The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-09
Inside
Washington

ing meeting between the fora;.~
ministers and state depar.r7ar,".
representatives of the Units
States, Great Britain and Rr.s;S
whether held in Moscow or
don-is considered to be ons -.
the momentous diplomatic oc.,
sions of the war. The imDortsra.
of the meeting cannot be ora.
emphasized, when, on its outcome
will depend whether the heads y,
the three great allies will meo.
Despite the tenor of news disDa,ob
es from Washington and Tondan
on the future conferences. tbat
meeting between Stain. Roosnro,.
and Churchill is still far from,
sure thing The primary n,r
pose of the foreign ministers rG@
ference is to explore the resnoo
tive postwar aims of the tbro.
nations in an effort to reach an
agreement in principle. Onlv =
these agreements can be reacbo5
at the foreign ministers coma
ence. will a meeting between f..
heads of the three nations con-o
to pass. Therefore, a meetino ba
tween Stain, Roosevelt and ~,
chill would be the most passive
Indication that the major diffor
ences between the United S+a.e,
and Great Britain on tn G oro
hand, and Russia on the other
have been resolved. and that
united postwar front" will bo
achieved when the AXIS partners
fall.
A train of political dynamite
reaching from the White House
through Capitol Hill and INTO eye,y
congressional district will be So.
in motion if President Roosevelt.
puts his stamp of approval on
national service act, And as t1s
nanpower-father's DR. aft Iss9o
came to a head it looked as if the
White House was nearing the dsy
for taking that big step
The proposed national service BIN
(which would register all me-,
and women for war jobs and as.
sign them to such employmen. I'm.
der compulsion where vaenary
means failed-is demanded by tne
Army and Navy and the maritime
commission. Labor stoutly oppos.
es it.
The fathers draft dispute be.
tween congress and selectVe serv.
ice has served to point up the need
for overall-manpower legislation
But for obvious political reasons.
the White House has deferred TAX
ing any stand on the question
ManpoWer Chief McNutt, who al.
ways has favored such a drastic
plan, dropped his open support Of
the program months ago, on or
ders. He still wants it. And all
signs in congressional circles-as
well as in downtown Washington
now point to its use as war
prompted measure in the near lu-
ture.
One of the major battles in con
gress during the present session
of that body is expected to be owe,
the controversial section eight o.
the Snith-Connally anti-strike ac
which provides that a war plan
strike can follow only after 20
! day cool off, period.
Labor circles ridicule the pro
.. vision, declaring that instead o.
stopping strikes, it legalizes them
The situation is complicated by thc
fact that the National Labor Re
lations Board has ruled that ever
minority union can ask for q
strike vote.
Some sentiment is building up
for repeal of the section and the
fireworks are ready to start when
congress comes back to town,
In the midst of a major drive
for increased food production, the
War Food Administration dlsclos25
, it wants no boost in pork oullo"
The reason: not enough corn
VIA officials point out that more
pigs were born this spring than
| ever before. Next spring The
;, should be about II per cent less
pork output because steps are M"
being taken to cut this production,
. There not only is an insufficient
: supply of corn to support cont.0'
ued growth in pig stocks, they e.
plain, but the more corn used IN
l feed hogs. the less there is avail
able for dairy and poultry feed.
Indicative of the far projected
VIA program is the recently r.
duced pork support price cut from
at Chicago-but effective in Oct0-
< S13.75 to $3.50 a hundredWoi-a'
at Chicago-but effective in Oc'9'