OPA Criticizes Auto Traffic Rise and Pleasure Driving
Leo H. McCormick head of the Office of Price Administration warns that B and C gasoline ration books are being used improperly for pleasure driving. Maryland traffic rose over five weeks with 24,453 cars counted Feb 28 and 36,916 on March 28, as boards to scrutinize wartime need tighten policy after a March 22 relaxation.
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Leo H. McCormick
Office of Price Administration
Maryland
McCormick
Administrator rejects general oil price rise offer
Price Administrator Prentiss Brown refused Harold Ickes's proposal for a 35 cent per barrel crude price increase. He cited the Presidents hold the line policy and suggested government financing of 4500 wildcat wells with a quarter stake in viable producers, aiming to spur exploration and maintain supply.
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Prentiss Brown
Harold L. Ickes
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Ickes
War Manpower probes 48 hour workweek for nation
The War Manpower Commission is studying a possible national forty eight hour work week but has not decided. So far the policy only applies in limited cases and remains under review by officials.
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War Manpower Commission
Aid to Enemy War Bonds Call to Duty
Secretary Morgenthau urges Americans to pay taxes on time and invest in War Bonds, arguing every dollar supports the war effort and questions if dollars should be spared more than sons. The wartime appeal frames financial sacrifice as national service.
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Morgenthau
Labor shortages and potential forty-eight hour week policy
The article notes thirty nine areas face labor shortfalls and three industries steel lumber and non-ferrous mining nationwide. WMC officials say exemptions will shape any move to a forty eight hour week and two weeks of study have occurred.
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