Evening star., 1942-06-20
On the Civilian Front
Henderson Burs Extension of DeudIine
For Filing Cost-of-Living Ceilings

| The July / deadllne Tor ming
ceiling prices on cost-of- living COM
modities will not be extended, Price
Administrator Leon Henderson no.
titled the Nations retailers today.
Mr.. Henderson said there had
been requests for further time; also
reports that OPA would extend for
two weeks or a month the time for
retailers to file the lists with local
War Price and Rationing Boards.
The price administrator pointed out
that retailers have been on notice
since April % and already have
been permitted an extension from
June l to July l.
OPA regulations set forth a list
OF nearly 200 groups of coSt-of- living
commodities for special treatment.
On these articles, retailers must post
ceiling prices in the stores and must
also prepare a statement of the
ceiling prices for filing with the
nearest price board by July l.
Because the Japanese, by captur-
ing Java, cut of a major portion
of our source of supply Of quinine
and related medicines, the War Pro-
duction Board yesterday acted to
conserve the large amounts of anti
malarial agents which will be needed
by our armed forces fighting in the
tropics.
Restrictions on the use of anti
malarial medicines were tightened,
due to expectation of severe short
ages OF the drugs. The existing
supply Is not known, and only a
small quantity is imported from
South America and other sources.
WPB took two steps. An amend
ment to a previous order revoked
a provision which exempted quinine
or totaQuinine stocks of less than so
ounces from the sales restriction of
the order. A new order prohibits
the sale of any amount of cincho-
nine or cinchonidine for other than
anti-malarial purposes, or the sale
of quinidine except for anti-ma-
lariaI purposes or the treatment Of
cardiac disorders.
All three of the substances COW
cred by the new order are derived
from cinchona bark, normally OBJ
tanned from Java.
The order affects all persons who
deal in or process cinchonine, Gin
chonidine or quinidine. This in
cludes all pharmaceutical and me-
dicinal chemical companies, botani-
cal supply houses, wholesalers, retail
drug stores, physicians and indus
trial users. All persons having stocks
of more than 10 ounces of any of
the three drugs must file a report
with WPB on or before July 10. De-
mand for quinine recently has been
largely for preparation of cold tab
lets.
OPA has issued. the first two in a
series of administrative letters de-
failing the duties of local War Price
and Rationing Board members un-
der the expanded program of price
control. The letters have been
mailed to State officers for distri-
button.
Five major duties which board
members will be asked to handle
are listed in the instructions. The
duties are:
1. To distribute explanatory ma
terials relating to the general maxi
mum price regulation and to give
out such information as is in
cluded in the materials.
2. To receive and file price lists
of cost-of- living commodities filed
by retailers.
8. To supply forms upon which
retailers may apply for adjustments
under the price ceiling and to main
tain records of adjustments made
by the OPA regional offices.
4. To receive complaints Of vio-
lations of price regulations, and
other types of complaints, and to
forward them to the proper OPA
office.
S. To forward to the proper OPA
Office communications, applications
and inquiries which are submitted
to local boards but fall outside the
Jurisdiction of the board itself.
These five functions represent only
the most urgent duties. it was stated,
and further sponsibilities await
appointment of executive secretaries
and clerical help for every board.
Wood household furniture and
bedding manufacturers may set
tentative prices on all new articles