, provides for

the building of additional facilities such as schools,

health centers, sewage, garbage and refuse disposal

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facilities, public sanitary facilities, and facilities

for the treatment and purification of water.

The Public Roads Administration of FWA Is co-

operating with Army Engineers in the building of the

1,670 mile Alaska Highway; building bridges along and

completing gaps In the Pan-American Highway; and

building flight strips and hundreds of miles of access

roads to military establishments, shipyards and other

war installations.

The Public Buildings Administration of FWA,

includes in its activities a $12,500,000 program for

the protection of Federal buildings against air raid

hazards and sabotage, and the construction of 22

residence halls for women war workers in the

Washington area.

Director of Information for Federal Works Agency

i s M. L Ramsay.

Room 6113 Republic 7337

North Interior Building Ext. i|5 1

1

I8th and F Streets, N. W.

Washington, D. C-

COMMUBICATIOSS : The Federal Communications Commission is

charged with the regulation and licensing of all forms

of communication by electrical impluses: telephone,

telegraph, cable, and all types of radio broadcasting

— standard, poi nt-to-poi nt commerci al , marine, aviation,
police, forestry, emergency and amateur. James Lawrence

Fly is Chairman of the Commission.

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since the present war is the first major conflict

in which the ether waves have played a vital role,

FCC’s responsibilities have been greatly increased to

include many wartime emergency activities. These in-

clude monitoring of all official broadcasts of

foreign countries, enemy and allied, and analysis of

the propaganda programs of the Axis countries where

all radio is controlled and constantly used as a

weapon of war. For magazine material, get In touch

with Russell R. Clevenger, Chief of Information.

Room 7234 Executive 3620

New Post Office Building Ext. 361

12th and Pennsylvania Ave.
,

N.W.

Washington, 0. C-

FAIR TRADE PRACTICES : The Federal Trade Commission pro-

tects Americans 132,000,000 consumers against unfair

and deceptive trade practices. It has jurisdiction

over false advertising of drugs, food, cosmetics and

devices; It prohibits false or deceptive represen-

tations in labeling and in radio, newspaper and peri-

odical advertising. It prohibits price-fixing agree-

ments, boycotts, combinations in restraint of trade

and other unfair methods of competition that would be

at the expense of the public and government agencies.

Chairman of the Commission is William A- Ayres.

In these critical war days the Federal Trade

Commission has many added responsibilities in safe-

guarding the health and well-being of the American

public. Many of Its present activities are in special

war fields, including investigational work for the

Office of Price Administration, War Production Board,

War and Navy Departments and Office of Economic

Stabilization. In Its continuous surveys of adver-

tising, the Commission collaborates with the Director

of Censorship and the Office of War Information.

The Wool Products Labeling Act, which requires

the truthful labeling of all woolen or part-woolen

clothing, blankets and other essentials is

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administered by the Commission as an important part

of the war program. Trade practices rules have been

promulgated by the Comm i ss i on ’ of the interests of

fair competition and protection of the consumer in

present emergency conditions. Director of Public Re-

lations is M. A. Wh i te.

Room 496

Federal Trade Commission Bldg.

6th and Pennsylvania Ave.
, N. W.

Washington, D. C.

CIVIL SERVICE : The United States Civil Service Commis-

sion’s regulations provide a merit system whereby

selections for appointment to government positions*

are made upon the basis of fitness without regard to

religious or political considerations-except where

the appointee is a member of a political party or or-

ganization which advocates the overthrow of our form

of government, in which case he is ineligible.

Some of the duties of the Commission are: to pro-

vide for open competitive examinations for testing

applicants for the classified service and to furnish

appointing officers the names of qualifying persons;

to maintain employee service records; to conduct in-

vestigations relative to the character and suitability

of applicants; to establish training courses and pro-

vide a system of competitive promotion for employees

in classified service.

For further information, writers and editors

should get in touch with C. C. Hathaway, Information

Division.

Civil Service Commission Bldg. Republic 5711

7th and F Streets, N. W. Ext. 612

Washington, D. C.

Executive 6800

Ext. 335-6

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VETER A IfS ADHIKISTRATIOIf : This agency is responsible for

award and administration of all benefits provided by

law for veterans of all our wars, and for those who

serve in peace time in Army, Navy, Marine Corps and

Coast Guard,

Through its 104 field stations throughout the

United States and in Honolulu, T.H. and San Juan,

P. R. , the Administration conducts
examinations and

provides for the care and treatment of hospitalized

veterans; furnishes living quarters and care to dis-

abled ex-servicemen and women incapable of self-

support; provides laboratory, clinical and social

services; provides recreational and library services;

and maintains buildings, grounds and cemeteries that

come under its jurisdiction.

Writers and editors may consult Edward McE.

Lewis, Chief of Press Relations, for information.

Room 160 Di strict 6 1 10

Veterans Administration Bldg. ^xt. 470

Vermont Avenue and I St., N. W.

Washington, D. C.

PL ANFIFO THE FATIOKAL RESOURCES : In cooperation with

Federal, State, regional, municipal and private

agencies, the National Resources Planning Board pre-

pares advisory reports and programs on the develop-

ment, use and conservation of natural resources.

Frederic A> Delano is Chairman.

Its recent reports have fallen into the follow-

ing categories: War and Post-War; Trends and Stabi-

lization; Technical Studies; and Public Works Pro-

grams. These reports constitute a vast store of val-

uable information, broad in scope and based on

thorough research.

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For access to this material write or see Lloyd George,

Ed i tor.

Room 7112

North Interior Building

Executive 3300

Ext. 316

Eighteenth and F Streets

Washington, D. C-

THE HOME FROUT : Chief government agency designated by

Congress to study uses of food, clothing, and other

family supplies and services is the Bureau of Human

Nutrition and Home Economics in the U- S. Department

of Agriculture. Dr. Henry C. Sherman is Chief.

For the duration, this Bureau Is focusing its

research on two main goals: First, to provide

practical, tested information to help civilians.

This means Information that helps homemakers in

saving, sharing and using available food supplies to

build fitness and morale. And second, to obtain In-

formation which agencies within and without the De-

partment of Agriculture require in formulating poli-

cies and carrying out programs which further our war

ai ms.

