Evening star., 1942-07-13
WPb Review Cites
ReaIignment 10
Speed Arms
Holland to Be Chief
Of Drive to Help
Small Concerns
Eh the Associated Press.

Fs the Associated Press.
The War Production Board under
went a major realignment last week
to bring it, Chairman Donald M
Nelson said, more into line with the
current situation to direct war pro-
duction instead of converting indus
tries. and moved directly to aid
small business.
The purchases, materials and pro-
duction division of WPB was abol-
ished and a new director general of
operations was given authority pre-
viously split up.
Lou E. Holland, Kansas City (Mo)
manufacturer, was named a deputy
director of WPB and member of
the board of directors of the $780,
10000 smaller War Plants Corp, and
was expected to be named chair
man of the directors Nelson said
he expected excellent results" from
the corporation. but warned that it
was not a relief agency and that
the number of small business firms
it would help would likely be smaller
than the number it cannot help.
Other Orders Listed.
Other WPB news last week in
cluded:
A new order, priorities regulation
No. 13, sets up uniform rules to
govern sales of idle inventories and
removes the sales which it specifl-
cally authorizes from the restrictions
imposed by existing conservation
and limitation orders.
Average daily rate Of expenditures
by the Federal Government for war
purposes rose in June to $158 ,600,-
900. This was an increase of 6.3
per cent over May.
WPB's Bureau of Finance IN
June obtained $62, 100, ,464 worth of
financing for 397 companies en-
gagged in production.
Priorities: Builders and contracts
are affected by three orders issued
during the week. Limitation order
L-117 was amended so that con-
tractors engaged in the construction
of industrial plants may obtain de-
livery OF heavy power and steam
equipment to be used in such plants
by extending preference rating Ger
tificates on orders issued to the
persons for whom such plants are
being constructed. Heretofore heavy
power and steam equipment could
be delivered only to the person to
whom a preference rating certifl-
cate was originally issued.
Preference rating. orders P-19-A
and P-19-H, under which builders
may get preference ratings for ma
terials on entire projects, were
amended to include certain "ex-
pendible material" consumed in the
construction.
Facilities Conserved.
Steps to conserve production IA
cilities were taken in two orders
which restrict the production and
delivery of new plastics molding
machinery and tire manufacturing
machinery and equipment.
A new order requires that q
purchaser, after July Is, must turn
in to his distributor used automo-
bile part before accepting new one.
Production of machine tools call
ing for special electrical specifica-
tions is prohibited after July Is.
WPB will undertake to purchase
10 million pounds of manila cordage
now frozen in the possession of
approximately 10000 dealers.
Grades, colors, sizes and weights
Of writing, book and ordinary tab
let paper, as well as many other
familiar types, were set in an order
which will result in concentration
on production of paper for essential
war and civilian use and eliminate
grades and weights seldom IN de-
mand.
Prices: Continuing policy Of
setting specific dollars -and-cents
ceiling prices for cotton products
previously subject to general pric-
ing formula, the ONCE of Price
Administration published the actual
maximum prices for more than 1,700
individual items.
Women's fu1 garments for the
coming season may be sold at
prices no higher than sellers
charged last season for the same
types of wraps and kinds Of fur.
Price ceilings on the 1912 pack Of
frozen fruits and vegetables will be
lifted at all levels of distribution.
Rationing: State directors of the
ONCE of Price Administration have
been authorized to grant. increased
allotmepts Of sugar to food manu-
facturers whenever this may be
necessary to avoid waste of fresh
fruits and vegetables.