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Newspaper Page TextAssurance Of Fair OPA Needed To Save Agency By 3. W. DAVIS WASHINGTON, April 16 (P) Senator Morse (R.-Ore.) said to day assurances from President Truman ol "fair and reasonable" OPA actions will be needed to lave the price control agency In congress. Morse told reporters he spoke a friend of OPA who wants to continue "regulations neces sary to the objectives of price control as a check against infla tion." Ho added: "It is perfectly obvious that the president must take a hand In this matter and give us some definite assurances that OPA is going to function in a fair and reasonable manner, in accord ance with the facts rather than In accordance with some ideol ogy of some subordinate of ficial." Given those assurances, Morse said, fighters of Inflation "will be able to prevent emasculation of the OPA program." Bowles Recalled The Oregon lawmaker spoke as the senate banking commit tee recalled Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles for further testi mony on legislation to extend OPA a year beyond June 30. Meanwhile, the house resum ed debate on the bill after yes terday's opener produced such varied remarks as these: By Chairman Spence (D.-Ky.) of the banking committee: to lose control over prices would mean that "a disaster that is in describable would come upon our people." By Rep. Taber (R.-N.Y.): "OPA has done nothing but throttle production." Lending a new tone to the sit uation was the presence of a "house wives' lobby" led by Mrs. Leon Henderson, wife of the former OPA chief, and Mrs. Ern est K. Lindley, wife of a Wash ington newspaper man. Urge Extension Mrs. Lindley estimated there were 1500 women in the group who came to Capitol Hill yester day to urge a year's extension of price controls. She said they had a three-block long petition with 1,000,000 signatures. Administration - o p po s e d UNRRA Shipments 189,941 Long Tons WASHINGTON, April 16 (VP) Shipment through California, Washington and Oregon ports in January and February by the United Nations relief and re habilitation administrations to taled 189,941 long tons. Senator Mitchell (D-Wash.) was advised of the weight today by Director General LaGuardia of UNRRA. The data showed 53,496 long tons were shipped through Seat tle, Vancouver and Tacoma, 64, 107 from Oregon and 72,338 from California ports. The shipments went to China, Poland and other ports and con listed of wheat, food, coal, seed and agricultural implements. at is your UUlOO ) on our Sometimes, although an idea is wrong, it does no harm. Like the Idea that a square jaw is the sign of will power. That winters aren't as severe as they used to be, or that red hair denotes quick temper. But there are other wrong ideas, which are definitely harmful to public confidence in and understanding of industry. One such idea is the current "guessing" about profits made by large busi ness organizations. Many people are apt to grossly exaggerate the money made by business. So Opinion Research Corporation (an independent organization) made a survey to learn just what the public thinks about profits. Compare these guesses and yours with the Inter national Harvester profit figures given below. ' Public guess m war profits . . 30.0 I D four war year average prt. . . . 4.91 In this survey, tho average of the guesses by the public of the war time profits made by industry was . . . thirty per cent (30). But in the four war years of 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1945, the profits of International Harvester Company averaged only ... 4.9 on sales. Less than one sixth of what the general public "guessed" for all industry. For this period, the year by year per cent of profits on sales was: 19427.34, 19435.69, 19443.95, 19453.93. Public guess mi peace profits 18.01 e I H four pre-war year average profit . . 7.171 in the four peace years of 1938, 1939, 1940, and 1941, the profits of International Harvester Com pany averaged . . . 7.17. This is well under half of what the public "guessed" for all industry. 'A" ,HCD Majority think fab- profit ia normal times Is . .10 I N ten-year average Is lest than It The survey indicates the public knows that in our economy prof its are indispensable. And. the majority regard 10 as a fair amendments, on which house voting will start tomorrow in clude: 1. To take farm products out of OPA's control. 2. To end the meat subsidy which the government now pays processors to keep down retail prices. 3. To require price ceilings high enough to assure a profit on every item of each manufac turer, rather than "fair and equitable" ceilings on an Industry-wide basis. Murder Trial Of Gl Begins SEATTLE. April 16 (VP) Charged with first degree mur der in connection with the death of Mrs. Marjorie Johnson, 38, last Jan. 19, Einar Olson, 22 went on trial yesterday in su perior court. In his opening argument for the state. Prosecutor Lloyd Shor ett told the Jury, "on the couch immediately above where the body lay there was an Oak Leaf cluster." The dead woman's nude and mutilated body was found sprawled on the floor of her home. In the courtroom, Olson's uni form glittered with campaign ribbons and other war decora tions. Shorett told the Jury Mrs. Johnson had left a tavern with a soldier a few hours before her death. Olson's attorney's have entered a special plea of inno cence because of mental irre sponsibility. 