The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-08
State To Stimulate
 Production In Food
Valuable Drug Supplies Also to Be Supervised By New
 State Commission; Appointments Announced

productlon cs crops with Che view of guarding against any food short- ages that might occur in the state as the result Of the drain on Ngri. cultural manpower by the draft and attraction into industry as well as any further strain on the transpor- tation system Of the nation, The appointment of MT .Mosle follows the designation of Secretary of Agriculture Wickard as national food administrator and lt is eX- pected that efforts in Connecticut will be undertaken in cooperation with activities In the nation,
 In the stimulation of home pro- duction of crops Mir. MoSle will be in a position to recommend what crops should bc planted in tho hone gardens and what seeds are available from the viewpoint of maximum return per dollar of in- vestment, In addition community gardens will be promoted as well as food exchanges whereby person growing only one crop may be able to exchange part of it for other commodities grown by his neigh bor.
 Mir. Mosle will also act as an ad- visor to farmers in the state who may be giving up growing their usual crops and wish to grow others
 Mfr. Mosle is S7 years old and was born in New York city. He is a graduate of Groton school and Yale university and attended Har- yard Law school in 1927. From 1928 to 1880 he was in the statisti- cal department of Edward B, Smith & company, investment bankers, and opened and managed branch office in London during that period, Hr was a special economist for the Bankers Trust Company of New York in the London office in 1881 and 1882.
 Litchfield County
 He became dairy farmer in 1883 and has been a member of various cattle breeders associations includ- ing the New England Ayrshire Breeders association of which he is director and past president, He is also director, past Secns- tary and now president of the Litchfield County Artificial Breed- ing association.
 MT. Plank as a member of a state department will cooperate with the State Defense Council in the field of protection of foods and drugs in the State. He is vet eran of the First World War and has been with the State Food and Dairy commission for nine years.
 Under the present plans Connec- ticut, through the Food and Dairy Commission, has become allied with a group of northeastern states in cluding New England, New Jersey, and New York whereby the re- sources of those states have become poolef TOT the protection of each Under this plan any state in case of a disaster or emgency has the use of more than 100 food and drug in- spectors, l5 laboratories and 54 chemists to test foods and drugs.
 MT. Plank, who is executive secre- tary of the Food and Drug Off1cials of the Northeastern States, has charge of the dissemination of these facilities in case of disaster in any of these states requiring emergency service.
 Inventory
 Tn addition through an agreement with John J. Sweeney, Dairy and Food Commissioner, a constant in- ventory of food and drugs in Con- necticut will be kept by that depart ment,s inspectors working under MT Plank. This inventory will be made available to the State Defense Coun- cil so that at any given time the public can know the amount of foods and drugs in the state and where they are located.
 On the basis of this inventory compared with inventories in view MT. Mosle will be able to advise both the farmer and kitchen gardener on the food situation in the state