By printed bulletin, picture chart, radio broad-

cast, and press release, a constant flow of authori-

tative how-to-do- it Information is moving out from the

the Bureau’s Information Division to the homes of the

nation. Editors and writers interested in this

Bureau’s work should get in touch with Ruth Van Deman,

Chief of the Information Division.

Room 6056 Republic 4142

South Building Ext. 2425

Department of Agriculture

14th & Independence Avenue, S. W.

Washington, D. C.

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PUBLIC HEALTH : The Public Health
Service protects

America’s health, carrying on continuous
research and

activities directed toward the prevention and
control

of disease and the improvement of our
national health

and well being. Dr. Thomas Parran is
Surgeon General.

War has greatly increased PHS duties and
ser-

vices to the country. The National
Institute of

Health, research arm of PHS has rearranged
its pro-

gram to fit wartime demands. At present it
is per-

fecting typhus fever vaccines for the use
of our

armed forces, and another program is being
conducted

in the immunization of civilian defense
workers

against pneumonia, particularly in the
steel and

other heavy industries. The Division of
Industrial

Hygiene is cooperating with the War
Department in

surveying occupational hazards of work in
government

war plants. PHS is also establishing
facilities for

medical, dental and nursing care in the
nation’s so-

called "hot spots" (areas suddenly overcrowded
by in-

coming war workers and presenting new
health pro-

tection problems.)

PHS also sets the standards for the
collection,

drying and storage of human blood plasma,
and in-

pects and approves all laboratories engaged
in this

collection program.

Venereal disease control activities of PHS
have

been greatly intensified. Medical officers
from PHS

are assigned to special duties in each of
the nine

Army service commands, to cooperate with Army
medical

officers on health problems arising in
extra-military

areas inter-related with the military camps.

Officers and technical personnel also have been as-

signed to the Office of Civilian Defense to develop

and administer nationwide emergency medical services.

Interesting magazine material also Is to be

found in the lesser-known regular activities
of PHS

which include the operation of a hospital for
the

treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts
and for

the study of drug addiction; and a hospital
for the

care and treatment of persons having leprosy.

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The Cancer Institute is carrying on vital experimental

work in this field and now provides radium, on loan,

to any hospital requiring it for the treatment of

patients. In addition, PHS studies and Issues Infor-

mation on mental diseases and furnishes and super-

vises medical and psychiatric services In Federal

penal and correctional Institutions, under the Depart-

ment of Justice. Magazine editors and writers may

get In touch with Dr. Parran.

U. S. Public Health Service Oliver >1200

Building T-6 Ext. 300

Bethesda, Maryland

CIVIL AERONAUTICS: Wartime activities of the Civil Aero-

nautics Administration In the Department of Commerce

are in five Important fields: (l) training civilian

pilots in colleges and universities to supplement the

training facilities of the Army and Navy air arms;

(2) operating, enlarging and improving the country’s

airways to meet increased military demands; (3) de-

veloping and improving public airports essential to

defense and the prosecution of the war; (M-) enforcing

safety regulations including inspection and testing

of noncombat military planes; and (5) supervising a

nationwide education program in primary and secondary

schools for the teaching of aviation subjects and (in

high schools) pre-flight aeronautics. Charles I.

Stanton is Administrator. For editorial material and

information magazine editors and writers should get

In touch with Fred Hamlin, Director of Information

and Statistics.

Room 5222

Department of Commerce Bldg,

mth and Constitution Avenue

Washington, D. C.

EDUCATIOH Ilf WARTIME: The government agency charged with

general responsibility for the promotion of the cause

Executive 2>+60

Ext. 1270

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of education in the United States is the U- S. Office

of Education in the Federal Security Agency. John W.

Studebaker is Commissioner.

Advising it in its wartime role is the U. S.

Office of Education Wartime Commission, a group of

key educators who make possible direct and workable

wartime relations between Government agencies and

educational institutions.

Major Office of Education war programs include

the High School Victory Corps, a national voluntary

organization designed to offer secondary school stu-

dents opportunity for more effective preparation for

and participation in wartime services; the Vocational

Training Program for War Production Workers, and the

Engineering, Science, and Management War Training

Program; and Extended School Services for the chil-

dren of war workers.

Those interested in the wartime work of the U.

S. Office of Education may get in touch with W. D.

Boutwell, Di rector of Information, Office of Educa-

tion, federal Security Agency. For the convenience

of magazine editors and writers. Jay Deiss is in

charge of magazine relations.

Room 3004 Repub 1 ic 1820

Interior Building Ext. 3024

Eighteenth and C Streets, N.W.

Washington, D. C.

CHILDREK IM WARTIME: The government agency charged with

general responsibility for the health, welfare, and

protection of children is the Children's Bureau of

the U. S. Department of Labor. Katharine F. Lenroot

i s Chief.

The Children's Bureau cooperates with Federal

and State agencies and national organizations in

safeguarding children under war conditions, and is

concerned especially with care of children of working

mothers, child labor, and juvenile delinquency as

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affected by wartime conditions,

Magazine editors and writers interested in the

wartime work of the Children's Bureau should get in

tjuch with Laura Yitray, Director of Information.

Room 7135 Executive 2420

Labor Department Building Branch 264

14th and Constitution Ave. , K. W-

Washington, D. C-

¥ONEll WAGS EARNERS: The governmental agency charged with

promoting the effective employment of wage-earning

women and formulating standards and policies to safe-

guard their welfare is the Women^s Bureau of the De-

partment of Labor. Hiss Mary Anderson is Director.

Since the Women’s Bureau, in war as In peace,

regularly investigates and compiles reports on occu-

pations and conditions of employed women, a great

amount of long-range and current information on women

wage earners is available in this Bureau. It also

maintains a file of clippings and photographs of

women in war Industries. Miss Mary V. Robinson is

Director of Information.

Rooms 1316, 1320

Department of Labor Building

14th and Constitution Ave. N. W.

Washington, D. C.

Executive 2420

Ext. 39

CSSS US: The Bureau of the Census, general fact-finding

agency of the Government within the Department of

Commerce, is serving an Important function in war

activities. The Information on file in the Bureau,

its facilities and personnel are being utilized In

compiling data for practically every phase of plan-

ning for total war and the marshalling of our human

and economic resources.

