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The Treasury promised the R epresenta-
tive that the order would be h eld up until
th e makers of th e 'machines could state
their case. A WPB official told him he be-
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dash of it to be added to each of the new
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machines. The Treasury is now working on
a formul a "so that the American nickel,"
says Mr. Dewey, "may continue to carry
on its co nstantly increasing function s."
There seems to be no government plan
to call in existing five-cent pieces as ra-
pidly as the new ones can be minted, al-
though the 6,190,000 pounds of nickel they
are estimated to contain represents about
one week's domestic output of the metal for
which they are named. But, thanks in good-
ly measure to a leading financial statesman,
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will continue to evoke, when dropped in
the slot, that cheerful and fruitful clang
which forecasts prompt delivery of the
small goods by which the citizens of the
Uni ted States enjoy a large portion of their
daily exi'stence.
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the approval of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and the chairman gf WPB, "to vary th e
proportions of silver and copper and to add
other materials if such action be in the
pub li c interest."
It was further provided that these five-
cent pieces "shall be deemed to be minor
coins or coinage and not silver coins,"
which leads to the impression that the sil-
ver bloc in Congress saw a chance for an-
other use of 71 cen ts si lver against a world
price of 35 cen ts. That, however, has
nothing to do with Mr. Dewey's rescue act.
One day he was informed by a manufac-
turer . of nickel-in-the-slot vending ma-
chines, which have become an American
institution, that the Treasury was about to
order the Mint to begin the production of
five-cent pieces composed of equal parts of
silver ar,d copper. Since all of these vend-
ing machines, including music boxes, are
set in operation by a nickel that is suscep-
tible to magnetic attractions, the silver-
copper coins would not have started the
rrfachinery.
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Mr. Dewey communicated with the Treas·
ury and urged officials not to bring out a
coin which, unless it were carefully dis-
tinguished from the existing one, would im-
pel citizens to smash unrespondi ng vend-
ing machines; and, if it were not, would
tend to end th e fun ctions of the machines.
He said he believed the Treasury had been
thinking en tirely of the monetary aspect of
the nickel, and nothing of its social and
economic significance.
"The econo mic significance," said Mr.
Dewey, "comes from the development of
the vending machines. Thousands are in-
stalled in manufacturing plants, including
those doing war wOJ;k, where, for security's
sake, human vendors are not wanted, and
wherever the American people congrega te.
A great portion of the peanut crop is moved
through these machines; also fruit and
vegetable juices, milk, chocolate and candy."
" The social significance," Mr. Dewey
told the Treasury, "rests in the fact that
the nickel is the most used by th e public.
It brings food and nourishment to war work-
ers and other toilers; it brings relaxation
KANSAS CITY, MO.-As mid-summer
reaches th e operator's calendar, delivery
and shiftin g of location value occupy most
of the local attention. There seems no
doubt now that new economies effected
in service and maintenance are not going
to result in a loss of profit or in net returns
from the coi n boxes.
Russell Thomas, manager of the Ciga-
rette Service Co., Kansas City, Kansas, one
of the largest cigarette vendor operating
firms in the Midwest, sums up th e reports
th at have been common to most operators
in the area:
"Many rural areas are becoming less
profitable, co nsidering the season of the
year, but this fits in exactly with our
necessity to cut do~n our service and de-
livery mileage_ Most important, we are
finding that plants and other industria,l
units that in th e past wouldn't support a
machine will now prove a very good loca-
tion for one and frequently two machines_
"Since these locations are located along
our ci ty routes they do not add mileage to
our service cars and usually they mean
more profit than we were able to get from
the same machine on an out-of-the-way
rural spot. Th e important thin g to realize
about these locations is that most of them
now employ several times more employees
than they did in pre-war days, the earn-
ings of these workers have increased and
they are spending more time on th e job."
The majority of operators reporting on
this shift of lo cation emph asis, believe th!lt
these plants should be merchandised as
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