ture, household appliances, housewares, personal goods, and health, safety and technical equipment. The Division discharges its responsibilities through the following two branches: Consumers Durable Goods, Health Supplies, Safety and Technical Equipment. (4) The Equipment Division is responsible for production and distribution of machine tools, and general industrial, construction, farm, communications, automotive, and other types of equipment. The Division also administers the Utilities Order, U-2,1 which establishes the sequence of installation of new telephone service. The Division discharges its responsibilities through the following nine branches: Automotive. Construction Machinery. Farm Machinery and Equipment. (5) The Forest Products Division is responsible for increasing the supply and directing the distribution of lumber, plywood, pulpwood, paper, paperboɛ :d, and other forest products. The Division is also responsible for the containers, printing, and publishing industries in matters dealing with the supply and requirements for machinery and production materials. The Division administers the containers simplification order designed to increase the supply of critically short glass containers and other specific orders dealing with forest products. The Division has authority to take action contemplated by the orders it administers. The Division represents CPA on various specific Task Committees dealing With forest products, appointed by the Housing Expediter's Inter-Agency Committee on Premium Payments, which develops incentive production programs to further stimulate production of building materials needed in the Veterans Emergency Housing Program. The Division also participates in the administration of approved programs by assisting the Housing Expediter to establish and adjust production goals, quotas, and pre For tabulation of Utilities Order U-2, see Appendix to this chapter. mium payments and by performing such other services as the Housing Expediter may direct. The Division discharges its responsibilities through a Program Branch which is responsible for gathering statistics on supply, requirements, and current production on all products handled by the Division and through the following three industry branches: Lumber and Lumber Products. Paper and Paperboard (including printing and publishing machinery). Containers. The Division also maintains a field office in Portland, Oregon, which assists in the administration of lumber program in the Far Western States. (6) The Metals and Minerals Division is responsible for increasing the production and directing the distribution of basic metals and minerals, such as steel, copper, aluminum, magnesium, tin, lead, zinc, and many others which are in short supply. The Division administers the specific conservation and limitation orders covering metals and minerals, develops program for public purchase and stockpiling of metals and minerals in short supply, and develops recommendations as to the amounts of strategic and critical materials necessary to make up any deficiency of the supply of such materials for the current requirements of industry, for exemption from the stockpiling requirements of Public Law 520 of the 79th Congress. The Division is also responsible for directing the distribution of metals and minerals for which there are specific allocation programs. The Division participates in the Premium Price Plan for coppe", lead and zinc, under which premiums are paid by the Office of Metals Reserve for mine production in excess of quotas recommended by a quota committee. The Division supplies the chairman of the committee and three members and the Office of Price Administration supplies three members. The committee's recommendations are subject to the approval of three reviewing offices, one from the Division, one from the Office of Price Administration and one from the Office of Metals Reserve, RFC. The Division discharges its responsibility through the following six branches: Aluminum and Magnesium Copper. Cork and Asbestos. Miscellaneous Minerals (including mining machinery and equipment). Steel. Tin, lead, and Zinc. (7) The Rubber Division is responsible for the production program for synthetic rubber and for controlling the use of synthetic and natural rubber. The Division is also responsible for controlling the production and distribution of tires, tubes, and other rubber consuming products. The Division administers Rubber Order, R-1,1 which controls the use and distribution of synthetic and natural rubber. The Division discharges its responsibility through the following four branches: Production. Rubber Supply and Statistics. Technical Control and Analysis. Technical Administration. 1 For tabulation of Rubber Order R-1, see Appendix to this chapter. § 903.213 Field office addresses. (8) The Textile Division is responsible for increasing the production of textile, clothing, leather, and related products and their raw materials and for the proper distribution of such products and materials in short supply to meet the essential civilian need as well as continuing military and export requirements. The Division administers the specific conservation and limitation orders in these fields and allocates textiles to the production of low cost clothing in order to assist the stabilization program. The Division discharges its responsibilities through the following branches: Appeals-considers appeals under orders administered by the Division. Authorizations-responsible for granting or denying initial applications for assistance under orders administered by the Division. Programs-responsible for collecting the supply and requirements data on products handled by the Division and recommending production and distribution programs. Clothing, Knit Goods and Equipage. Cotton and Synthetic Textiles.. Hide and Leather. Wool, Cordage and Textile Machinery. (a) Following is a list of the Regional and District Construction Offices of the Civilian Production Administration: (b) Following is a list of the Regional and District Compliance Offices of the Civilian Production Administration: with certain exceptions, will be made available to persons properly and directly concerned. Each request will be considered on its own merits and requests may be denied if the records contain information held confidential for security reasons or disclose confidential business information, if they are found confidential for reasons of administrative privacy, or if the request would delay action on pending cases. Unless otherwise designated, the official to whom the request is made will decide whether to grant it. § 903.302 Published official records. The following types of records, amendments, interpretations, directions, and similar supplementary documents, are published in the daily issues of the FEDERAL REGISTER, which may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. By the Federal Register Act, certified copies of orders and regulations are available for public inspection in the Division of the Federal Register, The National Archives, Washington 25, D. C. (c) Directives (Delegations of Authority). CROSS REFERENCE: For the tabulation of