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places gave out reassuring state age" of the animal carcass before ments that meat supplies were re- it was sold over the butcher's uced in the first quarter of the counter. A part of that amount year only about 8 percent below was allocated for canned soups, amounts available in pre-war baby food, pork and beans, and years. We also reported the esti "even pharmaceuticals." Some mate of a reputable business jour people get their share of the na nal that the available amount was tion's meat supply by eating in so badly distributed that consum- " restaurants. In short, according ers in big cities were getting 70 to the OPA's chief, only about 60 to 90 pounds a year, while those pounds'of meat on an annual aver near local slaughter houses would age is supposed to be available at get around 160 pounds a year. retail counters for consumers* pur Now it seems that these figures chase. Since a great many people were too high. Confronted with do not have access to and cannot angry protests from housewives afford to eat in restaurants and who just weren't getting any meat, do not use canned soup, baby and analyses by observing news food containing meat, or pork and paper reporters who pointed out beans, in more than strictly tri in print that on the basis of allotted fling amounts, Mr. Bowles' ex red points, the householder did planation quite obviously does not not have nearly enough points to explain the present shocking mess purchase the per capita annual of governmental failures at ration allotment of 117 pounds of meat ing and price control at all. Per and 35.7 pounds of fats and oils a haps this is the proper point at year, Chester Bowles, OPA Ad which to remind Mr. Bowles that ministrator, broke down and con the officially avowed (and only fessed. justifiable) purpose of rationing is Housewives will just have to the fair division of scarce supplies; eat statistics. It appears that the the purpose is certainly not to figure of something like 115 pounds make scarce supplies still harder of meat per person set by the to distribute and to buy. War Food Administration as the Canada does it much better-- vilian's share of meat was just without rationing, by encouraging one of those government figures, production and distribution of characterized in that remark "Fig needed goods. In the light of Mr. ures don't lie" and the answer: Bowles' confession of complete and "They're not supposed to. They distinguished failure to divide up are simply raw material in the and distribute fairly the large sup hands of the expert." So Mr. plies of meat that could be made Bowles comes up with the explana available from the huge numbers tion that actually only about half of cattle on the range, it would of that figure of 115 pounds is appear to be in order to suggest available for consumers with ra that we take a lesson from our tion stamps. (The rest is just neighbors to the north, who have what the officials used to make meat in their shops and on the consumers think supplies were ade table--take off the controls and quate and reasonably near to nor let Nature and the system of free mal.) About 15 percent was sup enterprise perform their customary posed to be deducted for "shrink functions. BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS io bo : Abridged Cumulative Index of Previous 1945 Issues Consumers'Research Bulletins Month and Page Antl-tamish preparations!.......... June, 24-25 Baby oils!.............. :............................May, 11-12 Bouillon cubes and broth extracts!.............................. Mar., 21-23 Canned vegetables and fruits!... .Apr., 10-16 Canners, pressure!............................. May, 5-11 Cereals, breakfast, vitamin content!................................ May, 21 Chocolate, baking, and a chocolate syrupf............................ May, 16-17 Cigarette rolling machines!.................... Feb., 13-14; June, 26 Cleaner, woodwork (Splc and Span)!...............................Mar., 30 Cleaner and polish, automobile!... .May, 30 silverware!.............................................. May,18-21 Cleanser, foam (Clean-tex)!............. Apr., 30 Coffee supplies and quality............Feb., 19-20 Cola drinks!.................................................. June,9-10 Cooking vegetables in hard water..................................June, 4, 29 Corrections and emendations to CR Bulletins!............. Jan., 24; Feb., 31; Mar., 11; May, 25 Diet, low carbohydrate, for tuberculosis.....................................Apr., 3 Dishwashers, detergent for mechanical!....................................... June, 29 Dog feeding and dog foods......................Jan., 15-17!; Feb., 30 Editorial................................. each Issue, page 2 Eggs, heat-treatment for storing........May, 3 Film, photographic.. .Jan., 22-24!; Feb., 14-15!; Apr., 25; June, 21-22t Foods, colors for and colored!.. .June, 11-14 Gloves, women's fabric!...................Mar., 5-7 Hats, men's felt!.......... ......................Apr., 8-10 Hosiery, women's, treating preparations!......... . .June, 23-24 Housing, how much to pay..............Jan., 5-9 prefabricated!.......................... Mar., 16-21 Irons, new electric!... .Feb., 5-9; Apr., 16-18 Leather dressings!..................................Apr., 26 Linoleum, care of!.......................................May,22-24 lacquers and varnishes!.......... Jan., 18-20 Motion pictures!........................................... eachIssue Nall lacquers and lacquer removers!.......................................... Jan., 9-11 Observation Post!............... each Issue, page 3 "Odor dlspellers," new!.............................Apr.,20-22 Peanut butter!.............. Mar., 12-13 Phonograph records!....................................eachIssue Polio, danger of low salt Intake........ May, 25 Polishing cloths, silver!............................. May,20-21 Radio, frequency modulation transmission............................................. June,4 post-war, high-priced........... ......... Apr., 4 Raincoats, girls* and women's!... .Apr., 5-8 men's!........................................... Mar., 8-11 "Refrlg-O-Master"!.................................... Apr.,22-23 Rugs, Oriental!.............................................Feb.,15-18 Shoe trees, men's!...................................... Mar.,13-16 Soaps, liquid laundry!.............................. June,29-30 medicated!............................................ June,29 Soup, concentrated!.................................. June,30 Springs, automobile, wartime care!...........................................June,17-1 Teeth, false, booklet on............................ June,10 Thermometers, clinical!.......................... June,19-21 Tires, synthetic, increase . gasoline consumption.............................Apr.,* Toilet silencer!..................................... .Jn,*f? Tomato Juice!............................................... Jan.,12-1* Tooth decay, effect of amino . acid, tryptophane.....................................May,> Toothbrushes!...................................... June, Vitamins and vitamin ,, .. preparations... .Jan., 3,12-14; Feb., 3-4T? Mar., 4; Apr., 3; May* 21 Waxes, floor!..................................................May,13-16 m -^indicates that listings of names or brands are included. 24 CONSUMERS' RESEARCH BULLETIN JULY, 1945 Please Note: Prices quoted d< mediate; C, not recommended. ORCHESTRA Gould: American Salute & Boston Pops Orch. 2 sides, "When Johnny Comes Marci die." Slick music that may a Lalo: Symphonic Espagnole. Philadelphia Orchestra under Set 564. $3.50. Thisromanti who like a good tune and stroi Intermezzo, generally omitted At times, I feel there is moi reveal and in a few passages it were not made at a consta hand there is concert hall atr despite a few minor reservati its competitors. Liadoff: Kikimora. Halle C Victor 11-8729. $1. This ra Kikimora who grew up in th mountain region. Mature at night and ponders evil thoug nor the recording make the r pressing is off center, causing Offenbach: Orpheus in Ha phony Orchestra under Krueg. A light overture, played with for nearly three generations, empty recording hall, is not a frequencies. Rachmaninoff: Symphony 1 Orchestra of New York under Set 569. $6.50. A 37-year-, livened by beautiful, sweeping The performance and record competitive Victor Set 239. INSTRUMENTAL Bach: Two Part Inventions & Preludes." Balogb (piano). Bach wrote this music, it is beli for his son. To most listener,1 but the connoisseur will welcc performance all that one coul sides offer short measure, how' were not used to prevent fre. an "extra" to fill side 8. De Falla: Ritual Fire Dam (piano). 2 sides, Victor 10-1 from the ballet, El Amor Bru spect but unable to match the a large orchestra for which tl VOCAL Foster: The Americans Cot, Cosaque. Richard Crooks (te