Evening star., 1945-06-01
Allotment Of Sugar
For Canning Hailed
In D. {. and 5 States

Issuance of sugar rations fol
home canning was halted today
in Washington, Maryland, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Delaware to give local ration
boards breathing spell" during
which they can process more
carefully applications on file anc
to give district Offices time tc
recalculate monthly quotas.
The action was taken last night
by Regional Director Daniel P
Wooley in New York shortly aftel
a National OPA headquarters an.
nouncement Of four-point pro.
gram designed to end a home can.
ming sugar racket developing ir
some parts of the country"
Mr.. Wooley did not set any limit
on the freeze" on issuance OF
rations other than to say it woulc
be "for the time being"
The OPA already has drawn
tighter on the regular household
allowance of sugar, limiting each
person to five pounds every -four
months instead of the former five
pounds every two and hall
months. The canning allotment
also has been cut from last years
maximum of Is pounds per person
to a maximum Of Is pounds.
Chiselers Condemned.
Price Administrator Chester Bowles
minced no words in condemning
"chiselers" engaged in the sugar
racket"
This Is the new sugar program:
l. Every one applying for home
canning sugar must hereafter sign
this pledge:
Il agree that I will use the sugar
applied for here for home canning
purposes only.
If, for any reason, I should not
use 1t for canning I will return the
equivalent in sugar stamps to my
local War Price and Rationine
Board.
Il further agree that I will furnish
a report to my local board of the
number of quarts of food canned
with this sugar and the amount of
sugar actually used in canning this
food.
Il understand that my report will
become a part of my record and will
be considered in further issuances
of home canning and other sugar
rations to me-"
Breathing Spell.
2. OPA local boards in areas
where fruit and vegetable crops are
not now available for home canning
will suspend issuance of ration
stamps for this purpose until the
canning season starts in these areas.
This will apply particularly to the
Northern sections of the country.
3. Issuance also will be suspended
IN many other areas to give local
boards breathing spell, so they
can process more carefully the ap-
pllcatlons on file. This move is in
tended also to give district officers
an opportunity to recalculate
monthly quotas for home canning.
4. A special staff of OPA investi-
gators will undertake a vigorous
campaign" against the diversion of
home canning sugar to bootleg
liquor or Illicit bottling of drinks.
In a verbal blast unprecedented
on the part of OPA, Mr.. Bowles
said the current sugar shortage has
been aggravated by home earning
chiselers." ss> 3
He asserted that last year and
again this year many who had no
intention of using sugar for home
canning applied for it, and in so
doing literally robbed our country
OF a substantial part of our limited
sugar supply"
Table Ration Cut 81 Per Cent.
There is enough sugar to meet
fully our home canning require
ments, but there will not be enough
If the chiseling of home canning
sugar for other purposes continues y
Mr.. Bowles asserted.
The OPA chief said that partly as
a result of overissuance based on
false statements last summer, the
table sugar ration Of the average
family has been reduced by 81 per
cent. Legitimate home Gamers, he
added, have had their ration limit
trimmed by 40 per cent.
Thousands of small bakers and
other industrial sugar users making
products vital to our wartime food
supplies are threatened with being
forced out OF business" he said.
Mr.. Bowles expressed regreat that
no other means appears "by which
this sugar racket can be stopped"
and added:
These groups are entitled to ask
us for vigorous action against the
greedy minority who insist on grab
hing more than their foir sboroo