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PUBLIC’S SPENDABLE INCOME DOUBLE I - < Personal Mail Exerts Big Influence on Congressman By BAUKHAGE Analyil and Commentator. WNr Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. There is a great mail mystery in Washington which public reaction sleuths are try ing to solve. Re cent reactions of congress pre sents a paradox. In fact, a pair of paradoxes. Gradually, one by one, like a maiden pluck ing daisy petals to learn her fate and fortune, con gress has been stripping the poor office of price adminis tration of its powers, until saia agency has little more control over prices than man over a skidding car on an icy pavement. And yet, according to recent polls, 82 per cent of the public is in favor of "holding the line." The March survey by that reliable poller, NORC (National Opinion Research Center of Denver university) among other similar groups, points this out. When the house virtually stripped OPA of its powers late in April, let ters poured in supporting the agen cy, since then its head. Paul Por ter, using the publicity machine built up by his predecessor. Stabili zation Director Bowles, has omit ted no word or act to keep his side of the arguments against ceiling smashirg before the consumer. Al though congress is not now being needled as heavily as it was at the peak of the house debate, plenty of people are still asking for OPA con tinuation. At the same time, of course, anti control forces are keeping up their pressure, both through lobbyists of the interested groups, and through the paid advertising of the National Manufacturers' association, and other industrial organizations. But as far as any one can gauge, the people themselves still want price control. Nevertheless, con gress has managed to whittle it down, and many observers, at this writing, consider it as among the dead already. Up until the unions threatened to tie up the railroads and ignored gov ernment orders, there was no chance to get any labor-control measure through congress. But the people wanted something, and when the President offered it. he received a response in the way of letters and telegrams such as the White House has not known in the memory of its present stall, some of whom have served there since the days of Wood row Wilson. A lot of letters I receive indicate that a great many people think con gress pays no attention to the voter. This is laughably inaccurate. The voice of the voter is the one thing a congressman obeys. In spite of this fact, 51 per cent of the people, if our old friend, NORC, is right, as it has proved to be on many oc casions, believe that congress de pends more on its own judgment than on public opinion. Of course, the reason for this im pression is that the organized voters, the ones which some organ ization controls, form the congress man’s judgment because they are the most vocal. They make them selves heard in person, through their membership, and the people whom they influence. In the two recent questions 1 have mentioned: labor control and price control, you have two power ful lobbies at work — the unions and the industrial organizations, but pulling in opposite directions. 1 am not saying that either is right or wrong in the views they express and the causes they advo cate. 1 am saying that they are active and powerful. And also that they naturally promulgate ideas in their own interest. If these inter ests happen to be the public’s, as well, fine. If not. . . . Most of the congressional sec retaries I know well enough to talk with frankly support this view. Ex cept, of course, when some strange political ddal is involved, whereby the congressman feels it safer to displease some of his constituency because of its indifference, than to disregard the pressure brought upon him by other forces in or out of congress. This particular inquiry by the Quarterly showed legislators rated the various influences on them, as follows: (1) personal mail; (2) visits TO the public; (3) newspapers; (4) vis its FROM the public; and (5) pub lic opinion polls. The bearing which these figures have on the importance of writing your congressman, in my opinion, is this: they show that mail IS im portant, and that when letters at one end of the spectrum of impor tance jibe with the poll (at the other end), it certainly puts a burr under the legislator’s vote. ** a m m People Are Buying More Recently, 1 said over the air that America was eating better, and eating more than it had ever eaten before. Immediately I received a squall of stormy letters, vehement ly denying my statement. All of the writers regaled me with the same tale which my wife brings home