The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-06-26
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Eleanor Roosevelt

PRICE CONTROL
WASHINGTON.-I have been get
ting some inquiries which lead me
to believe that some people are still
a little puzzled about the price con-
troll regulations. These regulations
are an effort to keep down the cost
of living, and to prevent people bid
ding against each other when they
have the money and goods are
scarce, which sends the price up.
Since May IS, stores cannot
charge more for the articles which
come under OPA regulations than
they charged in their particular
store at the highest peak in March.
This price is called ceiling price
and obviously it may vary in diff
terent stores.
Stores may sell below this
price, so the public may find
sales going on Of certain arti-
cles, but no store can sell above
its own ceiling price. You should
find posted in the store, or ON
the price tags 'of cost Of living
commodities" notices giving
these prices, which cover the ar
ticles considered most important
in our daily living.
There are no ceiling prices set on
fresh fruits and vegetables, and
there are a few other food prod
ucts exempted from the regulations
until they attain the price level pre-
scribed by congress. Bread, milk,
beef and pork and all clothing and
household furnishings are covered,
however, by ceiling prices. On July
l, ceiling prices on some services
will become effective. For instance,
laundries and dry cleaning will come
under this regulation, but profession
al services, motion pictures and 9TH
er entertainments will not be COW
cred.
The income of the people Of
the country as whole has gone
up. Therefore, there is more
money to spend. But the amount
of what we can produce for CT
william use will be far below what
we have to spend and If we do
not put a definite top price on
goods, which price cannot be
changed, we will see prices go
up.
This is only one step in the pro-
gram to prevent imitation. Next,
debts must be reduced. We must
have wider rationing in order that
people may share equally in what
is produced for civilian use. Wages
must be stabilized when once we
really succeed in keeping down the
cost of living. This last step cam
not be taken, however, until we
have machinery whereby we can
prevent wages from being depressed
by various methods which may
come into use if proper supervision
is not exercised.
AIM OF EDUCATION
WASHINGTON.-There was an ar.
ticle in one of the recent Sunday
papers, written by DR.. William Al
len Nelson, which / hope great
many people read. One paragraph
seemed particularly thought-provok-
ing to me:
"What is important and essential
is that our teachers should keep WV
idly aware of the ends for which
they work and resist the perennial
temptation to content themselves
with operating little devices inside a
sequestered field. Their duty is to
society and their concern is with
lives. If these are attended to, their
students will not fail to value the in
situations and privileges of the ira
dition they inherit"
So many students come out of
school and college, and their first ex-
perience with life makes them ques-
ton how honest their teachers were
with them. Young people can value
only the institutions, privileges and
traditions which they inherit If their
teachers have made them face the
whole picture.
EMPLOYING OLDER PEOPLE
One thing that has been brought
to my attention has deeply troubled
me. We are told that there is no
real reason why anybody should be
unemployed today, but receive let
ter after letter from older unem-
ployed people. Some of them can
not adapt themselves to new jobs
and their old jobs are wiped out
under our war economy.
Employers would rather employ
young people, who learn more quick
ly and easily. Some of these young
people even think if they accept
lower wages they are fulfilling pa
triotic duty. / am told that, in De-
troit, some older women who have
been employed in the automobile in
dustry are still out of work. In
some of the converted plants, young
college people have been taken on
and are paid less than the union