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eral government turning the major
problem of relief back to the states
and local communities, which already
are unable to maintain decent reliei
standards; elimination of NYA ant
CCC, but continuing the defense train
| ing programs now under NYA ant
| CCC under the Office of Education
and drastic reduction of all forms OF
farm aid, including parity payments
soil conservation, farm security, farm
rehabilitation, crop insurance, etc.
What the Wall street gang is really
driving at is for the government to
withdraw as far as possible from all
fields of social security, under the
guise of effecting needed savings be
cause of the big defense outlay. But
they know that once the government
has abolished WPA, NYA, CCC, and
similar undertakings, it will be long
time before it goes into these fields
again. THEY ARE FIGHTING THE
BATTLE OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGE
WHILE UNCLE SAM is STRIVING
TO SAVE A SEMBLANCE OF DE-
MOCRACY IN A TOTALITARIAN-
RINGED WORLD!
Farmer and Consumer Get Axe
Senator Elender, Louisiana, last
week received flock of kilograms
from his constituents asking him to
intercede in behalf of the sweet po-
that they were getting very little for
their product, while the consumer was
paying handsome price. So he de-
cided to do a little investigating on
his own hook.
The senator visited some of the
Washington chain stores and there he
found Louisiana sweet potatoes sell
ing for four pounds for IL cents-$4.25
hundred pounds. The farmers of
Louisiana, he ascertained, received for
these potatoes rs cents per hundred
pounds delivered free to the loading
cars. After deducting Is cents for
the bag containers, selling and inspec-
ton charges, and drayage, the farmer
received net 35 cents per hundred
pounds-35 cents for sweet potatoes
for which the consumer pays S4.25!
Somebody is getting away with some
thing (murder), and it isn't the
farmer.
Questions Labor's Patriotism
The other day, Rep. Bradley, Michi-
gan, arose in the House and ques-
toned the patriotism of labor. Said
Bradley: 81 want to know how many
real patriots we have in the overalls
of labor today" The answer to Brad
ley could have been: IF the men in
overalls had no more patriotism than
most of Bradley's industrialist friends
in Detroit and New York, this country
would be a push-over for Hitler"
Reactionaries in Congress are be-
ginning to take the line that it is not
fair for Uncle Sam to be paying his
soldiers $21 month while workers
in defense industries get several
times that amount. Do they want the
salaries of the selectees raised? BY
no means. But they would like the
worker to be getting much less than
he is getting today. But it's okay
with them for industry to make prof
iteering profits. That's why they
want labor to get so little.
Five-Point Program
Sidney Hillman, associate director
general of OPM, in talk before the
National Industrial Conference Board
in New York City, outlined a five
point program for industry to follow
10 maintain industrial peace. The
program calls for wholehearted ac-
ceptance by employers of the right
Of collective bargaining; no discrimi-
nation against workers because of
race, color, or creed; a wage scale to
assure fair standard of living for
the workers and one which bears a
just relationship to the earnings OF in
iustry; work-week that will enlarge
opportunities, and decent
conditions. This program is |
SlulueuLly lair, anu certainly would |
10 away with strikes in defense indus
ries.
Current Capital Comment
The Federal Reserve Board index of |
Industrial production for the month |
If May is expected to reach 14S per-
,ent of the 1858 average. Noted
,ains were made in machinery, air |
raft, and furniture Perish the |
bought that Martin Dies may be US
ng federal funds to aid him in getting
elected as United States senator But |
hats what lot of people here think,
According to Acting
Director Vergil Reed of the Bureau
# Census, the population per square
nile of continental United States in
$40 was 44.2 as compared to AL in
$50. !. Costs of foodstuffs and other
commodities are still advancing sharp