each day — that the grocer's and the butcher’s shelves are almost bare. Nevertheless. America is eating better and more food. Americans who ate a yearly average of 127 pounds of meat before the war are now gobbling it at the rate of 150 pounds apiece. This statement is from Fortune magazine, a periodi cal not noted for making false state ments. You and 1 cannot get everything we want, but we aren't all of Amer ica by a long way. You and I have always had meat virtually every day in the week. But millions of people in this country never had meat more than once or twdce a week. These mil lions of people have more money today than they have ever had, but you, if you are one of the people who wrote me, probably never were conscious of that fact. The little graph shows the facts. These figures on which it is based are compiled by the department of commerce, and the most anti-admin istration banker you know won’t doubt them. They show, as you see, that in 1939, the public's spendable income was 68 billion dollars. The estimate for 1946 is 139 billion. Now your common sense will tell you that the people who ate meat every day didn't get all of that 71 billion dollar inerease in their spending money The low-income groups got a large part of it. In other words. America (as a whole) is eating more meat (and other things) than it ever did before, and because so many MORE people are eating so much MORE meat, there isn’t as much left for the people who ate all they wanted before. The discussion of how much America is eating arose in connec tion with the question as to our abil ity to help feed starving Europe and Asia Some people believed that be cause they couldn't buy as many things at the store as they were accustomed to buying. America didn't have enough to spare. But the people (you and I) who i- __ - can’t get all of what we want are in no danger of starving. We can get things we may not like, but which will be just as good for us. And also, we can be assured that the people, who, in America’s past, have been near the danger lines, are getting a lot more than they ever hod before. And they weren’t starving then, either. So don’t think that we haven’t enough to spare for the invisible guest. PUBLIC’S SPENDABLE INCOME 1939 1946 Estimate based on 1st quartet Ptynoi from Dtptt tmcnt d Conjrxro*. Laid waste by war, area !n front of battered reichstag building in Berlin is converted by Germans into vegetable gardens to help replen ish barren larders. NEWS REVIEW Rats Cost Half-Billion a Year But New 'Rat Killers' Found; 1946 Crops Depend on Weather NO. 1 ENEMY: Rats Increase The rat population of the United States shot up during the war, due to a shortage of chemicals for rodenticides, and we now have over 25 million rats. They do an annual damage of 500 million dollars to food and property, exclusive of sickness and death caused by disease they spread. Government officials estimate that from 12% to 15 billion pounds of grain a year are consumed or destroyed by rats on farms. Each rat eats about 100 pounds a year, and spoils at least another hundred. Scientists of the interior depart ment are making use of two potent rodenticides developed during the war. One is “1080,” or sodium flu oracetate, said to be the most ef fective rat poison known. The other is “antu," an abbreviation for al phanapthylthicurea. WEATHER: Rains and Drouth The government weather report shows that recent rains in the Mid dle West have benefited small grains, but that more sunshine and warmth was needed for best growth and development. Crop estimates are up. One ex pert predicts winter wheat produc tion this year, as of June 1, at 751 million bushels, or 8 million bushels more than the government estimat ed last month. Spring wheat was estimated at 268 million bushels, slightly less than the 300 million bushels in 1945. In many places in the Mississippi valley, wet weather slowed all farm work and especially corn planting. The extremely wet spots were rare, however, and in many places rains were needed. WAK BABIES: May Curb Influx The bringing of very young babies of war brides from Europe to the United States may be halted, if a recommendation of a special army board which investigated a recent outbreak of diarrhea on the trans port Zebulon Vance when 30 babies were stricken and eight died. The army may halt transportation from Europe of all babies under one year of age. More thorough physical examinations have been requested for war brides and their children at European staging areas before departing for this country. The war mothers themselves are somewhat to blame, it is reported, because of laxity of sanitary hab its which might have contributed