The U.S. will be able to buy some new radio sets for Christmas. So manufacturers promised last week, after OPA boosted ceilings on radio parts. But no consumer would have to pay more than the 1942 prices. So OPAdministrator Chester Bowles promised. The increases, said he, will be absorbed by distributors and dealers. To encourage production of cheap sets, the biggest boost (15%) goes on radios wholesaling for less than $11; the lowest (10½%) to sets wholesaling from $30 up.
This boost came only after a long wrangle between the parts manufacturers and OPA. Price increases had first been granted...
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