Show U U. S. S Will Reserve 30 Per Cent Cent- Of Butter for Armed Forces Force WASHINGTON Jan 6 INS INS Butter Butter rationing came caine a step nearer nearer- Wednesday as Food Administrator took 30 per percent percent percent cent of butter production for war requirements Each American consumer will sacrifice three pounds of butter to the tho soldiers in the field as asa a result of the order which directs butter manufacturers to re reserve reserve reserve re- re serve 30 per pet cent of their monthly output for the government In order to assure I adequate ate supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies of butter for the armed services servIces services ices said civilians must cut their consumption from the I 1912 1942 total of 16 pounds per capita I to 13 pounds I IThe The order effective February 1 makes butter rationing imperative many believe in as much as civilIan civilian civilian civil civil- ian demands for butter are constantly constantly con con- rising Reserves Citrus Fruits Along with food distribution order order order or or- der No 2 the butter directive Issued food distribution order No 3 to reserve all production production production tion of at canned citrus fruits except except ex ex- unconcentrated grapefruit Juice for war war needs The citrus order order- order strove strove to build up civilian supplies of vitamin- vitamin packed grapefruit juice by directIng directing direct direct- Ing canners not to sell seU the theun un- un juice until March 31 Thus hopes to force consumers to buy fresh grapefruit in the coming months when grapefruits are relatively plentiful ful ul and cheap and build buU up a Stockpile of ot the canned juice for forthe forthe forthe the summer All other canned citrus juices juices- including concentrated orange lemon and grapefruit juices and n strength single orange lemon and combination juices will juices will go to t the e armed services Aid to Russ Soldiers Practically none ione of the citrus fruits and butter reserved will go goto goto goto to consumers in allied nations at- at al although though Russian soldiers will get nearly third one-third of the butter with with- held However the order insures U U. S. S soldiers greater supplies of the rich protein-rich foods Slightly more than two-thirds two of the butter re reserved re- re served served about about pounds will will go go- goto to American service men The civilian act brought ht reports of rationing of butter and other fats and oils The agriculture department department department de de- de- de admitted that it is studying the ration question Consumers who bought about pounds of butter in 1942 will get only pounds this year said Wont Won't Affect Groceries Neither of the two new orders he pointed out will affect grocery stocks of butter or fruit juices Nor will the citrus order materially materially materially ma ma- affect supplies of juices It only extends the effect of two previous W P B pronouncements directing that the amount of tin used in canning fruit juices be cut and that the entire citrus fruit juice pack except grapefruit be reserved for government use |