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 if Processed Fruits and Vegetables 
 
 A Brief Guide for Volunteer Field Workers 
 
 January 1943 Office of Price Administration Washington, d. c. 
 
 How To Use This Guide 
 
 This folder contains basic information about point rationing 
 of processed foods. 
 
 It includes: 
 
 Material suitable for talks to groups 
 
 on this page and the back page; 
 
 Reprint of Consumer Instruction Sheet 
 
 on two center pages; 
 
 Questions and Answers on Regulations 
 
 on back page; 
 
 Poster on use of War Ration Book Two 
 
 On inside fold. 
 
 Read everything on this folder. Then decide the best way 
 for you to use the material. 
 
 In talking to a group, you may want to read right from the 
 folder—or you may prefer to tell the story in your own words. 
 One good place to use your own words is in explaining the 
 Consumer Instruction Sheet, since a copy of this will go to 
 everybody who registers for War Ration Book Two. 
 
 BUT, be careful not to change or leave out important facts. 
 
 When time is limited, spend most of it on the HOW of 
 point rationing, rather than on the WHY. 
 
 When the folder is opened completely, one side of it is a 
 poster which tells the basic facts about point rationing in a 
 picture story. Wherever possible, hang this up where the 
 group can see it while you are talking. Us 2 each picture on 
 the poster to drive facts home. A similar poster, larger and 
 in colors, will be distributed to grocery stores, Rationing 
 Boards, etc. 
 
 Why Canned and Other Processed 
 Foods Are Rationed 
 
 Food is a weapon of war. —It is a weapon that is impor¬ 
 tant on all fronts, including the home front. Our fighting 
 men and our allies cannot fight and defeat the Nazis and the 
 Japs without the strength and endurance that comes from 
 body-building foods. 
 
 We at home must share certain foods with them. These 
 are the fighting foods, particularly the kinds of foods that 
 can be shipped easily and which will keep well under all sorts 
 of conditions. 
 
 C3 For that reason, we are sending over half of this year’s 
 • pack of canned fruits and vegetables to our fighting soldiers 
 and our fighting allies. 
 
 This means that we at home will not have as much canned 
 goods as we would like to buy. Most of us will have to buy 
 less canned and processed fruits and vegetables than we did 
 during the past few years. 
 
 This means that we must ration these processed foods. 
 Rationing is the only fair way to divide up the canned 
 food we have left for civilians. 
 
 You know what happens when we DON’T ration essential 
 things which are short. 
 
 If we don’t ration: 
 
 Some people get more than they need. 
 
 Some get none. 
 
 Hoarders and chiselers take unfair advantage of honest, 
 
 patriotic Americans who try to buy only what they need. 
 
 War workers and others who cannot get to shop early in 
 
 the day find the shelves bare when they get to the store. 
 
 Only Hitler and Tojo like it when things are like that. 
 So the Government is rationing canned and other processed 
 fruits and vegetables, including soups and juices. That is 
 the only way of making sure everyone gets a fair share. It 
 is the democratic way of assuring every American enough 
 food to eat. 
 
 How Canned Foods Are Rationed 
 
 Canned and other processed foods are being rationed 
 under a system new to America—the point system. Another 
 version of this system has been used successfully for over a 
 year in England. Americans who have visited England 
 report that the British people have found point rationing a 
 simple, easy-to-understand system of sharing. 
 
 Why the Point System? 
 
 Until now we have rationed one product at a time: sugar, 
 coffee, tires, and so forth. 
 
 Take sugar. That’s a relatively easy thing to ration. 
 Nearly everybody uses sugar—and most people use about the 
 same amount of it. So all we had to do was to take all the 
 sugar available for civilians and divide it up—giving everyone 
 an equal share. Of course, there are exceptions—mainly people 
 who do home canning—but we take care of them with sup¬ 
 plementary rations of sugar. Another thing we must remem¬ 
 ber is that there is no widely used substitute for sugar. 
 
 Now let’s look at the canned foods we are rationing. First 
 of all, canned fruits and vegetables are not one thing. 
 They are hundreds of different things. And many of them 
 can easily be substituted for others. When you can’t get 
 canned peaches, you may switch to canned apricots or pears. 
 But for most people there’s nothing else to turn to when 
 there’s no sugar. 
 
