The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-23
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY %. 1913
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
Republican leadership in Con.
gress, being looked upon with crit
ical eyes by freshmen" COP mem
beers because OF what they term
lack of aggressive campaigns
against the New Deal. ties in with
demands being made by the ma.
tional party organization for a
more definite policy on which Re
publican leaders can go before
the country to claim redemption
OF platform pledges.
These demands include for
nation Of definite policy of sg
gressive opposition TO New Deal
legislation by government bureaus;
naming of steering committees to
steer the COP policies to the floor
of House and Senate, and demands
that the Republican membership
p take the lead in the New Deal op-
position, abandoning the former
policy OF joining with anti-New
Deal Democrats on the Democratic
side.
Principal criticism is in the
Senate
The nine freshmen senators, feel
ing that they were elected on a def
mite platform TO carry out a pro
gram of cooperation in every move
that has for its object the winning
of the war. meet weekly 10 discuss
legislation and policies and con-
sidering themselves inundated by
the people TO deliver every posi-
BILE knockout blow TO the New Deal
and bureaucracy, they are going
down the line for that purpose and
they ask that the senior senators
should join them on some sort
of definite policy of aggressiveness.
How successful they prove to be
will depend upon the wisdom of
their ambitions. In time OF war
there is little room for politics.
The nations most urgent need now
is for a united front. When the
will be in a more receptive mood
for discussion of administrative
power and economic measures 10
restore industry and national sta
Utilization. What We all want now
is victory and congressional aid
for early termination OF the war.
Bureaucratic rule may be distaste-
full. but we have gone too far on
that plan 70 suddenly abandon II.
An example is cited by Price Ad-
ministrator Prentiss Brown who
predicts the worst domestic situa-
ton in the history OF the United
States IL there should be any
breakthrough in the current price
control setup.
Taking the stand that there will
be no administration compromise
with the congressional farm block
seeking higher farm prices and
labor leaders who want more pay,
Brown asserts that the OPA is "in
serious danger OF being hamstrung
by certain proposed legislation. He
urges opposition to two Senate
proposals; one which would define
parity upward. the other 4 move
ment 10 exclude from calculation
OF farm and food prices payments
by the government.
Also, he says. we must not &C
cede to demands in the bitumin-
Gus coal industry for a daily wage
increase for miners. There must
be no strike and no compromise.
We must meet the issue fairly and
squarely.
One group cannot be allowed to
break through the price structure
without inviting trouble from other
groups. It must be a rule OF none
or all.
One conditiop 70 which Admins
traitor Brown and the government
in general must give attention,
however. Is equalization of the
price structure. Organized groups
have gained advances in prices
while unorganized groups includ-
ing merchants, farmers and small
industrialists have angled along on
hit-and-miss basis. Every group
whether organized or not, can find
arguments TO support its conten-
ton that others are in better 20
sition. Each will try, OF course
for improvement.
Perhaps the right move would
be universal conscription, fixed
hours and wages for all, accord
ing TO rank, as in the army, and
government control of all supplies
as in the army. for the duration.
One important step being taker
by Congress is curtailment OF cost
plus contracts which offer higt
financial profits on waste. Ii
short. there is need for elimination
OF all profit rackets, equalization
OF the price structure so that nj
certain groups are suffering while
others prosper, and then firm en-
forcement Of the rule Of fair play
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