Evening star., 1943-03-25
Meat, Butter, Cheese
Quota for Cafes Cut
0ne-Founh by 0PA
Order Being Studied
To Limit Food Served
To Each Patron

10 E0Cn F0rTOn
Restaurants and institutions serv-
/ ing meals will be limited to three
| quarters or less of the meat, butter
| cheese and fats they used last De-
/ cember, the OPA announced last
! night.
/ Although the OpA order did not
/ restrict the amount of rationed food
( that may be sold to any one GUS
toner, Agriculture Department Off
I Cials said such an order Is be Cng
considered by that agency.
/ Restaurants will buy their supplies
/ under point system based on q
mathematical formula. Each place
must multiply the number of meals
it served last December by 90
Then it must also reduce by Is per
cent the point values of all the
meats and other rationed products
used during the same month
Whichever figure is smaller will de-
termine the allotment for one
month.
Patrons Won't Need Books.
Patrons will not need to present
ration books, but they will probably
find considerably less variety than
they once enjoyed, Substitutes will
probably be widely used as we'll as
combination dishes which use meat
economically.
Local ration boards have been su-
thorized by the OPA to issue emer-
gency point allotments to restau-
rants for few days after rationing
begins next Monday to carry them
over until the complexity of the
formulas has been mastered.
II restaurants want to stretch
their allotments they can do so In
the same way the housewife can--by
buying cheaper cuts of meat which
have lower point value. Similarly,
they can get more margarine than
they can butter.
Covered in the OPA order, besides
restaurants, are hotels, hospitals,
prisons, dining cars and other places.
Boarding Houses Exempted.
Small boarding houses do not
come under the institutional rules
Instead, boarders will be expected to
turn their ration books over TO the
landlady to provide her with enough
points to buy the foods she needs.
Members Of the Washington Res
taurant Association heard DR.. Archie
Palmer of the Office of Price Ad-
ministration, outline the rationing
program for District restaurants at
meeting in the United States
Chamber of Commerce auditorium
last night
Dr. Palmer, a third time speaker
before the local Washington group,
said the decrease in nearly all kinds
Of foods would run approximately
25 per cent. This decrease, he said.
would vary with the amount of food
used by individual restaurants and
cafes.
1t was pointed out that eating
places using very large amount of
meat in December may be cut as
much as rs per cent during April.
Operators Perpiexed.
More soups and stews will be out
standing on local menus in the near
future, it was said Soy beans and
peanut products will take the place
Of other scarce vegetables. Most
vegetables seen in restaurants will
be from nearby areas. Less meats,
butter, fats and most vegetables will
be highly noticeable after the last
Of March.
Many Of the rest8urataurs present
seemed perplexed over the formula
outlined by Dr. Palmer to fig
IRE out their rationing needs for
April as compared to amounts used
IN December 1t was point" ration
ing in its extreme form Whispers
were heard to the effect that a run
! will be made on local rationing
boards for assistance in making out
inventories Of goods on hand and
I points necessary TO carry on through
/ next month.
I Meanwhile OPA announced that
customers will not have to surren
/ der coupons when they receive meat
with meals in restaurants. OPA
did not restrict portions they may
. serve individual customers, but tht
Agriculture Department is consid-
erlng such a limitation.
Two Methods Used
TWO mathematical methods vii
be used 10 determine the restau-
rant ration One is to cut Z pei
! cent off the number of person,
. served during December. and tht
other trims % per cent off the point
value Of products used. Whichever
gives the smallest total determines
an establishments allotment.
These formulas will be used Il
ration meat and allied products tC
al institutional users. Including