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Government Directive L 120

This reference appears in the complete phrase: “This book is made in full compliance with Government Directive L 120 limiting the bulk of paper.”

The phrase was the only line of printing on the last page of the book ‘Fabulous New Orleans’ by Lyle Saxon. The book, published by the D. Appleton-Century Company, is believed to have been printed in New York in 1941. The reference indicates that Government Directive L 120 had to do with the use of paper in publishing. The year of publishing would allow on to speculate that Directive L 120 was part of a wartime materials use regulation for non-government use of certain resources including paper.