Montgomery County sentinel., 1952-08-07
OPS NeWs Items

Clarified Tor the consumer PUBIC
the list of grocery items which
have been exempted from price
controls by the Congress of the
United States.
Common grocery items exempt
ed are as follows: canned aspara-
gus, canned lima beans, snap beans
(green and wax), carrots, sweet
corn, beets, all varieties of fresh
field peas and fresh shell beans,
fresh green peas, tomatoes, succo-
tash, mushrooms, okra, onions, pep
pers, pimentoes, canned sweet po-
tatoes, canned white potatoes,
pumpkin, squash, spinach, turnip
greens, canned mixtures of vege-
tables, canned vegetable juices and
mixtures Of vegetable juices.
Canned apricots, all varieties of
sweet cherries, sour cherries, all
varieties of berries, cranberries,
plums, fresh prunes, figs, all varie-
ties of peaches, all varieties of
pears, fruit cocktail, fruits for sal
ads (including canned fruit mix
tures), apples, apple sauce, canned
and bottled fruit and berry juices
and mixtures thereof.
All frozen vegetables, including
frozen cooked squash and frozen
cooked pumpkin; all frozen fresh
fruits and berries.
All canned and frozen citrus
fruits, juices and concentrates, in
Guiding mixtures; all dried fruits,
Including mixtures; all other fro
zen fruit and berry concentrates;
canned pineapple, canned pineap-
pie juices, and the following can
ned baby or junior foods: spinach,
carrots, green beans, beets, peas,
squash, sweet potatoes, peaches,
applesauce, pears and pineapple,
appricot-applesauce, pears and
prunes.
Frozen french fried, diced or
whipped white potatoes; shoe
string, julienne potatoes and pota-
to chips; peeled, whole or sliced
chemically treated white potatoes;
sauerkraut, sauerkraut juice, cher
ries in brine and pineapple.
2. "Several important factors in
dicate that there will be a definite
rise in the cost of many canned
foods as a result of the exemption
of fresh and processed fruits and
vegetables from price control by
Congress-" Hugo R. Hoffman,,
Maryland OPS Director said today.
"At least one major commercial
daily newspaper has pointed out
that smaller crops of key vege-
tables, the prolonged steel strike
and the heat wave are likely to
create a short supply of important
canned foods. While not predicting
any actual critical shortage, this
paper (ED. THE N. Y. JOURNAL
OF COMMERCE) did point out
that continued consumer demand
for items in short supply can push
prices above the ceiling prices
which, until the recent congress
sional action, were in effect.
II must say that hope con-
sumner demand will be moderate
for canned goods in short supply,
but at the same time / must point
out that the removal of any chance
for OPS to help hold this import
ant price line is serious" Mr..
Hoffman, said.
3. Approval of three additional
flat-rate manuals and one supple
ment for use by auto repairmen
in setting charges for work done
on 1852 cars was announced by
OPS at the end of last week.
The approved manuals are:
CONSUL AND ZEPHYR SIX,
NASH FLAT RATE SCHEDULE,
1852, NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE
PARTS AND LABOR MANUAL,
1852 SUPPLEMENT, AND AUTO
MOTIVE DIGEST, End 1852 EDI-
.TION.
For information on any and all
OPS regulations can be obtained
through your local OPS VOLUN-
TEER COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
or by contracting OPS at 306 W.
Franklin Street, Baltimore, Mary