FEDERAL ACTIVITIES HELPFUL TO COMMUNITIES Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/federalactivitieOOunit FEDERAL ACTIVITIES HELPFUL TO COMMUNITIES U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Sinclair Weeks, Secretary OFFICE OF AREA DEVELOPMENT Victor Roterus, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, 0. C. Price 20 cents FOREWORD More and more communities are becoming interested in improving their services, and diversifying or expanding their local economies. This booklet outlines the types of assistance that Federal agencies make available to help such communities in their programs to accomplish these objectives. For com- munities with Federal programs already underway, it will serve as a checklist by which they can make certain that all available sources of assistance on the Federal level have been considered. Local groups should also consult with offices of the several State governments on help available at the State level. The following information is provided herein: • The name of each Federal department and agency that of- fers community assistance, with the names of subsidiary offices or bureaus having jurisdiction for specific programs. • A brief description of the nature and purpose of each program. • The names and addresses of regional or branch offices where information in greater detail is available. • Titles of available publications and printed materials which provide fuller descriptive information. The information listed for each program was supplied by the Federal agency which has primary responsibility for the program. The listings are in two general categories: (1) Poli- cies of the President and the Office of Defense Mobilization governing the application of Federal programs to the solu- tion of problems in labor- surplus areas; and (2) Federal executive agencies that administer programs authorized by the Congress for various purposes. Federal funds are ex- pended by such agencies either for technical assistance and consultation or for financial assistance, procurement, and consultation. The services offered by each agency are listed under one or both of these headings. UcejLen vX o-Qxxvax S Victor Roterus, Director OFFICE OF AREA DEVELOPMENT in CONTENTS I. GENERAL POLICIES ON ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL AREAS Page EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 1 DEFENSE MOBILIZATION, OFFICE OF 1 H. FEDERAL AGENCY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF 3 Technical Assistance and Consultation 3 Federal Extension Service 3 Forest Service 3 Soil Conservation Service 4 Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction 4 Agricultural Conservation Program Service 4 Agricultural Marketing Service, Food Distribution Division 5 Commodity Stabilization Service 5 Farmers Home Administration 6 Rural Electrification Administration 6 AIR FORCE, DEPARTMENT OF THE 7 Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction 7 ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF THE 7 Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction 7 Engineers, Corps of 7 ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 8 Technical Assistance and Consultation 8 COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF 9 Technical Assistance and Consultation 9 Area Development, Office of 9 Business and Defense Services Administration 10 Census, Bureau of the <, 12 Civil Aeronautics Administration 13 Coast and Geodetic Survey 14 Foreign Commerce, Bureau of » 15 Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction „ 16 Civil Aeronautics Administration „ 16 Public Roads, Bureau of 16 DEFENSE, DEPARTMENT OF 17 Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction 17 iv Page FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION 17 Financial Assi stance, Procurement, and Construction 17 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 18 Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction ., 18 Defense Materials Service 18 Federal Supply Service. .. o...„ 18 Public Buildings Service 19 HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE, DEPARTMENT OF 19 Technical Assistance and Consultation 19 Vocational Rehabilitation, Office of. 19 Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Consultation 19 Hospital and Medical Facilities, Division of, U. S. Public Health Service 19 Sanitary Engineering Services, Division of, U. S. Public Health Service 20 School Assistance in Federally Affected Areas, Division of 20 Vocational Rehabilitation, Office of 20 HOUSING .AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY 21 Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction 21 Community Facilities Administration 21 Federal Housing Administration 21 Federal National Mortgage Administration 22 Public Housing Administration 22 Urban Renewal Administration 22 INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE., 23 Technical Assistance and Consultation ..... 23 Financial Assistance, Pr ocurement, and Construction 24 Commercial Fisheries, Bureau of 24 Defense Minerals Exploration Administration....... „.. 24 Reclamation, Bureau of 25 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ADMINISTRATION.. 25 Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction.. 25 LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 26 Technical Assistance and Consultation 26 NAVY, DEPARTMENT OF THE 27 Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction 27 POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT 27 Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction 27 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 28 Technical Assistance and Consultation 28 Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction 29 INDEX 30 FIELD OFFICES, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 34 INDEX OF FEDERAL ACTIVITIES STARTS ON PAGE 30 The information given in this publication is arranged under the Federal departments and agencies that provide community assistance, as listed in the foregoing table of contents. For the convenience of those seeking particular types of Federal aid, an itemized listing of Federal activities is given on page 30. If, for example, the reader is interested in grants for sewage treatment construction, the index will refer him to page 20, under Health, Education, and Welfare. VI I. General Policies on Assistance to Local Areas EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Under Executive Order No. 10582 dated December 17, 1954, the President established uniform procedures for application of the Buy American Act of 1933. This law provides that preference in the award of Government contracts shall be given to domestic suppliers, as against foreign suppliers, unless the domestic supplier's bid or offered price is un- reasonable or the award to him would be inconsistent with the public interest. The Order also permits rejection of a foreign bid or offer in any situation in which the domestic low bidder would produce substantially all of the materials in areas of substantial unemployment as determined by the Secretary of Labor after a determination by the President that such pref- erence would be in the national interest. In issuing the Ex- ecutive Order the President made the determination that such preference was at present in the national interest. Contact : None. (See under individual agencies.) Printed Material : See Federal Register, Vol. 19, No. 246, pp. 8723-25. See also Department of the Interior press re- lease for November 14, 1955. Department Procedures Strength- en "Buy American" Provision. OFFICE OF DEFENSE MOBILIZATION Defense Manpower Policy No. 4, Placement of Procurement and Facilities in Areas of Imminent Labor Surplus, is designed to encourage the placing of Government contracts and facilities in labor -surplus areas and to assist such areas in making the best uses of their available resources. Under this order, Federal procurement agencies are directed to make "set- asides" in appropriate cases. A portion of a total purchase may be set aside for negotiation with firms in labor -surplus areas which must meet the prices established through the competitive formal buying procedure. Agencies must also give full opportunity to firms in labor -surplus areas whose names are on bidders' lists to submit bids or proposals. Agencies are directed to award contracts in the event of tie bids or offers on any procurement to firms located in labor - surplus areas. The policy also provides for the intensification of service to these areas by all appropriate Federal agencies. Contact : John F. Troy, Manpower Specialist, Office of De- fense Mobilization, Washington 25, D. C. Printed Material : Defense Manpower Policy No. 4 (Revised, Placement of Procurement and Facilities in Areas of Current or Imminent Labor Surplus, Office of Defense Mobilization (IV-Man-DMP.) 4 (Revised), November 5, 1953. Washington, D. C. (Mimeographed). II. Federal Agency Programs and Activities DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Technical Assistance and Consultation FEDERAL EXTENSION SERVICE. -Through its various pro- grams, the cooperative Federal -State Extension Service pro- vides educational and technical counsel to farm families and others seeking such assistance. It makes available the results of research and agricultural and related problems; helps those concerned to use these results to reduce costs, increase in- comes, and adjust production more nearly to market demands. Contact : Full- or part-time farmers in labor- surplus areas may get information on the services available by consulting with State farm extension officers (located at State agricultural colleges) or the local county extension agents. Printed Material : Directory of Organization and Field Activi- ties of the Department of Agriculture, 1957. Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. 