The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-03

Restaurant Nicks
Taxpayers at Rate
of $3.50 Yearly
BY Helen Essary

Why not ask for a government
subsidy for your own dining room:
In this You will be following the
lead Of Congress. OF the same
congress who in the House pro.
hibited food subsidies by a 27SIl1
vote.
Those lucky legislators Who ag@
permitted by law 10 vote them
selves special privileges are cal
Ing m ghty We'll in the restaurants
Of the capitol during these food
shortage days. Frightening prices
and turkey scarcities didn mean
thing 10 their Thanksgiving poch
etboohs
For example. on the day before
THANKSGIVING when yOu and !
were wrestling with butchers and
personal purse strings in order TO
snare some kind Of a bird with
which to celebrate our gratitude
ar being alive. members Of Con
gross We're offered in their cap
itol restaurants perfectly lIs-
cious meal for virtually uoth.n-
A. all
Read the menu. 'Roa~t Turkey
with G.blet Gravy Candied vans
Carrots and peas. Old fashioned
cranberry sauce. COrnoread or
hor rolls and butter Choice OF
Pineapple upSidedowu cake. pie
or ice cream for dessert Coffee
Plus another cup Of coffee and an
ojhe- par o, butter II requested
And the price for this Pilgrim
Fathers feast? Just 60 cents
How did they do it How
Very simple AS ! have already
indicated. They voted themselves
a food subsidy, call ir an appropiia
ton il you prefer, OF $4,000 last
year This $4,000 Vas named
the deficiency Il vas needed
for running the House and Senate
restaurants. II was the differ
ence between what Congres smen
pay FOR theiE meals and what the
meals cost the government.
quite difference, you say
Well rather. especially when yOl
think OF the deficiency that turks
from time 10 time in the cost oil
Your own meals and your ability
10 pay for them comfortably.
The congressional food di.ier
ence, or deficiency or subsidy, say
il as you will. may be turned into
a starting problem n arithmet.e.
Admitting that in an era OF bl-
lions. $4,000 is a mere TWO bits.
let's work the problem out thought
fully.
Divide the $S5Qgu 10y The 53I
members of Congress. You have
a $3.50 year food subsidy Tor
each member. It's only luuCu
money. TOO. For lunch is the only
meal members OF Congress eat in
their Capitol restaurants.
suppose every person in the
United States said; There is
deficiency in my kitchen accounts.
] also need $500 year TO balance
my food books.
Very well, then, multiply $3.50 by
the 10000 900 citizens OF the Unit
ed States and you have nice to-
tai OF So, SOC, 100000. Here's a fig
ure even a 1914 thinker in billions
can understand Here's piece of
initiation TO conjure with.
/ don say that everyone Of the
1870 600 600 Americans should de
mand that the government give
him annual lunch money OF $3.50.
Yet ! do think that the Taxpayer
who is paying for the Substituting
OF the congressional luncheon Is
entitled 10 turn the matter over
in his mind now and then Els
picially on such occasions as he
feels TOO lean in both waistline
and pocketDook
Maybe all OF US had better get
on quick eating terms with those
capitol lunchrooms. II would al
most be worth the trouble OF BE-
ing elected 10 Congress TO be able
10 get bowl OF. good, hot soup,
while the war is on. for 10 cents
Or oldfashioned beef stew, fam
lily style, with big hunks Of real
meat, buttered egg noodles, green
peas and choice OF tea, coffee or
milk for 50 cents.
or Chefs Special A Fresh
Mississippi shrimp, seafood style.
with steamed rice, coffee. tea or
milk and that extra pat OF butter
for a mere 20 cents.
often eat in the capitol restau-
rants because / am member o.
the press. sometimes because /
am a fortunate guest On Tues.
day mad a tenderloin steak sand
witch there with french fried pota-
toes. cold slsw and that extra cup
OF coffee for 50 cents.
Milk is never over cents
d glass in the capitol 4 pot OF cocoa
is Is cents. And oyster stew with
milk is 81 cents With beautiful
thick cream the stew is 50 cents