Evening star., 1941-11-05
Roosevelt Returns;
Holds Conference on
Legislative Plans
Question Of Speedy Action
On Price Control Bill
Token Up With Leaders
By JOHN &. HENRY.

HYDE Park, met with Secretary OF
State Hull and Congressional lead
ers at the White House today for
discussion of foreign policy and final
phases of the years legislative pro-
gram.
Summoned for consultation were
Vice President Wallace, Chairman
Connally of the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee, Senate Majority
Leader Barkley, Acting Speaker
Cooper, Chairman Bloom of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee
and Representative Cox, Democrat,
of Georgia.
Pleasing to the Chief Executive
as he met with the group were re-
suits of most of yesterdays scat
tered elections, including the victory
of Mayor LaGuardia in New York
City and the first Democratic sweep
of the town of Hyde Park, N. Y,
since 1871
Price Control Major Problem.
With presently contemplated re-
vision of the neutrality law nearing
the concluding votes. one of the
major questions which the President
is desirous of having Congress pass
upon quickly is that of price control
legisla ton.
A bill to give adequate control au-
thority to the Chief Executive and
the Office of Price Administration
hI tho House
Banking and Currency Committee
Saturday The President took up
with his legislative advisers today
the matter of speeding this bill or
version of it to enactment.
The congressional leaders left the
White House without seeing re-
porters.
During the past week end the
President spent two days in consul
tation with Canada's wartime Prime
Minister. w. L. Mackenzie King,
with one of the principal subjects of
their conversations being the prob
lem of Stabilizins the economies
of the two countries through price
controls.
lIlt SdIidOIdll SoNCl III ID luI
rently attempting this through a
blanket wage and price control for
mula, but the proposal pending in
Congress would permit more f1eXibil-
ity in application of the restrictions.
Leon Henderson. head of the o. P.
A.. has advised the President he does
not believe this country needs to
thnCa
being applied in Canada and it has
been indicated that Mr. Roosevelt
gave Mr. King to understand that
the more flexible plan will be tried
here first
Mr.. Henderson saw the President
this morning, but had no comment
for reporters except to say that price
control legislation will be speeded.
The President also was scheduled
to pass along to congressional lead
ers at their meeting today some
further information on admin
istration plans for the contem-
plated expansion of the defense pro-
gram. He announced at a press con-
ference about 10 days ago that his
first specific request will be for a
virtual doubling of tank production.
Although there is currently an
other lull on the defense labor
front and the clamor for anti-strike
legislation has been quieted again,
it is likely that there will be dis
cussion of administration plans in
this regard. The Chief Executive
acknowledged at a press conference
last month that regulatory legisla-
ton was then being considered.
The prospect of such legislation,
aimed at assuring uninterrupted de-
fense production has relationship,
incidentally. to the call for longer
production hours and all-out civil
ian effort directed to the Nation by
the President last night
Civilians Must Share
1T is not enough" he said, in a
reminder of his earlier designation
of November 1l-l6 as Civilian De-
fense Week, that our Army and
Navy are daily growing stronger
FOR the protection of our national
life. Each and every citizen, as a
civilian, must do his share for
defense.
In our daily lives" he went on
I'VE must halt the waste and un-
necessary Use of critical materials
required for defense We must work
longer hours to produce the NUM-
tions required to defeat Hitler. And
each OF us must be trained in some
task that is essential to our total
defense"
Full response to this plea, the
President concluded, will leave nc
doubt in anybodys mind that We
are and intend to remain strong
and united. We shall preserve that
genuine American way that dis
tinguishes our living from the pagan
slavery proposed by the would-be
dictators of the world"
Earlier yesterday, the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt exercised one
of the privileges of that genuine
American way" by visiting the little
HYDE Park Town Hall to cast their
ballots for town and county officers.
Princess Juliana of the Neither
lands. house guest at the Roose-
welt home over the week end. &C
companied them to the polling place
and received from Mrs. Roosevelt
an explanation of procedure in this
democratic exercise.
Victory Parade.
Last night the victorious Demo-
cratic candidates and several hun
dred OF their supporters paraded to
the Roosevelt home and induced the
President to make a brief extempo-
raneous speech from the oper
veranda.
On this occasion Mr.. Roosevelt
noted the presence of the Princess
temporarily in exile from a countr,
where the democratic processes alst
were the custom, but today have
been stamped out under the heel O.
an invader"
The voting sweep included re-elec.
ton of Elmer Van Wagner, a per-
f,,-