Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-09-03
Most Stores
Obey OPA
Price Panel Assistants
Find Storekeepers
Honest and, Sling
to Observe Ceilings
Special to Central Press

""Si'hSiol, ocpt. 3-bpDk Tor Il
drive To police OPA ceiling prices
OF consumer durable goods. consum-
or services such as shoe repairing
ana laundry. restaurants, perhaps
iucl. III will be conducted by house
wife patrols"
one of the least pubiCiZcd but
more successful undertakings of tho
OPA WAS its creation of price nan
els last fall. Stree they were SGT
up, The panels have made phcnom-
email progress in enforcing tho COM
munlty-wIdc dollars and cents price
cclllngS established on dry gruccric;
IN more TINA $50 cities throughout
the cation.
Three members of each of the
cou..lYS $500 ra,ioning boards
constitute Il price panel" These
members in turn recruit price panel
assistants, volunteers whose Jobs il
IS TO check on observance Of price
cciiingS. More than $4,000 stores
were contacted in the Boston. At
iarta, New York, Chicago and Clcve-
land areas.
Results obtained are little short
OF amazing. OPA claims. In tho AT
eastern portion of the United States
from 80 To 81 per ccTt of the retail
1000 stores arc complying with the
ceiling In Washington. where vio-
lGuonS once were openly fragrant.
nearly 81 per cent of the 1000
groceries now arc observing the cell
ingS.
Clubwomcn, housewives, profess
sI0nal ard small business men who
serve rs panel assistants arc Civ
ing full credit for the success. Most
price violations found arc settled
peacefully AT conferences with ra-
ton boards Few cases reach thc
stage where enforcement actions are
filed in the courts.
In DetrCi.. during one twO-wccl
period, 2i6 complaints were invcs-
'gatcd AID only two had TO be given
To enforcement agents.
Mrs. Annie p. Flory, who bosses
the show from Washington. is en-
thuSiastic.
We operate on tho premise that
the store keepers arc essentially
honest and want To comply" she
saws. If VIC d: Int We couldn't run
$3.50 ~ NsN' ''''''
CGmpct2n. labor lNscrvcrs in
Washington are predicting that a
wave o! labor troubIc-wll break
nut IN ScptCmbcr. carly October al
the latest Sore spots arc the NUM-
ton. aircraft. automobile and coal
industries. Even administration cir
Giles in the capital admit that there
Is lot of unrest among workers.
due 10 wage freezing and rising
prices.
Headline maker JGhn L. Lewis
may hit the front pages again. His
United Mine Workers union now has
lis plea for wage raises before the
wal labor board. a decision is cX-
pCctcd soon. II the wage demands
are turned down. miners may walk
out without awaiting any strike call
from Lewis.
Another problem: Secretary of In
terror Harold l.. Ickcs is returning
govern mcnt operated mines Ia their
private owners. The government
seized them after Il first coal strike
in May. Lewis has been inSistcnf
that the government operate them.
said that his miners would work for
Uncle Sam but not private operators
unless wage demands are met.
a showdown may come when
Congress returns September II. At
its las. session. Congress enacted the
Smith Connaly anti strike bill.
which. among other things. carries
provisions that could put strike
leader in jail. But how effective
The measure i going To be still awaits
a major test.
In this connection. look for more
frequent Use of the word "sanCiionS''
N LABOR dispute cases. President
Roosevelt. in SigrinG the executive
order promising The WLB full SUD
port oi the government in enforcing
is decisions. told how Sanctions
| il Was his word-could be- aDpIicd.
Reluctant workers could be draft
cd: they could be Jailed if they
piCkctcd or encouraged strike: and
they could be BLACK listed" from
all JOBS for the duration of the war
in extreme cases if necessary with
their social security benefits also
Temporarily cut off. Industries pro-
ducing only civilian goods could bc
driven out oi business by withhold
ing OF materials if they refused to
comply with WPB cdicts. War in
dliStricS would DC taken over bv the
government. Those arc the sanctions
which could be clanDcd do,vp pio