Evening star., 1943-03-26
0PA Will Release
New Ration Point
Table Next Week
Values to Be Adjusted
On Latest Items and
On Processed Foods

With rationing of meat. butter.
cheese and fats only three days OH,
the Office of Price Administration
announced today that a second off,
cial table of point values-includjng
both newly rationed foods and the
April values on processed foods al
ready rationed-will be available
next week to retail grOcerS. whole
salers and professors. 1t will be
published in Sunday morning news
papers.
On one side of the table the point
values of meats and other foods
which go under rationing will be
shown. The reverse side will print
the new values of canned, dried
and frozen fruits and vegetables,
canned fruit. vegeta ble Juices, soups
and baby foods
The new values on processed FOODS
have not yet been announced.
Copies in Post Offices.
The table will be on hand Mon
day morning at more than $4,000
post Offices throughout the country.
Where retailers sell foods included
in both rationing categories they
are instructed to get two copies Of
the table. so that both sides may
be displayed to customers. Ration
ing regulations require that every
! store exhibit point value lists of all
rationed foods on hand
Every retailer in the country, OPA
said, should be able to get At least
, two copies without inconvenience
or delay. Any post office that runs
short of tables will be sent addi-
tional lists at once.
In another development on the
food-ra tloning front, the OPA au-
thor!zed the Food Distribution 40
minlstration of the Agriculture De-
partment to dispose of it's stocks Of
ratiOned foods to schools at a fat
rate OF points a pound. except
where the point value of the prod
uct Is less than 8
OPA pointed out that State well
fare departments have only limited
supply Of rauoned goods. made
available by FDA for school lunches.
This prOceSsed food originally ac-
quired under price support and sur
plus removal programs and on be-
! half of leasele lend was purchased
! months ago, before any rationing
was started, To receive this food.
the schools with free-m pro-
grams must surrender ration points
obtained as Institutional users. ulst
as families turn in their coupons to
their grocers,
Schools Not Competing.
4 Schools receiving their food from
FDA however, are not competing
with the rest of the populace for
supplies now in the hands Of process
sors and wholesale and retail dis
trlbutors and destined for civilian
use. OPA pointed out
OF the ratloned food which FDA
still holds" said the announcement
none except drV. beans is GONG 10
any beneficiary other than schools
and the supplying Of drv beans tn
relief clients Will end April That
part OF the total which came from
what originally were to have been
lease -lerid supplies fOr other nations
Is available only because Of change
IN demands or in shipping available
al the needed time.
OF the total supplies, much could
not be put back into retail stores
even If it were not felt desira bic to
provide 1t 10 schools in exchange
for their ration points. Some has
been labeled not for sale under the
old surplus removal plans, more has
been in storage for such 2 period
that containers would not be suf-
. fcIenuy attractive for display in re-
tail stores
The new ratlonmg program which
goes into effect Monday requires 2
points pound for the most choice
cuts OF meat. for butter and hard
cheese Certain cuts Of meats and
meat products and fats require fewer
points