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Monthly, quarterly and annual surveys are made

to keep critical information up to date. These sur-

veys cover defense area populations; housing; agri-

culture crops and livestock; manufacturing; retail

and wholesale trade; imports and exports; state and

local governments; and vital statistics related to

war.

Editors and writers may get in touch with Mr.

A. W. von Struve, Acting Chief, Information and

Publ ications.

Bureau of the Census Trinidad 3000

Room 1037 Ext. 401

Suitland, Maryland

RED CROSS : The American National Red Cross, a quasi-

official agency, furnishes volunteer aid to the sick

and wounded of armies in time of war, and serves as a

medium of communication between the people of the

United States and their armed forces. It also prov-

vides a system of national and international relief to

mitigate the suffering caused by pestilence, famine,

fire, flood and other national calamities. In an

agreement signed jointly by the Red Cross and the

Office of Civilian Defense, the Red Cross is charged

with providing food, clothing and temporary shelter

during the period of emergency following any enemy

act ion.

Some 3,750 chapters and 6,000 branches of the

Red Cross throughout the United States and its pos-

sessions maintain a liaison between the man in camp

and his family at home. All large Army cantonments

have Red Cross headquarters buildings, and the Army

has built 70 Red Cross Hospital recreation centers.

Red Cross recreation facilities also have been set up

in leave areas in England, Scotland, North Ireland,

Australia, Iceland, North Africa and other places

where American troops are stationed. Army and Navy

nurses and Army medical technicians are also recruited

through Red Cross.

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Red Cross contributes much to Army morale by

handling the personal problems of servicemen and

through social service and recreational programs for

the sick and convalescent in military hospitals. It

also assists disabled veterans in obtaining benefits

from the Government, aids in many ways during hospi-

talization, and provides relief and service to their

families, if needed, while claims are being adjudged.

6. Stewart Brown is Director of Public Informa-

tion Service in the National Headquarters in Washing-

ton; Katherine Lewis is Assistant Director.

American National Red Cross Republic 8300

17th Street Building Ext. 261

Washington, D. C.

For magazine materials, get in touch with Eugene

O’Connor, Chief of the Magazine Division, in New York.

American National Red Cross Algonquin 1^-8200

300 Fourth Avenue

New York, N. Y.

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THE UNITED NATIONS

On January I, 1942, twenty-six governments

signed the Declaration of the United Nations,

pledging full resources, military and economic,

against the Axis and promising not to make a sep-

arate armistice or peace. Five other nations

later signed this pact.

The United Nations are: The United States of

America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and North-

ern Ireland, The Union of Soviet Socialist Re-

publics, China, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,

Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Repub-

lic, Ethiopia, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,

India, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New

Zealand, Nicaraugua, Norway, Panama, The Philip-

pines, Poland, El Salvador, South Africa, Yugo-

slavia.

New in this war has been another development

of great worth to editors and writers. As normal

news communications have become more and more dif-

ficult, the governments of our allies have set up

fact-disseminating agencies in this country. Ma-

terial coming from these governmental agencies is,

of course, official. In addition, private groups

interested in the liberation of the occupied coun-

tries have in some cases set up a more informal

type of Information distribution.

The following section deals with sources

available to magazine editors and writers for in-

formation on various phases of the war programs

and post-war plans of the United Nations.

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UHTED I^ATIOVS IHFORMATIOH : The United Nations Information

Office, formerly the Inter-Allied Information Center,

is the central source of Information and photographs

about the United Nat ions--except those in Latin Amer-

ica. Queries concerning Latin American countries

should not be addressed to U.N. 1.0. , but to the Office

of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. Infor-

mation on a single country should be requested from the

information services of that country rather than from

U.N. 1.0.

The U.N. 1.0. is an agency of the governments of

Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia,

Great Britain, Greece, India, Yugoslavia, Luxembourg,

Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines,

Poland and South Africa; of the Danish Legation and

the Fighting French Delegation, and of the government

of the United States of America. It Is under the

direction of the United Nations Information Board,

which consists of delegates from each of the fore-

going countries. The office is headed by the Secre-

tary-General of the U.N. I.B., Dr. W. B. Mumford.

The United Nations Information Office Is just

what the name Implies. It serves as a central clear-

ing house for news and background facts about the

United Nations—collectively and individually— and
aids the national information services (described be-

low) in coordinating their activities.

The staff of U.N. I.O.^s Press Office, Reference

Section and Library will assist editors and writers in

covering almost any subject bearing on the United

Nations. It will not only obtain factual background

and news material but can also suggest leads for pos-

sible development, and upon request, obtain interviews

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and human interest stories concerning individuals.

The U.N. 1.0. Reference Library contains a col-

lection of approximately 650 volumes dealing chiefly

with members of the United Nations groups, excepting

Latin American countries.

Three hundred and twenty-five current periodicals,

bulletins, releases, reports and cables are being re-

ceived regu^larly every month. They include official

and semi-official organs of United Nations governments

in London and their information services in the United

States, also a number of other periodicals carrying

regular features and articles on subjects of interest

to the United Nations.

All of this current material is indexed on cards.

Additions are being made at the rate of 50 a day.

Supplementing the data contained in the periodical

publications is a vertical file consisting of about

I 100 folders.

The staff of the Reference Library is prepared

to answer queries dealing with the United Nations ^
a whole— covering such subjects as their war effort,
their war and peace aims, conditions in occupied ter-

ritories— also the stated policies and developments

among the United Nations collectively with regard to

education, fifth columns, food, labor, living condi-

tions, women in the war, youth in the war, etc.

In the U.N. 1.0. Photo Section are more than 5000

pictures on a wide variety of United Nations subjects.

Magazine editors and writers who wish to use any

of the above facilities should address inquiries to

Mr. Robert Carley or Mr. Michael de Capite of the

U.N. 1.0. Press Office, or to Mr. James Orrick of the

Reference Section.

610 Fifth Avenue Circle 5-8060

New York, New York

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ISTER-AMERICAS INPORMATIOK : The overall agency for handling

Inter-American information Is the Office of the Co-

ordinator of Inter-American Affairs, described earlier,

(See Index). The American Republics which have joined

the United Nations are: Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba,

Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico,

Nicaraugua, Panama, El Salvador, and the United States,

Those which have not Joined the United Nations are

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay,

Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. However, most of these

have severed diplomatic relations with the Axis.

