The Ely miner., 1943-11-18
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StettluluS, aCllHg SeCIStdly VI ototS,
telephoned Assistant President"
Jimmy Byrnes, asked that he call
meeting of the War Mobilization
cabinet to consider cancellation OF
war contracts where foreign coun-
tries are involved. Already various
war contracts are being cancelled,
and some of the cancellations, espe-
cially those involving the purchase
of metals, mean breaking commit
ments to foreign governments.
| Byrnes agreed, called the meet
ing. On the morning set Stettinius
phoned again.
"We've got to call off the War
Mobilization cabinet meeting, he
said.
"Why?" asked the puzzled Byrnes.
"Feis has resigned, replied Stet-
tinius. ''He's the expert on foreign
war contracts" He was referring
to Herbert Feis, economic adviser
to the secretary of state.
"Well, can't you come to the meet
ing and present your views to the
cabinet?" suggested Byrnes.
NO." replied Stettinius, "Feis is
the only man who knows anything
about the subject"
The special cabinet session was
postponed.
Note: Herbert Feis, related by
marriage to the late President Gar
field, is distinguished liberal econ
omist appointed by Secretary of
State Stimson under Hoover. His
resignation was handed to Hull
shortly after the resignation of Sum-
ner Welles, at which time Hull be-
gan to sweep out liberals. When
newspapers revealed this clean-out,
Hull held up acceptance of Feis'
resignation, left word that it be an
nounced while he was in Moscow.
DIES COMMITTEE DYING
The Dies committee soon will re-
lease an interim report, listing the
various Nazi and Jap groups which
operated more or less openly in this
country until Pearl Harbor under
the names of tourist bureaus, trade
associations, etc.
1t will be prosaic, less sensational
than previous reports, with back
handed slap at the administration
for permitting such things to hap
pen.
| Employees of the committee are
bemoaning the reports mildness.
Committee funds are getting to the
point where the house must be asked
for more, but maybe the dough will
not be forthcoming unless Dies can
throw the house something far more
sensational.
The only thing sensational that
fortnight Martin Dies can drag out
now concerns Communist influence
among the Negroes, and he hesi-
tates to do this, fearing nationwide
repetition of the Detroit race riots.
WHEAT UNCERTAINTIES
Though no announcement has been
made, inside word in the agricul-
ture department is that wheat farm
ers will get loan price of 80 per
cent Of parity, which is 5 per cent
increase over this year.
Officials recognize that something
attractive must be done to increase
wheat paintings. AS it looks now,
paintings are going to fall below the
high goals set by the government
an acreage increase of IA million
over this year.
This year farmers had the 85-per-
cent-of-parity loan, which acted to
support the price, plus both parity
payments and conservation pay
ments. But congress has knocked
out parity payments for next year,
leaving a margin of uncertainty as
to whether wheat will bring as much
as fax or grain sorghums, or some
other crop.
Planting is now well along in the
winter wheat belt, but it is reported
to be a slack planting. Never has
there been so much demand by
farmers to know what the price is
going to be. And the official an
swer is still withheld.
And when the announcement is
made, it will be loan figure of go
per cent of parity, whereas farmers
would like to have 100 per cent, to
make up for the loss of parity pay
mentS.
All this confusion comes at time
when there is greater demand for
wheat than this country has ever
known. In addition to the tremen-
dous demand for wheat for flour, 45O
million bushels have been used for
animal feed in the past IL months,
and still more will be needed for
the same purpose in the next year.
And beyond that, the government
has pledged another so million bush
els for foreign relief.
All this explains why the gates
are being opened again to imports
of wheat and barley from Argen-
tina, for the first time in quantity
since the drouth years.
CAPITAL CHAFF
q Wendell Willkie in his closed door
session with COP congressman de-
scribed Stain as ''he-man's he
man, who doesn't go in for glamour
but who keeps his word and expects
| others to do the same"
q More and more railroad workers
are saying that they would be bet
ter off if the railroads were run by
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