Show They Help Out Home Budget I d. d I A f w i v a e y Y p s I J 4 4 k y 5 AT CONFERENCE ON CONSUMERS' CONSUMERS AID Ariel C. C Merrill left and Walter Kingsbury Consumers' Consumers Welfare Council Opens Class for Housewives The W P A with the aid of federal state and city officials Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day undertook to instruct housewives in how to utilize the consumer consumer con con- sumer aids these branches of government have set up for them More than women gathered inthe in in inthe the he house of representatives chamber chamber cham- cham ber jer at the capitol to participate in inthe inthe the he consumers' consumers welfare council a aN aW aW W N P A project The lesson that speakers attempted attempt attempt- ed to get over was that governmental governmental governmental govern govern- mental agencies had set up standards standards standards stand stand- ards of quality and quantity so that two wo things remained for the housewives housewives housewives house house- wives if they were were to get the most for or their money learn what these standards mean and exercise the g gumption necessary to utilize this knowledge knowledg It was the purpose of ot this meeting meeting meet- meet ing ng to provide the housewives with the he knowledge and spur them into utilizing it The Th project was under general di direction direction direction di- di of Justin C Stewart state supervisor of public affairs and workErs workers' education for W VV P A. A Presiding over the meeting was Ariel C. C Merrill chief of the dairy meat and food division of the city health department who in tal remarks also urged that the housewives exercise caution in their purchases The need for housewives exercising exercising exercising ing initiative was set forth by C. C W. W Wall sealer in the city department t of weights and measures He gave a paper prepared in collaboration with Lyman of the dairy and food division of the state department department department de de- of weights and measures Walter Kingsbury supervising inspector in- in inspector inspector in in- in the United States department department depart depart- ment meat of agriculture bureau of agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural economics was another r speaker who urged housewives to keep their eyes open |