Evening star., 1942-06-20

winch were not Offered for sale ir
March, OPA has decided.
The ruling to allow open pricinf
was made to facilitate trading al
a furniture market to be held ir
New York City June %. Under prev
iouS rulings, the manufacturer
would have had to submit Their
prices for OPA's approval, a pro.
cedure which probably would not
have been possible in time for the
market.
A regulation providing a method
Of determining maximum prices for
certain new goods, including bedding
wood furniture, lamps, housewares
and other consumer durables, will be
issued shortly, 1t was stated.
An amendment to the WPB order
setting aside all heavy sole leather
for Government use permits shoe
repair shops to use up their frozen
stocks Of the material and to buy
additional supplies of similar quality
leather that dealers had on hand
March %.
OPA moved to eliminate delay In
the production of certain textiles
and similar articles essential for
the war program by announcing a
method by which war procurement
agencies may enter into contracts
and receive deliveries Of the COM
modities pending action on appli-
cations for adjustment of ceiling
prices.
In establishing prices on the tex
tiles and apparel for delivery to a
war procurement agency, special
circumstances surrounding the pro-
duction of these articles for the
armed forces are taken into account.
The original regulation allowed in
creases in costs that were not re-
flected in the price of the goods in
March.
The new amendment, effective
July l. provides that the present or
prospective contractor may file ap-
plication for adjustment Of ceiling
prices when he believes the appli-
cable price impedes or threatens
to impede the essential commodity
The procedure for filing such an ap-
plication will be issued by OPA.
Joseph H. Smart of the Farm
Security Administration has been
appointed regional director Of War
Relocation Authority to supervise
centers in the Rocky Mountain and
Great Plains sections which will be
the wartime homes Of Japanese
Americans evacuated by the Army
from the Pacific Coast.
The relocation centers which will
come under Mr.. Smart's jurisdiction
already have been selected. A total
Of $4,000 Japanese evacuees will
work and live in the two centers
located in Colorado and Wyoming
Mr.. Smart, native of Utah, has
been with FSA seven years.
Director Joseph B. Eastman, Of
flee Of Defense Transportation, an
nounced two appointments to the
staff Of the Division Of Railway
Transport. Horace M. Wigney of
Chicago was named chief OF the
refrigerator car section, and w. T.
Long. Dallas, Tex, was made deputy
director of rail-truck coordination
for the southwestern region. Mr..
Wigney's ONCE will be in WASH
ington.
War Production Drive headouar-
ters announced that labor-man-
agement committees have been
established in 10 General Electric
plants, bringing to 900 the number
Of plants participating in the drive.
All Of the three largest electric
manufacturers now are engaged in
the drive to increase war produc-
ton, including Is Westinghouse
plants and three Western Electric
plants. The companies make hun
dreds of different products for the
armed services.
Along with the rise in number of
plants with war production drives,
many instances of increased pro-
duction have been reported by labor
management committees in the last
few days.
A committee in a Seattle ship
building plant announced that a
ship keel previously requiring 98
days had been laid in 81 days. In
New Haven, Conn, a steel and wire
company broke six production rec
ords in the first five months of this
year. Numerous other favorable
reports are in.