Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1928, Page 16

16 CALS W STANPS BETER THAN 0D Director A. W. Hall Tells of Bureau of Engraving and Printing Activities. Uncle Sam’s newest postage stamps are claimed by the Bureau of Engrav- ing and Printing to be a great improve- ment over the old. Several improvements in the manu- facture of stamps were reported today by Director Alvin W. Hall, director, in his annual report. The number of perforations between stamps has been increased to make the stamps easier to tear apart. More “gum” has been put on the back so that, although the old well known taste may be just the same, there is more body to hold the stamp fast, once it is attached. The added gum is put on by “fine grooves” cut into the gumming rollers of the machines, Another thing new—"a softer and more absorbent paper which permitted a deeper penetration of gum and ink was adopted,” according to Director Hall. And the gum on the back of each stamp is now cracked in only one place, to make it lie flat, instead of four or five places, as formerly. “Reports from users of large quanti- ties of stamps,” said Mr. Hall, “indicate that the tearing and adhesive qualities of stamps have improved since the in- troduction of these changes.” Printing of the new small size paper money is under way, the report states. Slightly less work was accomplished by the bureau during the last fiscal year, Mr. Hall said, than during the previous fiscal year. “In 1928,” he said, “the deliveries of perfect work amounted to 483,455,832 sheets, while in 1927 the deliveries amounted to 490,264,868 sheets. The decrease in deliveries during 1928 under that of 1927 was 6,808,936 sheets, or 1.39 per cent. There was on hand June 30, 1928, a balance of 22,591,222 sheets of currency backs, and 30,007,225 sheets of currency backs and faces, ag- gregating 52,598,447 sheets, as compared with 27,913,317 sheets of backs and 20,- 945,385 sheets of backs and faces, ag- gregating 48,858,702 sheets on June 30, 1927, or a decrease of 5,322,095 sheets of backs and in increase of 9,061,840 sheets of backs and faces, making a net increase of 3,739,745 sheets. “The average number of employes re- quired to complete the work for 1928 was 4,979, as ‘compared with 5,097 in 1927, a decrease of 118 employes, or 2.32 per cent.” CRITIC TO LECTURE. Drama Club to Present MacGowan at Jewish Center. ‘The Dramatic Club of the Jewish Community Center, Sixteenth and Q streets, will present Kenneth MacGow- an, dramatic critic and playwright, in a lecture, Wednesday night at 8:30 o'clock. 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