HomeMy WebLinkAbout1943-06-21A SPECIAL MEETING OF BOARDS AIfD C0~!MITTEE.
JUNE 21s%, 1943.
A SPECIAL I~ETING OF VARIOUS BOARDS A}~ CO};~IITTEE MET IN THE
SELECTk~NS ROOM ON '~,ABOVE DATE,AT 8.00 p.~i.
I'.~. C. CEARK COFFIN SEC'Y OF THE PUBLICITY COI,,.~IITTEE GAVE ~3~ OUTLINE
OF THE CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED, INFOI~,~ING THE ~,~ETING OF THE ~USUAL
OF EARLY INQUIRIES THaT }~E ',;5~S _RECEIVING DAILY AND INCREASING TO SUCH AN
EXTENT THAT IT IS I,~CESSARY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HELP TO PROPERLY EXPEDITE
THE INFORI~TION REQUESTED; AS THE ~A~G~E -%~!L RECEIVED WAS 7~LL OVER A~
AVERAGE ~F 100 LETTERS PER DAY,AloUD ON ONE DAY ~ RECEIVED 310 LETTERS.
iLR. LAKE,CI~IPg'~N 012 THE RATION BOARD TI!EN READ A LET?ER RECEIVED
FROM THE STATE RATION BOARD AND TH-EN SPO.~ TO S0.'u~ LENGTH 0}? THE ALiOb~,~T
OF GAS ALLOWED IN VARIOUS 8IRC~:iSTkNCES,AND T!~T THE BOARD WAS FOLLOWING
THE RULES LAID D0b?{ BY THE STATE RATION BOA-RD AND GIVING ALL THAT WAS
POSSIBLE UNDER THE RULE~;,3~. LAEE THEN CALLED ON i~.TH0tf~S ~'~icGR~Ti{ AND
JOHN BLAZERS, AND THEY CONFiPJ,'iED WH~T ~. LAKE HAD SAID.
COL. ~ROBERT W. STEWART '?TH0 .HAS RECENTLY RET~0E~iED FR0]~ ?,.~I~iI FLORIDA
INFOI~.{ED THE ~iEETING T}L~,T IN THAT CITY THERE ',TAS VERY LITTLE RESTRICTION
ON THE A~iOiH~T OF GAS ALLOWED CAR 07,~ERS AS IT WAS THOUGHT i~ECESSARY TttAT
IN THE CASE oF PEOPLE COi~ilNG TO THISTM,,I;J~ER '~ ~ RESORT THROUGH THAT PORTION OF
~tlE YEAR,BUSINESS WOULD BE RUINED Ill{LESS Tills WAS DONE,AND COL. STEWART
THOUGHT Y}{E SAL~ PROCEDURE SHOULD BE FOLL0~F~D ~.~RE IN N.~!;±WfCICET.
I?IR. LAKE THEN BROUGHT ~ THE ~.~TT~R OF FOOD ALLOWANCES T0 CARE FOR '
T~ COh~DITi0N ARISING THROUGH THE EXCESS SUi,,~R POPULATION. THE SCfu~CiTY O!
HELP. FOR BORD!NG HOUSES,HOTELS Ai~D SL~,'~.~R COTTAGERS WAS ALSO DISCUSSED.
OTHER SP~!~RS WERE I,~'. GO~.~, U.l.~,~,'.~ -~'~,~ ~ ~r OF THE CH~ER OF CO},~TM_~,,~.~. 0
AND GO~0~'i FOLGER ~'~ THEN
. ~,~. Lk~ INTRODUCED i~. JOSEPH 7,q{I~, C~I~N 0F
CO~:~[ITTEE APPOINTED FROl,i WASI!INGTOI~ TO ;L~KE AN 0IL SL~VEY OF THE NEW ENGL.~J D
STATES,i~. i'~{ITE STATED Ti~T T}~ REPORT OF HiS C0iE~IITTEE 'f/AS i'tOT ACC~TED
AT UASHI~GTON. IN THE ~T~R OF OUR FOOD ALLOWANCE AI~ OTtIER D~TTERS ~
~ViSED C0~?~NICATING WITH THE STATE ~TION BOreD WITH A ~LL E~LA~'ATION
'D~_?HS SIf~ATI0i'~ TO SEE IF TI~ CO~ITION COULD BE TAK~'I CM{E OFi~_ND L~.
LAKE AG~ED $~[~T-L SE~¥~DZT02BE~IT~ 3BEST ~ 0LUTIONJ ~D~. HE 'WOU~ TM~ ~ T}~.[ & ,~ '~ ,-
i~'U~ER b~ ACCORDINGLY. AS ~{ERE ~N0 F~{THER ]L~TTERS FOR DISCUSSION 'l~
1,2tET!NG ADJ0bH~JED.
HERBERT P. SIIITIt, ~CR~TA~,Y.
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