The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-29

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rollback-Subsidy program, senate
house conferees devoting most Of
their meeting to the new develop
mentS.
Jones takes over at a time when
the food problem is much more
crucial and the prospects far less
promising than earlier this spring.
Food prices continue to rise and
the crop outlook is the worst in
three years.
Congress and the White House
are tangled in bitter battle not only
over rollback- subsidy program but
the question of a food GEAR"
Twice Mr.. Roosevelt has Spurned
demands for a single all-powerful
food administrator and defended his
plan to hold the cost of living line
through subsidies to professors.
Pending in congress is an amend
ment to commodity credit corpo-
ration extension bill that would kill
the rollback-subsidy plan and trans
fer all control of subsidies to the
War Food administrator. ConfereeS
must iron out differences on that
before tomorrow midnight or the
CCC will expire.
Davis resignation was not shock
to the capital where it has been
rumored that he would quit for sew
eral days. But revelation of the
bitterness obviously underlying the
differences between Davis and Mr..
Roosevelt did jolt officials.
Mr.. Roosevelt revealed his feel
ings on the controversy by accept
ing Davis resignation without
granting him a requested interview
and without allowing him to deter
mine the 1914 food production pro-
gram. He stripped Davis of any
further chance to operate as food
administrator by Immediately ap-
pointing Jones. Davis had asked
to be relieved of his duties about
the middle Of July.
To allow Davis to determine 1914
food production goals, the President
said, and then ask some one else
to administer the program would
really be a case of dividing author
ity."
Davis said in his letter of reSig-
nation that he had assumed pub
lie responsibility while the author
ity, not only over broad food pol
icy, but day-to-day actions, is be-
ing exercised elsewhere"
Mr.. Roosevelt also inferentially
said that Davis was opposed to
holding down the cost of living.
%. 1t would be unfair to you"
the President said in his letter. to
Davis, "to insist that you remain in
your position when you feel, that
all things considered, you cannot
Fundamentally support a program
to hold down the cost of living
At a press conference later, Da-
Wis elaborated He said he had not
been given the opportunity which
he requested in the June 16 letter to
discuss the food program with Mr..
Roosevelt.
Perhaps it is just as we'll that
was not given that opportunity" he
added.
II have been baked by the lack
Of opportunity to get at the nerve
center where policies are being
made. I have assumed public res
possibility for policy in which I
had no part in the making
Jones tackles the food job with no
more visible powers than those
which both Davis and Wickard
complained we're inadequate. AS
parting advice, Davis suggested at
his press conference, three-point
food program:
/. Abundant production of the
kinds of food which we can produce
in abundance at all times and
which would give reasonably bal
anced diet.
2. Management of the food pro-
gram to provide controlled, uni
form flow from farm to corner gro
GER; price controls alone are not
enough.
3. An educational program to &C
quaint the nation fully with the
problems and methods relating to
production, conservation and shar-
ing of food and to enlist the COOP
Grafton of every housewife.
One of the first major problems
with which Jones must deal is that
of growing beef shortage.
An equally perplexing and urgent
problem facing Jones is that of
temporary shortage of corn on the
market. The fewer than 100000
bushels requisitioned last week in
terminal elevators will last only
few more days.