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1 J '*¡1 IL» WK By Harris Ellsworth, M. ( When the bill to authorize a < loan to the government of India for the purpose of buying grain i was on the floor of the house, 1 4 took part in the debate. In the course of my remarks I made the following statement which, I think, sums up tht» whole prop osition: "Mass starvation in In dia is a grim threat. The gov ernment of India has asked us to help them. We have recently helped other nations in identi cally the same way, with loans, when there was no starvation to be considered. But in this in- stance the government of a coun try which has not heretofc come to us for a loan states that they now' need a loan of money with which to buy grain for straving people. Mr Speaker, we cannot now, in the face of starvation, suddenly reverse a benevolent ¡>olicy which we have ral years. We followed for loan and send must make this grain in the hope, first of all. that it will prevent starva tion; and, secondly, that the lx*' pie of India will understand that we really think as well af them as we do of the other peoples of the world.” I recall that in the fall of ’47, Western Europe suffered drought and loss ol a high percentage of itheir food crops. That was be-, fore the Marshall plan was adopt.: ed. 'I'bo congress quickly passed legislath n for in'eim aid to ‘Europe to prevent hunger and communism. I see no difference between the situation in Europe ; Jn 1947 and in India now, unless □ t might be that the situation in ^Asia now is a little more tense Rhan it was in Europe in 1947. 'The bill (introduced by me and hree other house members) to । mthorize the construction of ac- ■ess roads for the harvesting ol im )er, has been reported by thi sub-committee to the full com mittee on agriculture. I am still hopeful that the bill will be» fa vorably reported by the commit tee and that we may get final h< use action on it this year. There is the fact that the drive for economy may cause some members to oppose this bill. They do not realize, and it is difficult to get the story across to them, that access roads represent an actualy money profit to the gov- rnment in the long run. Timber made available by such roads can be sold to much better ad vantages. In addition to the money gain irom the access road pro gram is the further gain in value by the harvesting of mature and over-ripe trees which will other wise rot back into the soil. of defense b u yi n g without t o o much difficulty. Nevertheless, and in spite of the amazingly bad record thus far, the Administration is now asking Congress to continue the price control law’ and add further and more sweeping control pow ers to it. sents the height of cruelty in political deception and demagogu. ery. The argument for price con trols is that they are necessary to control inflation. But high prices are the desuit of inflation, hot the cause of it. If the govern ment will adopt sound fiscal and tax policies aimed at controlling inflation, it can almost atuomat- ically prevent price increases without a vase police bureaucr acy which of itself an inflationary factor. When OPA was in flow’er unsuh- sibized items were held down in price but were unobtainable ex- SMITH ACCOUNTING BOOKKEEPING Phone 302 Room 6 Hendricks Building BROOKINGS. OREGON WIIIIMIIIM^ Gilber<'s Shoe Shop BEAUTIFUL 2-DEDROOM HOME War materials made in the U. and Western Germany con- t inue to pour into Communist China according to evidence ob- tained by a congressional com- mittee and according to on-th- spot observations by American war correspondents in Japan and Korea. The senate sub-committee on export controls has received tes timony that sthatcgic materials valued in millions of dollars are and have been going from West German / to Red China during CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA: the months. This evidence Where to “FIND” and “BUY” It In ('hint trom Kenneth R. Hansen, \ business and professional guide to Friendly Crescent City Concerns who of thi committee’s staff, who re- share” of your trade when doing your out-of-town shopping. cent I y returned from Germany merit a Hansen told the committee that he found "bribery and forgery” were used to clear the way for the shipments of vital materials OFFICE SUPPLIES to ( hiñese and European Reds. Stationery Hanten testified that an entire Typewriters, Adding Machines Silverware power plant was shipped to Man churia from West Germany. 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O’Connor a'se said that the purchasing mission from Red is now Berlin to ‘‘Everything for the Home" to buy more strategic ma- Frank & Stella Grenbemer troni West Germany, Crescent City. California betöre starting to write 1220 Second Street this letter I spent a couple or hours in the House Banking and aasana Currency Committee hearing room listening to testimony and questions and answers on the bill te continue price and wage con- Crescent City Del Norte Feed Store June 30th. Perhaps you had not bi conic very acutely aware of the Albers Feed, Seed. Hay. Fouir fact but the price control law has C o a 1, Paint, Cement Roofing. been o n t h e b o o k s t o r n i n e Fertilizers, Pres-to-logs. months. The administration has fussed and tumbled and fumed Ph. 1081 i ic.id i nlorcement made. Numerous o NOW OPEN! v\ SI N JONES CRESCENT CITY MERCHANTS-Give Them At Least A Trial) All Work Guo unfi t tl' Ve use only the best quality ma* issued counter-mender, a n tl re issued. The program is presently costing about two million dollars Next Door to Fin a month. So far as 1 can find out the net result ot it all has been to artifially stimulate price increases Certainiv prices have advanced more rapidly during thesi last nine months than in any COURTIER'S Beauty Studio cept on the black market. Sub sidies were paid on necessities— paid to the grocer, the remainder ' you paid either directly or indir- ectly to the collector. It cost us aa taxpayers nearly four billions of dollars to provide» the illusion that we were buying our food at low controlled prices. It seems to me that some things are worse than high prices which, after all, can be controlled by working harder and producing more goods. To have price controls that really work production, pro- fits, wages and people must also be controlled. One of the best statements made Committee was by Allen B. Kline, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Here is one Succinct paragraph from his testimony: “In the interest of getting the production we need for defense and to preserve our freedom at home, we must drop the p r e- F tense that price and wage ceil ings can control inflation and consent rate on measures which really can do the job. With few exceptions, ceilings have not Only five minutes from postofiice. Immediate possession. Must yet had a substantial effect on be seen to be appreciated. See your agent or write owner: prices or wages. There never will be a better time to drop these unworkable controls.” As I have said many times dur San Francisco, Calif, ing and since the OPA da ys, Also two nice lots close in, for sale. price control by law’ in our tree economy is unworkable. To at- ........ ■ ■ ■ ■ "■* ............................... .... 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