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Office of Price Administration has in several instances granted additional food and ration points to certain eec- ~ion~ of our nation, particularly to agriculture and min- ing districts where food shortage threatens the migration of needed personnel engaged in production of essential war time necessities and, WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth,~Virginia, has been recog- nized by the United States Government through the Congress and the President's Committee for Congested War Areas, as one of the ten most congested sections in our country. In recognition of this congestion,~ the Federal Public Housing Authority and other Government Agencies have accorded in many cases an allocation of unlimited housing materials and facil- ities in order that provisions might be made to accommodate immigrant skilled workers and producers. Although the Gev-~ ernment recognized the need of h~using, it has failed to give proper cong~izance to the need of food for these same workers to oroduce efficiently, happily and in a heaIthful manner. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Honorable Council of the City of Portsmouth that on behalf of the people, Workers, citizens and in an effort to continue war productions on a high level that they request Government authorities vested with the task of allocating food to immediately ts~ke cogni- zance of the present critical food shortage that is crippling war production~in this area and release necessary food, meats, poultry and other food commoditiesfrom either Government ~$ock~piles or increase allocations from distributors to the Ortsmouth area at-once, further to maintain an adequate flow of the minimum food necessities in order that war workers building ships and others engaged in war work may be adequately fed and not driven from the area due to food shortage, and furthermore that a copy of this resolution be presented to the Honorable Senator Harry F. Byrd, the Honorable Congressman _Ralph Daughton, Director of Office of Price Administration, the War Food Administrator and other persons or agencies that are deemed necessary to assist in bringing assurance that the situation will and must be relieved.~ The following communications from the City Manager were read: Ist- ~I am in receipt of the attached letter from merly ~n~engineer in the ~ire Department I recommend that the funds due M~ ed." L.J. Ripley, for- Ripley be return- Moticn of Mr. Sturtevant to concur in the Manager's recommendation was adopted. 2nd - "At 12:OO o'oloek noon, on July 12th, 1945, bids were opened in the City Manager's office on the water line to West Norfolk and were tabulated as follows: Proposal A-O-CO to ~1-99~5 & Third--Avenue Proposal ~,~-OO to ~1-99.5 only You will Boney Cons. $ 56,260.00 54,000.00 observe~that the bids Calnau~ht Oontr. Co. yl,O00.O0 63,500.00 far exceeded McLean Con. 0o. $ 99,000.00 9~,O00.O0. the available money in the project and I am now having the plans revised in order that a'reasonable bid may be se- cured. The Norfolk Oouhty Board of SuperVisors and the Virginia ~melt- lng Oompany are b'eing apprised of the bids andI will keep you informed as to action with refer- ence to construction of the line." On motion ordered filed. 3rd - "In furtherance of your ~opropriation of $~1,000.OO toward the construction of a Veterans Center, the American Legion representatives have contacted my office with a proposal that they, construct a building making the ground floor-to meet the requirements of the City and the Veterans Comm~tee; the Legion to uee the rest of t~ building. The site at the corner of Ef~gham and Glasgow Sts. now occu-- pied by the ~ire station and the Oity stables is tentatively selected by the Legion. The prope~ ~y would have to be appraised and sold at public auction. However, I am reluctant to make any negotiations without authority~rom the Council and I believe that with authority from you it would be possible for us to work out a plan for a modern building to be constructed on the site.' Motion of Mr. Weiseman that the Manager confer with the American Le - gion on the matter, was adopted. 4th - "I am ~ttaching a communication received from the Examining Board recommending the retirement of Patrolman W. J. Wilkins and I am concurring in their recom- mendation, effective August 1st, 1945." Motion of Mr. Grimes to concur in the ManagerWs recommendation,was adopted.