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Show All AU In Same Bout Boa.t Boat . Today TodayThe 1 , The buyers ofmerchandIse ofmerchandiso of merchandise merchandiso today have no concep- concep conceptIon conception corntion - - - tIon of what the storeke storekeeper < . , per has to comply with in lD 1n order orderto orderto orto of typical Bas- Bas Baa- Baa BasIn Baa1n Bin - - - to supply their needs lake 1ake the case a . In 1n store The people foi rOt for miles nules around depend on that thatstore tlatore A " " Btore store for their theu daily dally nccssltiee n D ( < ccs8i.tie8 ccs8itie8 Cl,881tIes Cl881tIes , . The storekeeper works worksthroughout worksthroughout wolthroughout KB throughout the day , , and then additional admbonal hours into mto theroght thenight tnight " - ' roght night keeping keepmg track ofrub ofration of rub ration on stamps , and endless rules rulesi rulesand ruand and regulations Almost every move he makes is under underthreat underthreat untthreat - , i threat of fine fme or jail fail sentence sf'ntence sfntence ' for a mistake JTustake Tbousands Thousands Thousandsof Thousanof of ofstores stores are actually gomgout goingout going gomg out of business busmess to the real realhardslup realhardelup r rhardship < < " i communities commumtws simply because tlie the op ( ) hardship hardslup hardelup ofmany of many , . ' crators erators cannotstand cannot stand the strain stram mvolvedCh8J.rman involvedChairman involved mvolved involvedChairman Chairman Ch8J.rman Ch8Jrman . Patman of th the ( ' House Hous ( ' commItt committee .e e < . on small smallbusllless smallbusiness smibusiness H busllless business , , has orderedan ordered an investigation mvestIgatIOn into mto all phases phasesthi of ofJ ofthe ofthe ? the issuance oforders of orders andregulations and regulations by the OPA orA Hesays He Hesays 1saya ' , J says " "Conditions Conditions " are forcedupon forced upon retailers and whole- whole wholeBRIers wholesalers who'Balers whoBalers - " - BRIers salers which do not complywith comply with the tbe provisions of the theEmergency theEmergency tEmergency Emergency Pnoe Pnce Price Control Act " ' ' , I IIt ItIS It is to be sincerely smcerely hoped that everyeffort every effort will willmade be bemade bemade made to lighten hghten or simplify the present comphcatJons complications comphcatJonssurroundmg complicationssurrounding complicatiosurrounding surroundmg surrounding surroundmgretallIngnot surroundingretailingnot retallIng-not retallIng not retailing-not retailing retailing - - not for the retailers retallars alone , , but butfor butfor bfor at , for the consumer , , who is the worst sufferer as thousands thousandsof thousamof of ofnecessary necessary stores are forcedout forced out of business busmess due duesheer to tosheer tosheer sheer physicalinability physical inability mabIlIty to meet the thp complications comphcatIOns ofop of operation op- op operatIOn ocration - P ' - eratIOn eratIOnI erationr _ _ ---I I - - - ' |