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Show FOOD STAMPS PLAHJTARTED ROCHESTER, rf. T, May If (INS) Little lonfusioo marked - launching in Rochester today of the unique federal food stamp plea which was bailed generally by government gov-ernment official, relief recipients and- grocers of the Flower city. An estimated 400 welfare clients of all ages bad streamed through the routine of exchanging stamps for groceries up to noon. Expressing Express-ing satisfaction with the smoothness smooth-ness by which the experimented plan was invoked, James S. Allen, national director of the scheme, said a six-month tryout would be ' necessary before merits of the system sys-tem could be gauged accurately. He ' expects the pesk demand In Rochester Roch-ester about Thursday. Grocers Like It Rochester grocer viewed the plan as a boon to their business. The government adopted the stamp scheme in hopes H would replenish re-plenish larders of relief families with the nation's stores of surplus sur-plus food through the distribution system of chain and independent grocery lores Economists, government officials and farmers awaited the result with keen interest. Another experiment experi-ment of the same plan will begin in Dayton. Ohio, June 1. If these prove successful, the food stamp plan may be extended nationally. Only relief families are eligible for participation. Oct Free Stamp With their relief and WPA checks, they can purchase orange-hued orange-hued stamps not exceeding a total of f 10 at any one Une. With each one-dollar orange-stamp purchase they will receive 00 cents worth of blue stamps. Ths orange stamps can be used Ilk money for the purchase of any article, excluding liquor, beer, win and tobacco, at the corner grocery stor. Ths free blue stamps can be exchanged for "surplus commodities." com-modities." Butter, oranges, grapefruit, dried prunes, white flour, graham flour, cornmeal and eggs. The list of designated des-ignated surplus foods may be revised re-vised from time to tuns. The novel plan, financed by the 30 per cent of the customs receipts allotted to the federal surplus commodities com-modities corporation, is designed to aid needy families, farmers, grocers gro-cers and the FSCC itself. |