65 cents. (Also useful as a reference to other Department of Agriculture programs.) FOREST SERVICE. -Administers 149 National Forests, de- veloping their resources for permanent service to local com- munities; conducts research in improved techniques for forest management and utilization; cooperates with States and private landowners in forest protection and promotion of good timber management; assists local areas in surveys of forest re- sources, markets, and employment possibilities. Cooperates with State foresters to provide reasonably priced forest- tree- planting stock; to protect forest lands from fire; and to give technical forestry assistance to the Nation's more than 4 million woodland owners and 50,000 forest-products industries. Contact : Headquarters Office, Forest Service, U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, Washington 25, D. C; or its regional offices in Juneau, Alaska; San Francisco, Calif.; Denver, 459985 O - 58 - 2 Colo.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Atlanta, Ga.; Missoula, Mont.; Albu- querque, N. Mex.; Portland, Oreg.; Upper Darby, Pa.; Ogden, Utah. Local offices are in many cities and towns. Most State Foresters are located at the State capitals. Printed Material : The following publications are available from the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington 25, D. C: In Your Service (AIB- 136); Protecting the Forests From Fere (AIB- 130); Water and Our Forests (AIB -71); Starting a Community Forest (leaflet); Managing the Small Forest (Farmers Bulletin 1989). SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE. -The Department of Agri- culture's action agency for soil and water conservation (SCS) works in cooperation with local soil conservation districts and community watershed groups. On request, SCS technicians make soil surveys, prepare plans for farm and ranch conservation, watershed protection, and flood prevention in upstream water- sheds; give onsite assistance in the planning and application of needed conservation practices on cropland, grazing land, woodland, and wildlife lands. Contact : SCS field representatives usually have headquarters in the county seat and are listed in the local telephone di- rectory; they also can be located by contacting the County Agent or the office of local soil conservation district. Printed Material : The following publications are available from the Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Department of Agri- culture, Washington 25, D. C: What the Soil Conservation Service Does (SCS -CI- 3); Questions and Answers About the Great Plains Conservation Program (PA -346); Facts About the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act PA-298). Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM SERVICE. - Shares with individual farmers and ranchers the cost of needed practices approved for protecting and improving the soil, re- ducing wind and water erosion, and conserving agricultural water on farm and ranch land. Farmers select from their local ACP those practices which they need to advance their own con- servation programs under the conditions prevailing on their own farms. Generally, farmers and the Government share about equally in the total conservation investment. Contact: Administrator, Agricultural Conservation Program Service, Washington 25, D. C. Farmers should request ACP cost- sharing assistance through the County Agricultural Sta- bilization and Conservation Committee which usually main- tains an office in the local county seat. Printed Material : ACP National Bulletin 1958; Facts About the Agricultural Conservation Program (PA 272); Answers to Questions about the ACP (PA 293); Better Living Through Conservation Farming (PA 288 Revised); Agricultural Con- servation Program Service, Washington 25, D. C. Free. AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE, FOOD DISTRI- BUTION DIVISION.— Food commodities acquired under surplus or price- support programs are donated to nonprofit school lunch programs, charitable institutions and persons certified as needy by public welfare agencies. Distribution is made through State agencies. Contact: Agricultural Marketing Service, Food Distribution Division, South Agricultural Building, Washington 25, D. C. Local groups will need to contact the State agency having local responsibility. A list of these agencies is available from the Food Distribution Division. Printed Material ; The Special Milk Program (PA 248); Na- tional School Lunch Program (PA 19); The Direct Distribution Program (PA 343); Agricultural Marketing Service, Washing- ton 25, D. C. Free. COMMODITY STABILIZATION SERVICE.- Supports prices of farm products through loans, purchases, and incentive pay- ments, and also makes loans to producers to finance on- farm storage facilities for grain and other storable crops. These support and storage loan activities are financed and controlled by the Commodity Credit Corporation. CSS makes payments to producers of sugar beets and sugar- cane provided producers comply with certain labor, wage, price, and marketing requirements. CSS administers the soil bank program, under which it makes payments to farmers for (1) reducing allotment acres of basic crops— the "acreage reserve," and (2) putting general crop- land to conservation use— the "conservation reserve." Contact: Applications by farm operator for CSS program as- sistance should be made to the County ASC (Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation) Committee, which is usually located in the county seat. Printed Material : Price Programs— Agriculture Information Handbook 135, Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. 35 cents. What We Are Doing About Agricultural Sur- pluses, (charts and tables). Commodity Stabilization Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington 25, D. C. Free. 5 FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION. -Makes loans for the operation, purchase, improvement, and enlargement of family- type farms, and for refinancing existing debts. Credit extended includes loans for soil and water conservation, and for build- ing or repairing farm houses and other essential farm build- ings. In designated areas, the Administration makes loans to meet emergency needs. It makes loans to help local organiza- tions pay their share of the cost of installing watershed pro- tection and flood prevention projects. Also, it makes loans to owners of farms smaller than family- type to develop their farms; and to farmers who have part-time employment off the farm to operate their farms. In either instance, applicants must be established farmers who carry on substantial farming operations, spend most of their time farming, and have de- pendable income from other sources. With the loans, bor- rowers receive, to the necessary extent, help of the agency's county supervisors in preparing farm and home operating plans, keeping farm records, and obtaining advice on farm problems. Contact : Applications are made at local Farmers Home Ad- ministration offices usually located in the county seat towns. Printed Material : Operating Loans for Better Farming— Bet- ter Living (PA 182); Farm Ownership Loans (PA 62); Loans for Soil and Water Conservation (PA 253); Emergency Loans (PA 273); Insured Farm Loans— Information for Lenders (PA- 254); Farm Housing Loans (PA 183); Thumbnail Sketch (Brief Program Descriptions) (PA 255). Farmers Home Administra- tion, Washington 25, D. C. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION. -Loans are made for the furnishing of electric service to persons in un- served rural areas and for the extension and improvement of telephone service in rural areas. Contact : Applications must be made to: Rural Electrification Administration, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington 25, D. C. Interested parties should secure copies of the recommended printed references which specify in detail the procedures to be used in making application. Printed Material : Preloan Procedure for Rural Telephone Cooperatives (REA Bulletin 320-1); Procedure for Electric Distribution Borrowers in Preparing Loan Applications (REA Bulletin 20-2). Rural Electrification Administration, Washing- ton 25, D. C. Free. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction Air Force procurement of supplies is made in accordance with over -all policies of the Department of Defense. Suppliers should apply to the nearest Air Force Procurement District to have their names placed on bidders' lists. Air Force con- struction projects are normally handled by the Army Corps of Engineers through their local offices. Decisions on the location and activation of base facilities are normally made in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington 25, D. C. Contact : Air Force Procurement Districts of the Department of the Air Force: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Newark, New York, Oakland, Philadelphia, Rochester, San Diego, St. Louis, Tucson, Wright -Patterson AFB. Printed Material: See under Department of Defense. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY See special procurement policies under Department of De- fense. The Corps of Engineers is responsible for Army con- struction projects (see below). Decisions on the location and activation of base facilities are normally made in the Office of the Secretary of the Army, Washington 25, D. C. Contact : Department of the Army Procurement Information Center, Old Post Office Building, 12th and Pennsylvania Ave- nue, NW., Washington 25, D. C. See also the list of installa- tions and purchasing locations mHowToSellto the Department of Defense and Purchased Items and Purchasing Locations of the Department of Defense. Printed Material : See under Department of Defense. CORPS OF ENGINEERS.