Show RATIONING limit set of rationing beginning with the office of the weeks away but a few established a administration price the limit as five can per person and amount of canned vegetables might fruits which householders have on hand without pena penalty ity at the beginning of the point system cut from the this was a d drastic it had bad previously cans which eight to ten been expected would be allowed when the plan gets under way persons who ha have ve more than the allowable limits will have coupons torn out of their canned goods ration book up to the point value of the goods held in excess this will be based on one eight point coupon for each can over five per household member excluded from th the e count of five person w will ill be cans containing cans per less than ei eight ounces ARGUMENT gets an airing for weeks washington has reports of unannounced ed differences of opinion between rubber administrator william jeffers and other government and military officials over priorities for the synthetic rubber program finally the dispute was brought into the open when jeffers in a baltimore address lashed out at army and navy expediters expedit ers in war plants congress decided to investigate his charges and donald nelson war production chief admitted the fact that a in ranks ranks rank s had ic re a ranks ic bulted over this issue most washington sources knew that president Roosevelt w would be required to step in as arbiter in the dispute the quarrel centers around steel priorities for synthetic rubber plants army and navy officials believe that these plants should be built only in direct relation to the military needs of steel for the production of such items as high octane gasoline airplanes escort vessels and merchant ships jeffers contended that the production efforts could be worked out in conjunction with one another and without hampering progress in his synthetic rubber program LEND LEASE extension sought congress is already considering the extension of the lend lease act by another year to june 30 1944 this early action has been taken to insure insure an uninterrupted flow of war materials between the united states and our fighting allies though there are some verbal outbursts expected on the role of harry hopkins in the program even republican minority leaders leader S in congress predict approval of an extension for the plan two years ago when it was first introduced the united states was not at war and there evolved one of the greatest legislative battles of history over passage of the measure putting the idea in motion representative sol bloom introduced the new measure just one day after edward R jr lend lease administrator reported to congress on how the eight billion dollar distribution of aid was made to our terms of the program from march 11 1941 to the end of 1942 DRAFT in reverse A heartening promise that after the war the army will do its utmost to see that no man is mustered out of military ranks into a br eadline has been made to the T ml w all TA yr W 2 ROBERT P PATTERSON draft system in reverse nation by undersecretary robert P patterson of war speaking in chicago patterson patt erson advocated a postwar post war selective select ive service ice system in reverse to function as a job placement ent agency he explained that war department records catalog each man according to occupation and the demobilization plan would be to inform men about to leave the army of job opportunities in their own fields |