Show Appointed Commander of Hoisie Food Front President Roosevelt appointed-Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. as commander in chief of the home food front Sunday with control over the production and distribution of food and other farm An order transferred to the supervision over marketing and distribution previously exercised by the war production board and strengthened the controls over production which lie already Secretary was placed in full charge of determining the requirements in this field of the civilian the armed the lend-lease administration and foreign of formulating and conducting a program to produce the necessary ana of allocating them when are Supervises Rationing Among the powers took over from the was the supervision of food He was to administer any rationing through the office of price as at and Administrator Leon Henderson's authority oyer prices was specifically exempted from To administration of the food various branches of the agriculture department were consolidated agencies the food production administration food distribution Each be in charge of a director to be appointed by In the production administration were grouped the agricultural conservation and adjustment except sugar the farm credit administration are farm security and certain functions of the division of farm management and costs of the bureau of agricultural war and any groups concerned primarily with food THIRD APPOINTED IN ONE WEEK R |