-The Civil Works Program of the Chief of Engineers includes the construction and maintenance of navigation and flood control projects, financed chiefly from regular appropriations of the Congress. Authorizing legisla- tion for each project specifies conditions which must be met by each community in which work is done. These may vary from none to provision of lands, assumption of damage responsibil- ity, maintenance and/or further cash contributions. The Corps is also responsible for Army and Air Force con- struction. Contact : Brigadier General J. L Person, Assistant, Chief of Engineers for Civil Works, Room 2340 Bldg. T-7, Gravelly Point, Virginia, should be contacted for general information. However, the Corps also maintains District and Division Engineer offices in cities throughout the country. Contracts for Army and Air Force construction are awarded through District Engineers and information on local programs can be secured from such offices. Printed Material : Installations and Activities List. This list gives the names and addresses of all Division and District Engineers. It is issued periodically and can be obtained by writing to: Office of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, Washington 25, D. C; Water Resources Develop- ment Pamphlets: A pamphlet in this series is issued periodi- cally for each State. The pamphlets provide information on all civil works projects and activities of the Corps of Engi- neers. They may be obtained from the Division Engineers at the addresses shown on the Installations and Activities List referred to above. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction The construction and operation of an industrial complex of atomic energy plants, laboratories, and other facilities are responsibilities of AEC. The contracting for these activities has been decentralized. Managers of the 10 AEC Operations Offices in the field are authorized to enter into contracts. Purchases of material, equipment and supplies are handled— for the most part as subcontracts— by the cost -type con- tractors that build and operate AEC plants, laboratories and other facilities, and— to a lesser extent as prime contractors— by the AEC Operations Offices. Most business opportunities occur at the subcontract level. Production -run items are limited in number. Contact : For information on material, equipment and supply contracts, contact the nearest AEC Operations Office or write to the Procurement and Contracts Branch, Division of Con- struction and Supply, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington 8 25, D. C. AEC Operations Offices: Oakland, Calif.; Grand Junction, Colo.; Idaho Falls, Idaho; Lemont, 111.; Albuquerque, N. Mex.; New York, N. Y.; Schenectady, N. Y.; Aiken, S.C.; Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Richland, Wash. Printed Material : Selling to AEC, which includes a directory of AEC Operations and Cost -type Contractor Purchasing Offices and a list of products purchased, 1958, 25 cents;A Guide for Contracting of Construction and Related Architect- Engineering Services, 1955, 15 cents. Superintendent of Documents, Wash- ington 25, D. C. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Technical Assistance and Consultation OFFICE OF AREA DEVELOPMENT. -Maintains close liaison with State planning and development agencies, and serves as a focal point in the Federal Government for Congressional and community delegations seeking assistance in the solutions of various local area development problems. Assists communities in initiating and carrying out industrial and area development programs involving technical guidance in securing new in- dustry, and in expanding existing industry through product improvement and new product development. OAD provides various technical services to States and local communities. Issues bulletins, development aids, reports, analyses, and other publications on area development problems. Assists States and local organizations in their efforts to create new industrial diversification and promotion opportuni- ties, including the acquisition and preparation of land for industrial use, organizing industrial districts and development groups, developing new products, locating new markets, cataloging available community resources, and locating in- dustrial prospects. Several activities of the Office are designed to help manu- facturers seeking sites for new branch plants. Some of the specific areas of technical assistance on plant location mat- ters, include: Guidance to sources of Federal data and infor- mation useful in plant location work; guidance on the se- curity factor of plant location according to the requirements of the National Industrial Dispersion Program; assistance in planning site- selection surveys; issuance of reference materials on specific site- selection factors; and maintenance of a central library of plant location data by regions, States, and communities, compiled in cooperation with State, local, and private development agencies. Contact : Local field offices of the Department of Commerce, or write: Director, Office of Area Development, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D. C. Printed Material : The following publications are available at local field offices of the Department of Commerce and/ or Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C: Area Development Bulletin (bimonthly), 50 cents per year; Checklist for Community and Area Development; 10 cents Developing and Selling New Products, 40 cents; How To Locate Industrial Prospects for Your Community, 10 cents; Organized Industrial Districts— A Tool for Community Development, 65 cents; What Will New Industry Mean to My Town? 15 cents; Your Com- munity Can Profit From the Tourist Business, 15 cents; Area Trend Series; Industry Trend Series, 15 reports covering more than 100 growth industries and their products, varying in price from 5 to 15 cents; A listing of Office of Area Development Pub- lications, free. BUSINESS AND DEFENSE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. - Provides the point of contact in the Federal Government through which manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and service- trade firms can secure current and authoritative economic data in- dicating trends, current performance and estimates for the future, as reliable information for the consideration of business- men in making their managerial decisions. Studies and research of industries and products are con- ducted through the following 24 Industry Divisions: Agricul- tural, Construction, and Mining Equipment; Aluminum and Mag- nesium; Automotive and Transportation; Building Materials; Business Machines and Office Equipment; Chemical and Rub- ber; Communications Industries; Consumer Durable Goods; Containers and Packaging; Copper; Electrical Equipment; Electronics; Food Industries; Forest Products; General In- dustrial Equipment and Components; Iron and Steel; Leather, Shoes and Allied Products; Metalworking Equipment; Mis- cellaneous Metals and Minerals; Power Equipment; Printing and Publishing; Scientific, Motion Picture, and Photographic Products; Textiles and Clothing; Water and Sewerage In- dustries and Utilities. Through the industry divisions, the BDSA provides foreign market data, and special assistance for manufacturing plants in securing or expediting delivery of materials for military orders and devices to divert and expedite movements of ma- terial to assist disaster areas. Three program offices pro- vide additional assistance. 10 The Office of Technical Services collects, reproduces, and sells to the public reports of Government -financed re- search and development with industrial significance, particu- larly reports of engineering development of new products, ma- terials, or production processes. Reports come principally from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Atomic Energy Commis- sion, and are in the fields of metals, plastics, electronics, fuels, lubricants, ceramics, aviation, and many others. From 300 to 600 new reports are collected each month and are listed in the OTS monthly publication, U. S. Government Research Reports. Several reports particularly of interest to small businesses are described each month in Technical Reports Newsletter, The Office also publishes abstracts of Government -owned patents which are now free for use by industry on a non- ex- clusive, royalty- free basis. Information on patent abstract publications can be obtained from OTS. The administrative staff of the National Inventors Council is also a part of OTS. The NIC publishes lists of technical problems affecting na- tional defense which the Department of Defense would like to have solved by the Nation's civilian inventors. Each list con- tains requirements for new products such as adhesives, coatings, and electronic devices which may give a company's research staff something new to work on. The Office of Distribution provides a focal point for the re- tail, wholesale, and service trades and all others engaged in domestic distribution of goods and services. It collects, analyzes, and disseminates information on domestic market characteristics and potentials by industry and geographical areas, and advises on the impact of current or proposed marketing laws and regulations on the effective operation of such distribution activities. The Office of Construction Statistics develops and conducts construction statistics programs concerning such data as con- struction volume, costs, materials production, and materials use; conducts economic and statistical research, and develops analytical and interpretive data on trends and developments in the construction industry. Contact : Local field offices of the Department of Commerce, or address the Office of the Administrator, Business and Defense Services Administration, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D. C. Printed Material : Contact the field offices to select appropri- ate publications from a large assortment of bulletins, booklets, reports, etc. Of special note are the Industry Reports (on copper; rubber; pulp, paper and board; packaging and con- tainers; chemicals; construction materials); The Distribution 459985 O - 58 11 Data Guide, which lists with brief annotation the latest reports, books, periodicals, speeches, and articles in the field of marketing; and the Synopsis of U. S. Government Proposed Procurement, Sales and Contract Awards, which is a daily listing of invitations to bid, and contracts awarded by Federal agencies, available at $7.00 per year from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. The following publications are available at local field offices of the U. S. Department of Commerce and/or the Superintendent of Documents: U. S. Government Research Reports (monthly), $6.00 per year; Tech- nical Reports Newsletter (monthly), $1.00 per year; Inventions Wanted by the Armed Forces (available free from the National Inventors Council, U. S. Department of Commerce). BUREAU OF THE CENSUS. -Provides consistent and com- parable data in detail for all kinds of geographic areas, covering a wide variety of subjects. Periodic censuses taken at 5- or 10- year intervals yield a continuing series of basic figures for such local areas as cities, counties, and urbanized areas and standard metropolitan areas. The population census , conducted every 10 years and next to be taken in 1960, yields data on age, sex, race, marital and work status, occupation, income, education, and migration. The housing census , taken decennially with the population census, offers information on occupancy, tenure, value or rent, heating fuel, and condition and type of structure. Cen- suses of agriculture, business, manufactures, and mineral industries were last taken for 1954. Their results, including detailed geographic area figures, are now available. The agricultural census , conducted quinquennially and scheduled next to be taken for 1959, provides data on farms and farm operators, farm income, acreage, and production and value of crops. Irrigation and drainage enterprises will be covered in the 1959 enumeration. The business census , next to be taken for 1958, furnishes figures for the retail, wholesale, and service trades on kinds of business, total sales, employment, and payrolls. The censuses of manufactures and mineral in- dustries , next to be taken for 1958, provide data for the various industries on employment, payrolls, materials con- sumed, shipments, inventories, capital expenditures, and value added by manufacture or in mining. The census of governments , for 1957, yields detailed data on the amount and kind of taxes, public expenditures and debt, governmental assets, employ- ment and payroll, and the value of property subject to taxes. The 1957 census provides, for the first time, figures on ratios of assessed values of real property subject to property taxes to actual market values of these properties. The 1956 national 12 housing inventory provides the first measurements of the Nation's housing supply since the 1950 census, and includes separate reports for 9 large metropolitan areas. Consultation service with census experts in the demographic and economic survey fields is available to local authorities concerned with community assistance or development. Special statistical services for communities are performed on a re- imbursable basis for the collection and tabulation of data of public interest. These services have included the conduct of, or participation in, surveys of characteristics of families living in substandard housing units, housing rental and vacancy characteristics, morbidity surveys, and motor vehicle use, along with special population censuses. In cooperation with local authorities, the Bureau has established census tracts in many cities and their surrounding areas throughout the country and has also set up census county divisions in a number of States. Various kinds of data compiled for these standard sub- divisions can be useful in area studies and development. Contact : Local field offices of the U. S. Department of Com- merce, or write: A. Ross Eckler, Deputy Director, Bureau of the Census, Washington 25, D. C. Printed Material : Census Statistics for Local Use, a description of applications and uses of census data at the local area level, and Applying Census Statistics to Marketing, available from Bu- reau of the Census ;Catalog of U. S. Census Publications (quar- terly) and its Monthly Supplement listing all publications of the Bureau of the Census, available from the Superintendent of Doc- uments, Washington 25, D. C, at $1.25 per year; County and City Data Book, 1956, $4. 50;County Business Patterns, 1953 (prices vary for individual parts for 9 geographic divisions and the U.S. summary; the 1956 edition of this series will be published in the spring of 1958), available from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION. -Assists local airport sponsors in airport planning and site selection; consults and advises on design and construction of airports; gives advisory service on airport planning, engineering and zoning problems. Contact : District Airport Engineer of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, U. S. Department of Commerce, serving the area with which the sponsor is concerned. Printed Material : Airport Design, 45 cents; Airport Planning, 30 cents; Airport Terminal Buildings, 25 cents; Standard Specifications for Construction of Airports, $3.50. Available from local field offices of the U. S. Department of Commerce, or Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. 13 COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. -Establishes the primary network of horizontal and vertical control for surveying, map- ping, and engineering purposes; publishes nautical and aerona- tical charts for the safe navigation of marine and air commerce. Related byproducts of these basic functions aid urban and sub- urban development through basic geodetic control, especially in connection with the Federal Highway Act of 1956. Assistance is also afforded numerous local control projects by providing added control points and the re- establishment of city monu- ments that tie the city surveys to the Federal networks. Such projects are undertaken on a reimbursable basis or under co- operative agreement with the cities involved. The Coast and Geodetic Survey contributes to civil defense programs of critical community centers by providing necessary control for locating intricate military devices. Significant contrbutions are now being made through use of unique aerial photography resulting from the nine- lens camera, designed and built by Survey engineers. Aerial photographs now avail- able for many areas provide basic information to engineers, county surveyors, and others interested in the development of urban and coastal areas. These large rectified composite photographs are effective presentations of terrain and culture, especially beneficial in promoting the development of water- ways and harbor facilities. Planimetric maps, produced from this aerial photography, serve as an accurate base map co- ordinated with the geodetic datum at a scale large enough to show the details of development on which other survey and map data can be plotted without risk of accumulated error. Gravity base net and area surveys are employed in geophysical ex- ploration for oil and mineral deposits, for various geodetic studies, and in determining the effect of the earth's external gravity field on newly developed navigation and guidance sys- tems. Detailed tide and current data also available of coastal areas are essential in solving problems of beach erosion and sewage disposal. Seismological studies and reports are made available to urban planners for use in the design of earthquake- resistant structures and the formulation of adequate building codes in earthquake -prone areas. Magnetic data necessary for de- termining the variation of the compass are available for all urban areas and are furnished free of charge to professional engineers or interested individuals. Technical advice and services are rendered local com- munities, groups, and individuals on use of CGS products by the Washington office and 13 district offices. 14 Contact : Director, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington 25, D. C, or district offices in Baltimore, Boston, Fort Worth, Honolulu, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa. Printed Material : Nautical and aeronautical charts; coast pilots, tide and current tables, available at the Washington office, district offices and sales agents. Planimetric maps and aerial photographs; magnetic and seismological data; gravity data; and geodetic data in the form of descriptions of the lines of leveling, triangulation stations, geographic positions, and state plane coordinate tables; avail- able from the Washington office. Technical manuals describing survey procedures and prac- tices available from the Superintendent of Documents. Nautical and aeronautical chart catalogs, indexes to geodetic data, and a list of publications available upon request from the Coast and Geodetic Survey, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D. C. BUREAU OF FOREIGN COMMERCE. -Provides informa- tional and advisory services to businessmen in planning and car- rying out international trade, travel, and investment. Assists in developing export markets and in locating foreign sources of supply. Through publications, it keeps the business com- munity informed of specific opportunities to buy or sell abroad, economic and commercial developments in foreign countries, and actions of the U. S. and foreign governments which affect international business. The Bureau provides trade lists which give market data for products in individual countries along with names and ad- dresses of the principal business firms concerned, and World Trade Directory reports which provide pertinent business data on individual