 Because people are used to a wide freedom of choice when 
 buying canned foods, straight rationing would not work at 
 all. If we were to divide up all the canned apricots in the 
 country and give everybody an equal share of canned apri¬ 
 cots—whether he or she wanted it or not—then each person 
 would get less than one can of apricots a year. Those who 
 wanted apricots wouldn’t get enough to do them any good 
 and those who didn’t want apricots would have ration 
 stamps they wouldn’t need. 
 
 That’s why the POINT rationing system is being used. 
 
 Under point rationing you have freedom of choice when 
 you shop. You can buy anything in stock you like. The 
 only thing limited is the quantity of rationed foods you may 
 buy. It is the nearest thing to unrestricted buying that 
 we can have under any rationing system. 
 
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This instruction sheet is 
 
 given 
 
 to everyone 
 
 Consumer Instruction Sheet 
 
 WHY CANNED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND SOUPS 
 
 ARE RATIONED 
 
 Every week we are sending shiploads of canned We at home will share all that is left. Point 
 
 goods to feed our fighting men and our fighting Rationing will be used to guarantee you and every- 
 
 allies in Africa, Britain, and the Pacific islands. one a fair share of America’s supply of canned and 
 
 We must see that they get all the food they need. processed fruits and vegetables, soups and juices. 
 
 HOW they are rationed 
 
 1. Every eligible man, woman, 
 child, and baby in the United 
 States is being given War 
 Ration Book Two. (This book 
 will not be used for sugar or 
 coffee.) 
 
 RATION BOOKS 
 FOR ALL 
 
 2. The BLUE stamps are for any kind of 
 
 Canned or Bottled Fruits and Vegetables 
 Canned or Bottled Juices and Soups 
 Frozen Fruits and Vegetables 
 Dried Fruits 
 
 (The red stamps will be used later for meat.) 
 
 3. The stamps in this book are 
 POINT stamps. The NUM¬ 
 BER on each stamp shows you 
 how many POINTS that stamp 
 is worth. 
 
 5. You must use the BLUE stamps when you buy 
 ANY KIND of the rationed processed foods. 
 See the official list, showing every kind of ra¬ 
 tioned processed food, at your grocers. Dif¬ 
 ferent kinds of these foods will take different 
 numbers of points. For example, a can of 
 beans may take a different number of points 
 from a can of peas. 
 
 Soups Catsup Soups 
 
 Juices Chili Sauce Juices 
 
 (See Complete Official List at Your Grocers) Baby Foods 
 
 6. Of course, the more of anything you buy the 
 more points it will take. For example, a large 
 can of peas takes more points than a small can. 
 
 4. The LETTERS show you WHEN to use the 
 stamps. The year will be divided into rationing 
 periods. You can use all BLUE stamps marked 
 A, B, and C in the first rationing period. A, B, 
 and C stamps cannot be used after the first ration¬ 
 ing period ends. 
 
 POINT IIST 
 
 7. The Government will set the points for each kind 
 and size and send out an Official Table of Point 
 Values which your grocer must put up where 
 you can see it. The Government will keep 
 careful watch of the supply 
 of these processed foods 
 and make changes in point 
 values from time to time, 
 probably not oftener than 
 once a month. The Gov¬ 
 ernment will announce 
 these changes when it . 
 makes them and they will | 
 be put up in the stores. 
 
 8. The number of points for 
 each kind of processed 
 food will be THE SAME 
 in ALL STORES and in 
 all parts of the country. 
 
 WATCH THE 
 OFFICIAL TABLE OF 
 POINT VALUES 
 
 who applies I or War Ration Book 
 
 Use Your OLD Ration Book for SUGAR and COFFEE ' 
 
 Two 
 
 HOW TO USE YOUR NEW RATION BOOK 
 
 TO BUY CANNED OR BOTTLED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, SOUPS, AND JUICES; 
 FROZEN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; DRIED FRUITS 
 
 L The Government has set the day when this ra¬ 
 tioning will start. On or after that day, take 
 your War Ration Book Two with you when you 
 go to buy any kind of these processed foods. 
 
 14 POINTS 
 
 YOU GIVE MANY POINTS 
 FOR SCARCE FOODS 
 
 8 POINTS 
 
 2 ^ 
 
 YOU GIVE LESS POINTS 
 FOR FOODS THAT ARE 
 
 NOT SO SCARCE 
 
 2. Before you buy, find out how many points to 
 give for the kind of processed foods you want. 
 Prices do not set the points. The Government 
 will set different points for each kind and size 
 no matter what the price. Your grocer will put 
 up the official list of points where you can see 
 it. It will also be in the newspapers. The 
 points will not change just because the prices do. 
 
