Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-06-08 | Page 1 | OPA Official Quits Job in Protest

I I I OPA OP A Official Quits Job in Protest CINCINNATI A TI June 8 Up P IP- john K price executive of the office of price administration tion said Tuesday he was resigning resigning resigning resign resign- ing effective July 3 because I Iwas Iwas Iwas was not permitted to do a fair honest and complete job In a speech before the Ohio Grain and Feed Dealers' Dealers association association tion ion said OPA 0 P A was forced to do many things we knew were not right because somebody at the top did not have guts enough to cross a apolitical apolitical i political bridge 1 I have resigned and am leaving Washington July 3 because I was not permitted to do doa a fair honest and complete job which means fixing equitable ceiling ceiling ceiling ceil ceil- ing prices at every level of production production production tion and distribution