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"Consequantly," OPS said, "It Is desirable to establish imifoxm celling prices 

 at levels whlcb are generally fair and equitable If supplies of this essential food 

 are to be made available at reasonable prices to the consumer." 



The 1951 saLnon pack la noir under nay In most producing areas. 



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STATUS OF MANDFACTORERS UNDER IMD'ENSK ACT iiai'ENSION COVERED BY GQR 13: The 

 Office of Price Stabilization announced on June 30 the continuation of celling 

 prices in effect on June 30, 1951, for oomnDdities or services covered by specified 

 manufacturers' regulations with the issuance of General Overriding Regulation 13, 



June 30 prices of manufacturers covered by the Genei^ Manufacturers' Order 

 (CFR 22) are thereby frozen as of that date. The filing provisions of this regula- 

 tion are extended indefinitely. This regulation was to become effective on July 2, 

 and would have established new celling prices based upon pre-Ebrean levels, plus 

 certain cost increases since that time. Effect of this regulation, which includes 

 mantifactured or canned fishery products, would have been to provide for some inr- 

 creases and some rollbacks. Another order affected by this action of interest to 

 the fishery and allied industries is CfS 30 (l^ohine and Related Manufactured Goods). 



Manufacturers pricing under these regulations, OPS officials said, will remain 

 under the pricing provisions of the General Ceiling Price Regulation (GCPR) , if they 

 had not yet established celling prices which became effective on or before June 30, 

 1951. 



By Amendment 6 to CPR 22, effective May 28, 1951, OPS gave manufacturers of 

 items covered by CPR 22 the option of applying, during the period May 28 to July 2, 

 either the GCPR price ceilings under rtilch they were currently operating or the 

 CPR 22 price ceilings. If a canner selected a date prior to July 2 to institute his 

 CPR 22 price ceilings, and had met the requirements of the filing period, the regu- 

 lation became effective as to him upon that date for all of his commodities covered 

 by the regulation. In the case of a ceiling price determined under CPR 22 that was 

 higher than the GrCPR ceiling price for that item, the canner could not deliver the 

 canned foods until 15 days after the date of receipt by OPS of the required Form 8 

 Filing Report. Where the celling was lower, no waiting period was required. 



With the passage of the limiting amendment by Congress, no further rollbacks 

 of prices can be required of canners after June 30, Thus any canner who has filed 

 his Form 8 Reports of Ceiling Price Increases with OPS, but has not put into effect 

 such CPR 22 prices on or before June 30, either because of the required 15-day wait- 

 ing period or by his own choice, will continue to determine his ceiling prices \inder 

 GCHR. If, however, a canner had filed his reports with OPS more than 15 days in ad- 

 vance of June 30 and had put into effect on or before June 30 his CPR 22 prices, some 

 of which were higher and some lower than his GCPR prices, thus making CPR 22 effec- 

 tive as to him prior to the passage of the Congressional joint resolution, he must 

 continue to apply the CPR 22 ceilings. In those cases where proposed prices were 

 returned for revision, manufacturers must also continue to use their GCPR ceilings. 



The text of General Overriding Regulation 13 follows: 



Pursuant to the Defense Production 1 738), this General Overriding Regulation 



Act of 1950 (Public Law 774, 81st Cong.), — •" - ■- — >— ^ J 



as amended. Executive Order 10161 (IS. statement op considerations 



P. R. 6105), and Economic Stabilization! 



Agency General Order No. 2 (16 P. R. 



No. 13 is hereby issued 



STATEMENT OF CO> 



Ceiling Price Regulation 22 and com- 



panion regulations provided for a num- 

 ber of rollbacks to become effective after 

 June 30, 1951. These rollbacks, however, 

 are prohibited by the Joint Resolution 

 enacted into law on June 30, 1931, which 



