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the counties in the United States at a cost of $262 million. At its peak, the program was actively assisting an estimated four million people. The first recipient was Mabel McFiggin of Rochester, New York; the first retailer to redeem the stamps was Joseph Mutolo; and the first retailer caught violating program rules was Nick Salzano in October 1939. The program ended when the conditions that brought the program into being--unmarketable food surpluses and widespread unemployment--ceased

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