 3. When you buy, take the right 
 amount of blue stamps out of 
 the book. Do this in front of 
 your grocer or delivery man 
 and hand them to him. The 
 grocer must collect a ration 
 stamp, or stamps, for all the 
 rationed processed foods he 
 sells. Every rationed processed 
 food will take points as well as money. 
 
 4. Do not use more stamps than you need to make 
 up the right amount. For example, if the food 
 you buy calls for 13 points it is better to tear 
 out an 8-point and a 5-point stamp than two 5- 
 point stamps and a 2- and a 
 1-point stamp. Save your 
 smaller point stamps for low- 
 point foods. You can take the 
 stamps from more than one 
 book belonging to your house¬ 
 hold if you need to. 
 
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 5. Every person in your house¬ 
 hold, including children of any 
 age, has a total of 48 points to 
 use for all these processed 
 foods for one ration period. 
 
 This means that you may use 
 ALL the blue stamps marked 
 A, B, and C from all the books 
 during the first period. You may use as many 
 of the blue A, B, and C stamps as you wish at one 
 time. When they are used up you will not be 
 able to buy any more of these processed foods till 
 the next stamps are good. The Government will 
 announce the date when the next stamps are good. 
 
 6. Use your household’s points carefully so that you 
 will not run out of stamps. And buy with care 
 to make your points come out even, because the 
 grocer will not be able to give you change in 
 stamps. Use high-point stamps first, if you can. 
 
 IMPORTANT 
 
 You may use ALL the books of the household 
 to buy processed foods for the household. 
 Anyone you wish can take the ration books 
 to the store to do the buying for you or your 
 household. 
 
 We cannot afford to waste food or give some 
 people more than their fair share. . . . That is 
 why canned fruits and vegetables are rationed 
 and that is why meat is going to be rationed. 
 Rationing of some foods is the best and fairest 
 way to be sure that every American gets enough 
 to eat. 
 
HOW TO SHOP WITH WAR RATION ROOK TWO 
 
 ...to Buy Canned, Bottled and Frozen Fruits and Vegetables ; 
 
 Dried Fruits, Juices and all Canned Soups 
 
 1. USE THIS RATION BOOK. You may use one or all of your 
 family’s ration books when you shop. You may not shop 
 with loose ration stamps. 
 
 A, B, and C stamps are good 
 in the first ration period 
 
 2. USE BLUE STAMPS ONLY. All blue point stamps marked 
 A , B, and C are good during the first ration period. They 
 add up to 48 points for each member of the family. 
 
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 3. THE NUMBERS SHOW POINTS. You will not be able to get 
 
 “change ” in point stamps , so save your low-value stamps 
 for buying low-point foods. 
 
 4. LOOK AT THE POINT VALUES before you buy. Points have 
 nothing to do with prices or quality. Point values will be 
 the same in all stores. 
 
 5. GIVE THE STAMPS TO YOUR GROCER. Tear out stamps in the 
 presence of your grocer—or tear them out in the presence 
 of the delivery boy. 
 
 6. FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES are not rationed. Use them 
 instead of rationed foods whenever possible. Try out 
 recipes that make your rations go further. 
 
 YOUR POINT ALLOWANCE MUST LAST FOR THE FULL RATION PERIOD 
 
 Plan How Many Points You Will Use Each Time Before You Shop 
 
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 *U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943 O - 508570 
 
 United States Government 
 
 Ofticf of Price Administration. Washington. D. C.. February, 1943 
 
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How To Budget Your Point Allowance 
 
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 Every person in the family is allowed 48 points in eacH 
 ration period. —For convenience, you may budget these 
 points roughly on a weekly basis. Take the total number 
 of points for your family and divide by the number of weeks 
 in the Ration Period. This will give you, roughly, your 
 weekly point allowance. 
 
 Remember, you may take all of the Ration Books in your 
 family with you when you shop. Whenever possible, use the 
 8- and 5-point stamps first, saving the low-point stamps to 
 make up odd amounts later in the ration period. It is smart 
 to do this because you will not be able to get “change” from 
 your grocer in point stamps. Loose stamps cannot be 
 accepted by grocers. 
 
