Show Secretary Orders Point System To Take Effect in February Control Over Vegetables Decreed to Assure Equitable Distribution of Waning Supplies 27 The government announced Sunday night that nation-wide rationing of all dried and frozen fruits and vegetables will begin in February under a system designed to Insure equitable distribution of diminishing sup- The rationing was ordered by Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. in his capacity as national food and Price Chief Leon Henderson announced that he Is taking steps to put the program into effect in on Hoarding O P A officials said sales of the foodstuffs covered will be frozen a week before the program In the they warned because all stocks on hand must be declared before individuals receive war ration book now being prepared for Cities Service Needs said military requirements now take one-third of the nation's supply of these foods but will take one-half by next While the supply for civilians will Insure the a well-rounded he more rationing is necessary to make sure everyone gets his just The food administrator and Director Elmer Davis of the office of war In a special radio program carried by the four major appealed to the people to refrain from beginning a wave of buying and hoarding borc the new program goes into Armed Forces First Davis said the plan will make sure that after the men in the armed forces have been taken care the rest of us will ah go on getting three square meals a Covers Wide Range The new rationing program will apply to canned and bottled fruit and fruit spiced canned and bottled vegetables and vegetable all types and varieties of canned frozen other berries and all other frozen frozen lima green and wax and all other frozen dry dehydrated and all other dried |