business firms abroad. Publications are also available for those just entering the foreign trade field. Through personal calls and letters to the Bureau in Washington and the field offices of the Department of Commerce, con- sulting service on international trade, travel, and investment problems, is provided. Contact : Local field offices of the U. S. Department of Com- merce, or Director, Bureau of Foreign Commerce, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D. C. Printed Material : Foreign Commerce Weekly, $4.50 per year; World Trade Information Service, Part 1— Economic Reports, $6.00 per year, Part 2— Operation Reports, $6.00 per year, Part 3— Statistical Reports, $6.00 per year; Guides for New- 15 comers to World Trade, 15 cents; Channels for Trading Abroad, 25 cents; Investment Handbooks for 17 countries, various prices. Available from the U. S. Department of Commerce field offices, or Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION. -Makes grants of funds generally on a 50 -50 matching basis for public airport de- velopment, construction and improvement. Development must be included in National Airport Plan and in accordance with stand- ards established by the Civil Aeronautics Administrator. Air- port must be maintained, operated and available for public use in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Airport Act. Contact : District Airport Engineer of the Civil Aeronautics Ad- ministration, U. S. Department of Commerce, serving the area with which the sponsor is concerned. Printed Material : The Federal- Aid Airport Program, Policies and Procedures, 1955, Civil Aeronautics Administration, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D. C. 50 cents. BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS. -Administers, in cooperation with the State highway departments, the Federal- Aid Highway Program including projects in the Interstate System, for which Federal funds are apportioned to the States by formula and must be matched with State funds. The State highway depart- ments have the initiative in the selection of projects for con- struction under this program, award the contracts, and exercise direct supervision over the engineering and construction. The Bureau also has direct supervision over a considerable amount of highway engineering and construction work under other Federal highway programs administered by the Bureau in cooperation with or in behalf of other Federal agencies. This latter work is mostly within or adjacent to national forests, parks and parkways. Contact : Information on projects under the Federal Aid High- way Program should be obtained from the appropriate State highway department. Information on highway projects under direct Bureau of Public Roads supervision should be obtained from the regional offices of the Bureau in San Francisco, Portland, and Denver, for the eleven western States, and from the regional office in Arlington, Virginia, for work in the remaining States. 16 Printed Material : Highway Statistics 1955, Bureau of Public Roads; Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. $1.00. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction The Department of Defense has general supervision of the procurement and expenditures programs of the armed forces under appropriate and specific legislation covering the Departments of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Defense Manpower Policy No. 4 (Revised) governs purchasing policy. Consideration is given to the placement of contracts in labor- surplus areas provided no price differential is paid. Portions of procurements may be set aside for negotiation with firms in labor-surplus areas. Bidders in labor-surplus areas will receive preference in case of equal low bids. Contact: See under individual Defense Department. FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction Assistance is given to States and local communities for civil defense purposes through contributions authorized by Congress. FCDA supplements the contributions program by stockpiling, at Federal expense, medical supplies and equip- ment, and radiological and chemical warfare defense equip- ment for civil defense use. Purchases of this material are made through the Military Medical Supply Agency and Gen- eral Services Administration. FCDA is also responsible for coordinating Federal assistance in natural disasters. Funds are allocated by the President upon determination that a major disaster does in fact exist. Contact : Information regarding contributions is available from all S.ate civil defense offices; FCDA regional offices; FCDA National Headquarters, Battle Creek, Michigan, and the FCDA Washington Office. FCDA regional offices are: Battle Creek, Mich.; Harvard, Mass.; Olney, Md.; Thomasville, Ga.; Denton, Texas; Denver, Colo.; Santa Rosa, Calif. 17 Printed Material : Federal Civil Defense Administration Con- tributions Manual (M-25-1). (Distributed to State and local Civil Defense Directors.) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction DEFENSE MATERIALS SERVICE.- Responsible for pro- curement of supplies, equipment and services in connection with special purchase programs assigned to General Services Admin- istration. Includes buying and contracting activity necessary to development, expansion, acquisition and storage of strategic and critical metals, minerals, and other materials required for "national stockpile and other defense purposes. Contact: Business service centers are maintained by GSA for convenience of businessmen seeking information and guidance on how to participate in Government contracting activities, including those of Defense Materials Service, Federal Supply Service, and Public Buildings Service, at the following locations: Atlanta; Boston; Chicago; Dallas; Denver; Ft. Worth; Kansas City, Mo.; Los Angeles; Portland, Oregon; New York; San Francisco; Seattle; Washington, D. C. Printed Material : Annual Report of the Administrator of General Services, General Services Administration, Washing- ton 25, D. C; Daily Synopsis of U. S. Government Proposed Procurement Sales and Awards, U. S. Department of Com- merce, Room 1300, 433 West Van Buren Street, Chicago 7, 111. $7.00 per year. FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE. -Regulates Federal supply activities and procures personal property and nonpersonal serv- ices for Federal agencies. Includes buying authorized by Inter- national Cooperation Administration in connection with foreign assistance programs. Most procurement is accomplished through formal advertising by distribution of written invita- tions to bid to potential suppliers whose names appear on of- ficial bidders' mailing lists. Procurement programs of GSA include purchase of common- use items for use by Federal agencies and placing of contracts under which agencies purchase items directly from suppliers. When authorized by execu- tive direction as necessary to national interest, small busi- ness firms and suppliers located in disaster and labor -sur- plus areas are given preferences. 18 Contact : See under Defense Materials Service. Printed Materials : See under Defense Materials Service. PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE.- Maintains, remodels, re- pairs, improves, and constructs Government buildings, including Government -owned post offices, office buildings, hospitals, courthouses and meets space requirements with leased prop- erty. Included are the Lease- Purchase contracts for public buildings, by which the Government invites private capital to build needed space, then pays for it in form of rent in not less than 10, nor more than 25 years. PBS contracts are placed through advertised competitive bidding, and invitations to bid are published in local newspapers where work is to be per- formed. Disposes of surplus Government real property. Contact : See under Defense Materials Service. Printed Materials: See under Defense Materials Service. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Technical Assistance and Consultation OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. -Provides consultation to communities on establishment of community programs, rehabilitation centers, and sheltered workshops de- signed to help disabled persons become employable. Contact : Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Washington 25, D. C. Printed Material : The Planning of Rehabilitation Centers,, $1.25; Workshops for the Disabled, 600. Both available from Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction DIVISION OF HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL FACILITIES, U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. -The Hospital and Medical Facili- ties Survey and Construction Program provides technical as- sistance and funds to pay a portion of the cost of building volun- tary or nonprofit health facilities such as hospitals, public health centers, nursing homes, etc. Funds are apportioned to and the program operated by the States. 19 Contact : Chief, Division of Hospital and Medical Facilities, U. S. Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington 25, D. C. Printed Material : Meeting Community Health Needs (leaflet), Division of Hospital and Medical Facilities, U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Wash- ington 25, D. C. Various other useful and informative pub- lications are available relating to the programming, design and construction of hospitals and other community medical facilities. DIVISION OF SANITARY ENGINEERING SERVICES, U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. -The Federal Water Pollution Control Act provides funds in the form of grants to pay a por- tion of the construction cost of sewage treatment works. Funds are allocated on the basis of the relative population and per- capita income of the States. State water pollution control agen- cies have specific responsibilities in administration of the pro- gram. Grant payments are made to local jurisdictions. Contact : Chief, Water Supply and Water Pollution Control Pro- gram, U. S. Public Health Service, Department of Health, Edu- cation, and Welfare, Washington 25, D. C. Printed Material : Various informational materials are avail- able regarding the construction grants program. DIVISION OF SCHOOL ASSISTANCE IN FEDERALLY AF- FECTED AREAS.— The School Construction Program provides assistance to public school districts enrolling pupils whose parents live, work or are otherwise connected with Federal ac- tivities or on Federal property. Payments are made to assist on projects submitted to and approved by the administering Feder- al agency. Local funds may or may not be necessary for con- struction of the project depending on the particular situation. Contact : Assistant Commissioner for Federally Affected Areas, Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington 25, D. C. Printed Material : School Assistance in Federally Affected Areas SAFA Bulletin No. 39, U. S. Office of Education, Wash- ington 25, D. C, or 7th Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education on Administration of Public Laws 874 and 815, Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION.- Provides grants-in-aid to State vocational rehabilitation agencies on a matching basis for support of basic rehabilitation services to 20 prepare disabled persons for, and place them in, suitable em- ployment. The Office also makes funds available to State agen- cies to extend or improve rehabilitation services. It grants funds to public and private nonprofit organizations to pay part of the cost of research and demonstration projects which hold promise of making a substantial contribution to the solution of vocational rehabilitation problems common to all or several States. In addition, the OVR grants money to educational institutions for teaching purposes, and, through them, to qualified trainees to help overcome the acute shortage of professional workers in vocational rehabilitation. Contact : Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington 25, D. C. State Directors or Supervisors of Vocational Rehabilitation (usually at the State Capital) should also be contacted, particularly in respect to community projects for extension and improve- ment of services to handicapped people. Printed Material : New Hope for the Disabled, Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. 15 cents. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction COMMUNITY FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION. -The Com- munity Facilities Administration makes interest-free advances to local public agencies for preparing preliminary and final plans for public non- Federal works. Loans are made to local public agencies for needed public facilities. Loans are extended to institutions of higher learning and their corporations for student and faculty housing, and affiliated educational services; also to public or nonprofit hospitals for housing for nurses in training and internes. Contact : HHFA regional offices in New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Fort Worth, San Francisco. Printed Material : Programs of the Community Facilities Ad- ministration; Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. 15 cents. FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION. -Through home and rental housing mortgage insurance programs, the FHA facili- tates the financing of construction of new buildings, and the re- 21 habilitation of existing buildings in certified urban -renewal areas. It also insures special long-term mortgages on low-cost relocation housing for families being displaced by urban -re- newal programs and other forms of governmental action. Contact : Field offices in each State, or the Federal Housing Administration, Washington 25, D. C. Printed Material : This is the FHA, (leaflet); 221 Relocation Housing; Replacing Blight with Good Homes; New FHA Terms- Rates for Home Improvement Loans; FHA Facts for Home Buyers. Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION. -FNM A provides a secondary market for FHA -insured and VA -guaran- teed mortgages; finances special assistance programs through the purchase of mortgages covering housing for disaster vic- tims, elderly persons, urban -renewal and rehabilitation areas, for cooperative groups, and the armed services and civilian employees connected with a military research or development program. In addition to these, a special program is provided for Alaska and another for Guam. Contact : Agency offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia. Printed Material : Information Circular Regarding the Ac- tivities of the Association; Secondary Market Operations. Pamphlets. Federal National Mortgage Association, Wash- ington 25, D. C. PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION. -FHA extends finan- cial assistance to localities for building low-rent public housing for low -income families unable to afford decent private housing. Contact : Regional Offices of the PHA in New York, Washing- ton, Chicago, Fort Worth, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Santurce, P. R. Printed Material : Current Work of the PHA, Public Housing Administration, Washington 25, D. C. Free. URBAN RENEWAL ADMINISTRATION. -URA provides a number of aids to communities for the elimination and preven- tion of slums and blighted areas, and for planning, including: Planning advances for preliminary surveys and plans for urban -renewal projects; capital grants to defray the bulk of the net cost of renewal projects, up to 2/3 or 3/4 under two separate formulas for Federal participation, the remainder 22 being paid by the locality in either cash or donations of land and other services; grants for general planning in regional or metropolitan areas; general planning grants for communities with less than 25,000 population; grants, up to 2/3 of the cost, for selected urban-renewal "demonstration" projects; advice on dealing with various urban- renewal problems. Contact : Urban Renewal Administration, Washington 25, D. C. HHFA regional offices in New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Fort Worth, San Francisco. Communities with less than 25,000 population seeking planning assistance grants should apply to their official State planning agencies. Printed Material : Urban Renewal—What It Is; Workable Pro- gram— What It Is; How Localities Can Develop A Workable Program for Urban Renewal; Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. 15 cents. A Guide to Urban Planning Assistance Grants; A Guide to Demonstration Grants; Urban Renewal Administration, Washington 25, D. C. Free. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Technical Assistance and Consultation Technical advice and service is available to local com- munities, groups and individuals through the regular programs of the Bureaus and Offices of the Department. Functions of particular value in assisting local areas are the topo- graphic surveys, geologic investigations, and surface and ground water resources investigations of the Geological Survey. The Bureau of Mines conducts fundamental and applied re- search on the mining, processing, and utilization of minerals. It develops new methods, techniques, and special equipment for ore benefication, and conducts pilot -plant operations to evaluate them. Land classification and land- use studies for irrigation, power development, conservation, and recreational purposes are conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service, in co- operation with State and local agencies. Contact : Local offices of the Bureau of Mines, Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Serv- ice, Geological Survey, Map Information Office, and other Offices and Bureaus of the Department. For consultation on geologic problems, questions, maps, and minerals, con- tact the nearest Geological Survey Field Center, Denver, 23 Col.; Rolla, Mo.; Washington, D, C; Menlo Park, N. J. Infor- mation on water supply is available from the Water Re- sources Office of the Survey located in most State Capitals. Printed Material : Maps, atlases, aerial photographs, mono- graphs, bulletins, water-supply papers, professional papers, information circulars, reports of investigations, and other documents are published regularly. Publications of the Geo- logical Survey, May 1953 and supplements to May, 1955, U. S. Geological Survey, Washington 25, D. C. Free. List of Publications, Bureau of Mines, (Annual supplement) U.S. Bureau of Mines, Washington 25, D. C. Free. Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES.-Makes loans to owners and operators of fishing vessels and gear, for financing and refinancing of operations, repairs, maintenance, replace- ment, and equipment of fishing gear and vessels, and for re- search into the basic problems of the fisheries. Loans are di- rect Government loans and cannot be made if required assist- ance is available elsewhere on reasonable terms. Contact : Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Office in Gloucester, Mass.; St. Petersburg Beach, Fla.; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Seattle, Wash.; and Juneau, Alaska. DEFENSE MINERALS EXPLORATION ADMINISTRA- TION.— Financial assistance is given to private mining oper- ators under contract who engage in exploration for certain stra- tegic and critical minerals in the continental United States, its territories and possessions. Contact: Information about the DMEA program and assistance in filing an application for a contract may be secured from the Washington Office of DMEA, Department of the Interior, Washington 25, D. C, or from the nearest regional office. Regional office addresses are: South 157 Howard Street, Spokane 4, Wash.; 1605 Evans Avenue, Reno, Nev.; 224 New Customhouse Building, Denver 2, Colo.; Room 303, Post Office Building, Joplin, Mo.; Room 13, Post Office Building, Knoxville 2, Tenn. Printed Material : The Defense Minerals Exploration Program; DMEA Order 1, Amended; MF-103 (application form). 