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Show ' purchasing power. I At a recent press conference, I W. O. Fraser, vice chairman of i the Meat Board in Washington, ! remarked that 'rationing of meat is necessary in order to assure supplies for our ermed forces and I allies. Every civilian must have a chance to get his fair share of j the civilian meat supply. Our study ! also indicated that there just isn't enough meat to take cere of unrationed buying by civilians and at the same time take care of our military needs." Explains Meat Rationing Need Canada is off the meat rationing why not the United States? The answer is given to O. Guy Car-don, Car-don, chairmen of the Logan war price and rationing board, by James L. Purvis, OPA food rationing ra-tioning representative. ''Canada is off meat rationing because all .ports except Halifax were frozen; supplies backed up and spoilage threatened." Continuing, Mr. Purvis explained explain-ed that although meat supplies are larger than expected by the War Pood administration end the OPA, thy do not warrant taking meat off the ration program. Present meat supplies are up to pre-1941 demand but not up to the demand de-mand of 1941. Tlie greatest strain comes from mere; sod consumer |