Serving Overseas, Not Servicing at Home
World War II created a shortage of refrigerator servicemen throughout the country. The National Refrigeration War Council met in Washington, DC, to formulate specific remedies for the breakdown of commercial and domestic refrigeration systems, and to present the facts on the service crisis to government representatives who might be able to put these remedies into action.
The food shortage was anticipated to get worse the longer the war continued, and the average American diet consisted at that time of approximately 60% perishable foods, so the necessity of keeping food from spoiling before and after it was brought home from the grocery store was essential.