 Plan your shopping needs for at least a week when you 
 can. —Make a list, making sure that you are using as many 
 non-rationed foods as possible. When you are certain that 
 you have reduced the list of rationed foods you will need to 
 the smallest number possible, figure out how many points 
 you will need to buy them. If your list requires more points 
 than you have in your weekly budget, substitute low-point 
 items for high-point ones. 
 
 If stamps have been removed from your Ration Books 
 because you have excess supplies on hand, use your reserve 
 supplies slowly; they are part of your ration. 
 
 How To Get Along on Your Ration 
 
 If you do not buy too many foods with a high point value, 
 you should get enough canned, bottled, or other processed 
 fruits and vegetables for each member of your family each 
 
 week. That may not be as much as some of you ordinarily 
 use, but there are other foods to give us all a healthful, 
 wholesome diet. 
 
 Use more fresh fruits and vegetables and dried vege¬ 
 tables. —Many fresh vegetables can be cooked almost as 
 quickly as you can open and heat up canned vegetables. 
 Use fresh grapefruit, oranges, and apples instead of canned 
 fruits and fruit juices. 
 
 Stew your own fruits. —Make your own applesauce and 
 stew or bake other fruits that you don’t want to eat raw. 
 
 Make your own soups. —Try out some of the interesting 
 
 new recipes. You’ll be surprised how easy it is to make your 
 own soups. 
 
 Eat more cereals. —There is an abundance of cereals and, 
 as you know, they are mighty economical. They are nourish¬ 
 ing and delicious—what’s more, cereals can be used to stretch 
 your rations when mixed with vegetables and fruits. Try 
 some of these flavorsome combinations. 
 
 Preserve your own fruits and vegetables. —Almost any¬ 
 one can put up fruit. You can also put up vegetables if you 
 arrange to use, share or borrow a pressure cooker. [Note to 
 speaker: If you know of a place where it is possible to arrange 
 for community use of a pressure cooker, you might mention 
 it here.] 
 
 Grow your own. —Start a Home Victory Garden, if you 
 can—or join in a Community Victory Garden [if there is one—■ 
 see note above]. 
 
 And last, but not least, don’t waste food. 
 
 If we manage our food supplies properly, everyone will 
 be able to get enough to eat. 
 
 Questions and Answers on Rationing Regulations 
 
 Q. May I exchange rationed processed foods with other 
 consumers? 
 
 A. Yes, you may exchange, lend, or borrow the rationed 
 products without using point stamps. But the regulations 
 say that when you exchange, it must be for foods of equal 
 point value. 
 
 Q. My son is in the armed forces and has no Ration 
 Book. What happens when he comes home on furlough? 
 
 A. If he is on furlough for 7 days or longer, he presents his 
 leave papers to your local War Price and Rationing Board. 
 The board will issue a Point Certificate, allowing enough 
 points to cover his leave period. This point certificate will 
 be accepted by your grocer instead of point stamps. All the 
 points in the certificate must be used at one time; you cannot 
 get “change” in stamps. 
 
 Q. Suppose someone in the family is ill and must have 
 more than the normal allowance of processed foods? 
 
 A. Apply to the local Rationing Board for a Point Certifi¬ 
 cate. The board will give you a form to fill out, stating why 
 you need added rations; the form requires a doctor’s cer¬ 
 tificate, stating how much processed food you must have. 
 
 Q. Is there any way in which I can buy processed foods 
 in larger quantities than one Ration Period allows? 
 
 A. Yes, there are two ways. The first way may be used 
 by anybody. During the last week of each Ration Period 
 you may use the stamps of the next Ration Period. By 
 doing all your shopping during that week you can buy all the 
 supplies you need for two periods at one time. This does not 
 increase your point allowance; it is only an added convenience 
 for those who need it. 
 
 The other way is for special cases and allows you to buy 
 in even larger quantities at one time. Apply to your local 
 Rationing Board. If the Board finds that because of trans¬ 
 portation difficulties you would suffer hardship unless you 
 can buy several months’ supply at a time, it may issue a Point 
 Certificate. The Board will remove point stamps from your 
 War Ration Book Two equal to the amount of points allowed 
 on the Certificate. 
 
 Q. What if I lose my Ration Book? 
 
 A. Take care not to. If you can satisfy the local Board 
 that it is lost, the Board may is3ue a new book. 
 
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