For Information see Frances A. Jamieson or "Miss

Martha Dal rympl e.

Commerce Building Republic 7500

mth and Constitution Ave.
,

N.W. Ext. 5321

Washington, D. C.

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INFORMATION OFFICES OF INDIVIDUAL NATIONS

Individual information offices which have

anti-Axis material to offer magazine editors and

writers are listed alphabetically below. Most of

these have subscribed to the United Nations pact

and are our official allies. There are, however,

a few exceptions which may be ascertained by

checking with the official United Nations list

given in the introduction to this section.

AUSTRALIA : "^American adventures in Australia, Australian

adventures In Africa, have been dramatic accents

pointing up the global nature of this war. Informa-

tion on Australia is made accessible in this country

through the Australian News and Information Bureau,

agency of the Government of the Commonwealth of Aus-

tralia. This Bureau will undertake without charge re-

search into specific subjects associated with Austral-

ia, for writers, editors, and educators. It will also

assist editors to make contact with competent writers

on Australia, both in this country and in Australia.

A large file of glossy prints is maintained.

Publications of Interest to writers include a Hand -

book on Australia; a monthly bulletin available to

writers and editors; a daily transcript of short-wave

news from the Australian Broadcasting Commission; a

twice-monthly clip-sheet; background fact bulletins;

booklets; and folders. A small reference library is

available to writers and researchers. Consult David

W. Bailey, Director.

610 Fifth Avenue Circle 7-8094

New York, N.Y.

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BELGIUM : Resistance within occupied Belgium, active war-

fare by the Belgium armed forces organized in

England and the Belgian Congo, constitute a continu-

ing heroic war chapter which Is told by The Belgian

Information Center. News from Belgium
,

eight pages

of text and four of pictures, is published weekly

and is available to editors and writers. Pamphlets

on Belgian subjects in French, Spanish, Dutch and

Portuguese also are available. English publications

include: The Belgian Congo at War ; We Suffer in a

Thousand Ways— letters from occupied Belgium; We

the People— a survey of the fighting spirit of the
Belgians; and Belgium's Fighting Forces. Publica-

tions not distributed free, but those on which dis-

counts are given to accredited persons are: The

Belgian Gray Book ; A New Code for Mayors ; Belgiuw

Unvanqu Ished ; and Flemish Primitives . Dr. Jan- Albert

Goris is Commissioner of Information.

630 Fifth Avenue ^ Circle 6-2450

New York, N.Y.

The Belgian Press Association in New York pub-

lishes a monthly magazine, Belgium. Rene Hi si ai re

is editor.

6 East Forty-fifth Street Murray Hill 2-8083

New York, N.Y.

BRITISH nFORMATION : The British Information Services,
New York and Washington, have available Information

on the British at war, and other aspects of British

life, for the use of United States Government de-

partments, the radio, press, and the general public.

Official British publications are available from the

Librarian in New York or Washington. A Film Officer,

from whom British documentary films may be obtained,

is attached to each office. British war photographs,

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posters and exhibition material may also be seen on

request. Aubrey N. Morgan is Director of Information

in New York, Jack Winocour in Washington.

30 Rockefeller Plaza Circle 6-5i00

New York, N.Y.

1336 New York Avenue, N.W. Executive 8525

Washington, D. C.

CAMADA : The Wartime Information Board of Canada, with

offices in Washington and New York, is the coordinat-

ing authority recently appointed by the Canadian Gov-

ernment to deal with the dissemination of news on

matters of interest to the United Nations so far as

the mutual war effort. is concerned. It makes no gen-

eral news releases but maintains a complete informa-

tion service on Canada, which is given to the press,

the magazines, the radio field or to the general pub-

lic upon request. Its work is closely allied to that

of the Office of War Information through a Canadian

Representative in OWI, Dana Doton.

The Washington: off ice of the Wartime Information

Board of Canada is staffed by J. H. Campbell, J. A.

Oastler and A. R. Sykes, all Canadian newspaper men.

The New York office is staffed by Harry

Sedgwick, Canadian Radio Expert, and Leo Casey,

U. S. Advisor.

1205 15th Street, N. W. Decatur {Oil

Washington, D. C.

620 Fifth Avenue Circle 7-7630

New York, N.Y.

CHIMA : That modern marvel, the short-wave radio, makes it

possible for far-away free China to keep the rest of

the world fully informed on all war news developments,

in contrast to nearer nations under the Axis occupa-

tion, who must get word out by "the underground,

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The Chinese News Service, which has its head-

quarters in New York and branch offices in Chicago

and San Francisco, is the official news and informa-

tion office in the United States for the Chinese Gov-

ernment. Its staff, predominantly Chinese, includes

men trained In journalism, economics, and political

science. It serves as the news disseminating agency

here for the Ministry of Information in China, and

also gathers and prepares original material which will

help to place the facts concerning China^s role in the

war before the American public. Dr. C. L. Hsia, a

member of China* s Legislative Yuan and advisor to the

Ministries of information and Foreign Affairs, is

Di rector.

A daily news release. Voice of China , compiled

in Chungking, is sent to this country by short-wave

radio and picked up by the Chinese Government official

listening post in California. Material sent this way

also makes a monthly magazine, China at War. A fort-

nightly bulletin. Contemporary China presents Chinese

viewpoints on current topics. Brief special features

are prepared each week for special writers and lec-

turers. Send for Catalog of Literature and Services^

For magazine material consult Miss Jean Lyon, press

representative.

Rockefeller Center

1250 Sixth Avenue

New York, N. Y.

201 North Wells Street

Chicago, ill.

.681 Market Street

San Francisco, Cal.

Circle 6-5225-6-7

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CZECHOSLO 7AKIA : The heroic story of Czechoslovakia’s re-

sistance to Nazi terrorism is made accessible and

authoritative by governmental information services in

New York and Washington. These services, for instance,

were able to give in a remarkably short time complete

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details on the history and life of the village of

Lidice when it was suddenly wiped from the map in re-

prisal for the murder of Heydrich.

