Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-01-13
Rationing
Administrator
May Be Named
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By BOB THOMPSON

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Raleigh, Jan. l3.-Because the
time required for administering tire
rationing has caused State Defense
Director Ted Johnson TO leave oth>r
important dutics undonc, and De
cdus" additional ratlOning resula
tons are expected out of Washing
ton almost any day, Governor
Broughton IS considering the ap-
pOIntuent of someone to take the
rationing job Oft Johnson's should
erS.
The suggestion was made by
Colonel j. w. HARRISON, chairman
of the state defense council. Cover
nor Broughton md Johnson are TO
discuss the suggestion while TO-
gether Al The Southern Governors
Conference in Miami. Fla.
Whatever the governor decides to
do about the appointment OF a
~"rationIng administrator il IS ctr-
tam that within a lew days hc VIII
name someone to take over some
part of Johnson's duties. The I'M
pleasant f ct IS that North Carolina
IS tagging far behind most states in
the preparation for national defense.
That is the unofficial opinion OF fcu-
5ral officials as wen as many Tar
Heels themselves. All over the State
are people anxious - do something
for d>tcnsC NAo can get neither in
structlOns nor suggestions from II %
leigh. To say there is dissatisfaction
with the Way things are running
or drIttlng-dt present is to put it
mildly.
Take. for Instance, the matter OF
the requested collections OF scrap
metal and waste paper which are
needed by defense industries. There
IS some h p-hazard collection Of this
material going on in a few places in
North Carolina but it IS beng hand
led without system OF coordination.
1t Mas not until Ben Douglas of
Charlotte. the defense councils Wes-
tern field man, came 10 Raleigh to
substitute for Johnson-Who was
sick for a few DAYS before leaving
for Florida-that any progress was
made toward a statewide program
for collecting metal and paper. 1t
will be formally announced some
time after Johnson's return.
For some reason-probably be-
cause it was started after the cOun-
try aCtually was at Wharf.-The North
Carolina set-up of the office of pro-
ductlOn management apparently is
getting off to a much better start
than did the state defense council.
1t should be running in high gear
within ten days or two weeks. The
OPM has announced the appoint
ment Of Bob Hanes as chairman Of
the advisory commlttee-dnd that
is II "advjsory' committee whose
advice will have Weight-and jim
Anderson as director of contract dis
tribut.on, The other members of
HaneS' committee viii be named
DOR One prediction is that il Will
include a textile manufacturer. a
machine shop man a man in the au-
tomobile or truck business, pretera-
bly, in some manufacturing end, and
an engineer.
In connection with the OPM office
here there VIII be a public relations
director. Bill Sharpe of Winston
Salem, former manager of the State
News Bureau and lately editor and
publisher of the belated Thursday.
is tn best set for that post.
The third phase of the state OPM
office will have to do with priorities.
1t is NOT understood here whether
that will, be handled by Anderson.
working under the Hancs committee,
" someone else.
In addition to the -,adquartcrs
Aerc IN Eo,o.eh. tho OPM VIII have
q branch I'm Charlotte. Gene Ochscn-
reiter OF A-arFgllc in all probability
viii head Inc branch,