The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-14

A&t8uA tUu&y 4A4u COkAASIIt Service on members of local a very eloquent address by K Administrator, who glorified Enumerated it's outstanding ft the national director to the h, @E the OPA had made nemeroUs sacrifices to promote the general war effort.
 The reception for MT. Henderson took place at Montpelier. He plans 10 return to Washington, D. C., by plane late this afternoon.
 HEr. Baclman'S address was as follows:
 1t is indeed c pleasure to be with you and to have an opportunity t0 pay my respects to your governor who has been so helpful in the OPA program, and Fred Brynn who has been such an outstanding success in Administering the program of your state: and particularly do want t0 pay my respects and express my apbreciation to all members and workers of your War Price and Ra- tl6ning boards. Already you can take pride and derive satisfaction in your acccmplis as the im- pcrtant foundation of the OPA pro- gram.
 Billions Saved!
 According to up-to-date estimates, q saving of more than $6,000, ,000. 900 on war expenditures has already been made. This does not include savings on civilian expenditures. And, the OPA programs the possi. biIity of saving $62O00. 600 900 in war costs in the next twelve months. Since the General Maximum Price Regulation, prices of controlled items have held. Rents have been stabilized and in many communities have declined. Prices for consumer services have recently dropped. Ra- tiOning has been successfully carried on throughout the nation. These are proven accomplishments.
 And. had they not been accom-. plished, an innationary rise in the cost of living, would have burdened each home and struck a strong blow at our war effort. This is fact to ponder when you consider that the entire OPA program in price con- tEol, rent control, and rationing, is charged by congress to operate its Washington, regional and state of- 1lces, as well as over 5000 war price and rationing boards, at less than e cost of 41 year for every person h the country. You have right to take satisfaction in the fact that your patriotic service will repreSen savings totaling several hundred times the cost.
 Unpleasant Features
 However, it is admitted that to accomplish it's programs. many of the activities of the On1ce of Price Administration will be unpleasant | to . great many people. They will | be doing things to them that may | be Misagreeable and may be, at | times, hard for them to understand. | But while doing these things to them, let me point out the things VIC are endeavoring to do for them
 As members of our armed forces. we vii bolster their morale. giving them assurance of returning to . WU1 b4A@W4lAAC WO1n u4l0 CCOAbO1I1AC system, giving them assurance that | the funds they send home to de. pendents will not be dissipated by | Constantly rising prices. ! Az business men, we will save | theiP business from chaos and poS- sible failure. Whatever their tenn. | porary losses and hardshipS may be | now, they are but small percent .ege compared with those that would | follow q serious imitation. ; As consumers, which of course in | cludes farmers and wage earners- ell of us-we will save our standard of living although there will be temporary losses and discomfortS.
 Al taxpayers, we will save them | end their children enormous taxes | that they would otherwise have to | pay in the future.
 As savers, purchasers of war bonds, we will protect these savings. the value of insurance policies and pensions and annuities.
 As citizens, we will save our | democracy-the thing we are all | fighting for.
 fWUSU say WS WAL QU tA1cSS things the word we" still means | the local War Price and Rationing Boards, the entire OPA organization supported by the cooperation of | syery business man and citizen in the country. All of us are joined in his great cooperative endeavor to prevent 6 common disaster that a runaway price.
 And, although we are joined to- gether in this endeavor, there Is one group, the foundation upon which our program has been built, that leads all others. refer to the OPA War Price and Rationing Boards.
 Record Unequa1led
 There have been lots of splendid | war time jobs done during the past l few nor ths by civilian groups. Buy. l is1 my opinion, for sheer unSelfiSh. 1 ness and patriotism, and devotion to the public service, the record of our OPA War Price and Rationing Boards cannot be equalled. And when I say that I do not for one instant mean to minimize the mar. vicious work which is being done by other civilian defense groups.
 Last December. the chairman, and D8k@1RI0sE