One of the biggest obstacles to all-out production by the U.S. war economy isas the Office of Price Administration is discoveringOPA's own price ceilings. Rigid prices clamped on top of rising costs are hampering the production of necessities in case after case. Last week new examples cropped up:
>In Gonzales County, Tex., one of the largest chicken-raising areas in the U.S., many chicken raisers were boarding up coops and taking jobs in shipyards. Reason: a 27.1¢-a-lb. ceiling on broilers made it impossible to cover higher feed and labor costs.
>Potato farmers in Bexar...
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