The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-10
Governor Baldwin To Direct State
Summer Anti-InflatiOn Offensive
Intensive Sale of Wac
Bonds Among Principal
Campaign Methods

Adding new impetus to Connects
cuts Summer Offensive Against lrS
flation, Governor Raymond E. Bald
win accepted today the honorar,
craftsmanship of the Connecticut
War Finance Committee, which Is
spearheading two months cruSaoe
to offset dangerous 1nflationary
trends by diverting the excess OF IN
come over living costs of Connectl-
cut wage earners into War Bonds
and Stamps. .
In accepting the appointment
from State Administrator Thomas
Hewes, Governor Baldwin took the
first step in carrying out his pledge
to get the State of Connecticut IN
the forefront of the movement,
which he has termed vital war
time undertaking that is essential
to postwar security.
Offensive Opens
With Administrator HeWes ana
State OPA Administrator Chester A.
Bowles, the Governor took lead
ing part last week in launching the
offensive at state gathering here
of newspaper, radio, theater, adver-
Using and service club executives.
Fundamentally endorsing the plan,
with its twin detectives OF boosting
personal savings through the Pay
roll Savings Plan and making war
Bonds and Stamps more easily &C
cessible to the public by converting
Is 900 retail stores into convenient
sales outlets, Governor Baldwin her
aided Connecticut as pioneer IN
promoting IN attack on Imitation as
a state program.
The Governor, the OPA and the
War Finance Committee are united
in interpreting the excess OF cur
rent high war wages over family
living costs as a menaclng factor
that is a definite threat to the con-
troll of wartime prices. Their aim
is to prevent recurrence OF comes
tic chaos and economic suffering
that accompanied every perloo OF IN
flation throughout the world when
war-curtailed supplies of consumers
goods failed to exhaust the prevail
ence of cash money from abnormal
ly high war wages.
The u. S. Treasury has recognized
the danger in present conditions as
a national problem, and the three
Connecticut leaders are carrying the
Treasury's plans for solving 1t
step further by creating Connecu-
cut program that will supplement-
the Federal effort and show the way
to other states by urging as state
wide enterprise the diversion OF the
excess cash into War Savings.
Payroll Plan
With the Governor now IN the
forefront of the offensive. Colonel
Hewes has perfected arrangements
for War Finance Committees IN
every town and city to accelerate
the local promotion of the War FL
nance Program. Particular emphas-
is will be centered in each commun-
ity in the Payroll Plan to increase
participation in every place OF en-
ployment so Tat 1t will be SO per
cent in excess of April sales and at
least 10 per cent Of gross payrols.
Herbert G. Behan, of Hartford. Is
heading a special corps OF Payroll
Plan workers who will devote their
time and energy to this phase OF
the program.
In addition, the newly created Re-
tail Stores Division under the lead
ership of Frank L. eastman, Tor
merly of G. Fox 81 Co., is proceed
ing with the effort to make every
one of the Is 900 retail stores in the
state a place where War Bonds and
Stamps will be available for public
sale.
1t is Mr.. Cashman's plan to bring
stamps and bonds within convent
ent reach of the public. The retail
outlets will be established not only
in business districts but in neigh
borhoods and outlying sections Sc
that every grocery, corner drue
store, cigar store and neighborhood
market will have supplies on HAND
and will be committed to an effort
to sell specified number of stamps
each week.
At the same time, the Womeni
Division of the War Finance Com
mittee will inaugurate special pro-
grams throughout the state to enlist
women in the offensive and take al!
active part in the development OF
the retail plan.