Connecticut toy manufacturers will enjoy a thirty-three and a third percent increase in business over their Christmas trade of last year as a direct result of Hitler’s anti-Jewish campaign, according to Secretary Frye of the Toy Manufacturers’ Association.
German-made toys are arousing little interest on the part of the buyers in such large centers as New York and Chicago, he said, and estimated that the German toy trade in the United States this year will be cut one-half at least.
The boycott on German-made toys is very definite, Mr. Frye said, adding that large stores have adopted an absolute policy of retaliation to Hitler’s policies, while others are making the “made in Germany” legend as inconspicuous as possible. However, this practice is common now in connection with all German-made goods, he said.
At the Lindstrom Tool & Toy Company, Bridgeport, it was said that the company’s increased volume of business was a direct result of Hitler’s anti-Jewish policy. At the Gong Bell Manufacturing Company, East Hampton, it was said that buyers were giving preference to domestic toys to a very noticeable degree, because of the superiority of American products, and sentiment supporting the boycott.
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