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...another kind of crisis clamored for attention. Food shortages were a national bellyache. Meat and butter rationing had begun. Farmers begged and pleaded for help (see p. 12). Franklin Roosevelt had "solved" the food problem just three months ago, by transforming Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard into a Food Czar. Now he gave Wickard's power to hardheaded Chester C. Davis...
...Davis leaned back in his swivel chair, smiled wryly at reporters. This will certainly be the summer for Chester Davis to do something. Before breakfast he had had a call from Economic Stabilizer James F. Byrnes. The President had drafted Chester Davis as the nation's new Food Czar...
Sensible Prentiss Brown would rather be a Mister than a Czar, and he believes the wheedle is better than the wallop. By last week he had made marked progress in converting OPA from a public-be-damned bureaucracy into a group of people who are trying to help the U.S. somehow live through...
...dissenters' biggest gripes were reserved for Economic Czar James F. Byrnes. After the Board's vote was announced, Chairman Davis drew out of his pocket a letter from Jimmy Byrnes which said that, since the case had been discussed with him in advance and did not foreshadow any break in price ceilings, his further approval would be unnecessary. Labor Member George Meany (secretary-treasurer of the A.F. of L.) shouted sarcastically, "Heigh-ho, Jimmy," stalked angrily out of the room...
With smooth-running efficiency Selective Service machinery had moved the first 5,000,000 men into uniform. But fortnight ago, SSS hit one of the worst snarls in military conscription since the U.S. entered World War II: 1) Manpower Czar Paul McNutt switched the yardstick for deferment from dependency to essentiality; 2) local draft boards, tussling with changing classifications and categories, were unable to keep pace with the demand for Army & Navy manpower...