Black-haired, bespectacled Philip Holzer, 24-year-old, $3,200-a-year OPA clerk, is sure of his place in history, perhaps only as a footnote, but still a definite place. He is the little man who broke through bureaucracy, red tape, you-can't-do-that rules, and forced OPA bigwigs, littlewigs and in-between-wigs to mail ration book No. 3 to U.S. householders.
Way back in January, Holzer, along with thousands of other weary OPA clerks and thousands of fresh but baffled volunteers, frantically distributed ration book No. 1 to the nation through the public-school system. Complaints, delays, mistakes were astronomical. The...
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