The Coolidge examiner., 1940-03-14


on the premises. They may be
used in all participating retail
food stores, including bakeries,
meat markets, and retail airy out
lets-in other words, in all retail
food stores having a fixed retail
place of business. Two blue-color-
ed surplus food stamps are given
free with each four orange food
order stamps purchased, thereby
giving the purchaser S1.50 worth
of food for each dollar spent.
Both the orange and the blue
stamp have a purchasing value of
25 cents each.
FooD-oRDER STAMPS ISSUED
IN BOOK FORM
These food-order stamps are Is
sued in books similar to those
used for postage stamps. Each
stamp is about the size of an air.
mail stamp. The total value of
the orange stamps in the books
will range from $500 to $1,000,
and included in each book will
be half again as many free blue
surplus food stamps. Food stamp
hooks Will be issued from a Stamp
Issuing Office maintained by the
State Department of Social Sc
curity and Welfare, the exact ad-
dresses of which will be announc-
ed at later date.
The blue surplus food stamps
are good only for foods currently
designated as surplus by the Unit
ed States Department of Agricul-
ture and so listed in the partici-
pating retail food stores in the
three counties and other areas in
which the plan is in operation.
The requirement that the orange
stamps be bought insures that
regular food purchases are main
tanned. so that the surplus FOODS
obtained with the blue stamps
will be in addition to, and not in
place of, these normal purchases.
The commodities currently desi-
gnated as surplus foods by Secre-
tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal
lace are: Butter, Shell Eggs, Corn
Meal, Dried Prunes, Wheat Flour
and Whole Wheat (Graham)
Flour, Raisins, Fresh Pears, Fresh
Apples, Onions. Except green
onions), Dry Edible Beans, HON.
iny Gritis, Fresh Oranges, Fresh
Grapefruit, Rice, Lard, Pork In
cluding all cuts. fresh, chilled or
frozen, picked, salt, cured, or
smokes, but not cooked or pack
ed in metal or glass containers.
This surplus food list may be
changed from time to time by the
Secretary. II the surplus of the
product is issued up throughout
the nation, that product will be
taken off the list. If the surplus
of some other product piles up, the
product will be added to the list
Ample advance notice and wide
publicity will be given any change
in the list of foods. Under the
plan. of course, the Government
simply provides food-order stamps
for the purchase Of these com
modities already stocked by the
stores.
Local arrangements have been
made for the redemption of these
food-orders stamps from participat
ing retail food merchants in these
! three counties by the Federal
Government from funds derived
from customs receipts and already
available to the Federal Surplus
Commodities Corporation. These
, are the same funds now being
! used to purchase surplus com
modities for direct distribution t
n,,hr;o ascistance families by the
! State Relief Administration.
PLAN TO START HERE IN
ABOUT A MONTH
The regular program of the Fed
eral Surplus Commodities Corpora
ton, under which the Federal Gov
ernment buys surpluses direc
from the farmer and donates then
to the state welfare agency TO
relief distribution purposes vii
be discontinued in these three
counties when the Food Staml
! Plan begins actual operation
here. 1t is contemplated that tn
plan will start here within abou
a month. The free school luncl
program, another very importan
project of the Federal Surplus
| Commodities Corporation, vii
continue here and all other area