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consumers, there will be no registra-
ton.
In no event will there be freeze"
of meat sales Whether stocks of
cheese, shortening, oils and other
hoardable items in the program will
be frozen will be determined in the
two weeks preceding rationing
largely by the rate of consumer
buying. Should runs on stores de-
velop, officials are prepared to
freeze" sales Immediately.
Although the official lists of point
values will not be announced until
the week of March %, it is possible
to approximate the weekly ration
through Agriculture Department
supply figures. The following repre-
sents about the total each person
may expect to buy with each week s
l6 points: Two pounds, more or
less OF red meats Cmuch more of
bony cuts like Spareribsl, quarter
pound Of butter, IT ounces of cheese,
ounces of shortening. quarter
pound of lard, ID ounces of mar
garlne. Available supplies OF canned
fish were not announced. Since the
commodity is comparatively scarce.
the point value is expected to be
quite high.
The meat ratiOning program will
be harsher in comparison with the
voluntary 2i4 -pOund-a-Week plan
now in effect than it seems at first
glance. Point rationlng of meats
Will include all fresh, frozen, cured,
smoked and canned meats and meat
products, from cattle. calves. sheep,
LAMBS and hogs. Parts from these
animals such as liver, heart, brains
and sWeetOreads also will be ra-
toned. These were not included in
the voluntary allotment.
Poultry Not on List.
All poultry and game whether
fresh. frozen or III containers. will
not be rauoned Neither VIII fresh
frozen, smoked salt and picked fish
be included in the program Except
ed from fats and oils are pure olive
oils. salad dressing and mayonnaise
The following cheSeS are likewise not
included: Cream, cottage, Neufcha-
tel. pot. bakers. Camembert. leder
kranz, Brie and blue, cheese spreads
made with a base OF cheese which is
not rationed ana spreads and cheese
products containing less than 80 pei
cent Of rauoned cheeses.
The new rationing program. lik,
canned goods r8tl0nIng. is flexible
with OPA retaining the right mo-
mentarlly 20 change point values IL
line with changing supplies of indI-
vldual items, Secretary OF AgrCul-
ture Wlckard in authorizing OPA Il
initiate the program estimated The
per capita supply OF the foods II
1913 VIII be abou, equal to The aver
age for the period 1853. though
considerably under l942. Supplies o.
meats ana butter particularly vii
be more readily available to the
average consumer than in recen
months since rauonlug makes Z
more even distribution possible.
1T is enough OF these items TOY {
healthtuI diet" said NJ Wlckard il
reference 10 the probable ration, 81
am sure the people VIII take thi.
ratlonrg program as they have The
others. IN fun confidence that i
means fair sharing for all here a.
home. and provision OF the fooC
needed on the fighting fronts
Just a. The consumer is placed "of
his honor not to hoard canned fat
and oils before ratloning, 50 IS tn,
farmer limited by conscience not tt
consume more than his share 0
meats. Farm families are given
fun quota OF points and are not re
Strlcted in amount of home-raiSet
products used for their own tables
OPA, however asked farmers to re
tam red stamps from their ration
books equal 10 the point value Of an,
OF the rauoned foods produced OF
the farm and eaten at home The
were asked to share supplies viii
CITY dWellcrs who must buy all thei
food IN markets
Restaurants, hotels and other in