There are four information sources on Czechoslo-

vakia which will supply material to writers and editors,

in most cases free of charge. Two of these have on

their lists 60 available publications in English; 4 in

Spanish; and 24 in Czechoslovakian. These are: the

Czechoslovak Information Service in New York, (consult

Milos Safranek); and the Czechoslovak National Council

of America in Chicago, which also publishes weekly

News Flashes from Czechoslovakia. (Consult Joseph

Martinel.)

A third information source is The American Friends

of Czechoslovakia, which publishes News from

Czechoslovakia. (Consult Brackett Lewis.)

Czechoslovak information Service

1790 Broadway Columbus 5- 1914

New York, N.Y.

Czechoslovak National Council of America

4049 West 26th Street Rockwell 0447

Chicago, ill.

The American Friends of Czechoslovakia

8 West 40th Street Lackawanna 4-1476

New York, N.Y.

The Czechoslovak Legation representing the Gov-

ernment in exile in London has a press officer in

Washington, Dr. Vladimir Palic, First Secretary of the

Legation, who will also give information to writers

and editors.

2349 Massachusetts Avenue North 3300

Washington, D. C.

DSlfMARK : Information on Denmark is offered by the National

America Denmark Association Information Service, a

press and magazine service sponsored by the Friends of

Denmark, Inc.

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Publications include a weekly Danish-language

news letter and a fortnightly Danish Listening Post

which is a brief review of trends and events in Den-

mark. Both are distributed free. Inquiries from in-

dividual writers and editors will also be answered by

this office, which is in charge of C. H. Wi

Hasselriis, Directorof Research and Information.

National America Denmark Association

Information Service

115 Broad Street Bowling Green 9-U35

New York, N. Y.

The Danish Legation in Washington will also as-

sist writers and editors in obtaining editorial ma-

terials. In charge of press matters there is Povl

Bang-Jensen.

Danish Legation

2343 Massachusetts Ave.
,

K.W. Dupont 3283

Washington, D. C.

FRAUCS : The Free French Press and Information Service has

in its files copies of all legislative acts, decrees,

speeches, manifestos and other official documents of

the French National Committee in London covering the

last two and a half years; records of the activities

of the Fighting French Forces in all theaters of oper-

ation; background material and documents relating to

Free French Overseas Possessions; documentary evidence

of the resistance movement in occupied France. It has

available photographs illustrating activities of

Fighting French Forces and the Overseas Territories.

It issues news releases in English and a fortnightly

magazine. Free France
,
which is a record of Free

French activities and of resistance inside France. In

addition, there is available for distribution a book-

let entitled Fighting France
,
which answers in concise

form all the questions about Fighting France that are

most frequently asked. The head of the Free French

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rress ana inTormation oervice in new tutr la nr.

Robert Valeur.

626 Fifth Avenue Circle 7-2364

New York, N. Y,

The Chief of the Press Section of the Fighting

French Delegation in Washington is Mr. Jean Baube,

who will answer general inquiries, while referring

more elaborate queries to the Free French Press and

Information Service in New York.

1420 16th Street, N.W. Adams 0990

Washington, D. C.

France Forever is an American organization of

13,000 members, both French and American, with head-

quarters in New York and about 30 Chapters located in

various parts of the United States (a list of these,

with their addresses, may be obtained from the New

York office). France Forever is also the title of

the quarterly bulletin of this organization. Book-

lets in a series entitled Documents are issued from

time to time. Three of these have appeared to date.

The second, dealing with Free French Africa, is of

particular interest. France Forever and its Chapters

throughout the United States are in a position to

provide certain information on the Fighting French

movement and will direct inquiries to the proper

source if further material is needed.

587 Fifth Avenue Eldorado 5-4051

New York, N. Y.

GREECE: The people of the United States, who once

applauded every blow the fighting Greeks struck

against the Axis, now give sympathetic ear to the

Greek story of suffering and starvation under Axis

occupation as our military forces help plan the day

of del iverance.

Authoritative information regarding Greece, with

particular emphasis on conditions in Greece and

Greek participation in the Allied war program, is

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available to writers and editors through the Greek

Office of Information, with headauarters in New York

and Washington. Wnile no regular news letter is at

present published, press releases are issued from time

to time as material comes which is of interest to the

American public. Available at all times are addresses

by Greek leaders, and backgrouno material dealing with

particular aspects of the situation in Greece, such as

Axis atrocities, guerrilla resistance, student activi-

ties, and the underground press. Address George

Maniotis, Director, in charge of both offices.

2100 Massachusetts Avenue Adams 7521

Washington, b. C.

30 Rockefeller Plaza Columbus 5-5607

New York, N. Y.

The National Committee for the Restoration of

Greece
,

a group of Americans of Greek descent, publish-

es a mimeographed weekly bulletin. News from Greece ,

which is distributed free of charge. Information on

conditions in occupied Grrece may be obtained by

getting in touch with the Executive Secretary, Dr. N.

G. Marvis.

30 Rockefeller Plaza Columbus 5-0309

New York, N. Y.

The \merican Friends of Greece , established origi-

nally in 1923, and composed of Americans of Greek de-

scent, now devote most of their efforts to securing

relief for Axis occupied and starved Greece. They

issue a printed monthly bulletin The Ph i Ihel lene , which

is sent free of charge to members and public service

institutions, such as libraries, etc. They also have

various pamphlets for sale, such as: Greece, 1821-1941 ,

$ I ; Greece Fights , $ I

.

30 Rockefeller Plaza Columbus 5-8594

New York, N. Y.

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IKDIA: Interest in India has increased tremendously as a

result of this war. India has sent her first diplo-

matic representative to the United States. The United

States has sent her first diplomatic representative to

India. Indians are fighting our battles and we have

flyers and paratroops in India.

Jossleyn Hennessy, Information Officer with the

Agent General for India, issues press releases, photo-

graphs and films dealing with all aspects of India's

war activities; answers special inquiries and gathers

materials for feature writers; maintains a large stock

of photographs and reference material; arranges free

distribution in the United States of Indian Information
,

a profusely illustrated fortnightly reference record

covering the main activities of the Government of

India, published in India.

2633 Sixteenth Street, N. W- Columbia 2467

Washington, D- C*

LUXEMBOURG : Though a small country, the Grand Duchy of

Luxembourg has several hundred soldiers serving with

British and Belgian forces and more than a thousand

with the Fighting French.

