Evening star., 1945-08-30
Meat, Buffer, Cheese
Point Values Cut by
.0PA for -Four Weeks
Canned Milk Is Token
From Rotionine List
Beginning Sunday
BY MALCOLM LAMBoRNE, Jr.

The Office of Price Administra-
tion today ordered sharp reduc-
tions in the point values of
nearly all meats, all cheese
creamery butter, and made
canned milk point free, effective
Sunday for four weeks. Meat
during this period will be 20 per
cent more plentiful than in Au-
gust.
At the same time, Price Admin
istrator Chester Bowles declared
that vigorous enforcement" of all
meat regulations will be continued
so long as rationing remains" He
added:
This improvement is excellent
but civilian supply of meat still is
too small for rationing controls tc
be relaxed completely. Just as soon
as the supply is large enough to as
sure good distribution without con-
trolls, meat rationing will end"
Picture for Consumers.
With meat point values decreased
on an average of % per cent, OPA
gave this picture for consumers:
Steaks and chops will be from
to 3 points less a pound; ham,
burger, reduced 4 points: reductions
of lamb and veal, ranging from !
to points pound; bacon, down 2
points, and spareribs, down points
pork steaks, chops and roasts, down
l to 2 points, and nearly all other
meat that have value of 2 OF
3 points pound are reduced l point
Butter, as predicted earlier this
week, drops to IL points from 16, the
lowest value for this commodity
since May. 1914. Margarine is be-
ing reduced from IA to II points a
pound.
AS result of canned milk going
to zero value, all restrictions on its
use by manufacturers, hotels and
restaurants and other establish
ments are removed, OPA said.
Cheese Points SIashed.
Points for all types of cheese have
been cut so per cent.
Both housewives and restaurants
will find their supply of red points
will buy more meat than at any
time during the period of extreme
scarcity, which began in March and
continued through the spring and
summer months" Mr.. Bowles said
However, because supplies con-
,inue to be tight in many places over
the country, meat rationing will
continue"
Point reductions result, he said
from larger ALLEGATIONS by the Agri-
culture Department and improved
distribution. Only in the case OF
fats and oils is there a tighter
situation than in August, and there
are no indications of early improve
ment, Mr.. Bowles Said.
The price chief said the Agricul-
ture Department estimates civilians
will get 1888, 100000 pounds of meat
Carcass weight) each week during
September as compared with $780,
100000 pounds weekly in August
This is an increase of 20.5 per cent
More for Civilians.
On weekly basis, civilians will
have 168, 100000 pounds Of beef, an
increase of 313 per cent over ALL
gust; 37,200,000 pounds OF veal, a
21.6 per cent increase; 19,15O,00C
pounds of lamb and mutton, 16.1
per cent increase, and 112,950,O0
pounds of pork, 7.8 per cent in
crease. These figures are based or
carcass weight, before the meat
is trimmed for sale at retail ano
including meat used on farms.
September allocations of other
red-point foods include: Butter
100, ,000, 900 pounds; American cheese
q 900 pounds; cream cheese
1000 900 pounds; evaporated milk
ITO, 0,000, 600 pounds; margarine, 49,
100000 pounds; lard, 100000, ,o0(
pounds, and shortening and oil
$133 900 900 pounds.