The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-27
Inside
Washington


the 1914 PR sidential camnaior
taking place in Congress, II is IS
the form of the battle over fooa
subsidies. -00o
With victory next year a dis+;,..
possibility, Republicans are taLiNs
full advantage Of the political in1
plications in the subsidy issue. Ana
Democratic leaders in House ~
Senate are trying to checkm.+aa
them.
Strategy of the Democratic Ieoa
ers is to work for corpron,io.
that will permit continuation -.
food subsidies on a modified h.si VI
Republicans propose aconprorniss
Their argument is that pavnont
OF subsidies to mold down nricos =;
a fundamental issue that canno -
be compromised.
If Democratic leaders have +b,i
way, a bill will be passed bs stIT.s
Christmas continuing the life -,
the Commodity Credit cornoratio VI
and providing FOR Continuance y,
the subsidy program througb 1o9 "
on a modified basis. That wo,,15
end the battle. '0
But right now ii appears tb,.
Republicans and farm bloc Dow
ocrats will have their way. IN tbat
case, Congress will pass +he Cr -%S
bill, with ban or, payment a,
subsidies after January / Tb y,
president will veto the bill arJ
Congress in all probability viii fail
to pass it ever the veto.
That would kill CCc. But noboa,
wants to xii, the agency, which !.
highly valuable to farmers 81 ~
keep it alive, Congress woTIT
again pass resolution extendina
it's life for three Or four non4bs
Democratic leaders don't w.nt
that to happen. The battle Womb
have to be fought all over apain
in three or four months. The Pc.
publicans again could picture tbs
ADM istration as hostile 10 farm.
ers.
In this way, the Republicans
could lose each time the subsidy
program could be continued and
the Republicans could picture the
administration each three Or fom
months of a presidential election
year as antagonistic to farmers
War agency and federal depart,
ment executives. press relations
men and other employees would be
practically speeches. if they sud.
denly found themselves without the
intricate pattern of Westinghouse
built up recently.
For instance, without the words
"overaIl picture" to describe gen.
eral situation the Washington gov.
eminent man presumably would
be unable to carry on. The phrase
must be used thousands Of times
daily in the capital
Rare also is the bureau chief or
employee who doesn't speak Of his
place of employment as his
shop" talk about things at fed.
eral, state 1r local levels" speak
glibly about "directives" or about
spelling out'' anything from the
general situation in cranberry pro-
duction to synthetic rubber prob
lens.
White collar workers got sur
prise invitation. TO wage increase
from none ether thar WLB Chair
man William H. DaviS-the ad-
ministration's No. l wage freeze
expert.
Davis, who still adhereS firmly
to the Little Steel formula takes
the position that most industrial
workers have received the tuA ID
per cent pay boost allowed by ms
yardstick, but that white coAaE
wages lag eehind. .,.m
Hence, he said, the Little oleei
formula can now be construed as
"holding the door open" to "nl'e
collar employees a16 ether under
privileged" workers to Obtain 'ne
| Is per cent boost permissible since
Jan. l, 1911, if they haven't hau
it yet. ,,,o,
| IF the white collar worker ever
gets his employer to offer tha' H.,
crease, he is free to take It, DaY I
| said The WLP chief admitted
however, that white collar WORK
ers could not come individually W.
fore the WLB since there well
too many Of them and not ello"s"
WLB." oo.
| About the only way they can ~. sg'
the increase, he argued, is to Jo.n
an organize ton or go 10 "o'
for someone else who VIII pay !,
On the latter, however ManpoW,ts'
Boss McNutt1t's order agalnS' t Slltt,
ing Jobs for higaer pay lnte IT. ser,
Finally. the Little steer ~ ".
noula doesn't mean that each ln
dividual white collar worker ID a.
titled to a Is PEI cent pay 4 g
crease since Jan. /, l94l, but laJ io
er that the group" as a %ao iss
is entitled tc that average f T,,s
to offset higher living costs; ~" n
may be interpreted by "L aollar
apply to all of the white coDo or
workers OF a single company "