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supplies and prevent lead from getting unto unfriendly hands, the metal was
placed under export control as of March 24, 1941. This order included lead
in ore, matte, pigs, bars, and manufactures and on May 6 was extended to
include lead pigments.
 On May 1, 1941, General Metals Order 1, designed to restrict in-. ventory
accumulation of lead and various other metals not under priority control,
was issued by the Office of Production Management. It remained in effect
until October 4, when all supplies of lead, including domestic and imported,
were placed under full priority control. The new control, provided for m
Order M—38, set up a system of allocation that previously had been
restricted to releases of foreign lead purchased and held by the Metals Reserve
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emergency pooi was set up to take care of special needs, and on October 23
the Division of Priorities of the Office of Production Management ordered
refiners of lead to set aside 15 percent of their November production for
allocation from this pooi. The same percentage was ordered set aside for
December and for each successive month of 1942 up to the time this review
was written (June 25).
 In an effort to ease the supply situation, an appeal was sent to all lead
producers and miners by the Office of Production Management early in November,
asking them to increase production. On January 13 the Office of Production
Management, jointly with the Office of Price Administration, announced a
two-point program to meet the urgent additional demands for copper, lead,
and zinc that followed active entry into the war. With regard to lead, the
program involved an increase in the price at New York to a ceiling of 6.50
cents a pound
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