Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01
by Peter Edison =.
The Inside Track in Washinqton

WASHINGTON. Oct Is
about umc people began to feel
sorry TOY Gogcrucs McNutt ~
Coy. Paul Voorhl, AIcNutt OF Ind.
ana that I~-noW federal security
administrator. The Co.. lU"k seems
to have gone hu|WIre lately in
tact. ever since the CHICAGO con-
yentIon when his managers idea to
pack the gallery at the stadium was
appropriated by the Kelly Nash
stalWarts who wrecked a perfectly
good characterization intended to
build nm tor the vice presidency
Down in Washington, McNutt's
beautiful neW Social Security Build-
ing Va about finished. when what
happens. OPM auG Ordnance move
in. leaving the Gov Just one wins
for his immediate staff The Coy.
is cr>couceG here now IN all !3ia
splcador. looking just as handsome,
hale and hearty as ever. handSomeE
even in the flesh than the new
hfe-size painting of him that HANGS
on the wall at the side OF his desk,
Somehow the Cows best efforts
Just con, jell The campaign TO
build up civilian morale is in a
ditch The nutrition canpalgn back
fired Aad now the Coy. is up to his
ears 10. al thing nes-oleomarea-
rine.
RATTLE OF FATS
Unless You're dallNnan OF an
oicO manufacturer. you probably
haven't been following this battle
OF animal vs.. vegetable fats but
i is one Of hose lovely rows thal
happen IN Washington every so Oft
en-. making II such a Jolly place.
More fun 4 never was more sur
prsed in all my life" Governor
McNutt confesses than at all the
repercussions TINS stirred up
The Food and Drug Administra-
ton. now one Of McN4tt's babies
in the Federal Security Agency
family. but before that a long
time Department of Agriculture de-
mandcr Of pure foods. recently IS
sued 4n order raising the minimum
standards for olrOmarearnc. Food
and DRUG held the cu tomarT hear
ings. though some Ot he dalrE IN
duStry people say they DIDN'T know
about It and didn't haze q chance
to speak their piece. Anyway. after
the hearings. the order was put
out over McNutts signature, speci-
flying that O!eo must hay" 50 much
fats and so many Vltamms. What
had happened. Of course was that
oleo industry research had been i'm
proving the quality of the product
50 thai Il was yItamIn enriched. and
it even had a pre,'y Close imitation
butter flavor.
Shortly after the nrw OlcO or
der was issued, the Consumers
Counsel Division of the Depart
ment of Agriculture sponsored
broadcast in which consumers
were told that Olcomargarine was
much cheaper than butter, and
that it was now an important
was when the fireworks really
began.
DairyECn ana crn9Mar} mca BE-
gan to see oleo Nightmares. They
held local protest meetings ana
then nationa! meeting in Chicago.
A United Dairg Committee 0! t~o
representatives from each Oi 22
principal dairyinp STATE. ana on"
representative from ea.E II 10
principal dalry industr. trade SO
Citations wa" formed to l4Ht
Congressman Bernard J. Gchr-
mann of Nellen, Wis. and iu-
gust II. Andersen of Red Wing,
MINI. were Two of the leaders
Consumers Counsel and Food ard
Drugs caught it plenty. OlcO
manufacturers were charged with
raising a fund Of million and
a half dollars TO advertise the new
high standard nleo, which they
claimed even tasted ike butter.
Andersen finally in;rodr"pd bill
which would prrhiLit III" sale and
movement in interstate "of@merce
of 0IeO made andrr MoNutt stan
dards
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