Show On the fhe Home Front OP OPA A Believes Food Price Cut CutI I Will Whack Cost of living By James Marlow and George WASHINGTON June 14 UP If UPI If Ifan an inch in a mans man's nose makes a difference so does a dip in living costs But the office of price administration administration administration adminis adminis- thinks it can achieve that dip by whittling food prices O 0 P A says the food field accounted accounted accounted ac ac- ac- ac counted for 80 per cent of the 7 per cent climb in general living costs since last September Since war started abroad in 1939 I living costs in this country have pussy-footed pussy upward 26 per cent From that sizzling total 0 OP P A believes it can whack 4 per cent by reducing food prices thus I Dollar-and-cent Dollar ceilings on prices 2 2 per cent rolling back prices with the help of paid government-paid subsidies 1 subsidies subsidies-lIAs 1 per cent rolling back prices without subsidies subsidies subsidies-lh to of 1 per cent O 0 P A explains It will pay subsidies subsidies subsidies sub sub- where otherwise rollbacks might hurt producers or distributors distributors distributors tors or production it will order rollbacks without subsidies who where it It n co considers s-iders s prices e unjustifiably jt bi high Slicing off that 1 per cent through subsidies 0 O P A figures will cost the government million million mil mu- lion dollars but will save American Ameri Amen can consumers a billion Heres Here's the 0 O P A plan Dollar cent ceilings ceilings O O P A regional offices publish in various cities prices to be charged by different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent stores which have been di divided divided divided di- di vided into four classes ranging from the runt to the giant General maximum price regulations regulations regula regula- which were issued in the spring of 1942 and froze prices wide nation-wide to the highest prices charged in March of that year were widely violated for various reasons and now are superseded by the dollar-and-cent dollar ceilings Rollback with subsidies subsidies only only items in 0 OP P A plans so far announced announced an an- flounced are meat butter coffee three prime consumer foods O 0 P A has not made this a complete complete com corn rollback In n price 1 S S In the case of meat it extends extend from the corner butcher back t to the meat packer In the case o of butter from the corner grocer t to the creamer Details on coffee still stil are to Io be worked out The order affecting meat wholesalers wholesalers wholesalers whole whole- salers went into effect Monday will vill reach the corner butcher June Jun 21 That's when the latter starts start charging you 10 per cent less pe per pound on the meat you buy from I him Since the order is not a complete complete rollback the meat packer still hato has ha hasto hasto to pay the cattle grower the priche price pric he paid him before although forced forcee to reduce his own price 10 per cent To save the packer from losin losing on the deal the government pays pay him the 10 per cent difference between between between be be- tween what he henceforth mus must charge and what he used to charge |