The Luxembourg Government has a Commissioner of

Information in New York, Andre Wolff, to whom magazine

editors and writers may apply for any information on

the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Insofar as It is a-

vailable, the Luxembourg Grey Book, treating of

Luxembourg and the German invasion, is sent free on

request to magazine editors and writers.

441 Lexington Avenue Murray Hill 3-5883

New York, N. Y.

The Luxembourg Government also issues a monthly

publication, Luxembourg Bulletin which is sent free

upon request, and which is published by the Press

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Section of the Luxembourg Government in Montreal,

Canada.

809 Sun Life Building

Montreal, Canada

THE UETHERLAUDS : Occupied Holland, Queen Wilhelmina’s gov-

ernment in London, the Netherlands East Indies and

Netherlands West Indies are brought close to this

country through the Netherlands Information Bureau.

The Bureau^s fortnightly publication, Netherl ands

News, possesses that boon to editors and writers, the

cumulative index. In addition to its news contents,

this publication carries In each issue a feature ar-

ticle on a current Dutch subject of special interest

to the rest of the world. A summarizing publication

is also Issued, the Netherlands News Digest . Editor

of both is Joseph W. F. Stoppleman, whose Press Depart-

ment will supply information on current Dutch topics

or arrange interviews with Netherl anders.

A collection of about |2,000 photographs is main-

tained by the Photo and Film Department headed by

Dr. Leonard de Greve. A reading room is provided for

researchers who seek out the reference collection of

more than 7000 volumes covering all aspects of the

Netherlands and its overseas territories. Or. Barthol-

omew Landheer is in charge. Available also is an ex-

tensive clipping and current news file, properly in-

dexed. About twenty-five current publications of the

Bureau often are made available without charge to writ-

ers on the subjects covered.

Divisional offices are maintained in Holland,

Michigan, at the Netherlands Museum, and in San Fran-

cisco at 900 Mills Building, 220 Montgomery Street.

The Director Is Dr. N. A. C- Slotemaker de Bruine

and the Assistant Director is Mr. J. H. Huizinga.

Room 419 Columbus 5-6217

10 Rockefel ler Plaza

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The Netherlands Embassy in Washington refers all

large research tasks to the Netherlands Information

Bureau. However, prel iminary .quest ions from editors

and writers are promptly answered by the Embassy.

Dr. H. R. Van Houten is Counselor of Embassy.

1740 Euclid Street Columbia 1630

Washington, D. C. " 1631

IfEW ZEALAND : Main base in that great sea-and- i si and area

which we call the South Pacific Command, New Zealand

is headquarters for the Battle of the Solomon Islands.

Naturally, the United States wants to know about New

Zeal and.

The New Zealand Government does not maintain an

Information or News Bureau in the United States, but

there is a Director of information on the Minister's

staff, directly responsible for magazine, press, radio,

and newsreel material. Press releases, posters, news

photos and pamphlets make vivid the role of New

Zealand’s fighting men in the campaigns of Greece,

Crete, Libya, and Egypt. Available to editors and

writers are a 48-page booklet Meet New Zealand; a 4-

page leaflet New Zealand and the War; a mimeographed

release, New Zealand Women
,

speeches and special ar-

ticle material. No regular news letter is issued,

photo and news releases are issued when, as, and if

they are received from the Middle East. Nevertheless,

New Zealand does a masterly job of introducing the

citizens of America to its advanced Social Security

laws, its coinage, its 90,000 Maoris, and its Irish,

Welsh, Scottish and English stock. Roger Hawthorne is

Director of Information.

New Zealand Legation Columbia 1721

27 Observatory Circle, N. W.

Washington, D. C.

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VORVAY: Because of the numbers of Norwegians, bearing

Norwegian news, who have escaped to England, the

North Sea has become known as "The King^s Highway."

This route is one of the things which has made

possible The Royal Norwegian Information Service,

which exists for the purpose of disseminating infor-

mation about occupied Norway and Norway’s fighting

forces through magazines, press, radio, and Its own

publications. Information about Norway is obtained

through Royal Norwegian Government agencies in London

and Stockholm which are served by a well-developed un-

derground news gathering organization in Norway. In-

formation outside Norway centers on such subjects as

the Norwegian merchant marine; the Royal -Norweg i an

Army, Air Force, and Navy; the activities of King

Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav, and the Royal Norwegian

Government in London; and the activities of the Royal

Norwegian Embassy In Washington.

Available to editors and to writers of both fact

and fiction are files of information on specific sub-

jects; photographs of pre-war Norway, of the invasion,

and of events since; and a half dozen special war pub-

lications-- (l) Norway , invasion and first year of oc-

cupation, (2) Norway Fights , all phases of Norwegian

war effort, (s) Norway’s Teachers Stand Firm , the

brave saga of educator-opposition to Nazism, (4-) Nor-

way’ s Role in the New Order , on the German occupation;

(5) Labor vs Nazism in Norway; (6) Norway’s Fighting

Church.

Stories of heroism spring full-fledged from the

weekly publication. News of Norway
,

edited by Trygve

M- Ager, A similar, somewhat more comprehensive

weekly review Is published in Norwegian, edited by

Tor Myklebost. Director of the Norwegian Information

Service is Hans Olav, counsellor of the Norwegian Em-

bassy. At the New York branch of this Service get in

touch with Torolv Kandahl.

2720 Th i rty-Fou fth Street Ordway 1000

Washington, D. C- •

30 Rockefeller Plaza Columbus 5-7124

New York, N. Y.

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The Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission has files

on the Norwegian Navy and Merchant Marine, the Nor-

wegian war program generally, conditions inside oc-

cupied Norway and post-war reconstruction from a Nor-

wegian point of view. While most of this material is

in Norwegian, the Mission will prepare dossiers in

English in reply to specific requests. There is also

available a file of clippings arranged by subjec;t mat-

ter. The Director of Shipping and Curator is Mr.

(iivind Lorentzen. Inquiries should be addressed to

Mr. Hans K. Skou, the Public Relations Officer.

80 Broad Street Hanover 2-6700

New York, N. Y.

THE PHILIPPINES : The saga of brotherhood and bravery writ-

ten by Americans and Filipinos during the occupation

of the Philippines by Japan is a living theme of fact

and fiction. The Office of Special Services of the

Commonwealth of the Philippines provides writers with

historical fact, current information, and cultural

background material on the Philippines. This Office

maintains the Philippine Library of Information, con-

sisting of books, pamphlets, and reports, open to the

public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Office prepares news

releases and feature stories; and issues copies of the

speeches and statements of President Manuel L. Quezon.

