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Show Rationing Chief Lauds LaudsPublic LaudsPublic Public for Cooperation CooperationMost \ Most l\Iost l Iost 'Kicks Kicks ' ' Come Conle From PI Picssure cssure assure Groups GroupsOPA , OP OPA A Adn1 Administiator Adn1nistI.ator Administrator nistI.ator nistIator . Points Out . By Leon HendersonAdminIstrator HendersonAdministrator Henderson HendersonAdministrator Administrator of the OPABecause OPABecause OPA OPABecause ( Because the present ratlonlne ratIoning pro program program procram gram b is 1 of ot paramount interest to every everyperson everyperson everyperson person this paper pre presents pre.ent preent . entc . an exclusive exclusivearticle exclusivearticle exclusivearticle article " ' written 'Tltten Tltten lor for ( or me nbcrs ubcrs ot of o ( the WIlSt West WIlStern Western Western ern Newspaper Union syndicate b to ) Leon LeonHenderson LeonHenderson LeonHenderson Henderson price control administrator administratorThe administratorThe administratorThe The vie vs expressed are those ot ol of Mr MrHenderson MrHenderson MrHenderson Henderson ) There are still a lot of rough roughspots roughspots roughspots spots in m ill rationing ratlOnmg , but we weknow weknow weknow know we're were ' on the right nght track trackbecause trackbecause trackbecause because most of the hlcks lacks hlckswe're lackswe're Lickswe're Lickswere we're were ' getting gettmg are coming commg from fromthe fromthe fromthe the pre pressure : . < ; ure groups , and com comparatIvely comparatively cornparatively paratIvely few from the pub publ1c pub1w pubhe pubheAnd l1c 1w l1cAnd 1wAnd And so more and more ra ratIonmg ratlonmg rationmg tIonmg tlonmg becomes necessary necessarywe , we re going gomg to make more moremIstakes moremistakes moremistakes mIstakes But we re going gomg to toI tofind tofind tofind I find them out and cure them themone themone themone one at a time because that s sthe sthe : the way progress is madeWh madeWh made madeWh Wh le Ie rationing ral10nmg on the modern modernscale modernscale modernscale scale is unprecedented rationing ratlOnmg It Itself itself itself self is nothing nothmg new to Americans AmericansAs As a matter of fact it s older than thanour thanour thanour our government itself because the thePllgnms thePilgrims thePilgrims Pllgnms Pilgrims used it at Plymouth Rock Rockto Rockto Rockto to . weather v.eather veather the hardships of days of ofscarcity ofscarcity ofscarcity scarcity Washington Washmgton of course coursewas coursewas coursewas was the nation nahon s first rat oning oiling ad admmlstrator administrator admmistrator mmlstrator ministrator Indomitable courage courageand courageand courageand and rationmg ratlonmg rationing brought h s men menthrough menthrough menthrough through Valley Forge Ratlonmg Rationing Ratlonmgplayed Rationingplayed Rationingplayed played a great part m lo in the settling of ofthe ofthe ofthe the West because many of those thosehardy thosehardy thosehardy hardy pioneers \ would ould never ha\ ha has hae hamade ha\emade ha emade \ e emade made it across the desert if 1f they theyhadn theyhadn theyhadn hadn t pooled all their supplies and andshared andshared andshared shared alike alikeFight Fight for Life Itself ItselfNow ItselfNow ItselfNow Now that our nation faces a fight fightfor fightfor fightfor for 1 fe itself we re using usmg this valu valuable valuable valuable able tool to insure msure the necess ties of ofWe oflife oflife We life to every American Amencan so that we wecan wecan wecan can all pitch in on the one big job jobof jobo1 jobof of o1 winning wmmng the war That s what ra ratlOnmg rationing rationmg tlOnmg tioning really amounts to The pub puble 1 c I belIe\ belIe belie\e belie e belIee behete \ e is realizing realIzmg that ra ratlOnmg rationing ratiomng tlOnmg tioning is a protective measure for forthe forthe torthe the individual mdlvldual and the country m in mstead instead mstead stead of an unnecessary