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Show the agricultural "program. Functions heretofore assigned to war boirds. therefore, have been distributed as follows: I Production goal work, including 'livestock, poultry and dairy goals, ! " - :..i-,,..rtl orlinctmpnt. 1 J Shift Duties j To Agencies j USDA War Board j Relieved of Load J i The transfer of certain functions I now being performed by state and i county USDA war board to ad-I ad-I ministrative agencies of the war I food administration and the department de-partment of agriculture has been ..,!,rt hv Marvin M. Jones, to the agricuiiuin agency; facilitation of transportation transporta-tion end distribution of feed-ctuffs. feed-ctuffs. to the AAA under direction of the commodity credit corporation- certification of canners for vegetable crops, to the AAA under I direction of the- CCC. I increasing production of forest I products, to the forest service; ad-! ad-! ministration in the field of ration-in" ration-in" and allocation of farm machinery, mach-inery, equipment (including copper wire)' building supplies, fertilizers and other agricultural materials facilities, to the AAA under direction of the Office of Management Man-agement and Facilities; general educational work incidental to war programs, to the extension service- Issuance of farm slaughter slaugh-ter permits, to the AAA under direction of the FDA; administration administra-tion in the field of farm transportation, trans-portation, including issuance of certificates for tires, off-highway gasoline, and tractor fuels, to the AAA under direction of the (MP. Local deferment of agricultural workers, to the extension service under direction of the office of mortification of application War Food administrator, and Claud R. Wickard, secretary of I agriculture, the Utah State USDA war board announces. primary functions of the state and county war boards under the new arrangement, board members said, will be to coordinate and facilitate action among various agencies; ,'provide a meeting ground for discussion of problems of interest to all agencies; promote pro-mote good working relationships between agencies; collect and i transmit to the WFA such infor- , mav be requested; di- lauui , - for frozen food locker plants, to the AAA under direction of the I FDA- administration of alcohol order, to AAA under direction of the FDA; cooperation with army in producing foods on military reservations, extension service. The reassignment of functions is effective immediately, war board officials said, but actual transfer rect such designated patriot c programs as bond, scrap and salvage sal-vage drives in rural areas; nominate nomin-ate farm families and counties for agricultural "A" awards; keep the administrator and secretary m-I m-I formed on public reactions to pro-i pro-i grams; make recommendations to the administrator and secretary on I the establishment, modification or i . ramc and ner- of duties will be done in an orderly or-derly manner without interruption of services to farm families. Pending Pend-ing development of new procedures, proced-ures, and until each agency is prepared to take over its new assignments, as-signments, all activities will be handled by war boards under pre-vious pre-vious procedures, officials said. terminauon oi - form other functions which would not naturally come under the jurisdiction, of a particular line agency. ' . Board officials explained that numerous assignments have been given to war boards from time to time, some of which are an integral part or closely aligned with functions of line agencies m |