Regulations and Orders referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), see Appendix to this chapter. Printed copies of current orders and regulations may be obtained upon request in person or by mail to the Inquiry Section, Civilian Production Administration, Room 1501, Social Security Building, Washington 25, D. C. Current orders relating to construction or housing may be obtained from the field offices of the Civilian Production Administration. § 903.303 Unpublished official records. (a) Applications are filed by individuals, partnerships, or corporations in accordance with rules set forth in orders and regulations issued by the Administration. They are on file either in the Civilian Production Administration, Washington 25, D. C., or the agency indicated in the governing order. Requests may be made in person or by letter to the Director of the division designated in the governing order. Inquiries respecting the proper source of information may be directed to the Inquiry Section, Civilian Production Administration, Washington 25, D. C. Construction applications (Form CPA4423) involving amounts less than $1,000,000 initially, or $1,500,000 including amendments, are generally on file in the District Office to which application was made. (b) Authorizations and denials often form a part of the applications and are filed with them. Inspection may not be permitted if confidential information is revealed, but information respecting the authorization or denial may be furnished. (c) Data Request Forms are filed by individuals, partnerships, or corporations in accordance with the provisions of orders and regulations issued by the Administration. The rules governing requests to consult these records are the same as those governing applications. (d) Appeals Records are documents relating to the filing of appeals, hearings, and findings of the Appeals Board. They consist of the following: (1) Appeal filed by an individual in accordance with provisions of the governing order or regulation; (2) Recommendation of the Civilian Production Administration division having jurisdiction; (3) Verbatim transcript of the hearing before the Appeals Board; (4) Finding of the Appeals Board; (5) Letter to appellant embodying final actions. These records are filed in the Civilian Production Administration in the Division having jurisdiction. Bequest may be made to the Director of that division in person or by letter, and that official with concurrence of the Chairman of the Appeals Board will determine whether to grant it. (e) Compliance Records relate to proceedings before Compliance Commissioners. They include: (1) Report of the compliance investigator; (2) Analyses of Compliance Division; (3) Warning or charging letters; (4) Verbatim transcripts of hearings before Compliance Commissioners; (5) Report and recommendations of Compliance Commissioners; (6) Appeals of respondents, answers, and replies; (7) Decision of Chief Compliance Commissioner on appeal; (8) Suspension, Consent, or Probation orders, or revocation thereof. These records are filed in the Compliance Division, Civilian Production Administration, Washington 25, D. C. Requests may be made in person or by letter to the Director of the Compliance Division. (f) Priorities Policy Decisions are determinations of the Bureau of Priorities with respect to ratings, allocations, export quotas, etc. These are on file in the Bureau of Priorities and request may be made in person or by letter to the Director. (g) Industry Advisory Committee Minutes and membership lists are on file in the Office of Industry Advisory Committees, Civilian Production Administration, Washington 25, D. C. Requests may be made in person or by letter to the Director. (h) Labor Advisory Committee Minutes and membership lists are on file in the Office of Labor Requirements, Civilian Production Administration, Washington 25, D. C. Requests may be made in person or by letter to the Assistant Director of that Office. (i) Records of Premium Price Plan Quota Committee consist of quota lists and assignments to mine owners issued by the Quota Committee under the Premium Price Plan. These records are on file in the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Committee, Civilian Production Administration, Washington 25, D. C. They are confidential as they contain business information. (j) Determinations of deficiency of material for civilian production under section 6a of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act (Public Law 520, 79th Congress) are on file in the Civilian Production Administration, Washington 25, D. C., in the division having responsibility for the material concerned. Requests may be made in person or by letter to the Director of the division. (k) Recommendations to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to sell from its stockpiles are on file in the Civilian Production Administration, Washington 25, D. C., in the division having responsibility for the material concerned. Requests may be made in person or by letter to the Director of the division. (1) Directives to the War Assets Corporation relate to the disposal of surplus property to particular assignees, and are on file in the Routing and Issuance Section, Civilian Production Administration, Washington 25, D. C. Requests may be made in person or by letter to the Director of the Special Assistance Division, Civilian Production Administration. Washington 25, D. C. (m) The following records are on file in the Financial Policy Division, Civilian Production Administration, Washington 25, D. C. and are generally confidential. Requests may be made in person or by letter to the Director of that division. (1) Recommendations to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to finance plant construction; (2) Records relating to claims under section 17 (except 17b) of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944; (3) Records pertaining to the requisitioning of property for war purposes; (4) Tax Amortization Records. (n) Records relating to claims under section 6 and 17b of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 are on file in the Accounts and Audits Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Civilian Production Administration, Washington 25, D. C., and requests may be made in person or by letter to the chief of that branch. (0) Directives against new production are on file in the Routing and Issuance Section, Division of Administrative Services, Civilian Production Administration, Washington 25, D. C. Requests may be made in person or by letter to the Director of the Special Assistance Division. § 903.304 Retention of official records. All of the records described will not be retained permanently by the Administration. It is the policy of the Administration to recommend to the Archivist of the United States the disposal of records which are not of permanent value in accordance with the applicable provisions of law. Accordingly in some cases records over two years old may not be available. PART 904-PROCUREMENT [REVOKED] CODIFICATION: § 904.5 the only section in effect under former Part 904-Procurement, was revoked Jan. 20, 1947, 12 F.R. 408. |