Lawyers for Bill Clinton's publisher scrambled yesterday to block leaks from his memoirs before its official release next week.

If time does not allow that, at least fill any openings with caulking compound to block leaks and pests and to prevent further damage from freezing and thawing.

Damage crews filled spaces with quick-setting foam, blocking leaks through torn plates and ruptured seams.

Fill cracks wider than an eighth of an inch with caulk or patching cement to block leaks and pests and to halt further damage from repeated freezing and thawing.

Fill seams and cracks with caulk or patching cement to block leaks and pests, and especially to prevent further damage from freezing and thawing.

It called for a system of registration and inspection to block leaks from an estimated 200 American germ banks and labs that trade in human pathogens.