of -these commodities. Consumption of these materials at the present rate would exceed such a rate of importation by some 500,000 tons to 700,000 tons year and would reduce stocks by the autumn below a bare minimum. 4. A severe restriction on consumption of these materials for the civil population is inevitable and we propose to impose these through the Limitation of Supplies Orders and by rationing of raw material. Various measures contemplated under the Limitation of Supplies Orders were reported in L.