The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-11-20
Observations
Congress, White
House Subsidies
Scrap to be Hard
BY Helen Esssry


Capitol Hill is that no sharper fight
ever took place than that in pros
pect between Congress and the
White House on the subsidy issue.
=. d. r. is under extreme pres
sure from labor to hold prices in
line and TO scrap the little steel
formula which never has been full.
ly applied.
At the same time. Congress feels
life of the Commodity Credit Cor
poration must be extended beyond
Dec. 81. In both House and Sen
ate bills to continue the CCC. there
are absolute bans on subsidies.
Chances are. the bill already pass
cd by the House will be taken over
by the Senate with few changes.
In such case. with subsidies out,
whatever measure passes is prob
ably headed for a veto. as II did
last year.
ENTHU SIASTS FOR AIR POW
ER fear. that II the Allies invade
Europe by the channel route too
quickly, air power will not re-
ccive the public credit they claim
for 1t as natter OF record.
Basis Of their belief. is lack OF
sufficient bombing strength so far
10 accomplish all that air power
can accomplish to knock Germany
out OF the war.
The sirmen say between 100
aud $500 bombers must be avail
able constantly to knock out the
Nazis. SO far, the Eighth Air
Force has uot-according to report
had more than 100 and the Brit
ish about 1000.
. To maintain $500 bombcrs in
daily action, two to three times
that number must be on hand con
stantly-some say
So. if an invasion succeeds, tue
airmen fear that all they have
done so far will be overlooked al
though no invasion could prob
ably have succeeded without the
bombing that has preceded il up
TO now.
THERE Is. STRONG BELlEF
in government and aubassadorial
circles that there is more than rum
or Oh speculation to reports OF an
early meeting between President
Roosevelt, Prime Minister Church
III and Premier stain.
All have admitted in one way
cr another that such conference
IL desirab Bile. However, the oyiet
premier has held back on the
ground he cannot leave his country
during It's desperate battle 10 drive
out the invsder-especially since
he is commander-in-chief OF the
Army.
So. as soon as the Nazis are def
nitely routed from a military view
point, the meeting is like to be
held. But where Casablanca-
Que bec-Moscov board siwar-
ship. or. in big letters, Tt RkE1 ?
You guess II.
WHEN HOU Sc MEMBERS PRE-
PARED RECENTLY TO leave on an
air trip 10 inspect air bases in
South and Central America they
left behind Representative Paul
Kildsy ID OF Texas.
Il wasn't that they had no room
for the author Of the take faith
ers last draft bill.
MY 1o-year.old daughter simply
said 'no'-so here | am, the Texan
explained
Incidentally the trip cot little
publicity for fear the Army might
veto the flight as it did once be
fore.
OLEOMARG ARINE INTERESTS
are wondering yet how II han
pened.
They felt they had made one
clear case against punitive taxes
at hearings before the House Az
riculture Committee. They had
stood up under whitening cross-eX-
animation by the dairy boys. They
had their guns loaded for the next
hearing and we're prepared TO take
the dairy lads apart.
but tney ndu reChOneu without
the dairymen. S long experience In
iockeying Z bill through passage or
pigeon-holing Il.
The dairy boys simply counted
noses--found they had the votes
and quietly called secret meet
ing. There the, voted, II TO II.
10 kill the Fulmer bill to repeal
oleomargarine taxes.
The coup was one OF the worst
blows suffered By oleomargarine
men since dairymen BEGAN kicking
them around in 1856 Making the
move to pigeon.hole the bill was
Representative Martin Andersen
(R) OF Minnesota, home OF the
worlds largest dairy co-operstiyes
and leading milk state in the
Union.