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Show CAPITAL A GLEAN INGSjJk TCnry Uworshakfpf? YOUR CONGRfcMMAJ fcJ!llfi!MW Recent military and naval successes of United Nations' forces on the Russian front, and in the Coral Sea battle, have been almost obscured ob-scured by activities on the home front dealing with rationing of various commodities by the office of price administration. Although only sugar and gasoline have been restricted, Leon Henderson has indicated that nationwide rationing . of clothing, staple foods, gasoline, and transportation is being studied by federal economists, to be applied ap-plied if and wnen shortages develop. devel-op. The overall rationing of whole classes of commodities, as food or clothing, is not imminent, according ac-cording to the best available information, in-formation, although certain particular par-ticular items are expected1 to be icovered soon. However, plans have been considered, covering a system of detailed allowances for basic groceries, with allotments for each person each week. Coupon hooks for consumers are a possibility, possi-bility, although it is recalled that a total of 300 carloads of paper was required for printing literature for sugar rationing alone. The possibility possi-bility of a nation-wide gasoline rationing ra-tioning is said to be imminent, in order to conserve rubber, rather than to conserve gas, as is the case in the motor fuel ration order in 17 eastern states, effective May 15, whereby car owners are restricted to as little as three gallons weekly. week-ly. A proposal was made this week to Mr. Henderson that automobile dealers, salesmen, and garage men throughout the country, who have been virtually forced out of busi-men busi-men by priorities and rationing, be employed by his administration to supervise the rationing program as full-time workers. Naturally, all of this displaced manpower could not be utilized for this task, but many such unemployed persons could be used more effectively than creating new boards and bureaus, it is pointed out. Mr. Henderson this week advised ad-vised the house appropriation committee com-mittee that his agency is planning to employ upwards of 90,000 personnel per-sonnel to administer the provisions of this anti-inflationary program. In the meantime, to demonstrate its multitudinous duties, the OPA, in No. W-55,37558, in its enchanting series on how to win the war, is sued May 14, tells the women of America how to wear girdles. This data is submitted in about G75 words, and apparently the authors assumed that women do not know how to buy and wear this garment. The wording of this quaint release from the consumer division of the OPA leads one to believe the war is a unique voyage of discovery for the scribes and research staff of the price control agency. Future releases will discuss how to mix a skirt with a blouse, and how 10 buy a stocking aim wny you should darn it. V 3 President Manuel Prado of Peru, (on May 11, became the first foreign for-eign president to address congress, thus concluding his five-day visit in the national capital, during which he participated in a series of conferences and receptions. The Peruvian leader pledged his country's coun-try's cooperation in (he hemispheric hemispher-ic defense progam; offered without reservation its forests, minerals, hydroelectric facilities, and agriculture agri-culture to the war effort; and broadcast a message of friendship to the United States, as well as expressing ex-pressing his appreciation 01' Die warm welcome accorded him in Washington. Two days after President Trado's departure, Samuel Queson, refuge president of the Philippines Commonwealth, Com-monwealth, arrived in (ho capital to set up the first government ln-exile ln-exile in this country. Higho,;l diplomatic di-plomatic honors were conferred upon Quezon, when the president personally greeted him at Union Station, and then escorted him in the presidential 'car to the While House, where he is to be a 'family guest." In the group to greet the Filipino were Secretaries Hull, Stinisou, and Knox, General Marshall, Mar-shall, and several other government dignitaries. Quezon was accompanied accom-panied by his wife, his two daughters, daugh-ters, and his son |