Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946, June 28, 1945, Image 6

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HOME TOWN
REPORTER
In
Washington
Washington. D. C.
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POULTRY BLACK MARKET.
W ASHINGTON — The black mar
ket in eggs and poultry is so bac
that the War Food administratior
is seriously considering the freer
ing of all eggs in storage. Mean­
while J. Edgar Hoover's G-men have
been quietly probing the poultry
black market in the Delaware-Mary­
land area with startling results.
Their findings will reach high into
Delaware state politics and per­
haps into the Washington headquar­
ters of the War Food administra­
tion and OPA.
This Concerns Every Citizen
tVJVt/ WMAinftea
H u in u
H I Unto» T t u ii H uiH in g.
N ews
B ehin
THE<.
By P aul M allon
R « l» « n d bv Western New»n«uer Union.
WAR E X P E R IE N C E HAH
D E F E A T E D HOCIAI.IHM
WASHINGTON. - They say Mr.
C h u r c h ill b lu n d e re d whan he
claimed socialism would bring a
gestnpo to the British, rob the indi­
vidual of his rights and rnuke him a
slave to the state—at iaast Ute poh»s
cal experts say It In chorus here
and a b ro a d . As
they see It Church­
ill is “Ute man who
won the war” and
should have run for
reelection on that
platform. I wonder.
The very day he
spoke, a British-
spirited province in
Canada voted on so­
cialism. In Ontario,
a straight - out so-
>.1»
clalist
movement,
Churchill
ca|led |he Cooperu.
V A / ASHINGTON today is a vast
’ ’ stuge upon which events of
latlonai und international moment
crowd themselves with lightning
'upldlty and with kaleidoscopic
clarity. They are events and pro-
xisuls which have ramifications el­
ecting the lives and destinies, one
vay or another, not only of our own
•copie In the cities and hometowns
n America, but of people every
Already Clifford Shedd. Delaware
rhere.
WFA official, has lost the authority
to release poultry for civilian con­
And we criticize our congressmen
sumption from Ute army's set-aside,
• gripe at our governmental ugen
but his chief in Washington. Gor­
ies freely und often, but. as a mat
don Sprague, says he is taking
cr of fact, it is amazing that with
full authority for anything that
ie
quickening
and
Increasing
?mpo of affairs here, the men
might be found wrong with Shedd's
administration. Sprague has taken
nd women in government keep
k
‘hink that Pvt. Joseph Dernier of Fredonia. WIs.. shown above as he appear, «left, at abreast of the times and the respon
over direct charge of all poultry re­ ..
™nedy Ge"e5*1 hosP|u l in Memphis. wa% the same man who is shown at rl<ht. a bar of banes as sibilities with which they are faced
leases. but claims that he knows of IT
I
.
.
.
troops
found him when they captured a German prison camp where he was held He w elelied 7ft n
i
as well as they do.
no irregular action by Shedd.
on March 29. 1945. On June 7 he weighed .24 pounds. He w a. fed’ , planned X v . ' i u n X r w i . l e a
Just within the lost few days . .
Meanwhile, black market op­
erations along both the West
Victory for the Reciprocal Trade ex live Commonwealth federation, had
tension iB the house and Its defeat won astonishing success last time,
and the East coast are so seri­
ous that legitimate poultry and
by a senate committee .
. the gaining 34 seats, more than a third
overwhelming vote of confidence In of the provincial parliament. The
fSg dealers are being forced out
world cooperation by the house program was government owner­
of business. The situation in New
action of Bretton Woods . . .
the ship of banks. Insurance companies,
England, New Jersey and North
Carolina is especially bad.
streamlining plans for the Veter railways and certain heavy indus­
ans administration
by General tries. This was to be the new rising
Tim Stitts of the War Food ad­
Bradley
.
.
.
the
President's
vie political movement of the postwar
ministration
told
Congressman
lory in the Russian empasse at San Canadian world — but It was nipped
Anderson's food committee that
Francisco . . . the Truman pro­ far below the bud, and. In fuel,
OPA should suspend all price ceil­
posal for temporary unemployment frost-killed, when the people of In­
ing on eggs in an effort to channel
compensation during the reeonver dustrial Ontario (where lubor s
eSgs back into the legitimate mar­
sion
era . . . the modernization of strong) cut Its power ta an insignifi­
ket. This immediately caused deal­
the governmental set-up ns planned cant 6 seats in a parliament of 90
ers to hold on to their eggs for a
the Murray-Wagner-O'Mahoney votes.
price rise.
full-time employment bill .
. all
All Canada is furnishing another
But what they did not know is
these are a few cxumples And now test of socialism and you can check
that Stitts has not requested OPA
the Wagner • Murray - Dingle bill the results, but If CCF cannot win
to suspend or even raise the price
which will affect Ihe lives of ev­ in Die British lubor center of On­
ceiling on eggs. OPA, under the
ery man, woman and child in every tario it cannot hope for much any­
price control act, cannot raise
hometown und rural community in where outside the radical fur west
these ceilings without formal re­
America.
farming provinces.
quest from the War Food adminis­
It
completely
overhauls,
enlarges
In Britain the L,abor party lead­
tration, and this request has never
and federalizes the present social se­ er. Mr. Atlee, answered Churchill
been made.
curity law, bringing under its pro­ directly, defending
Finally, the WFA may be
visions an additional 13.000.000 farm ­ the theory of so­
forced to freeze all eggs in stor­
ers, farm laborers, domestic em­ cialism against the
age, permitting the army to
ployees. small merchants, profes­ id e a l of p r iv a t e
take what it wants of them and
sional men and women, seamen and enterprise for pri­
release the rest for civilian
employees of non-profit organiza vate profit. While
market. Hundreds of thousands
tions.
Churchill may have
of cases of eggs are in private
taken political li­
BILLIONS INVO LVED
storage this year while their
cense with the ges-
The
new
measure,
a
t»ilky,
185-
owners play for an eventual
page document, carries with It ap­ tapo deduction, he
price rise. The black market
propriations which will run Into bil­ did not exaggerate
on those eggs which do not go
baste
Issue,
lions of dollars The section on hos­ the
into storage is so bad that while
which
has
been
Atlee
pitals
and
health
centers
alone
calls
creameries in Minnesota cannot
laid; “ Do you want
How empty oil drums are being used in the Pacific area is shown bv th ese n t,« « .. i
<>. a
for
$950,000,000
over
a
10-year
ret eggs, eggs from Minnesota
period. That It will meet with deter­ socialism or free enterprise?"
farms are going via illegal chan­
The war experience of people hat
mined
opposition is a foregone con­
nels as far as New York City.
clusion, for It attempts to national­ not been favorable to socialism The
C. S. PR ESTIG E ABROAD
ize all provisions of the present lack of competition among sellers
Hardboiled Republican Congress­
act. except medical and public as­ has destroyed the interests of the
man Everett Dirksen of Illinois had
sistance. taking over old age and consumers today, and government
a secret meeting with his GOP col­
survivors insurance and unemploy­ management has nowhere been
leagues in a house lobby the other
ment compensation from the states satisfactory to the people. Unless a
day following his 30.000-mile trip
and placing those features ex­ buyer can walk out of a store and
around the world. He gave them
clusively in the hands of the fed­ go to another to purchase what ne
plenty of food for thought Among
eral government.
wants, he can never be protected as
other things. Dirksen said:
Rates to employers are increased to the quality of merchandise he
“Here's something you fellows
from the average of 3% per cent buys or as to price, no matter how
may not agree with, but I want
they are now paying to 4 per cent to much the government regulates It.
tell you that the OWI (Office of War
finance all the insurance features, Every man and woman has found
Information) is doing a great
and employees would pay approxi­ that out to his great discomfort dur­
for us abroad.
mately 3 per cent more than they ing this war, not from books or
are paying under the present law propaganda, but out of his own daily
" I went into Turkey where 83 per
but are given greatly expanded pro­ experience In living.
cent of the pictures in the Turkish
tection.
Competition is the only thing
newspapers and 40 per cent of the
lineage is supplied them by the OWI.
The farmer is entitled to all the which protects the consumers, who
In other words, they are telling the
provisions of the bill except un­ are all the people. Government own­
Turks what this country is
employment compensation and tem­ ership and operation is as non­
selling the United States to Turkey.
porary disability insurance.
He competitive as a trust, a cartel or
would get medical aid. old age and a business monopoly. Once any
“They're doing a great job and
survivors insurance and disability single force gets the power of ex­
it wasn’t for OWI, American pres­
insurance for which he would pay clusive operation, the buyer must
tige wouldn’t be half as high as
is today.
5 per cent on his net income up to accept the terms. Where compe­
$3.600. He would make his payments tition Is most active, the buyer la
In India, for instance, I met
quarterly or semi-annually. If the best protected. Consider the serv­
with a group of political leaders
farmer has a hired hand, he would ice the public gets on those western
who began asking me about the
deduct 5 per cent of his net income railroads where some are bemoan­
Tennessee Valley Authority. 1
for transmissal to the government, ing the parallel lines. It is much
was surprised that they would
and records would be kept through better than upon eastern roads
know anything about it, and
the use of stamps to be Issued for which control a monopoly of travel.
asked them how it happened;
the purpose, eliminating any book­ This is true of the buying of all
they replied that they had seen
keeping.
goods or services. It is true of hotel
an OWI film showing TVA.
