<Tr> <Th> Parent agency </Th> <Td> Office for Emergency Management </Td> </Tr> <P> The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by Executive Order 8875 on August 28, 1941 . The functions of the OPA were originally to control money (price controls) and rents after the outbreak of World War II . </P> <P> President Franklin D. Roosevelt revived the Advisory Commission to World War I Council on National Defense on May 29, 1940, to include Price Stabilization and Consumer Protection Divisions . Both divisions merged to become the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply (OPACS) within the Office for Emergency Management by Executive Order 8734, April 11, 1941 . Civil supply functions were transferred to the Office of Production Management . </P> <P> It became an independent agency under the Emergency Price Control Act, January 30, 1942 . The OPA had the power to place ceilings on all prices except agricultural commodities, and to ration scarce supplies of other items, including tires, automobiles, shoes, nylon, sugar, gasoline, fuel oil, coffee, meats and processed foods . At the peak, almost 90% of retail food prices were frozen . It could also authorize subsidies for production of some of those commodities . </P>

Which of the following is true of the office of price administration