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...world of government or business that is not motivated by a piece of paper." Every repetition of this dictum, however, brings a beatific smile to the face of bulky, deliberate Milferd Aaron Spayd, 61, of Dayton, Ohio. Thanks to U.S. industry's ever deeper entrapment in paperwork, Spayd's Standard Register Co. has surged from onetime bankruptcy to buoyant prosperity as one of the nation's largest manufacturers of business forms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Profits in Paper Pushing | 5/4/1962 | See Source »

...least one segment of the building market is already booming. Partly to cope with the ever-mounting paperwork created by the burgeoning of such service industries as insurance and banking, U.S. business is building a tall new crop of office skyscrapers. This year, office space will be increased by 10% in Boston and Chicago, 15% in Los Angeles, 20% in Washington -and New York City will add twice as much space as already exists in Baltimore. All told, heavy construction contracts are running 11% ahead of early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State of Business: Building Up? | 4/13/1962 | See Source »

That's for me, automation! Please order lor this parish the following automatic machines: One sermon writer and preacher, one acolyte trainer, one paperwork machine with built-in duplicator, one parish caller, one sinner converter, one confession hearer and consultant. Both my curate and I are fed up with being human beings in a 70-hour week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 12, 1962 | 1/12/1962 | See Source »

...already had major federal contracts. They cited (but not by name) colleges which charged the government for overhead costs equaling up to 50 per cent of the direct expenses. Furthermore, officials noted, several institutions have recently contended that federal grants are actually costing them money, because of the extra paperwork involved...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Monro Defends College In Peace Corps Effort | 1/5/1962 | See Source »

...managers, the computer in 1961 has become something much more than a way to mechanize paperwork. It has begun to solve management problems-to make economic forecasts, plan price strategies, direct production, chart distribution, analyze sales. By supplying management with information that was unavailable a few years ago. it narrows the executive's area of ignorance and broadens his area of decision-making influence, leaves less room for seat-of-the-pants hunches and costly fumbles. Says Chairman Thomas J. Watson of IBM. the world's biggest and most profitable manufacturer of computers: "Business is becoming a much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Automation Speeds Recovery, Boosts Productivity, Pares Jobs | 12/29/1961 | See Source »

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