A Chronology of the War Food Administration, Including Predecessor and Successor Agencies, August 1939 to December 1946

Excerpts from the report: This compilation is confined to the organization and activities of the War Food Administration and its predecessor and successor agencies, to the activities of war agencies outside the War Food Administration responsible for carrying out programs related to food distribution, and to Presidential and Congressional actions regarding food programs. Many of the wartime achievements of the agencies in the Department of Agriculture not included in the War Food Administration are discussed in Science in Farming; The Yearbook of Agriculture 1943-1947, issued by The United States Department of Agriculture in 1947. A considerable part of this compilation is concerned with War Food and Food Distribution Orders, which are listed under their effective dates. Food Distribution Orders then in effect, as well as a number of other orders and regulations, became War Food Orders on April 20, 19440. All such orders are listed but it has not been possible to include amendments. Food Distribution Order 1 became effective on January 18, 1943, and War Food Order 149, the last, on July 1, 1946. Entries covering the orders appear on pages 13-43,45, 47-50, 52, 54-56, 58-60. Executive Orders of the President established certain policies for the War Food Administration and other agencies dealing with food. These orders are noted on pages 5-6,8,10-12,20,23,25,27,34-35,37,41, 49-54,58,60,63-64. An index by major subjects follows the chronological entries.