lIDDecessary restnctlve restrictive restnctlvedevice restrictivedevice restrictivedevice device and they are supportmg supporting It Itby itby itby by and large as they are support ng ngour ngour ngour our other necessary "ar ar " > nar ar measures measuresMost measuresMost measuresMost Most of the cnt Crlt crit cisms elsms that come to tous tous tous us from the public are from people peoplewho peoplewho peoplewho who really don t understand the pur purposes purposes purposes poses of rat oning onmg programs and andhy andwhy andwhy \\hy hy why \ they are necessary or those thosewho thosewho thosewho who have been misled by selfish m in mterests interests interests terests seek ng to destroy ratlOmng rationing ratlOmngmto rationinginto rationinginto mto into the bel be ! ] et ef of that it is not neces necessary necessary necessary sary or that it is being done sunply supply simplyto sunplyto supplyto to make our people aware of the theseriousness theseriousness theseriousness seriousness of the warSix . war .ar ar warSix .arSIX Six Commodities Commodlhes Rationed RationedIn RationedIn In the first eight months of war warfor warfor warfor for our countrye country \ we \\e e have had to toratIOn toration toration ratIOn six commodit commodlt es as sugar t res resautos resautos resautos autos typewriters typewnters bicycles and m in mthe inthe inthe the East gasolme gasoline gasolmeVery gasolineVery gasolineVery Very briefly bnefly here are the reasonsWe reasonsWe reasons reasonsWe We can t ship enough cnough sugar sugarInto sugarInto sugarinto Into the United UUlted States to give giveeveryone giveeveryone giveeveryone everyone all aU he \ wants ants of it ittherefore ittherefore ittherefore therefore we ration rahon sugar so soecryone soeveryone soeveryone e\cryone e cryone everyone \ can have a ( fair air shareOur shareOur share shareOur Our principal source of rub rubber rubber rubher ber is cut off we can t make makeenough makeenough makeenough enough tires bres for everyone there therefore therefore therefore fore we ration rabon tires bres to serve our ourcountry ourcountry ourcountry country s most vital needs"e needsSSe needs needsMe Me "e e SSe " need our auto auro factories for for"ar forwar forwar "ar ar war " production producbon No more autos autosSo autosSo autosSo So we ration rahon what autos we have _ .uu uu . . _ on hand to serve the country sgreatest s sgreatest sgreatest greatest needsWe needsWe needs needsWe We need all aU the type typewriter " rlter fae fac faetorles factortes faclories torles tortes for manufacture of shclls shells shcllsgun shellsgun shellsgun gun parts and other war sup supplies supplies supplies plies Typewriter Typcwrlter production productionstops productionMops tops stops ! > soe so \ we \\e e ration r\bon r bon ' \ the typewrit typewrit- typewriters typewriters - - ers we have on haud hand to meet our ourmost ourmost onrmost most essential needsWe needsWe needs needsWe We need nced the metals and rubber rubberthat rubberthat rubberthat that go into mto bicycles bicycle . for warproduction war warproduction warproduction production No more bicycles bicyclesSo So Soe \ we \\e e ration rabon the bicycles we weha webase wehaic ha\ ha hae base \ e left Icft to those who wbo really reallyneed reallyneed reallyneed need thcmIn themIn them thcm themIn In 11 tI tl e a : East Iast we can t gct get gctenough getenough getenough enough gasoline gnsolme because we wehn wehasen wehat hn hasen : en t enough tankers tankcrs or other otherfaclhtles otherfacilities otherfacilities faclhtles facilities to tniisport tr\nsport tr nsport transport ' \ all it takes takesto takesto takesto to run all aU car cars . as usuil usu\l usu l usual ' \ without withouthampermg withouthampering withouthampering hampermg hampering ' our war effort So Sowe Sowe Sowe we rat on gisollne g\sollne g sollne gasoline ' \ to give every everyessenbal everyessential everyessential essenbal essential user enough euough for his ac actual actual