'Prevailing Wage' Amendment Okayed WASHINGON, April 16 (VP) The senate today wrote into long-range housing ' legislation by a 51 to 20 vote a union-de manded "prevailing wage" amendment. Offered by Senator Murdock (D-Utah), the amendment re quires payment of the locally prevailing wage scales on all projects constructed under terms of the bill. Cor Running Hot? RADIATOR AND COOLING SYSTEM CLEANING Radiator Repairing and Recoring Anderson Auto Service 632 Walnut St u o projits. . . rate of profit In normal times. Many large businesses, including ourselves, would consider it a banner year if we could reach this figure. Our average profit for the last ten years four war and six peace was 6.43 more than a third less than what the public considers fair. All these figures show that our profits are not high. As a matter of fact, the entire farm machinery industry is a low profit industry. In 1944, the Federal Trade Com mission published a list of 76 in dustries ranked in order of their ratio of profits to sales. The farm machinery industry was 57th on the list. What About Current I H Prices 7 When the War ended and we planned our peace-time produc tion, we had hoped to be able to serve our farmer customers at the same level which has held since 1942, regardless of war-time in creases in costs of wages and ma terials up to that time. But re cent developments have forced a change in our plans. gl lannttt sTw CPS iA INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER ,- 'v Wv? i . V-kL: v V Balked of steamer passage from Seattle, three ex-servicemen and brothers (left to right). Fawn, Howard and Lyle McLaughlin, bought a 19 foot outboard motorboat In which to brave the tides and fogs of the famed "Imlde Passage" to Alaska. They plan to homestead quarter sections near Homer, Kenal peninsula. They are the sons of Mr, and Mrs. W. E, McLaughlin of Windom. Minn., farmers. AP wlrephoto. Aberneihy Exception To Rule On Lack Of Housing CASCADE SUMMIT, Ore April 15 With the cry going up from every city and hamlet for more houses for returning veterans as well as civilians, a condition exists at Abemethy, five miles from here, which would merit space in Ripley's "Believe it or not. The cry there is not for more houses but for people to occupy the nine living quarters provided for families by the Southern Pacific company, all but one of which are empty John O'Connell is the sole citizen of Abernethy now. The MONUMENTS A. H. PLATO Box 1338 Lakeview ffill assist yaa 1b stlectlnr an ap propriate memorial. NO OBLIGATION Wages and materials consume nearly all of every dollar Har vester takes in from sales. A Gov ernment board has recommended and the Company has agreed to pay a general wage increase of 18 cents per hour for Harvester fac tory employees. The Government has also allowed price increases on raw materials which we pur chase in large quantities. Steel has had an average increase of 8.2. OUTGO There has been no general in crease in our prices since they were frozen by the Government early in 1942. So our situation today is that what we BUYcostaus 1946 prices. We will be paying average hourly wages 56 above 1941. For what we SELL we get only 1942 prices. This condition cannot long be met out of our present low rate of profit. Future Prices on I H Products It is plain that price relief will be needed to meet the increased wage and material costs which we must carry. We regret this necessity. We prefer to lower prices, when pos sible, rather than raise them and we know our customers prefer to have us do that. We had hoped to be able to "hold the line," at least. ' But we do not see how we can avoid operating at a loss if our prices continue to remain at their present frozen levels. We will NOT "cut corners" on any of our products, because QUALITY IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR BUSINESS. Our customers can be certain that we will seek no more than a moderate profit, both because of our policies and because we have approximately 300 competitors fighting us vigorously for your business. Our request for price relief will be no more than is nec essary to insure continued service to our customers, continued work for our employees, and a reason able return for our stockholders. Pi Alaska Argonauts i. -W aJV. Jli empty apartments are quarters provided by the Southern Pa cific company for section labor ers and since the Mexicans were returned to Mexico no laborers have stayed for any length of time. The isolation of the place is probably the main reason for Things you when you hit ; 0(MteH3PO? lite VSUiPREMli WMI I V eMattKALV M Wa.!'' J .Ks A . .-,. M ., , , 1, the living quarters being empty. O'Connell, the sole Inhubi tnnt, says although the lone liness is rather boring he has not as yet learned to talk to himself. Neither is he thinking of having his city incorporated, although he stands a fair chance of being elected mayor. The railroad company has renovated the quarters since the Mexicans left, having them painted and redecorated. Tho company also furnishes heat, water and light. shouldn the They're historic missions of old California. Don't miss a mission trail the high spots of the King's Highway, the 21 that keen alive the ulorv "" . . . and don't miss the thrill of go ing on Chevron Supreme Gasoline. By using new blending agents developed during the war for avi ation gasoline we've "tailored" Chevron Supreme to coax out your car's best performance under every driving condition. This means that . . . AT CHEVRON GAS Names Of KUHS War 2 Dead Will Be Placed On Plaque A pllUUO, Oil Which Will up pour names of all griulviati'S or former stiiiloiila of Klamnth Union high school to lose their lives In World War 2, is being prrpnivd Iw tli Ntiuli'iit Con gress of KUHS. Hworils lit school huvu been checked with tlui disunity list, kept during the war by The HeriiUt ami News, and the following names compiled. The Student Congress Is anx ious to have liny additional mimes which should appear on the plnque. If anyone hits infor mation concerning students killed In this wur and whose names do not appear here, they are asked to notify KUHS by calling tho principal's office, 3414. Walter Joaeph Ambroaattl. llnrviiv K linker, rlovtl T. "Tom' naldwlK, l.ao U limit Jr , Wallar Uilli'k. Ilolierl llilnnall, Uoti Hay llurgaaa, l.aw rrm'p HuriffM llmll II lamnhall Jr Hollo n Charlie, Prank Arlhttr t'tra, Jar t'olvln. Hoyd Darnell. John W. DaMllla. Data r loyn ""It's HARDY'S for Men-" Bo Right . . . For EASTER With a New LEE or KNOX HAT pHARDY'S STORE FOR MEN I I 820 Main one tmiss VlWllJMiJ STATIONS GARAGES STANDARD STATIONS RAI D Nuns. Klemalk relli, Ott. - nnnelit Dunham. lllanit Flelda, Norman ryharuri. Vlrlor llarlaaar, t'harlaa A. 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