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Ceiling Prices Not Cause of Meat Shortage... to the Congress is attached. My hear Congressman, t have been folowing in the press the inquiry into meat sup plies and black markets by a sub committee of the Committee on Ag riculture and forestry of the Senate. Let me say at the outset that we are convinced price ceilings are not the cause of the meat shortaget and that relaxation of price controls will nol produce more meat. We will not be misled uy any effort that may be made to Justify on that ground the King Yuen Cafe • CHOP SUEY— SOI«'a V 2llb tit. JArkson S57« Open from 2 p m until 3 a m 1SBHII t\ A (HINBSK IIIM1KS If you need to 6UM0UP ft€0 BiOOO! Due To Monthly Losses If you lose so much during monthly periods that you feel so weak, "dragged out" this may be due to low blood-iron —so try Lydia E. plnkham's tablets— one of the greatest blood-iron tonics you can buy. Plnkham's Tablets are also famous to help relieve symptoms of monthly functional disturbances. Follow label directions. Lydia E. Piuktiam’s TABLETS emasculation of price control through amendment of the law. The Impression conveyed through reports of the subcommittee's in quiry is that price ceiling regulat ions are responsible for the present scarcity of meat in retail stores. We are given to understand that by raising price ceilings, or by doing away with price control altogether, increased meat supplies would be forthcoming and the scaracity re lieved. It is reported that an am endment to the price control law Is proposed to require higher pricse ceilings for meats. Through our own inquiries we learn that the over-all reduction in meat supply at *be moment Is due to a curtailment of hog production las tyear, which in turn resulted front the fact that reserves of feed ; grain supplies had been used up, and some reduction in livestock numbers was necessary. The meat scarcity which con fronts housewives at the butcher's I counter is further aggravated by black markets. That is plain to anyone who cares to observe how I meat is being marketed at the pre 1 sent time. Neither of these causes of scarce meat, it seems to me, points to price control as the real source of difficulty, or suggests that a rais ing of prices will secure us relief Plainly what we need is stimulation of all possible production, accom panied by adequate control of the supply from the slaughter house right through to the retail counter where families buy their meat. Because he as reported so con cisely to this same subcommittee, let me call your attention to the; statement of Seoetary of Agricult ure Wickard on March 2S last. In the course of that statement, he j said: "A general increase in livestock I and meat ceilings is not likely to | immediately increase the number •f animals marketed In fact, it might have the opposite effect, ' There is one cold hard fact that must be faced: that is black mar keting cannot be controlled by price ceiling manipulations ” "Insofar as pork production is concerned, farmer are much more concerned with support prices than j they are with ceiling prices. "Any break in ceilings w'hich would result in an increase in meat prices at retail should be avoided.” Publicity emerging from the hear ings conducted by the subcommittee seems to point more toward relaxa tion of price control than to strong action against black markets One Senator is quoted as condoning the purchase of meat on. black markets in the absence of meat available through lawful channels If dis sent from that view was expressed in committee, it escaped my notice in the press. Surely these must be distorted accounts of what the current in quiry is leading to. It cannot be possible, while our country is still at war and our fighting men are en gaged with enemy. --iat any comm ittee of the Congress is willing to lend itself in any degree whatso ever to an undermining of public morale here at home. Surely there can be no intended purpose to ex ploit our difficulties with respect to a diminished meat supply, or to suggest that relaxation of essential wartime control should be propos ed to ease these difficulties Sueaking for myself and for the millions of families within the large family of CIO, I want to assure you that we are prepared to undergo all the inconveniences that may be required of us in order that there shall be no question of our ability to supply the armed services with the best of everything we have and to meet our obligations to the ut most for the relief of hunger and starvation in Europe. Avoidable difficulty in these home front affairs is a different matter We do not intend to stand idle when profiteering adds its burden upon difficulties already too heavy. We do not propose to accept with out challenge any unwillingness or incapacity of governmental a gencies or of the Congress to deal firmly with home front problems in the interest of the common good We expect our government to in sist upon equal sharing of what ever limitation in supply is neces sary We expect it to control the distribution of supplies go as to make unnecessary any participat ion in illegal practice on the part of patriotic and decent citizens. We expect that those who dare to traf fic for their profit in the bootleg ging of the necessities of life be apprehended and givn the treat ment they deserve. They are crim inalg under the law and scavengers on the common cause. They should be dealt with accordingly. There is enough food, over and ' above military requirements for all of us in