to the epidemic. CANNED MEAT: 60% Set Aside A new government order provides that federally inspected slaughter ers may not produce canned meat for civilian consumption unless they deliver to government agencies 60 per cent of each week's total output. The order is designed to provide more canned meat for for eign relief shipments. GRAINS: Bet on Prices In Chicago, those who buck the board of trade are betting that the OPA extension bill will eliminate basic commodity farm prices from control. Bidding is constantly high er on wheat, oats and rye and are going higher. The Kansas City board of trade from time to time has prohibited all grain futures trading on the ex change except in settlement of open commitments. Purpose of the ac tion, the directors said, was to pro tect traders against losses caused by the increased ceiling prices es tablished by the federal govern ment. CUBAN SUGAR: Price Pledge Given If prices of U. S. foodstuffs im ported into Cuba go up next year, the U. S. government has given that country assurance of a higher price for Cuban sugar in this coun try, says Oscar Siegle, president of the Cuban sugar commission.' The basic price agreed on for this year’s sugar crop will continue to be 3.675 cents a pound. Siegle said. Any increase in American foodstuff prices, because of changes in the OP A, would be reflected “perforce, on the price of sugar,” Siegle re ported after a trip from Havana to Washington. TO TOKYO: New ATC Airline The American fliers who spanned the oceans and flew the "hump” have inaugurated a new airline to Tokyo over the "top of the world,” saving more than 18 hours of flying time each way. They are the pilots of the Air Transport command. In announcing the new route for passenger and cargo planes, the ATC stated the trip will take 26 hours' flying time. The new line will follow a one stop route from Seattle to Tokyo by way of Adak in the Aleutian islands. Oddities in the News . . . With a full-sized hornet's nest built tightly against the outside of the breakfast room window of their i m mMmm San Francisco, Calif., home, the Walter Ohms have a ringside view of the busy bees at work. Pic ture shows the Ohms’ four-year old daughter studying the nest. NEW USES FOUND Demand for Potatoes Is Heavy WASHINGTON.—With new uses j (or potatoes being found, along with a heavier consumer demand, is keeping the government out of the market for support purposes to a greater degree than department of agriculture officials expected, in view of the unprecedented potato shipments this spring. One of the reasons for increased demand is the entry of the distilling industry into the buying field. Dis tillers are buying potatoes from the growers at prices above government support prices in order to convert into alcohol. • Potatoes were successfully used for livestock feeding in 1937, 1939, 1940 and 1941, officials pointed out, and in view of the feed shortage, may go into this channel. When processed into flour, potatoes also make an excellent poultry feed. Starch, flour and glucose are other potato product! for human con sumption. Potatoes manufactured into alco hol yield about 20 per cent in by product livestock feed. Shipments from potato producing states haye broken the all-time high of 1,514 carloads a day on four suc cessive days this spring. California has been the heaviest shipper. To meet the situation, the depart ment has set up support buying of fices in California, Arizona, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. While peaks were reached last week in several states, North Carolina, California and Virginia marketings are ex pected to run even higher this week, with Oklahoma, Arizona and Ar kansas just coming on. Support buying at the announced price levels reached about 500 car- ! loads last week, officials estimate^, with 200 cars purchased in North Carolina alone. But the demand from all types of consumers, includ ing distilleries, prevented the buy ing program from reaching the pro portions such heavy marketing would normally mean. The market can normally absorb only about 1,000 carloads a day, compared with last week's daily average of 1,717 carloads. The department will use some of its surplus for school lunch pro grams and relief needs, but it is ap parent that the bulk will go for out side needs. Officials hope that a considerable amount will go into in dustrial uses other than the manu facture of alcohol, but admit that some may go to distillers -Iftt^WlflKtiaBHflfiBHHtg'--. v. ■• ./,»^..... •:••• -i!C^wlooWwwwBowowHoWw9liH»>w88l^^ uhk.. You Eat Well When You Roast With Care (See Recipes Below) Flavorful Meats There’s not much choice of meat In the markets