U.S. At War: Price Police

Price Boss Henderson marshaled his forces for the first enforcement attack on price ceilings. In several cities, squads of OPAgents made the rounds of retail stores, looking for posted ceiling prices. They found very few. But there was no crackdown. The agents were just dropping in to explain the complex law.

Faced with the most challenging Government job, except for the fighting itself, OPA had laid down one clear directive : it wants no aid from spying shoppers. It will welcome complaints, but for the present, at least, there should be neither a Government nor a civilian Gestapo. Canada has miraculously managed...

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