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Show oo PEOPLE URGED TO WEAR OLD CLOTHES LITTLE BIT LONGER Harrisburg, Pa., Nov 6 Describ-: big efforts of the department of justice to drive down the cost of living, Attor j ney General Palmer, speaking before a meeting of the fair price committee. I mayors of cities and state officials' of Pennsylvania here today, declared that if the people would increase their saving by u per cent, the cost of living liv-ing would fall 20 per cent in a brief period of time Mr. Palmer called upon "the plain people" to wear their old clothes a little longer, to refuse to buy until production had causht up with the demand de-mand This, he assured the officials, was one of the principal means of end-, tug the spectacle of "the dog chasins ltd tail around in a circle." DnleSfi the people themselves take this step,, the attorney general said, the nation cannot expect to have anything but discontent and disorder. |