today, but if you are y fortunate enough K to get any at all, /i] consider yourself /J supremely lucky. ^ Just in case ^ you’ve forgotten Ts some of the fine / points in prepar ; ing meat, I’m go mg 10 review some oi me rules or good cooking today. For years, we’ve been telling you about cooking meats at low temper ature. Rationing and the meat scarcity have probably shown you more dramatically than anything else how important low temperature cooking is to getting the most of the meat. There’s less shrinkage and more juicy meat to your credit if you’ll keep the oven at 325 to 350 degrees Fahrenheit when roasting. Another point to bear in mind is that no browning is necessary be fore roasting cuts of meat. Don't worry about their not browning— they will get well browned even at moderate temperature. If you are pot roasting, that is cooking meat with moisture and seasonings, you’ll want to brown the meat after it’s dredged with flour, but this is because the meat is cooked covered with liquid. Here are some recipes for all types of meats which you may be able to find at least once a week these days. Cook and season care fully so that you will really be able to enjoy the ‘meat to the fullest. Barbecued Lamb Breast. (Serves 4) 2 pounds breast of lamb 1 medium onion H cup chili sauce 1 teaspoon salt Pepper $4 teaspoon red pepper 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 cup water Cut lamb into pieces. Season with salt and pepper. Place in a hot SKiuei aria iei _ fatty sides brown. ^ Mix chili sauce, V red pepper, vin- ijj egar and water M and pour over ■ lamb. Slice onion ■ and add to the | mixture. Cover ^ Simmer 1 % lours, then remove lid and let cook ilowly for 20 minutes or until bar becue sauce is almost absorbed. Pork Chops and Rice. (Serves 5 to 6) 6 pork chops Mi cup uncooked rice Z% cups strained tomatoes 3 tablespoons green pepper, chopped Lynn Says: Learn Meat Magic: If you want a super delicious leg of lamb, baste it with buttermilk while roasting For lamb loaf, made with fresh meat, add % teaspoon caraway seed for flavor. If you’re shy on meat for meat loaf, make up part of the meat with diced American cheese. De licious! Pork chops baked with chili sauce or catsup mixed with pre pared mustard make grand and tender eating. If you want a bread saver stuffing for breast of veal, cook your noodles until tender and use them for stuffing. Marjoram or parsley makes a good seasoning for veal prepared in any way. Bake a slice of ham and baste with honey and orange juice for a real flavor treat. Mix roquefyt cheese with Wor cestershire sauce and beat until flufly. Spread on top of hambur gers just before broiling. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENUS •Summer Meat Loaf Potato Salad Wilted Lettuce Molded Fruit Salad Wheat Muffins Beverage Apricots Cookies •Recipe given. 3 tablespoons chopped onion Z teaspoons salt Yt teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons shortening' Flour Salt and pepper pork chops and dredge in flour. Melt shortening in skillet and brown chops on both sides. Mix together uncooked rice, tomatoes, salt, pepper, onion and green pepper and pour over chops. Place lid on skillet and cook slowly for one hour. If you’ve been looking around for ways to use those leftover pieces of bread, then here’s just the recipe for you. It uses both bread crumbs and oatmeal for the stuffing and is truly delicious. Oatmeal Veal Birds. (Serves 6) VA pounds veal steak, sliced thin 2 cups bread crumbs 1 cup raw oatmeal 1 teaspoon salt lA teaspoon sage 2 tablespoons bacon drippings Yt cup water Yt cup catsup Cut the veal into six squares. Pound it, season with salt and pep per. Combine the other ingredients, except catsup, and place a little of the stuffing on each piece of veal. Roll and fasten with toothpicks. Brown in hot bacon drippings. Add 1% cups of water with the catsup to the meat and simmer for 45 to 60 minutes until meat is tender. Thicken gravy with a flour and wa ter mixture just before serving. •Summer Meat Loaf (Serves 8) 1 envelope unilavored gelatin Yi cup cold water 1% cups tomato juice 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt % teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 pound liverwurst Yt cup mayonnaise Yt teaspoon dry mustard Yt cup chopped celery Yt cup chopped green pepper 1 tablespoon minced onion Yt cup sliced stuffed olives Soften gelatin in cold water. Add hot tomato juice and stir in sugar ana sau, pepper and lemon juice. Allow the mix ture to cool and thicken. Remove casing from liv er w u r s t and mash. Add may onnaise and mus per, celery, onion and olives. 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