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Show Price Control Help Checks Rising Living Costs t. For the first time since November Nov-ember of .1940, the steady rise in living costs has been checked as a direct result of the general ceiling ceil-ing on prices established at the retail level on May 18 and the accompanying ac-companying measure to reduce rents, Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced this week. Commenting on a recent survey, he stated "The first returns are in they are good. They show that at least the upward movement in living costs has been checked and that those costs actuallv declined de-clined in the period under study. The survey demonstrates that if we are really serious about it, the battle against inflation can be won." I |