this country, provided it be properly shared and strictly rationed. To perform only a part of our vitally important obligation to the hungry people of Europe we shall have to maintain strict ration | ing. We are fully prepared to do what is necessary to make good the I liberation of subect peoples for which our fighting men have given their lives. Any attempt to exploit our small difficulties in this country to weak- i en our will to come through to vic tory as a united people behind our government must, and 1 am sure will receive the rebuke of all good citizens. We are a decent and pa triotic people. We do not intend that anyone shall seek to relieve our minor hardships upon a con trary assumption. Nor do we go along with anyone who professes his right to deprive his neighbor by illegal means whenever he may find it inconvenient or impossible to come by his own share honestly. Whatever the vexation we may have t oface. we can take it We are a people at war, and we intend to act accordingly. Price control must be continued and fortified Puitioning must be made fully effective These meas ures are vital to war, and will be no less so during the difficult days of demobilization All-out aid to American farmers for another year of all-out record production is what the present sit- I uation requires. To that must be Again, the mayor has made a mistake in refusing to accept the compromise on the power problem offered by the Governor and the legislature. Here is his record to dates 1- He attempted to revoke the power company's franchise which has been held by the United States Supreme Court to be perpetual. 2. He attempted to force a rate reduction as soon as the company was sold to an Omaha group, although for years he had not attempted to reduce rates when the company was owned by the eastern owners. 3. He has caused lawsuits to be brought against the power company which have delayed public ownership. 4. He fought the repeal of L. B. 204 when it was apparent that it was un workable. • 5. He fostered a condemnation ordinance calling for an election on May 15 and then upon the recommendation of a letter from E. F. Pettis, chairman of the Brandeis-Pettis Committee, postponed the election and called for a special election on June 26. This change of mind will cost you taxpayers from $15,000 to $30,000. 6. At the Legislature, the Mayor and Council offended many Senators from Omaha's trade territory. ■ added adequate controls of distri bution, coupled with firm and unre lenting attack upon black market operators. I ask you to stand with us and with all the people of the country against any proposal to turn these home-front food problems, which loom so small upon the face of a world at war, into an attack upon the essential safeguards to our na tional strength. signed PHILIP MURRAY. Given A Full Report For the first time since the organ ization of the Douglas County Wel fare Administration, The taxpayers have been given a full report of welfare activities, expenditures, ac complishments and future needs. The eight page report covering activities of the Welfare Admin istration for the year of 1944 has been issued by County Welfare Ad ministrator Philip H. Vogt and Ad ministrative Assistant I.eslie F. Johnson. In the report, Administrator Vogt commended the Board of County Commissioners for setting up an effective and business like organ ization of the health and welfare responsibilities of Douglas County. Vogt also commended the private agencies, represented and financed by the Omaha Community Chest, for carrying a large share of the burden of health and welfare services In the county. Among the accomplishments cited were: unification of all county wel fare services under one administrat ion: the organization of an admiss ions department for the County Hospital and Clearvlew Home, and the establishment of a central bus iness office. The outlook for this year, ac cording to the report. Is ra'ther dis couraging. The biggest job in 1945 will be to keep the county institut ions open because of the critical shortages in personnel, supplies and equipment. In the report, Administrator Vogt recommended a more satisfactory basis of financing because "county relief and institutional services have been operating below the minimum of safety and efficiency.” Other recommendations were that the state of Nebraska should accept full responsibility for tubercular and mental patients, and that Doug las County rearrange its facilities to provide more satisfactory care for the chronically ill. Newsletter “What’s Happening in Washington” (Continued from pageJSgF’T) man’s instructions to Hugh Fulton, Committee counsel, were: "Don’t smear. Don’t whitewash ” (Com mittee member Homer Ferguson, Republican, of Michigan, is likely be a close adviser. Policies versus Personnel: On the surface, postwar domestic policies may seem as much left of center as Roosevelt’s. But attitude will be much more conciliatory. Manage ment of government will be in much more conservative hands. Congress t Bargains In Unredeemed • Diamonds, • Watches and • Jewelry. Special 8950 BRIDAL SET 2495 MARCUS fjoan & Jewelry Co. 320 North 16th Street “Sec Marcus for Bargains” DRINKING IT CAN BE DONE Thousands haTi learned from me how I broke the whiskey spell. If alco hol is rotting your Home, Health and Happiness, let me tell you the way to end the curse of Drink. Get the answer to your problem, writ* NEWTON, Dept. CPl, P- O. Box 8fil. Hollywood California. 