The same method would be used accommodations, of buying ciga­
" I came to the conclusion,” Dirk­
! by the small business man. He would rettes, of renting a house or buying
sen said, “that OWI is something
pay on his net income up to $3,600 a dress. If one power «government
Gen.
Omar
Bradley
appointed
Amputees at the Walter Reed hospital, Washington, watch Pete Gray
we've got to keep after the war.”
head of the veterans’ administration. at the same rate, and if he has one or private) owns all the business, or
one-armed ball player of the St. Louis Browns, demonstrate how he can
or more employees not now receiv is in control ot the operation for
RUSSIAN RELATIONSHIPS
catch a ball, shake off his glove and throw the ball with the greatest of " If I had a son I would like him to go
Unless something unforeseen hap­ ease. Left to right are: Pvt. Steve Lawrence. T /5 Anthony Motyka, Pfc. to Bradley or Ike for advice,’’ the ing benefits of the social security any reason, the public Interests are
late Ernie Pyle once said. Servie» law. he would deduct their percent­ not well served. Of course, they at­
pens to upset it, Harry Hopkins has Peter Brennan, Sgt. John Gallagher and Cpl. Harry Waters.
ages and issue stamps to the em tribute our experiences to a short­
men are backing the choice.
won a resounding victory for im­
ployees to eliminate bookkeeping. age of goods or help. That Is true,
proved relations with Russia by
In some states from one to eight but the economic effect has been the
ironing out the main points of
employees are not now covered by destruction of competition. The con­
the Polish dispute.
the social security law.
sumer could be told what to buy and
The agreement, hammered
at how much. He could not get It
DOMESTIC
H ELP A ID ED .
out in several intimate talks be­
Domestic help would come under acre « the street, cheaper or better.
tween Hopkins and Stalin, pro­
In my opinion, government owner­
the same provisions. If you have a
vided for an immediate meeting
ship Is in the public interest only
maid,
a
cook,
a
washwoman,
you
by three groups of Polish lead­
would deduct the proper percentage when It is in itself competitive—
ers in Moscow to set up a new
from
her pay on pay-day* and pre­ competing with private Interests to
Polish government representing
sent her with stamps for her book serve the public better. Consider the
all factions. This will include ex-
Issued for the purpose. Professional two Canadian railroads, one private
Premier Mfkoiajczyk of the Lon­
men such as doctors, lawyers, den- and one government owned. The
don government, who has been
lists, veterinarians etc., also be­ public gets much better service than
kept closely informed of all
come eligible for the benefits under If the government owned both end
phases of the Kremlin discus­
the law with a cost of 5 per cent railroading became a business of
sions and has approved them.
government bureaucracy, having po­
on net income up to $3,600.
C APITAL TALK
litical directors decide policies.
Briefly,
the
provisions
of
the
new
<L Chicago's Mayor Ed Kelly still
Economically, socialism cannot
bill
provide:
runs the most impressive service­
generate
business-like competition.
1.
A
program
of
federal
men's center in the world, has taken
In a competitive economy, a great
grants and loans for construc­
care of more than 15.000,000 G.I.
portion of business develops from
tion of hospitals and health cen­
visitors and served them more than
the necessity of one concern to get
ters especially In rural areas.
3.000,000 meals.
ahead of another. This stimulates in­
2. It broadens the present fed­
<L The state and interior depart­
terest in products and sells more of
eral
grants
-
in
-
aid
for
public
ments both have their eyes on the
them. The very incentive of compe­
health service up to 75 per cent of
Philippines. State’s budget carries a
tition adds to national Income.
a., ounts expended by the states.
salary allowance for a U. S. ambas­
I suspect Churchill «who was nev­
What the helicopter of tomorrow may look like is pictured bv this
3. Expands the conimumiy-
sador to the Philippines. Interior's
Byron Nelson shown as he won the, wlde maternal and child-health
er much of a politician) may have
budget carries a salary for a high new army model. Seen in flight in Upper Darby, Pa„ it looks like a
seized upon the most popular valid
h
a .
S‘Ubby fuse,a,re' The craf‘ «• an experimental 72 holes of the $10,000 Canadian
and welfare service, the federal
commissioner. If there is independ­ m e"il
issue he could present. The labor
government paying up to 75 per
n ,
? ee" under* oinK »ests since August, 1944. Early tests Open Golf tourney. He finished 10
ence, there will be an ambassador;
strokes better than Jug MeSpaden,
leaders who took up a proposal to
indicate that it has merits not found in previous models.
cent of amount expended by the
if not, a commissioner.
the second man.
go "halfway to communism” have
states.
certainly not chosen the best time.
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