Evening star., 1943-03-12

orders that have begged the OPA
down."
Commissioning Mr.. Ginsburg, said
Representative Flanagan, Demo-
crat, of Virginia, would be IAN in
suit to every American boy in uni
form" and "as the father of a son
in the armed forces object.
Let him go where patriotism
dictates that he should 60, in the
United States Army as buck
private, the Virginian continued.
IF he has the stuff in him then
ne can work his way up the same
as your boy or my boy"
In an OPA press statement last
night, Mr.. Brown said that Mr..
Ginsburg performed great service
for his country in his capacity as
advisor to Mr. Henderson" Dis
closing that Mr.. Ginsburg had SUBJ
mitted his resignation and urged
that it be accepted Mr.. Brown added
that he had not accepted the resig-
nation because I considered him
the best informed man in the Office
of Price Administration
Gave Him His Views.
after I had been here for some
weeks" Mr.. Brown went on. II
came to certain conclusions as to
the course I should pursue. I told
Mr.. Ginsburg what my views were
and told him that I should be de-
lighted to have him continue, but
wanted him to know that I had
certain changes in mind and asked
him whether or not he could 90
along with those changes.
This was on Thursday, March q
1t was iderstood that he would
think the matter over and on Fri
day, March S, he advised me that
he thought it would be in the best
interests Of the Office for me to ac-
cept his resignation because while
he thought he might 60 along with
the policy, he feared at times there
might be differences of opinion and
he felt also desire to go into the
Army.
Il told him to be certain that he
was making the right decision and
then left the matter to him. On
Saturday morning he asked me to
write a letter to his draft board ad-
vising that I would release him from
OPA. l did so I considered that
as long as Mr., Ginsburg was willing
to follow my general policies, he was
indispensable to the organization
and would have informed the au-
thoritieS if necessary"
Mr.. GlnSburgs name was brought
out at the subcommittee hearing on
OPA draft deferments after Chair
man Costello. Democrat of Cali
fornia, commented that the name
of one attorney did not appear on
the list of draft deferments granted
within OPA.
Naturally" he said, we're sur
prlsed not to find his name here"
File Read Aloud.
Mr.. Ginsburg's draft file, including
request for occupational defer
ment by Mr.. Henderson, the letter
granting release from the OPA bv
Mr.. Brown and the registrants occu-
pauonal QUESTIONABLE, had been
suopoenaed by the committee and
parts of it were read aloud.
In the request for occupational
deierment, dated September 4, 1912,
Mr.. Henderson stated that "his re-
SpOnSlbllltieS cannot be safely trans
ferred to another person and that
removing him would "absolutely"
lmpeQe the war program.
"A serious blow to OPA would he
struck if he were to leave" Mr.
Henderson Informed Mr.. Ginsburg's
draft board under The heading Of
remarks" He deals in OPA mat
terS with the Attorney General and
the best law officers of WPB. the
Army, Navy, etc.
IN addition, during the coming
year, the conStitutionality of the
Price Control Act will undoubtedly
be tested in the courts and his
knowledge and experience will be
invaluable in such legislation"
His length of experience was
seven years, according to Mr.. Gins
burg's occupational questionnaire.
Elsewhere in his dossier, it was
brought out. he had been married
in November, 1910
QUESTIONABLE Draws Laugh.
The QUESTIONABLE, read by the
subcommittee general counsel, drew
a laugh when, in answer to the
question title OF job for which