September 3, 1941

MONSANTO CHEMICAL COMPANY
St. Louis, Missouri

The Office of Production Management has issued General
Preference Order M-19, effective July 26, 1941, which is

for the purpose of conserving the supply and directing the
distribution of Chlorine. The Office of Price Administra-
tion and Civilian Supply has issued the Civilian Allocation
cs ag covering Chlorine after defense needs have been cared
or.

In accordance with our understanding, General Preference
Order M-19 places Chlorine under mandatory control, ship-~
ments to be made in accordance with Preference Ratings
received by the producer. When a defense order for Chlorine
is offered to the producer, it shall be accepted providing
such order meets the regular prices and terms of sale of
such producer and deliveries shall be made under such order
in accordance with the Preference Ratings assigned thereto
and the delivery schedule specified thereunder, even though
deferment of deliveries under non-defense orders previously
accepted is necessitated thereby.

Under the Civilian Allocation Program, the order provides
"adequate supplies of Chlorine shall be allocated for the
following uses -- water purification, sewage treatment,
sanitation, refrigerant gases for existing equipment, slime
control in industrial plants, preparation of products for
medicinal use, preservation and processing of food products."

In accordance with our understanding, it is indicated that
the total defense plus the civilian demand for Chlorine is
in excess of the available supoly, and the Government has
decreed that Chlorine shall be furnished for the defense
program in accordance with General Preference Order M-19
after which adequate supplies of Chlorine shall be allocated
to the uses given above. If any Chlorine remains, it can

be sold for various civilian uses of lesser importance.