Assurance 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.
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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.
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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.
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RADIATOR AND COOLING SYSTEM
CLEANING
Radiator Repairing and Recoring
Anderson Auto Service
632 Walnut St
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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.
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INTERNATIONAL
HARVESTER
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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.
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Alaska Argonauts
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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