Word: rationalization
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...banks that struggle to keep track of some 18 billion ration points a month got a well-earned boost last week. For eight months they have operated "checking accounts" for U.S. retailers, who deposit their ration coupons periodically, then draw upon them to replenish their stocks. But although OPA is paying the banks some $12,000,000 a year for their pains, most of them arestill losing money on their deal with the Government. Last week, therefore, OPA raised their fees for opening and handling accounts by about 25%, to somewhere nearer the break-even point for the average bank...
...breakfast bars, chugged up & down the Willamette River with an average 5% load. The Boilermakers' Union refused to "force" its members to use this Government-provided transportation. The Kaiser Co. said nothing, for fear of losing workers. The Maritime Commission brought no pressure on unions, company, or the ration boards. Tires and gasoline burned...
With steers beginning to jam stockyard pens and hogs flooding to market, the U.S. Government moved to put more meat on U.S. platters. It did this by lifting quotas on livestock slaughter so that the stockyard pens could be cleared. It also lowered ration points on many meat items...
Coordinating all the complex procedures and problems, especially of G-1 (Personnel) and G-4 (Supply), where U.S. and British methods differ most widely, is Chief Administrative Officer Lieut. General Sir Humfrey Gale. His pet project: a standard ration for British and U.S. Armies which will provide the same basic foods, yet satisfy the more violent national tastes (tea for Tommies, coffee for Yanks...
Next he went to the Allen Funeral Home in Wayland, got names and addresses of victims from a list compiled from steam-soaked ration books. He called New York again...