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By Harris Ellsworth, M. (
When the bill to authorize a
< loan to the government of India
for the purpose of buying grain
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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-
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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
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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. The 1010 2nd St.
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committee investigator said that
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O'Connor, Democrat
°1 Maryland, committee chairman,
term« d the flow of war materials
from West German to the Reds
as a "shocking and sickening"
story. O’Connor a'se said that
the purchasing mission from Red
is now
Berlin to
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to buy more strategic ma-
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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-
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fact but the price control law has
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been o n t h e b o o k s t o r n i n e
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months. The administration has
fussed and tumbled and fumed Ph. 1081
i ic.id i nlorcement
made. Numerous o
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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
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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
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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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gram has search began. Mean-
w h i I e. reliable statistics show
that both consumer and trade in
ventories have increased enorm-
ouslv. Meanwhile, also production
sharply. Swollen inventories and
high production will help make it
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