Show tightening controls in rationing program indicates tough year A tightening vise of restrictions put the american home front on notice sunday that its fourth year of war is is going to be the toughest yet advent of the new year ushers in stern new controls over the behind the lines iines economy and fresh drains on the nations manpower they come on top of strict new curbs already applied draft calls rise men a month monday and 85 per cent of all meat goes under rationing compared with 37 per cent saturday other food rationing has been tightened and civilian motorists will get 10 per cent fewer tires with the war in europe now ofin certain length lengal officials disclosed that additional curia curbs are alko likely all recent relaxation of controls which permitted increased use of copper and brass in in civilian products will be revised where plants have noc gone too far in re tooling to use copper and brass the relaxations will be canceled the brass and copper are needed again for bullets the housing program through which officials had hoped to provide at least homes of approximately prewar quality during the new year Is at a standstill local production urgency committees in most areas have refused to approve the use of labor for residential construction the screws already have been tightened on the horse and dog racing programs by war mobilization and director james F byrnes After January 3 the grandstands will be empty the tracks de racing pushed aside for more noial war needs fewer shoes and less poultry will be available for home frontiers in 1945 upon the basis of official orders with other curtailments curt ailments anticipated barnes is to suggest to congress this week how all out mobilization can be accomplished during 1945 or as lorz lon as demands from the front require such mobilization more war workers are still in demand at least of them for bartic particular j ular plants in particular places the homebuilding home building slowdown like the freeze on civilian manufacturing recently ordered is attributed to the governments vigorous program to steer any available workers into critical arms production for the present officials say F H A will devote itself to providing stripped down war housing units for new workers being enlisted in the urgent war programs point values on canned foods effective december 26 1944 were placed as follows |