The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-06
BUTTER RATION 1 PROBABLE SOON
RevisiOns in Food Market ing Processes Seen for
 Better Distribution
By FRED BAILEY

United Press Stan Correspondent
 Washington, Jan. 6.-(UP)-Foo Administrator Claude R. Wickard today was expected to follow up his drastic cuts in civilian supplies of butter and canned citrus fruits with important revisions in food market ing processes to assure a more equitable distribution of available stocks.
 Food officials said shortages of some foods have reached the point where something drastic must be done soon to meet complaints ar- irving from virtually all areas. They emphasized that local shortages gen. erally are the result of poor distri- button of available stocks.
 Food officials said shortages of some foods have reached the point where something drastic must be done soon to meet complaints arriv- ing from virtually all areas. They emphasized that local shortages gen. erally are the result of poor distri- button. which is little consolation to the housewife who finds meat count. CTS bare and encounters difficulty in buying such staples as butter, eggs and lard.
 Wickard's latest food order was de- signed to assure adequate supplies of butter and canned citrus fruit for, American armed forces and those of the other United Nations. He directed butter manufacturers to set aside for wer uses at least 30 per cent of all creamery stocks a. move expected to lower average Nrnual civilian butter consumption from IS pounds during 1942 to 13 hounds this year. Butter Is on the list of foods to be rationed soon.
 The citrus order was more severe. It directed producers to reserve for the government the total pack of canned citrus fruits except uncon- centrsted grapefruit juice. Effective at midnight tonight, the order freezes canners' grapefruit juice stocks from Jan. g until April 1 but does not affect supplies held by wholesalers and retailers. Wiclard said the citrus order should not affect civilian diets seriously De. cause large supplies of fresh grape fruit, oranges, tangerines and lemons will be available. Gs ,s E
 The butter order will make avail able to the government a3Droxi- mately 531 .0O0O 900 of the 1,f7O, O,0OO, :. 900 pounds of butter expected to te produced in 1943 The government probably will buy the stocks eatS marked for 1t at the, ceiling price of .46 cents a pound, Chicago basis.
 At least two-thirds of the butter to be reserved for the government will 90 directly to American figlita ing men, Wickard said, and most of the rest of 1t will go to the Soviet Union. Farm and stnan dairy pro- ducers are not affected, the order applying only to manufacturers with total output of l2,000 pounds or more a month. Even 50, officials said. that will cover between 95 and 97 per cent of all creamery butter output. ,s Y.
 Meanwhile, food distribution offi- cials indicated that a study of the entire national food situation is be- ing made with view to changes in civilian distribution pending rla- tion-wide rationing of additional foods. They emphasized that tempo rary local shortages will be, relieved when rationing beeins probably lete next month on meats and on other foods such as canned fruits and vegetables and probably butter later.