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presidential veto, adding: Il believe
you will find a surprising vote here
to sustain the veto. They are be-
ginning to fear the women's vote"
Women leaders however have not
given up the fight in Congress. Ac-
cording to present schedule, Thurs
day is to be housewives day" be-
fore the Senate Banking and Cur
rency Committee when spokeSmen
for various womens organizations
will testify before the group, headed
by Senator Wagner, Democrat, of
New York.
There is no mistaking how the
women OF America feel about the
food subsidy issue" Mrs. Norton
said. They are aroused as never
before. They see in the attempt to
kill food subsidies threat to the
American home and an outrage to
the soldiers who are sent off to fight
the war in the name of freedom from
want, while their loved ones are
left at the mercy of food profiteers
ana lnTlaIlOneerS.
She listed the following women S
organizations as favoring the Pres
ident's subsidy program: American
Home Economics Association, Ma
tional Council of Negro Women, a
New Jersey chapter of the YWCA
the National Federation of Settle
mentS, the League of Women Vo-
ters and the League of Women
Shoppers.
Three Messages Antisubsidy.
Mrs. Norton declared that in all
her mail, which she estimated at
about 10000 pieces, including petit
ton bearing some 5000 names, there
were but three messages opposed to
continuation of food subsidies. One
came from the Iowa and Nebraska
Stock Feeders, another from a Re-
publican in Michigan and a third
from farmers wife in California.
What burns up the housewife
above all" said Mrs. Norton. is the
attempt on the part of Congressman
to regard the subsidy issue as be-
yond feminine comprehension. OF
course the housewives know what
it's all about. They prepare the
meals, and they know what it means
to have the price Of food go up
and up"
She quoted one of her corresponds
ents as protesting double talk" such
as "a subsidy on oranges. a food
which prevents scurvy. would con-
stitute raid on the Treasury, yet
a subsidy on cottonseed or peanuts
does not
Jones Called to Hill.
Administration leaders, mean
while, called War Food Admins
traitor Marvin Jones to Capitol Hill
in an effort to save their food SUBJ
sidy program.
While Mr.. Jones was called to ap.
pear before Senate committee
openly hostile to the already-bat-
tered subsidy plan. administration
hackers worked for a 60-day delay
of final action SO as to enable then
to submit the issue to Democratic
caucus. The party is sharply di-
vided on the question.
The Banking and Currency Com.
mittee is considering a House.
passed bill which would outlaw con.
sumner subsidies while extending the
life of the Commodity Credit Corp
If the bill isn't passed this month
the CCC-hnancial agent for much
of the Governments war food pro.
gram-will 60 out of business.
Price Pyramiding Feared.
Mr.. Jones carried to the Senate
the same argument he presented tC
an unimpressed House committee
six weeks ago: That the end of sub.
sides would blow the lid off price
ceilings and send the cost of living
skyrocketing.
Leaders pinned their chief hope
Of saving the program on a pro.
posal that anti-subsidy Democrat.
join administration forces in put.
ting off the vote until the end Of
February, meanwhile letting 6
Democratic caucus decide what po.
sltlon the party should take.
The suggestion appealed to some
Democrats, but Republicans ap-
peared almost united against any
attempts at delay.
That's no compromise, said Sen.
ator Aiken, Republican, of Vermont
OF the proposed 60-day delay. IN
seems as though every time the
White House wants to compromise
with the farmers it wants to com.
promise the White House way"
House Rejected Delay.
The 60-day grace suggestion is q
modification of an administration.
rendered compromise which he
House overwhelmingly rejected last
month, Democratic Leader Nc.
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