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Show Mayor Asks Support Of National Price Control Celebration Stressing the dangers Inherent In runaway prices, Mayor H. H. ' unt of Cedar City Monday s'.gn-"d s'.gn-"d a statement urging schools, Ecr-'lce Ecr-'lce clubs, church organizations and Individuals to Join In the observance ob-servance of the National Price Control for Prosperity Celebration. Mayor Lunt pointed out tha throughout thc nation all groups are Joining In this movement to 'old the lid on disastrous inflation National polls, he said, indicate that from 60 to 70 per cent of all coplj favor the retention of price mntrol until the supply of scarce crmmoditles rises to satisfy present pre-sent abnormal demands. Mayor Lunt called attention to the ln-iuftlce ln-iuftlce that will be worked upon ho millions of service men, who ire being released from the armed forces to re-establish themselves in -lvlllan life, If inflation usets our nationol economy. J'tVbns tf fcrvlce men will be looking for homes In which to live," Mayor Lunt said, "but I. inflation forces they; meu to pay 50 to 100 percent more than houses are normally worth, won't they feel that their country has let them down? Service men already arc ccmplalnlng that the assistance nivcn by the GI bill of right? to soldiers x Ihe purchase of homes doesn't amount to much, when the rrvlce man has to pay double the volue of what a home should normally cost." |
