White Trimming House, Inc. v. Porter

LINDLEY, Judge.

In the spring of 1945 the Office of Price Administration learned from official governmental statistics that since May, 1943, there had been an increase in the cost of living equivalent to 1.3%, the greater part of which was due to advance in the cost of personal apparel. The clothing index stood at 127.5% in May, 1943 and at 142.9% in February, 1945. During the same period food prices had fallen about 4%% and most other factors included in the compilation except household furnishing had remained relatively stable. Retail prices of clothing in 1945 were 42.9% higher than at the…