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Washington is saying; "The North ern New Dealers will get the policies; Missouri and the South will get the jobs." HARRY HOPKI.YS, because of his intimate knowledge of negotiations with the Big Three, will continue health permitting. Senator Barkley,’ Senator Connaly, Speaker Rayburn, Houe Majority Deader McCormac, will be important counsellors. Jesse Jones will be influential. Cabinet: Truman is being urged by some to follow Coolidge's exam ple and leave his predecessor's Cab inet intact. Others warn him to “clean house,” declare that every time he makes a decision with which one of the weak sisters in the Cabinet disagrees, mental comparis ons unfavorable to him will follow. Despite reports, no decision is yet evident. Labor: Truman was known as a “Railroad Brotherhood Senator." (Kansas City and St. Louis are strong railroad *owns.) Put both AFD and CIO characterized his vot ing as “100 per cent labor." Although Truman is as pro-labor as FDR, there will be differences, Byrnes, perhaps the new power bel hind the throne, would be President today hut for CIO-PAC. Bob Han negan. Democratic, chairman, re sented repeated implication that PAC won the election. CIO fought Truman at Chicago. While Sidney Hillman & Co. will never be snubbed they will yeild dominant place to favored AFL'ers. Pearl Harbor: If “the truth a bout Pearl Harbor” is as damaging as is insinuated, l'ruman may ex pedite exposure. Advisers tell him he can get cred't for honesty and courage by lifting the lid soon. Smoke could then blow over before 1948. ftl OTES FROM Till MAY I SPEECHES Admonition to l.nlior; A word or warning from a friend, Labor has duties as well as rights. You must elect and follow wise leaders of proved integrity. Your contracts must be sacred. “Above all else, you must turn in an honest day's work every day you are on the job, for it is only through production that you create a higher standard of living that will assure health and prosperity- to your families.” Government in Business; ‘‘To the extent necessary-, and only to the extent necessary, the government should supplement private banking where private banking is not able to do the job (of financing reconvers ion), but should not try to sup plant it or to place the government in control of business. Every effort should be made to induce business to obtain working capital through the investing public and not by loan from, or guaranteed by, a govern ment agency.” Monopolies: “Our industrial his tory teaches us that once an in dustrial empire has been created, there is a strong tendency- for its , management to seek to maintain the CREATES NATURE . i for both parties. Relieves asthma, colds, pains, bronchitis, sinus and nervous disorders. Send $1.00 for 8 oz.; 50c-3 oz.; 25c-l oz.; Pay postage on delivery. FISHER’S FAMOUS FORMULA 77, 914 E. Long St. Columbus, 3, Ohio. Agents Wanted. Women Wantedl To Sort Waste Paper U. S. Referral Card I Required OMAHA PAPER STOCK CO. JA 0159 18th & Marcy ==a=auas ■ -asLzi."■■■tBjjx. status quo by fair means or foul rather than to embark upon new untried and speculative undertak ngx, which, after all is the only sure means through which pro gress can be made.” Wartime Strike for Closed Shop; (Discussing machinist's strike in San Fracisco and Oakland) "The government of the United States has taken no position either for or against the closed shop; the des perate need of the United States for ships ought not be used as a weapon to obtain the closed shop where for 25 years no closed shops have existed.” Hillman: When Sidney Hillman as Associate Director of OHM oppox posed award to lowest bidder to a void jurisdictional labor dispute: "l cannot condemn Mr. Hillman's po sition too strongly. First, the United States does not fear trouble from any source; if trouble is threaten ed, the United States is able to pro tect itself. If Mr. Hillman cannot or will not protect the interests of the United States, I am in favor of re placing him with some one who can and will.” Accounting of Fundx: "I think the time has come when labor un ions, cooperatives, and similar or ganizations which have grown to such vast proportionse during th past few years are going to be re quired to make an accounting of their funds and what they do with them for the benefit of the public and in the pubic interest. There ix no difference between a labor lead I er with too much money to spend f on an election and Mark Hanna with j too much money to spend on an Selection.” (Jan. US 1945.) Again*! Controlled Economy: "I l>ersonally am a firm beleiver in in dividual incentive and I believe that this country reached its present de velopment as soon as It did largely because there was free play for in dividual initiative. I don't want government officials, whether se lected from the ranks of business or not, determining who will pro duce and how much will be produced "The profit motive of our econ omic sytem, I think, is superior to any other system. We do not want any part of the fear motive of nat ional socialist states. But a profit system does lead in some cases to exesses which cause difficulties, just as a dog that bite make it nec essary for all dogs to be chained or muzzled.” (Sept. 24, 1942.) ('oniiuiiiiiNni: * I beleive that if there are any inhabitiants here who beleive that certain forms of gov ernment in Europe are better than ours, they should be sent to those countries they admire and not be given an opportunity to overturn or destroy our republic." (May 21 1939.) 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