24 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION.-Charged with primary re- sponsibility for the conservation and use of water resources of the 17 Western States for irrigation and other purposes. Con- ducts studies of potential projects in cooperation with local and State agencies and presents findings to the Secretary of the Interior for possible recommendation to Congress for authori- zation. Undertakes such projects as Congress may authorize and for which construction funds are appropriated. Has present construction program of approximately $170 million annually undertaken by contract. Also administers loan pro- gram for small irrigation projects which are designed and constructed by local sponsors. Contact : Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Washington 25, D. C; Assistant Commissioner and Chief Engineer, Fed- eral Center, Denver, Colo.; or Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation, Boise, Idaho; Sacramento, Calif.; Boulder City, Nev.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Amarillo, Tex.; Billings, Mont.; or Denver, Colo. Printed Material : Reclamation and Loans Under the Small Projects Act, from any Bureau of Reclamation Office; Ad- vance Construction Bulletin and Advance Equipment Bulletin, containing details of upcoming bids for construction and equip- ment, issued monthly and available upon request from the Assistant Commissioner and Chief Engineer, Federal Center, Denver, Colo. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ADMINISTRATION Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction ICA does very limited direct purchasing. ICA- financed procurement is accomplished by other U. S. Government agen- cies, particularly the General Services Administration, by foreign government agencies, and through regular commercial channels —that is, foreign importers purchase their require- ments from suppliers of their choice, always subject to ICA regulations. The ICA Office of Small Business publishes information to assist American business to participate in ICA -financed procurement. Contact : Office of Small Business, International Cooperation Administration, Washington 25, D. C; U. S. Department of Commerce field offices; and Small Business Administration regional and branch offices. 25 Printed Material : Mailing List Request (ICA No. 4); ICA Financed Procurement; International Cooperation Adminis- tration, Washington 25, D. C; and Small Business Admin- istration and Department of Commerce field offices. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Technical Assistance and Consultation The Community Employment Program, which is carried out by affiliated State employment security agencies, is de- signed to stimulate concerted local community action to in- crease job opportunities. The Department cooperates with com- munity groups in the planning and execution of economic de- velopment programs, and provides manpower information to help them attract suitable new industries or expand exist- ing industry. Information about local manpower resources, including area training needs and workers' training potential, is very important to industries seeking new plant sites. The Bureau of Employment Security regularly classifies local labor market areas according to labor availability. These classifications are used to determine eligibility for special assistance by the Federal Government (see Office of Defense Mobilization). The Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training assists com- munity groups by providing counseling services on the or- ganization of and planning for on-the-job training programs, for apprenticable occupations and other occupations tailored to the needs of existing or prospective industry. Contact : J. Dewey Coats, Community Employment Consultant, or Gladys F. Miller, Chief, Division of Labor Market and Manpower Studies, Bureau of Employment Security, Depart- ment of Labor, Washington 25, D. C; W. C. Christensen, Director, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, Department of Labor, Washington 25, D. C. Printed Material : "Employment Development— Better Utiliza- tion of Human Resources," Employment Security Review, November 1955; The Role of the State Employment Service Local Office in the Community Employment Program; Area Labor Market Trends (bimonthly). Bureau of Employment Security, Washington 25, D. C, free. Apprentice Training; Planned Training Pays Dividends. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, Washington 25, D. C, free. 26 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction See special procurement policies under Department of De- fense. Navy's program includes assistance to labor -surplus areas to make the best use of their available resources and to improve their economy and defense production potential through community action programs, exhibits of business op- portunities, directories of firms in those areas, brochures of area production potential, and exhibits of new technology. These activities are outlined in ONM Instruction 4803.3, December 13, 1955; ONM Instruction 4880.0, January 26, 1956; ONM Instruction 4803.4, July 6, 1956; INSMAT In- struction 4803.1, Houston, August 3, 1956, and INSMAT In- struction 4803.1, Dallas, August 3, 1956. Detailed information on Navy's production-procurement as- sistance is available from field offices of the Inspectors of Naval Material. Contracts for construction projects and major projects for station maintenance and repair are awarded through the District Public Works Offices in the 17 Naval Districts. Decisions on the location and activation of the base facilities are normally made in the Office of the Sec- retary of the Navy, Washington 25, D. C. Contact : Mr. Kenneth P. Borgen or Capt. N. W. Curtin, Of- fice of Naval Material, Washington 25, D. C. may be con- tacted for further details on the program. Also see the list of purchasing locations in How to Sell to the Department of Defense and Purchased Items and Purchasing Locations of the Department of Defense. Printed Material : Selling to Navy Prime Contractors , Feb- ruary 1956, NAVEXOS P-1030, Navy Department, Super- intendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. 30 cents. Production for the Navy NAVEXOS P-1061, Office of Naval Material, Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction PROCUREMENT.— Post Office Department equipment and supply items for postal operations, and all items used in con- nection with the motor vehicle fleet, are handled by the Bu- 27 reau of Facilities, Post Office Department, Washington 25, D. C. Certain items, in limited quantities, may be purchased by postmasters under local procurement authorities. Contact : Assistant Postmaster General, Bureau of Facilities, Post Office Department, Washington 25, D. C. Printed Material : Contact information address. REAL ESTATE. —Needs for rented or leased post office space in existing or new buildings are publicly advertised in the lo- calities where the space or building will be located. In ad- dition there are lease-purchase contracts, which provide for the construction and occupancy of buildings for postal pur- poses on a long term (10 to 25 years) purchase contract with installments paid monthly as "rent." Contact : POD regional offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Memphis, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Saint Louis, San Francisco, Wichita, and Washington, D. C. Printed Material: Contact information address. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Technical Assistance and Consultation Assistance is provided to individual small business concerns on Government procurement, management, and technical and financial matters. When SBA is advised by the Bureau of Employment Security, Department of Labor, of smaller areas of labor surplus, or is officially requested to offer assistance to specific areas or communities, the usual procedure is to meet with groups of small business executives and community leaders. The problems are discussed, SBA programs of technical, procure- ment, new products, managerial and financial assistance are outlined, and individual consultations are arranged with small business concerns to fully explore the possibility of additional work load to absorb some of the available surplus produc- tive labor. Contact : Small Business Administration Regional Offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Phila- 28 delphia, Richmond, San Francisco, and Seattle. Branch of- fices in other large cities. Printed Material : Small Business Administration, What It Is, What It Does, and ABC of Selling to U. S. Government. Pam- phlets. Small Business Administration, Washington 25, D. C, free. New Product Introduction for Small Business Owners, 30 cents; Developing and Selling New Products,, 40 cents; Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C. Financial Assistance, Procurement, and Construction Makes loans to small firms otherwise not able to obtain financing on reasonable terms. Loans may be in participa- tion with banks or other private institutions or, if a partici- pation is not available, may be direct Government loans. Loans may also be made by the Agency to special local groups, such as development corporations; or SB A may cooperate with such groups in loans to small firms. SB A also makes loans to rehabilitate businesses and homes damaged or de- stroyed by storms, floods, and other disasters. Contact : SBA regional offices; Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleve- land, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, San Fran- cisco, Seattle. Offices also maintained in other cities. Printed Material : Small Business Administration, What It Is, What It Does; SBA Business Loans, and Obtaining SBA Dis- aster Loans. Pamphlets. Small Business Administration, Washington 25, D. C, free. Various other helpful publica- tions available on currently important management, technical production, and marketing topics. 