A file of pictures, now being catalogued, is available.

Editors and writers may consult David Bernstein, Di-

rector of the Office of Special Services.

1617 Massachusetts Ave.
, N. W. Hobart 1400

Washington, D. C.

POL AED: First country to fall victim to modern mechanized

warfare, Poland has been among the worst sufferers.

Yet its people have stood firm even in the face of mass

murders and have never formed a quisling government.

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The Polish Information Center, which has been in

existence for more than two years, has announced as

its guiding principle: the dissemination of unbiased

and truthful news and information on Poland’s past

history, culture, present struggle for independence

on all the far-flung battle fronts, her home front,

and her post-war reconstruction problems*

Its weekly publication. The Pol i sh Review, is

free to magazine editors and writers. A monthly pub-

lication, Jiew_Euj[op£, deals with post-war problems.

Polish, French, Jewish, Spanish and Portuguese news

bulletins serve the foreign language press.

Inquiries are answered by an Archives and General

Information department . Photographic material is

prepared fortnightly in met form. Posters and ex-

hibits, radio material and films are available.

Press Department, Roman Moczulski; Radio and Film

Department, Tadeusz Strzetelski; Archives and General

Information, Jan Dembinski; Photos and Exhibits,

Jan Walczak; The Polish Review, editor, Stanislaw

Centk i ewi cz.

151 East 67th Street Rhinelander i^-2506

New York, N. Y. Regent 4-1+520

SOUTH AFRICA : General material on the Union of South

Africa and its war activities is obtainable at the

Washington office of the Legation. This office does

not, at present, issue news-letters or pjjbl i cat Ions,

but special information is furnished In response to

Individual requests.

Public Relations Officer is H. M. Moolman,

Legation of the Union of South Africa.

3101 Massachusetts Avenue Republic 7860

Washington, D. C.

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SOVIET Uflipa : The Information Bulletin of the Embassy of

the USSR is issued three times weekly. Material from

it may be quoted or reproduced without special per-

mission.

The Bulletin features regular reviews of Soviet

military operations; texts of official statements and

documents; developments in industry, agriculture,

science, education and cultural fields; accounts of

the heroism of the Rea Army, guerrilla fighters and

civilians in the present war against Hitlerite

Germany, and reports on the war and other subjects by

leading Soviet authors and Journalists.

Requests for the Bulletin should be addressed to

The Information Bulletin
,

Embassy of the Union of

Soviet Socialist Republics.

1125 16th Street, N. W. National 7750

Washington, D. C.

Yugoslavia : Reports on conditions in Serbia are made by

the Royal Yugoslav Embassy. Available also there are

two printed documentary reports on Yugoslavia at War.

Dr. Bozidar Sarich is Secretary of the Embassy.

1520 16th Street N.W,

Washington, D.C.

Hobart 3492



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COOPERATION AMONG NATIONS

In order to plan most effectively for global

war, a number of joint boards and agencies composed

of representatives of various United Nations, have

been established.

These may perhaps prove to be the beginnings of

a new era in world cooperation after the war.

COMBIJfSD BOARDS: (other than IntersAmerican Defense) Best

use of the resources of the United Nations is made

possible through several combined boards, with mem-

bership from both the United States and Great Britain,

the United States and Mexico, or the United States and

Canada. Among these boards are: Joint Economics

Commi ttees-“Un i ted States and Canada; Joint War Pro-

ductfon Committee—Uni ted States and Canada; Materi-

als Coordinating Committee United States and Canada;

Permanent Joint Board on Defense—Un i ted States and

Canada; Combined Cliiefs of Staff—United States and

Great Britain; Combined Food Board—United States and

United Kingdom; Combined Production and Resources

Board—United States, Great Britain and Canada; Com-

bined Raw Materials Board—United States and Great

Britain; Combined Shipping Adjustment Board—United

States and Great Britain; Munitions Assignment Board-

United States and Great Britain; the Joint Mexican-

United States Defense Commission; and the Joint Bra-

zil-United States Defense Commission. For Informa-

tion on the combined boards consult Wilder Foote, In-

formation Chief, Combined Boards, OWi News Bureau.

Room 3540 Republic 7500

Social Security Building Ext. 74312

Washington, D.C.

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IVTER AMERICAN DEFENSE: As contrasted with the Office of

the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (which is a

United States Government office concerned with promo-

tion of cultural and economic unity among the Ameri-

cas), the Inter-American Defense Board is an interna-

tional body composed of Army, Navy, and air officers

named by the twenty-one American Republics. It Is

concerned with the study and recommendation of meas-

ures necessary for the defense of all peopJe of the

Americas against any type of aggression, whether

through air, naval, or land attack, or through com-

munications and the press.

Formation of the Board was recommended at the

Rio de Janeiro Conference In January, 1942. The

Board meets In plenary sessions twice monthly In Wash-

ington, and in frequent committee meetings. Proceed-

ings are confidential.

Press and Public Relations are under the Chief

of the Liaison Branch of the Secretariat. For maga-

zine material write or see Major E.H. Chapman, infor-

mation Officer.

Room 1244 ' Republic 7500

Federal Reserve Building Ext. 72872

20th and Constitution Ave.

Washington, D. C.

POREIQR REHABILIPATIOR ARD RELIEF: Newest of the Govern-

mentis emergency war agencies Is the Office of Foreign

Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, within the De-

partment of State. Herbert H. Lehman, former Governor

of New York, is Director.

This Office is charged with the enormous task of

advancing behind the United Nations’ armed forces as

the Axis-dominated countries are liberated, and sup-

plying the peoples of these areas with food, clothing,

medical supplies and other essentials for building a

new social and economic life within their devastated

countries.

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At present the Office, in collaboration with the

Army, Kavy, State Department, Treasury Department,

Office of Lend-Lease Administration, U. S. Public

Health Service, Board of Economic Warfare, War Ship-

ping Administration and inter-allied committees, is

making plans for the relief and rehabilitation of

some 500,000,000 people who, according to current es-

timates, will need aid by the end of the war.