actual tual ncedsIach needsEach needs nceds needsEach : Each Iach Problem a New One OneWh OneWh OneWh Wh le Ie the undeflying undef-b undef b underb - ing 109 purposes Pllrposes of ofthese ofthese ofthese these rationing ratlonmg programs can be bestated bestated bestated stated that simply the working workmg out outof outof outof of the mach nery nary to make them et of etfecbve offective effective fecbve fective and fa r to our 130 mill mlU on onpeople onpeople onpeople people is quite another matter Even EvenIf Evenif Evenif If we had the benefit of ot long ex exper exper exper per ence ence , , in such \ work ork the launch launching launching 109 ing of a new ration ng program programwould programwould would \ ould still be a man sized Job lob ] ob But Butto Butto Butto to work out rationmg ratlonmg rationing systems forConstructive for forConstructiveCriticism or Constructive ConstructiveCriticism ConstructiveCriticism ConstructiveCriticism Criticism InvitedThe Invited InvitedThe The public has has bcenonder been bcen \\onder onder wonder wonderfully \ wonderfully onderully ully fully ( patient because most peo pco- pco pcopIe peopie people - ple pIe know how difficult such a aJob alob ajob Job lob must be The construcbve constructive construcbvecriticism constructivecriticism constructivecriticism criticism of the large numbers numbersof of persons who have written to tous tous tous us and of the loyal newspapers newspapersof of the country haic ha\e ha e hae \ % been bcen a great greataid greataid greataid aid in 1U helping us plan soundly soundlyWe soundlyWe soundlyWe We eagerly invite mVlte such construc construc- construe- construe constructive construetive constructive - tive criticismHenderson criticismIfenderson criticism Henderson -Henderson -Ifenderson Ifenderson - 130 m 111 llion Ilion on people is someth ng new newunder newunder newunder under the sun Never before in m his history history hislory tory has it been done Every prob problem problent problem lem lent that arises anses is a new problem problemWe problemWe problemWe We can t call in 111 the experts be because because because cause there are no experts We Weha Wehate Weha\e Weha e ha\ ha hae hate \ e to work it out on what seems seemsto seemsto seemsto to be the soundest possible basis basisand basisand basisand and andhen \ when \\hen hen we find were we re wrong and andour andour andour our plans don t worke work \ we \\e e have to togo togo togo go back and change them Were Werelearn We re relearn relearn learn ng as we goBut goBut go goBut But we have been beset on the theother theother theother other hand by another kind klOd of cnt Grit cntclsm Gritcism cntcism clsm cism that has not been helpful . Our OurratIOn Ourration Ourration ratIOn ng programs have been subected sub subJected subjetted Jected jetted ] to criticisms cntlclsms and attacks from fromenemy fromenemy fromenemy enemy and selfish interests mterests whose I sole purpose was to destroy pub publ 1 c cconfidence cconfidence cconfidence confidence in m rat oning onlOg to wreck the thesystem thesystem thesystem thesystemThese system systemThese These enemy attacks were de- de designed designed de designed - - signed to hamper our war effort by byspread byspread byspread spread ng confus comus on and d ssahsfac ssatisfoc ssahsfactlOn ssatisfoction ssatistaction tlOn tion on the home front as one phase phaseof phaseof phaseof of the Axis propaganda activities 111 in 111the inthe inthe the Un ted States This of o1 course courseemanated courseemanated courseemanated emanated from the offices of the thefOrI theformer theformer fOrI former er Bund members and other otherenemy otherenemy otherenemy enemy agents and is dealt with withwhenever withwhenever withwhenever whenever the FBI breaks up the thework thework thework work of sp es and saboteurs saboteursDownnght saboteursDownright saboteursDownright Downnght Downright SelfislmessBut SelfishnessBut Selfishness Selfislmess SelfishnessBut saboteursI I But the other is the result of down downright downright downright right selfishness as opposed to the theI theh theh theh I h gher interests mterests of our war effort effortThere effortThere effortThere There have been some-and some and some - - and fortu fortunately fortunately tortunately nately the number is small cons d dermg dering dermg ermg ering the size of our country-\\ho country ho country-who who country - \ who frp 1 1y 1i f/// f / i / / : rp rpe rpi 1YOtJ y e YOtJ i . 