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Barter Scrip Systems Spread From Los Angeles to Iowa
A report traces the rise of emergency exchange associations using paper scrip to swap goods and labor. Examples include Los Angeles co operatives serving 40 000 families, Inwood mutual exchanges issuing redeemable scrip, Hawarden Iowa paying workers with scrip that later converts to cash, and Salt Lake City and Yellow Springs projects moving large volumes of barter to aid the jobless.
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Association
John Kirkland Clark
New York State Board of Bar Examiners
Leland Olds
New York State Power Authority
Stuart Chase
Frank Graham
Princeton University
East
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Inwood
N. Y
Hawarden
Iowa
Costa
Baker
National Development Association
Salt Lake City
Utah
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Arthur Morgan
Antioch College