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Show The Ottawa (Ilinois) La Salle Co. Ladger (Independent) says: MILLIONS FOR BUREAUCRACY As an advertising' man, Chester Bowles did one thing for the OPA that has placed that agency above all others. He left as his own monument, the most complete propaganda, publicity, and public relations staff probably ever assembled within one government agency. ' During the 4 months prior to the expiration of OPA on July 1, the OPA propaganda staff spent over I2V2 million dollars to convince the American people that OPA should be retained. Over 3 million dolars of this amount was spent in printing and binding and over 5 million was spent in postage-Counting postage-Counting the 77 new employees taken on during the months when the OPA was fighting for its life, the propaganda department employs 572 fulltime workers- This staff has produced 6 general newspaper stories every day, and two local newspaper releases distributed through the OPA's 1,900 local price boards. The OPA has used 600 radio stations weekly for its news, broadcasts. Its own movies have been run in 16,000 commercial theaters. In addition, the OPA advertising has appeared on billboards and car cards throughout the country; its articles have appeared in magazines and trade journals and its posters have been sent to every meat market and grocery, store in the country. , As a special feature it has developed courses on inflation and the value of the OPA for the instruction instruc-tion of pupils in the public schools. |