0 ' - ' a , ! e k f ti tid \ i a A d f \ 4 / y ya yA yis , ( xr ,1 1 , ,1ate is . , ate atez atet ate3y z t 3y r ri rt i t s si i 44F * d dzf zf zfLike Like millions of other housewives tbrougbout throughout the U S SIrs \Irs Irs Mrs ! \ Leon LeonDenderson LeonHenderson Denderson Henderson wife of the Office of Price Admmlstratlon Administration s head went through throughthe throughthe the routine of reglstcring registering for her sugar ratlonmg rationing book Dr Ilmer Elmer : S SlIoeton SAewton lIoe\\ton lIoe ton Aewton \ superintendent of Western hIgh school Washmgton Washington D C Is fill fillIng filllag Ing lag out the appllcahon application blank for l\lrs l lrs Mrs \ Henderson HendersonThe HendersonThe The othcr other lady on tbe the let left ( Is l\lrs l lrs Mrs \ Henry Wallace wUe wife of the Vice Vicepresident vicepresident president I OF OPA A Administrator II ' ir7 ir7f , f ' > a 9 9aE ( , aE e7 J Jf f 1 S Sm-mm Sm mm - , ! ( * v - A ' d dp : ' p ; f- f fSP - SP fW SPfW eg i - ff lrrigS * LEON IEADERSON IEADERSON"Aeicr UENDERSON"Aeicr UENDERSONAeicr "Aeicr Aeicr " before i 11 i history l las I as it bee i idone idone idonehave donehave done have sought to \ reck reek our rat omng oning omngprograms oningprograms oningprograms programs because the r own per personal personal personal sonal profits from rom the sale of the therat therat therat rat oncd oned commodities were reduced reducedThey reducedThey reducedThey They have sought to do th s by c t ting ting 109 ing mislead ng figures in attempts attemptsto to prove that shortages do not ex st stm stin stin m in the rationed commodity in lo which whichthey whichthey whichthey they hold hoId an interest mterest and that ra ratlomng rationing rationing tlomng tioning therefore should be discard discardcd discarded discarded discardedThese cd ed cdThese edThese These people whether they real realIze realize realize Ize it or not are committing commlttmg an un unpatnotlc unpatriotic unpatriotic patnotlc patriotic act They are putt ng their theirdollar theirdollar theirdollar dollar profits ahead of the r coun country country country try s interests mterests and are trying trymg to tobargain tobargain , bargam bargain their thel1 ' hopes for future free dom for the qu ck financ al ga n nthat nthat nthat that would come from fr-om fr om - frantic hoard hoardmg hoarding hoarding mg ing by bv a panic palllc stricken stncken people peopleIt It is not sufficient for good Amen Ameni Amencans Amenicans Amencans cans simply to ignore the attacks attacksmade attacksmade attacksmade made by these selfish interests mterests We Weshould Weshould Weshould should all be vocal m in our denunci denunciatlon denunciation denunciatlon atlon ation of such propaganda and de demand demand demand mand that every person makmg making makmgsuch makingsuch makingsuch such un varranted statements de designed designed designed signed to wreck our rat oning oiling pro programs programs programs grams back those statements with withfacts withfacts withtacts facts to prove themEnd themEnd them themEnd End False RumorTh RumorTh Rumor RumorTh Th s does not mean that Amen Amencan Amencan Amencan can citizens should be denied demed the thenght theright theright nght right to express their opinions opmlOns on onrat onrat onrat rat oning onmg or any other subject I Iam Iam Iam am simply sunply asking askmg that Amencans Americans Amencanswho Americanswho Americanswho who know the importance pt pf assur assurmg assuring assuring mg ing |