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county and city chairmen and the scores of cooperating citizens who a re -assist-in g each • of them,’ ’ M r. Miller said today, “I hope that hv this time next week even' one of our half million residents will have joined the war against the Jitterbug—even if.it be himself.”
“It is our hope that this program will come to the attention of every person in the district. From my own experience‘so far, I find that it is contagious. A per'son will hesitate to throw trash in public places after he has heard about the litterbug campaign,” Mr. Miller said.
This district campaign is the first such drive undertaken in the United States, and its program and accomplishments will be watched cloSely by public and private officials who are concerned with the litter problem.
The Virginia ^Anti-Litterbug Council, made up of some 25 civic, business and trade, farm, and women's organizations, designated the Culpeper District because it has one of the highest litterbug attack rates in Virginia. Earl J. Shiflet, State Deputy of the National Grange, was the first chairman of the Council. “Its - purpose,”v he said “is to stop the
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