Milford chronicle., 1942-10-02

aggregating about 5,450,000 dead
weight tons. September deliveries to
date and those scheduled to October
total go ships of approximately one
million deadweight tons, an average
of three ships day. Scheduled
deliveries for the remaining three
months of 1942 should bring us to the
5000, O,OO0-ton goal of your directive" !"
Admiral Land told the President. He
also said the 1943 directive of 100000
deadweight tons appears reasonably
certain of accomplishment"
War Production Chairman Nelson
said Fright now approximately 40
per cent of our entire production is
going for war. By the middle of next
year that proportion has got to be
around 50 per cent" WPB Vice
Chairman Knowlson said at present
war production is three and one-half
times that of 10 months ago. "We're
beginning to recognize the truth of the
situation, to know we've been behind
the eight-ball," he said.
Transportation
WPB Chairman Nelson directed the
Office of Defense Transportation to
set up a priorities system governing
movements and use of all tank cars,
with priorities to be given, first, to
shipments of materials for the Army,
Navy, Maritime Commission and the
Lend-Lease Administration second, to
800 specifically listed chemicals, foods
and other essential products; and
third, to petroleum and petroleum pro-
ducts into the Eastern shortage area.
The ODT said congestion on rail
and bus lines over the weekend is
still growing. Weekly passenger travel
must be shifted from the weekend to
the middle Of the week by at least
another 8 per cent, the Office said.
Food Requirements
Agriculture Secretary Wickard said
that unless the nation acts promptly
and with energy "our food situation
will become serious. Our supply is
rapidly diminishing" He outlined
six-point program to help alleviate the
farm labor shortage. Included were
to retain on farms as many
as. possible of the experienced man
ayers who understand year-round farm
operation, to transport workers to farms
and to use greater numbers of women
and young people on farms. He esti-
mated agriculture would lose 1,000,-
900 workers between July 1, 1912, and
July 1, 1943, if an S,OO0,000-man Army
is mobilized by the latter date.
In order to implement the wartime
meat program, the WPB Food Re-
quirements Committee: (1) placed the
limit of total packer-deliveries during
the last quarter of 1912 at the follow :
ing percentages of such deliveries dur,
ing the final quarter of 4941-beef and
veal, 80 per cent, lamb and mutton
IS per cent, and pork, IS per cent. The
Committee asked all civilians to hold
heir meat consumption to 215 pounds
Del person per week. ~
Printing Prices 81.
The OPA set ceiling prices for the
ales of us printed products, as well
is for the printing services fused in
them. The regulation covers
ervices for and sales of such articles
IS greeting cards, loose-leaf binders
nd filters, tablets, pads, composition :
looks, etc. The articles and services
listed by the regulation are exempt
rom all price control, however, when
old by printers whose total gross sales
n 1941 of printing and printed paper
,roducts were $4,000 or less. The
equations covers about IS per cent
f the industry's $2,sO0,OOO,OOo volume
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