Evening star., 1943-03-12

4 Cheese
Cheeses include the following:
Cheddar tAmerican), Swiss brick,
stitutional users" will be allotted
supplies of the rationed foods on a
basis that will reduce their use of
the foods to about the same level as
that Of the individual who eats at
home.
Allotments will be adjusted from
month to month An OPA official
said an attempt will be made to
limit or standardize the portions of
meat and butter served. In this
way and through adjustment of al
lotments, an establishment would
be prevented from increasing the
serving by cutting down on the
number of persons served Price
Administrator Brown has intimated
that should public dining get out of
hand to the point that it was cut
ting in on home rations some type of
punch card system for eating out
might be devised.
Mr.. Wickard estimated that sup
plies of meat in April. May and
June will average about 2l4 pounds
a week for each person in the coun-
| try, including consumption in public
| places and hOme-raised products
consumed on farms. The amount
| to be doled out through ration
books will be in the neighborhood
of two pounds, more or less
Officials pointed out. however,
! that whereas a person might be al
lotted two pounds more or less" of
/ rolled roast or other cuts that are
/ almost entirely edible. bony cuts will
have a much lower point value. It
might be possible, for example, to
obtain 10 pounds of spareribs with
the weekly Is points. Similarly
should the consumer decide to fore
go butter, cheese, other fats and
oils, he probably could cash in his
points. for three or four pounds of
roast
OPA announced that in the week
beginning March 20 red stamps A
in Ration Book 2 will be good for
Is points; the following week. start
ing April 4, stamps B will be good
for Is points; the week of April
IL, stamps c will be validated, and
the fourth week, stamps bearing the
letter D. Stamps for the first four
weeks will expire April 30 Although
stamps E will be good the week of
April 25 for l6 points, no expiration
date was fixed. -~-z----s-
Amounts of the foods to be al
lotted industrial users. professors
and bakers also will be under strict
control. None of the rationed meats
may be used n manufacture of good
foods. The OPA plan makes no pro-
vision for pet rations. Considerable
quantities OF the nonedible portions
OF food animals are available for
inclusion in pet foods Horse meat.
likewise is used extensively for this
purpose.
OPA said there will be approx
mately 80 meat items on the Off
cial table Of consumer point values
which will be posted in markets.
Then. there will be a separate chart
for kosher stores with about so
types and cuts. Cheeses, fats and
oils and canned fish will be listed
on the meat chart
In the new program the retailer
will be able to give change" in
ration stamps where the customer
finds it impossible to give the exact
amount of valid red stamps in
making a purchase. Only l-point
stamps of any valid series may be
used for this purpose. In the pro-
ceSsed food rationing program, this
transaction is not permitted. Point
charge accounts or point credits
are not permitted.
An OPA official said the rationing
program should provide the house
wife with the definite incentive to
save all possible fats and oils in the
home and not permit them TO go
down the drain pipe" The more
cooking fats saved the more points
will be released to purchase other
needed food
tail stores will collect stamps from
consumers during the first two
weeks OF rationing, but will not give
up points to their wholesalers. In
that period the retailer may buy AS
much as required of any rationed
food without surrendering points.
This tWO-Week point holiday" eX-
tends through various levels of the
trade dealing in the rationed foods
IN selling meats to housewives the
butcher must trim the cut nor
mally,' OPA stated An official
said that normal trimming is de-
scribed IN detail in the regulation
setting specific dollarS-and- cents
prices for retail beef and veal cuts
to be announced soon. He pointed
out. however, that butcher Will be
under pressure to trim fairly
since customer may patronize
another store If not treated right
Should the customer wish the meat
bOned, or diced or ground, the
butcher viii weigh the trimmed cut
FIRST, hgure the point value, then
proceed with the further operation
Since it Is not always possible to
cut meat or cheese to the exact
pOundage desired, OPA will pro-
ylde a conversion table" as part
Of the official point list The table
converts ounces into points. &C
cordIng 10 pound point value If
the fraction on a single sale is less
than half point the customer gets
. the benefit, If over a half he must
give up one point.
OPA officials declared develop
ment Of the new program involved
tremendous problems. They pointed
out that production Of the various
products Is scattered among a mil
lion or more sources Producers
I range in size from the small farmer
to the giant Chicago packer who
counts branch houses by the hun
dreds and sales in billions OF
pounds. Between these primary
producers and the retailer is a
wide range Of intermediate handlers
and professors.