| Show point rationing brings equitable sharing food administration officials announce enough food for all U S promised substandard sub standard diets said unnecessary even though americans will have to have a ration book with their can opener starting next month when all canned dried and frozen fruits and vegetables are rationed those who live on farms and in the rural section of america will fare much better than their city dwelling friends and relatives for fresh fruits and vegetables and those preserved at home will not be affected by the rationing order those who have hoarded canned goods will have to declare the amount of goods they have on hand but housewives on farms and in the t he rural sections of the nation who have always been more canning conscious than those living in in the cities will reap the benefit of all their extra housework during the past summer and early fall months but all tn in all everyone will have enough to eat even though there will not be the usual assortment sort ment of formerly available foodstuffs food administrator claude it lV ickard declared that nearly half of next years production of canned and dried fruits and vegetables will be needed for military purposes lie he also stated that rationing in I 1 i the he U S does not mean substandard diets it is is possible that eventually all food and wearing apparel will be rationed the rationing system will be earned carried on through the new so en ell different commodities using meat again as an example a pound of one kind of meat might be given a value of eight points A pound of another kind of meat more plentiful might be given a value of six points the more plentiful a foodstuff the less point value it will be given the government will deter miep the point value of each commodity on the basis of supply and demand agthe As the supply or demand fluctuates the point value can be changed accordingly the new ration books will have stamps s that are designate ed as worth eight live five two or one points virtually any point value can thus be computed by using this combination of stamps when purchases are made the appropriate stamps are turned in to the dealer the stamps besides having the point value designated on them will also be marked with a letter to indicate the period of time in which it may be used this point rationing system would be similar to the system that has t CBS X s 4 esst j 81 M aripa a kia 02 alq MV ff il secretary of agriculture claude 0 1 and chief of the office of war information elmer davis r as they broadcast to the nation announcing the pending food rationing called universal ration book or war ration book no 2 this book is de sighted to handle two or three ration programs simultaneously its coupons are numbered to permit the rationing of consumer items by the expenditure of an allotted number of points by each individual rather than the coupon system as used for coffee and sugar OPA officials explained that while the unit coupon system works well for sugar it cannot be used for ra rationing foodstuffs that are arc diversified such as meat using meat as an example rationing officials showed how impossible it would be to divide the total supply on a per person basis because there are too many kinds of meat too many cuts of each type besides too many grades of each type and cut point rationing they say provides an equitable share for each and every one besides per freedom of choice for the consumer different point values will be div been in use in england for some time there the system is used for food as well as clothing accordia Ac according cordin 9 to OPA officials british housewives learned to welcome point rationing to put the rationing system into effect more than volunteers will be required according to leon henderson OPA director food a administration Ini boffl bials have hinted that for a while the point rationing plan will be somewhat confusing they feel though that the american people will be able to swing awing into the point purchasing plan in in a minimum amount of time with but little complaint gild and with the same spirit they have shown during the past year of war effort |
