The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-01

monthS nave blocked actlon on the price control bill, designed to avert the imitation which the farmers fear.
 The Price Control bill was draft ed by Price Administrator Leon Henderson after weeks of careful study, and turned over to the Banking Committee In July. The committee had nothing on It's docket, could have considered 1t immediately, but recessed for Q month instead, so the boys could go home to look over their poli- tical fences.
 A month later they drifted lelsurely back to the job and be- gan . series of hearings that dragged out until last week. Meanwhile imitation, only 0 threatening shadow in July, be- came a grim and rapidly S1aow- balling reality.
 In the wasted three months, price indexes have scared and all sorts of economic, financial and social complications have result ed-ineluding strikes.
 KING LABOR HELPS KING COTTON
 Meanwhile the Banking Com mittee stalled-and here is the inside reason. They wanted to kite the price of farm products chiefly cotton, which they hoped to get up to 2S cen:s,
 The riaaneuvering was made pos- Sn.e through an undercover log rolling deal between committee members from cotton districts and labor Eect,ons. These latter were afraid of Q ceiling on wages. There is no wage ceiling in Hen- derson's bill, but there is strong sentiment for 1t and the laborites were afraid such a curb may be written into the bill on the floor of Congress.
 So with King Cotton scratching King Lahor's back, these two groups were sitting on segislation crucially needed to control 0 terrifying danger to the nations internal stability.
 Finally, with the flood of antl- labor resentment ever the coal strike, cotton congressman are
 definitely considering . modified
 form of wage restriction, and the
 price control blll is being report
 cd out of committee to Com
 greSs.
 That's the kind of lofty states manship being displayed these troubled days in the Congress of the United States, one of the few free legislative bodies Still functionlng.
 INNER REPUBLICAN STRIFE
 That fiery speech against Wen- dell Willkie by Republican Rep. William P. Lainbertson of Kansas was loudly acclaimed by isola- tlonistS, but 1t won no Xudos from Joe Martin, Republican House Floor Leader.
 Martin strongly dlsapproved of the speech, partly because of It's vindictive tone and partly because 1t came ct Q time when he is struggling to preserve unity in. side COP ranks, preparatory to launching next years congressional campaign.
 However, what irked smart Lambertsons' failure to tell him
 COP leader Martin most was beforehand that he was going to make . scorchlng address.
 House Republicans a;ways talk it over" with Martin before get- ting into controversies, especially one affecting party interests. But Lambertson side-stepped because he knew Martin would advise against the Willkie blast, or else tone 1t down drastIcally.
 Martin didn't remonstrate with Lambertson after the damage was done, but he had plenty to say to friends of the Kansan, who car- ried back 6 blunt admonition that he should have put party interest above personal animus".
 CLEvELAND's REFORM CANDIDATE
 obscured by the hot mayoralty fight in New York is another campaign in which Cleveland is about to elect . new 'sFlorella x.a- Guardla." He Is Judge Prank !. Iausche, and he has several points