Chief of the Division of Public Information in

this Office Is Thomas F. Reynolds.

Room 357 Republic 5600

Walker-Johnson Building Ext. 2522

1734 New York Ave.

Washington, D. C.

POST-WAR PLASSHG: The Post-War Planning Activities of

the Federal Government are summarized in a 36-page

pamphlet available through Mrs. Dorothy Johnstone,

Division of Public Inquiries, OWI.

Room 10 1 1 Republ ic 7500

Temporary V Building Ext. 6552

moo Pennsylvania Ave., N. W.

Washington, D. C.

A 12-page bibliography on Post-War Planning

listing government and non-government references on

Agriculture, Business, Demobilization, Economics,

Education, Employment, Housing and Town Planning,

Public Works, Transportation, and miscellaneous sub-

jects is available to editors and writers from the

Magazine Division, OWI. (See Index).

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• INDEX

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WARTIME WASHINGTON

Page

Agr iculturey Department of 16, 38

Agricultural Research Administration, Food Produc-

tion and Food Distribution Administrations, Office

of Agricultural War Relations. 16

Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics ... 38

Alien Property Custodian, Office of 23

American National Red Cross ...
Army — See War Department
Board of Economic Warfare

Board of War Communications

Censorship, Office of

Census, Bureau of the

Children’s Bureau, Labor Department . .

Civil Aeronautics Administration.

Civil Service Commission. ..... ..... 36
Civilian Defense, Office of . . 20

Coast Guard — See Navy
Commerce, Department of .30

Census Bureau ^2

Civil Aeronautics Administration

Commodity Credit Corporation ........... 1^
Communications — See War Communications
Congress. ' . . . 3

House of Representatives . 3

Library of Congress. ......... ^
Senate ...... 3

Defense Health and Welfare Services, Office of. . . 21, 33

Defense Plant Corporation ... 32
Defense Supplies Corporation 32

Defense Transportat ion. Office of 19

Economic Stabilization, Office of 13

Economic Warfare, Board of . 13

Education, U. S. Office of 33, ^^0,

Federal Bureau of Investigation 28

Federal Communications Commission 3M^

' Federal Housing Administration 22

Federal Public Housing Authority 22

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Page

Federal Security Agency. . 33

Education, u. S. Office of 33, 41

Public Health Service 33, 39

social Security Board .... ..33
Federal Trade Commission .... 35
Federal Works Agency 33

Public Building Administration. .......... 34
Public Roads Administration . • 34

Food Distribution Administration

Food Productio/1 Administration .

Foreign Relief and Rehabi 1 itat ion Operat ions. Office of.

House of Representatives ^

Housing — See National Housing Agency
Human Nutrition and Home Economics, Bureau of. ..... ^^

Inter-American Affairs, Office of the Coordinator of |2, 48

Interior, Department of the 29

Office of Solid Fuels Coordinator for War ..... 30
Petroleum Administration for War i8, 29

Justice, Department of . . 28

Federal Bureau of Investigation ..... 28
Labor, Department of 3(

Children's Bureau 41

Women’s Bureau. 42

Lend-Lease Administration, Office of ... 15

Library of Congress 4

Manpower — See War Manpower Commission
Marines — See Navy Department
Maritime Commission . 3, 10

Merchant Marine — See War Shipping Administration
Metals Reserve Company .... ......32
National Housing Agency

Federal Housing Administration, Federal Public

Housing Authority

National Resources Planning Board

National War Labor Board

Navy Department ......7, 8,9
Coast Guard, Marines, Nurses, SPARS, WAVES

Oil — See Petroleum Administration for War
Petroleum Administration for War . . .

29

Post Office Department ...... 29
Post-War planning ....^^

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(Index Cont'd)

Page

Price Administration, Office of • • 18

Public Buildings Administration 34

Public Health Service 33, 39

Public Roads Administration .34

Reconstruction Finance Corporation 32

Defense Plant Corp., Defense Supplies Corp.,

Metals Reserve Co., Rubber Reserve Co., War

Damage Corp., Rubber Development Corp.

Red Cross 43

Rubber Development Corporation .32

Rubber Director, Office of the 19

Rubber Reserve Company 32

Selective Service System .....16
Senate, U. S - 3

Social Security Board . 33

Solid Fuels Coordinator for War, Office of. 30

SPARS — See Navy Department
State, Department of. 25

Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations . . .

Supreme Court of the United States. . ^

Treasury, Department of the 26

Customs Bureau, War Savings Staff, Foreign Funds

Control, Procurement Division, Secret Service

Division

U. S. Army — See War Department
U. S. Civil Service Commission 36

U. S. Employment Service. 16

U. S. Maritime Commission 9, iO

U. S. Navy — See Navy Department
U. S. Office of Education ........... 33, 40, 41
U. S. Senate. ..... ........... 3
Veterans Administration ... 37

WAACS*— See War Department

WAFS — See War Department
War Communications, Board of .20

Also see Federal Communications Commission

War Damage Corporation 32

War Department. ............... ^
Air Force, Nurses, WAACS, WAFS

War Information, Office of II

War Labor Board . ...........23

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Page

War Manpower Commission “ * ' "
’

16 33
U» S. Employment Service, Selective Service

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War Production Board ^
Office of the Rubber Director. ..........

War Relocation Authority. ...............
War Savings Staff -- See Treasury Department

War Shipping Administration ..... ....
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British Information Services . .

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China

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Denmark ...................
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Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations,

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Inter-Amerl can Defense Board

Inter-American Information. .........
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8EW Board of Economic Warfare 13

CIAA Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs,

Office of 12, ^8

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation ....... 28

FCC Federal Communications Commission ...... 34

lADB Inter-American Defense Board. ... 65

NHA National Housing Agency • » • 22

OCD Civilian Defense, Office of 20

ODT Defense Transportation, Office of ..... . |9

OES Economic Stabilization, Office of . I3

OFRRO Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations,

Office of 65

Lend- Lend-Lease Administration, Office of. ... . 16
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OPA Price Administration, Office of 18

ORD Rubber Director, Office of the. . 19.

OWI War information, Office of II

PAW Petroleum Administration for War. .... .18,29

WLB National War Labor Board. 23

WMC War Manpower Commission . 16,33

WPB War Production Board. . . I4

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