The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-07-02
MORE COUNTIES
TO have FOOD
STAMP PLAN

1
Daniels, Sheridan, Roosevelt, Rich.
land. and McCone counties will in.
augurate the Food Stamp Plan opera.
lions on or about July Is, 1941, &C
cording to an announcement made to-
day by Donald F. Clark, district SUI
pervisor of the Surplus Marketing Ad-
ministration.
This is the first group of counties
to be announced for opening of Food
Stamp Plan operations since Secre-
tary of Agriculture Claude R. Wick
ard, at Washington. D. c., designated
the remaining unopened counties of
the state of Montana for the plans
operation on May 8, 1941.
"In a conference with |. M. Brand
jord, administrator of the Montana
State Department of Public Welfare,
an agreement was reached with Sur
plus Marketing Administration Off
Gals to open other groups of counties
for the plans operation as soon as
negotiations can be completed with
each county of this first group an
nounced for opening on or about July
Is and the mechanical operations have
been completed for issuing Food
Stamps" Clark stated.
Announcement of the exact date for
the opening of the plans operation
will be made by Dwight Lohn, area
supervisor of the Surplus Marketing
Administration, 504 Power Block,
Helena, Montana, who will supervise
the installation of the Food Stamp
Plan in all of the remainder of the
counties of the state. Officials of the
State Department of Public Welfare
have agreed to cooperate with Mr..
Lohn in these preliminary prepare
lions for the Inauguration of the
Stamp Plan in each county.
Together with Cascade, Missoula.
Silver Bow, Valley, Yellowstone, Car
bon and Fergus counties, which have
been enjoying the Food Stamp Plan
operations since last year, the eight
new counties will bring the total of
Montana counties operating the plan |
up to fifteen.
Phillips, Daniels, Sheridan, Roose-
welt, Richland, and McCone counties |
were previously designated for in
at the same time Fergus and Carbon
counties were authorized for the |
plans operation. However, technical
difficulties arising during the period
Of negotiations prevented the opening
Of all six counties as announced for
operation In July 1910. although Fer
gus and Carbon counties were opened
1T that time. 1t is for this reason
hat the six counties In northeastern
Montana have been selected as the
first group to inaugurate the plans
operation in the statewide expansion
program, Clark announced.
A Stamp Issuing Office will be To-
Gated in Helena to serve Lewis and
Clark county, and another office will
De located in Kalispell to serve Flat
lead county. Sales will be made
The counties in the
emainder Of the state not yet opened
will be served on a mail order basis
~ a State Stamp Issuing Office to
10 located in Helena, Mont.
Complete sets of instructions will ,
e mailed by the Flathead and Lewis
nd Clark Counties Stamp Issuing Of ,
ices to those families living in these [
ounties and eligible to take part in {
he plan. I
Included in the envelopes, which 5
yill be mailed to eligible families, is {
IL the information necessary to make {
he plan thoroughly understood by /
These should be re- a
eived within few days Of the sched /
led opening period for issuance Of 7
God Stamps to all families receiving 4
ONE form of public assistance-WPA, v
I'D Age Assistance (pensions), Aid to y
dependent Children, Aid to the Blind, r
eneral Assistance, etc. c
In the seven counties opened to b
God Stamp Plan operations last year, e
pproximately 39% of the public as Il
stance caseload of the entire state O
as included and eligible to partici- n