WICKARD
NAMED FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
Tasked to
Control Production and Rationing
WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Roosevelt named Secretary of
Agriculture Claude R. Wickard Food Administrator last night with orders to “assume
full responsibility for and control over the nation's food program.” Included
under this umbrella is the rationing of food, however the Office of Price
Administration (OPA) will continue to administer the rationing program. Wickard,
who was raised on a farm in Indiana, believes bread bears equally with bullets
in winning the war. He stated “…good
food and plenty of it is one of the best missionaries for democracy that I know
of.” He went on to say that a failure to produce as much as possible would be “…nothing
short of tragedy.” Wickard estimates that up to twenty-five per cent of next year’s
food output will be required for the lend-lease program and the armed forces.
Wickard’s new responsibilities were previously under the oversight of the War
Production Board (WPB).
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