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Show Provisions Made ForGiftsof Food Foods purchased with ration coupons by & consumer may be given as Christmas presents without with-out the donor collecting ration stamps from the receiver, Mrs. E. L. Smith, community service member mem-ber of the Milford war price and rationing board, says. This change in OPA regulations was discussed along with' many other problems of rationing and price control by Chester Bowles in his weekly report re-port which is broadcast from Washington, D. C. "To make rationing fit the practical prac-tical needs of American families," said Mr. Bowles, "and to assist charitable organizations in carrying carry-ing out their traditional gift giving giv-ing at Christmas, the ban has been lifted. . . Henceforth, housewives may give rationed foods! bought with their own ration points to other consumers or to charitable organizations, who in turn may distribute them without collecting ration stamps. In addition, shoes may be purchased with the family's shoe coupons and may be given away ration free." Issuance of one brown point for each half-pound of kitchen fats, Mr. Bowles estimated, will probably prob-ably more than double the amount of this valuable commodity collected collect-ed for war purposes. In addition to ration points, the . housewife will continue to receive the ceiling price of four cents a pound. Attention wtes drawn to the fact that the OPA point value charts for December take into account the emergency two-point cut in pork values made on November 19 as well as those made on beef, effective ef-fective December 5. Retailers, the board member said, should not sell pork for less than the point values listed on the charts since these are the correct values. v |