13760 — U.S.Dept.of Coinm — DC — 1958 29 INDEX Aerial photographs of Coastal areas, harbors, industrial districts, urban areas, Page waterways 14 Interior, Department of the 23 Aeronautical charts 14 Agricultural debt refinancing loans . 6 Agricultural emergency loans 6 Airport planning, advisory service on . 13 Airport program, Federal-aid Construction, development, improvement 16 Area development, technical assistance 9 Business Buying and selling abroad 15 Commercial and economic developments abroad 15 Distribution of goods, domestic 11 Economic data on trends 10 Export markets, development of 15 Foreign firms, data on 15 Foreign supply sources, location of 15 Foreign trade field, publications for new entrants in 15 International, actions of governments affecting 15 Investment, international 15 Markets, locating new 9 Trade, international, planning and developing 15 Trade lists of foreign firms and products by country and commodity 15 World Trade Directory reports, business data on foreign firms 15 Census Agriculture, business, housing, manufacturers, population 12 Civil defense contributions to States and communities 17 College housing, loans for construction of....- 21 Community statistical service 13 Conservation programs 4 Construction Air Force, Department of the 7 Army, Department of the 7 Flood control, navigation projects 7 Navy, Department of the...... 27 Construction statistics and research 11 Contracts, Department of Defense, general supervision of defense 17 Contracts and subcontracts Atomic Energy Commission 8 Development groups, organization of community 9 Disaster loans, to rehabilitate businesses and homes 29 Disasters, natural, coordination of Federal assistance in 17 Educational programs, agricultural 3 Employment program, community 26 Family-type farms, loans for owners of smaller than 6 Fisheries loans, commercial 24 Forest programs 3 Gas distribution systems loans 21 Geodetic community surveys 14 Geologic investigations assisting local areas 23 30 Government buildings contracts page Construction, lease- purchase, remodeling, repairing. 19 Grants Airport construction and development Hospitals, health centers, nursing homes, etc., construction of nonprofit....,, ..... ...... 19 School construction and operation in areas affected by Federal activities <> 20 Sewage treatment construction 20 Small reclamation projects 25 Urban renewal Demonstration projects, selected 22 Planning, communities of less than 25,000 population 22 Planning, regional or metropolitan areas 22 Projects 22 Vocational rehabilitation Qualified trainees, grants for 20 Research and demonstration projects 20 State services Disabled persons, to prepare and provide employment for 20 Extension of 20 Teaching of 20 Highway program, Federal-aid 16 Hospitals, health centers, etc., nonprofit, grants for construction of 19 Housing College housing, loans for construction of 21 Low- rent public housing, financial assistance for 22 Urban renewal grants Demonstration projects, selected 22 Planning, communities of less than 25,000 population 22 Planning, regional or metropolitan areas ,.. 22 Projects 22 Hydrographic surveys 14 Industrial development, technical assistance in 9 Industrial districts, assistance in organizing 9 Industrial diversification and promotion opportunities, assistance in creating .............. 9 Industrial prospects, locating..... 9 Industries Guidance in locating new 9 Research study of...... 10 Inventors, lists of technical defense problems for solution by civilian...... 11 Irrigation, land-use studies for 23 Irrigation projects loans, small 25 Labor availability classified in local areas 26 Land-use studies made for purposes of Conservation, soil, water 23 Irrigation 23 Power development... 23 Recreation 23 Loans College housing, for construction of 21 Commercial fisheries 24 Debt refinancing, agricultural 6 Disaster, to rehabilitate businesses and homes 29 Emergency, agricultural....... 6 Family-type farms 6 Irrigation projects, small 25 Public facilities, construction of needed local 21 Public works, planning local 21 31 Loans— Con. page Rural electrification . 6 Rural telephone service . 6 Small firms, development corporations, etc 29 Soil conservation.... 6 Storage facilities, on farm . 5 Urban- renewal projects, planning . 22 Water conservation 6 Watershed protection and flood prevention 6 Low-rent public housing, financial assistance for 22 Mapping and charting, Department of Commerce 14 Military base facilities, location and activation of Air Force, Department of the 7 Army, Department of the 7 Navy, Department of the 27 Military orders, securing and delivery of materials for 10 Minerals Financial assistance for exploration of defense and strategic 24 Research on mining, processing, and utilization of 23 Mortages, housing FHA-insured and V A- guaranteed, secondary market for 22 Insuring of Home and rental 21 Relocation housing, low- cost, for families displaced by urban- renewal programs and governmental actions 21 Urban- renewal areas, certified New building construction... 21 Rehabilitation of existing buildings 21 Purchasing of Cooperative groups .. 22 Disaster victims 22 Elderly persons 22 Military program, armed services and civilians 22 Urban and rehabilitations areas 22 Nautical charts 14 On-the-job training programs, assistance in organizing 26 Patents, Government-owned, free for industry use 11 Plant location, technical assistance on industrial Acquisition of land for industrial use 9 Central library of data by regions, States and communities 9 Federal data sources and information guidance 9 National Industrial Dispersion Program 9 Reference materials on site-selection factors 9 Site- selection surveys 9 Power development, land-use studies for 23 Price support program, agricultural... 5 Procurement Air Force, Department of the 7 Army, Department of the 7 Defense, Department of, general supervision of defense 17 General Services Administration 18 Small business firms, conditional preference to 18 Strategic and critical defense materials.. •. 18 International Cooperation Administration 25 Navy, Department of the 27 Post Office Department 27 Small Business Administration.... 28 Products, new Development and improvement guidance 9, 11 Government- financed research reports, materials, and production processes on 11 32 Page Public facilities construction loans, local.. 21 Public works, local, advances for planning 21 Real estate, Post Office Department Construction, lease- purchase contracts for 28 Rented or leased 28 Recreation, land-use studies for.. 23 Reclamation projects, small, grants for 25 Research, agricultural 3, 4 Resources, cataloging of available community 9 Rural electrification, loans for 6 Rural telephone service, loans for....... 6 School construction and operation in areas affected by Federal activities, grants for 20 Sewage, sewage treatment, sewage facilities loans 21 Sewage treatment construction, grants for 20 Small business Loans 29 Technical Assistance 28 Soil bank program 5 Soil conservation Financial assistance 4 Land-use studies for 23 Loans for 6 Technical assistance 4 Storage facilities, on farm, loans for..... 5 Sugar producers, payments to 5 Surplus food, distribution of..... 5 Surplus Government real property, disposition of 19 Tide and current data 14 Topographic surveys and maps 14, 23 Travel, international, developing.... 15 Urban planning, studies and reports on earthquake-resistant structures for 14 Urban renewal Grants 22 Planning advances 22 Vocational rehabilitation grants 20 Water conservation Financial assistance 4 Land-use studies for 23 Loans. 6 Technical assistance 4 Water resources Ground and surface, investigations of 23 Projects in Western States, contracts for 25 Watershed protection and flood prevention Loans. 6 Technical assistance 4 Water storage, treatment, purification, distribution loans 21 33 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FIELD OFFICES Albuquerque, N. Mex., 321 Post Office Bldg. Atlanta 3, Ga., 604 Volunteer Bldg., 66 Luckie St., NW. Boston 9, Mass., 1416 U. S. Post Office and Courthouse Bldg. Buffalo 3, N. Y., 504 Federal Bldg., 117 Ellicott St. Charleston 4, S. C, Area 2, Sergeant Jasper Bldg., West End Broad St. Cheyenne, Wyo., 207 Majestic Bldg., 16th St. and Capitol Ave. Chicago 6, 111., Room 1302, 226 W. Jackson Blvd. Cincinnati 2, Ohio, 442 U. S. Post Office and Courthouse. Cleveland 1, Ohio, Federal Reserve Bank Bldg., E. 6th St. and Superior Ave. Dallas 1, Tex., Room 3-104 Merchandise Mart. Denver 2, Colo., 142 New Customhouse. Detroit 26, Mich., 438 Federal Bldg. Greensboro, N. C, 407 U. S. Post Office Bldg. Houston 2, Tex., 624 First National Bank Bldg. Jacksonville 1, Fla., 425 Federal Bldg. Kansas City 6, Mo., Room 2011, 911 Walnut St. Los Angeles 15, Calif., Room 450, 1031 S. Broadway. Memphis 3, Tenn., 212 Falls Bldg. Miami 32, Fla., 316 U. S. Post Office Bldg. Minneapolis 1, Minn., 319 Metropolitan Bldg. New Orleans 12, La., 333 St. Charles Ave. New York 1, N. Y., Empire State Bldg. Philadelphia 7, Pa., Jefferson Bldg., 1015 Chestnut St. Phoenix, Ariz., 137 N. Second Ave. Pittsburgh 22, Pa., 107 Sixth St. Portland 4, Oreg., 217 Old U. S. Courthouse & P. O. Bldg. Reno, Nev., 1479 Wells Ave. Richmond 19, Va., 409 Post Office Bldg. St. Louis 1, Mo., 910 New Federal Bldg. Salt Lake City 1, Utah, 222 SW. Temple St. San Francisco 11, Calif., Room 419 Customhouse. Savannah, Ga., 235 U. S. Courthouse and P. O. Bldg. Seattle 4, Wash., 809 Federal Office Bldg., 909 First Ave. (34) U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1958 O - 459985 DPMN STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES iiiiiiiii AD0DD712fi c 1403