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Show ! RETAILERS MUST DO THEIR PART 1 I WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. The food administration today telegraphed to all food administrators in the different differ-ent states warning 'them that "publicity "pub-licity must control the unlicensed retailers." re-tailers." This was followed up by Food Administrator Hoover's statement state-ment that the corner had been turned In wholesale prices of food and that tho responsibility for continued high! cost to the consumer rested squarely u'pon the retail dealers, over whom congress has given the administration I no authority. Mr. Hoover sent the state administrator's adminis-trator's resolutions adopted here this week by representatives of every branch of the retail grocery trade, endorsing en-dorsing the licensing ot dealers in staple food commodities and expressing express-ing willingness to comply with the food administration's rules anu regulation regu-lation whether licensed or unlicensed when dealing in staple foods mentioned men-tioned in the president's recent proclamation. procla-mation. , |