Part 3 1942 ww2 American Chicle Co Letterhead Document - Corporate Ration Price For Sale

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Item Overview

• Type: Original World War II Corporate Letterhead Document (Outgoing Defense Correspondence)

• Date: November 22, 1944

• Origin/Letterhead: American Chicle Company (30-30 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y.)

• Addressed To: Colonel A. H. Rogow, Director of Procurement, Jersey City Quartermaster Corps

• Signed By: Peter Freedman (Comptroller, American Chicle Co.)

Historical Significance & Narrative

This is a phenomenal, primary-source window into the corporate friction of the World War II home front command economy.

During the war, candy and chewing gum were strictly rationed, and the military controlled major procurement orders for overseas troops. This official corporate letter documents the American Chicle Company aggressively pushing back against a unilateral financial audit by the Army Quartermaster Corps. Fearing that their highly confidential operational and ingredient structures would leak or give an unfair edge to rivals like Wrigley and Beech-Nut, the company\'s Comptroller lays down a firm condition: they will not comply unless the government holds their major competitors to the exact same scrutiny at the exact same time.

The letter features an exceptional, complete corporate letterhead from their historic Long Island City factory, typed signatures, and an original red multi-line military auditing stamp overlaid across the text.

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