What organization regulated prices and was responsible for rationing of vital products

The Office of Price Administration, established in 1941, controlled money (price controls), rents after the outbreak of World War II, and wages. It also rationed scarce supplies.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts