The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22

sumer information centers, to deter
mine just how effective these are.
Landlords in Washington, DC, hav
adopted boycott against tenants VIII
make complaints because of increase
rents, as counter move against tn
activities of the Co-ordinating Hous
ing Committee of the District of &c
lumbia. Whenever tenant reports
landlord to the committee, the ter
ants name is put on landlord
blacklist as a "trouble-maker." The,
are refusing to rent to "trouble-mak
ers," who are finding it increasingl.
difficult to find homes.
Rents in the District, where tn
housing situation has become acut
due to the increase in personnel in tn,
defense agencies, have been going VI
by leaps and bounds A 33 1/3 pc
cent increase is quite common, some
times even higher Meantime, thu
salaries of government employees re
main stationary.
One Little Fuehrer Less
Panama's Arias did not get himself
into difficulties because he tried tt
There are plenty of little fuehrers op
Grating below the Rio Grande, ant
nobody is bothering them very much
Arias's troubles came from trying tc
be one of Herr Hitler's little fuehrers
and it's getting to be quite danger
GUS for little fuehrers in the Western
Hemisphere to be taking their orders
from the Wilhelmstrasse.
They got Arias's number almost as
soon as he took over the presidency
about year ago. At one time, he
got so bold as to deliver yelled
threat to Uncle Sam by intimating
boys to take care of Uncle should he
get too fresh. He held out against
granting this country necessary air
bases for the defense of the Panama
Canal, giving in only when he saw
that he could not possibly prevail.
His undoing was when he accepted
the advice of some his unofficial nazi
advisers and ordered the guns re-
moved from American ships flying the
Panama flag
Moral: Little fuehrers in the West
ern Hemisphere had better cut their
wires with the Wilhelmstrasse and
keep the nazi boys out of their back
yards.
Favors Price Control by Board
Rep. Jerry Voorhis, California, a
leader of the house liberal bloc, will
come out for price control by board
rather than by one man, in a radio
talk he will make on the night of
October 20, this columns learns.
One of the principal fights over the
price control bill is certain to center
On the question of whether a board
shall be set up to control prices, or
whether it shall be a one-man affair.
The Administration favors a one-man
as the best way of get
ing an effective job done, the theory
being that board would tend to
livide responsibility and delay action.
Most of the conservatives in congress
avor a price-control board, if there
S to be price control, but largely be-
.ause of opposition to Leon Hender-
on, OPACS chief, who would be the
nan in charge. While Voorhis is not
personally opposed to Henderson, his
position is that it is unwise to place
90 much power in the hands of one
nan. Since Voorhis has considerable
influence among the liberals, his posi-
ion will greatly strengthen the con-
ervatives in this fight.
At the same time, Voorhis will come
ut strongly against any effort to con-
rol wages by law.
he Vinson Proposal
Rep. Vinson, chairman of the house
avail affairs committee, will find solid
Import from liberals for his proposal
0 limit profits on defense and lease
end contracts to seven percent. 1t
) not likely, however, that he will
ain enough support to put it over,
ince the boys who like big profits
ave too many friends on Capitol
I'LL.
A year ago, congress suspended the |
light percent limitation on profits
nder the Vinson- Trammell Act-to |
peed up production, but all it speeded |
alton disclosed, says Vinson, "uncon-
cionable profits in many cases. If
lie true facts are ever made public,
ley promise to crease a sizeable
,andal or two. Already, it is said,
)me of the contractors are rushing
} Uncle Sam to return some of the
extra" profits. It's more than their
,nsciences that's bothering them.
ost-War Agricultural Planning
The department of agriculture, with
1t any fanfare of publicity, is going
for postwar agricultural planning
rather serious way.
Last week, top flight regional men
ON the nine regional districts, who
i'll each head a committee on post
ar planning in his district, held a /;
ree-day session here to discuss the /;
oblem. Discussion centered on {
oh subjects as rural housing, con- S
rvation, forestry, public buildings, t
d recreational projects. I